It is not easy to get someone like DeSantis to confess, but Morgan has been in the military for many years and certainly has experience in interrogating prisoners of war. He knows that if he wants the other party to cooperate honestly, he must first destroy the other party's belief, and the psychological defense line will collapse accordingly.
DeSantis's spiritual support at this time is his sense of honor as a soldier, and what Morgan has to do is to make DeSantis realize that his so-called sense of honor is insignificant in the face of absolute power.
Any struggle and resistance, in the face of Haihan's powerful force, is nothing more than a mantis trying to use his arms as a chariot.
Whether he confesses or cooperates will not affect the balance of power between the two sides, nor can he stop Haihan's continued expansion in the Americas.
The most important thing is that even if he endures to the end, does not cooperate with Haihan, and dies for his country in the end, he probably still won't be able to become a hero.
"Your fleet has been wiped out in one fell swoop. All news about this battle will only be sent back to the south through channels controlled by us."
"All Spaniards will know that this tragic defeat in San Diego Bay was all because of you, Mr. DeSantis, who was afraid to move forward and commanded poorly, and for which an entire armed fleet was ruined in vain."
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"And in order to save your life, you chose to surrender at a critical moment and betrayed your compatriots who were still fighting. Your family will be reviled and will continue to live with this humiliation in the future."
DeSantis said angrily: "This is not true! It's all a shameless frame-up!"
Morgan turned a blind eye to his anger, walked slowly to him, patted his shoulder gently and said: "As you just said, the behavior of some people is traitorous and a shame to Spain, but who will be the scapegoat? That can only be decided by us.”
"If you cooperate well, then you will be a hero who fights to the end for Spain. You can even escape from the captivity of the Haihan Army on your own and return to your family."
"If you refuse to cooperate, then we can only try to make some 'facts' public, let your name be included in the list of traitors, and let your king vent all his anger on your family."
DeSantis' face turned red, then livid, and finally pale. He knew that the situations Morgan mentioned were indeed possible, and he also knew that he was powerless to change what Morgan was planning to do.
Seeing that the other party's attitude had softened, Morgan began to lobby further: "You see, it is not the result that both of us expected that things have come to this point. Believe me, we can completely change the current situation with a more decent way of cooperation. situation.”
After Morgan finished speaking, he pulled out a red-hot iron from the brazier in front of DeSantis and gently brushed it against the water stains on the ground, and smoke suddenly appeared.
"Out of respect for you, I don't want to treat you like an animal unless I have to. There is really no need to try these hardships again."
Morgan passed the iron in front of DeSantis, and the hot air immediately made his beard and hair curl. If this thing used to mark livestock and horses gets on your body, you can imagine its power.
If DeSantis still refuses to give in, the only option is to use torture to get him to speak.
There was no need to translate at this time. When DeSantis saw Morgan's movements, he could roughly guess what he was going to do next. His face turned pale and he no longer wanted to fight. After a full two hours, Morgan walked out of the tent where DeSantis was imprisoned, stretched hard and stretched his body.
Wang Anbang, who was following him, lost no time in boasting: "Master, you are really powerful. In just a few words, you surrendered that Spanish general!"
Morgan didn't take it seriously and said: "No matter what method I use, I will definitely succeed in the end. It's just that the interrogation process requires words or physical strength."
Wang Anbang said: "If it were me who was the judge, I would probably have to be tortured from the beginning! If there is another opportunity like this in the future, Master, please take care of me more."
Morgan said: "When it comes to interrogation techniques, your father is also an expert. However, he has been busy with government affairs in the past few years and probably has no time to interrogate prisoners. Next time you return to Jinshan Port, remember to ask your father for advice. A few tricks.”
Although DeSantis was tough-talking for a time, under Morgan's hard and soft tactics, he was finally defeated and obediently revealed some of the intelligence information he had.
After all, he was just a defeated general, and it was his first time dealing with Haihan, so how could he defeat such experienced opponents.
Spain's colonial layout in the Americas began as early as 1492 after Columbus set foot in the New World.
In 1519, Spain took control of the island of Cuba, the east coast of Mexico, and the strategically important Isthmus of Panama in Central and North America in just one year, and simultaneously began to build three colonies in Havana, Cuba, Veracruz, Mexico, and Panama City.
After that, the Spanish quickly conquered the Aztec Empire in Central and North America and the Inca Empire in South America, and established the city of Lima in Peru to control the Pacific coast of South America.
In 1534, Spain began to move north along the west coast of America. During this period, it discovered the California area where Golden Mountain Bay and San Diego Bay are located, and began to colonize this area.
However, in the next hundred years, Spain's colonial focus in North America was not in California, but northward along the Gulf of Mexico and into the interior of North America.
San Diego Bay is the border of Spain's sphere of influence on the west coast. Although a small number of European immigrants have settled in Jinshan Bay, it has not been included in the jurisdiction of the Viceroyalty of New Spain and is still an uncivilized wilderness.
This also leaves a huge room for development for Haihan, a latecomer. Otherwise, when Tom Wang arrives in North America with his expedition fleet, it may not be so easy to settle down.
But San Diego Bay is too far away from Spain’s sphere of influence in the south. It is four thousand miles away from here to Puerto Vallarta on the coast of Mexico, and from Puerto Vallarta to Mexico, the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. City, there are still 1400 to 500 miles of land journey.
This directly led to the difficulty in quickly receiving assistance from the south after a security situation occurred in San Diego Bay. It would take half a month to send a request for help from San Diego Bay to Mexico City. Aragones asked for help several times before finally receiving reinforcements from the south.
However, by this time, it was actually too late. The patchwork reinforcement fleet eventually turned into the Haihan Army's military exploits, and almost all of Spain's armed forces on the west coast of North America were also involved in this naval battle.