The time lag in Zheng Chenggong's military operations on the east coast of North America also contributed to the coordinated operations with the landing troops sent by the imperial court to a certain extent.
The first task of the fleet departing from the mainland in the early stage was to allow Li Dingguo's troops to land in Canada and stabilize Zhang Tianbao's precarious defense line.
Then he asked Jiexuan to take 30,000 people south to Mexico to see if there was a chance to directly attack the city of New Madrid.
Finally, it passed through the Panama Canal, entered the Caribbean Sea, went north to the Gulf of Mexico, and then landed in southern England.
The good news is that Zheng Chenggong's fourth senior brother Huang Ting landed in Portsmouth (Mobile) with an army of about 25,000 people.
The specific goal is to first go up the Alabama River and attack the so-called big city of Birmingham.
Then depending on the specific situation, we will see if we can transfer to New London and join forces with Zheng Chenggong's troops.
The reason why Emperor Haojing did not allow Huang Ting to land in the New Orleans area was that the place was full of swamps.
Without the equipment of a hovercraft, the infantry could hardly move, and they were simply asking for trouble.
Thanks to Blake, the British south separated Spanish Florida from Texas.
Originally the two lands were contiguous, but Charles II decided that Black's proposal was reasonable.
Now that Britain has arrived in North America, it should have an outlet in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
The distance from the Pearl River to Portsmouth is the coastline of southern England.
In view of the alliance with Britain, Carlos II did not blindly ask for it after calming down.
Charles II also assured him that British troops would not occupy Spanish Florida under any circumstances.
Half of that place is swamp or lake, which is not suitable for human habitation at all.
If we seize it, it will not only destroy the precious Anglo-Spanish alliance, but also waste people and money. It can be said that the gain outweighs the loss.
It's like invisibly turning Florida into an enclave of Spain. Fortunately, it's not that far away...
After Huang Ting led his troops to land in Portsmouth, this meant cutting off Spain's land route to support the Florida defenders.
In fact, Spain mainly relies on sea routes to maintain contact with Florida.
But Jiexuan's fleet is still staying in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and its mission is to keep "fishing"!
The Spanish had connected Texas, Florida, and the Greater Antilles to create a triangle, which they called the "Devil's Triangle."
The reason is that the expedition fleet of the Ming Empire attacked this area of the waters arbitrarily, causing heavy losses to Spain's maritime power in half a year.
Including sinking, damage, stranding, and capture, it is estimated that nearly 800 ships of more than 100 tons have been lost, accounting for about one-third of the total.
If this rate of development continues, within two years, all ships in the Gulf of Mexico and even the Caribbean will be lost.
However, facing the real ironclad ships, the iron-clad warships of the Spanish Navy were almost vulnerable in naval battles.
Their "glorious tradition" of being shot, burned, damaged, and sunk was maintained almost every time!
So far, there have been nearly a hundred naval battles, large and small, with the warships of the Ming Empire.
In the end, no one won. The most they could do was take advantage of the heavy fog to escape, that's all.
The Spaniards now really feel the power of the enemy's ships and artillery!
How they used this advantage to attack the Jiangnan region of the Ming Empire, and now they are returning with double the rewards!
If the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico have become the hardest hit areas for Spanish ships, then the east coast of the Pacific is their no-go zone!
It was a near-death situation there. The Ming Empire's fleet and the New Inca Empire's navy fought hand in hand, repeatedly cleaning up the vast waters from Vancouver to Cape Horn to Buenos Aires.
It doesn't matter that the number of ironclads is insufficient, seaplanes have begun to patrol the coast.
Even when flying at low altitude, a plane can search a much larger area of water than a fleet of four ironclads.
How do you notify your own warships after searching for a target?
Quite simply, the new Inca Emperor Polo had ordered the construction of beacon towers along the coast.
As long as the aircraft discovers the target, the beacon tower will light up the smoke after discovering its own warship.
After the battleship anchors, it will send people ashore to inquire about the relevant situation, and then calculate the approximate activity range of the prey based on the actual speed and the speed of the sail battleship, and start hunting.
There is also a more efficient method, which is for the seaplane to land directly near one's own ironclad ship and report the obtained information directly to the other party.
Due to the frequent activities of the expeditionary fleet, the Spanish forces north of Mexico were no longer able to obtain necessary supplies by sea.
Under the cover of fleet artillery fire, the famous Long Beach Castle changed hands for the third time in history, and was easily captured by the Ming army again.
The defenders in the castle were completely unable to withstand such fierce artillery fire. Within three days, they chose to abandon the place and retreated inland in panic.
At first, the defenders didn't understand why the sailboats that came to transport supplies had not arrived. They suddenly realized it when they saw the warships emitting black smoke on the sea.
After the bombardment, they also knew that they could no longer stand on Long Beach.
However, I still imagined that the yellow-skinned monkey would retreat again after a while, just like before.
The defenders from all over the Yucatan Peninsula thought the same way and did not believe that the other party would plant flags in their defense zones for a long time.
Due to limited manpower in the early stage, Jiexuan usually left battalion-level combat units in large coastal cities, while small and medium-sized cities simply abandoned them.
Such deployment of troops not only facilitates on-site defense of the King's Division troops, but also facilitates support from the sea. If this is not possible, they can also retreat from the sea.
After deploying steam tanks and equipped with a large number of machine guns, even facing an infantry battalion of the Ming army.
If the Spanish army did not mobilize two to three thousand men, coupled with hundreds of tanks and thousands of cavalry, it would be impossible to win.
Every important port city has some merchant ships responsible for transporting loot and prisoners. This is a good opportunity to make money.
There are also artillery on the merchant ships, which are nothing more than outdated muzzle-loading guns, but it is no problem for the defenders to order them to provide artillery cover.
The shipowners did not need to transport the spoils and prisoners to the mainland thousands of miles away, as long as they arrived in Lima.
Poirot has offered thirty silver coins per prisoner to acquire Spanish prisoners of war.
This price attracts many boat owners because the transportation distance is more than half the distance to the mainland.
After disinfection, the loot can also enjoy market price.
So the shipowners changed their minds one after another and used the New Inca Empire as the unloading location.
The most important thing is that through reading newspapers over the years, everyone knows that the country and Poirot are very rich.
As long as the deal is settled, the other party will directly smash an ingot of fine copper. Who can resist this temptation?
There is no doubt that fine copper is money, just larger than silver!
Take it to the mainland and exchange it directly for silver coins of equivalent value at the port customs.
And there is no need to deduct 20% of the tax, because when you go on an expedition with the army, the full amount of tax will be offset by the signed risk-bearing procedures.
For Poirot and his men, there is nothing more satisfying than seeing the man who once enslaved everyone go mining.
Now that he has finally turned over, he cannot let this enemy go easily.
All Spanish men, as long as they can be bought, will be sent to the mining areas!
Tire them to death in order to avenge the blood feud of the past!
Of course, Poirot also followed the advice of Emperor Hao Jing and kept a small number of men and women who were both good-looking and well-shaped among the prisoners.
These people are the experimental subjects who will breed a new generation of fair-skinned people in the future. Only in this way can this race be continued.
The Spaniards were wiped out in one fell swoop, and they would no longer be seen in the mines!
Poirot decided to use this method so that he could still use purebred Spaniards to mine in a hundred years!
Chile's mining areas stretch for thousands of kilometers along the Andes. There are countless mining areas that can accommodate tens of millions of miners.
As long as the God-given army captures Spaniards, they can sell them to themselves. There is no upper limit on the number.
There are also several auction houses in Lima that are dedicated to auctioning blond Spanish beauties.
As a result, an earth-shattering war to destroy the country gradually turned into a gang operation to sell people...
Jiexuan had already negotiated this matter with Poirot in the northern capital. The expeditionary fleet was responsible for destroying the Spanish ships, while the merchant ships were engaged in transshipment. It can be said that the division of labor was clear, scientific and reasonable.
Gradually evacuate the Spanish people in North America. While cashing out, it can also make room for future local immigrants. At least the good places must be occupied by our own people.
In response to the tactics of Spanish ships using Caribbean islands to hide, Jiexuan asked the French Caribbean Governor to refuse to admit ships from belligerent countries.
On the other hand, they changed their tactics, using aircraft to conduct low-altitude searches and arranging warships to circle the island, thus forming an integrated sea and air cleansing method.
Ships that do not identify themselves will be attacked.
Ships that identify themselves must also drop their sails and stop for inspection.
A ship that does not lower its sails and close its gun windows is considered a hostile act, and the expeditionary force's warships will attack it indiscriminately.
Even if you make a mistake, you'll probably have to lose money afterwards.
However, killing and stealing goods is expressly prohibited. Once discovered and verified, severe punishment will be imposed.
The French have protested many times against this method of playing, on the grounds that it delays their maritime trade journey.
In front of the giant ironclad, any protest is in vain, not to mention that the owner of the Palace of Versailles has already nodded.
Louis XIV was still immersed in the joy of becoming the Emperor of Europe. As long as the Ming Empire did not seize the Caribbean and French South America from his hands, he was too lazy to care about other things. France's focus has returned to Europe...
In this case, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea have become a hunting ground for Jiexuan, and his fleet can do whatever he wants in these waters and run rampant.
As time goes by, the effectiveness of the raid will plummet, and it will be difficult to get back the happy time in the future.
Jiexuan believed that many Spanish ships had even fled to Africa at this time, and it was impossible for the expedition fleet to follow them to hunt on the west coast of Africa.
The first task is still based on the present, to catch all the enemy ships in the North American theater.
If you can't catch them all with one net, you have to make several more nets to cut off any thoughts of the other party.
In the end, this former maritime overlord was forced to fall into a situation where he couldn't even go to the sea and couldn't extricate himself!
This is by no means an unrealistic expectation. This is the purpose of Jiexuan's trip to North America.
Maybe after the war in North America is over, I will never come to this place again in this life.
So take advantage of this opportunity to get it done once and for all so that you won’t have any regrets!
By the way, it can also train the fleet, saving everyone from having to eat and sleep in the home base, and then eat after sleeping...
I have to say that the scenery in the war zone is really very good, comparable to the scenery of Qiongzhou and Nanyang.
Many photos and videos were taken, some personal and some presented to the emperor and the court.
If after completing the combat plan and pacifying the entire North America, garrison the coastal areas.
I believe that many subordinates would be willing to stay for ten or eight years. If each of them is assigned a woman as standard, then they will lose their temper at all...
The elderly Huang Ting did not care about the woman's leisure. He just stopped in Portsmouth and decided to go upstream and attack Montgomery, a city hundreds of miles away from the mouth of the river.
There is almost no relevant information about the situation in this city. It is only estimated by Dutch businessmen who have been there that it is a city with a population of about 10,000 people.
According to the standards of the Ming Empire, this was just a town, but in the sparsely populated North American United Kingdom, this was considered a serious city.
In order to get a good start, Huang Ting was naturally very serious and would not underestimate the enemy at all.
When we arrived at the place, facing the garrison of 1,800 people, we felt that this place was a bit useless.
Even so, the British troops in the city refused to surrender, believing that without the help of the French army, they would not lose to a group of yellow-skinned monkeys.
Then they were hit by a barrage of shelling, which reduced the few high-rise buildings in the city to rubble.
Huang Ting discovered that the city had no walls and was not in a hurry to allow the Japanese army to attack.
There is still a long way to go, and we cannot let the Japanese lose 1,800 people in the first battle.
First, the troops were ordered to cut off the land and water connection between the city and the outside world, and then they used bulldozers to dig a trench.
This is not the kind that surrounds the city, but goes directly to the city...
The purpose is simple, that is, to provide the water of the Alabama River to the British people inside for free!
Huang Ting had done this kind of thing a lot when he was in Myanmar. When he arrived on the new battlefield, he was very familiar with it.
We can't flood the Seventh Army, but there is no problem in flooding a town that cannot be moved.
If the effect is good, all cities built along the river in the future will use this method!
Even though Birmingham does not seem to be a city near a river, Huang Ting plans to use the Chattahoochee River water to flood New London!
That city was his junior brother Zheng Chenggong's favorite, but Huang Ting believed that his good method would get him twice the result with half the effort.
Since the king's soldiers are not in a hurry to live in New London, it doesn't hurt to pour water first.
The difficulty is that the plague caused by irrigation must be eliminated before summer to avoid future troubles.
As for the city in front of us, this should not be a problem.
Because the city is too small, Huang Ting doesn't even plan to clean up the mess...
