The Rise of the European Emperor

Soon, the three military leaders in Aurich, Schwartz, Stadt and Wagner, came to the conference room to discuss the issue of sending troops with Marin. In fact, Kahn is also a big man in the army, but he has only strength but no brains, so Marin can only ignore him when discussing issues. Of course, Kahn will also attend the meeting, but generally he can't make any useful suggestions, and is purely a mascot. As for the other legion commanders, Steindorf is stationed in the eastern region, Heynckes is in Goslar, Saqqara and Sivager are on the British side...

Therefore, Marin can only discuss with Schwartz, Stadt and Wagner, three military leaders in Aurich City. After the meeting, several people have always believed that Cuba is very important and cannot be lost. After all, Cuba is now the main producer of tropical specialties such as cane sugar, sisal, and rubber in the North Sea. Moreover, it is also rich in tropical fruits, which is of great significance to the North Sea country.

Even if Tara is eager to fight, the big bosses don't think that the Cuban army can leave at will. However, what Tara said in the letter is correct. After the new army arrived in Haiti, it did have a period of several months to adapt and could not fight immediately. And Tara's army has been fighting in the tropical rainforest for ten years and has rich experience. The island of Haiti is adjacent to the island of Cuba, and the climate is similar. It is indeed very appropriate to dispatch the army of Cuba to suppress the resistance of Haiti...

How to do it……

At this time, after thinking for a long time, Wagner, the head of the Second Legion, hesitated to propose:

"Your Majesty, maybe we can try to send reinforcements to Cuba Island..." Marin is now the king, and everyone changed his name to His Majesty.

"Send reinforcements to Cuba? What do you mean?" Marin froze for a moment.

Wagner explained:

"That's right, Your Majesty, didn't Tara say that ordinary soldiers need to recuperate for a few months before they can adapt to the local climate after they suddenly arrive in a tropical region?"

Marin nodded, motioning him to continue. Wagner continued:

"Since it needs to be corrected anyway, why don't we arrange the reinforcements to be repaired in the Havana colony in Cuba? In this way, Havana has enough troops, so there is no need to worry about accidents. And the 2,000 veterans of Governor Tara who are adapted to the local climate and are good at jungle warfare , won’t it be free to go to Haiti Island to fight?”

At this time, the "mascot" Kahn at the meeting spoke, and he asked:

"However, when those reinforcements arrived in Havana, they couldn't fight, and they couldn't be used to suppress possible local resistance if they didn't rest for a few months..."

Wagner explained:

"Master Kahn, it's like this. After the reinforcements arrived in Havana, they were stationed in the barracks, and the outsiders didn't know that they were temporarily unaccustomed to the climate.

Moreover, when going out to work as a supervisor, a security regiment (puppet army) composed of local people came forward, and no regular army was needed. These people live in the barracks, even if they are not feeling well, outsiders don't know about it. I remember His Majesty once said - Existence is deterrence! As long as the support army is stationed in the Havana barracks, the locals will not dare to act rashly. As long as you don't take the initiative to show your feet, it's fine. "

"Besides, even if something goes wrong, these people may not be able to enter the local tropical rainforest to suppress the local riots, but it is still no problem to guard the castle in Havana. At that time, the big deal is to call back the original Havana veterans on Haiti Island Suppress it..."

After hearing this, Marin frowned for a while, but soon relaxed. Obviously, he agreed with Wagner's suggestion.

Indeed, after the arrival of these reinforcements, it will take a few months to repair anyway. Instead of wasting time in Santo Domingo, the island of Haiti, it is better to go to Havana, the island of Cuba, to refresh. By the way, change the 2,000 veterans under Tara who are good at tropical jungle warfare to Haiti Island to fight. With Tara's 2,000 veterans who are proficient in tropical rainforest combat, and wearing the rhinoceros leather armor that is not afraid of bows and arrows, it is not a problem to torture Carlos and the indigenous resistance army at all!

However, Stade also put forward different views on the number of reinforcements. According to Stade, sooner or later the island of Cuba will be fully conquered. After all, most of the indigenous people on the island are not yet under the management of the colonial authorities.

Therefore, this time, it is better to take this opportunity to send enough troops to stay on the island of Cuba. After they adapted to the local climate and Tara's colonial army returned from the war, they simply followed Tara's veterans to set off again and swept away all the indigenous tribes on the island of Cuba.

"So, how many reinforcements do you think is appropriate?" Marin asked, frowning.

"At least 3,000! Adding Tara's original 2,000 people, 5,000 soldiers and horses are enough to sweep the entire island of Cuba! In addition, some soldiers and horses will be stationed on Haiti Island in the future to rob the island's population. Therefore, we should send 1,000 more soldiers. Soldiers and horses..."

"Stop for a moment..." Schwartz, the Minister of Military Affairs in charge of the military, interrupted Stadt's speech:

"Commander of the Stade Army, according to your thinking, this time we will send 4,000 troops! This is almost half of the army! Besides, those soldiers, are you willing to go to such a hot place?"

Stade smiled and said:

"Master Schwartz, I have already thought about it. Your Majesty, my lords, have you forgotten the tens of thousands of Hungarian prisoners of war in the Rammelsberg silver mine in Goslar?"

"You mean...select soldiers and horses from those prisoners of war? Are you not afraid of their rebellion?" Schwartz frowned.

Stade explained:

"Those Hungarian prisoners of war have been working in the mine for a year, and with His Majesty's promotion of German education and priest education (brainwashing), there are already many Hungarian prisoners of war who can speak relatively fluent German. Moreover, loyalty to His Majesty is nothing There is a problem. Maybe tens of thousands of people cannot be loyal, but it is not a problem to select 4,000 people.”

"However, according to the original plan, they were to be sent to the North American colonies to farm..." Schwartz was uncertain.

Stade confidently said:

"That's right, it was arranged like this at the beginning. But it's different now. His Majesty said that he planned to select hundreds of thousands of men and women from Haiti Island to farm in the North American colonies. So, in this way, will those Hungarian prisoners of war go to North America to farm?" land, it is not so important. Because those Taino men and women in their prime can farm land. Moreover, they are more honest and easier to control than the Hungarians. Therefore, we might as well select a few thousand honest and obedient Hungarian prisoners of war and join them The colonial army, the natives who helped conquer the islands of Cuba and Haiti..."

Kahn interjected at this time:

"That's true, but would those Hungarian prisoners of war be willing to go to such a hot place? You know, when it comes to going to tropical colonies, His Majesty's principle is voluntary."

Stade waved his hands and said:

"They will be willing. After all, digging mines every day is much harder than being a soldier and fighting the natives!"

When you think about it, it really is! It's a bit hot in Cuba and Haiti, but it's not hard to be a soldier. After all, mining in a silver mine requires going down the well every day. Not only hard work, but also a little dangerous. And go to Cuba and Haiti to serve as a soldier, life is much better than mining. Also, the benefits are different.

Marin listened silently for a long time, and thought for a while. In the end, he agreed to Stade's suggestion—from more than 50,000 Hungarian young and strong prisoners of war, select 4,000 honest prisoners of war with a relatively high degree of brainwashing and who can speak German. As recruits, sent to the island of Cuba, incorporated into the colonial army...

In addition, Marin will also ask the Goslar Silver Mine Management Department to look through the records, mainly to see which prisoners of war prefer summer. Such people can adapt more easily when they go to the tropics. And those who are afraid of heat are more likely to be acclimatized when they go to the tropics...

Of course, Marin would not simply send 4,000 Hungarian prisoners of war, he was also worried about accidents, wasn't he? In addition to the 4,000 Hungarian prisoners of war, Marin also sent 1,000 veterans who were willing to go to Cuba as grassroots officers to control the reinforcements composed of the 4,000 Hungarian prisoners of war, lest the army be dissatisfied...

In other words, Marin sent a total of 5,000 reinforcements this time, plus the original 2,000 people. At this time, the total number of colonial troops in the Cuban colony had reached 7,000. And Marin remembers that during the Latin American War of Independence in the early 19th century, there were only more than 7,000 soldiers in the Viceroyalty of Peru in Spain. The armies of Bolivar and San Martin only had a few thousand people respectively. Marin dispatched 7,000 colonial troops at once, which is actually considered a very powerful force. Even, it is no problem to use it to sweep Latin America.

The only problem is that the tropical rainforests on Cuba and Haiti are complicated. It is true that so many soldiers and horses are needed to fight in the jungle and plunder the local population. Unless you learn from Spain and only occupy the coastal areas at first. As for civilized areas with few forests, such as the Inca Empire and the Aztec Empire, it is easier to conquer. Because, directly sending an army to defeat the main forces of the two countries will be able to control the local area. Unlike in the tropical rainforest, which requires a lot of hands...