Chapter 66: Wanli Jiangshan (1/2)
In the Battle of Port Royal, the British dispatched 51 warships. As a result, 29 ships were sunk and seven escaped. The remaining 15 ships surrendered with white flags.
Lord Beckett’s idea is good, fighting half of the ship’s casualties and letting the rest rush to the shore, then relying on thousands of British soldiers, he can definitely defeat the enemy in street fighting.
But the war is not measurable by data at all.
After being sunk 18 warships in a row, the remaining British soldiers suddenly turned back!
The warships that were constantly being sunk destroyed the soldiers’ psychological defenses. Watching the warships on the left and right suddenly turned into a pile of ruins, countless robes turned into dust in the sea before they even screamed. This kind of psychological pressure is really Make people fall apart.
God knows if he continues to fight, will he suddenly spiral into the sky?
Lord Beckett has counted the artillery power of Port Royal, but he has not counted the decisive confidence of his soldiers.
He is the governor of the Caribbean appointed by the king. He has just been awarded the title of Lord by the way. In Beckett's heart, even if he died for the cause of His Majesty, it is worth it.
But he is not afraid of death, but it does not mean that the soldiers are not afraid of death!
Everyone just came here to eat for the 18 pounds a year military salary, but now they are going to attack the enemy with a mortal consciousness.
Sorry, this is really impossible!
So the soldiers on a dozen warships turned directly back, **** the captain and raised a white flag to surrender.
Ten traitors suddenly appeared in the fleet that had been moving forward. The remaining ships immediately lost the courage to continue their offensive, and other ships that were unwilling to join forces immediately became confused.
Some want to move forward and rush to the pier, while others are ready to retreat and escape.
There was chaos on the sea, and in the end, the martyrs who dared to rush forward were all directly turned into fragments, and only a few of those who escaped escaped.
Lord Callett Beckett committed suicide by jumping directly into the sea. One battle wiped out the entire British West Sea Fleet. Even if he did not commit suicide, the King would not spare him. It would be better to commit suicide simply.
Li Qingyuan instantly possessed 18 warships. It is no exaggeration to say that even with these warships, he can cross the entire Caribbean Sea!
It's just that compared to my own strength by leaps and bounds, what is even more troublesome is how to deal with that 10,000 British soldiers.
Even the survivors of his pirates counted as less than two thousand people. Now there are seven or eight thousand more British prisoners. It really makes people wonder how to deal with them.
So many people don’t even have so much space in jail. As for the direct collection?
God knows if these soldiers will suddenly come to order under the provocation of some caring people?
So now he finally understands Bai Qi's mentality back then!
If it weren't for considering that these big-head soldiers might be useful for him to control the entire Caribbean Sea, he really wants to learn that they can dig holes and bury themselves.
Finally, he thought about it. He selected 1,000 of those soldiers with the best attitude and incorporated them into his own guard force, bringing the guard force of Port Royal to three thousand.
As for the remaining 6,000 prisoners?
all tossed to the rear for infrastructure construction.