1717 New American Empire

The weather in Jeju Island in April is perfect. The sun often rises, but it is not too hot. The breeze blows gently, which also speeds up the sailing speed of the boats. Originally, there were not many boats here in Jeju Island. At most, they were some Korean fishermen.

Driving a fishing boat out to fish. Four months ago, a fleet suddenly arrived, with a total of fifteen ships, ten warships, and five merchant ships. The fleet brought a total of 500 white people over and directly forcibly landed on Jeju Island.

Of course the local Goryeo officials had to take care of it, but they mobilized 50 warships, including ten turtle-shell ships, and 3,000 Goryeo troops to besiege them. They were actually killed and returned in defeat. Most of them were captured by white people.

Used to build camps. Logically speaking, the next step is for Goryeo to mobilize tens of thousands of troops to encircle and suppress these people. But they have means. A white man brought a large number of "priceless" gifts and visited the top official of Jeju Island. Both sides

An agreement was reached.

As long as this official does not report it, but also allocates a small area to build a camp for them and allows them to build a port, then they will not act rashly. At the same time, extremely generous gifts will be given every year. These gifts, if

If it was shipped to the Qing Dynasty, it would probably be sold for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Driven by the desire for profit, the Goryeo officials agreed. This fleet that suddenly appeared was actually the privateer fleet of Ijik.

In order to facilitate the acquisition of yellow populations for the Yanhuang Trading Company on the Asian continent, Ijik and the others believed that there must be a suitable transfer station here to facilitate supplies and the loading of plundered populations. In addition, repairs must be provided for injured ships and crews.

And treatment.Ijik and

Xiao Lin thought it made sense. After some research, Jeju Island was the most comfortable place around Asia. Other places were either already occupied by white countries, or the local forces were too strong and their personalities were too rigid, occupying other people's territory.

You may be overwhelmed by other people's troops and driven into the sea.

In addition, Xiao Lin was also a little dissatisfied with the Korean Bangzi's future behavior, so he asked Ijik to disgust them. In order to strengthen Ijik's power, Xiao Lin even gave him three million counterfeit British pounds, as well as a market value determined according to 1721

In a company with an output of around two million

Of course, he was also provided with 3,000 Hall M1819 rifles, 50 heavy punch type 1 artillery pieces, 20 heavy punch type 2 artillery pieces, 500 foreign trade version revolvers, and 10,000 foreign trade version grenades. As for yellow

They provided gunpowder as much as they could take away.

The Ijik even took advantage of the depression in the colony. Many people saw that the colony was not peaceful and wanted to find another way out. Although privateer fleets like the Ijik were also dangerous, they could at least stay away from the whirlpool of war. In addition, the Ijik opened

The remuneration is large, so he can naturally recruit people. Ijik already has three thousand men in his hands, all of them are desperadoes who dare to fight. The fleet has also been expanded, with three cruisers and seven frigates, all installed at major positions.

The company's heavy-hitting series of artillery pieces.

With this strength, he dared to send troops to Jeju Island. At the same time, he continued to snatch the population from his old enemy George Ricardo. He had already done all the bad things, and he only needed to intercept them in the middle.

Just be silly. One advantage of doing this is that the captured "piglets" have no hostility towards him, and will even take the initiative to help him deal with George's people for revenge. The only disadvantage is that it will annoy George-Lee

Cardo.

Of course, Ijik completely ignored this shortcoming. George was originally his mortal enemy. It took so many people to die before he was driven out of Africa. If he knew that Ijik was there, George himself would send people to attack. In this case, it is better to attack him first.

weaken George's power.

Ten warships equipped with front-mounted rifled guns were simply not something that a slave transport fleet with as many as five and as few as three escort warships could withstand. In order to prevent George from discovering it later, Ijik also asked the fleet to change its flag every time.

, disguised as various pirate groups.

There is no need to frame anyone, just make up a few random flags. However, it can’t be hidden for long now. Every time it is these battleships, every time it is the kind of powerful artillery and muskets, who is it?

They all knew they were being targeted. They managed to survive some lucky breaks.

When his subordinates heard the news, George Ricardo, who was in the luxurious villa in Macau, was really furious. Who didn't know that George Ricardo, who was now able to talk to the governor here, would dare to mess with him?

, aren’t you afraid that he will lend out the Portuguese fleet here?

A dozen servants stayed outside, neither daring to go in nor to leave. If they went in, they would be in trouble. If they left and were not summoned by George, they would have to suffer a heavier punishment. Until one of them had a huge scar on his face.

The tough sailors walked in, and they breathed a sigh of relief. This man was George's absolute confidant, the leader of the privateer fleet, Krukar, known as the "Manta Ray", and the biological brother of George's wife. Krukar ignored

After seeing these servants, he strode open the door and walked in.

"How about it, have you found out who it is?"

Sure enough, when George saw that Krukal did not get angry, he suppressed his anger, sat down at his desk, and looked at his brother-in-law expectantly. However, he was disappointed.

"No, this group of people is too mysterious and has never flown any known flag of power."

"Damn it, is that all?"

"Of course not. Although I don't know who these people are or where they came from. But I can be sure that this group of people has a grudge against us."

"Nonsense, if you don't have any grudges, how could you intercept my boat five times in a row? Damn it, the loss is really too great. This year's work is completely in vain."

"Well, that's not what I mean. What I mean is that these people attack the fleet not only to snatch slaves, but also to take revenge. Think about it, every time our people are killed directly, unless they surrender in time,

Otherwise, none of them will survive. Even if they surrender, they will be taken away by these people in the end. We will not be given any blackmail letters at all, and we will not even be given a chance to redeem these people. Therefore, there is only a possibility that these people are ours.

Enemy."

Krukal's words made George think deeply. He was right. However, after arriving in Macau and several years of business, no one in Portugal dared to offend him. As for the British, he tried to keep his attitude low.

He didn't offend anyone, so no one would be so hard on him. Therefore, this group of people must be new, and they have had hatred with him for a long time. George's face became even more embarrassed, and he frowned at Crewe

Carl.

"What should we do next? Should we just let them continue to plunder us?"

"Of course not. Now that we know it, we can definitely use this to set up a trap."

"Oh, I understand. In this case, if you prepare a transport team again, you have to do it openly. I will immediately ask the governor to lend some of our powerful Portuguese fleet, and then quietly follow you."

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

George was also a person who did what he said, and immediately walked to the Governor's Mansion with a box of gold coins. With enough money, George lent five battleships, including a third-class battleship, two cruisers, and three frigates.

. Regardless of the small number, the battleships of the regular navy are characterized by strong defense and terrifying firepower. In particular, there is a third-class battleship. Compared with the British battleships, the Portuguese ones are a little worse, only 70 doors in size.

Different artillery pieces.

In fact, these battleships do not have such detailed classification names as battleships and cruisers. By the middle of the 18th century, battleships were generally standardized into six "classes". The first three classes belong to large battleships - that is, battleships: the first class has three decks.

Equipped with a total of 100 or more artillery pieces;

The second level also has three decks and is equipped with a total of about 90 guns; the third level is a carrier ship in the combat fleet and has two decks and is equipped with a total of 64 to 74 guns. The fourth level is built according to a compromise plan and is equipped with 50

Portal guns (two decks), called cruisers, are sometimes used in naval battle formations.

Like all battleships built according to the compromise plan, it was not very powerful in combat and therefore could not play an important role in the fleet, and it was not flexible enough to play the role of a cruiser. A true cruiser was smaller.

Tier 5 and 6 battleships, they have 24 to 40 guns

The guns are often all installed on one deck. These battleships are lighter and faster than battleships, so they are suitable for attacking merchant ships and responsible for reconnaissance, search and warning and cover tasks. All class ships, including battleships and cruisers, use tunnels

In nautical terms, they are all three-masted battleships.

Now, we are trying to install as many artillery pieces as possible without affecting safety and speed. Speaking of battleships, I am afraid they still cannot defeat a few of the latest cruisers. These battleships, plus George's fifteen cruisers and frigates,

It seems that the strength is far superior to the ten battleships of Ijik. But Ijik still doesn't know that George has set up a trap for him, and is still holding three Raider-1 mortars in his room and giggling.

Not long after he brought 3,000 young men to Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin saw that he did not have enough army firepower, so he bought three Raider-1 mortars for him. Unless it was his confidant, he would not

This small cannon with powerful firepower must be used. Ijik was also worried about this, and hurriedly took a newly purchased frigate to Jeju Island. Judging from the time, there should be still time to join this sea battle.

This also established Ijik's position as the future Pacific Fleet admiral of the Yanhuang Trading Company. The transformation from a slave trader to an admiral was completed in this battle.