Chapter 3064
Chapter 3064
It is not easy to get someone like DeSantis to confess, but Morgan has been in the military for many years and certainly has experience in interrogating prisoners of war.He knows that if he wants the other party to cooperate honestly, he must first destroy the other party's belief, and the psychological defense line will collapse accordingly.
The spiritual pillar of DeSantis at this time is his sense of honor as a soldier, and what Morgan has to do is to make DeSantis realize the powerlessness of his so-called sense of honor in the face of absolute power.
Any struggle and resistance, in the face of Haihan's powerful force, is nothing more than a mantis' arm.
Whether he confesses or not, whether he cooperates or not, will not affect the balance of power between the two sides, nor will it prevent Haihan from continuing to expand in the Americas.
The most important thing is that even if he dies to the end, doesn't cooperate with Haihan, and ends up dying for the country, he still probably won't be able to become a hero.
"Your fleet has been wiped out, and all news about this battle will only be sent back to the south through channels under our control."
"All the Spaniards will know that the tragic defeat in San Diego Bay is because of you, Mr. DeSantis, who were timid and ineffective in command, and ruined an entire armed fleet for nothing."
"In order to save your life, you actually chose to surrender at a critical moment and betrayed your compatriots who were still fighting. Your family will be reviled, and you will continue to live with this humiliation in the future."
DeSantis said angrily: "This is not true! It's all shameless framing!"
Morgan turned a blind eye to his anger, walked slowly to his side, patted him on the shoulder and said: "As you said just now, some people's actions are traitors and a disgrace to Spain, but who will be the scapegoat? That’s up to us to decide.”
"If you cooperate well, then you will be a hero who fought to the death for Spain, and you can even escape from the captivity of the Haihan Army by yourself and return to your family."
"If you refuse to cooperate, then we can only try to make some 'facts' public, let your name be included in the list of traitors, and let your king vent all his anger on your family."
DeSantis flushed first, then livid, then pale.He knew that these situations that Morgan said could indeed happen, and he also knew that he was powerless to change what Morgan was going to do.
Seeing that the other party's attitude softened, Dang even began to lobby further: "You see, the matter has come to this point, which is not the result that both of us expected. Believe me, we can use a more decent way of cooperation to change the current situation. situation."
After Morgan finished speaking, he took out a red-hot soldering iron from the brazier in front of DeSantis, lightly brushed the water stains on the ground, and smoke burst out immediately.
"Out of respect for your Excellency, I don't want to treat you as a livestock unless it is absolutely necessary. There is really no need to try these hardships."
Morgan passed the soldering iron in front of DeSantis, and the hot air immediately made his beard and hair curl.One can imagine the power of this thing used to brand livestock and war horses if it gets on the body.
If DeSantis still refuses to give in, he can only use torture to make him speak.
At this time, there is no need to translate. DeSantis saw Morgan's actions and could roughly guess what he was going to do next.
After two full hours, Morgan walked out of the tent where DeSantis was held, stretched his waist fiercely, and stretched his body.
Wang Anbang, who was following behind him, boasted without losing the opportunity: "Master, you are really powerful. With just a few words, you surrendered that Spanish general!"
Morgan said disapprovingly: "No matter what method I use, I will definitely recruit in the end. It's just that the interrogation process is the difference between verbal and physical strength."
Wang Anbang said: "If I were the one to interrogate, I'm afraid I would have to be tortured from the very beginning! If there is another opportunity like this in the future, Master, you should take me with you more often."
Morgan said: "When it comes to interrogation skills, your father is also an expert, but he has been busy with government affairs in the past few years, and he probably doesn't have much time to interrogate prisoners. Next time you return to Jinshan Port, remember to ask your father for advice. A few tricks."
Although DeSantis was stubborn for a while, under Morgan's hard and soft tactics, he was finally defeated and obediently confided some intelligence information he had.
After all, he was just a defeated general, and it was his first time dealing with Hai Han, how could he beat these experienced opponents.
Spain's colonial layout in the Americas began as early as 1492 when Columbus set foot on the New World.
In 1519, Spain controlled the island of Cuba, the east coast of Mexico, and the Isthmus of Panama, a strategic point in Central and North America, in just one year. At the same time, it began to build three colonies in Havana, Mexico, Veracruz, Mexico, and Panama City.
After that, the Spaniards quickly conquered the Aztec Empire in Central and North America and the Inca Empire in South America, and established the city of Lima in Peru to control the Pacific coast of South America.
In 1534, Spain began to go north along the west coast of America. During this period, it discovered the California area where Jinshan Bay and San Diego Bay were located, and began to colonize this area.
However, in the following hundred years, the focus of Spanish colonization in North America was not on the California region, but on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico and into the interior of North America.
San Diego Bay is the border of Spain's sphere of influence on the west coast. Although Jinshan Bay has a small number of European immigrants settled, it has not been included in the jurisdiction of the Governor General of New Spain, and it is still an uncivilized and wild land.
This also leaves a huge room for development for Haihan, a latecomer. Otherwise, when Tom Wang arrived in North America with his expeditionary fleet, it might not be so easy to settle down.
But San Diego Bay is too far away from Spain's sphere of influence in the south. It is four thousand miles away from Puerto Vallarta on the coast of Mexico, and from Puerto Vallarta to Mexico, the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. City, there are fourteen to five hundred miles of land travel.
This directly led to the difficulty of getting assistance from the South soon after the security situation in San Diego Bay.It took half a month for the rescue information to be sent from the San Diego Bay to Mexico City.Aragones asked for help several times before and after, and finally waited for reinforcements from the south.
However, by this time, it was already too late, and the pieced together reinforcement fleet finally turned into the military exploits of the Haihan Army, and almost all of Spain's armed forces on the west coast of North America were all lost in this naval battle.
The spiritual pillar of DeSantis at this time is his sense of honor as a soldier, and what Morgan has to do is to make DeSantis realize the powerlessness of his so-called sense of honor in the face of absolute power.
Any struggle and resistance, in the face of Haihan's powerful force, is nothing more than a mantis' arm.
Whether he confesses or not, whether he cooperates or not, will not affect the balance of power between the two sides, nor will it prevent Haihan from continuing to expand in the Americas.
The most important thing is that even if he dies to the end, doesn't cooperate with Haihan, and ends up dying for the country, he still probably won't be able to become a hero.
"Your fleet has been wiped out, and all news about this battle will only be sent back to the south through channels under our control."
"All the Spaniards will know that the tragic defeat in San Diego Bay is because of you, Mr. DeSantis, who were timid and ineffective in command, and ruined an entire armed fleet for nothing."
"In order to save your life, you actually chose to surrender at a critical moment and betrayed your compatriots who were still fighting. Your family will be reviled, and you will continue to live with this humiliation in the future."
DeSantis said angrily: "This is not true! It's all shameless framing!"
Morgan turned a blind eye to his anger, walked slowly to his side, patted him on the shoulder and said: "As you said just now, some people's actions are traitors and a disgrace to Spain, but who will be the scapegoat? That’s up to us to decide.”
"If you cooperate well, then you will be a hero who fought to the death for Spain, and you can even escape from the captivity of the Haihan Army by yourself and return to your family."
"If you refuse to cooperate, then we can only try to make some 'facts' public, let your name be included in the list of traitors, and let your king vent all his anger on your family."
DeSantis flushed first, then livid, then pale.He knew that these situations that Morgan said could indeed happen, and he also knew that he was powerless to change what Morgan was going to do.
Seeing that the other party's attitude softened, Dang even began to lobby further: "You see, the matter has come to this point, which is not the result that both of us expected. Believe me, we can use a more decent way of cooperation to change the current situation. situation."
After Morgan finished speaking, he took out a red-hot soldering iron from the brazier in front of DeSantis, lightly brushed the water stains on the ground, and smoke burst out immediately.
"Out of respect for your Excellency, I don't want to treat you as a livestock unless it is absolutely necessary. There is really no need to try these hardships."
Morgan passed the soldering iron in front of DeSantis, and the hot air immediately made his beard and hair curl.One can imagine the power of this thing used to brand livestock and war horses if it gets on the body.
If DeSantis still refuses to give in, he can only use torture to make him speak.
At this time, there is no need to translate. DeSantis saw Morgan's actions and could roughly guess what he was going to do next.
After two full hours, Morgan walked out of the tent where DeSantis was held, stretched his waist fiercely, and stretched his body.
Wang Anbang, who was following behind him, boasted without losing the opportunity: "Master, you are really powerful. With just a few words, you surrendered that Spanish general!"
Morgan said disapprovingly: "No matter what method I use, I will definitely recruit in the end. It's just that the interrogation process is the difference between verbal and physical strength."
Wang Anbang said: "If I were the one to interrogate, I'm afraid I would have to be tortured from the very beginning! If there is another opportunity like this in the future, Master, you should take me with you more often."
Morgan said: "When it comes to interrogation skills, your father is also an expert, but he has been busy with government affairs in the past few years, and he probably doesn't have much time to interrogate prisoners. Next time you return to Jinshan Port, remember to ask your father for advice. A few tricks."
Although DeSantis was stubborn for a while, under Morgan's hard and soft tactics, he was finally defeated and obediently confided some intelligence information he had.
After all, he was just a defeated general, and it was his first time dealing with Hai Han, how could he beat these experienced opponents.
Spain's colonial layout in the Americas began as early as 1492 when Columbus set foot on the New World.
In 1519, Spain controlled the island of Cuba, the east coast of Mexico, and the Isthmus of Panama, a strategic point in Central and North America, in just one year. At the same time, it began to build three colonies in Havana, Mexico, Veracruz, Mexico, and Panama City.
After that, the Spaniards quickly conquered the Aztec Empire in Central and North America and the Inca Empire in South America, and established the city of Lima in Peru to control the Pacific coast of South America.
In 1534, Spain began to go north along the west coast of America. During this period, it discovered the California area where Jinshan Bay and San Diego Bay were located, and began to colonize this area.
However, in the following hundred years, the focus of Spanish colonization in North America was not on the California region, but on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico and into the interior of North America.
San Diego Bay is the border of Spain's sphere of influence on the west coast. Although Jinshan Bay has a small number of European immigrants settled, it has not been included in the jurisdiction of the Governor General of New Spain, and it is still an uncivilized and wild land.
This also leaves a huge room for development for Haihan, a latecomer. Otherwise, when Tom Wang arrived in North America with his expeditionary fleet, it might not be so easy to settle down.
But San Diego Bay is too far away from Spain's sphere of influence in the south. It is four thousand miles away from Puerto Vallarta on the coast of Mexico, and from Puerto Vallarta to Mexico, the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. City, there are fourteen to five hundred miles of land travel.
This directly led to the difficulty of getting assistance from the South soon after the security situation in San Diego Bay.It took half a month for the rescue information to be sent from the San Diego Bay to Mexico City.Aragones asked for help several times before and after, and finally waited for reinforcements from the south.
However, by this time, it was already too late, and the pieced together reinforcement fleet finally turned into the military exploits of the Haihan Army, and almost all of Spain's armed forces on the west coast of North America were all lost in this naval battle.