Chapter 15: Crazy Strategy (4k)
"This is Juan Pablo RamΓrez"
"Hello Chief of Staff."
"This is Alfonso Alisander"
"Met the Chief of Staff"
"Pedro Antonio Araus"
"Cifrosso Gonzalez Celedon"
"Kosme Castro Andino"
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Pair after pair of hands shook the past, and Ronaldo was now the major guerrilla commanders who had seen all the high-level and backbone of the Sandinista group.
It can be said that the impact and gains of this victory in Puerto Cabezas have far exceeded the sum of the achievements they have made in the past six months of guerrilla warfare, and Ronaldo has made great contributions to it, so no one in the major army commanders dares to put any old qualifications on his shelf, but they all show a kind of extreme respect.
It can be regarded as a complete recognition of the fact that as the chief of staff, his status is far above everyone else.
"Let's all sit down, meet for the first time, and I will ask you to take care of me in the future, I don't know the specific situation of the high ground yet, besides, guerrilla warfare is originally a tactic adapted to local conditions and improvisation, you are all experts, I will not arbitrarily command and disrupt your strategic deployment."
"But then we will face the crazy counterattack of the US army and the National Guard, everyone must be prepared, and during this time, please transfer more, show your whereabouts less, and focus on developing members and training."
"This time our harvest is very good, all the statistics we have harvested close to 1,000 guns, tens of thousands of bullets, and ......."
Saying that, Ronaldo stretched out his hand and pinched a bullet out of thin air: "I can make bullets out of thin air, as well as gunpowder, although the speed of production is not fast now, but I believe it will be faster and faster, you may wish to be generous when dividing bullets and using bullets, the training that soldiers should have must be done well, and the guns can be accurately shot on the battlefield." β
When everyone saw Ronaldo's miraculous miracles again, they were all amazed again, and they naturally respected him more and more as he was the Divine Revelator.
"Okay, with enough guns and ammo, we can finally do a big job."
"yes, now you don't have to be afraid of them."
But seeing Ronaldo frowning, he interrupted: "I'm afraid I can't let you do a big job, I think the most scarce thing should be the telegraph, fortunately, this thing is not complicated to make, and I can copy one almost every two days." β
"The guerrilla regiments are scattered to fight, but unified command is also a prerequisite, I hope that no matter where you go, you can always report your position to the headquarters, and the headquarters will not interfere with your decisions in peacetime, but when necessary, the headquarters will still issue orders to you."
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to enter a grand anti-colonial war that has never been seen in the entire history of Latin America, and it is completely different from the previous small fights, and there must be a unified command."
"But...... Chief of Staff, we won't do it either. β
"I don't want to study, this is the only requirement for me to join your Sovereign Defense Army, study, all resistance fighters must study, to read, to read, to learn history, to learn economics, to be a leader to go out independently to develop the guerrillas, but also to learn how to send telegrams."
After thinking about it, Ronaldo said: "In the short term, we have no worries about supply, weapons and ammunition are sufficient, study and training are your most important tasks, in my eyes, learning is even more important than training." β
"This ......"
Everyone couldn't help but look at Sandinista one after another.
Sandinista hesitated for a moment, then said: "I agree with the opinion of the chief of staff, study, and examination, from now on will become an important internal assessment standard for us." β
"But we don't have enough teachers, how can we have so many literate people."
"yes, there are no teachers."
Ronaldo knew that they would ask this, so he said: "Each squad sends two learners to stay in the corps to study, learn culture and learn ideas at the same time, and the two learners alternate in rotation, one learns in the corps and one teaches below." β
The reason why Ronaldo attaches so much importance to education is, of course, because he understands the history of Nicaragua, and it is thank God that he does not want them to have advanced knowledge, but only that they can not be easily fooled.
Originally, it took seven years for Sandinista to defeat the invaders of the beautiful country, because of the seven-year war, the whole of Nicaragua, whether it was the people in the country or the brothers in the army, was very war-weary, everyone thought that the war was over, and the guerrilla fighters just wanted to go home to farm and live, and if Sandinista insisted on starting a civil war, he would become a sinner.
The Nicaraguan government at that time promised the guerrillas a large amount of land as long as they gave up their weapons and returned home, and then everyone believed it, and Sandinista had to disband his troops, and then he was assassinated by Somoza after the disbandment, and all the guerrillas who returned home after disbandment were shot dead by the local police at home, and then staged a coup d'Γ©tat to establish his dictatorial comprador government, so far, the victory won by seven years of hard fighting was in vain.
This kind of failure, in Ronaldo's view, is like a joke, these people don't even understand the most basic gun out of power, such a simple truth, he can accept his own failure, but he will never accept that he will be so confused failure.
"What do you think? Sandinista ? β
"Uh...... Regardless, learning is indeed a good thing. β
"Thank you, I'm done talking, then let's discuss where to choose the new base area, you talk, I'll listen."
With that, Ronaldo leaned back in his chair and lit a cigar, really no longer interjecting, but took out a rough hand-drawn map full of marks and listened very carefully.
I have to say that in Central America, cigars are really enough.
Seeing that Sandinista also expressed support for Ronaldo's plan, after thinking about it, it was just a matter of learning, but no one objected anymore, but instead began to discuss the next tactical strategy.
It's just that in the process of discussion, Ronaldo obviously noticed that Elsa's face became more and more unpleasant.
Because the places these people are looking for are all deep mountains and old forests in the deep mountains and old forests, and the so-called strategic plan is really going around and around all the time, and even this guy Araus suggested that they should move flexibly like snakes, and the headquarters should not stay in each place for more than three days, so that the US military will never be able to scratch their heads and find where they are.
I don't know if the US military can find them, but anyway, according to his tossing method, before the US military comes to fight, Aisha, and most of the people in the team who are relatively not so strong, are afraid that they will fall ill or even die.
Of course, Ronaldo knew Aisha's concerns, and in fact he also thought it was a problem, but he and Aisha were both newcomers, and he was indeed completely unfamiliar with the terrain, and guerrilla warfare was fought in the terrain, so he really couldn't say anything more.
The road was chosen by Aisha herself, and even Aisha dragged it up when she walked on this road, people are responsible for their own actions, guerrilla warfare is originally drudgery, and anything you say at this time will make people think that Aisha is hypocritical, and it will be difficult for Aisha to gain a foothold in the team in the future.
In fact, Sandinista also noticed that Aisha's face was getting more and more ugly, there were many mosquitoes in the mountains and forests, and Aisha's face should have been bitten by something, and his hand had been holding Aisha when he listened to the report.
After everyone finished speaking, they saw Sandinista speak: "Chief of Staff, I want to confirm with you, this time you took away two guns, right, if we take these two guns out and use them, you really can't store them again?" β
"Yes, I can only store trophies, and if we go back and forth in the mountains, these two guns are almost useless."
"The chief of staff thinks how many reinforcements from the US army will have."
"This ...... The U.S. troops who can really burrow into the rainforest and attack us should be between 5,000 and 10,000. What we have to face is not all the US military, to be precise, it should only be the US Navy, and more accurately speaking, the Marine Corps, this branch of the army is not particularly large in the beautiful country. β
"As for how many of our government's National Guard will send, I don't know, but anyway, I think maybe they'll be the captain of our transport team, maybe it would be better if they had more people."
"That's ......"
Sandinista shook Aisha's hand and said, "What does the chief of staff think we will use the town of Mondomar as our headquarters base?" β
"And then?"
"No then."
"Huh?"
"After the headquarters was relocated there, there was no then, no longer moved, but instead of building fortifications, we fought positional warfare with the American army."
Upon hearing this, everyone, including Ronaldo, was stunned.
Ronaldo unconsciously glanced at Elsa.
"Sandinistas, although Aisha is my sister, I still have to say that you, as the leader of our entire national sovereignty defense army, will not be carried away by love?"
Aisha hurriedly said: "No, Sandinista I can, don't worry about me, I'm not a burden, and I will never be a burden to everyone, I'd rather die if you do this." β
"This ...... Big brother, isn't it crazy that we're fighting a positional war with the U.S. military? β
"Listen to me, I didn't do this for Aisha, but also for all the old and weak women and children in our team, as well as the wounded soldiers."
"Chief of Staff, you don't know the terrain there, it's a small town in the woods."
"A town in the woods? Why is there a small town in the forest? β
"Because there's gold there."
"Oh~"
"There is a big gold mine there, the owner of the mine is an American-funded enterprise, and about 3,000 people are employed to dig gold there, and the population of the town is more than 3,000 people, but the roads are not smooth, it is a town that is forced to be driven out of the mountains and forests, except for mules, no means of transportation can go back and forth in the town."
"The terrain there is on the high side, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the US army comes to fight, there is absolutely no way to carry any heavy weapons up the mountain, and even the bullets they can carry will not be too many, and it will be extremely difficult to supply, but we are the ones who have artillery and heavy machine guns because of your divine ability to enlighten you, Chief of Staff."
"As long as there are 1,000 fighters and 500 guns, I am sure that even 10,000 American troops will never be able to break through my line when the ammunition is abundant, on the contrary, if we can destroy the supply lines of the enemy army while they are tired, they will not be able to withdraw for long."
"I've thought about it, the meaning of my general command is actually to give full support and command to the guerrilla regiments, and it is not appropriate to move and change places all the time, plus the chief of staff just said that I am in favor of learning, but if I keep fleeing in embarrassment, I am afraid it is not suitable for the big guys to study."
"On the contrary, as long as we hold this high ground and we fight the US army at leisure, I think it will be difficult for the US army to break through us, and I can run away if I take 10,000 steps back. Of course, ammunition supply is a problem, but can't you make ammunition out of thin air, Chief of Staff? β
"In this way, we can firmly attract the American troops and create opportunities for the other partisan brethren.
"In addition, after we occupy it, we can also mine gold, which is equivalent to having a stable source of wealth, which is already very close to the border of Honduras, and we can make some of our own daily supplies, and if it is not enough, we can even take the money to Honduras to buy it."
"What do you think, Chief of Staff? The most important part of this plan is your artillery, heavy machine guns, and your ability to make ammunition, do you think this plan is feasible? β
"This ...... It seems like...... It's really doable. β
It is indeed a style of play that has never appeared in military history.
But the problem is that Ronaldo also has a plug-in in his hand that has never appeared in military history!
"Then this matter is settled, fix it, and tomorrow we will pull it out and knock down this big gold mine!"
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On the other side, the beautiful country.
Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Abberley, looked at his men with a gloomy expression.
"Who told me it was April Fool's Day, and you just played a stupid joke on me, that our most elite 500 Marines were wiped out by a group of miners?"
"I didn't ...... A total of 97 soldiers escaped on a warship. β
"Why don't they die!! Why don't they die?! How do they still have the face to come back? β
In a fit of rage, Abberley slammed his pen on the table and broke it in half, going berserk like an angry bull.
"I remember someone told me that Sandinista was just a clown who couldn't do anything big, wouldn't pose any obstacle to our operations in Nicaragua, and would wipe us out? Ministry of Intelligence! Did you grow up eating? How do you want me to report to Mr. President?! β
Of course, because the war-weariness in the beautiful country after World War I was extremely serious, and the army was cut again and again, the navy was valued and strengthened, so Eberley's transfer was actually a promotion.
However, it is precisely because of this that the contradiction between the army and the navy within the beautiful country is also very prominent, and the transfer of him as an army commander to serve as the commander of the navy can be regarded as the result of a political compromise, but in fact, whether it is within the navy or the government, there are many voices saying that he is incompetent.
This is his first year as a naval commander!
Doesn't this confirm his incompetence?
"It is said that ...... It was Sandina who turned against the mayor of the city of Cabezas, and it was because of the cooperation between the inside and the outside that he ......"
"I don't want to listen to this, Mr. President won't listen to this, and the voters don't want to hear this, listen, we have to hide this news for the time being, at least we have to hide it from the voters, and the general election is coming up you idiots! Before all this hell gets the word, we have to get face back. β
"Immediately, immediately, let all the navies who are capable of rushing to the aid of Nicaragua, all! Send them all to me, and arrest that Sandinista and that bullshit mayor, and you must beat them to powder with a thunderous blow! β
"In this way, we can say in the media that a shameless thief attacked our great American warrior, but he quickly paid a heavy price! It must be, it must make them feel the wrath of our beautiful country, this is not a military issue, fools, this is a political issue! β