1855 United States Tycoon

The advancement of technology has made the world much smaller at once. The New York Tower and the completion of the New York Tower made it possible for radio waves to easily cross the ocean, so the difference between the time when news occurred in Europe was published in the newspapers of the United States and the time when it was published in Europe Almost only affected by jet lag. Conversely, news from America can also appear in newspapers in European cities such as New York and Paris in a very short period of time.

After the outbreak of the Cuban Revolution, in addition to sending troops to suppress them, the Spaniards also actively used the changes brought about by technological progress, using the media as much as possible to discredit the rebels. In various newspapers, they vigorously condemned the rebels for being "barbaric and cruel," denounced them for undeclared war and attacking civilian targets, resulting in a large number of innocent casualties and other anti-social and anti-human atrocities. It's just that there is always a problem with their reports, that is, their reports will always be half a beat slower than reports that support Cubans.

On the surface, the reason is that the communication business is too busy, um, so there is a line for news reports, and the media on the side of Spain always have bad luck when queuing, and they line up behind. Sometimes the newspapers supporting the Cuban insurgents had to wait for a long time before they had their turn.

Once the speed of reporting slows down, the problem immediately arises. The first is sales. The news in your newspaper has been read a few hours ago. Why should people buy your newspaper? As a result, the sales of newspapers were immediately affected. Secondly, most people will have a preconceived mindset, and they will also have a little sympathy for the weak. In contrast, the Cuban revolutionaries who resist oppression are of course the weak, so sympathy works together. Well, the newspapers talking in Spain are even more unbelievable.

This is not the most troublesome. What's even more troublesome is that Atlantic Wireless suddenly introduced a so-called tiered charging regulation. According to them, there are too many long-form news recently, squeezing the time of other customers. In order for everyone to enjoy the benefits of technological advancement, they decided to control the number of words in news reports. Well, the basic price is less than 100 letters, and the communication fee will be doubled for each letter that exceeds it. If If it exceeds two hundred letters, double it again.

As a result, the reporters of newspapers that supported Spain found that the newspapers prepared for them completely did not pay for the communication. Now these newspapers are faced with such a choice, or, like those newspapers that support “free Cuba”, no I wrote the news myself and used the news provided by the Associated Press directly. However, all the news provided by the damn Associated Press is beneficial to "free Cuba." Using their news, wouldn't it be surrender?

Of course, there is another way, which is to send the news back in as brief language as possible. As for the details, let the newspaper office find a few people to make it full by themselves. But damn it, the details are the easiest thing to see. The editors in the newspaper know almost nothing about Cuba, let them fill out the details with their own imagination, and the result is that a lot of details are revealed. After the opponent’s newspaper caught the loophole, the sarcasm of holding the gun and the stick caused the original low credibility to directly become negative.

As for the newspapers that sit on the side of "Liber Cuba", they don't have such a problem. Anyway, they use the news provided by the Associated Press, and the Associated Press is a non-profit organization, and the news from him does not cost money. And their news is still very detailed, and the writing level is also very high, you can almost use it directly after you take it. What, do you ask the Associated Press whether it needs to pay for the tiered communication fee? Of course, it will come out. My brother will settle the accounts. Besides, the Associated Press is an independent non-profit organization and has nothing to do with the MacDonald family in theory. Of course, it has to pay.

So where does the non-profit Associated Press get so much money? The most non-profit organization, of course, relies on donations from enterprises and society. For example, the money to help the Associated Press pay for this communication fee mainly comes from the "Free World" Foundation. As for the "Free World" Foundation, where did the funds come from? Well, as a non-profit organization, it certainly relies on the donations of gentlemen who support his ideas in the society. For example, Mr. Scrooge McDonald, who has always supported freedom and democracy, gave it a lot of donations. As a conscientious person who has always supported the people's pursuit of freedom and democracy, isn't it normal for Mr. MacDonald to do so? What? Why do you ask Mr. Scrooge to have so much spare money? Really, have you forgotten that the Associated Press just paid Atlantic Wireless a large amount of communication fees?

The writing level of the Associated Press news has always been very good, not only the English news is very high, but the French news is very high, and sometimes it is even surprisingly high recently. For example, in a Paris newspaper today, a French news report about the Cuban Revolution was published. Although the author used a pseudonym, the special language style was instantly recognized by those familiar with it. The identity of its author-this is a report sent by Mr. Victor Hugo from Cuba.

In this report, Hugo described the brutal rule of the Spanish colonists over Cuba and the sacrifices made by the Cuban people for freedom, and reported that the Cuban people under the leadership of "Free Cuba" and the Spanish colonists The epic battle. At the end of this report, Mr. Hugo called on the people of Europe and the world to unite and support the just struggle of the Cuban people.

Hugo's influence on the European continent has always been great, in the words of later generations, there are many fans. His article made Spain more passive. For a time, even in the European battlefield of public opinion, Spain was losing ground.

Spain's plight is not only manifested in public opinion, they are also in trouble on the battlefield.

In Bayamo’s outer positions, the Spaniards have stayed here for a long time. They are no strangers to the fortifications in front of them, and this set is now very common in Europe. And compared to Europe, Cubans have a much lower firepower density. Although the small artillery in the hands of their artillery is very difficult to deal with, although the performance of these artillery is also very good, it is not inferior to the level of those who have received formal training, um, at least not inferior to the level of the Spanish soldiers. But the number of their artillery is too small after all. It is difficult to form an insurmountable barrage. And their number of barbed wire is not enough. Although their damn anti-infantry mine that can throw a lot of steel balls at a time is very annoying, but this is not a decisive issue, even the Cubans have some very advanced rifles in their hands. , Is not a problem. Facing an army of nearly 20,000, the Cubans only have a garrison of about 4,000. Therefore, all this is not a problem. The Lord does not care, and the army of General Campos, who is blessed by God, naturally does not care.

But there is one thing that General Campos can't help but care about, and that is the safety of their supply lines. In the original plan, their supplies would mainly rely on the Kautuo River to guarantee. In the original plan, the three frigates will ensure the smoothness and safety of the river. They will prevent the Cubans from using the river while ensuring the safety of their own transport and supply fleet. Obviously, the use of river channels for replenishment is not only more convenient and safer than by land, but also provides more supplies.

However, in the previous ambush, none of those frigates were saved. As a result, the river course cannot be used. Even worse, because the control of the river is in the hands of the Cubans, the Cubans can not only use the river to supply supplies, but they can also use the river to sneak behind the Campos army to attack their supply convoy.

This is the biggest threat. Although Campos continues to send more troops to protect the supply line, there are still more and more attacks on the supply line. So that although Campos can clearly feel the gradual weakening of the opposing defense force, he can even feel that the rate of weakness of his own power even exceeds that of the Cuban. Campos realized that he continued to control casualties as he did now, and attacked slowly, fearing that the Spanish army would become the first one that could not hold it.

After patrolling the increasingly empty ammunition depots and granaries, Campos knew that he had to make a choice now. Either, take the opposite city in one go, or you must consider the issue of retreat. But Campos knew that the retreat was not so easy. In all combat operations, the most complicated and most dangerous method of combat is to retreat. Besides, the enemy army has been following you all the time, following you like a pack of wolves. Once a loophole is revealed, they will take a bite. Such psychological pressure lasts for a period of time enough to make many troops collapse. . In those days, the great Napoleon emperor victorious in the battle with the Russians continued to capture Moscow, but he was completely defeated when he retreated. In the end, the 400,000 army successfully withdrew only a few tens of thousands. With the emperor Napoleon's ability to dominate, he suffered such failures in the retreat. If he retreats like this, how many people with more than 20,000 people in his hands will be able to successfully retreat by then?

"In any case, you must take the opposite city, take it, everything is solved, if you can't take it, the consequences will be disastrous." General Campos thought, so he said to the adjutant own: "Notify the officers above the regiment commander to hold a meeting. Arrange tomorrow's offense!"

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