Chapter 82: Attack on Brazil
The British were active in the west coast south of California, and they captured a large area of northern New Spain (Central and South America) in Central and South America, including parts of Florida, and the Plymouth Colony (later Massachusetts, USA).
The Dutch colonies in North America occupied the New Netherlands, consisting of the land between the Delaware River and the Connecticut River and New Amsterdam (New York).
These colonies are all on the east coast, while California on the west coast is unwilling to care about, after all, transportation is inconvenient for Westerners.
In South America, the Spaniards occupied Peru and the northern Central and South America. In that area of Argentina, there were only Spanish strongholds and they did not take over. Brazil was occupied by the Portuguese, and the Portuguese established the city of Rio in Brazil.
France formed a company two years ago by 100 wealthy people, called the Hundred People Company, and is currently actively colonizing North America.
The fleet consisted of three warships and two clippers, and with the help of Spanish guides, they passed through the foggy Strait of Magellan.
Once Westerners thought that the only way to enter the west coast was this strait. The Spaniards guarded it heavily and thought that everything would be foolproof from now on. As a result, a small 100-ton sailboat of Drake broke into the south Drake Strait, burned and killed and looted the west coast, and plundered like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.
After the fleet arrived at the eastern coast of America, they began to drive north. Their goal was clear - grab it!
Whether it is money, people, or ships, you can grab everything you can, and try to strengthen your strength.
When the fleet sailed to the coast of Brazil, it encountered a warship with the Portuguese flag flying. The hull of the warship was damaged in many places, and some fire could be seen with a telescope from afar.
Behind him was chasing a warship with the Dutch flag, chasing him relentlessly.
Soon the Portuguese warship was caught up, and soon the Dutch warship leaned forward, obviously in a fierce jumping gang battle.
Cao Li held a telescope and observed the situation. Seeing the Dutch and Portuguese fighting in the distance, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. He just came out and met a fat sheep. How could he not be very happy?
"Hang the flag of the red barbarians and attack." Cao Li ordered loudly, and the fleet immediately hung the Dutch flag, then pulled up the sails and galloped towards the battlefield.
Five minutes later, they reached the sea where the battle took place. The Dutch saw a fleet of five sailboats sailing towards them. When they looked carefully, they found that the fleet was actually hanging their flags.
Very confused!
They didn't know where this fleet came out, but the fleet's ships were indeed the type they made.
At this time, the Dutch had become sea coachmen, and most of the ships were everywhere, monopolizing half of the world's maritime trade. Therefore, even though they were puzzled where this fleet came from, they did not doubt the identity of the American fleet, thinking that reinforcements were coming.
They were not very happy because they were about to deal with the Portuguese, but it was safer to have reinforcements.
The three warships of the American fleet rushed directly to the Dutch warships after they arrived at the battlefield. The Dutch were unsuspecting. When the ship approached, they realized something was wrong when they saw that the ship was full of crew members of the Eastern Hole, but it was already late.
The two warships leaned directly on the Dutch warship, and then the landing soldiers skillfully stepped over the side of the bow and boarded the empty Dutch warship.
Most of the fighters on the Dutch warships ran to the Portuguese warships.
Without much effort, they successfully controlled the Dutch warship. At the same time, the Marines on another warship also boarded the Portuguese warship. Seeing that the other party was too powerful, the Portuguese and the Dutch were consciously raising their hands to surrender.
Cao Li was very excited and captured two warships as soon as he came out. The Portuguese warships were smaller, which should be less than 1,000 tons, while the Dutch warships were much taller. According to experience, this warship should be more than 1,000 tons.
After controlling the prisoners on the two ships, Cao Li began the aftermath work. When the Portuguese saw two Spanish guides, they talked in a silence, and the Portuguese prisoners suddenly became excited.
"God of General, thank you very much for your rescue." The representative of the Portuguese crew member said to Cao Li excitedly, but Cao Li was confused.
The Spanish guide next to him explained: "Portugal is an ally of the Spanish Empire, we are also an ally, an ally of the Allies, and an ally..."
"Well! You're welcome." Cao Li nodded, "But when we boarded the ship, they had surrendered. The ship had been intercepted by the Dutch. We snatched it from the Dutch. The ship is now owned by us. Since it is an allies, we will send them safely to land."
After hearing this, the Portuguese started shouting, but Cao Li ignored them. How could he not eat the steamed buns he got?
The helpless Portuguese had to accept the facts and soon became quiet. Their captain said to Cao Li: "Everyone is an allies. Our Panambuco state was attacked by the Dutch fleet. If you can support it..."
His news immediately attracted Cao Li's attention.
It turned out that Portugal was also attacked by the Dutch because it signed a covenant with Spain. A day ago, the Dutch fleet invaded Panambuco State in northern Brazil. This continent was an important place for the Portuguese to produce sugar.
The American fleet immediately sailed towards Panambuco. According to intelligence analysis, the Dutch dispatched a large fleet with five warships and six armed merchant ships.
"This is a hard bone. If you really want to bite it, you must break a few teeth, which is not in line with our development situation." Yang Yichuan said to Cao Li.
"Well! Let's go and see if there is any opportunity to take advantage of it. If you don't have the opportunity, you will retreat." Cao Li nodded. If it were in the China Sea, this hard bone would definitely be gnawed.
But this is America, and the fleet lacks subsequent supplies, so any damage should be avoided as much as possible. At least it should be avoided before the dock is completed, otherwise the ship will not be repaired.
After they almost arrived at the port, they sent a clipper to investigate. Soon the clipper brought back the news that the Dutch warships were docked in the port, and most of the Dutch went ashore to fight.
"How is the defense in the port?" Cao Li continued to ask. The only thing he feared now was the forts in the port. He learned from the Portuguese crew that they had arranged many heavy artillery at the port.
"The Dutch are sieging the city and should not have any defense."
"Okay, let's go into the port to grab the ship." Cao Li decided immediately, and then divided the Marine crew on five warships, each with one hundred people, and distributed the sailors responsible for steering the schooners and rushed towards the port.
From a distance to the port, you can hear the sound of cannons from time to time, but when you enter the port, you immediately see the Dutch besieging the castle built by the Portuguese.
The number of people is more than 2,000, while the Portuguese bastion is only more than 300, which is an extremely disparity in strength.
The Dutch immediately discovered the fleet entering the port, but they all had their national flags. At the same time, the ships were theirs, so they did not feel any warning. They just thought reinforcements were coming, and stood on the ship very enthusiastically, waving towards the coming fleet.
After the five warships of the American fleet entered the port, the incident that stunned the Dutch sailors who left behind the ships happened.
Five warships sailed outside the port and went to the docking ships at the port. Then, a group of Orientals holding swords and guns were shot or controlled, and then controlled the four warships in the port and an armed merchant ship. Then the Orientals quickly cut off the anchor ropes, raised the sails on the ship, and then slowly leaned towards the ships on the side. Another group of people jumped up and seized the remaining five armed merchant ships by the same means.
The artillery on these warships and armed merchant ships were removed and taken to attack the city. There were no resistance there. There were not many crew members left behind, and they were solved in just two strokes.
While the sailors were lifting the canvas of Dutch ships, the Dutch who were sieging the city had already reacted. When they ran to the port, the boards on the dock had been removed. Looking at the high hull, they could not board the ship for rescue at all. They could only watch their ships slowly sailing out of the port with guns.
There is a reason why the Dutch defended slack. They had long sent a warship to patrol outside the port. Unfortunately, the Dutch usually likes to steal ships. After seeing a Portuguese warship, they immediately chased after them, but they were intercepted by Cao Li and the others, causing the Dutch to lose their guard unit.
Besides, they never expected that a fleet would suddenly appear here, which eventually led to a tragedy. The ship was stolen and only some small Portuguese sailboats were left in the port.
Cao Li grabbed ten Dutch ships, six armed merchant ships, four warships, and armed merchant ships ranged from 500 tons to more than 1,000 tons, while all warships were above 1,000 tons.
These armed merchant ships have a very diverse style, but most of them are made in Spain. The Dutch's snatching ships was at a very keen level.
It is precisely because of their crazy snatch that they have enough ships to become sea coachmen. Otherwise, how could a small lowland country have so many ships?
After exiting the port, Cao immediately began to stabilize his position. He locked all the prisoners on a ship, with a total of 100 Portuguese and 230 Dutch prisoners.
These people will be transported back to Denlai, each of them will be labor force! As for allies, they are simply unfounded, and they have not signed any cooperation agreements with the Portuguese.
"These eleven ships can make us grow rapidly." Yang Yichuan estimated, and Cao Li smiled and said, "There are two thousand red barbarians there! If we capture that bastion again, this territory will be ours."
"But we only have 500 Marine soldiers." Yang Yichuan said worriedly: "Would it be too risky?"
"Our cannons are far away and have great lethality. The Red Barbarians have no ships and the cannons are not far away from us. What danger can there be?" Cao Li smiled and Yang Yichuan thought about it. It seemed that this was true, so he nodded.
The American fleet, which stabilized its position, sent four warships into the port again, one Marines was sailing in ready-to-log, and the other three were the fleet's own warships, with powerful artillery, which could cover the Marines.
Four warships entered the port like arrows, and the bow artillery of the three warships suddenly opened fire on the Dutch on the shore. Then the three warships made a sound, and the side artillery began to bombard the Dutch on the shore, and the attack on the Brazilian Panambuco state began...
(To be continued)
Chapter completed!