Francisco pointed out the mistakes of the Republican government in the past two years with righteous words, leaving all the officials of the Republican government speechless.
After all, their accusations against Francisco were biased. Any one person might not be able to reverse the situation under Francisco's circumstances at the time. In other words, Francisco's failure was caused by objective reasons.
It's not a subjective mistake.
And every mistake the republican government has made since the war started is an act of stupidity and stupidity. It can be said to be an insult to the frontline generals!
Delay the progress of the attack, let future enemies help keep the gold, abandon the troops and move the capital again and again...
The republican government is ready to pay the price for their so-called dignity, but instead of letting it bear it itself, it throws this heavy burden to the army, letting the soldiers pay for their ideals with their lives.
Indeed, this ideal is lofty.
At first, the Republicans announced religious freedom, adopted a new Constitution, and embarked on reforms and legislation in agriculture, education, regional autonomy, etc. in an effort to establish a prosperous and powerful republic.
But later, the republican government ignored the opposition of the right and excessively oppressed the right, which led to right-wing resistance and even a coup.
Later, the republican government showed its lack of understanding of the war and its cowardice during the war. It repeatedly made wrong decisions and policies, resulting in heavy casualties to the republican army in the civil war.
If it weren't for the fact that the ideal of a republican government is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Francisco would have been unable to support this stupid government. Just with his ridiculous "ask Germany to keep the gold and hand over the deposit." Francisco would have killed him with a gun.
the impulse of all republican officials.
In the end, it was Lieutenant General Dex who was responsible for the capture of La Palma and stayed on the island to break the confrontation between Francisco and the politicians. He tried to ease the atmosphere and comforted: "Judging from the current situation, we control May.
The islands of Cano and La Palma are equivalent to a population of more than 80,000 and a strategic depth of approximately 1,500 square kilometers."
Lieutenant General Dex pointed to the sea area map that had long been hung on the wall of the hotel's temporary conference room and analyzed: "Take La Palma Island, where the provisional government is located, not only has a large area of forest, but also has developed islands distributed on the coastal plain.
Agriculture can also produce bananas, tobacco leaves, vegetables, sugar cane, fruits, grains, grapes, etc. In addition, La Palma Island also has winemaking, sugar, flour and other factories, making it completely self-sufficient in daily necessities.
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A Republican naval officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel also joined the conversation at this time: "In addition, in the Port of La Palma Santa Cruz on La Palma Island, our naval fleet is completely capable of conducting simple operations.
With repairs and maintenance, combat effectiveness can also be guaranteed."
The navy that the lieutenant colonel refers to is the only three gunboats and 15 armed merchant ships that the Republican government currently has. Such a fleet would never be called a fleet elsewhere, but in the eyes of the Republican Army, this is indeed what they have now.
Some have all the naval assets.
The lieutenant colonel who spoke is the current commander-in-chief of the Navy of the Republican Army. Yes, a lieutenant colonel serves as the commander-in-chief of the navy! This can be regarded as a major feature of a tragic war.
Francisco sighed and said helplessly: "In that case, let us ensure the combat effectiveness of the navy to prevent the enemy from landing as much as possible. I will wait for your good news."
"You..." As the commander-in-chief of the navy, the young lieutenant colonel was obviously very unhappy, but he did not dare to refute Francisco's words. Of course, even if he claimed that his navy could block the navy with 17 destroyers,
Not many people in the National Army believe it. He himself knows very well how valuable he is as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
Looking at the lieutenant colonel who had stopped predicting, Francisco shook his head and ignored it. After saluting a perfunctory military salute to a group of politicians who only knew how to shout slogans, Francisco left the conference room without looking back.
He doesn't want to waste time in this place where there are only empty ideals, not even for a moment!
"General." After a while, Lieutenant General Dex, who had just smoothed things over in the conference room, also left the conference room and found Francisco, who was smoking silently on the beach.
"What?" Francisco blew out a smoke ring and said with a contemptuous smile: "You want to tell me your self-deceptive theory again? Or do you really think that these two small islands can still let us
The Republican Army’s comeback?”
After listening to Francisco's complaint without saying a word, Lieutenant General Dex just slowly saluted him with a standard military salute, and then said with a serious look: "Your Excellency, I did not say that because I believe 2
What kind of storm can a small island cause? It's because as a soldier, I have no choice at the moment."
Looking at Francisco, who was silent after listening, Dex continued: "Indeed, we lost, and the loss was ugly. However, since we have chosen to follow the ideals of the Republicans, we soldiers can only do our best.
The ability to think about how to fight, even if you know you will lose!"
"In the meeting just now, you said that you can be self-sufficient in daily necessities, but what about weapons and ammunition?" Francisco, who was silent, asked Dex abruptly.
"It's a pity." Dex said in a deep voice with a lonely look: "Weapons and ammunition cannot be replenished at all, and the inventory on the island is only a small amount of what I originally brought. Each army still has about 2 standard base ammunition.
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"Then why is there any need to continue fighting!" After listening to Dex's words, Francisco yelled even more emotionally: "Do you have to have everyone die here, at the hands of your own people, to be satisfied!?
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"General!" De Sica, who was already a lieutenant general, held Francisco's hands like a young boy and said sternly: "Even if the whole army is annihilated, we should still fight hard. At least let the whole army be defeated.
The world has seen the strength of our republicans! Let our ideals leave a deeper impression on them!"
It's a pity that Francisco was not influenced by Dex, so he threw his hand away and said firmly: "This is a bloody ideal! If you have not experienced those large-scale battles, you will naturally not understand how to realize this ideal.
How cruel.”
Francisco looked into Dex's eyes with a solemn expression and said coldly, "Don't always think about having to fight for ideal things. When you hear this kind of question, your blood boils and you want to fight a big war. You can't wait to fight immediately."
Just go and charge into battle, fight bloody battles, and be wrapped in horse leather. As a general, you must first think about your soldiers before doing this. Will you be the one who dies on the battlefield? Will you be the one who has your family broken up? Will those families who have lost their family members, will you?
Is it your family?! War is bloody and requires lives. Thousands of troops go and only a few people return. This is not a game. If you lose, you can come back again. Besides, we have already lost, so why continue?
Pay more blood!?"
"Is this your reason for avoiding combat?" Dex tried to argue unwillingly.
"Half Spain is dead, it died in the hands of the other half of Spain. The remaining Spain cannot continue to bleed..." After failing to answer Dex's question, Francisco left a meaningful sentence and followed
The coastline goes far alone.
Dex is left alone, torn between his bloody ideals and cruel reality.