Chapter 286 The first lesson of San Juan

Looking at the place where Sun Jiugong's last finger fell, Wen Xiu nodded. Although the young master had already said that the Americans would go to San Juan, and Roosevelt would definitely come, he also admitted that he could not guess that the latter and his miscellaneous army would eventually go there, so he had to rely on the Nighthawks to find their own fighters.

Sun Jiugong is right. Roosevelt organized the cavalry of more than 100 people not to fight at all, but to show off completely, to gain political capital for his selfishness, so he brought more than a dozen American journalists.

Wen Xiu looked at Sun Jiugong, who was about the same age as himself. There is no doubt that after studying in Germany, he was directly transferred to Cuba to assist the major staff of the Cuban Revolutionary Army to study people's hearts very thoroughly, and combined the people's hearts and the battlefield situation to analyze them, which made him look high.

Celt Mountain, there is only one without cannons or machine guns, only dozens of Spanish soldiers stationed, and the very low mountain is the most suitable for Roosevelt show!

However, this is just a guess of his own people. What if Roosevelt has been hiding behind and entering San Diego?

"Don't worry, my people will lie in ambush on the edge of the San Juan Heights. There are woods here, and I have taken the lead in digging the hole to hide. As long as the disguise is good, the Americans will definitely not find it." Sun Jiugong smiled, but his eyes were already sharp: "I have prepared four Maxim machine guns and a big gift of more than a hundred mines!"

"I hope Americans will like it!" Sun Jiugong tested and smiled.

Four Maxim machine guns, a hundred mines!

Wen Xiu was also stunned. He didn't expect that Sun Jiugong was so cruel to play with his life. He had the idea of being a confidant. However, he remembered that the young master said that he could not expose his identity in this operation, so he quickly asked, "Sir Sun, are you reliable?"

"Don't worry, it's not Chinese. They are all some outlaws recruited by Kkob from South America. After they mess up the formation of the Americans, they will immediately take a boat to evacuate Cuba. I will also send people to blow up the machine guns without leaving any traces."

Seeing Sun Jiugong's confident assurance, Wen Xiu also let go of his mind and pointed to Mount Celtic and said fiercely, "I will take a group to Mount Celtic to hide in person, and the other group will act with you. If Roosevelt really comes here to show, he will die, but if he doesn't follow the main force, then!"

Wen Xiu paused for a moment, glanced at the team sent to Sun Jiugong next to him, and said heavily, "Please use machine guns and mines to break up the American [***] team. They will solve the problem!" -

In the guard post in San Juan Heights, the Spanish sentry looked nervous with a gun. The Americans had already taken action, and according to the report of the daytime reconnaissance partners, they were not far away.

In the highland bunker behind him, the cold barrels of five 75mm guns were so cute in the night, and the two Maxim machine guns next to them were everyone's hope. The sentry did not expect to resist more than 10,000 American troops in turn. He only hoped that these big guys could delay the United States for a period of time so that the reinforcements could come.

In his opinion, this is Spain's Cuba, and those damn American upstarts should not come!

The sentry held the gun, sucked his nose and was about to go to the other side to have a look. Suddenly, a shadow seemed to flash between the Highlands and Celtic Mountain. He was so scared that he quickly raised his gun to aim, but no matter how he searched, he did not see the shadow again.

"Maybe it's because my eyes are dazzled?" The Spanish sentry put down the gun. The damn Yankees made people a little suspicious. Maybe it was just a passing mouse.

Wen Xiu lay in the grass, close to the ground. The Spanish sentry's behavior just now shocked him. Unexpectedly, this guy's eyes were more powerful than those of the observers in the fleet. It was so dark that it could attract his attention.

Fortunately, the Spanish sentry probably didn't see clearly, so he turned his head and walked to the other side, let Wen Xiu take a breath, immediately took out a dark dagger and dug it on the ground. In less time, he dug a bomb pit, and then carefully put it into a mine. After the registration string was buried in the soil, he climbed to the second place. Go.

Around, more than a dozen night eagles, like him, quickly planted mines. These equipment departments have just come out, containing a large number of fragments and steel balls, and loaded with iron pimples up to one kilogram of TNT, which will become a nightmare for American soldiers!

After buying the mine, Wen Xiu quickly walked to the Celtic Mountain with the group, and soon disappeared into the deep twilight. When they were dressed like rags, their whole bodies were covered with leaves and withered grass to hide in the selected position, like pieces of soil hidden in the background, the distant horizon finally glowed with a red light.

Sasa's footsteps broke the tranquility of San Juan's early morning, and countless birds were horann to rise from the woods in horror, hovering and looking down on these uninvited guests.

"Let's go."

Shaft gave the order to divide his troops. Five thousand American soldiers left the main force and rushed to the first target, Elcane Village. His plan was to take Elcane in two hours, and then join the main force to attack San Juan Heights.

At 6:00 and 30 ready, a few cannons opened the prelude to the Battle of San Juan. The rumbling cannons made Roosevelt, who was riding on Mount Ma, feel that his blood was about to boil. The navy had defeated the Spanish fleet. Although the loss was a little heavy because the damn Li Mo sold four cruisers, the United States still Still taking this step, he believes that as long as Cuba and Puerto Rico are taken, the United States' sight will gradually withdraw from the Atlantic Ocean and invest in the wider South America and the Pacific Ocean!

The only regret for him is that Spain's colony in the Pacific Ocean was swallowed up by Li Mo, so that he could not declare war on Spain. However, it doesn't matter much. When the main force of the U.S. fleet enters the Pacific Ocean, which place still belongs to the United States!

In the rumble of gunfire, Roosevelt took his cavalry to follow the army and continued to advance to San Juan, where there was a bigger fortress waiting for him to conquer!

But he didn't know that several pairs of eyes were watching the battle in the dense forest around him.

"Are you charging so quickly?"

Sun Jiugong hid in the corner and looked at the American soldiers who started the charge after firing a few cannons in the telescope, and couldn't help sighing. The overwhelming military advantage made the Americans proud and underestimated the enemy. In addition, the inexperienced American soldiers did not understand the meaning of the artillery fire cover before the charge.

Sure enough, when hundreds of American soldiers stood up and rushed to Elcane, the gunfire in the strong position finally sounded, and the dense gunfire was suddenly unprepared. They thought that the American soldiers who could be captured were holding their heads and left behind in a while. Nearly a hundred bodies.

Sun Jiugong can't laugh or cry. Is this also called war? There is no fire cover, no cover, and no waist is so straight up. What's the difference between this and death? They are much worse than the Pacific Army, which adopted the combat manual compiled by the young master!

After patting his partners around him, Sun Jiugong gave up the idea of continuing to watch Elcane's battle. He believed that no matter how many people there were in the United States, he would not want to nib down here in less than seven or eight hours.

Quietly following the main force in the United States, Sun Jiugong finally found the Roosevelt who was riding on horseback and hiding in a group of knights with the help of a telescope, and his eyes lit up with snow.

The goal is finally here!

Roosevelt rode on horseback and talked and laughed with several reporters. He didn't seem to pay attention to the dense gunfire of Erneka in the distance behind him. He looked ahead from time to time, thinking about how to use the San Juan Heights to save capital for himself.

Soon, the main force of the U.S. military reached the San Juan Heights. When the sun lit up the hill only 300 meters high, several U.S. military cannons finally began to roar. At this time, Sun Jiugong also drilled into the dense forest leading to the San Juan Heights and drilled into a pile of dead leaves slightly raised on the ground.

A large hole that could accommodate seven or eight people was dug under the pile of dead leaves. A Maxim machine gun poked out slightly. The yellow and orange bullets were tightly arranged on the canvas belt one by one, and several recruited soldiers were making final preparations.

After saying hello to everyone, Sun Jiugong immediately walked to the observation window. There was a small periscope here. The periscope drilled out of the pile of dead leaves and could clearly see the movement of the U.S. military in the distance.

There is only one road to San Juan Heights through the dense forest. In Sun Jiugong's view, the narrow passage is not suitable for strong attack. However, what he can't understand is that the U.S. military is still marching so swaying slowly. If he could touch the high ground at night last night, I'm afraid he wouldn't even need a few bullets.

A shell rushed out of the muzzle and hit the small high ground, rising a mass of smoke. Roosevelt was very excited and pointed to the high ground and bragged to the reporters around him, but to everyone's surprise, a shell suddenly drilled out of the high ground and hit the U.S. military position not far away, scattering everywhere. The shrapnel immediately killed an unexpected American soldier, which scared Roosevelt and others to retreat quickly.

Sun Jiugong patted his thigh and said that it was a pity that if the Spanish artillery could be on time, I'm afraid he didn't need to bother himself.

The American artillery, which recovered, immediately began to counterattack. For a while, there was a rumble of gunfire on both sides, but the U.S. military fought from the bottom up, using black gunpowder with a lot of gunpowder. It was easy to be found by the Spanish artillery and gradually fell into the wind.

Seeing this, Shaft immediately ordered the infantry to attack. The dense American soldiers began to rush through the dense forest to the high ground, and several figures were even less than 100 meters away from the dead leaves.

Fortunately, the attention of the American soldiers was focused on the high ground ahead, and they did not notice the piles of dead leaves next to them, let alone the pits of the path under their feet.

Sun Jiugong held his breath. Although the mines in the dense path used the way of ropes to pull and detonate, no one could not guarantee that there would be an accident. At this time, the sound of gunfire finally occurred on the high ground. The dense bullet screen of machine guns drilled into the woods, and immediately made the American soldiers who were charging unable to raise their heads.

The war was burning, and thousands of American soldiers were suppressed in the dense forest. At this time, Shaft realized that he had missed a quick solution to the enemy and immediately changed his tactics. Roosevelt also realized that it was time for him to leave, and immediately took the initiative to invite the war and rush to Celtic Mountain with the cavalry. Seeing this scene, Sun Jiugong finally took a breath.

The patience of the Americans was running out little by little, and Shaft was also enraged and ordered Roosevelt to occupy Mount Celtic first. Therefore, Sun Jiugong immediately nodded to his assistant.

There was a sound of pulling the bolt on several piles of dead leaves, and Wen Xiu's fingers in the distance were also on the trigger.

The figure that had been engraved in his mind finally appeared in the distance, but he was not in a hurry to take action. His eyes bit the man in the middle like a falcon. However, because the horseshoe flashed, he did not shoot immediately, but continued to lurk in the haystack, watching the cavalry passing by, waving pistols and shouting like a cowboy. He rushed to the top of the mountain.

The counterattack of the Spanish soldiers was very weak, and the gunfire seemed extremely lonely. Everyone thought it was a simple battle, but at this moment, a cavalry rushing to the front suddenly felt that the horses under their feet staggered, and their forelimbs seemed to have fallen into a pool of mud.

Before he could react, his whole body was thrown out by the suddenly fallen war horse. Before his body landed, he saw that countless fires suddenly rushed up on the land behind him. The soil was suddenly lifted, mixed with gravel and soil, and swept away, lifting the friends around him off the horse.

This sudden accident, not to mention Roosevelt, who was leading the team to charge, even the dozens of Spanish soldiers stationed on Celtic Hill did not expect it. They didn't understand what had happened. There were no artillery on their side. Why did they suddenly explode at the foot of the mountain?

Roosevelt was so scared that he turned pale. He thought he had met the Spanish artillery, so he quickly patted his horse and fled.

"You shouldn't have come here."

"Since you're here, you shouldn't look back."

"This is a war, not a political game."

"And." Looking at the figure getting closer to the front sight, Wen Xiu muttered to himself. When the target got into the front sight, he suddenly pulled the trigger: "The young master wants you to die."

"Ban!"

A crisp gunfire tore the two sides of the battle. In the scope, Roosevelt's head on the horse's back was tilted, and his body seemed to be stagnant. He suddenly fell back. Just as he was about to land, several other gunshots sounded at the same time, hitting a few blood fog on him.

Almost at the same time, in the dense forest at the foot of San Juan Heights in the distance, it suddenly exploded. The dense sound of Maxim machine guns like tearing oilcloth sounded, and the four fire tongues crossed and swept by like a storm. They didn't expect that there would be an ambush around them, and the American soldiers with such fierce machine guns were like wheat. The same thing was cut, and thousands of soldiers were directly torn to pieces by surprise.

But the nightmare has just begun. As the ropes are pulled one by one, a mass of fire bursts from under his feet. The explosion was wrapped in sand and stone and dangerous subway steel balls, like deadly flying knives penal into the bodies of American soldiers. In less than a moment, the woods seemed to be burning. The explosion Screaming and panic made all the remaining American soldiers who rested in the back shudder.

"This is the first lesson!"

Looking at this scene, Sun Jiugong's smile at the corners of his mouth was even stronger. When the four Maxim machine guns finally stopped roaring, the first batch of people drilled into the woods to launch a charge, but they were suppressed by the Spanish army. There was no one who could stand up on the crowded sardine-like path.

Sun Jiugong waved his hand, and several Cuban corpses that had already been prepared were come out. After a pillow-sized explosive bag was stuffed into the machine gun and the fuse was pulled open, he led everyone into the deeper dense forest.

When four huge fireballs rose from the woods, Shaft suddenly fell to the ground, and even the military observers of the surrounding countries suddenly opened their mouths. They didn't understand what was going on in the woods.

On August 2nd, U.S. time, the 15,000 army led by Shaft suffered huge losses in the attack on San Juan, with a full 4,000 fallen in the dense forest at the foot of the San Juan Heights. The same scene appeared in the Celtic Mountain, which was originally thought to be captured by the master. Nearly a hundred people came to Cuba with the glory of the United States. May the cavalry be killed, and even Roosevelt will not be spared.

Until the final occupation of San Juan, the United States left a total of 6,000 bodies, accounting for more than one-third of the whole army. Shaft's plan to quickly capture Santiago and defeat Spain completely failed.

When the news was sent back to the United States through the reporters present, the whole United States seemed to be frozen. Finally, when the reporters released photos of the bodies of several Cubans, all Americans were enraged. They couldn't believe that American soldiers who went to help Cuba end colonial rule would be slaughtered by Cubans and Spanish. Kill!

On August 3, William McKinley announced another 50,000 troops to Cuba, and said that he would not only defeat the evil Spain, but also completely eradicate the Cuban insurgants and return a peaceful world to the Cuban people!

The Caribbean Sea is in anxiety

(to be continued)