1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 242, Incendiary Bomb

On November 20, 1867, an army of 25,000 men led by General Campos arrived in the port of Havana. The arrival of the 25,000 army immediately gave the Spaniards ample confidence. In the negotiating field with “Free Cuba”, they even deviated from the gentle attitude of the past few days and began to demand that “Free Cuba” unconditionally surrender.

“Only to lay down the weapons honestly and accept the sanctions of the law is your only way out!” Fernando, the Spaniard’s negotiator, arrogantly issued an ultimatum to the rebels. He saw that the one opposite him was called Gome. Sri Lanka’s negotiator seemed to want to say something, so he added: “I am not here to debate with you. If you still insist on debating, let the rifle and the cannon go to the debate. But I warn. You, there is only one result of stubborn resistance, and that is that you will be ruthlessly annihilated!”

“Ha ha ha ha,” Gomez laughed. He slowly stood up and looked directly into Fernando’s eyes. “We know that on November 3, your 25,000 soldiers set off from Barcelona. Today is today. We have already started landing in Havana in the morning.” Seeing what Fernando seemed to want to say, Gomez reached out to him and motioned that he didn’t need to speak again. “We have known for a long time that your so-called peace talks are just delaying time. We have always been watching your performances like watching a clown show. What do you say to us is the’only way out’? Then I will tell you that the only way out for you evil colonial robbers is to clip your tail, behave. Get out of Cuba and return the freedom to the Cuban people! You still talk to me about’annihilation’? Very good, very good.” Gomez stared at the terrified Fernando with a terrible smile, like It was a lion staring at a shivering little lamb, “If you want an annihilation war, then you will get an annihilation war!”

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General Campos’ troops landed on the pier one by one. Originally, according to the location of the pier, the troops did not need to pass through the city of Havana to enter the barracks. But in order to deter potential rebels and Cubans who might support the rebels, the Spaniards decided to let these troops drag their cannons to the squares of Havana to show them, and let those Cuban buns see the grandeur of the Spaniards. Military capacity. Only in this way, the army must cross a narrow street.

So in the noisy military music, Spanish troops in gorgeous military uniforms passed through the narrow streets of the city. Unlike European metropolises, Havana’s streets are very narrow. It is so narrow that you can jump to the roof on the other side of the street with a run-up from the roof on this side of the street. Therefore, when the large forces passed through the block, they appeared to be exceptionally slow.

Of course, the colonial authorities have also considered that if someone is not afraid of death and takes this opportunity to attack the army, let alone drop a few defensive grenades from the windows on both sides, the casualties will definitely scare people to death. Therefore, the colonial authorities retrieved all the policemen who had been hiding in the house, arranged them on both sides of the street, and ordered all the residents on this street to be driven out to the square.

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“These guys want to demonstrate and are afraid of death.” Policeman Fernan stood in front of a small building, making an effort to maintain order, while looking contemptuously at the Spaniards lined up in the distant square.

Because the police force gap was too large, the colonial authorities had to recruit more police officers from the native whites, which naturally gave people like Fernan the opportunity to mix into the colonial police force.

The task of Fernan and another policeman who has the same problem today is to watch this area so that nothing goes wrong. For example, someone used a rifle to shoot at the army from a young age. But because this building is far enough from the square, it is a thousand meters away. Although the entire square can be clearly seen from this building, it is too far away. The Spanish don’t care about it too much. They sent it. The police are also of the less reliable kind. The Spaniards had no training in how to launch an attack, so naturally they didn’t know how to prevent it. What can I do if I shoot with a rifle? How many people can be defeated? The efficiency of this is too low.

In the courtyard behind the house behind Fernan, a few people have just been busy installing something.

“Distance, one thousand and 21 meters. Direction…”

“Aguirre, you don’t need to report these numbers. We have measured these numbers many times.” A person said while gently turning a handle, which was a strange cannon that had just been installed. Part.

This is a 1866 type 70mm infantry gun produced by McDonald’s Infantry Weapons Company. This gun is a replica of the later Japanese 9 infantry gun. The maximum range is about 2,400 meters. It is used to cover the current The Spaniards in the square are very suitable. In addition, the trajectory of this gun is very curved, almost the same as that of later mortars. In this way, even if this gun is placed in the yard, across the high wall, it can be hung on the Spaniards in the square. It’s just that in this era, shelling of targets outside the line of sight seems to be a less popular practice.

In fact, this gun was broken down into small parts as early as half a month ago, when the Spanish reinforcements just set off, and they were quietly transported here taking advantage of the opportunity of unattended security in Havana. At that time, the “Free Cuba” fighters only intended to use it to greet the Spaniards when they disembarked. However, after learning from the comrades who got into the police department that the Spaniards planned to show off in the square, Juan, who was in charge of the operation, immediately decided to change the place where he would greet the Spaniards to the square.

Juan knew that the Spaniard would not give him too long shooting time, and he must leave as many surprises as possible to the Spaniard in the shortest possible time. So, this time, he decided to be extravagant and use the most expensive shells to give those Spaniards an unforgettable memory.

Camacho carefully opened the ammunition box and took out a yellow and white shell from the layer after layer of the package. The price of this shell is ten times that of ordinary shells. The whole “Free Cuba” “I didn’t buy many such shells. But the power of this shell is absolutely worthy of its price, this is a white phosphorus incendiary bomb.

White phosphorus will ignite spontaneously in the air, so even if you put it out for a while, as soon as you see the air, it will re-burn. When it burns, it can generate a high temperature of more than 1,000 degrees Celsius, which is enough to ignite most combustible materials, including even the human body.

Juan knows to carefully set a timed fuze for this shell to ensure that it can explode accurately over the Spaniard’s head, and then this shell will throw more than 800 fires below, and once these fires touch people’s bodies , It will burn immediately, and it cannot be shaken off. It will burn through the skin and flesh all the way to the bones. The flame of this kind of thing can hardly be extinguished, you pour it up with water, and the water will flow first, and this thing will immediately re-ignite. The only way to deal with it is to quickly use a knife to dig out the skin and flesh near the fire. But this can only be done by people who are experienced and very calm and courageous.

Camacho carefully placed the six white phosphorus incendiary bombs next to the infantry artillery. Once they opened fire for a while, they needed to fire the six artillery shells at the fastest speed, and then quickly drove the cannon before the Spaniards arrived. Disassemble and retreat with it.

“Okay?” Juan asked.

“Okay,” Camacho replied.

“Then let’s start!”

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When the first white phosphorus incendiary bomb exploded on the top of the Spaniard’s head, some Spaniards also regarded the bomb that blasted out a long white ribbon like a flowing ribbon as a certain Plant fireworks, and some people even complained that the fireworks were lowered a little bit. However, when these smoke-laden flames fell on them, they soon discovered that something was wrong.

Almost in an instant, the fire burned through one of their hats, and burned on their skin and even their heads. Six artillery shells thrown out nearly 5,000 fires. In the entire square, at least 600 to 700 Spanish soldiers were hit by these fires. Their first reaction was to slap their bodies on the fire. The fire was slapped or extinguished, but after the waxy fire was slapped, it was neither extinguished nor dropped to the ground, but was scattered all at once, spreading over a large area of ​​skin, and then more rapidly. It burned.

Soon, soldiers fell to the ground in pain, rolling all over the floor, trying to suppress the flames on their bodies by rolling on the ground. But just like those national fans on the forums of later generations, no matter how they rolled, they couldn’t conceal the fact that his IQ was flawed. Although the Spanish soldiers rolled very hard, they had little effect except to make the fire more prosperous.

There is a fountain in the center of the square. A few quick-reacting soldiers hurriedly jumped inside and fell into the pool water. When their bodies were submerged in the pool water, the flame went out. However, when they stood up from the pool full of joy, they were full of fear and discovered that the flames that had been extinguished on their bodies were burning again!

At this time, more people had already plunged into this small pool with flames, and some people who were immersed in the pool again were immediately stepped on by dozens of feet. They successfully changed their own way of death, from being burned to being drowned alive in water less than forty centimeters deep.

At this time, more soldiers rolling on the floor could no longer roll, the flames were still burning on them, and the smell of black smoke and burnt flesh filled the entire square with desperate horror. Those who did not get caught The soldiers had already been frightened and fled in all directions, for fear that this fate would also fall on them, and the entire army was completely messed up.