Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1503, Sneak Attack on Sao Tome Island

On the beautiful Fernando Island (Sao Tome Island), the Governor of West Africa, the Duke of Corst, is patrolling the island very leisurely on his BMW.

This island is so beautiful!
Mountains high into the clouds, dense virgin rainforest, beautiful tropical beach scenery, waterfalls and springs, clouds and mists, all kinds of beautiful scenery are perfectly integrated together, forming a very beautiful landscape.

The Duke of Colster walks around the island every day, takes a look, appreciates the beautiful feudalism, and occasionally basks in the sun leisurely on the beach. The winter here is extremely comfortable, which is far from what the Iberian Peninsula can match. Than.

"If it weren't for these Ming people, the [-] Persian army would have been completely tortured by the epidemic, and then we would be able to easily regain our Spanish colonies."

"It's not easy to take it back now. With a well-equipped army stationed there, if you want to take it back, you will definitely suffer heavy losses."

While admiring the scenery, Duke Colster's mind was thinking about the current situation.

Thinking of the Persian matter, Duke Colster seemed extremely troubled. He had heard that there was a terrible epidemic in the Persian army, and he was ready to collect the Persian corpse.

Unexpectedly, the Persians found the Daming people, quickly controlled the epidemic, cured the disease, and established a firm foothold here in the colonial stronghold, which ruined Duke Colster's plan all at once.

"If there are Ming people making trouble, it is obviously extremely difficult to completely defeat the Persians and Koreans. Even if the Persians don't have their own ships, they can still hire Ming people to transport food and supplies for themselves. .”

"As for the North Koreans, they have a better relationship with the Ming people, and they can get a lot of help very easily. If they want to defeat the North Koreans, it is basically equivalent to defeating the Ming people behind them."

"We must write a letter to His Majesty, so that His Majesty can use diplomatic means to force the people of Ming Dynasty not to participate in the war between us."

The Duke of Colster clearly realized one thing, that is, if the Ming people were involved, it would be impossible for the Spaniards to win a decisive victory.

"In addition, it is necessary to declare war on Korea and Persia, declare the colonial strongholds they now occupy as a war zone, restrict the entry of ships, and besiege them."

"It's just that these Ming people, as long as they have money, will definitely not care about our warnings, and we can't really attack the ships of the Ming people, otherwise if we drag the Ming people into the water and become enemies, we will definitely lose. "

"It seems that it can only be exchanged with benefits. If the Four Seas Trading Company does business with Persians, then don't even think about doing business with us in Spain. I don't believe it. You are willing to pick sesame seeds and lose watermelons."

Thinking of this, Duke Colster immediately laughed, and immediately found a way to deal with the Ming people.

Those who dare to do business with Persians and Koreans are big business houses. These big business houses have a lot of interests in Spain and Europe. That little money and give up trade with Spain.

"Come here, help me to make an appointment with the managers of Sihai Commercial Bank, Tianjin Ocean Trading Company, and Western United Commercial Bank in West Africa, and tell me that I have something important to discuss."

The Duke of Colster quickly made a decision, and immediately gave orders to the entourage around him.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke~"

Someone rushed to handle this matter.

"If there is no Ming people to intervene, no matter if it is the Persians or the Koreans, it is not easy to deal with you."

"At that time, there will be no food, no medicine, and no supplies. I am blocking the sea area of ​​your colonial stronghold with warships. I want to see how you will survive by then."

Thinking of this, Duke Colster couldn't help laughing happily.

Korster is planning how to deal with the Persians and Koreans. On the other side, he is in a sea area only a hundred miles away from Sao Tome Island.

A fleet of more than a dozen large ships is quietly heading towards Sao Tome Island. The flags of the Ming Empire are flying on the ships. In addition, these ships are also built by Tianjin Shipyard. The people on board are black people. Eyes and black hair, no one will doubt it too much if they see it.

In the command room of the warship 'Korea', Liu Shunting and Corbanda were carefully studying the sneak attack on Sao Tome Island.

"Can we do this?"

"Not long ago, the Spaniards used this method to attack Yanshan Port, and we used the same method to attack Sao Tome Island. If the Spaniards had prepared in advance, it would be difficult for us to achieve any results."

Corbanda looked at the map of Sao Tome Island and said with a frown.

"Precisely because we couldn't even think of sneaking in the same way, it's even less likely for them to think of it."

"I have already ordered people to find out. Sao Tome Island is the main core of Spain in West Africa, and the West African Governor's Palace is set up on this island."

"This island has a huge area, has a natural and excellent harbor, beautiful scenery, rich products, and the transportation location is extremely important."

"The Spaniards set up the Governor's Mansion in this place to make it easier to expand the colony here in the Gulf of Guinea."

"Here on this island, they have a permanent fleet of more than forty warships, ready to support colonies all over West Africa and hunt down pirates."

"In addition, there are about 2 garrisons here, which are also used to support the colonies in West Africa. The equipment is relatively ordinary. The firearms and artillery used are all produced by the Spaniards themselves, not as good as the firearms and artillery made by Ming in our hands."

"This time, as long as we can succeed in sneak attack, we will not only destroy their ships, but also find ways to snatch their warships as much as possible."

"You Persians don't have warships, and we don't have any now. It will be at least two years before domestic warships come to support us."

"So now we have to find a way to get the ships by ourselves. The ships on Sao Tome Island are undoubtedly our best choice."

Although Liu Shunting is old, he is very spicy.

The Spaniards attacked Yanshan Port and burned their warships, so he tried to use his power to attack Sao Tome Island and snatch the Spanish warships.

"Even if they can think that we will sneak attack them, they will never think that we will sneak attack them on land."

"After arriving on Sao Tome Island, we landed on the southwest side. This area is undeveloped and relatively steep. They never expected that we would launch a sneak attack and attack on them from the island side."

"At that time, you will lead your [-] Persian army and our [-] North Korean army to launch a surprise attack on the port of Sao Tome from the land side, while I will lead the warships to block the port at sea and cooperate internally and externally."

"Hmph, not only do I want to snatch their warships, but I also want to kill all the Spanish on the island. I heard that the old dog Korster is still on the island. Catch them together."

Liu Shunting's plan is perfect, as long as this operation is successful, they will not only get dozens of warships, but also severely damage Spain's power in West Africa, completely turning the tide of the war at once.

The plan was perfect, and even the veteran Korbanda couldn't find any faults.

He looked at Sao Tome Island, and then at Darius Island in the north. This island once belonged to the Persian Empire, but now it was snatched away by the Spaniards.

As long as this operation is successful, Darius Island can be recaptured by then.

"Is it really possible to land on the south side?"

"I've heard people say for a long time that the strange rocks on the south side are extremely steep and extremely steep, which is not suitable for ships to dock at all."

Korbanda has developed a cautious character after following Ismail I in various battles for many years, he confirmed repeatedly.

"Don't worry, I already figured it out."

"Actually, I'm also dissatisfied with you. We've taken a fancy to this Sao Tome Island for a long time. We've been looking for a chance to snatch it, so we sent people to the island to investigate in detail very early on."

"It's just that before we could make a move, the Japanese made their move first, and in the end it was cheaper for the Spaniards."

Liu Shunting said truthfully, there are naturally many people staring at a good place, not only the Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese, but also the Koreans have also been eyeing this Sao Tome Island early.

"That's no wonder."

Corbanda was immediately relieved. The Persians had also taken a fancy to this island, but because they had no strength, they could only occupy the smaller Darius Island in the north, but they were still snatched by the Spaniards.

The fleet was quietly heading towards Sao Tome Island, and the time was carefully calculated.

As we get closer and closer to Sao Tome Island, the sky is gradually getting darker. When we are about to approach Sao Tome Island, night falls and the night covers the earth. Fortunately, the weather tonight is very good, the full moon is shining brightly, and the weather is cool. The moonlight shone on the sea, and the big island ahead could still be vaguely seen.

A small boat was lowered from the warship, and quickly rowed towards Sao Tome Island, quickly found a place suitable for landing and docking, and then used the torch as a signal to indicate the location.

As the North Koreans themselves said, they had sent people to figure it out a long time ago, so they docked at a relatively mild coast without any danger.

On the warships, a large number of Persian and Korean soldiers quickly landed, and then quickly disappeared into the dense jungle on the island, silently groping towards the port on the other side of the island and the Governor's Mansion. past.

"Hope everything goes well~"

Watching the army gradually disappearing into the dark jungle, Liu Shunting prayed silently, and then commanded the warship to sail towards the other side of the island.

(End of this chapter)