If you have a sufficient understanding of European colonial history and the age of geographical discovery, you will know that after Columbus discovered the New World, the Spanish quickly relied on their superior maritime power to defeat the Inca and Maya, the most civilized natives of the American continent.
The people and the Aztecs occupied Central and South America, today known as Latin America, and plundered a large amount of wealth.
Relying on the wealth plundered from the New World, the Spanish developed rapidly and reached their peak in the sixteenth century.
The then Spanish King Carlos I once said: "On my territory, the sun never sets." The Spanish Empire was therefore called the Empire on which the sun never sets.
The most important economic lifeline for the Spanish Empire at that time was naturally the New World routes. With the construction of a large number of plantations on the rich lands of the Americas, the colonists who lacked labor plundered a large number of people from Africa. As a result, the most important economic lifeline in history was the New World routes.
The infamous triangular trade was thus born.
However, whether it was the New World route discovered by Columbus or the subsequent triangular trade route, after arriving in the Americas from Europe or Africa, both routes eventually arrived in the Caribbean.
It is precisely because of such an important geographical location that the Caribbean has become the most important trade gateway in the Americas.
It can be said that as long as you control the Caribbean, you control this golden route, and then you can control the entire American continent.
"Now the entire Caribbean is basically controlled by the Spanish. Islands such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, and Barbados are all in the hands of the Spanish. If we want to control the entire Caribbean, we can only seize it from the Spanish through war.
Take this place." Hanging on the wall of the Governor's Office is a newly drawn map of power in the Caribbean, and Beckett is standing in front of the map holding a long stick to explain.
"Although the Spanish Armada was defeated by us, they still have strong strength in New Spain. With our current strength, we may not be able to defeat them." Governor Swan knew the situation very well, so he was not optimistic about it.
this plan.
As the governor of Port Royal, he knew that Britain's power in the Caribbean was not enough to defeat the Spanish, let alone seize the entire Caribbean through a war.
You must know that although Spain was defeated by Britain at this time, it was still an old-fashioned empire on which the sun never sets. Although the loss of the Armada greatly weakened its maritime power, it did not cause a great decline in its national strength.
The Spanish Empire remained strong for a while by sucking blood from the New Spanish colonies in the Americas.
Britain had to wait until the end of the Seven Years' War, known as the real First World War, to truly surpass Spain and completely establish its maritime hegemony.
And now we are still more than ten years away from the war that will affect Europe, Africa, America and Asia.
But Chen Mo obviously cannot wait so long, and it is not in his interest. After all, he is establishing his own power by controlling British power in the Caribbean, and is not trying to help the British control the Americas.
So when faced with Governor Swan's questioning, Chen Mo just looked at Beckett and asked him: "How is the fleet prepared?"
"At present, the East India Company's fleet has been assembled. There are ten third-level battleships, thirty fifth-level cruisers, and fifty light cruisers. They will arrive in the Caribbean from Africa in a week." Beckett replied.
Asking Chen Mo's question, the expression on his face was full of pride.
Such a huge fleet is even comparable to a country's navy. Even if the East India Company is indeed extremely wealthy, it is not easy to own such a huge fleet.
Ever since the top executives of the East India Company were turned into vampires by Chen Mo four years ago, the entire East India Company fell under his control, and a large-scale shipbuilding plan began.
Bloodsail was also built at this time and was one of the first batch of completed warships in the entire shipbuilding plan.
In the following three years, the East India Company successively built more than a hundred new ships in areas controlled by it around the world. These ships were handed over to experienced captains and distributed around the world to maintain the East India Company.
The company's sphere of influence and interests are also gaining experience.
Now this fleet has accumulated enough experience, so they received the call-up order three months ago. After gathering in Africa, they sailed to the Caribbean.
"Such a huge fleet..." Governor Swann was shocked, and at the same time worried about the strong strength of the East India Company. He was a little worried that the East India Company, which had such a strong strength, would betray Britain.
This change in Governor Swan's mood naturally could not be hidden from Chen Mo, but he was not in a hurry to deal with Governor Swan, but asked him: "Your Excellency, with this fleet, plus the Flying Dutchman and the
With the fleet composed of privateers, do you still think we can’t defeat the Spaniards?”
Hearing Chen Mo's question, Governor Swan could only nod truthfully and affirmed: "If there is such a fleet, it can indeed defeat the Spanish and control the entire Caribbean area."
Governor Swan's words made Chen Mo laugh, and he said to Beckett: "Make an attack plan and start taking action when the fleet arrives."
As he said that, he also looked at Governor Swan and said to him: "I'll leave it to you, Governor Swan, to handle the logistics and supply matters. I don't want to have any problems with this kind of thing."
"Please rest assured that Port Royal will provide adequate logistical support for this war." Although he was worried, Governor Swan decided to fully support this war.
He also understood that if the entire Caribbean could be controlled through this war, it would be of great benefit to Britain.
"Very good, gentlemen, then I wish our plan goes smoothly and we can successfully control the entire Caribbean!" Chen Mo said, raising his glass of wine.
The East India Company executives in the office also raised their wine glasses, and the red wine rippling in the glasses exuded a charming fragrance.
In this atmosphere, Governor Swann also raised his glass. Although he still had a grudge against the East India Company, on this occasion he still wished the victory of the war with others.
But when Governor Swan drank the wine from the glass, he suddenly noticed that the red wine had a strange taste, as if it had a strange sweet aroma.
Regardless of him, Governor Swan, who thought it might just be a spice added to the red wine, drank the wine in the glass.