Chapter 4 Giannis speaks about the Caribbean
The next morning, the fleet set off.
Cape Verde's waters belong to the Northeast trade wind belt, but the wind force it received has become weaker here, which is not very friendly to sailboats, but it is better for steamboats. There are slow currents from east to west and stable wind belts, and there are almost no storms.
Starting from Cape Verde, sailing at a weak northwest angle, a vast six thousand miles. At the speed of the Iron Craft fleet, six days of work will arrive. It seems very short, but after all, it is six days. Once you leave the Cape Verde Islands, you will be surrounded by a vast ocean, and you will obviously have a loneliness and panic.
Five days later, the fleet approached the Windward Islands.
Giannis found Chu Feng.
Since leaving Portugal, Chu Feng has not asked him about some things in the Caribbean. Truchen himself has some mastery, but it is obviously much worse than the mysterious association with many disciples. However, he did not take the initiative to speak, but waited for Giannis to speak on his own initiative.
The world today is ultimately a powerful world of the Truqin Empire. Although the mysterious association has a strong hidden power, it obviously will not surpass Truqin. If Giannis had a wink, he would definitely come to the door on his own initiative.
"Come?"
"Come"
"Drink tea"
Although it is only six days, it is obviously much more useful to have a cup of tea than coffee.
After a while, Giannis said, "I don't know the general's next voyage..."
Chu Feng said: "According to what Catalina said, Guadeloupe, in the Wind Islands, is now in a power vacuum, so it was occupied by pirates. Of course, maybe it was deliberately done by a certain country. However, the pirate leader is an Espanyol named Pedro"
"He used to be the Spanish Navy, but was abandoned by the captain on a deserted island because he violated the Navigation Ordinance. Later, he was rescued by Catalina and eventually became the second person in Catalina's fleet."
"This person respects Catalina very much. According to Catalina, as long as she arrives in Guadeloupe, she will definitely regain power in this pirate fleet."
"You just let Katarina go like this? Most of the pirates in the Caribbean are coming for you..."
"Haha, everything is absolutely true. On the surface, it seems that way, but pirates have their own way of survival. They are also bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. Looking at the world, is there a fleet that is more powerful than the Truqin fleet?"
"The real person to Truchen must be the official pirates who plundered with private licenses. Some of them are even transformed from their own navies. We will not be polite to these people"
Giannis's eyes lit up, "I understand, you are going to take Guadeloupe"
Chu Feng nodded in his heart, "Who said no, our country has already obtained a base in Cape Verde in western Africa, and needs a nearby base on the other end of the ocean. Guadeloupe happened to meet, how could it be missed easily?"
Giannis continued: "Then you cross the Windward Islands and Puerto Rico heads straight for Cuba?"
Chu Feng said: "If you want to arrive at Trinidad first, I can also let a Saiyin ship to you."
Giannis shook his head, "No hurry, but before that, the general didn't want to know the situation in the entire Caribbean?"
"I'm finally here," Chu Feng sat upright, "I hope to hear it carefully"
"General"
"Now there are three major forces centered on the Caribbean Sea"
"The first one is naturally the Spanish. Although they gave up Cuba, they still own half of Hispaniola and the entire Puerto Rico"
"In addition, they have the jurisdiction of the Governor General of Mexico in North America, and the jurisdiction of the Governor General of Bogota in South America, with a population of tens of millions, as well as an army of at least 50,000, and a fleet of more than one hundred ships"
"Although the British are aggressive, these strengths are the foundation for the Spanish to gain a foothold in the Americas"
Chu Feng was shocked, "You mean that the Spanish won't give up Cuba Island easily?"
Giannis did not answer immediately, but continued, "Then it was the Windward Islands, the Lectuary Islands, and they were east of Puerto Rico, from south to north respectively"
"Grenada, controlled by the French"
"St. Vincent, British, French, and jointly controlled"
"Barbados, controlled by the British"
"St. Lucia, the British, and the French jointly control"
"Martinique, controlled by the French"
"Dominic Island, British, French, and jointly controlled"
"Guadeloupe is actually also the British, and the French are jointly controlled by them. The so-called occupation by pirates is very suspicious"
"Montserrat, controlled by the French"
"St. Kitts and Nevis, controlled by the British"
"Antigua and Barbuda, controlled by the British"
"Anguilla, controlled by the British"
"Virgin Islands, British control"
Seeing Chu Feng fall into deep thought, Giannis smiled and said, "I guess the general has also realized something. The so-called British and French controls are jointly controlled by the two countries because these two countries have fought a long war on these islands. Because the scale of the war is small, neither side can obtain complete control."
"Some islands were ceded to the British by the French after the Seven Years' War, while those that were still in a state of common control were equivalent to the dominant corps and were all autonomous by their respective immigrants"
Chu Feng nodded, "What do you mean is that all islands under common control have an opportunity?"
"Yes, but at present your country is friendly with France, and you can only attack areas controlled by the British. Generally speaking, the Windward Islands and the Levitra Islands used to be dominated by the French. Only after the Seven Years' War will the British have an opportunity to take advantage of"
"The island of Guadeloupe is indeed a good big island. It has a larger bay in its port. Compared with other islands, it is more suitable for fleet mooring. Moreover, the island has a larger plain area and more arable land."
"I understand that these islands were originally dominated by French people, and most of the residents were French, but they were later taken away by the British."
"Absolutely, let's not talk about these"
"The next one is the French. Although they have nominal control of Canada with the help of your country, in fact, the British did not fulfill their promises, but instead took over Alabama and Mississippi, which originally belonged to France,"
"The French now occupy the western Haiti region of Hispaniola and set up naval fleets there. In order to assist the Americans in the war, they sent an army of 6,000 to the thirteen states of North America, led by their North American Governor Rochember"
"In addition, there is about one division in the native French army in Canada. Under the leadership of the Marquis of Lafayette, the American army joined the army and were going to war with the British."
"In addition, Earl of Degras led thirty large and small warships and a brigade of army also participated in the operation, and its base was also in Haiti"
"Hispaniola Island is second only to Cuba Island, the Dominican region in the east belongs to Spain, and Haiti in the west belongs to France. Although the eastern area is larger, there are only 200,000 people there"
"It is obvious that the French have better operating conditions in Haiti, where there are 500,000 African black slaves, led by about 30,000 French farmers"
"The population of Cuba is larger, about 700,000, and half of them are white, mixed race and black slaves"
"There are the British. In addition to the island I just mentioned, they occupied another large island, Jamaica, with a population of about 300,000, and whites and black slaves each accounted for half. They established the Jamaican Governor on the island, which obviously also attracted the special status of the Caribbean Sea between North and South America."
"Over the years, the British have often gone deep into Central America, hoping to take a piece of land from it to open up the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, especially Nicaragua, which is under the jurisdiction of the governor of Guatemala."
"On the east coast of Nicaragua, there lived the last Indian tribe that was not conquered by white people. They were called the Mosquito Tribe by the Spanish, and the coastline in which the mosquito tribe lives is also called the Mosquito Coast"
"The British obviously got in touch with the Mosquito Tribe"
"There is a large lake inside Nicaragua called Lake Nicaragua. There is a large river flowing out at the eastern end and finally flowing into the Caribbean Sea, called the Holy Lake An River. The average water depth is about two meters. Some ships can still reach Lake Nicaragua through this river"
"And at the western end of Lake Nicaragua is only twenty kilometers away from the Pacific Ocean, and it naturally becomes the main route for the Spanish to transport supplies"
"The reason why the mosquito tribes survived to this day is not because they are brave and good at fighting, but because they are similar to some tribe chiefs in Africa. They assisted the Spaniards, and the British captured other Indians in the jungle and sold them to Europeans as slaves"
"The tribe knows some simple agricultural production, but its main source of income is the Indian slave trade, with a large population, about 500,000"
"Now in Spain's American colonies, Colombia, Venezuela, and Mexico, all have millions of people, and the British must not be able to defeat them, so they turned their attention to Central America, where most of the places are tropical rainforests and fewer Spanish people"
"For France, except Haiti, they are the only one in North America, and Guyana in South America is left."
Chu Feng knew that he was sure to have some meaning when he said this, so he smiled and said, "Sir, since he has learned so much, he must have suggestions for his country, please tell me."
Giannis also smiled, "Don't worry, since the Caribbean Sea is a waterway between North and South America, and a large number of ships appear here, which has spawned a large number of pirates. Don't you want to know which pirates are there?"
"I wish to hear it carefully"
"Haha, in the past, after Katarina's rise, she briefly unified the pirates. With her capture, she is now doing her own politics again"
“In the northeast, there is a Bahamas, which is a paradise for pirates, mainly dominated by British people”
“There is a Pearl Island in the north of Hispaniola, which is also a place where pirates are active, and is also dominated by British people”
"Then it's Guadeloupe, mainly Spanish"
"In the San Andres Islands in the west, it is the world of Dutch pirates, and the Mais Islands are the dominant pirates of Portugal"
"You mean..."
Chapter completed!