Chapter 2019
Chapter 2019
Chapter 2019
If the Hispanic people want to have the chance to change their lives after the change of ruler in the Manila area, they can only find this kind of official errands, relying on working hard for the official to gain the approval of the authorities, so as to obtain the chance of naturalization.After successfully joining the Haihan nationality, they can hope to break through the class and change from a lower Riba person to a superior person.Jose may not have such a consciousness before, but he has gradually been instilled with many ideas in the past six months after joining the army, so he naturally understood his future.
Becoming a Hispanic intelligence officer meant that Jose would completely break away from his previous status and truly enter an official career. This was a situation he didn't even dare to think about during the Spanish rule.Jose's family has been farmers for several generations, but starting from his generation, the family's destiny seems to be finally developing in a better direction.
Therefore, for the intelligence department, it is an action to drive ducks to the shelves, but for participants like Jose, it is an excellent opportunity to change their fate. Even if he knows that his professional ability may still be relatively lacking, he may even Taking great risks during his mission, he is still willing to take the risk.
Not to mention, there are two excellent role models in front of you. Jose once heard Ran Tianlu and Fang Peng describe their experience of lurking in Manila City. The mission these two performed at the beginning was not the same as the mission he received now. ?They are also lurking in enemy territory to collect intelligence, and the targets are also the Spanish colonial authorities, and at least they have Hispanic identity as a cover. It stands to reason that the difficulty of carrying out the mission should be easier than the original situation of these two chiefs.
These two chiefs relied on their achievements as spies in Manila to be promoted to regional leaders.As we all know, Haihan's main opponent in this area is Spain, and some professionals will be needed in the future to be in charge of intelligence work on the West. Obviously, the first Hispanic intelligence officer is likely to receive excellent treatment as a A role model for latecomers, this is indeed a goal worth taking risks for Jose.
As for the others except Jose, they have not shown much strength for the time being, especially the local natives of Luzon Island, perhaps limited by their vision and knowledge, basically they can only do things step by step according to the orders, subjectively Mobility is poor.If it weren't for the need for a group of indigenous intelligence officers who can easily conceal their identities, the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau would not even want to recruit these indigenous personnel whose qualifications are not high.
The indigenous intelligence officers selected to participate in this operation, their main duty is actually to serve as crew members, transport Jose to Cebu safely, and cooperate with his actions as witnesses who can prove Jose’s identity—to put it bluntly That is, tool people.
Ran Tianlu didn't expect these people to be able to collect any valuable information from Cebu, as long as they could cooperate with José in a stable manner, so what he told them the most was "Forget your identity, put yourself Just be an ordinary sailor."As long as these people don't take the initiative to cause trouble after they arrive in Cebu, Ran Tianlu believes that his arrangement will definitely be able to deceive the Spaniards' interrogation and allow them to settle down safely there.
Due to the rush of time, it is difficult to impart more systematic professional knowledge to these personnel. We can only seize the time to strengthen their understanding of intelligence collection work, let them know where they should start after they go to the local area, and clarify what they need to investigate Through which channels will the information be obtained, and what taboos in intelligence work must be avoided as much as possible.
As for the goal of building an intelligence network, Ran Tianlu and Fang Peng hold relatively conservative opinions on this for the time being. Although they also want to achieve this goal, the people they send out have no relevant experience, and it is easy to cause accidents if they operate rashly. After Jose successfully settled in the local area, he will slowly plan the establishment of an intelligence network.Of course, if Jose can successfully complete the preparatory work, then when the information network is initially established, it will probably be handed over to him for operation.
While training the personnel involved in the operation, the preparations for related materials were quickly completed.The Military Intelligence Bureau specifically searched for a small sailing boat captured at the local port at the beginning of the year, and hid a large amount of operating funds in the cabin of the ship, but Fang Peng asked Jose not to use the spare funds unless it was a last resort, so as not to attract Spain authorities' suspicions.Of course, if Jose became greedy and wanted to keep the operation funds for himself, then he might have to consider the situation of his family in Manila.
After a ten-day intensive special training, Jose and others boarded the sailing boat from the pier at the mouth of the Pasig River in the early morning, and quietly sailed away from Manila.
"Brother Fang, what do you think? How likely is it to have something happen?" Ran Tianlu asked Fang Peng, who had come to see him off, as he watched the sailboat sail away on the sea.
Fang Peng surong said: "If they can settle down smoothly when they arrive in the local area, then I think there should still be a chance to continue the plan. As for the extent to which Jose and the others can do it, it is hard to predict, it depends on the local people. How about the situation! Brother Ran, what do you think?"
"Me? I'm more optimistic." Ran Tianlu turned his gaze back to the sailboat: "I should be [-]% sure!"
Fang Peng was not surprised at all, and nodded with a natural expression on his face, "Thirty percent...then you are indeed quite optimistic."
This is already a relatively optimistic view after completing the special training. It is conceivable how disturbed they were when they received this order.Although a [-]% chance sounds like a considerable risk, it's better than dying in vain.As for what achievements Jose and the others can make in Cebu, it is estimated that it still depends on fate. If fate is not good, they may be gone as soon as they arrive in Cebu.
Jose also had the experience of going out to sea by boat before, but it was just fishing with other people's boats, and the scope was within Manila Bay, and the farthest was only near Corregidor Island at the mouth of the bay.And since he was born, he hasn't really left the range of Luzon Island, but he never thought that this is the first time he left Luzon Island, he was going to go out to do something big.
The twelve people on this ship were all selected by two intelligence agencies, but only two of them had relatively rich sailing experience and could understand sea charts, recognize directions, and calculate voyages, while the rest could only act as Sailors are responsible for rough physical work such as manipulating sail lines.
Although Jose is the commander of this team, he can only play the role of an ordinary sailor on the ship.However, he didn't take it seriously, thinking that this is also a learning process, and he should be able to learn a lot of sailing skills after the voyage of hundreds of nautical miles.
After sailing out of Manila Bay, the sailboat headed south along the coastline, then turned east and crossed the strait between Luzon and Mindoro.
The Spaniards have established colonies on the north and south sides of the strait, namely Batangas and Puerto Galera. However, after the Battle of Manila this year, the Haihan Navy will visit these places from time to time, so the Hispanic immigrants in these two places Most of them also moved to the southern islands, and the few people who stayed there also chose to move to the inland to settle for safety.
Since the special training period has already consumed too much time, and the information they want to collect has a certain timeliness, there is no plan to stop at the coast during the voyage after departure, and they rush to the port of Cebu day and night.But even the two people on board with sailing experience almost lost their way at sea when faced with the complex marine environment of the Philippine Islands. The original voyage of more than 400 nautical miles did not reach the northern tip of Cebu Island until the sixth day .At this time, the time has entered 1638.
Cebu Port is located on the central coast on the east side of Cebu Island. It is also the place where the navigator Magellan landed when he first arrived in the Philippines in 1521.As the pioneer of the sea in Spain, Magellan used force to coerce the chiefs in this area to surrender to the Kingdom of Spain, but his luck was not very good. When he personally led an army to attack an island tribe, he was killed by the natives on the island. Continue his sailing career.
After General Legazpi led his army to conquer Cebu in 1565, he used this as a base to expand to the entire Philippine archipelago, which opened up the rule of the Philippines for more than 300 years.Of course, due to the appearance of Haihan, the uninvited guest, the Spaniards' rule in the Philippine Islands has changed, and their future days may not be as easy as they were in the original history.
After losing Manila, Cebu became the capital of the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippine Islands. Although it was severely damaged in the war, there was finally such a spare port city that came up in time, so the colonial authorities could barely continue to operate. It will not completely become a mess just because of a defeat in a war.
For Jose and others, Cebu is just a place that exists in rumors. They know that the Spaniards set foot in this place much earlier than Manila, but they have no idea what kind of city Cebu is. There are no concepts.As for how to settle down and carry out actions after they arrive in Cebu, the boss only gave a general action framework, and how to implement them will have to wait until they arrive in Cebu to decide on their own according to the specific situation.
In other words, Jose needs to make an on-the-spot decision on how to achieve the mission goal.If he makes a mistake in his decision-making, it is one thing to fail in action. Maybe the 12 of them will be exposed because of this, and they may not be able to get out of Cebu by then.
Jose also knows that he has a heavy responsibility, so besides being a part-time sailor on the way, he spends almost all of his time deliberating over the several plans prepared by his boss to ensure that he can have a more natural performance after arriving in Cebu. .
When there were more than ten nautical miles away from Cebu Port, two Spanish armed sailboats appeared on the sea, and they approached Jose's ship actively, trying to verify their identities.Jose quickly asked people to show a flag with a red cross on a white background, which symbolizes the Kingdom of Spain, to show his identity.
The reason why it was not hung on the mast, but displayed on the spot, is also a special arrangement of the intelligence department.They set Jose’s ship as a sailing ship fleeing from near Manila, so the Spanish flag could not be hoisted on the way, so as not to be noticed by the Haihan warships cruising near Luzon Island.And near Cebu under Spanish control, it makes sense to take out the flag and display it at this time.
However, perhaps because of the big losses in the Manila war, the Spanish colonial authorities now have very strict control over the sea, even if the ship Jose has already displayed the flag, but because the patrolling armed sailboats are relatively unfamiliar to this ship , or specially allocated a boat to follow Jose's boat to Cebu Port.
Compared with the Port of Manila, the conditions of the Port of Cebu are obviously worse.Both the size of the port and the supporting facilities are inferior to the Port of Manila. In addition, Spain is the defeated party. Businessmen from Daming and other places are worried that Haihan will impose a trade blockade on Spain, so in order to avoid getting burned, they simply do not come to Cebu.This caused the business atmosphere in Cebu to be far inferior to that of Manila before the war. Jose took a closer look when he entered the port. Almost all the sailboats docked on the shore belonged to Spain, unlike Manila before the war, there were many from Ming Dynasty. Chinese style sailboat.
If Ran Tianlu saw this scene, he would analyze to Jose what negative impact this trade situation would have on the colonial authorities.The large amount of silver shipped by the galleon fleet from the Americas every year should have been exchanged for commodities through the trade between the Philippines and northern countries, and then shipped back to Europe to earn greater profits.But now the scale of trade between the Philippine colony and the outside world has been greatly reduced due to the defeat of the war, so a large amount of silver is backlogged in Cebu, but there are not many commodities available for trading in the market, and the direct consequence is inflation.
However, Jose may not be able to understand much of such complicated economics knowledge. Besides, he is not prepared to disguise himself as a businessman, so there is no need to consider the causal relationship between the local port depression and transnational trade for the time being.All he has to do now is to settle down locally as soon as possible. Only after he settles down can he find an opportunity to collect the information requested by his superiors.
Under the signal of the accompanying armed sailboat, Jose's ship docked at a pier.Before the gangway was put down on the ship, a small group of Spanish soldiers had already arrived at the pier, demanding that the ship's identity and the situation of the ship be reported.It seems that Cebu is still in a state of panic after the war, and any foreign ship entering the port will be subject to such strict inspections.
But Jose was of course prepared for this, and asked these Spanish soldiers to come to a higher-ranking officer to negotiate, because certain things on this ship must be officially confirmed by the colonial authorities.
(End of this chapter)
If the Hispanic people want to have the chance to change their lives after the change of ruler in the Manila area, they can only find this kind of official errands, relying on working hard for the official to gain the approval of the authorities, so as to obtain the chance of naturalization.After successfully joining the Haihan nationality, they can hope to break through the class and change from a lower Riba person to a superior person.Jose may not have such a consciousness before, but he has gradually been instilled with many ideas in the past six months after joining the army, so he naturally understood his future.
Becoming a Hispanic intelligence officer meant that Jose would completely break away from his previous status and truly enter an official career. This was a situation he didn't even dare to think about during the Spanish rule.Jose's family has been farmers for several generations, but starting from his generation, the family's destiny seems to be finally developing in a better direction.
Therefore, for the intelligence department, it is an action to drive ducks to the shelves, but for participants like Jose, it is an excellent opportunity to change their fate. Even if he knows that his professional ability may still be relatively lacking, he may even Taking great risks during his mission, he is still willing to take the risk.
Not to mention, there are two excellent role models in front of you. Jose once heard Ran Tianlu and Fang Peng describe their experience of lurking in Manila City. The mission these two performed at the beginning was not the same as the mission he received now. ?They are also lurking in enemy territory to collect intelligence, and the targets are also the Spanish colonial authorities, and at least they have Hispanic identity as a cover. It stands to reason that the difficulty of carrying out the mission should be easier than the original situation of these two chiefs.
These two chiefs relied on their achievements as spies in Manila to be promoted to regional leaders.As we all know, Haihan's main opponent in this area is Spain, and some professionals will be needed in the future to be in charge of intelligence work on the West. Obviously, the first Hispanic intelligence officer is likely to receive excellent treatment as a A role model for latecomers, this is indeed a goal worth taking risks for Jose.
As for the others except Jose, they have not shown much strength for the time being, especially the local natives of Luzon Island, perhaps limited by their vision and knowledge, basically they can only do things step by step according to the orders, subjectively Mobility is poor.If it weren't for the need for a group of indigenous intelligence officers who can easily conceal their identities, the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau would not even want to recruit these indigenous personnel whose qualifications are not high.
The indigenous intelligence officers selected to participate in this operation, their main duty is actually to serve as crew members, transport Jose to Cebu safely, and cooperate with his actions as witnesses who can prove Jose’s identity—to put it bluntly That is, tool people.
Ran Tianlu didn't expect these people to be able to collect any valuable information from Cebu, as long as they could cooperate with José in a stable manner, so what he told them the most was "Forget your identity, put yourself Just be an ordinary sailor."As long as these people don't take the initiative to cause trouble after they arrive in Cebu, Ran Tianlu believes that his arrangement will definitely be able to deceive the Spaniards' interrogation and allow them to settle down safely there.
Due to the rush of time, it is difficult to impart more systematic professional knowledge to these personnel. We can only seize the time to strengthen their understanding of intelligence collection work, let them know where they should start after they go to the local area, and clarify what they need to investigate Through which channels will the information be obtained, and what taboos in intelligence work must be avoided as much as possible.
As for the goal of building an intelligence network, Ran Tianlu and Fang Peng hold relatively conservative opinions on this for the time being. Although they also want to achieve this goal, the people they send out have no relevant experience, and it is easy to cause accidents if they operate rashly. After Jose successfully settled in the local area, he will slowly plan the establishment of an intelligence network.Of course, if Jose can successfully complete the preparatory work, then when the information network is initially established, it will probably be handed over to him for operation.
While training the personnel involved in the operation, the preparations for related materials were quickly completed.The Military Intelligence Bureau specifically searched for a small sailing boat captured at the local port at the beginning of the year, and hid a large amount of operating funds in the cabin of the ship, but Fang Peng asked Jose not to use the spare funds unless it was a last resort, so as not to attract Spain authorities' suspicions.Of course, if Jose became greedy and wanted to keep the operation funds for himself, then he might have to consider the situation of his family in Manila.
After a ten-day intensive special training, Jose and others boarded the sailing boat from the pier at the mouth of the Pasig River in the early morning, and quietly sailed away from Manila.
"Brother Fang, what do you think? How likely is it to have something happen?" Ran Tianlu asked Fang Peng, who had come to see him off, as he watched the sailboat sail away on the sea.
Fang Peng surong said: "If they can settle down smoothly when they arrive in the local area, then I think there should still be a chance to continue the plan. As for the extent to which Jose and the others can do it, it is hard to predict, it depends on the local people. How about the situation! Brother Ran, what do you think?"
"Me? I'm more optimistic." Ran Tianlu turned his gaze back to the sailboat: "I should be [-]% sure!"
Fang Peng was not surprised at all, and nodded with a natural expression on his face, "Thirty percent...then you are indeed quite optimistic."
This is already a relatively optimistic view after completing the special training. It is conceivable how disturbed they were when they received this order.Although a [-]% chance sounds like a considerable risk, it's better than dying in vain.As for what achievements Jose and the others can make in Cebu, it is estimated that it still depends on fate. If fate is not good, they may be gone as soon as they arrive in Cebu.
Jose also had the experience of going out to sea by boat before, but it was just fishing with other people's boats, and the scope was within Manila Bay, and the farthest was only near Corregidor Island at the mouth of the bay.And since he was born, he hasn't really left the range of Luzon Island, but he never thought that this is the first time he left Luzon Island, he was going to go out to do something big.
The twelve people on this ship were all selected by two intelligence agencies, but only two of them had relatively rich sailing experience and could understand sea charts, recognize directions, and calculate voyages, while the rest could only act as Sailors are responsible for rough physical work such as manipulating sail lines.
Although Jose is the commander of this team, he can only play the role of an ordinary sailor on the ship.However, he didn't take it seriously, thinking that this is also a learning process, and he should be able to learn a lot of sailing skills after the voyage of hundreds of nautical miles.
After sailing out of Manila Bay, the sailboat headed south along the coastline, then turned east and crossed the strait between Luzon and Mindoro.
The Spaniards have established colonies on the north and south sides of the strait, namely Batangas and Puerto Galera. However, after the Battle of Manila this year, the Haihan Navy will visit these places from time to time, so the Hispanic immigrants in these two places Most of them also moved to the southern islands, and the few people who stayed there also chose to move to the inland to settle for safety.
Since the special training period has already consumed too much time, and the information they want to collect has a certain timeliness, there is no plan to stop at the coast during the voyage after departure, and they rush to the port of Cebu day and night.But even the two people on board with sailing experience almost lost their way at sea when faced with the complex marine environment of the Philippine Islands. The original voyage of more than 400 nautical miles did not reach the northern tip of Cebu Island until the sixth day .At this time, the time has entered 1638.
Cebu Port is located on the central coast on the east side of Cebu Island. It is also the place where the navigator Magellan landed when he first arrived in the Philippines in 1521.As the pioneer of the sea in Spain, Magellan used force to coerce the chiefs in this area to surrender to the Kingdom of Spain, but his luck was not very good. When he personally led an army to attack an island tribe, he was killed by the natives on the island. Continue his sailing career.
After General Legazpi led his army to conquer Cebu in 1565, he used this as a base to expand to the entire Philippine archipelago, which opened up the rule of the Philippines for more than 300 years.Of course, due to the appearance of Haihan, the uninvited guest, the Spaniards' rule in the Philippine Islands has changed, and their future days may not be as easy as they were in the original history.
After losing Manila, Cebu became the capital of the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippine Islands. Although it was severely damaged in the war, there was finally such a spare port city that came up in time, so the colonial authorities could barely continue to operate. It will not completely become a mess just because of a defeat in a war.
For Jose and others, Cebu is just a place that exists in rumors. They know that the Spaniards set foot in this place much earlier than Manila, but they have no idea what kind of city Cebu is. There are no concepts.As for how to settle down and carry out actions after they arrive in Cebu, the boss only gave a general action framework, and how to implement them will have to wait until they arrive in Cebu to decide on their own according to the specific situation.
In other words, Jose needs to make an on-the-spot decision on how to achieve the mission goal.If he makes a mistake in his decision-making, it is one thing to fail in action. Maybe the 12 of them will be exposed because of this, and they may not be able to get out of Cebu by then.
Jose also knows that he has a heavy responsibility, so besides being a part-time sailor on the way, he spends almost all of his time deliberating over the several plans prepared by his boss to ensure that he can have a more natural performance after arriving in Cebu. .
When there were more than ten nautical miles away from Cebu Port, two Spanish armed sailboats appeared on the sea, and they approached Jose's ship actively, trying to verify their identities.Jose quickly asked people to show a flag with a red cross on a white background, which symbolizes the Kingdom of Spain, to show his identity.
The reason why it was not hung on the mast, but displayed on the spot, is also a special arrangement of the intelligence department.They set Jose’s ship as a sailing ship fleeing from near Manila, so the Spanish flag could not be hoisted on the way, so as not to be noticed by the Haihan warships cruising near Luzon Island.And near Cebu under Spanish control, it makes sense to take out the flag and display it at this time.
However, perhaps because of the big losses in the Manila war, the Spanish colonial authorities now have very strict control over the sea, even if the ship Jose has already displayed the flag, but because the patrolling armed sailboats are relatively unfamiliar to this ship , or specially allocated a boat to follow Jose's boat to Cebu Port.
Compared with the Port of Manila, the conditions of the Port of Cebu are obviously worse.Both the size of the port and the supporting facilities are inferior to the Port of Manila. In addition, Spain is the defeated party. Businessmen from Daming and other places are worried that Haihan will impose a trade blockade on Spain, so in order to avoid getting burned, they simply do not come to Cebu.This caused the business atmosphere in Cebu to be far inferior to that of Manila before the war. Jose took a closer look when he entered the port. Almost all the sailboats docked on the shore belonged to Spain, unlike Manila before the war, there were many from Ming Dynasty. Chinese style sailboat.
If Ran Tianlu saw this scene, he would analyze to Jose what negative impact this trade situation would have on the colonial authorities.The large amount of silver shipped by the galleon fleet from the Americas every year should have been exchanged for commodities through the trade between the Philippines and northern countries, and then shipped back to Europe to earn greater profits.But now the scale of trade between the Philippine colony and the outside world has been greatly reduced due to the defeat of the war, so a large amount of silver is backlogged in Cebu, but there are not many commodities available for trading in the market, and the direct consequence is inflation.
However, Jose may not be able to understand much of such complicated economics knowledge. Besides, he is not prepared to disguise himself as a businessman, so there is no need to consider the causal relationship between the local port depression and transnational trade for the time being.All he has to do now is to settle down locally as soon as possible. Only after he settles down can he find an opportunity to collect the information requested by his superiors.
Under the signal of the accompanying armed sailboat, Jose's ship docked at a pier.Before the gangway was put down on the ship, a small group of Spanish soldiers had already arrived at the pier, demanding that the ship's identity and the situation of the ship be reported.It seems that Cebu is still in a state of panic after the war, and any foreign ship entering the port will be subject to such strict inspections.
But Jose was of course prepared for this, and asked these Spanish soldiers to come to a higher-ranking officer to negotiate, because certain things on this ship must be officially confirmed by the colonial authorities.
(End of this chapter)