286 The first lesson of San Juan

Looking at the place where Sun Jiugong's fingers fell, Wen Xiu nodded, although the young master had already said that the Americans would go to San Juan, and Roosevelt would definitely come, but he also admitted that he couldn't guess that the latter and his motley army would eventually go there, so they had to rely on the Nighthawks to find fighters by themselves. ※※※※※ I ※ I ※ ※

Sun Jiugong was right, Roosevelt organized the cavalry of more than 100 people not to fight at all, but to put on a show through and through, to gain political capital for his selfish intentions, so he would bring more than a dozen American journalists.

Wen Xiu glanced at Sun Jiugong, who was about the same age as himself, there was no doubt that after studying in Germany, he was directly transferred to Cuba to assist the major staff officer of the Cuban ** Army to study people's hearts very thoroughly, and combined people's hearts with the battlefield situation to analyze them together, so he couldn't help but look at them twice.

Celtic Hill was the only one with neither cannon nor machine guns, only a few dozen Spanish soldiers stationed, and a very low peak suitable for Roosevelt's show

However, this is only the speculation of his own people, what if Roosevelt has been hiding behind and entering San Diego?

"Don't worry, my men will be ambushed on the edge of San Juan Heights, which is sheltered by woods, and I have taken the lead in digging a hole in the ground where I am hiding, and as long as I camouflage it well, the Americans will definitely not find it." Sun Jiugong had a smile on his face, but his eyes were already shining: "I have prepared four Makqin machine guns and a big gift of more than 100 mines."

"I hope the Americans will like it," Sun Jiugong smiled intently.

Four Maxim machine guns, a hundred mines

Wen Xiu was also staggered, he didn't expect Sun Jiugong to be so ruthless in his life, and he had the idea of being a confidant, but he remembered that the young master said that he couldn't reveal his identity in this operation, so he hurriedly asked: "Staff Officer Sun, is your person reliable?" ”

"Don't worry, it's not Chinese, it's all Kercob who recruited some outlaws from South America, and after they start to disrupt the formation of the Americans, they will immediately evacuate Cuba by boat, and I will also send someone to blow up the machine gun, leaving no trace."

Seeing Sun Jiugong's confident assurance, Wen Xiu also put down his thoughts, pointed to Celtic Mountain and said fiercely: "I will take one group to Celtic Mountain to hide in person, and the other group will act with you, if Roosevelt really comes here to put on a show, he will die, but if he follows behind the main force and does not come out, then"

Wen Xiu paused, glanced at the group assigned to Sun Jiugong next to him, and said heavily: "Just trouble you to use machine guns and mines to break up the American ** team, they will solve the problem."

At the guard post in San Juan Heights, the Spanish sentries looked nervous with their guns, the Americans had already moved, and according to the report of their partners who had been scouting during the day, they were not far away.

In the highland bunker behind him, the cold barrels of the five 75mm guns were so lovely in the night, and the two Maxim machine guns next to them were everyone's hope, the sentry did not expect to be able to resist more than 10,000 American troops in turn, he only hoped that these big guys could delay the United States for a while so that reinforcements could arrive.

In his opinion, this is the Cuba of Spain, and those damned American nouveau riche should not come

The sentry took his gun, sniffed, and was about to go to the other side to take a look, when suddenly a black shadow seemed to flash between the high ground and the Celtic mountains, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly raised his gun to aim, but no matter how he searched, he did not see any more black shadows.

"Maybe it's the eyes?" The Spanish sentry put down his gun, damn the Yankees, they were a little suspicious, maybe it was just a passing mouse.

Wen Xiu was lying on the grass, his body was close to the ground, the Spanish sentry's actions just now startled him, he didn't expect this guy's eyes to be more powerful than the observers in the fleet, and it was so dark that he could still attract his attention. 【 I want: super fast update 】

Fortunately, the Spanish sentry probably didn't see it clearly, so he turned his head and walked to the other side, let Wen Xiu take a long breath, and immediately took out the black dagger and dug it on the ground, and after a while, he dug a bomb crater, and then carefully put in a mine, and after burying the registration string in the soil, he crawled towards the second location.

All around, a dozen Nighthawks, like him, had planted mines in the enclave, and these equipment departments had just come out, loaded with a large number of fragments and steel balls, and the iron lumps with a charge of one kilogram of TNT, would become a nightmare for American soldiers

After buying the mines, Wenxiu and the group flew towards the Celtic Mountains, and soon disappeared into the deep twilight, when they were dressed like rags, covered with leaves and dead grass, and hid in their chosen positions, like patches of dirt hidden in the background, the distant horizon finally glowed red.

The sound of Sasha's footsteps shattered the silence of San Juan's early morning, and countless birds were so frightened that they soared from the woods, circling and fluttering to look down on the uninvited guests.

"Let's go."

Shaft gave the order to divide the troops, and 5,000 American GIs left the main force and rushed towards the first target, the village of Elcane, whose plan was to take Elcane in two hours, and then join the main force to attack the San Juan Heights.

Prepared at 6:30, a few cannon shots kicked off the Battle of San Juan, the rumbling cannons made Roosevelt, who was riding on Horse Mountain, feel that the blood in his whole body was going to boil, the navy had defeated the Spanish fleet, although the losses were a bit big because of that damn Limer's sale of four cruisers, but the United States still took this step, he believed that as long as Cuba and Puerto Rico were taken, the United States' eyes would gradually retract from the Atlantic Ocean and devote themselves to the vast South America and the Pacific Ocean

The only thing he regretted was that Spain's colonies in the Pacific were swallowed up by Li Mo, making it impossible to declare war on Spain, but it didn't matter much, and when the main force of the American fleet entered the Pacific Ocean, which places still belonged to the United States

Amid the rumbling of cannons, Roosevelt and his cavalry followed the large force to continue their advance towards San Juan, where there was still a large fortress waiting for him to conquer

But he didn't know that several pairs of eyes were watching the battle in the dense forest around him.

"So you charged?"

Sun Jiugong hid in the corner, looking at the American soldiers who fired a few shots in the telescope and then launched a charge, he couldn't help but sigh, the overwhelming superiority in strength made the Americans proud, too light on the enemy, plus the inexperienced American soldiers did not understand what artillery fire coverage before the charge meant.

Sure enough, when hundreds of American soldiers stood up and rushed towards Elcane, the gunfire in the fortified position finally rang out, and the dense gunfire suddenly became unprepared, thinking that the American soldiers who could catch the capture were holding their heads and running around, and in less than a while, they dropped nearly 100 corpses.

Sun Jiugong couldn't cry or laugh, this is also called war? There is no fire coverage, no cover, and you don't even bend your waist to rush straight and straight up, what is the difference between this and sending you to death? and the Pacific Army, which adopted the combat manual compiled by the young master, they are too far behind

After patting his partner next to him, Sun Jiugong gave up the idea of continuing to watch the battle of Elcane, he believed that even if there were more Americans, if they fought like this, they would not want to gnaw down here in seven or eight hours.

Quietly following the main force of the United States, Sun Jiugong finally found the Roosevelt who was riding on horseback and hiding in a group of knights with the help of a telescope, and his eyes lit up.

The goal is finally here

Roosevelt sat on horseback, chatting and laughing with several reporters, seemingly unaware of the dense gunfire of Elneka in the distance behind him, and his eyes were constantly fixed ahead, thinking about how to use the San Juan Heights to accumulate capital for himself.

When the sun illuminated this hill only 300 meters high, several American artillery finally began to roar, and at this time, Sun Jiugong also plunged into the dense forest leading to the San Juan Heights, and drilled into a pile of dead leaves that was slightly raised from the ground.

A large hole was dug under the pile of dead leaves that could accommodate seven or eight people, a Maxim machine gun poked out slightly, and the yellow-orange bullets were tightly arranged on the canvas cartridge belt, and several recruited soldiers were making preparations.

After saying hello to everyone, Sun Jiugong immediately walked to the observation window, where there was a small periscope, and the periscope drilled out of the pile of dead leaves, and the movement of the US troops in the distance could be clearly seen.

There is only one way to the San Juan Heights through the dense forest, and in Sun Jiugong's opinion, the narrow passage is not suitable for a strong attack, but what he doesn't understand is that the American army is still marching so swaggering and slow, if it can touch the high ground at night last night, I'm afraid it won't even need a few bullets.

Roosevelt was very excited, pointing to the high ground and boasting to the reporters around him, but what everyone didn't expect was that a shell suddenly drilled out of the high ground and smashed on the US military position not far away, and the scattered shrapnel immediately killed a group of American soldiers who were caught off guard, and also frightened Roosevelt and others to retreat quickly.

Sun Jiugong slapped his thigh and said secretly, it's a pity, if the Spanish artillery can be on time, I'm afraid I don't need to worry about these people.

The relieved American artillery immediately began to counterattack, and for a time there was a rumbling of artillery on both sides, but the American troops attacked from the bottom up, using black powder with a lot of gunsmoke, and it was easy for the Spanish artillery to find out the position and gradually fall into disadvantage.

Seeing this, Shaft immediately ordered the infantry to attack, and the dense American soldiers began to rush through the dense forest towards the high ground, and several figures were even less than 100 meters away from the pile of dead leaves.

Fortunately, the attention of the American GIs was focused on the high ground ahead, and they didn't notice the piles of dead leaves next to them, and they didn't notice that the path under their feet was a little potholed.

Sun Jiugong held his breath, although the mines covered in the trail were detonated by rope pulling, no one dared to guarantee that there would be no accidents, and at this time, the high ground finally remembered the sound of gunfire, and the dense barrage of machine guns drilled into the woods, which suddenly made the charging American soldiers unable to raise their heads.

The war entered the scorching, thousands of American soldiers were suppressed in the dense forest and could not move, at this time Shafter realized that he had missed the quick solution to the enemy, immediately changed his tactics, and Roosevelt also realized that it was time for him to go out, and immediately took the initiative to invite the cavalry to rush towards the Celtic Mountain, seeing this scene, Sun Jiugong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The patience of the Americans was running out little by little, and Shaffer, too, was enraged and ordered Roosevelt to go and occupy the Celtic Mountains first. So Sun Jiugong also immediately nodded to his assistant.

There was a sudden sound of pulling the bolt on several piles of dead leaves, and Wenxiu's finger in the distance also buckled on the trigger.

The figure that had been engraved in his mind finally appeared in the distance, but he did not rush to make a move, his eyes bit the man in the middle like a falcon, but because of the flickering hooves of the horse, he did not shoot immediately, but continued to lurk in the grass, watching the cavalry pass by, brandishing pistols and screaming like cowboys in the American West and rushing towards the hill.

The Spanish soldiers' counterattack was very weak, and the guns seemed extremely lonely, and everyone thought that it was a simple battle, but at this moment, a cavalryman who rushed in front suddenly felt the war horse stumble under his feet, and his forelimbs seemed to sink into a puddle of mud.

Before he could react, the whole person was thrown out by the war horse that suddenly fell, and before his body could hit the ground, he saw countless fires suddenly rushing up on the ground behind him, and the earth was suddenly lifted, mixed with gravel and dirt swept away, and the surrounding partners were lifted off the war horses.

This sudden accident, not to mention Roosevelt, who was leading the charge, even the dozens of Spanish soldiers stationed on the Celtic Hill did not expect it, they did not understand what was happening, and there was no artillery on their side, why did the foot of the mountain suddenly explode?

Roosevelt's face turned pale with fright, and he thought that he had encountered Spanish artillery, so he hurriedly flapped his horse and fled backwards.

"You shouldn't be here."

"Since you're here, you shouldn't look back."

"This is a game of war, not politics."

And looking at the figure approaching the crosshair little by little, Wen Xiu muttered to himself, and the moment the target drilled into the crosshairs, he suddenly pulled the trigger: "The young master wants you to die." ”

"Bang"

A crisp gunshot tore through the warring sides, and in the scope, Roosevelt's head on horseback tilted, his body seemed to stagnate, and he fell backwards sharply, and just as he was about to land, several other gunshots rang out at the same time, and a few bits of blood mist were shot out on him.

Almost at the same time, in the dense forest at the foot of the San Juan Heights in the distance, it suddenly exploded, and the dense sound of Maxim machine guns like tearing oilcloths rang out, and four tongues of fire swept across like a raging storm, and they didn't expect that there would be an ambush around them, and the American soldiers with such fierce machine guns were cut like wheat, and thousands of soldiers were directly torn apart by surprise.

But the nightmare had just begun, as the ropes were pulled one by one, and a ball of fire erupted from under his feet, and the explosion carried the sand and stones and dangerous subway steel balls, like deadly knives drilled into the bodies of American soldiers, and within a moment the woods were on fire, exploding, screaming and frightened, making the remaining American soldiers who were resting in the back tremble.

"This is the first lesson"

Looking at this scene, the smile on the corner of Sun Jiugong's mouth was thick, and when the four Maxim machine guns finally stopped whistling, the first batch of them entered the woods to charge, but they were suppressed by the Spanish army, and there was no figure who could stand up on the crowded path like a sardine can.

Sun Jiugong waved his hand, and several Cuban corpses that had been prepared for a long time came out, and a pillow-sized ** bag was stuffed under the machine gun After pulling the fuse, he led everyone into the deep dense forest.

When four huge fireballs rose from the woods, Shaft fell to the ground, and even the military observers of the surrounding countries opened their mouths wide, not understanding what was happening in the woods.

On August 2, U.S. time, the 15,000 Army led by Shaft suffered huge losses in the attack on San Juan, and 4,000 fell in the dense forest at the foot of the San Juan Heights, and the same scene occurred in the Celtic Mountains, which were originally thought to be captive, and nearly 100 first volunteer cavalrymen who came to Cuba with American glory to fight were killed, and even Roosevelt was not spared.

By the time of the capture of San Juan, the Americans had left behind 6,000 corpses, more than a third of their entire force, and Shaft's plan to capture San Diego and defeat the Spanish had failed.

When the news was transmitted back to the United States through the reporters present, the whole United States seemed to freeze, and when the reporters released the photos of the bodies of several Cubans, all the Americans were enraged, and they could not believe that the American soldiers who had helped Cuba end its colonial rule could be massacred by the Cubans and Spaniards

On 3 August, William McKinley announced another 50,000 troops to Cuba, and said that he would not only defeat the evil Spain, but also completely eradicate those Cuban tyrants and return the Cuban people to a peaceful world

The Caribbean is in a scorching state.

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