Chapter 733 (1/2)

Of course, Paul Fernando didn't know that although there was nothing important in the country at this time, when he set foot on his return journey, his king, his majesty Carlos III, would die.

Now his majesty Carlos III, the king of Spain, will die on December 14, 1788!

Now, except for the Great China Empire, other countries have no such advanced means of communication. Especially for ships sailing on the sea, as long as they don't land, people on board will not know everything that happens on land. It takes at least 40 to 50 days to go back to Europe from the new world of North America

Just as count Fernando was in a hurry to go home, the bear soldiers who had been encircling Mexico City for a period of time divided their forces and defeated Veracruz, a port city about 300 kilometers southeast of Mexico City.

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

However, the largest port city of Mexico in the Gulf of Mexico was built on the beach at the beginning. It was not suitable to live because of the rainy and humid conditions, and was abandoned twice.

Later, Veracruz was built in 1599, and has always been the most important port between the new Spanish governor 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 can be knocked down.

The main reason why the imperial naval fleet attacked Havana first and tried not to destroy the upwind fleet was that the stone bear took a fancy to the warships of the upwind fleet.

There is no doubt that the steel warships of the Great China empire are invincible in the current era of naval warfare. But limited to the engine technology, the range of steel warships is not large, so it is far from enough to carry out cross ocean voyage.

Therefore, it is very necessary to obtain some windsurfing battleships that can sail across the ocean, so the stone bear early focused on the headwind fleet stationed in Havana.

Of course, although these privateers can't compare with the main ships, they are also good warships. Are class IV and class V warships warships?

In addition, there are those pirate ships across the Caribbean, in fact, the performance is also good.

As long as you take the northern half of the West Indies, with the speed of steel warships, you can easily chase and even capture the pirate ships and other countries' privateering ships.

I want the West Indies, and I want those sailboats too!

In just a few months, because most of the warships of the upwind fleet were captured, the transportation capacity of the great Chinese Empire in the Caribbean Sea increased greatly. The officers and men of the third division, who had been stationed in the southeast of the mainland and were well adapted to the tropical climate, were soon sent to islands one by one.

Supported by the steel warships of the Imperial Navy Fleet on the sea, the officers and men of the fifth division and the five regiments of the first division landed and then, with their powerful weapons, conquered an island in a short time.