The fact that they were able to escape from Bayamo to Santiago proves that the quality of these Cuban soldiers is still good, at least they did not break up in the Maestra Mountains, and as long as they can be given enough encouragement, they are not without the courage to fight the Spaniards. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

A soldier bears a nest, a lion leads a flock of sheep, the sheep will also become lions, a sheep leads a group of lions, and the lions also cannot burst out of their due combat effectiveness.

Compared to Rayleigh Toynby, George Dewey was clearly a lion.

The problem faced by George Dewey was that there were more people and fewer guns, so George Dewey could only select the most elite soldiers to follow George Dewey to El Christo, and the weapons and equipment brought by Li Mu finally came in handy.

"Ream, Alfred, Ben, I'll give you my back." George Dewey, dressed in military uniform, said goodbye to Li Mu and others, and George Dewey was going to go to the front with the second group of soldiers.

Just last evening, the soldiers in the barracks had already set out overnight to occupy Elcristo before the Spaniards, and George Dewey, fearing that the front line would be insufficient, had gathered enough men to lead the group to set out immediately.

The total number of soldiers sent to El Cristo yesterday was 5,000, and today's 5,000 men, combined with the advantage of terrain and geographical advantages, should be able to withstand the attack of the Spaniards.

Of course, being able to withstand and being able to counterattack are two different things, and if he wants to defeat the Spaniards, George Dewey needs more soldiers.

"Don't worry, George, I have sent a telegram asking for the second batch of weapons and equipment to be shipped, this time it is 20,000 people's equipment, and in ten days at most, I will be able to send you 20,000 people." Li Mu is confident, with the backing of the Chuntian Arsenal, there is no need to worry about weapons, how much damage is repaired.

"I need more grenades, it's grenades, you know, so let your factory work overtime, I need grenades!" Importantly three times, George Dewey pinned his hopes for the defeat of the Spaniards on a grenade.

Limited to production, Li Mu didn't bring many grenades this time, only a few thousand, so although the grenades are huge, not everyone can equip them, in the army led by George Dewey, only non-commissioned officers are qualified to equip grenades, and each person only has five.

"After ten days, there will be enough grenades to be delivered, Henry and the Springfield Arsenal signed an agreement to authorize the Springfield Arsenal to produce grenades on an OEM basis, so don't worry, the grenades are enough for you to use, and they can be used to make you sick." Li Mu's task is to ensure logistics, so it must be strong.

Although he was in San Diego, Li Mu and Henry were in daily contact, and there was a telegraph room in this barracks, from which telegrams could be sent to Springfield, and the telegrams could be delivered to Henry in an hour at most.

George Dewey expressed satisfaction with Li Mu's work and saluted Li Mu with an American-style military salute, George Dewey turned to Mahan: "Alfred, I'll leave this place to you after I leave, train these unscrupulous boys well, don't be soft when it's time to implement military law-"

"Don't worry, George, I'll take care of the barracks and send you a steady stream of soldiers." Mahan's voice of promise is sonorous and powerful, and although Mahan is a civilian officer, Mahan does not lack courage in his blood.

George Dewey is undoubtedly the first, then Mahan, then Benjamin, and finally Li Mu.

Although Li Mu firmly believes that George Dewey should be himself after him, but Mahan and Benjamin teamed up to suppress Li Mu's resistance, although Mahan has been engaged in theoretical research, although Benjamin, the "general", is mixed, but after all, these two people are soldiers, and Li Mu's only identity with violence is a policeman, not even a soldier.

Just when Li Mu and the others said goodbye to George Dewey, Yan Hu was also saying goodbye to Yan Shun and Chu Xue.

"King Kong, protect Reem, when necessary, I hope you can be as brave as I am-" Yan Hu, who wore the rank of second lieutenant, had a serious expression.

Strictly speaking, Yan Hu has not received complete military training, but as the champion of the National Shooting Competition, even if he does not have Li Mu's care, Yan Hu will definitely not start from a private when he joins the army, in fact, on the second day of joining the army, Yan Hu has begun to guide those officers brought by Li Mu from the United States as an instructor for shooting training, and ordinary soldiers are not qualified to accept Yan Hu's guidance, and this starting point is also high.

"Don't worry, brother, I promise to protect Reem, who dares to hurt Reem, unless he steps over my body." Yan Shun knew what Yan Hu meant, and there was burning heat in his eyes when he looked at Yan Hu.

"Hehe, if you want to be a soldier, go and talk to Reem, it's not a matter of minutes to get you a military uniform-" Yan Hu deliberately said something more relaxed.

"I don't want to, I'll follow Rim-" Yan Shun was not tempted, envy was envied, but Yan Shun knew very well what he should do.

"Brother, be careful yourself." Hatsuyuki brought a skin water bladder full of rum, and her hands and voice trembled a little.

It is Li Mu's order to fill the water bag with wine, which can be refreshed when you are tired, used as alcohol when necessary, and shared with your companions can also be used to get closer to each other, which has many benefits.

Although Yan Hu is by George Dewey's side, he has little chance to fight on the front line, but Chu Xue still can't help but worry, there are no eyes on the battlefield, life is the cheapest thing on the battlefield, if it comes to life and death, even George Dewey has to charge into battle in person, Yan Hu is naturally not spared.

"Don't worry, little sister, take care of Reem, he is the big butler of all of us, if you don't take care of Reem, the supplies for support can't go up, then it's a big trouble." Yan Hu used his head to kill, trying to relax Chu Xue in a relaxed tone.

"I'll take care of it—" Chu Xue's eyes were a little red, and although the tears in her big eyes were dripping, they just couldn't drip down.

Under the leadership of the officers, a group of soldiers lined up to the rhythmic sound of military drums, and there were people gathered on both sides of the barracks gate, there were old people with wind and candles, young girls like flowers, and more housewives who were in good health, many of them were military families, and seeing off their relatives was the only thing they could do now.

No matter what happened at the top, for the common people, the expulsion of the Spaniards was their only wish, and no one wanted to be enslaved.

The atmosphere was extremely warm, many young people were inspired, took the initiative to enter the barracks and asked to join the army, and even there were gray-haired middle-aged uncles, many of whom brought their own guns, although they were a little older, but their hearts yearning for freedom had not cooled.

George Dewey had long anticipated this situation, so there was a recruiting office at the entrance of the barracks, as long as he joined the army, he could get ten Spanish silver coins for settling-in, and five silver coins per month as a salary, all of which was paid by Darwin Andrew, in order to survive better, Darwin Andrew had no choice.

"Rem, good luck to me!" George Dewey gave Li Mu a big hug and shouted in Li Mu's ear.

"Good luck to all of us!" Li Mu patted George Dewey on the shoulder and watched George Dewey get on his horse and leave.

Right next to Li Mu, Mahan and Benjamin, as well as all the officers left behind, maintained a saluting posture, it was only a brief separation, and if necessary, they would also go to the front.

Li Mu did not salute, and saw George Dewey and Yan Hu disappear at the end of the avenue, and Li Mu immediately returned to his office.

"Send a telegram to Henry that the second batch of weapons must be delivered to New York today, and ask Will to inform the railway station to cooperate, prepare the train and driver, and be ready to leave at any time, and then tell Arthur to prepare the freighter in New York Harbor, and no matter when the train arrives, even if it is twelve o'clock in the night, it will be loaded and sent overnight." Li Mu instructed as he walked, and Li Mu was not immune to the kind of scene of unity just now.

"Yes--Okay-I'll send a telegram right away-" Yan Shun trotted all the way to Li Mu's side.

After Yan Hu joined the army, Yan Shun served as Li Mu's secretary and also served as the security captain.

Li Mu doesn't want to limit Yan Shun's role to a personal bodyguard, there are many people who are suitable to be bodyguards, as long as Li Mu is willing to spend money, basically how much he wants, but there are not many people who can be trusted, Yan Shun must be counted, so Yan Shun also has to bear more and more responsibilities.

When he arrived at the field hospital, Li Mu found Li Bora again: "Bola, take your people to escort the wounded to Guantanamo, the 'Sea Ranger' is in the port, go to Guantanamo to find Nelson Morris, he will arrange it for you." ”

"Yes sir-" Li Bora looked at Li Mu and stopped talking.

"If you have something to say, don't ramble, we're busy and don't have time to waste." Li Mu emphasizes efficiency, if you want to live better in this world, you have to be one step faster than others.

"Mr. Ream, I have received news that the place with the largest number of Chinese laborers in the whole of San Diego is Elquebre, where there are at least a thousand, or even more." Liborah didn't hesitate this time.

"Elkefrey?" Li Mu is also enough for these strange place names in Cuba, and he has no impression of this "Elkebre" at all.

"Yes, Elquebre, there's the largest plantation in San Diego, and there's also an iron and marble mine, but it's owned by Darwin Andrew." Li Bora looked at Li Mu with hope in her eyes.

Darwin Andrew, that's right, according to the information obtained by Li Mu, Darwin Andrew is a staunch conservative and the largest slave owner in the Republic of Cuba, so Darwin Andrew must have the most Chinese laborers in Cuba.