"Dear Commander of the Spanish Army, I am a liaison officer of the former enemy general command of Taiwan's West Borneo Military Region, and this is a letter sent to you by Ma Junhui, our former enemy commander-in-chief. I hope that after reading the letter, you will take the initiative to lay down your weapons, and there will be no business for you in the future. Your plot against us in Taiwan this time was all done by those politicians in your country, and it has nothing to do with you soldiers. You soldiers have done your duty, you can lay down your arms and live in peace in the prisoner of war camp. Rest assured, we will not mistreat the captives, nor will we deprive you of all your personal belongings, as long as you can lay down your arms and do things honestly, it doesn't matter. This war will be solved by those politicians at our heads! The liaison officer said.

But when Boris, the commander of the Spanish army, saw the letter, he immediately said: "Although the situation of our Spanish army is not very favorable to us, we have more than 100,000 men in the city, and we cannot lose to you!" ”

"That's really a pity, since you don't think about the more than 100,000 lives of your subordinates, then I can't do anything. Good bye! The liaison officer said.

Boris immediately threw the letter into the fire, and apparently did not take it seriously.

"Your Excellency Commander Boris, why don't you accept their Chinese conditions? Do you really think we can beat them? Are we going to shed the last drop of blood for the sake of those politicians in the country? Boris's adjutant asked.

Boris's adjutant feels like something is different, this is not Boris's usual style at all!

But Boris immediately replied: "What can I do?" I could order surrender, but what would you make the country think? The people at home do not necessarily know the strange story of China being born from Taiwan, they just think that our army is incompetent, that our army is an incompetent army, and that even the Chinese cannot defeat it. When the time comes, we will probably all be overwhelmed by the angry people. At that time, how do we get away with sin? When the time comes, we will not be able to explain that China will be strong. ”

And the adjutant also smiled bitterly, now the whole world only knows that China is a weak country, and the British can defeat their millions of troops back then. And the vast majority of people are like this, with a very stubborn inertial thinking, believing that a weak country will always be a weak country and cannot be compared with their own "strong country". In the eyes of the Spaniards, and even in the eyes of the vast majority of Westerners, they think that China is a very weak country, and they do not cooperate with Spain as a "strong country" at all. If Spain is born to be able to pull China out and hang it, and then cut the flesh from China.

This kind of habitual thinking is very powerful, and it is not something that ordinary people can easily reverse, especially for ordinary people. Just like in the 21st century, there was an African warlord who said that he could conquer China with 10,000 troops. You must know that it is the 21st century, and if the Africans of the 21st century say that they can conquer China by sending 10,000 troops, this is a funny thing. But this kind of thing is really being said, which is simply ridiculous. Because those people's thinking is still stuck in more than 100 years ago, thinking that China in the 21st century is the same as more than 100 years ago, so you can imagine how they will fail. And this also proves from the side that the communication between the two sides is not smooth, so that everyone will stubbornly think that China is a weak country. In this era, separated by an ocean, it is not at all as easy as later generations to exchange information through the Internet. In this era, wireless telegraphy has just been used in the high-level governments and the military of various countries, and ordinary people are not qualified to use wireless telegraphy, so it is conceivable how many people in the West think of China. They all think that China is a weak country, and the information about Taiwan is only known from the top of the government and Western society, and ordinary people still stubbornly regard China as a weak country, a weak country that can rely on tens of thousands of troops to destroy them at any time.

And if the Spanish army surrendered without fighting, then the people in the country would think that this was their shame. At that time, I am afraid that the angry and ignorant ordinary people will behave will behave, I am afraid that they will not be able to explain at all. Even if you explain this kind of thing, the people won't believe it, after all, ordinary people trust their own judgment. However, no matter how much government officials are always a minority of the population, they will not be able to explain it clearly. Even if they explain, others will not believe it to be true in their hearts. After all, it's like a child who has been bullied by you for many years, and when he grows up, he has become a big man with a much higher status than you, how can you accept this lightly? If it's not simple with their own eyes, no one will believe it, they just think it's hearsay.

"What we can do now is try to play once. If we can achieve some phased victories, we may be able to end this war with dignity. As long as we can end this war with dignity, then we should be able to return to China safely, and then we can continue to be a nobleman and enjoy wealth. So, this time we have to get a partial victory, even if it costs more, we have to get some results, otherwise we will definitely fall into a very miserable result. When the time comes, the people of the country will not only not understand us, but will be very angry with us. At that time, those politicians in the country would also put the blame on us officers, and then use us to calm the anger of those people. So, if we don't end this war with dignity, we're all going to be scapegoated, you know? Boris asked.

Boris's adjutant also sighed, now that the situation has developed to this point, then they have nothing to say. After all, the situation is very unsatisfactory, and if they go back like this, then I am afraid that these officers will be implicated. And Boris is also a nobleman, although he is a little pity for the life of a soldier, but as a nobleman, he must first consider the future of his family. As for those ordinary soldiers and those soldiers, then they didn't care. Anyway, as long as they can safeguard their family interests and let their family continue to enjoy wealth and nobility, that's fine. Anyway, the lives of any soldiers, the anger of the people, as long as they don't implicate themselves.

At that time, the government will pay for the soldiers' pensions and the resettlement costs of the people's families. And where does the government's tax revenue come from, it does not come from the people's tax payment. As for getting those nobles to pay for themselves, it was impossible. So sacrificing soldiers for a victory ensures that ordinary people don't target themselves too much, and make them feel that their soldiers are not so incompetent. As for the next, anyway, if you die, you don't have to spend money on the soldiers yourself, and when the time comes, the taxes will still be taken from the people and the people, and you don't have to pay a penny.

So as long as you don't have to be a scapegoat, just make sure that you won't be targeted by those stupid people, so as to ensure that you are not deprived of your nobility. Anyway, for a lot of Western aristocrats, what are ordinary people? In the end, the common people are still people who fool them casually, as long as they fool them into submitting to the rule of the nobility. And ordinary people should honestly obey the rule and listen carefully to the deception of the government. Anyway, everyone is fooled like this, anyway, it's just a few people who died, so don't worry about anything. Compared to their own future and aristocratic status, what is the life of those ordinary soldiers, what is the death of ordinary people, the death of their sons, the death of their fathers, and the death of their husbands? Anyway, their lives are so cheap, who let them have a bad background? The aristocracy is the country that should be ruled for generations, and ordinary people die when they die, and there is no pity.

"In that case, General, let's immediately convene a meeting of senior officers to discuss how we can achieve a phased victory, and then end this war with dignity. We don't seem to have much hope of winning this war anyway, but as long as we can end the war with dignity, then we can all survive this catastrophe. At that time, there will be no loss of your family status, general, and ordinary soldiers who sacrificed it were all for the sake of His Majesty, and the government would take good care of their families. The adjutant said.

"Yes, then we have to go for a stage win so that we can all get a good result as well." Boris said.

And the ordinary Spanish soldiers had no idea that they had fallen victim to politicians and aristocrats, who were going to die for a war that should not have happened, and even for the responsibilities that some nobles and politicians were unwilling to bear. And this war was originally a wrong war, and it was only in question that they could win the war. However, the Taiwan Division will not show mercy to this point, after all, since the Spaniards dare to come and want to seize Taiwan's land, there is naturally no need to keep their lives.

"Order the soldiers to defend against the attack of the Taiwanese army, so that we can be safe." Boris said. (To be continued.) )