The Undead Empire That Travels Through the Multiverse
Chapter 28 Siege
With the arrival of the main force of the East India Company fleet, a huge fleet of more than 100 ships gathered outside Port Royal.
Even in a large trading port like Port Royal, it is difficult to dock so many ships, so most of the ships can only dock in the waters of the port, connecting several ships together, using the anchors and self-weight of multiple ships Right to do mooring.
As for the work of entering the port to replenish fresh water, it can only be done by small boats.
As a result, Port Royal became extremely busy all of a sudden, and a large number of small boats continued to deliver supplies to the ships anchored in the port, even almost blocking the channel.
Naturally, it is impossible for the large fleet to just dock here to waste supplies, so after completing the replenishment of water and ammunition, the fleet was quickly dispersed.
Of course, a huge fleet can bring powerful deterrence and strike power. For example, during this period of time, seeing such a huge fleet appear, the number of pirates who came to surrender for a private plunder license was three times more than before.
But there are more than 100 boats, with an average of three to four hundred people on each boat, and eating horse chews is a huge consumption.
If it weren't for Port Royal, which is an important port in the Caribbean Sea, with sufficient comprehensive supply capacity, it would be enough to evacuate a small port just to meet the water consumption of the entire large fleet for a day.
Under normal circumstances, no one would use such a large fleet at once. Even the East India Company spent astronomical military expenditures on gathering such a large fleet from Africa to the Caribbean this time.
If it weren't for the bright prospect of the company occupying the entire Caribbean region, and the company's top management is controlled by Chen Mo, no matter how rich and powerful the East India Company is, it would be impossible for the East India Company to do such a thing that would hurt itself.
So after the fleet finished replenishing, they were quickly sent out.
The dispatched fleet adopted two formation modes, among which the heavy cruiser was the flagship, and a squadron composed of three to five light cruisers or pirate ships was formed. The main task was to remove the small Spanish strongholds in the Caribbean Sea.
With the light cruiser as the flagship, a squadron of one to three pirate ships can be hunted freely. Their task is to sink every ship with the Spanish flag they encounter.
As for the rest of the fleet, they gathered together, mainly ten battleships, to attack the main strongholds and cities of the Spaniards in the Caribbean Sea.
This tactic can be said to be quite comprehensive. Except that the dispatched squadron may be wiped out by the opponent's superior force due to insufficient strength, or the main fleet may be counter-killed by the opponent's stronger strength, there are no shortcomings or flaws.
However, the Spaniards are obviously unable to fight back or concentrate superior forces to clear the squadron. After all, the Caribbean Sea is only a part of New Spain, and the combined strength of the Spaniards in New Spain cannot compare with this huge fleet. The difference is that the Spaniards have no chance of winning.
The battle unfolded very smoothly. The Spanish patrol ships and merchant ships were quickly wiped out one by one by the hunting fleet, and the small forts or strongholds built by the Spaniards on the island were also removed by the squadron one by one. The colors dyed a chain of islands in the Caribbean Sea.
The squadron is doing well, and the main fleet is naturally not far behind. The main fleet with the Blood Sail as its flagship has ten battleships, twenty heavy cruisers, twenty light cruisers, and more than twenty pirate ships. Santo Domingo, an important city for the Spaniards in the Caribbean.
This city is the first permanent settlement established by Europeans in the Americas. Since its establishment in 1496, it has a history of more than two hundred years and is also one of the most important Spanish strongholds in the Caribbean.
The city is located in Santo Domingo on the island of Haiti, the second largest island in the Caribbean Sea. Originally, the entire island belonged to the Spaniards.
In 1697, however, the western half of the island was ceded to France.
Although the purpose of the war launched by Chen Mo to control the East India Company this time is to control the entire Caribbean region, the first enemy to be dealt with is the Spaniards. According to the established strategy, although the French are also on the list of enemies, but for the time being. Not the time to go to war with the French.
After the War of Spanish Succession, under the leadership of the Sun King Louis XIV, the French plundered many of the interests of the Spanish in the Americas, and they are already a force that cannot be underestimated in the Americas.
And in Europe, although Louis XV, who succeeded to the throne, lacked talent, the rich political legacy left by Louis XIV made France quite strong at this time.
Although it is not a problem to beat a Frenchman at the same time with the strength of the fleet, it is not an easy task for the East India Company to go to war with two European powers at the same time.
Especially in this war, Chen Mo didn't want the forces of the British mainland to participate, so they didn't ask the British mainland for reinforcements. They just used the power of the East India Company to carry out this war, so they should choose their enemies more carefully.
Fighting against two powerful enemies at the same time, even if you can win, is a difficult task. Chen Mo will not make such a mistake.
So the fleet blocked Santo Domingo, but did nothing to Port-au-Prince, which is also on the same island.
The Bloodsail didn't expand its domain and released Shipwreck Demon to directly attack the port, but let the fleet deploy to blockade Santo Domingo.
This is a very prosperous and well-developed city. If necessary, it is better to take it down completely. It is not in Chen Mo's ideas and interests to use the army to destroy it.
But obviously, the Spaniards in Santo Domingo didn't think so. They gathered ships that could fight in the port, pieced together a fleet, and launched a counterattack against the fleet that blocked the port.
"These Spaniards still have the guts to fight back." On the Blood Sail, Chen Mo couldn't help being a little surprised when he saw the Spanish fleet leaving the port to break the blockade.
This is also reasonable. Spain is an old and powerful country after all. Although its national strength is weakened, it still has a certain foundation.
"But that's fine too. If you knock out this fleet, there shouldn't be any resistance in the city, right?" Chen Mo laughed, and let the Blood Sail open its sails, and the ship sailed out alone to meet the Spaniards. counterattack fleet.
Although the Spaniards were not strong enough to fight back the fleet, Chen Mo didn't intend to fight a fleet battle with them, that would be a waste of time.
The sea fog began to fill the sea, and strange singing sounds, and a new sacrifice will be ushered in the domain of the Bloodsail.
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