Francisco could not have imagined why an army composed of Orientals could be so powerful.
Francisco could forgive himself if he was defeated by a force made up of whites, but he could not accept defeat at the hands of a group of Orientals.
The ancient empire of the East was a lingering shadow for Westerners, but the British launched the Opium War thirty years ago, and they completely unveiled the last fig leaf of the Qing Dynasty, so that Westerners can truly realize that the once powerful Eastern Empire is now a foreign power.
Those Easterners with pigtails have been the joke of white Westerners since thirty years ago.
Prior to this, Francisco believed that armies with braids were incapable of fighting and that they were as weak as women as they looked.
Obviously, Li Mu, who was sitting in front of Francisco, did not have braids, although he was the same yellow skin, but Francisco confirmed that the yellow man in front of him was more ferocious than all the yellow people he had met before.
This guy can do this By the way, this Ream is not an Oriental, although he has the appearance of an Oriental, but this Reem is an American Thinking of this, Francisco felt a little better.
Li Mu didn't know that Francisco's inner struggle was so fierce, seeing that Francisco finally quieted down, Li Mu smiled and nodded, and raised his glass to Francisco.
"Do you want to have a drink" Li Mu didn't want to be rude, after all, he was a viscount, and when he got to his own territory, the friendship of the landlord still had to be exhausted.
Francisco didn't speak, and looked at Li Mu with fear in his eyes.
"Where are you from, Mr.
Francisco?"
Li Mu tried to get out of Francisco's mouth, and finally caught a viscount, and he always had to get some information.
"I am the Viscount of Elbiso of the Kingdom of Spain, my family will pay a ransom for me, and I demand to be treated as I deserve" Francisco did not answer Li Mu's question, although he was captured, Francisco did not seem to have completely lost his self-esteem, and only this sentence was repeated.
"Well, it looks like you don't want to cooperate, so stay here until the war is over until your family pays the ransom for you."
Li Mu stopped talking nonsense with Francisco, and with a wave of his hand, ordered Mason to throw Francisco into the prisoner of war camp.
Well, Will didn't kill all of the servants, and more than 300 servant soldiers were taken prisoner, and they were all taken back to Guantanamo, where endless labor awaited them until the end of the war.
Li Mu doesn't raise idlers here, even if he is a viscount who can sell for money.
Watching Mason take the helpless Francisco away, Li Mu casually picked up the battle report on the table.
Just yesterday afternoon, Willenic Nicolau launched a fourth attack, this time still no progress, from the beginning of the war to the present, Willenniculau's soldiers have lost nearly 10,000 people, but there is no inch, and the Spaniards have not even broken through the first line of defense of George Dewey.
George Dewey's telegram to Li Mu still urged Li Mu to give an order to move the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment to the flank of the Spaniards, contain the Spaniards' forces, and prepare to launch a counteroffensive against the Spaniards.
Li Mu was determined to wait for mortars, and without the help of artillery, Li Mu would not order the troops to advance towards El Christo.
On July 20, a freighter from New York finally delivered Li Mu's long-awaited mortar to Guantanamo.
With Li Mu's guidance, the development of mortars did not take a detour and was on the right path from the beginning.
With Li Mu's guidance, the mortars produced by the Junma Weapons Company are the same as the common shelling runs in the 21st century, except that the power is slightly inferior due to the insufficient power of the explosives, the same is that there is no rifling in the barrel, the same tail shell is fired, and the same is to sit on the sheet to bear the recoil.
Artillery is different from machine guns, even if the structure of the mortar is relatively simple, if you want to operate the mortar, you still need a certain amount of training, for which the horse weapon company sent more than a dozen engineers, they are responsible for training the artillery to use the mortar, but also to record the data, so that it can be fed back to the horse arms company, the mortar is improved.
Most of these engineers were recruited by the Horse Arms Company from other arms companies, and two of them were from Krupp in Germany, who brought the latest technology of Krupp to the Horse Arms Company, such as the barrel-tight gun body and the locking bolt locking machine, which provided the possibility for the Horse Arms Company to manufacture large-caliber artillery.
There were also two professors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the engineering team, who were tasked with improving the calculations of the artillerymen.
Along with the mortars was Grim Giles, who served as Grant's envoy to communicate with Li Mu about the construction of Guantanamo.
"Reem, you've been proud of the spring breeze this time" Green Giles and Li Mu are old friends, and they joke with Li Mu as soon as they meet.
"Hehe, Green, it looks like you're up again" Li Mu noticed that Green Giles brought several secretaries and entourage, and the director of the Audit Department of the Ministry of Finance didn't have this style.
"Hehe, thanks to you, I am now the administrator of Guantanamo, and I was ordered to come and handle the handover with you."
Green Giles shook hands with Li Mu seriously, using a bit of force.
"Welcome, welcome, please rest assured, I will fully cooperate."
Li Mu understood what Green Giles meant, and it seemed that he was going to get rich again.
After three months of preparation, Washington finally came up with a plan to build Guantanamo, and in order to protect Guantanamo, a territory that hangs over the coast, the US government wants to build Guantanamo on a large scale to ensure the interests of the United States.
In the plan, Washington was to build a shipyard in Guantanamo Bay, expand the docks at Guantanamo, expand the forts and barracks, and hire an army to protect Guantanamo, according to information provided by someone.
It was a time of economic crisis, Washington's plan was not too much, the first phase of the project was only $7 million, and Greens was appointed as the first administrator of Guantanamo.
"It's only seven million dollars, which is a little too little."
Li Mu looked at the plan given by Green Giles with a little disgust, and didn't notice the wry smile on Green Giles' face.
"It's still like this, I guess it's just that you're so angry."
Green Giles shook his head and sighed, looking at Li Mu's gaze full of "You are hopeless".
"Okay, okay, that's a big deal, let me see what parts are relevant to me."
Li Mu didn't care, and began to think about what oil and water he could get in this plan.
"That Guantanamo Infantry Regiment of yours, I'm going to hire a thousand soldiers, is there a problem" Greens began to get into shape.
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"Of course, a hundred thousand dollars a month, and the soldiers' salaries are paid by Washington."
Li Mu made a price, but he didn't think that 100,000 US dollars was a big number.
"Why don't you grab a hundred thousand dollars," Greene Giles disagreed.
I can't agree to hire a thousand soldiers for 100,000 dollars, a hundred dollars per soldier per month, and ask Washington to pay the salaries of these soldiers, which is indeed a bit expensive, even for serious American GIs.
Li Mu raised 5,000 people, and even the consumption of food and drink was only 100,000 US dollars per month, and even included the salaries that Li Mu paid to the soldiers.
"Is it expensiveIf you send soldiers from the mainland of the United States to Guantanamo, then Washington has to pay the soldiers a special allowance abroad in addition to their salaries, so it's about the same."
Li Mu didn't think that this price was expensive, compared with the American soldiers, this price was very cost-effective.
If the army is stationed outside the country and at home, it means that those soldiers will not be able to see their families for many years, so the allowance that Washington has to pay will be higher than the original salary, and Cuba is currently in a state of war, this is a war zone, the cost of garrisoning will be higher, and the key is that the United States does not have an army at all, so the US government is now irremediable, and Li Mu is a strange commodity, so the price is really not high.
"That's too expensive, for the sake of me as the chief executive, give a discount."
Greens and Li Mutao are close, this is Greens Gilles's killer feature.
"Well, for the sake of you're the Chief Executive, I'll give you a discount, and that's $95,000."
Li Mu gives face, and gives discounts.
In fact, even if the discount is more, the government's money is always the best to earn, this advantage is not taken for nothing, anyway, Guantanamo will not face much threat on land, so it is a bit of a waste to send the regular army, then get some militia to make do, of course, the regular army can also come over to rotate, it is considered a vacation, anyway, the US government is responsible for the salary.
There will be no loss in this business.
"You're a vampire, and I'll need five thousand workers."
Green Giles didn't entangle with Li Mu, it was just a show, anyway, Li Mu wouldn't be missing Green Giles.
"Twenty dollars per person a month, five thousand workers, and I promise to be in place within three months."
Li Mu still brandished a big knife and offered the price according to the salary level of workers in the United States.
"Another hundred thousand, and I suspect you only have this number in your head now."
Greens Giles didn't let the discount this time, it's only five thousand dollars, and he really can't open his mouth.
"Ha, if you want 10,000 workers, I promise I won't offer 100,000."
Li Mu is very happy, the 100,000 yuan here is every month, not every year, not to mention that Li Mu has a way not to give a penny to those workers, this is all earned by Li Mubai.
Alcristo is at war, and Li Mu decided to say hello to George Dewey later and take more prisoners
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