On the desk of Defense Secretary Hailes is a document that has just been sent back from Panama. Minister Hales frowned and flipped through the pages of this information, occasionally pulling out other pieces of information from the locked drawer to corroborate it. After a few moments, he stood up, gathered the information on his desk, put it in a file bag, and walked out of the office with the file bag in his hand.

"Sancho, come with me to the presidential palace." Walking to the door of the office, Hales said to his guard, Sancho.

"Yes, Mr. Minister." Sancho replied, tugging on his hat.

The two men got out of the office building of the Ministry of Defense and got into a carriage in the courtyard.

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"Mr. President, this is the information we just got." Hales said worriedly to President José, "This information shows that the rebels have obtained a large number of new weapons, and if we do not do anything about them, once they have fully mastered these weapons and are ready for war, it will be very difficult for us to defeat these rebels." ”

"So Hales, can our army attack now?" President José asked.

"President, you know the situation of our military." Hales' face was full of sadness, "They have to change to better weapons, they have to get more training......"

"I know," President José interrupted, "but it takes money." Will Congress agree to come up with that much money? ”

Hales knew that in order to get Congress to pay for the military, the president had used a variety of tactics, including speeches, interviews with reporters, and ...... But Congress just gritted its teeth and didn't pull out a hair.

"So Hales, time is not on our side, and the longer it takes to prepare, the less chance there is for us to succeed. You know, the U.S. is said to have started to talk about whether or not to recognize Panama, and if we don't do something, other countries might think we're acquiescing to Panama. It would have been nothing if it had been a few years earlier, but with Lincoln's example...... So, we have to attack, even if it's just an attitude. ”

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"Mr. Bob, allow me to start by thanking you and your warriors for the victory you and your warriors have brought us, on behalf of Panama." Mayor Edu, no, now President Edu - albeit temporarily.

Two days ago, two regiments of Colombian troops attacked Panama, and the "Free Panama", oh, now called the Panamanian Defense Forces, successfully repelled the attack of the Colombian government forces with a fighting spirit of valor, tenacity, and unafraid of sacrifice. Protected the freedom of Panama and**.

Of course, the above is all newspaper statements, and the actual situation is that the Panamanian Defense Forces have not yet completed the basic training, especially the artillery, and they are not even able to build the most basic positions, so this battle was fought entirely by about 500 mercenaries from Blackwater. In fact, the whole combat process is quite simple, in general, it is "the artillery bombards the infantry rush, and the infantry charges the artillery bombardment".

The Colombian army, which was still in the era of pre-loading guns, only brought six cannons, and they were all a few small Napoleonic guns that the Americans bought when they were selling leftovers from the Civil War (a French-made six-pounder gun, which was smaller, lighter, and of course less powerful than the 12-pounder Napoleonic gun, but most importantly, cheaper), and they had no idea how far the current breech-loading steel rifled guns could go. As a result, the Colombians of two regiments turned out to be in full formation within the range of 75 guns, ready to attack. As a result, 12 75-mm guns opened heavy fire on Blackwater's soldiers with shrapnel at more than 20 degrees per minute, and before Blackwater and the Panamanian infantry, who had completed their initial training, could attack, the Colombian army completely collapsed. By the time the infantry with MacDonald's 1864 rifles rushed over, the Colombians had already died all over the mountains, and the rest that didn't die had already run all over the mountains.

The Colombian army broke and fled, and there was no way to stop. Fortunately, Heishui has always paid little attention to cavalry, and there are no cavalry sent here (the war horses are too difficult to take care of, so Heishui generally only has some well-cared for horses), everyone is running on two legs, and the fleeing side can throw away all the weapons or something, but the pursuing party can't do this. So, although the Panamanian Defense Forces pursued them vigorously, they were not able to capture too many Colombians. In the words of a Panamanian officer: "Not to mention the thousands of people running around the mountains with their feet scattered, it is more than a thousand pigs, and it is not so easy to catch them all in the field." ”

The Colombian army broke and fled all the way until it reached the fortress of Galil, where it barely stopped. But soon after, the Panamanian army actually chased them with a wagon dragging the cannon that had just given them the fatal blow, and then set up the cannon and bombarded it, so that the Colombians immediately abandoned the fortress of Galil and ran away again. As a result, Colombia's attack not only failed to recover Panama, but also lost a fortress.

"Ah, nothing, I'm just providing services under contract." Bob said.

"Mr. Bob, there's something I want you to give me a little bit of advice." "We have now captured the fortress of Garil, which is not traditionally part of Panama. In order to make peace with Colombia, should we return this fortress to Colombia? ”

"Ah, Mr. President, I don't understand the political affairs, I can only talk about this from a military point of view for your reference." Bob humbly said, "If the Colombians still don't want to give up Panama, then when they attack from the ground, if the fortress of Garil is in our hands, it will become a big obstacle for the Colombian army, and if we improve this fortress to a certain extent, we can hold the Colombian army for at least two to three weeks by deploying a small force here." This will buy us time to adapt. On the contrary, if this fortress is in Colombian hands, and their army can get under Panama City in two to three days from here, it will be difficult for the outside world to react. ”

"Thank you for your advice, I think I understand what to do." President Edu said.

Bob also smiled and said modestly, "No thanks, this is what I should do." ”

Now without asking, you can know that Edu, or Panama, will never give up the fortress in his hands lightly. And if they don't give up this fortress, then Colombia won't be able to retreat. In this case, it is not surprising that Colombia will certainly begin to reorganize its army and strengthen its armaments, which may even create a chain of suspicion between South American countries and thus allow the whole of South America to join in an extremely loving arms race. This is the purpose of taking the fortress by taking advantage of the situation. Moreover, the arms race is also good for President Edu, who has also taken kickbacks when buying weapons from MacDonald's Infantry Weapons Company.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, the Colombian Congress has passed a bill for rearmament, and they intend to issue a special national debt against tariffs and mining rights in some areas. I reached a gentleman's agreement with President José of Colombia. We will sell the Treasury bonds for them and help them buy weapons that are comparable to or better than those of Panama. Of course, for this, we have to give him a lot of kickbacks. On the newly purchased yacht, Morgan said triumphantly to his allies. At this time, the yacht suddenly shook violently, and the wine bottles lined up on the table were crooked.

"Damn Scrooge!" Morgan scolded, "To build such a broken ship." ”

Well, this new yacht is a modification of Scrooge's Alaska transport, and when Morgan came to try it, the boat drove to a height of twenty-eight knots in one go, and almost fainted Morgan. So Morgan bought one almost without even thinking about it. Who knows that it took a while for Morgan to realize that this boat was not bad when it ran faster, but once it was slow, it would shake badly. Morgan once wanted to sell the boat, but it was difficult for him to be comfortable, but the degree of this boat was too cool, so Morgan was a little reluctant. I had to scold Scrooge every time the boat shook badly.

"So where are we going to order these weapons for them?" A banker asked.

"As far as their requests are concerned," Morgan laughed, "a lot of them are really only available in Scrooge's factories." However, because of Scrooge's performances in Panama**, the Colombians made a special condition, that is, they could not order from McDonald Infantry Weapons. Even if it costs more money to do so. So, I have just invested three thousand dollars in the creation of an arms company called "Pirates", which I am ready to supply them exclusively with the "Pirates" series of weapons. ”

$3,000 to start a company is nothing. But how can such a company be able to take such an order and produce the corresponding product?

"Scrooge has agreed to produce a batch of weapons without the MacDonald's logo for us at a 20% discount compared to the original product, and then we will put the 'pirate' company logo on it, and then increase the price by about 10 percent according to the price of MacDonald's related products, and then sell it to those Colombians." Morgan smiled more and more.

"What about after-sales service?"

"Of course, it's also the people of Blackwater, put on our clothes and go dry." Morgan replied, "We take a 40 percent service fee for each set of clothes." ”

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