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- A fleet led by Chelsea was directed towards the Spanish colony of Willemstad, an island city located in the heart of the Caribbean.
Today¡¯s Caribbean forces are composed of three parts, one is the Spanish, the other is the Dutch, and the rest is the sudden and strong insertion of the Song Empire.
Because the method is clandestine and extremely insidious.
Now in the entire Caribbean, the Song Empire occupies the entire northern part, while the Spanish and Dutch own the southern Caribbean.
Years ago, a war broke out between three parties for the final dominance of the Caribbean Sea.
Chelsea had just defeated a small naval battle not long ago, defeating the West-Dutch fleet coalition.
Naval battles like this have occurred more than a dozen times so far.
Because most of the Spanish and Dutch naval forces were transferred back to the European mainland and became involved in wars in the Mediterranean and the North Sea.
Therefore, relying on the copycat Dutch frigates that have been transformed from heavy battleships, the imperial fleet is completely sideways here in the Caribbean.
The fleet led by Chelsea includes one heavily equipped battleship and thirty-six modified Dutch frigates.
With more than thirty ships, the scale is not small.
In his captain¡¯s room, Chelsea stared at the sea map on the table seriously, pondering the next battle plan.
"Willemstad is located in the very center of the Caribbean and is the hub of the entire Caribbean. Therefore, if we want to attack the southern Caribbean colonies, we must capture this place."
A captain standing next to Chelsea gave him some advice.
Chelsea is nominally the commander of all thirteen fleets, but the captains on each battleship are of Chinese descent.
In this way, Chelsea can be completely controlled.
The young captain of Chinese origin who spoke up was a batch-bred genetic person, but after this year of life, his brain opened up, so he was appointed as the captain of a modified Dutch frigate. .
People like him who cultivate genes in batches. There are many in the empire.
But the enlightenment was only a little bit.
Most of the genetic people are still ignorant and have become the cornerstone of the imperial military power.
¡°After all, people with this gene obey orders and can endure hardships.
"At the same time, he is very brave when fighting and is a rare good soldier.
It is precisely because of these soldiers that Zhao Hongyu's empire is so stable.
When Chelsea heard this, her eyes shifted on the sea map.
"Well, not bad. After controlling Willemstad, we can take over the Dutch colony Macai Pola in the southwest, and then we can fully attack the southern Caribbean."
Chelsea opened her mouth. The surrounding captains who participated in the meeting put forward their own suggestions.
The only remaining Spanish colonies are Guatemala and Alcapuco. We can just ask Veracruz's fleet to send the army to conquer these two places. After all, these two places are in There's no way we can go around the whole of South America to get there on the west coast.
Yes, in this day and age, if you want to go to the West Coast, you have to go around to the bottom of South America. Only then.
After all, the Panama Canal has not yet been dug out at this time.
So, this is a bit more troublesome.
But that doesn¡¯t matter. Attacking by sea is too troublesome, so let the army do it.
Anyway, the Empire¡¯s army is also very powerful, isn¡¯t it?
Although the number of Marines is small, there are only 3,000 Marines in a fleet of more than 30 warships.
And the troops stationed in the city must be left behind. Therefore, there were only 1,500 soldiers able to go into battle.
But it was completely sufficient to deal with the Spaniards in these two colonies.
The distance from Verclarus to the two Spanish colonies was closer than the distance from Manhattan to Pennsylvania. Therefore, it is best to attack with the army.
Hearing this, Chelsea looked at the map and then nodded.
"Well, judging from the map, it is most appropriate to use the army to deal with the Spaniards. Then we must send someone to notify the garrison governor of Viclarus and let them start preparing for the matter immediately. In this way, the Spaniards will not Nothing more we need to pay attention to because they are destined to disappear from the Caribbean.¡±
Chelsea have strong confidence in this.
Yes, this kind of self-confidence does not come randomly.
This is what the Song Empire gave him through war.
He has been following Zhao Hongyu for such a long time, and he has experienced a lot.
Whether the Imperial Army is strong or not, he knows very well.
Therefore, in his opinion, it was a piece of cake for an army of 1,500 people to conquer two Spanish colonies.
Of course, the various Mayan tribes that cooperated with the Spanish must also be considered. They may also cause considerable harm to the Imperial Army.
So, Chelsea specially reminded me.
Especially the climate, terrain and environment along the Caribbean coast are very different from those in North America.
There are dense tropical rainforests everywhere, and there are all kinds of jungle beasts and diseases.
At the same time, the air here is humid, which will bring considerable hidden dangers to the muskets.
Regarding this issue, Chelsea spoke out to the captains present at the meeting.
"The Spaniards have established colonies here for a hundred years, and most of the local indigenous people have already made plans. Therefore, if we dispatch the army, the Spaniards will definitely recruit the indigenous people to march and fight with them. The Spaniards are not terrible, and it is easy to defeat them. But those indigenous people have to tell us to be careful."
Chelsea¡¯s concerns are not unreasonable.
The people of Chinese descent who participated in this combat meeting knew it very well.
As the indigenous people here, these Incas, who belong to the blood of the Mayans, are particularly good at fighting in the tropical rainforest in this mountainous environment.
And they will make good use of the environment and terrain to hide themselves and ambush.
Therefore, even if it is as powerful as the Imperial Army, it may capsize if it is not careful.
It may be that when the tree, or in the dense jungle, there will be a large green blade and a life -threatening arrow.
Although Chelsea used to be just a handyman on a ship, when he was in Europe. I always read some novels such as Spanish Conquests in the Caribbean.
In those novels, there are descriptions of this kind of thing, and the descriptions are very vivid.
At this time, Chelsea was thinking about the contents of the books she had read, so she had such worries.
Hearing this, the Chinese captains lowered their heads and thought for a moment.
They all know that Chelsea¡¯s worries are not unreasonable.
The Caribbean is really different from the North American continent.
Therefore, the army soldiers will definitely have to fight in the dense tropical jungle.
And fighting in this environment is also the most dangerous.
Because you won't know. The enemy will appear at any time.
We don¡¯t even know the direction in which they appeared.
After all, there are so many places in the tropical jungle where people can hide and hide.
"Since the Spanish can recruit the natives of the colony, why can't we let the governor of Viclarus spend money to hire the natives." At this time, a captain put forward his own suggestion.
His words made Chelsea¡¯s eyes light up.
Yes, the Spaniards can recruit natives, then we can also spend money to hire them.
"In the one hundred years since the Spanish established the colony, the indigenous people here must have assimilated a lot. In the past, their trading model was barter, but now they also use gold and silver coins."
Under Chelsea¡¯s encouraging eyes, the captain continued to talk about what was on his mind.
"At the same time, combined with what we have seen along the way in various colonial ports of the Spanish, I think the indigenous people here also need to make money. So I propose that the governor of Viclarus spend money to hire indigenous people to cooperate with the army in combat . I think the indigenous people will definitely be willing. After all, they can make money, why should they refuse? At the same time, I also proposed that the heads can be exchanged for money, so that the indigenous people will be more motivated to fight, and it can also stimulate them to fight the enemy bravely."
After the captain finished speaking. Received everyone's approval.
Chelsea also laughed happily.
Originally, he was a little worried about this time, but now it seems that his worries are unnecessary.
It¡¯s money!
There are many empires.
And with the help of the natives, the empire's marines will be in much less danger.
after all. Still?Who knows how to fight in the tropical jungle better than the indigenous people?
?Then it¡¯s just the indigenous people themselves.
And according to intelligence, the colonial natives under Spanish control basically did not deal with the natives of every city and another city, and there were even blood feuds.
It belongs to that kind of relationship with a strong sense of hostility.
The Spaniards used this method to make various tribes hate each other, and they controlled the Caribbean colonies for so many years by acting as arbiters themselves.
Now the empire can take advantage of this hatred and let the indigenous people help it fight.
Especially when there is still money for fighting and money for beheading people, it is impossible for the natives to make a decision.
At the same time, there was such a blood feud between Viclarus and the natives of the two colonies now controlled by the Spanish.
So, with money and revenge in mind, hiring them is easy.
After making the decision, Chelsea sent a warship back to Viclarus to inform the governor of his decision and let him start preparing to deal with the Spanish.
The Spanish only have two colonies left, and they can take care of them with the army.
Therefore, Chelsea¡¯s only enemy is the Dutch. As long as the Dutch are defeated, the Caribbean will become a dominant empire, and its strategic purpose will be achieved.
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