War is really a very cruel thing, the most cruel thing is that there is no second chance to start over, only the lucky ones can sum up their experience and start again after defeat, more people die with failure, there is no second chance at all. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Willis Nikolau was not a famous general, at least with superior forces, Willis Nikolau's army could not capture El Christo.

If you can't get the upper hand while attacking, it will not be easy to retreat.

It was not three months ago, and George Dewey did not have enough troops at that time, so he could only watch the Spaniards retreat to Bayamo, this time it was different, although George Dewey's soldiers were still fewer than those of Willis Nicolau, but the gap was no longer out of reach.

George Dewey didn't give Willis Nikolau a chance to get out of the way.

In fact, compared with the offensive, the retreat is more of a test of the quality of the military commander.

Can't beat it and want to run?

You have to be able to run away.

Almost as soon as the Spanish Servants retreated, El Cristo's defenders attacked like a shadow, attacking so quickly that the Spaniards' already somewhat chaotic retreat was even more disorganized.

Willis Nikolau's mistake of not arranging for a single force to break off to cover the retreat of the other troops, or following the experience of the last battle of El Cristo, brought disaster to Willis Nikolau.

In fact, Willis Nikolau is not to blame, because Willis Nikolau could not find a force that could withstand George Dewey's attack.

Almost as soon as the order to retreat was given, nearly 50,000 troops in the El Cristo Valley began a chaotic retreat, and the generals on the front line already knew that there was a force occupying Lamaya, and no one wanted to stay and wait for death, so as soon as the retreat began, it turned into a scramble to flee.

George Dewey did not miss this opportunity, and Alcristo's defenders finally left their long-held positions and attacked the fleeing Spanish servants.

It is no longer appropriate to describe it as "attack", it should be more appropriate to describe it as pursuit-receiving prisoners.

The Spanish servant army had lost the will to fight, they were fleeing and disrupting the formation, the officer could not find his soldiers, the soldiers could not find the officers, even if someone wanted to resist, it could not hinder the footsteps of the soldiers of the United States of Cuba, especially when the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment joined, when the cavalry wearing cuirasses and steel helmets swarmed in a neat queue, and even fleeing became a luxury, and kneeling and surrendering was the best choice.

"General, the reconnaissance company has captured some prisoners and asked the base camp for support." An hour after the attack began, Liborah approached Will with a strange expression.

"Let them bring it back, or let them dispose of it themselves." Will casually ordered, and was discussing with Yan Hu whether he should directly attack Palma Soriano.

Palmasoriano is the lair of Willis Nicolau, and the choke point from El Cristo to Bayamo, and if Palmasoriano is captured at this time, he can take as many prisoners as he wants.

After learning about the progress of the front, Green Giles and Sylvester found Li Mu at the same time, wanting to get more labor from Li Mu, the current Republic of Cuba, Santiago needs more workers, Guantanamo also needs more workers, Li Mu is also building a port area and a steel plant, there is a shortage of workers, so as long as there are prisoners, as many as they want, this is all free labor.

Of course, this free is only for Li Mu, whether it is Green or Sylvester, if you want to ask for someone from Li Mu, you have to give money.

It is also worth giving money, after all, prisoners of war and workers are different, workers can pick and choose when they work, too dangerous work can be refused, it is a big deal to earn money, the daily working hours must be controlled within a certain range, more than a certain time labor efficiency must be reduced, but also eat and drink well, rest well, otherwise it will definitely grind foreign workers.

Prisoners of war are different, although there are already "Geneva Conventions" in these years, but the United Cuban States is not a signatory to the "Geneva Conventions", so no one will guarantee the rights of prisoners of war in the United Cuban States, let alone use men as animals, even if they use men to death.

Li Mu will not get the benefits alone, ordinary soldiers on the front line may not get too many benefits, at most this month's bonus is a little more, and they can get an extra two taels of rum when they eat, but for the officers on the front line, Li Mu is eligible to share the profits obtained from selling prisoners of war.

Well, excuse the use of the word "for sale" here, but in nineteenth-century Cuba, these prisoners of war were indeed clearly priced.

This is normal, after all, slavery is still widespread in the Spanish-controlled areas of Cuba, where human trafficking is legal.

"I'm afraid—the reconnaissance company can't handle it, and they've taken about five acres of captives—" Libora said Ai Ai, feeling a little strange about the way he described it.

"Five acres of land? How many people should that be? Will narrowed his eyes and opened his mouth wide, unaware of the description.

"Suppose there are 3,000 people in one acre of land, then five acres of land - 15,000 people." Thanks to Mrs. Henry's counseling, Yan Hu quickly gave the answer.

Oh, this acre refers to acres -

As far as Will knew, there were no more than 50,000 Spanish servants in the El Cristo Valley, which means that they had captured a third of them.

It's only been an hour.

"Hurry up, send reinforcements, we have to send people back to Guantanamo as soon as possible, and hope that Rim can sell them for a good price." Will could no longer bother attacking Palmasoriano, even if he did so for the sake of these captives.

Doscamios, near the exit of the Elcristo Valley, looked at the Spanish servant captives sitting in front of him on five acres of land, and smiled so hard that he couldn't open his eyes.

Started at ten o'clock last night, arrived at the ambush site at two o'clock in the morning, was bitten by mosquitoes in the middle of the night and did not get a chance to fire, but was bitten by mosquitoes and injured two people, Bai Qi was originally extremely aggrieved, but because of this feast in the morning, Bai Qi finally tasted the fruits of victory.

Fate is so wonderful, after the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment captured Lamaya, Bai Qi led the reconnaissance company before he could withdraw to Lamaya, the Spaniards launched an attack on Lamaya, so Bai Qi was ordered to lurk near the Spanish position, waiting for an opportunity to contain the Spanish attack.

I'm afraid Will didn't expect that this was this order, and it was given to Bai Qi such a great credit, when the Spanish servant army retreated, Bai Qi watched nearly 10,000 people run in front of the position, and finally couldn't help but start, and as a result, Bai Qi caught these tens of thousands of prisoners.

"Battalion commander, I think it's better to separate the officers and soldiers to prevent them from colluding and making trouble." A long line of Mike whispered in Bai Qi's ear.

Bai Qi is the deputy commander of the engineer battalion and the commander of the reconnaissance company, and the Chinese call the leader has always been the one with the largest title, and if there is a "deputy" in the title, then it must be erased in private.

"No, that's it." Bai Qi disagreed.

Bai Qi is not stupid, if you want to separate the officers and soldiers, you have to screen, and because of the lack of manpower, Bai Qi really has no ability to screen, although the reconnaissance company has strengthened its firepower and looks like a lot of people, but in fact the people are just like that, in the early hours of the morning, the Spanish servants can't figure out the details of the reconnaissance company, so they are captured, if they figure out that the reconnaissance company is so one hundred and ten people, maybe they will scatter and flee in a hurry.

"But that's not a thing—" Mike was not at ease, the number one hundred and ten people were guarding more than 10,000 people, and he was a little panicked when he thought about it.

"It's okay, Tiger must have received our report, and it won't be long before someone comes to reinforce us." Bai Qi is also worried, but as long as he survives this time, he will be fine.

The two men were muttering, and suddenly someone was arguing under the position.

"What's going on?" Bai Qi's heart instantly rose to his throat, this is not good, something will happen.

Fortunately, it was not the captives who made trouble, but a group of soldiers from the United States of Cuba, presumably the defenders of El Christo.

"Report to the sir, these people have come to ask for prisoners, and they said that they left them with us just now—" The corporal who came to report looked constipated.

Deposit!

It was true that about an hour earlier, the reconnaissance company had taken prisoners here, and then set up a simple prisoner of war camp, and then the defenders of El Cristor continued to bring prisoners, and thousands of them back and forth.

If it weren't for this, the 100 people who started in vain would really not be able to catch so many.

"What captive? Nothing! "I don't admit it when I wipe my white face, just kidding, how can I spit it out when I eat something in my mouth-

"Why not? We've sent at least a thousand people back and forth to you, and you dare say no? The American instructor led by the other party was suddenly anxious.

Prisoners of war were worth a lot of money, and George Dewey had a meeting before he attacked, and compared to the Guantanamo Infantry Regiment, the El Christo defenders were more ugly to eat, and for each prisoner captured, the command rewarded five dollars, which was cashed out on the same day.

George Dewey's business was not a loss, Sylvester was at the George Dewey headquarters in Alcrist, and for every time George Dewey sold Sylvester a captive, Sylvester would pay George Dewey fifty dollars.

Sylvester had bought it in his own name, not in the name of the United Cuban States, which had now abolished Slavery, and Sylvester, the President, could not know what was wrong.

Hmmm, buying and selling human beings is immoral.