Super Chief - Chapter 734

Of course Paul Fernando didn’t know that although there was nothing major in the country at this time, when he set off on his return journey, his King Carlos III would die.

　　 His Majesty Carlos III, the King of Spain, will die on the 14th of the month!

　　 Except that the Great China Empire owns radio, other countries simply don’t have this kind of advanced communication method. Especially for ships sailing on the sea, as long as they don’t get to the shore, people on the ship will not know everything that happens on land. And to return to Europe from the New World in North America, it takes at least forty to fifty days on the way…

　　 Just as Count Fernando hurriedly rushed to the country, the Grizzlies soldiers who had surrounded Mexico City for some time divided their forces and took down the port city of Veracruz about 300 kilometers southeast of Mexico City.

　　 Veracruz was built very early, even only two years later than Havana’s.

　　 It’s just that this later Mexico’s largest port city in the Gulf of Mexico was originally built on the beach. Because of rain, humidity, and uninhabitable conditions, it was once abandoned twice.

　　 Later, Veracruz was built in 1599, and it has always been the most important port of contact between the Governorate of New Spain and the Spanish mainland.

　　 Now in the West Indies to the east, the imperial navy fleet, the five regiments of the first division and the soldiers of the third division who came after them, have already knocked down all the islands that could be knocked down.

　　The main reason why the Imperial Navy fleet attacked Havana first and tried not to destroy the Upwind Fleet was mainly because the Stone Bear had a fancy to those ships of the Upwind Fleet.

　　 There is no doubt that the current steel battleships of the Great China Empire belong to the invincible existence of naval warfare in this era. However, limited to engine technology, the current cruising range of steel battleships is not large, so it is far from enough to make a transoceanic voyage.

　　 Therefore, it is very necessary to obtain some sailing battleships that can be used for transoceanic voyages, so Shixiong set his sights on the upwind fleet stationed in Havana early.

　　 Of course, although those privateers cannot compare with capital ships, they are also good warships. Tier 4 and Tier 5 ships are also considered battleships, okay?

　　 There are also those pirate ships that cross the Caribbean, which actually perform well.

　　 As long as the northern half of the West Indies is captured, with the speed of the steel warship, it is very easy to pursue and even capture those pirate ships and privateers of other countries.

　　 I want the West Indies, and I want those sailing warships too!

　　 In just a few months, because most of the ships of the Upwind Fleet were captured, the ability of the Great China Empire to transport troops in the Caribbean was greatly increased. The soldiers of the Third Division who had been stationed in the southeast of the mainland and were very adapted to the tropical climate were soon sent to islands one after another.

　　 The imperial navy fleet’s steel battleships are on the sea as support. After landing, the soldiers of the 5th Division and the First Division’s five regiments relied on their powerful weapons to conquer an island in a short time.

　　Once an island is conquered, it is enough to leave two companies of soldiers to garrison, and the remaining soldiers continue to divide their troops to attack the planned island.

　　 After taking the islands of Cuba and Haiti, in fact, the entire West Indies has already been acquired. With the support of the two largest and second largest islands in the West Indies, and after taking over islands such as the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and Jamaica, the empire has basically mastered the entire Caribbean Sea.

　　 In fact, when Paul Fernando came to Beijing to negotiate with Shixiong, the entire New Spain Governorate was almost completely occupied.

　　 Although Central America south of Mexico City has not yet been taken, once the Imperial Navy has mastered the Caribbean Sea, then the New Spain Governor’s District, including the entire Central America, will have no early days.

　　 Similarly, the capture of the West Indies also controlled the other three governorships of Spain in South America, and even the Portuguese colonies in South America. Now that the empire has created a fait accompli, that is, it has taken over half of the West Indies, and the top leaders of the Spanish Kingdom should actually know how to do it.

　　 After all, the empire didn’t swallow the entire West Indies, didn’t it leave the Lesser Antilles to the Kingdom of Spain? This has given the Spanish kingdom a lot of face.

If the Kingdom of Spain really doesn’t know what to do and brazenly declare war with the empire, then the empire will definitely not mind taking down the entire West Indies, and by the way, the army will start from Mexico City and push all the way to the south, bringing Spain to the other three in South America. All governor districts were taken.

　　As far as the strength of the empire is concerned, although it takes a long time to do this, it is definitely not a difficult task.

　　 And once the Empire’s naval fleet increases again, there will be no more Europeans in the entire American continent!

　　 The fact that the seven Cherokee-class steel battleships of the Great China Empire Naval Fleet singled out more than 120 Spanish battleships in Havana was quickly passed on to the European continent through the mouths of the French and the British.

Almost the whole of Europe has been reduced to the powerful attack power shown by the steel battleships of the Great China Empire~www.mtlnovel.com~ Although the steel battleships of the Great China Empire used to challenge the 20 warships of the combined fleet in Boston before. And the result of the victory shocked Europe a bit, but that was not a real fight after all.

The Imperial Navy attacked Havana and singled out more than 120 Spanish Upwind Fleet with seven steel battleships, as well as many privateers. Among them, there was a serious first-class sailing battleship. That was a serious naval battle! The most important thing is that the Imperial Navy fleet also achieved an undamaged victory, which is really scary.

　　How do you fight such a fleet, such a steel battleship?

　　 The whole of Europe was plunged into a deep crisis because of the Battle of Havana.

　　 The most direct manifestation is that the British surrendered Bermuda very happily, and the French privateers no longer dared to cross the island of Puerto Rico north.

　　 As for the pirate ships that originally crossed the Caribbean Sea, once they were discovered by this terrifying steel battleship, no pirate ship could ever run. Although there is now no pirate king in the Caribbean, the power of pirates is still great. But even such rampant pirates, after being cleanly killed by the Dahua Empire Navy fleet of more than 20 ships, they all began to run away, for fear of being caught by the steel battleship that runs fast and beats fiercely. live!

　　 The northern part of the Caribbean, which originally required hundreds of sailing battleships to control, now the Great China Empire has controlled this sea area with only seven steel battleships. This is simply incredible.

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