Bai Qi said that it is great, but Steven is a mercenary, and he is not absolutely obliged to do this for Washington, don't think that the political consciousness of the military is very high, in fact, the group of people in the United States who have nothing to do with politics are the military, and they don't even have the right to vote.
As a U.S. citizen, Steven has an obligation to defend the interests of the United States, but only if he fulfills his mission.
Bai Qi still changed the camp for the mercenaries, in fact, the camp is about two kilometers away from Putian by the sea, the terrain here meets the requirements of the Far East Company, there are beaches, jungles, and mountains, and the environment is generally similar to that of Manila.
"If you want to go to Luzon, the first thing you have to do is fight malaria, which is very fatal, and if you don't take precautions against it, I don't think you can fight the Spaniards."
Bai Qi kindly reminded that infectious diseases are indeed the mercenaries' worst enemy.
"Don't worry, we carried a lot of quinine, mosquito repellent specially developed by the biological laboratory, and we also had training on personal hygiene before we left."
Steven had been prepared for this, it was not the sixteenth century, and infectious diseases were no longer the mercenary's biggest threat.
The Horse Biological Laboratory still has some achievements, although there is no improvement in the research of penicillin, but quinine has been conquered by the laboratory, the secret of quinine is actually a layer of window paper, as long as it is pierced, the cinchona tree is not difficult to find in South America, the relationship between the United States and the Netherlands is still passable, and a large number of cinchona trees can be obtained from the Dutch East Indies, so before the mercenaries got on the ship, they had already obtained a large amount of quinine.
"Okay, it seems that you are ready, then I will take my leave, if necessary, please be polite, just tell my liaison officer."
Bai Qi is very busy at work, and he doesn't have much time to waste here with Steven.
Sending Bai Qi away, Steven returned to the headquarters in the center of the camp, lying on the spacious and comfortable bed, and Steven soon fell asleep.
Life on the ship is good, but the private space is too small, and Steven, as the general manager of the Far East Company, only has a cabin of less than five square meters on the ship, which is already an extraordinary treatment that only the captain can enjoy, and the first mate is not qualified for this.
Compared to Steven, the other mercenaries were a bit more miserable, they lived in squads, and the rooms were relatively simple marching beds, but fortunately the rooms had separate toilet and shower facilities, which surprised the mercenaries.
"Everybody has to take a shower, follow the requirements of the personal hygiene regulations, wash your hair and buttocks carefully, I'll check later, and if anyone is not up to standard, then be ready to wash the whole row of panties and socks for a week, I'm not kidding."
Jimmy is strict with his subordinates, regardless of others, and having lived in Cuba, Jimmy knows very well what it means to not pay attention to personal hygiene.
The most frightening thing about tropical infectious diseases is that they are highly contagious, and if one person is sick in one camp, it won't take a week for everyone in the camp to be spared, and the biological laboratory has proven that the infectious disease is caused by bacteria, and Jimmy doesn't want such a tragedy to happen in his own platoon.
When it comes to personal hygiene, it was definitely a big problem in the nineteenth century, and if it wasn't mandatory, some mercenaries could not take a shower for a month or two, and many more people took a shower.
In order to enforce the personal hygiene regulations, the Far Eastern Company forced every mercenary to shave his head, and many people regarded him as a beard, which was also a "contraband" in the Far Eastern Company, and some mercenaries even joked that if they were not issued uniforms, even chest hair was within the scope of the requirements.
Speaking of uniforms, in order to adapt to the weather in Luzon, shorts and short sleeves are also within the distribution range of the Far East Company, of course, there are also normal long sleeves and long pants at the same time, after all, the mosquitoes in Luzon are still more terrifying, some people would rather be stuffy, than bear the bite of mosquitoes, compared with the uniforms of the army, the smallest change should be the shoes, the Far East Company also distributes short military boots that can protect the ankles, which will effectively protect the feet of the mercenaries, and compared with the rugged mountain roads, poisonous snakes are a greater threat, The Far Eastern Company is not equipped with serum, and if it is bitten by a poisonous snake, in addition to the conventional rescue methods, it can probably only rely on the mercenary's own physical fitness, which is not possible in the biological laboratory.
"Sir, who's going to check on you" Some soldiers joked boldly.
"Less nonsense, if you can all follow the rules, the pigs will want to look at your bare butts."
Jimmy was not fooled, even by 21st century standards, Jimmy's hygiene was passable, and even on the ship, Jimmy did not relax his requirements.
It is actually very troublesome to maintain personal hygiene on the ship, although there is seawater, but seawater cannot be directly used to bathe and rinse your mouth, and the amount of fresh water is limited, fortunately, Jimmy has some privileges as an officer, which at least allows Jimmy not to smell when he walks off the ship, as for the ordinary soldiers in the bilge, they are not so good, for half a month, they don't even have enough face water, if it weren't for the strict requirements of the officers, the whole ship would have become a huge garbage dump.
"Sir, look over there."
The guard on duty at the barracks door approached Jimmy gently.
Looking in the direction indicated by the guards, on the hill next to the camp, there were faintly several people looking around, and Jimmy was keenly aware that some people even had binoculars in their hands.
"Robin, bring a few people and get them back and see what they want to do," Jimmy quietly instructed the sergeant major beside him.
As a paramilitary organization, the Far East Company also implements militarized management, and the company also implements a military rank system, which is exactly the same as a real army, which will bring some trouble to the cowboys who have just joined the mercenaries, but can allow more "veteran" officers to integrate into the company as quickly as possible.
"Yes sir, act now."
The sergeant major glanced at the hills out of the corner of his eye, and turned away quietly.
The quality of the mercenaries is still very good, they are either veterans with some experience, or senior cowboys with skilled marksmanship, at least they are adventurers who dare to fight.
When the identities of those people are known, Jimmy can guess their purpose without even interrogating them.
There were four people on the hill, a translator, two attendants, the last of whom was a Spanish merchant, of course, this "merchant" was his own name, and there was no other way to confirm it, in addition to this, they also carried paper and pens and binoculars, and on the Spanish merchant, Luo Bing searched for a python-type detective pistol made by the Horse Weapons Company.
"It's actually a weapon made by Horse Arms, shouldn't we go to New York to sue Mr.
Reem?"
Steven, who was woken up just after falling asleep, was a little angry, there was nothing worse than this, when he was on the ship, Steven didn't sleep a good night, it had been half a month, in order to have a good night's sleep, Steven even canceled the routine officer meeting.
It seems that the proposal to sue is not very reliable, so Jimmy simply pretends not to hear, in fact, the credit has been credited to Jimmy, and then, it depends on how Steven operates.
"Is the result of the interrogation out?"
Although he knew that it was meaningless, Steven still asked in passing.
"The translator didn't know anything, that guy was a native of the Ryukyus, working as a stevedore in the port, and the Spaniard found him and gave him a sum of money to hire him as a translator, but in fact he was arrested by us before he could start his job."
Jimmy only said that he knew, and that of the four, translation was supposed to be the best breakthrough, but unfortunately Jimmy didn't get more information from the translator.
"Interrogate them separately, remember to hold them in solitary confinement, don't give them a chance to confess, uh, you don't think you're going to think of yourself as a New York police officer," Steven finally asked.
"Yes sir, we'll pry their mouths open."
Jimmy understood what Steven meant, mercenaries, he really didn't have too many scruples.
The men in black have indeed helped the New York police a lot, because the existence of the men in black, compared with the police in other cities, and even compared with the previous New York police, the reputation of the New York police is not bad now, at least they did not collude with gangs, did not collect black money, and did not use torture to extract confessions, these things are now done by the black men of Springfield Security Company.
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It is also miraculous to say that the same thing, the person who handles it is a police officer and the person who handles it is a man in black, often gets two completely different treatments from public opinion, for example, for example, the most common temporary inspection, if it is a police, it is necessary to first ask for the consent of the person being inspected, and then the belongings of the person being inspected can be checked, although this provision has not been seriously implemented in the actual operation of the police, but according to the procedure is like this.
But if it is a man in black, the man in black can have no scruples, and the person being inspected does not even dare to protest verbally, because that will have no effect, but will incur harsher inspections.
Because of the existence of the men in black, the New York police have been praised by the New York state government and city government for two consecutive years, and the New York state government is ready to report this model to Washington and seek opportunities to promote it to the whole country.
Steven's meaning was simple, he could be rude to the Spaniard and his retinue, after all, they had been captured by the mercenaries under unseemly circumstances, and since they suspected hostile behavior, they should be treated as enemies.
Jimmy had 10,000 ways to get Spaniards to speak if he was authorized, and there was even a special interrogation unit within the Far East Company, and those people were real experts, some of whom were seconded from the New York City Police Department Of course, the "extraction" here is in private name.
Soon, Steven got the interrogation result he wanted.
"This Spaniard's name is José Carlos, he is indeed a businessman, but he was hired by Castro Banderas, who was an intelligence officer, and we can now be sure that he was in the service of the Governor's Palace in Manila, and José Carlos arrived in the Ryukyus twenty days ago and was waiting for us, when we had just set out from San Francisco."
Jimmy's debriefing made Steven feel irritated.
"Damn, how do the Spaniards know when we're leaving San Francisco" Steven knew that such a large-scale operation of the Far East Company could not hide from the Spaniards, but being monitored by the Spaniards like this made Steven feel very uncomfortable.
Jimmy didn't have an answer to this question either, so Jimmy was smart enough to ignore it: "Jose Carlos has been following us since we got off the ship, and he has gotten a lot of information, including our numbers and equipment, but this guy is too greedy, he wants to draw a topographical map of our camp, and also wants to observe our training, but he didn't expect to be discovered by us." ” "Hey, what's the use of him asking for a topographic map, can he drive the Spaniards a few broken warships over and bombard our camp" Steven disdained, no matter how weak the Ryukyus were, it was still an independent country, and the Spaniards couldn't make enemies everywhere now.
"It's still a bit useful, José Carlos has already speculated that we will have manpower to arrive next based on the size of our camp, and according to Jose Carlos, José Carlos is not the only intelligence agent, there are still people serving Manila, and José Carlos doesn't know how many there are."
Jimmy then reports another piece of bad news, which makes Steven decide to visit Bai Qi right away.
"I'll go find General Bai Qi, as for this Jose Carlos, you can watch and deal with it."
Steven understated it and casually decided the fate of José Carlos.
"Yes, sir."
Jimmy is not surprised, if it was five years ago, Jimmy might not have dared to attack white people, but now he is numb, over the years, the number of white people who have died at Jimmy's hands has exceeded double digits, and it is nothing to add a few more.
Back in his barracks, Jimmy casually asked Robin: "There seem to be a few novices in our platoon, call them over, and count who else has not had blood on their hands, and now that the opportunity comes, they must pass this stage." ” You can't blame Jimmy for being cruel, soldiers who have seen blood and soldiers who have not seen blood are completely different things, if he hadn't gone through this stage, Jimmy even doubted that those recruits would pee their pants on the battlefield, even if it was just a small hesitation at that time, it would make the Far Eastern Company pay a large amount of more pension, and before going to Luzon, Jimmy hoped to catch more Spanish intelligence officers.
The statistics are not bad, a platoon of nearly forty people, only two people have not killed anyone, Jimmy took them to the interrogation room, and said coldly in the face of the four unlucky people who had been blindfolded: "Now take out your guns" Don't get me wrong, it's a pistol revolver
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