1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 236, The Glorious Revolution

The training content provided by Heishui since then really opened the eyes of Juan and other people. First, they learned to shoot fast. According to the instructor of Heishui, their future struggles with the Spaniards will be mainly urban guerrilla warfare. Under these conditions, the distance between the two sides will be drawn very close, perhaps not more than 30 meters. Therefore, in such operations, the most important skill is not precision, but speed.

“If you can pull out a gun and shoot a shot in the head of a Spaniard even if it is one tenth of a second, he will die; otherwise, you will die!” Instructor Rodney explained the training. At that time, it was said to those Cubans.

When the Cubans got their guns, they were even more surprised.

Everyone got two pistols. This is a brand new pistol just developed by the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company. This pistol pioneered the use of the barrel short recoil principle. In this era, this is the world The first automatic pistol, this gun was almost identical in design to the later Colt M-1911, except that the caliber of the bullet was reduced to 0.30 caliber, and double-row magazines were used to increase the ammunition capacity. Of course, in order to ensure the power, although the caliber of the bullet is reduced, the method of lengthening the cartridge ensures that the charge is not reduced. According to the company’s test, the muzzle velocity of this bullet when it was fired from the barrel of the M-1866 pistol was as high as 510 meters per second, which even exceeded the muzzle velocity of the Mini rifle in the hands of the Spanish colonial army.

Compared with revolvers, this pistol has many advantages. For example, it has a large capacity. The magazine of this pistol can be loaded with fifteen bullets at one time. Of course, according to Instructor Rodney, considering that the spring cannot be compressed It is too tight, so in general, the number of bullets in the magazine should not exceed twelve rounds. But even so, the number of bullets in such a gun is already equivalent to two revolvers. What’s more, once the ammunition is empty, the reloading speed of the revolver is really heartbreakingly slow. And what about the M-1866 pistol? It only needs two steps. Take out the magazine and replace it with a new one.

“Of course, although this damn gun has great power, good accuracy, large ammunition capacity, and fast reloading, it is not perfect. The most damn problem is that if you don’t take care of it, it’s easy to get stuck. Loud! So, carefully wipe once a week, and wipe carefully every time you run out of guns, otherwise, you will be dead.” Instructor Rodney said, “Also, just for precautions. You are really out of luck, the good people of the “Free World” Foundation gave you two such pistols. In case one of them is out of order, you still have another one for use. Well, in an emergency It is faster to draw guns under conditions, so of your two guns, one of them is a quick-firing type.”

“Instructor? What is a fast shooting type? Is this one without a sight?” a Cuban asked.

“Well, it’s pretty good, your pumpkin heads have time to resuscitate.” Rodney instructor praised, “That’s it.”

“How to use this maybe?”

“Stupid! This is to make you shoot faster than the Spaniards at close range. At this time, your distance will not exceed ten meters. What do you need to do with the front sight? Without the front sight, it will not happen when you take out your gun. The sight is hung on the pants and can’t pull out such stupid things all at once and you lose your life!”

In addition to all kinds of training on pistols, in the training camp in Heishui, they received more training on explosives. For example, under the conditions of blockade, the use of various civilian materials to make explosives, and how to use pocket watches and homemade explosives to make time bombs. For example, how to send these time bombs to the most critical locations.

The risk of self-manufacturing explosives is not small. Even with expert guidance, someone still had a problem while making explosives-a guy named Masar had a problem making bombs and was blinded by the explosion. But apart from this, everything else is normal.

There is a further advanced project on various objectives, especially the analysis of the structure and weaknesses of various ships in Spain.

“This is a transport ship commonly used by the Spaniards. It is produced in Toulon, France. It is the largest ship in the Spaniard’s fleet. It has a deadweight of about 2,500 tons. It was originally propelled by paddle wheels. Now we are switching to propellers. Here is the structural diagram of this kind of ship, and the position of its keel is here.” An instructor pointed to a picture and explained to the Cubans, “Just install a ship in this position. A time bomb with a charge of about 20 kilograms can definitely break its keel at once, and then the entire ship will break into two under its own stress. The more cargo it loads, the ship sinks. The sooner…”

It is not the style of Heishui. Somewhere on the shore of Lake Erie, Heishui even put up a ship that was retired and collected scrap iron at a low price for the students to learn from.

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Madrid, Spain. It is night now, and Madrid in this era is far from being compared with Madrid in later generations. Before electric lights were introduced to Europe, Madrid, like other European cities, immediately fell asleep at night. But the sound of a wagon wheel babbling and turning broke the tranquility of the night. This is an aristocratic carriage. Although in the dark, you can’t see the coat of arms on the carriage, but with a little light from the dim gas lamps on both sides of the road, you can still see that the carriage is drawn by two gods. The white horse, this is not affordable for ordinary people.

There was a lantern hanging in front of the carriage. This carriage seemed to be coming from the Puerta del Sol. Perhaps its owner had just attended a fancy dress party at a nobleman’s house, and was now lying in the carriage dozing tiredly.

The carriage stopped at the gate of a luxurious house. The janitor only glanced at the carriage and opened the wrought iron gate. Amidst the sound of horseshoes and wheels, the carriage drove into the yard, and the gate followed. It was immediately closed.

A man in a cloak got out of the carriage and passed the hat on his head and the cloak on his body to the butler who was approaching him. The butler said to him: “Mr. Marquis, please come with me. The general is waiting for you inside.”

“I see.” The Marquis nodded. Then followed the housekeeper and walked in.

…

“Mr. Marquis, it’s great that you can come.” A tall and capable officer stood up and said to him.

“General, I didn’t expect to see you here again in such a short time,” the marquis replied.

“Seriously, I didn’t expect that in just one year, I would be back again.” The “General” replied, “This shows that the people of Madrid and Spain have had enough of the stunner. She The end of the day is just around the corner.”

The “general” is called Juan Prim, and the faint king in his mouth refers to Queen Isabella II.

In Spanish tradition, women are not allowed to be kings. So Queen Isabella II has been facing various rebellions ever since she was enthroned. In the beginning, it was her uncle Prince Don Carlos who launched a seven-year rebellion, and after finally suppressing it with the support of foreign countries, all kinds of chaotic conspiracies continued one after another.

The queen herself is not an outstanding politician. Among the various qualities that a politician needs, she only possesses one, and that is the desire for power. So, well, her policy measures naturally made Spaniards more and more dissatisfied. In order to gain support from France, she married her cousin Francisco de Assisi de Bourbon.

However, something unexpected happened. On the day of the wedding, the queen made an amazing discovery. Well, she discovered that the lace on her husband’s underwear was more than that on her body! Well, her cousin Francisco de Assisi de Bourbon is gay, and a sad little one.

Well, it is said that both the queen and her husband-in-law gave each other the greatest freedom, and then the prince left Madrid and continued to be his lover. As for the queen, he kept finding a lover. Even when her husband is not around, she keeps getting pregnant and gives birth to princes and princesses. As a result, the Queen’s image in the eyes of conservative Spaniards becomes more and more unbearable. Plus, damn it, France has a great revolution, and those “horrible ideas” continue to affect Spain. In the more than two decades that Her Majesty has ruled Spain, Spain has replaced 34 governments and promulgated 7 constitutions. Fifteen riots were launched, and all kinds of Nenchen groups came to power. Isabella II lived a life of licentious and decadent life, and sometimes intervened in domestic politics in willful and irrational ways. The queen seems to be particularly fond of the reactionaries in the army and the church, which makes her even more hateful in the hearts of the Spaniards. She was nearly assassinated twice, but was evaded by chance.

However, every riot shakes the foundation of the Queen’s rule. By now, the Queen’s rule has been shaky. Everyone knows that Spain is brewing a “glorious revolution”, and the Queen’s rule is about to come to an end. I just don’t know who will take the throne behind him.

“This time, we will surely let this foolish king die.” General Juan Primm said.

“Last time, General, you said the same.” The Marquis smiled disapprovingly.

“Follow me, Mr. Marquis, let me take you to the reception room to see who has joined us. You will know why I am so confident.” General Juan Prim said.