The conditions in Tangzhou are extremely harsh. Payang originally wanted to bargain, but Guo Jinzhang didn't give him any room. Don't you talk? It's easy to deal with. The mountain division directly retreated to Panama. As long as the Spaniards did not provoke it on their own, we would just watch it from the side to see how long you can hold on. As a result, Payang had no choice but to do anything about it.

He could not agree to the conditions of Tangzhou, but so what if he didn't agree? The mountain division retreated to Panama, and Panama would still become the territory of others, and they would also accomplish their substantial garrison. Moreover, the Colombian army was defeated repeatedly and had no morale, and it was basically impossible to stop Nicholas, who was eager to take revenge. If the Spanish general had made a concerted effort, he might be able to conquer Bogota and achieve his last unsuccessful goal. If that was true, his new government, which had just been established, would become a historical term at a faster speed, and Colombia would also be a colony of Spain again, with the consequences being even more terrible than the conditions agreed to Tangzhou.

Of course, besides Tangzhou, he can also ask for help from other countries. But how many of the neighboring countries in South America can afford Spain? Why do they provoke a great power for Colombia?

So, in the end, Payan had to give these conditions and turn his presidency into a rubber stamp. After all, the two positions that hold military and financial power, the Minister of Defense, the Director of the State Administration of Taxation, were taken away by Santos. In the political form of Colombia, Santos, who has soldiers, money and backstage, would be the boss recognized by everyone. He only has the name of president, but he is just a puppet.

But such an ending is already good for Payan. At least, he will not be kicked out of the position of president and still has a certain strength, which means he still has a chance to start over...

But no matter what Payan himself thought, one thing is already certain. That is, the "Payan era" in Colombia ended just now, and replaced by the "Santos era", an era of pro-Tangzhou faction.

...

"Return to the tutor!"

Due to the situation, the Colombian government almost lost its power and humiliated the country and agreed to the conditions of Tangzhou. In return, Tangzhou was not stingy. The mountain division, who had just retreated to Cologne, had not had time to rest, immediately re-boarded the ship, aiming directly at Barranquilla. After receiving the news of the Red Corps' dispatch, Nikolaou, who was celebrating all the way, also decisively withdrew his troops, returned to Santa Marta before Zhou Xiaoding landed, and then hurriedly fled back to Cuba on a Spanish Navy troopship.

In this way, the Spanish war of aggression against Colombia, which lasted for a long time, ended. The Spanish achieved a shameful failure. Although they successfully damaged the Colombian army in the final counterattack, this victory could only make them masturbate after failure, and was of no use to the situation that Spain had to face. As the invaded side, Colombia won first and then lost, which was a fool. In particular, the new president Ethario Payan, once became synonymous with "imaginary". If it weren't for the relevant forces that did not want him to step down, he would definitely become the shortest-lived president in Colombia's history.

In contrast to Spain and Colombia, the Red Corps' momentum has once again boosted its momentum and officially became a powerful army recognized by countries around the world. Tangzhou, which it was ordered, has also become a "strong state" of the army! It is precisely because of the Red Corps' record and the momentum it showed that the new Colombian Minister of Defense Santos was extremely worried. Santos believed that the local army in Colombia was far from comparable to the Red Corps in terms of organizational form, military morale, and even equipment. Although the army of his own country has won battles, as long as he carefully analyzed it, it can be seen that it is the cheaper ones who picked up the Red Corps. Otherwise, when facing the Spanish army alone, the Colombian soldiers would not be so difficult, and even a remnant soldier who was already at the end of his strength could not resist it.

Therefore, Santos made a suggestion to the government, suggesting that the government apply to the Tangzhou government, requesting the Red Corps to draw personnel to form a coaching team to train the Colombian army. After this application was conveyed by the Colombian government, it was immediately approved by the Tangzhou government. However, considering that the Red Corps was also responsible for helping to train the hired Qing army, Governor Li Asheng suggested to Santos that the Colombian army could be trained by its own officers together with the Qing army, which not only saved manpower, but also formed a competition between the Qing army and the Colombian army, and further promoted the training efficiency of the two ** teams. Santos believed that this proposal was reasonable and accepted it decisively.

Then, a selected Colombian army, with a population of about a thousand, was sent to the Panama City area and began to receive training from the Red Corps instructors with the Qing army.

Not long after, Zhou Xiaoding led his troops to withdraw from Barranquilla and settled in Cologne. As a result, the Panama region officially became the sphere of influence of Tangzhou.

But it's just the beginning.

As time went by, the number of Qing and Colombian troops trained increased. By the beginning of 1888, the number of trainees of the Colombian government troops had increased to 10,000, and the number of Qing troops increased from more than 40,000 to 70,000.

This seems to be nothing. Although Colombia's land area is not very large, it can afford so many people. But the problem is that some people think that the training results of these two armies should be tested.

But how to test it?

Of course, the military exercises were carried out by Lombia's Minister of Defense Santos, who personally developed a large-scale military exercise plan with the Red Corps and military experts from the United States. According to this plan, the Qing army would set aside 10,000 people to fight against the same number of Colombian troops... In order to allow the entire Colombian army to learn the military experience that was advanced, Santos also ordered to mobilize a large number of officers to come and observe.

The result of the exercise was naturally very successful.

The Qing army did not lose, and the Colombian army did not win. Both sides tied with the arrangements of some people. But the officers who came to observe still felt the strength of the two armies and the advanced tactics... Among them, the one who "feeled" the deepest was the Minister of Defense Santos. This Minister of Defense, who has never been exposed and has never shown any domineering power even if he has mastered military and financial power, still obeyed the Payan government of Bogota.

After watching the exercise, he believed that Colombia's military strength was still too weak and that deep reforms must be carried out. At the same time, he also believed that all officers who came to observe should learn the experience of this exercise well, and it is best to be able to study in depth... In other words, these officers should stay at the training base to receive new military ideas. In other words, Santos directly deprived all Colombian officers who came to observe this military exercise!

Many chapters have said before that the political situation in Latin America is very chaotic at this time, and riots, rebellions, mutinies, coups and other things often occur. The dictators have finished their performance one after another. Even dictators generally find it difficult to maintain their dictatorship for how long, because in every country in Latin America, there are considerable local forces or other forces, and they may find opportunities to rise up at any time, knock down the seemingly powerful dictators, and then make up for it themselves.

There are many reasons for this phenomenon, but it is undeniable that powerful local forces are an important driving force for the political change in Latin America. It is obvious that Santos' behavior greatly offended the local forces in Colombia.

Taking advantage of the military exercises to detain the officers who were observing, such "despicable" behavior has caused a large number of "reversal mulberry" movements to occur in Colombia. At the same time, because a large number of officers were detained, many mutinies occurred in Colombia, causing considerable chaos. It can be said that if the situation continues like this, Colombia is likely to experience a nationwide unrest.

But Santos obviously had prepared for it.

Just the day after detaining those officers, the Minister of Defense ordered the Colombian army participating in the exercise to attack, quickly wiped out several troops that launched mutiny, and deterred many people with bad intentions. At the same time, because a large number of officers, including many senior officers, officers loyal to Santos himself quickly became the backbone of the Colombian army, making Santos easily control most of the military forces in Colombia.

After doing this, Santos did not stop, but immediately began his long-term plan.

Establish a military academy, officers take turns to train, reorganize the army, and train... In addition, with the more than 10,000 trained regular troops in hand, Santos also accelerated the nationwide clearance operation and eliminated private and local armed forces on a large scale. Faced with this sudden large-scale clearance, the local forces in Colombia were caught off guard. They never expected that a military exercise would directly sound their death knell... They had thought of resisting, but they were not opponents in any aspect; they wanted to unite, and there was no time at all. Moreover, as long as they found that some local forces were signs of uniting, Santos' army would immediately kill them first, and would not give them such a chance.

...

"That was the same thing that Song Taizu released military power when he was drinking wine."

Santos' behavior attracted widespread attention in Latin America. Especially those dictators were even more impressed by Santos' methods. In their opinion, after completing this round of purge, Santos would become a true dictator, not a "leader" who is as famous as him, but is actually just a group of various domestic forces, and is constrained by various forces, and even has to worry about being kicked off at any time! But these are not known that all Santos' actions are just carried out according to the plan formulated in advance by some people. The person who formulated this plan obviously came from Tangzhou.

"What glass of wine will release military power? Did you make a mistake?"

On a steamer in the Atlantic Ocean, two Chinese in casual clothes were standing on the deck and chatting. If the leaders of Tangzhou such as Guo Jinzhang and Li Asheng were here, they would definitely recognize these two people. Because these two people were Cheng Degui and his party who were sent to the US Naval Academy to study... Since the establishment of Tangzhou, they have been studying for almost six years.

"How could I get it wrong?" Cheng Degui, who believed that Santos' behavior was similar to that of Song Taizu's glass of wine, was Cheng Degui, one of the important leaders of the Red Corps at that time. However, Cheng Degui was no longer the same as before. His iconic beard had already shaved, and his strong figure had a lot of flesh. Although it was wrapped in a thick suit, it still gave people a tight feeling. The originally dark face with a dead gray color became full of vitality after a few years... Especially with the white teeth that were inadvertently exposed, it gave him a strange attraction.

"You are still stubborn? Have you used force to release military power with a cup of wine? Song Taizu took all the military power back to his own hands with just a few words and a few cups of wine. It's not like Santos, who have to fight and suppress them... It's several streets away." Ma Chenxin smiled. At the beginning, Guo Jinzhang asked Cheng Degui to study in the navy, and at the same time, Cheng Degui chose some people to go with him. He was the first group to be selected. For several years, he and Cheng Degui were classmates, and even had better academic performance than Cheng Degui alone.

"Are you talking nonsense?" Cheng Degui curled his lips, "When Song Taizu took over military power, he had already achieved centralization. He appointed local officials. As long as those generals are honest, there will be nothing wrong. But is Colombia the same?"

"So this cannot be called a glass of wine to release military power."

"I deliberately argue with me, right?"

"Hehe, I'm telling the truth."

"shit!"

"Come on," Ma Chenxin waved his hand, "I'm too lazy to compete with you for these things. But have you ever thought about whether Tangzhou has expanded too fast in recent years?"

"Quick?" Cheng Degui held the railing on the side of the ship with his arm and looked at the endless sea water. "What's the fast? It took him five or six years to get a Colombia. He has not yet mastered it. The Venezuela he originally planned to take down could not swallow... After all, they only controlled a small piece of Panama. What's the fast?"

"But we are just a state." Ma Chenxin sighed.

"How big is the UK? Is it still the world overlord?" Cheng Degui snorted coldly and looked at him again, "Are you worried?"

"A wolf lying beside me, and South America has always been the meat in the mouth of this big tiger in Britain... Let's grab one here and take another one there. If it really makes some people angry... Of course I'm worried." Ma Chenxin said.

"So you have no future." Cheng Degui shook his head, "This is just a Colombia, you are so scared... Then why don't you think that we actually control Oregon and most of California in North America? Didn't the Americans say nothing?"

"That's because they are not available yet." Ma Chen said.

"I think you were just being taught by those bastards from the Naval Academy. They are white people. Of course, I hope we are afraid of them. I have long asked you to go back to Seattle more when you have time, so don't keep it there and study... Is there any use if I only learn books?" Cheng Degui said angrily.

"What's the use of me going back?" Ma Chenxin curled his lips, "I'm different from you. You are the leadership. What secrets do Seattle have? You must be indispensable. I'm just a student, who is the old man?"

"How many years can you be considered? The second one!" Cheng Degui grinned.

"You are only the second child, your whole family is the second child..." Ma Chenxin cursed.

"Hehehe, it's useless to scold me. You are the first mate I have made, but not the second mate? Why don't you be honest with me?" Cheng Degui smiled.

"You dream. I will be the first lieutenant for you. I have better grades than you. Can you afford it?" Ma Chenxin curled his lips disdainfully, "What's more, Colonel Ma Han has already said that when we take the warship back, I will be his adjutant... Who is so full that I can be the first lieutenant for you? I am your boss!"

"Okay, okay, you are the boss, you are the superior..." Cheng Degui saluted.

"Yeah, good, be good!"

"screw you……"

...

After a laugh and making fun, Cheng Degui and the others returned to the cabin. In fact, they were not just two people. They came with them to welcome the warships, as well as Chinese students who studied at the Naval Academy with them. For several years, Guo Jinzhang had to send cadets to the Naval Academy in the United States almost every year, and more than one year, plus some sailors, the number of people they came to pick up the ship this time was as many as 500. These people all carried Tangzhou's hope for the ocean.

"I hope everything goes well!"

Returning to his cabin, Cheng Degui secretly prayed to heaven... It was not far from their destination. In 1805, General Nelson led the British Royal Navy to set off from there and defeated the powerful Spanish and French joint fleet in one fell swoop, thus establishing Britain's global maritime overlordship. But this time, he wanted to bring back two warships from Tangzhou, two of the most advanced battleships in contemporary times! Will the British be willing to bear it? Will they really be together again

Do you want to hand over these two battleships to them? To be honest, he has no idea. However, it has been almost six years. For six years, he has never known a few English letters, and he has not even known the most basic geometric knowledge. He has been learning now, and has put in countless efforts and hardships, just for this day. So, no matter what, he has to retrieve the two warships, open the door of Tangzhou's expectations for the ocean, and at the same time, he has also received the hardships he has paid for in recent years...

(To be continued


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