Chapter 2018

Although the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau are both intelligence agencies, there are still obvious differences in their organizational attributes. The Ministry of Security is a special department directly managed by the Executive Committee. The scope of intelligence it is responsible for covers almost all aspects of domestic and international affairs, and the objects of investigation are unlimited.

Not included. The Military Intelligence Bureau is an intelligence agency under the Ministry of National Defense. Its main function is to collect military intelligence from other countries. Its capabilities in the military field are more specialized than that of the Ministry of Security.

Because the functions of these two departments overlap to a certain extent, they are in a competitive relationship most of the time. Even in aspects such as recruiting new employees, the two departments will secretly compete. As for the training content for new employees, the two departments

Each department has its own areas of expertise, so generally speaking they will not be disclosed to the other party.

However, Manila is an exception because the heads of the two departments have a very close personal relationship. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are life-and-death friends. They do not take the competitive relationship between departments too seriously. Even when it comes to recruiting and training new employees.

They didn't take too many measures to keep this matter secret. Now they have taken on such a difficult task temporarily, requiring them to dispatch intelligence personnel to Cebu as soon as possible. The two departments can't pick out a few suitable candidates.

, in order to save time and resources, the short training before departure can only be combined.

Ran Tianlu and Fang Peng attached great importance to this. Both of them personally served as instructors and conducted surprise training for the selected people. However, this training was different from the past, because the people they trained were not familiar with the target of the operation.

Their understanding is probably better than theirs, so they did not arrange specific measures for these subordinates on how to take action after arriving at the local area. They only gave them a certain range and let them decide on their own depending on the situation. The main explanation content was still focused on

How to organize and transmit information.

Due to objective language barriers, they must communicate with these subordinates through translators, so the training efficiency is really low. If they are veterans, it may be enough to remind them of the details that need to be paid attention to, but these people join Haihan

The longest time in the intelligence department was only half a year, and none of them had any experience in performing tasks overseas. Now they have to directly send these people to the opponent's ruling area. Regardless of their loyalty or professional skills, it is very confusing.

Worry.

During the training, Ran Tianlu specially asked Francis to come twice to explain to these newcomers some official rules of the colonial authorities and the personal situations of some senior Spanish officials. As for how useful this information will be in the future, in fact, no one can at the moment.

predict.

When Francis was teaching these people, he also noticed the South China Sea chart hanging here. The East Indies area including the Philippine Islands depicted above was much more detailed than the previous charts held by the Spanish authorities.

.Many places that Francis had only heard of by name but had never been to were marked in detail on this chart.

He carefully identified it. If the scale and size of the islands on the Haihan chart were correct, then the Spanish authorities' chart was not very standard. Francis secretly thought that these Haihan people obviously didn't know much about the situation in the southern waters.

, why they can have such a detailed chart. To draw a chart of this level of detail is not something that can be completed in a year and a half, and if Haihan has the ability to do this, then what?

Why send people to Cebu to find out the news? It would be more effective to directly dispatch the fleet to attack Cebu Port.

However, since Haihan has such high-quality charts, it is not surprising that they were able to cross the sea to attack Manila. It is conceivable that other areas where Haihan has set foot must have similar charts.

This is a very scary thing. This means that if any country wants to compete with Haihan at sea, in addition to the performance gap of ship weapons, it must also add the disadvantage of geographical data.

overcome.

"It's too difficult, it's really too difficult!" Francis couldn't help but sigh in his heart after re-evaluating the strength of Haihan's maritime armed forces.

Historically, when Spain entered this area, it took several generations, invested countless financial resources and energy, and paid a considerable price before it finally established a foothold and established several colonies. If there could have been such a thing at that time,

With a detailed nautical chart, the Spaniards could at least save decades in the process.

But fortunately, the Haihan people appeared relatively late. If they arrived in this area at the same time as the Spaniards, Francis estimated that the fate of the Spaniards would be similar to that of the Portuguese and Dutch today. If they want to stay here,

It depends on Haihan's face. Of course, the situation of the Spaniards is not much better now. After defeating and losing the city of Manila at the beginning of the year, Spain's strength in this region has regressed to at least the last century. In the short term, if we want to

It is really difficult to turn over.

If the quality of the charts used to formulate combat plans is far inferior to that of the opponent, then there is no point in fighting. At this moment, Francis really wants to repair a book and send it to Cebu, so that the colonial authorities will stop wasting resources and continue fighting Haihan.

, it is better to try to negotiate with Haihan, and maybe it can alleviate the current passive situation. Remember that both the Netherlands and Portugal had fought with Haihan, and later they chose to actively seek peace to protect their own interests, so why would the colonial authorities

Wouldn't it be nice to get into trouble and learn from our Western counterparts to do business with Haihan?

Of course, these thoughts are only Francis' feelings after serving Haihan for nearly a year. If it had been placed before the Battle of Manila, he would have scorned such a "weak" idea and resolutely chosen to use force to resolve the dispute with Haihan. But the current situation

It's different. Since we know that there is an insurmountable gap in strength between the two sides, why bother to do thankless things anymore.

A total of twelve people were selected by the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Agency, including three young Hispanics, and the rest were all Filipino natives. The plan of the two departments was to arrange a boat for these people and let them go as refugees

Cebu. However, if you go there so recklessly, your identity will probably be revealed as soon as you arrive. The reason is because these people are all young and strong, and how can the refugees who escaped from Luzon Island be together?

There are no old, weak, women or children. So in addition to the boat, we have to give them a reasonable background story that can be justified logically.

Of course, such a trivial matter would certainly not be a problem for the experienced intelligence department, not to mention that this time the two departments joined forces and basically had access to any resources, and a credible background story was quickly laid out for them.

Among this group of people, Ran Tianlu designated a young Hispanic man named Jose as the operational commander. This man was a Spanish immigrant born and raised in Manila. His parents were ordinary farmers. He had never committed a crime or worked as a errand.

, there is no special record in the colonial authorities, his family background is clean, and he is suitable for engaging in intelligence work.

The Jose family lived in an immigrant village on the north bank of the Pasig River, forty or fifty miles away from Manila. After the Battle of Manila, some officials and wealthy businessmen who fled from Manila had no chance to go to sea, so they chose to cross the Pasig River.

They fled to the northern interior, and the immigrant villages along the way became a source of supplies for these people.

During the war, these upper-class figures had no intention of treating the people in the village as compatriots. All they needed was the money, food and horses in the hands of these people. If they did not comply, they would directly expropriate the private property of the farmers in the name of the official

, if you still don’t obey, then simply wipe your face and force it.

Jose's family had no background, so they were regarded as tool workers by the fleeing dignitaries, who not only required them to donate their family's food and packhorses, but also act as porters and follow the fleeing team out of the village.

Although there is an invasion of foreign enemies in Manila, the Jose family is not willing to leave their hometown. They believe that the Haihan people's goal is the city of Manila and will not send troops to clear out rural farmers. Naturally, they do not want to give up their family property, let alone let these arrogant people

As soon as the master's upper lip touched his lower lip, his property was taken away in the name of "official requisition".

But these gentlemen have completely different ideas. They believe that only by protecting themselves can they maintain Spanish rule in Luzon. As for the value of these tool men, how can they be compared with themselves. Besides, if the money, food and horses are not taken away, they will wait for the Haihan people.

If they are driven over, they will all be confiscated by the enemy, and then they will become a knife on their necks. If you think about it this way, wouldn't the farmers who are unwilling to cooperate be subsidizing the enemy in disguise?

As a result, conflicts inevitably broke out between the gentlemen who were eager to obtain supplies and continued to flee, and the farmers who were unwilling to abandon their homes and property. How could honest farmers like the Jose family defeat these people?

They were the armed attendants of the masters, so they not only suffered a severe beating and had most of their property robbed, but when these people left, they also burned down their houses, barns and cowsheds, and they also took advantage of the reputation.

It is said that this is to strengthen the wall and clear the country so as not to leave supplies for the enemy.

As the saying goes, the Clay Buddha also has three points of anger. Although Jose is from a farmer, an honest man will also explode when he is forced to have no way out. Later, when the Haihan Army pursued here, Jose did not know where he was.

Having the courage, he took the initiative to find Officer Haihan who was leading the team, and wanted to lead them to pursue the dignitary who had escaped from here just one day ago.

Finally, with the help of Jose, the Haihan Army found more than 200 Spaniards and their attendants hiding in a nearby valley, and then, as agreed in advance, took the place where Jose had been kidnapped.

Part of the family property was returned to him. Before escorting the prisoners back to Manila, the officer leading the team suggested that Jose simply join the army so that he and his family could receive permanent official asylum from Haihan.

For Jose, it is easy to tell who is strong and who is weak. The city of Manila has been captured by the Chinese army. The once arrogant men in the city are now escaping from capture. In the future, Manila will never be seen again.

Belongs to the Kingdom of Spain. To say the least, even if the Spanish army fights back one day, he and his family will definitely be sent to the gallows for "collaborating with the enemy" - in fact, if those gentlemen were not in such a hurry

They had to escape and there was no time to build a gallows. Their family was probably hanged on any random charge before the Haihan Army arrived.

From this point of view, joining Haihan was undoubtedly a way to protect himself. Jose only considered it for a moment before making the decision, and then followed Haihan's army back to Manila City, becoming the first group of Hispanics to defect to the army after the local government changed hands.

However, although Jose joined the army, he was not assigned to the combat unit. The main reason was that there were so few local young Hispanics who volunteered for the army that the military felt that they should be assigned to the combat unit.

It was too wasteful and their ethnic advantages were wasted. The Military Intelligence Bureau first screened these people and selected those who had the potential to do civilian jobs such as translation and those who were suitable for espionage work.

Jose didn't have much education, but he had a clean foundation. Moreover, he chose to break with the Spanish upper class in order to protect his family and took the initiative to join the army. This means that he has almost no way to turn back, and it is more likely that he will

I will be loyal to Haihan in the future. With conditions like this, it would be a waste if I don't recruit him into the Military Intelligence Bureau to become a spy.

So two months after Jose joined the army, he was transferred out of the recruit training camp and reported to the Military Intelligence Bureau. However, the training content of the Military Intelligence Bureau was far more complicated than that of ordinary combat troops, so although Jose

It has been more than half a year since he joined the Military Intelligence Agency, but his training has not progressed to the point where he can independently carry out missions overseas.

But the current situation is that Sanya has to catch up and ask the intelligence department in Manila to take measures. With no choice but to use newcomers like Jose.

Among the more than ten people jointly selected by the two intelligence agencies, Jose was the first to be recruited by the intelligence agency. He has been trained the longest. His family has also moved to Manila to settle down, and his loyalty is relatively high. Jose

The conditions are better than those above, so appointing him as the leader of this operation is actually a helpless move to choose a taller one among a short one.

However, Jose himself was extremely excited, because Fang Peng had promised when he recruited him to participate in this mission that as long as the mission could achieve certain gains, Jose's family could be naturalized as Haihan and receive land rewards, and he himself was on the mission

After completion, you will also receive awards and promotion opportunities.

"You have the opportunity to become the first Hispanic intelligence officer in the history of Haihan!" Fang Peng's encouragement has always been in Jose's mind, which makes him not care about the potential risks and difficulties of this trip, as long as it can be completed

In the future, he will become an official. This is a great opportunity that even a lifelong farmer cannot get.
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