"Tell me what's going on?" An officer asked, staring at Fornan viciously.

"Sir, that's what happened." Fernan quickly bent down flatteringly and replied, "Camilo and I were patrolling the neighborhood when we heard the sound of cannons, so we went over here, and then we saw a few men coming out of this courtyard, and two of them were carrying something very heavy. The two men had guns in their hands, and when they saw us, they shot at us, and we shot back, but their fire was too fierce. So, we can't stop them, we just have to watch them run away. ”

The officer looked at a police officer next to him, and the officer nodded and said, "According to our on-site investigation, the other party is using a MacDonald 1862 shotgun, and the fire is very fierce, and our men really can't stop them from retreating." ”

"What kind of weapon are they using?"

"Sir, in the courtyard we found the shell casings left after the shell shot, which should be a 70 mm caliber gun."

"And what about the cannons? Will they still be able to move the cannons away? ”

"Sir, we really dug three feet into the ground, but we still didn't find the cannons, only the two gun wheels that were lost nearby."

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"Hehe, I didn't expect these Cubans to do a really good job." Scrooge raised his glass to Morgan.

"It's not that the Cubans are powerful, it's that the Spaniards are incompetent." Morgan smiled, "However, the current Spanish government may be secretly happy because of the appearance of General Campos' army." But Scrooge, do you really intend to give the Cubans a victory for independence? ”

"If the damn U.S. Navy was a little bit stronger, I'd do it." Scrooge said that at this time, the yacht suddenly shook violently, and Scrooge was unstable, and the red wine in his hand spilled.

"Hahahaha!" Morgan laughed triumphantly, "Scrooge, you've also got a pit from your own ship, right?" I said, this is also called a boat you built, and it can be swayed with a little wind and waves...... Except for running fast, there are almost no advantages. ”

"What pit, when you found me, I didn't tell you that this boat was unstable?" Scrooge retorted, "Obviously, as soon as you saw the speed of 28 knots, you didn't care about anything, and told me, 'It's good to run fast, and it doesn't matter if you can't do anything else.'" ”

"Hehe, I didn't expect such a big ship to be like this." Morgan said, "So what kind of Cheng dù are you going to get?" ”

"Of course this batch of Spain will lose, and they will have to lose to the ground, and then the Spaniards will probably send reinforcements again. Because the Spanish government was already buying new weapons and pills from the Prussians. Moreover, this time, in addition to the Spanish army, their navy has also come over quite a bit to strengthen the blockade against Cuba, and now their blockade is very serious. The weapons I sold to the Cubans were not a problem in repelling the Spaniards. As for the next round, I hope you can create something for the Spaniards in Europe, and then let Cuba and the Spaniards reach a temporary compromise. Scrooge said.

"It's not easy." Morgan said, "The new Spanish government seems to have been in contact with the Rothschild guys lately. ”

"Aren't you more motivated?" Scrooge smiled, he understood the meaning of Morgany's matter, although he could make money by turning the storm in the European capital market, but compared to Scrooge's income, he felt that he made too little.

"I'm going to create some trouble for the second Spanish army when they enter Cuba," Mr. Scrooge said, "and they will have tension and even confrontation with the U.S. government." In this way, there will inevitably be great turbulence in the capital market. In addition, seeing that the immediate benefits cannot be reaped because of the navy, and that Cuba may make a big fuss again in the future, it should be able to provoke a small upsurge in the construction of ships by manipulating public opinion a little at that time. My main focus now is on promoting electricity. If you are interested in shipbuilding, you can invest in it, and we will do it together. You can even take more of my shares, but not too much, of course. In addition, I have one more condition, that your shipyard will give priority to my steel and weapons under equal conditions. And, once you're going to sell the shares, I have the right of first refusal. ”

Morgan knew that Scrooge was planning to tie himself to his chariot. He knew that his and Scrooge's interests were at odds in many ways. However, on the other hand, there are many common interests between them. In fact, it would be nice to work with a smart guy like Scrooge.

"Well, if that's the case," said Morgan, "I'm interested in that, you know, I just like the sea, I like boats." Well, Scrooge, I'm going to make a boat that is faster and more comfortable than yours, and then I'm going to get your boat out to the shipwreshing yard. ”

……

As soon as they landed in Cuba, they were hit head-on by such a blow, and the morale of the Spanish army was greatly affected, and the soldiers thought that they were going to deal with only some rebellious native-born whites. How difficult can it be to deal with those people? Well, at most, they have a few old-fashioned rifles in their hands, and they have no training at all, and if they really go to the battlefield, a regular army like ours can fight them ten.

But now, without even seeing the face of the rebels, they let the family come like this, and the weapons used made even the soldiers feel incomprehensible. Many of the soldiers, having witnessed the terrible, colorless flames that ignited in the bodies of their comrades, then rolled and convulsed all over the ground, and finally burned to death, were filled with fear of the opponents they would face, and they even whispered that the rebels of Cuba had sold their souls to the most wicked and terrible devil in hell who would have been unlucky even to mention his name. In exchange for such a terrible flame, this kind of flame that cannot be extinguished no matter what, is actually the fire in hell. Although the chaplains used this excuse to encourage them to fight for God, you know, this is not the age of the Crusaders. In those days, maybe you shouted, for God's sake or something, those sub-religious lunatics could really be fearless, but now, well, the more you talk, the more scared the soldiers become. Therefore, it took another half a month for General Campos to reluctantly pacify his soldiers and begin to advance in the direction of Bayamo, the rebels' lair.

It's been a nightmare along the way. After entering the rebel-controlled area, the entire army was almost three times a day, and on the way forward, it could step on a mine at any time, and with every boom, several people would lose their ability to fight. Well, one lost the ball of his foot, and the others carried the wounded back with them. Every soldier on the road watched the ground cautiously, fearing that he would step on something, and hoped that he would be ordered to take him back to Havana after his companion stepped on a mine.

In order to solve the problem of landmines along the way, Campos ordered to go to the nearby villages, requisition the various livestock of the peasants, and let them go ahead. Relying on this method can be regarded as allowing the army to continue to advance.

However, when the road enters the forested area, an even more terrible problem arises. The rebels began to use a more dangerous and fearsome weapon than the previous one, the "broadsword" anti-infantry directional mine.

After being swept by a few directional mines, Campos had to slow down his march again, allowing the troops ahead to spread out in skirmisher formations, and to search the sides of the road for the dreaded stuff.

As a result, the entire army moved more and more slowly. Campos's army, advancing less than ten kilometers a day, was not even ten kilometers away. And at night it is even more troublesome, and after camping, there will always be inexplicable shelling by rebels. The rebels seem to have a cannon so light that they can quickly evacuate with it after an attack.

At night, the Spaniards didn't dare to really chase too far. Well, in general, it is passive everywhere, although the casualties are actually not particularly large, but such a situation where you can't just be beaten still makes morale very depressed.

Fortunately, Cuba is not big, and Bayamo is just around the corner. After more than ten days of hellish marching, General Campos' troops finally reached the rebels' lair.

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To capture Bayamo, it is necessary to control the Kautto River in Bayamo. The river was navigable, so the Spaniards sent three smaller frigates up the river. In order to cut off Bayamo's supplies, it can also provide some fire support for the Spanish army attacking Bayamo.

These three ships are all steam-powered ships with steel bones and wooden hulls, and the tonnage is not large, but about 600 tons, which is convenient to use in such inland rivers. The rebels didn't have warships, not even steamboats, just wooden sloops. Therefore, Major Massa, who led this small detachment, was very relaxed. He felt that it was too simple and unchallenging to carry out such a task with the strength of his own detachment.

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On a hill not far from the river bank, there are two Type 1866 70mm infantry guns, and the 1866 infantry guns after the gun shield is removed are very low, only about 50 centimeters. In addition, the two guns were placed in a dug pit, so that the barrels of these two guns were almost directly resting on the ground, and the exposed part of the ground was only more than 20 centimeters. The fighters of "Free Cuba" followed the method taught to them by "Black Water", tying a large number of newly picked branches to the barrels and other places, and from the direction of the river, the two cannons looked like no more than two low bushes.