With the arrival of the main force of the East India Company's fleet, more than a hundred huge fleets gathered outside Port Royal.
Even for a large trading port like Port Royal, it is difficult to dock so many ships. Therefore, most ships can only dock in the waters of the port, connect several ships together, and use the anchors and dead weight of multiple ships.
Right to do mooring.
As for entering the port to replenish water, we can only rely on small boats.
As a result, Port Royal suddenly became extremely busy, with a large number of small boats constantly delivering supplies to the ships anchored in the port, almost even blocking the channel.
Naturally, the large fleet could not just stop here and waste supplies, so after completing the supply of water and ammunition, the fleet was quickly dispersed.
Although a huge fleet can bring powerful deterrence and strike force, for example, during this period, when such a huge fleet appeared, the number of pirates who came to surrender in exchange for a privateering license was more than three times greater than before.
But there are more than a hundred boats, with an average of three to four hundred people on each boat. The consumption of people eating horses and chews is quite huge.
If Port Royal were not originally an important port in the Caribbean and had sufficient comprehensive supply capabilities, it would be enough to empty a small port just to meet the water consumption of the entire fleet for one day.
Under normal circumstances, no one would use such a huge fleet at once. Even the East India Company spent an astronomical amount of military expenditures on assembling such a huge fleet to sail from Africa to the Caribbean.
If it weren't for the fact that the company's prospects of occupying the entire Caribbean were really good, and the company's top executives were all controlled by Chen Mo, no matter how wealthy the East India Company was, it would be impossible to do such a thing that would seriously damage its own vitality.
So after the fleet completed its supplies, they were quickly dispatched.
The dispatched fleet adopted two formation models, with a heavy cruiser as the flagship and a squadron of three to five light cruisers or pirate ships. The main task was to remove the small Spanish strongholds in the Caribbean.
With the light cruiser as the flagship, a squadron of one to three pirate ships can hunt freely. Their mission is to sink every ship flying the Spanish flag they encounter.
As for the remaining fleet, they gathered together, mainly ten battleships, to attack the Spanish's main strongholds and cities in the Caribbean.
This tactic can be said to be quite comprehensive. Apart from the fact that the dispatched squadron may be destroyed by the opponent's superior force due to lack of strength, or the main fleet may be counterattacked by the opponent with greater strength, there are no shortcomings or flaws.
However, the Spanish obviously cannot fight back or concentrate their superior forces to clear out the squadron. After all, the Caribbean is only a part of New Spain, and the combined strength of the Spanish in New Spain cannot compare with this huge fleet. The strength is different.
The disparity meant that the Spaniards had no chance of winning.
The battle unfolded very smoothly. The Spanish patrol ships and merchant ships were quickly eliminated one by one by the hunting fleet, and the small fortresses or strongholds built by the Spanish on the islands were also removed one by one by the squadron. The East India Company quickly removed its
Colors spread across a chain of islands in the Caribbean Sea.
The squadron did a good job, and the main fleet naturally did not lag behind. The main fleet with Bloodsail as its flagship consisted of ten battleships, twenty heavy cruisers, twenty light cruisers, and more than twenty pirate ships, attacking
Santo Domingo was an important Spanish city in the Caribbean.
This city is the first permanent settlement established by Europeans in the Americas. It has a history of more than two hundred years since its establishment in 1496. It is also one of the most important Spanish strongholds in the Caribbean.
This city is located in Santo Domingo on the island of Haiti. This island is the second largest island in the Caribbean. The entire island originally belonged to the Spanish, but in 1697, the western half of the island was ceded to France.
Although the purpose of this war launched by Chen Mo to control the East India Company is to control the entire Caribbean, the first enemy to be dealt with is the Spanish. According to the established strategy, although the French are also on the enemy list, they are still on the enemy list for the time being.
This is not the time to go to war with the French.
After the War of Spanish Succession, the French, under the leadership of the Sun King Louis XIV, plundered many Spanish interests in the Americas and became a force that cannot be underestimated in the Americas.
And in Europe, although Louis XV who succeeded to the throne was not very talented, the rich political legacy left by Louis XIV made France quite strong at this time.
Although it is not a problem to defeat the French at the same time with the strength of the fleet, going to war with two European powers at the same time is not an easy task for the East India Company.
Especially in this war, Chen Mo did not want the British forces to participate, so they did not ask for reinforcements from the British mainland. They were only fighting this war with the power of the East India Company, so they should choose their enemies carefully.
It would be difficult to fight two powerful enemies at the same time, even if you could win. Chen Mo would not make such a mistake.
So the fleet blockaded Saint-Domingue, but did nothing to Port-au-Prince, which was on the same island.
The Bloodsail did not expand its territory and release the shipwreck demons to attack the port directly. Instead, it let the fleet expand and blockaded Santo Domingo.
This is a very prosperous and developed city. If necessary, it would be better to capture it completely. Using the army to beat it to pieces would not be in line with Chen Mo's ideas and interests.
But it was obvious that the Spanish in Santo Domingo did not think so. They gathered the fighting ships in the port, assembled a fleet, and launched a counterattack against the fleet that blocked the port.
"These Spaniards actually have the guts to fight back." On the Blood Sail, Chen Mo couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he looked at the Spanish fleet leaving the port with the intention of breaking the blockade.
This is also reasonable. After all, Spain is a long-established powerful country. Although its national power has weakened, it still has some foundation. If someone blocks the door of the house, it will not even dare to resist, fearing that the last bit of face will be lost.
"But this is good. If we knock out this fleet, there should be no resistance in the city, right?" Chen Mo laughed, let the Blood Sail open its sails, and went out alone to meet the Spaniards.
counterattack fleet.
Although the Spanish counterattack fleet was not strong, Chen Mo did not intend to engage in a fleet battle with them. It would be a waste of time.
The sea fog begins to fill the sea, strange songs sound, and new sacrifices will be ushered in the territory of the Blood Sail.
