Central America and the Caribbean Sea were already September 1500. After four months of sailing, the fleet led by Yamerico finally arrived in Grenada.

The first fleet arrived at Martinique in the Windward Islands, but after Americo took out the map given by Marin, he found that it was not Grenada, so he continued to explore southward.

Along the way, Americo used the sextant and related formulas made by Da Vinci, as well as high-precision pocket watches, etc. to calculate longitude and latitude continuously. With these longitudes and latitudes, when you arrive at nearby waters next time, you only need to calculate the latitude and latitude again and compare it with the original record to easily correct the route.

However, although Marin knew the specific distribution of the Windward Islands, he did not remember the specific latitude and longitude. After all, Grenada was just a small country in later generations. If the Americans had not invaded Grenada, Marin might not have become interested in this small island.

Therefore, he gave a rough distribution map of the Windward Islands, asked Americo to find and compare it by himself, and then recorded the relevant latitude and longitude.

The guidance given by Marin is - after arriving at the Windward Islands, heading south until it reaches the South American continent. The island closest to the South American continent is Trinidad, and the small island northeast of Trinidad is Tobago Island. Then, the double-large island in the Texel Island northwest of Tobago Island is Grenada...

As expected, Armerico did the same. After arriving at Martinique, he did not stop, but went south and soon arrived at Trinidad. Through the "artifact" of telescope, he confirmed that Trinidad is a large island next to the mainland, and there is indeed a large island in the northeast direction.

Then, without saying a word, he turned northwest and soon discovered Grenada. At the same time, he recorded the latitude and longitude of the islands along the way.

After arriving at Grenada, Americo immediately commanded the fleet to start surveying and mapping hydrology around Grenada, looking for suitable places to land.

However, when the fleet arrived at the waters near St. George, southwest of Grenada, Americo was surprised to find through a telescope that was happening on the island...

About a dozen small boats of twenty or thirty tons were docked near the harbor, and a large group of vicious natives, holding various weapons, rushed to the village on the shore...

Moreover, according to observation, Americo found that there were three or four hundred strong men coming to attack, all of whom were strong and fierce. There were less than 200 men in this village on the island, and not all of them were strong. As soon as the village on the shore was about to be broken by the invaders...

When the two ships 2503 and 2504 approached the coast of St. George, the two sides who were fighting on the shore involuntarily stopped...

Both sides were surprised to see the two large ships coming from the sea. Both sides were stunned for a while. The leader wearing bird-haired hair seemed to react first, and in unknown language, he jumped and shouted at the fleet of Americo in an unknown language, with a desolate voice, as if he was asking for help. In fact, the middle-aged man who seemed to be the chief was already desperate. Therefore, he didn't care who was coming from the sea, but he was not like an enemy's accomplice, so he began to call for help without hesitation, and kneeled to the sea to pray.

The invaders were stunned, and then looked at the two big ships on the sea with great vigilance. I don’t know what was wrong, but the leader actually fell in love with the two big ships of Americo…

In fact, the invasion of Grenada were the more warlike Caribbeans in the Caribbean. The attacks were the more peaceful Alawaks who lived on the island first.

The Caribbeans originally lived in the South American continent, but in the past one or two hundred years, the Caribbeans drove larger canoes and held spears to head towards the islands in the Caribbean region and captured the territory of the local Alawaks.

According to the Spanish records, the Caribbeans were more cruel. Every time they attacked a village, they would kill all the men in the village (or even eat them) and snatch the women as wives and concubines.

It is indisputable whether the Caribbeans eat the Alawak men in later generations, but it is an indisputable fact that they kill all the Alawak men.

Originally, Americo planned to use a telescope to observe the indigenous people's way of war. Unexpectedly, as soon as they approached, both sides were not big.

What shocked Americo the most was that the indigenous soldiers who attacked one side actually began to retreat to the big canoe and then rowed at his two big boats...

Soon, Americo reacted - the other party wanted to seize these two ships...

Americo was angry - Damn, I dared to fight my gunship with just a dozen large canoes. I really don’t know how to write the word “death”…

So, Yamerico ordered the sailors to raise their flexible and maneuverable spinnades and began to fight against the indigenous fleets...

The 2503 and 2504 were equipped with 40 12-pound cannons. Because they were survey ships, they did not need to carry cargo, but only food, weapons and ammunition. Therefore, the ammunition on the ship was sufficient.

When the indigenous canoe fleet approached, Amerigo immediately ordered the firing. Although the accuracy was not high at a distance of several hundred meters, more than a dozen indigenous canoes were leaning together. Moreover, these canoes were large, made of about a thousand-year-old tree, and the target was not small.

So, in the first round of artillery bombing, a canoe was broken on the spot...

The natives immediately panicked. They panicked not because a ship was sunk. But because they had never heard such loud cannons, and they thought it was Thor who was angry...

So, the indigenous fleet began to escape. However, Americo had been angered by them and was unwilling to let them go. Therefore, he ordered the pursuit.

Where is the opponent of sailboats? Perhaps the canoe can be fast at first, which can temporarily reach a speed faster than sailboats. However, canoes rely on people to paddle, and their physical strength is limited. So, after a while, after the indigenous sailors were tired of paddling, they were caught up by Americo...

Then, the artillery was exerted, and all of these indigenous invaders were sent to the sea...

When Americo's fleet returned to the seaside of the village in St. George, it was warmly welcomed by the local indigenous people. Of course, it was no wonder. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of Americo's fleet, two hundred men of all sizes in this village would have been killed by the invaders.

Although the language was not clear, Yamerico still communicated with the locals through gestures. According to the pronunciation of the locals, Yamerico learned that they called themselves the Alawaks and were a farming tribe.

There were originally three Alawak tribes on the island, but the other two tribes had long been destroyed by previous invaders, killed all men and snatched away all women.

Therefore, this small tribe of the Alawaks named Bukas is now very afraid of the enemy's reinvasion. Bukas are farming tribes, and people with farming civilization have always been relatively peaceful and do not like war. Therefore, their combat effectiveness is not strong.

In order to save their lives, Rabery, the chief of the Bukas, begged the Armerico's fleet to stay and help them and protect them. For this reason, they were willing to give 30% of the harvest and dedicate it to Armerico...

Of course, Americo was happy, because Marin meant to colonize the island. Isn’t that just right with the help of a familiar native native?

However, he was about to go north to find the legendary Nantucket Island, and he could not stay. So he thought about it and decided to stay for a while, help the locals build a simple fortress, and leave a few metal pointed spears for the Bukas tribe to protect themselves first.

Meanwhile, Americo promised that in a few months he would send people to protect them and teach them more advanced agricultural technology, and a large number of metal tools...

Although the Bukas were disappointed, they were not completely disappointed. They were still in the Stone Age and loved the spear with the metal spear tips given by Americo. Moreover, Americo also gave them 10 bows and ten pots of arrows to enhance their strength.

Although the Indian natives also made bows and arrows, the manufacturing technology was very poor. The bow strings of the natives in the Caribbean were just vines, and the bow body was not specially treated. The arrows were not very good. The arrows polished by stones and the arrow bodies were reed poles, which had poor kinetic energy and had almost no armor-breaking ability.

Such bows and arrows can be killed at most thirty or forty meters. Of course, this means indigenous people in the Caribbean. After all, indigenous people in the Caribbean are not very civilized and cannot produce powerful weapons. If they were replaced by the Aztecs and Incas, they could produce more advanced weapons.

The bows and arrows given to the Bukas by Americo were carefully created by European craftsmen. They were originally used by sailors to hunt themselves. After all, the amount of gunpowder in this era was limited, and when hunting, sailors still used bows and arrows that could be recycled.

These European bows and arrows have a range of at least 100 meters, far exceeding the Caribbean's earth bows and arrows. Moreover, the arrows are all metal, so they are naturally good things in the eyes of the Bucas. They can definitely cause great casualties to the opponent when they resist the Caribbean's attack.

Then, before leaving, Americo arranged sailors on the ship who knew the masonry skills to command the Bukas to build a simple and solid camp. Unlike the previous Bukas village, where the walls were dilapidated. Around the newly built camp, the sailors directed the Bukas to dig trenches and insert pointed wooden stakes to guard against the enemy's impact. Then, several simple arrow towers were erected in the village. As long as the enemy dared to come, the Bukas could use the arrow tower to shoot the enemy out of the village.
Chapter completed!