With the arrival of the main force of the East India Company fleet, more than one hundred huge fleets gathered outside the Royal Port.

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, connect several ships together, and use the anchors and weights 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 for a while, and a large number of small boats continued to provide supplies to these ships moored in the port, and even tried to block the channel.

Naturally, it is impossible for the large fleet to stop here to waste supplies, so after the supply of water and ammunition was completed, the fleet was quickly dispersed.

Of course, a huge fleet can bring powerful deterrence and strike power. For example, during this time, seeing such a huge fleet appear, the number of pirates who came to surrender in exchange for a privateer’s license was three times more than before.

But there are more than 100 boats, with an average of 300 or 400 people on each boat, and eating horse chews is a huge consumption.

If it weren't for the fact that Port Royal was an important port in the Caribbean Sea, and had sufficient comprehensive supply capacity, it would be enough to empty a small port just to meet the fresh water consumption of the entire fleet for one day.

Under normal circumstances, no one would use such a huge fleet all at once. Even the East India Company, this time assembled such a huge fleet from Africa to the Caribbean Sea, also spent astronomical military expenses.

If it weren't for the fact that the company's prospects of occupying the entire Caribbean Sea were really good, and the top management of the company were all controlled by Chen Mo, no matter how rich the East India Company was, it would be impossible for the East India Company to do such a thing that would hurt itself greatly.

So after the fleet was replenished, they were dispatched quickly.

The dispatched fleet adopted two formation modes, in which heavy cruisers were used as flagships, and squadrons consisting of three to five light cruisers or pirate ships were formed. The main task was to remove the small Spanish strongholds in the Caribbean Sea.

With light cruisers as flagships, squadrons of one to three pirate ships were free to hunt and kill, and their mission was to sink every Spanish-flagged ship they encountered.

As for the rest of the fleet, they were concentrated, mainly ten battleships, to attack the main Spanish strongholds and cities in the Caribbean Sea.

This tactic can be said to be quite comprehensive, except that the squadron sent out may be eliminated by the opponent with superior forces due to insufficient strength, or the main fleet may be counter-killed by the opponent with more powerful strength, there are no shortcomings and flaws.

However, the Spaniards were obviously unable to fight back or concentrate their superior forces to clear the squadron. After all, the Caribbean Sea was only a part of New Spain, and the combined strength of the Spaniards in New Spain could not compare to this huge fleet. The disparity, the Spaniards have no chance of winning.

The battle unfolded very smoothly. The Spanish patrol ships and merchant ships were quickly wiped out by the hunting fleet, and the small fortresses or strongholds built by the Spaniards on the island were also removed one by one by the squadron. Colors smeared a chain of islands in the Caribbean Sea.

The squadron did a good job, and the main fleet was not far behind. The main fleet with the Bloodsail as its flagship had 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.

The 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. This island is the second largest island in the Caribbean Sea. Originally, the entire island belonged to the Spanish, but in 1697, 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 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, they are still on the list for the time being. 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 they have become a force that cannot be underestimated in the Americas.

Moreover, in Europe, although Louis XV, who succeeded to the throne, was insufficient, the rich political legacy left by Louis XIV made France quite powerful at this time.

Although it is not a problem to beat a Frenchman with the strength of the fleet at the same time, it is not an easy task for the East India Company to fight two European powers at the same time.

Especially in this war, Chen Mo didn't want the British forces to get involved~www.wuxiamtl.com~ So they did not ask for reinforcements from the British mainland, but they were fighting the war with the power of the East India Company, so they should be more cautious of choice enemies.

Fighting against two powerful enemies at the same time, even if you can win, is a difficult task. Chen Mo would not make such a mistake.

So the fleet blocked Santo Domingo, but did nothing to Port-au-Prince on the same island.

The Bloodsail did not expand its territory, and released the shipwreck to attack the port directly. Instead, it let the fleet expand and blocked Santo Domingo.

This is a very prosperous and developed city. If necessary, it is better to take it completely. It is not in Chen Mo's ideas and interests to use the army to make a mess.

But obviously, the Spaniards in Santo Domingo didn't think so. They gathered ships that could fight in the port, put together a fleet, and launched a counterattack against the fleet that blocked the port.

"These Spaniards actually have the courage to fight back." On the Blood Sail, Chen Mo couldn't help but be a little surprised when he looked at the Spanish fleet that was going out of port to break the blockade.

This is also reasonable. Spain is an old and powerful country. Although its national strength is weakened, it still has some foundations. When people block the door of the house, they dare not even resist.

"But that's fine. If you knock out this fleet, there shouldn't be any resistance in the city, right?" Chen Mo laughed, and let the Xue Sail open its sails and sailed alone to meet the Spaniards. counterattack fleet.

Although the Spaniards were not strong enough to fight back against the fleet, Chen Mo didn't plan to fight them, it would be a waste of time.

The fog of Shanghai began to fill the sea, strange songs sounded, and new sacrifices will be ushered in the domain of the Bloodsail.

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