On the third day after Li Mu returned to Santiago, the battle in El Cristo finally began.

The Spanish were slower than George Dewey had expected, which would definitely cost the Spanish a heavy price, because within these three days, George Dewey led his troops to build simple fortifications in El Cristo, which greatly increased the difficulty of the Spanish attack.

George Dewey is indeed a famous general, at least with the potential of a famous general. After arriving in El Cristo, George Dewey personally inspected the terrain of El Cristo and finally chose a flat-length "w"-shaped position to use this position to welcome the attack of the Spanish.

This "w" position is an irregular position. The protruding part of the position is composed of bunkers equipped with a roof cover, and the entrances and exits are set in the underground passage. If the Spaniards adopt the human sea tactic, then unless they go to the Ken bunker one by one, no matter which direction the Spaniards attack from, they will be attacked from different directions, and then be attacked by the enemy from both sides and lose sight of the other.

Wiley Nikolaou is not a famous general who is rare. He is a guy with a deep background like Benjamin. During the Civil War in the United States, Wiley Nikolaou went to the United States as an observer to observe the American Civil War. Unfortunately, Wiley Nikolaou did not learn any advanced tactics from it, and commanding and fighting was the same as before.

At this time, Europeans emphasized the use of artillery. Vila Nikolau should have regarded artillery as the god of war that determines the direction of war. In order to wait for the artillery troops to overcome the rugged mountain roads of Maestra Mountain, Vila Nikolau wasted the most critical three days, giving George Dewey the opportunity to choose a position calmly, and finally laid the foreshadowing for his failure.

In fact, two days before the battle began, although George Dewey's troops occupied favorable terrain, they were at a disadvantage in the situation because of the suppression of firepower. Viagra Nikolai made another mistake at this time. His artillery was not in sufficient supplies for light forward. As a result, because the battle exceeded expectations, Viagra Nikolai's artillery fired all the shells in two days. The Spaniards had to stop the attack and wait for the rear to transport supplies, which gave George Dewey the opportunity to adjust the defense deployment.

Within two days, George Dewey urgently dug countless anti-aircraft holes behind the position. These anti-aircraft holes were connected with the trenches on the front line. When the Spanish bombarded, George Dewey's soldiers hid in the anti-aircraft holes and counted their fingers. As soon as the shelling stopped, the Spanish soldiers who participated in the attack had just jumped out of their chest wall, and George Dewey's soldiers immediately entered the position, which eventually made the Spaniard's firepower advantage less and less obvious.

The tactics used by George Dewey are actually similar to the trench warfare in World War I. Of course, due to limited conditions, the trench system dug by George Dewey is only a primary tactical system, but this is enough to deal with Wiley Nikolaou.

If George Dewey actually couldn't think of this tactic, the reason why this tactic appeared was due to Li Mu.

On the night after returning to San Diego, Ma Han took the initiative to find Li Mu and asked to send the Chinese troops selected by Li Mu to the front line.

Of course, Li Mu disagreed. These are all Li Mu's soldiers, and Li Mu definitely cannot let them be cannon fodder.

At this time, Mahan finally showed the toughness of the soldiers. A mere civilian officer burst out with power no less than that of George Dewey, a tough general: "Rim, you should know the consequences of not being able to defend El Cristo. George faces five times the number of enemies he is, so we must concentrate all our strength to support George. The people you took away are veterans. They are very meaningful for fighting the Spanish. You can't put them in Guantanamo. This is a huge waste. And the workers who just joined the army today, the officers responsible for training them told me that their physical fitness is excellent and their learning ability is strong. The key is to have good obedience and excellent discipline. Just simply train them, they will be the best soldiers. So, Lim, your horizons should be broader."

This is really not a flattery. Compared with Cubans, Chinese are indeed the best soldiers. Whether from the perspective of diligence, acceptance, discipline, patience, etc., Chinese must steadily win. Even compared with Western whites, Chinese are not inferior in other aspects, and even slightly better in other aspects.

This is recognized in the current American industry. In addition to the above advantages, Chinese people also have the most popular feature of American factory owners. Chinese people have low requirements for salary. The same is true in Cuba. Li Mu and others recruit troops. If they are Cubans or white Westerners, they all have to pay their salaries. Chinese people just need to tell them that you have freedom after the war, and Chinese people will willingly work hard.

"Alfred, you shouldn't say you want to send the Chinese troops that have just been trained for two days to the front line?" Li Mu changed his face as soon as he heard this. No matter who Li Mu was, as long as Li Mu's interests endangered, Li Mu would immediately give people some color.

"Of course not, I'm talking about those veterans-" Ma Han also knew that even though the recruits had potential, they were still useless now, so he didn't even put his ideas on the recruits.

"Eveners are not good either. They just experienced a bloody battle. There are only less than 200 people left in more than a thousand people. Do you have to kill them all before you can be willing to?" Li Mu even disagreed. Veterans are all team members in Li Mu's heart, and these people cannot be used as cannon fodder.

"Reim, this is a war, no one can stay out of it." Ma Han was not against the situation, and did not deliberately target Li Mu.

"Alfred, this is a Cuban war, not our Americans, so you have to correct your thoughts." Li Mu put a big hat on Ma Han and reminded Ma Han not to get too deeply involved in the show.

"Are those Chinese not Cubans?" Ma Han finally found the loophole in Li Mu's speech.

"No, they have all become American citizens. They are now American citizens." Li Mu flatly denied that with Arthur in New York, the New York Immigration Bureau is similar to Li Mu's family. It is not too simple to apply for a few naturalization applications.

"Reim, why bother--" Li Mu has achieved this, and Ma Han has nothing to say.

"Alfred, our goal is Guantanamo, which is a mineral resource in Cuba. I would like to ask you a question. Can we firmly control these territory and resources without relying on local people?" Li Mu was also heartbroken. At least in terms of national interests, there was no conflict between Li Mu and Ma Han.

"But what should George do? You have to know that he faces 50,000 enemies, lacks ammunition and heavy firepower. Can George withstand the Spaniards? If not, what's the point of talking about these now?" Mahan turned the topic back to the starting point.

"Who said George could not withstand the Spaniard?" If Li Mu wanted to achieve his goal, he had to help George pass this level first.

In fact, although he is not a military man, as a Chinese, Li Mu still has a lot of military knowledge. After all, every man has a dream of a military man in his heart. Therefore, although Li Mu has very little military knowledge and can even be described as a military blind in the 21st century, in this era, Li Mu picked a few things, which was enough to take them out and bluff people.

For example - trench warfare!

In fact, trench warfare has become the main method of field warfare since the American Civil War. Until World War I, trench warfare finally developed to its peak; for example, civil engineering operations developed together with trench warfare, this technology first emerged in the Russo-Japanese War, but it was still out of date until the War of Liberation.

Li Mu doesn't have to take out too many, just find a little one or two, which is enough to help George Dewey defeat the Spaniards.

Ma Han didn't know that Li Mu had this ability. After hearing Li Mu's words relaxed, Ma Han changed his color: "The Rim War is not a joke, and it is not easy to win a war."

Not a game?

As an otaku in his previous life, Li Mu played too many war games. He only talked about a "Call of Duty" series, which almost includes all the fighting methods of modern warfare.

So Li Mu fought a "Cao Gui Debate" with Ma Han. Needless to say, then there was George Dewey's "W" position, as well as the later air raid shelters, traffic trenches, etc.

Li Mu did more than this for George Dewey. In the last telegram sent by Li Mu to Springfield, the "heavy machine gun" was listed as a desperately needed military material. In this material support, ten heavy machine guns will provide the best support for George Dewey to fight the Spaniards.

When lifting a machine gun, the first thing many people think of may be the Maxim heavy machine gun. In fact, it is not. As early as the Civil War in 1861, Richard Joden Gatlin invented the first heavy machine gun. What should make many gun masters feel ashamed of Richard Joden Gatlin just a doctor.

During the Civil War, Gatlin was a military doctor. One day, when Gatlin was treating the wounded, a thought flashed through his mind: if a few soldiers used rapid-fire weapons to deal with an infantry regiment, then their side would not have caused such a large casualty.

So there was the world's first heavy machine gun. How about it? Those who shouted all day long that they could not complete the relevant design without professional knowledge, did they feel their face hurt?

After the Civil War, many "war observers" unanimously confirmed that heavy machine guns would play a greater role in the future battlefield. So the British built factories in England three years ago to produce Gatling. The Russian government also purchased related patents for Gatling machine guns and renamed them to Golov machine guns.

Li Mu has developed smokeless gunpowder, so heavy machine guns will be carried forward in Li Mu's hands. Therefore, Li Mu sent someone to find Gatlin early to purchase patent use rights. These ten Gatlins are the first batch of products of Junma Weapons Company.

Well, for Junma Weapons, Cuba is the best test site. All weapons developed by Junma Weapons can be verified in this test site. Li Mu's research team can discover certain shortcomings in practical applications and then make improvements.
Chapter completed!