Chapter 2983
Chapter 2983
Chapter 2983
Calbon Market, located in the port area of Cebu Port, is one of the most important commodity distribution centers in the region.There are tea and porcelain from Northeast Asia, as well as a variety of silverware from Europe, and sugar, tobacco and leather shipped across the Pacific from the American colonies.
However, since some merchants quietly sold white sugar and cigarettes from Haihan to Cebu, similar products in the Americas have not been so easy to sell.After all, at the same price, the quality of the two is far worse. Although Haihan is Spain's enemy in the Western Pacific region, no one can live with the money in their pockets.
Locally produced spices and other commodities will also be sold in the Calbon market, and then shipped to distant Europe by sea merchants, where they are sold to the Spanish domestic market at ten times the price.
In the past ten years, the Calban market has not only provided local people with a large amount of living materials, but also one of the most stable sources of income for the colonial authorities.If there is no Haihan spoiler, and the environment for the free development of the Calbon market, then there is a complete opportunity to become the trading center of the entire Philippine Islands.
But the reality is cruel. Today, the Karban market has been empty and has become a temporary camp for the Haihan Army.And a lot of goods in the warehouse that have not been shipped in time have all become the trophies of the Haihan Army in this operation.
At this time, in a warehouse in the market, a large number of senior officers, including the fourth division commander Yu Tiezhu, the commander of the navy, Jiao Fei, were gathered.The reason they appeared here was not to count the spoils in the warehouse together, but to wait for confirmation of the results of multiple consecutive torture sessions.
The actions carried out by the Haihan Army on Masbate Island, Panay Island, Samar Island and other places were too smooth, so that everyone relaxed their vigilance, thinking that Cebu would also be captured, but unexpectedly Kicked on the iron plate, and paid a lot of casualties in the process of attacking Cebu.
In addition to the reasons for underestimating the enemy, the generals believe that there are two other reasons that cannot be ignored. First, there were obvious omissions and deviations in the collection of military intelligence on Cebu Island before the war, and they failed to grasp the secret transformation of the colonial authorities in Cebu. There is a lot of information about armed fortresses, and there is also a lack of understanding of the deployment and tactics of the defenders.
The second is the uncharacteristic insistence of the opponent. There must be a deep reason behind this, which made the Spaniards decide to sacrifice so many lives to fight for the control of Cebu.
There was no way to get more information from Haihan's own intelligence channels, so the only way to do this was to find a way from the prisoners.
Although the local administrators in Cebu have not yet been captured, many prisoners have been captured in the past few days. The Military Intelligence Bureau has identified some officials and has been working overtime to extract confessions from these people.
Despite the pungent smell of blood in the warehouse, which served as a temporary torture chamber, no one cared about such a small matter.During this period, staggering prisoners of war were escorted in, and unlucky ghosts who died during the torture process were dragged out.
The officers responsible for taking the notes went in and out, constantly summarizing the information they had just obtained into the hands of the generals.And as more and more prisoners confessed, the whole situation became clearer.
"I said why the Spaniards are suddenly willing to work hard, it turned out to be for money!" Yu Tiezhu sighed angrily after reading a transcript.
Jiao Fei took the transcript that he handed over, looked at it roughly, nodded and said, "It's similar to our previous guess, there is indeed something here that they don't want to give up!"
According to the information confessed by the prisoners, the Spanish colonial authorities discovered a huge copper mine in the mountains forty miles west of the port of Cebu last year.Although it has not yet been officially mined, the colonial authorities are already carrying out relevant preparations. After three to five years, this copper mine will become one of Cebu's main large-scale industries and sources of income.
As for Haihan's military action to attack Cebu, the colonial authorities believed that the purpose was to occupy this mine, so as to completely cut off the possibility of Spain accumulating wealth and developing armaments through the development of copper mines and counterattack on Luzon Island.
If the purpose of the Haihan Army is really like this, then it is impossible to take control, loot, and then voluntarily withdraw and leave as they did in the previous attacks on Cebu.Once Haihan implemented a long-term occupation of Cebu, the colonial authorities' plan to develop copper mines would naturally be impossible to achieve.
For the colonial authorities, this copper mine was the last chance for a comeback. If it was surrendered, Spain would completely lose control of the region.So no matter what, we have to fight with Haihan.
Needless to say if you win, after driving out the Haihan Army, you will gain valuable development time for the local area and accumulate greater military strength.Even if he loses, he can at least fight Haihan to lose both and delay the opponent's continued expansion to the south.
Of course, as of the current battle situation, although the Haihan Army suffered a lot of casualties, it is still far from the level of "both losers", and its ability to continue fighting has not been affected.
On the other hand, Spain, as the defensive side, had already paid the price of thousands of casualties in the local battles and lost control of most of the urban areas.Although he has not given up his resistance, it is basically impossible to prevent Haihan from occupying Cebu.
Yu Tiezhu called in the signal troopers, and then began to give instructions: "Take a telegram record, there may be a large copper mine forty miles west of Cebu Port, please ask the Mining Department of the Ministry of Industry to verify it. Send it back to Sanya as soon as possible."
The signal soldier took the order and left.
Jiao Fei listened to it all, and said to Tie Zhu, "This copper mine has not yet been mined by the Spaniards, and we only got the news. Can the mining company in Sanya know?"
Yu Tiezhu smiled and said: "Old Jiao, you don't know how powerful the Mining Department is. As long as there are large mines, they can predict the future. Mr. Tian Yeyoutian of the Mining Department, as long as he opens his mouth , Where there are mines, treasures can be dug out! In the past 20 years, our country has opened countless mines overseas, and this method has been proven!"
Jiao Fei said suspiciously: "It's reasonable for you to say that. There are so many mines in Luzon Island, and it seems that the mines were found without much effort. Then you said that we were sent to fight Cebu, would it be possible? Yes... the above has already grasped the situation of this copper mine in advance?"
Yu Tiezhu said: "That's not impossible, think about it, after so many years, the Spaniards are going to mine this mine sooner or later, and the top has decided to occupy Cebu. This timing is too coincidental. But no matter what, we have to win this battle!"
Yu Tiezhu was one of the first people to join the Haihan Army in Yulin Fishing Village. He had seen all kinds of "miracles" performed by Chuanzhong. For him, the ability of Chuanzhong was no different from that of an immortal. Geographical veins are inherently reasonable.
The copper mine of Cebu is of great significance and far-reaching influence. Naturally, the Spaniards cannot benefit from it.As for the reason why the boss didn't point out this level before taking action, Yu Tiezhu knew that his aptitude was limited, and he didn't dare to continue to speculate about his intentions.
(End of this chapter)
Calbon Market, located in the port area of Cebu Port, is one of the most important commodity distribution centers in the region.There are tea and porcelain from Northeast Asia, as well as a variety of silverware from Europe, and sugar, tobacco and leather shipped across the Pacific from the American colonies.
However, since some merchants quietly sold white sugar and cigarettes from Haihan to Cebu, similar products in the Americas have not been so easy to sell.After all, at the same price, the quality of the two is far worse. Although Haihan is Spain's enemy in the Western Pacific region, no one can live with the money in their pockets.
Locally produced spices and other commodities will also be sold in the Calbon market, and then shipped to distant Europe by sea merchants, where they are sold to the Spanish domestic market at ten times the price.
In the past ten years, the Calban market has not only provided local people with a large amount of living materials, but also one of the most stable sources of income for the colonial authorities.If there is no Haihan spoiler, and the environment for the free development of the Calbon market, then there is a complete opportunity to become the trading center of the entire Philippine Islands.
But the reality is cruel. Today, the Karban market has been empty and has become a temporary camp for the Haihan Army.And a lot of goods in the warehouse that have not been shipped in time have all become the trophies of the Haihan Army in this operation.
At this time, in a warehouse in the market, a large number of senior officers, including the fourth division commander Yu Tiezhu, the commander of the navy, Jiao Fei, were gathered.The reason they appeared here was not to count the spoils in the warehouse together, but to wait for confirmation of the results of multiple consecutive torture sessions.
The actions carried out by the Haihan Army on Masbate Island, Panay Island, Samar Island and other places were too smooth, so that everyone relaxed their vigilance, thinking that Cebu would also be captured, but unexpectedly Kicked on the iron plate, and paid a lot of casualties in the process of attacking Cebu.
In addition to the reasons for underestimating the enemy, the generals believe that there are two other reasons that cannot be ignored. First, there were obvious omissions and deviations in the collection of military intelligence on Cebu Island before the war, and they failed to grasp the secret transformation of the colonial authorities in Cebu. There is a lot of information about armed fortresses, and there is also a lack of understanding of the deployment and tactics of the defenders.
The second is the uncharacteristic insistence of the opponent. There must be a deep reason behind this, which made the Spaniards decide to sacrifice so many lives to fight for the control of Cebu.
There was no way to get more information from Haihan's own intelligence channels, so the only way to do this was to find a way from the prisoners.
Although the local administrators in Cebu have not yet been captured, many prisoners have been captured in the past few days. The Military Intelligence Bureau has identified some officials and has been working overtime to extract confessions from these people.
Despite the pungent smell of blood in the warehouse, which served as a temporary torture chamber, no one cared about such a small matter.During this period, staggering prisoners of war were escorted in, and unlucky ghosts who died during the torture process were dragged out.
The officers responsible for taking the notes went in and out, constantly summarizing the information they had just obtained into the hands of the generals.And as more and more prisoners confessed, the whole situation became clearer.
"I said why the Spaniards are suddenly willing to work hard, it turned out to be for money!" Yu Tiezhu sighed angrily after reading a transcript.
Jiao Fei took the transcript that he handed over, looked at it roughly, nodded and said, "It's similar to our previous guess, there is indeed something here that they don't want to give up!"
According to the information confessed by the prisoners, the Spanish colonial authorities discovered a huge copper mine in the mountains forty miles west of the port of Cebu last year.Although it has not yet been officially mined, the colonial authorities are already carrying out relevant preparations. After three to five years, this copper mine will become one of Cebu's main large-scale industries and sources of income.
As for Haihan's military action to attack Cebu, the colonial authorities believed that the purpose was to occupy this mine, so as to completely cut off the possibility of Spain accumulating wealth and developing armaments through the development of copper mines and counterattack on Luzon Island.
If the purpose of the Haihan Army is really like this, then it is impossible to take control, loot, and then voluntarily withdraw and leave as they did in the previous attacks on Cebu.Once Haihan implemented a long-term occupation of Cebu, the colonial authorities' plan to develop copper mines would naturally be impossible to achieve.
For the colonial authorities, this copper mine was the last chance for a comeback. If it was surrendered, Spain would completely lose control of the region.So no matter what, we have to fight with Haihan.
Needless to say if you win, after driving out the Haihan Army, you will gain valuable development time for the local area and accumulate greater military strength.Even if he loses, he can at least fight Haihan to lose both and delay the opponent's continued expansion to the south.
Of course, as of the current battle situation, although the Haihan Army suffered a lot of casualties, it is still far from the level of "both losers", and its ability to continue fighting has not been affected.
On the other hand, Spain, as the defensive side, had already paid the price of thousands of casualties in the local battles and lost control of most of the urban areas.Although he has not given up his resistance, it is basically impossible to prevent Haihan from occupying Cebu.
Yu Tiezhu called in the signal troopers, and then began to give instructions: "Take a telegram record, there may be a large copper mine forty miles west of Cebu Port, please ask the Mining Department of the Ministry of Industry to verify it. Send it back to Sanya as soon as possible."
The signal soldier took the order and left.
Jiao Fei listened to it all, and said to Tie Zhu, "This copper mine has not yet been mined by the Spaniards, and we only got the news. Can the mining company in Sanya know?"
Yu Tiezhu smiled and said: "Old Jiao, you don't know how powerful the Mining Department is. As long as there are large mines, they can predict the future. Mr. Tian Yeyoutian of the Mining Department, as long as he opens his mouth , Where there are mines, treasures can be dug out! In the past 20 years, our country has opened countless mines overseas, and this method has been proven!"
Jiao Fei said suspiciously: "It's reasonable for you to say that. There are so many mines in Luzon Island, and it seems that the mines were found without much effort. Then you said that we were sent to fight Cebu, would it be possible? Yes... the above has already grasped the situation of this copper mine in advance?"
Yu Tiezhu said: "That's not impossible, think about it, after so many years, the Spaniards are going to mine this mine sooner or later, and the top has decided to occupy Cebu. This timing is too coincidental. But no matter what, we have to win this battle!"
Yu Tiezhu was one of the first people to join the Haihan Army in Yulin Fishing Village. He had seen all kinds of "miracles" performed by Chuanzhong. For him, the ability of Chuanzhong was no different from that of an immortal. Geographical veins are inherently reasonable.
The copper mine of Cebu is of great significance and far-reaching influence. Naturally, the Spaniards cannot benefit from it.As for the reason why the boss didn't point out this level before taking action, Yu Tiezhu knew that his aptitude was limited, and he didn't dare to continue to speculate about his intentions.
(End of this chapter)