Daming Crazy Emperor

On the sea between the Western Yindu Islands and the Grand Canal, the huge Spanish fleet is shrinking into a ball and heading southeast.

Oquendo and Wallenstein are cautiously holding up their binoculars and scanning the left and right fronts at this moment, as if they are afraid of being discovered.

There is no way, this place is already close to the channel drawn by Da Ming, and they are very likely to encounter Da Ming's fleet.

What if we encounter Daming's fleet?

Of course, they have already discussed this.

Not to mention, they really met.

Not long after, a row of black spots appeared on the channel ahead.

Oquendo immediately raised his hand and said without hesitation: "Order, all warships stop advancing."

What are these guys doing?

Huang Ting, who was in charge of escorting the fleet of the Western Merchant, scanned the Spanish fleet in the distance with a large binoculars, and couldn't help but be bewildered.

Of course he knew that the Spanish fleet was in the nearby waters. The reason why he led ten Aegis ships to escort was to prevent people from suddenly going crazy and attacking the fleet of the Western Company.

It's not impossible for this to happen.

Because European colonial robbers often play the role of pirates.

When they encounter a merchant ship without the protection of a warship at sea, they are likely to launch an attack, snatch people and boats together, and then destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces!

Anyway, if people ask them, it’s fine for them to refuse to admit it, and no one dares to do anything to them.

This kind of thing happened from time to time in all major seas of the world, and many merchant ships disappeared inexplicably.

European colonial bandits are so greedy, they may attack other countries' merchant ships when they are free, not to mention, they want to hide their tracks this time.

If they encounter the fleet of the Western Company, they may really launch an attack.

People don't know how long they will play hide-and-seek in the Caribbean Sea. Naturally, the Daming Western Company can't stop all business just because the Spanish fleet is sailing near this route. They have to pull and deliver the goods that should be shipped They still have to deliver the goods.

To be on the safe side, Taichang ordered Sun Chuanting to send Aegis ships to escort the fleet of the Western Company.

This means to warn people, don't do anything, you can't overturn the Aegis ship if you do it, if you run away with an Aegis ship, you will be in big trouble.

Huang Ting naturally knew his mission.

He doesn't need to fight desperately with the Spanish fleet, he just needs to take the Aegis ship to deter.

Question, but they suddenly stopped more than ten miles away.

That's why he was confused.

There are only ten Aegis ships and one hundred armed merchant ships on their side, but they have nearly a thousand warships in total, and fifty of them are iron-clad warships.

According to the superficial strength, people should not be so frightened that they dare not move.

what on earth is this kind of happenings?
Huang Ting turned the binoculars and scanned carefully, and finally understood.

People probably thought they didn't know it was the Spanish fleet

At a distance of more than ten miles, he could see clearly that Ocundo and Wallenstein were aiming at them with civilian binoculars sold by Western companies.

The viewing distance of this kind of telescope is only about two miles, and it is impossible to see things more than ten miles away.

In other words, even if people found them, they would still see a row of black dots.

Perhaps, people thought that what they saw was also a row of black spots.

Under such circumstances, people will naturally think that as long as they stop more than ten miles away and do not approach, they will not know that it is the Spanish fleet!

Well, that's what Oquendo and Wallenstein think.

They also knew that they would inevitably encounter fleets or fleets of the Ming Empire along the way, and they had already discussed this method.

As long as you see other people's fleets or fleets from a distance, stop and wait for them to pass before moving on.

Anyway, they were not on the normal course, and they probably wouldn't drive towards them head-on, let alone chase them up from behind.

I have to say that these Spaniards are really naive.

Huang Ting thought about it carefully, and then he turned around and came to the big table full of maps, compasses, hourglasses, and the Four Treasures of the Study, carefully wrote the memorial, and ordered his personal guards to go back to report on the Spike warship.

When Taichang received the report, he couldn't help but have an idea.

He can completely discharge the fleet to dangle in front of them according to their self-righteous way of avoiding them!

As long as the fleet he sent is sailing on the normal waterway, people should not doubt it.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help saying loudly: "Zi Ru, send someone to call Boya over."

Not long after, Sun Chuanting came quickly, bowed his hands and said, "My humble servant sees the emperor."

Taichang nodded slightly, then picked up Huang Ting's memorial, said with a slight smile, "Bo Ya, take a look at this first."

Sun Chuanting took a look at the memorial and couldn't help but have a strange look on his face.

The ideas of these Spaniards are too weird, right?

If people wanted to hide their whereabouts, they shouldn't have passed between the West Yindu Islands and the Grand Canal.

If it were him, he would definitely pretend to go east first, pretending to return to the European continent, wait for the West Yindu Islands, reach the Atlantic Ocean, and then turn south.

Only in this way can it be possible to avoid their eyes and ears.

Of course, they have long been guarding against this move, and the Flying Dragon Battleship following their fleet is to prevent them from playing this move.

In short, these Spaniards don't seem to be very smart, and the things they have done really make people wonder how to evaluate them.

Sun Chuanting was stunned for a moment, then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

Taichang pointed to the chart on the table and analyzed: "Their sneaky look must be suspicious of our relationship with the rebels.

In this case, it is impossible for them to cross the Grand Canal to raid the west coast of South America.

In other words, their target is either the Viceroyalty of Granada or the Viceroyalty of Brazil.

We can completely send a fleet to sail past them, first to paralyze them, make them think that we are completely ignorant of their actions, and second, to delay their progress, so that we have enough time to mobilize reinforcements. "

Sun Chuanting thought for a while, and then carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, our fleet should take a normal route so as not to arouse their suspicion. If they don't take the normal route and appear in front of them inexplicably, they may also be suspicious. "

Taichang nodded slightly, then pointed to the map and said, "Look, we can use this route.

This route is already located in the south of the Grand Canal, if their fleet appears near this route, it will prove that our judgment is correct.

It is impossible for them to turn around and cross the Grand Canal to the west coast of South America.

We can send [-] Aegis ships and [-] armed merchant ships to take over the [-] Amazon tribal alliance elite stationed in Lima through this route.

If their goal is the Governor-General of Granada, they will definitely pass through the following route.

At that time, we can order ten Aegis ships and one hundred armed merchant ships to take this route, and slowly pass in front of their fleet to stop them.

In this way, we will have enough time to put the [-] elites of the Amazon Tribal Alliance from Limara on the shore to assist Luo Sigong, Carinho and Desierra in defense.

If their goal is the Governor-General of Brazil, then they will definitely continue to sail southeast, passing through the West Indu Islands between these two small islands, to attack Xinmacheng or Bahia.

We can order the navy fleet to pull [-] Amazon tribal alliance elites and follow them for [-] miles.

If they attack Xinma City, then we will send ten Aegis ships and [-] armed merchant ships to take this voyage to stop them, and let [-] reinforcements land from the north of Xinma City to support them.

If they attack Bahia, then we will send ten Aegis ships and one hundred armed merchant ships on this voyage to stop them and let one hundred thousand reinforcements land from the north of El Salvador to support them. "

Uh, isn't it a little too disrespectful to do this?
Sun Chuanting carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, we have told people that these places are under the control of the rebels. If our fleet appears near the area controlled by the rebels, they will have an excuse to accuse us of supporting the rebels." Are you in the army?"

Taichang smiled slightly and said: "What's the matter, when the time comes, we will say that this is a merchant ship of the Western Company and has nothing to do with our Daming Navy.

They are Spanish rebels, not our Ming Empire rebels. It is normal for Western companies to do business with them. "

Well, this one barely makes sense.

Now they have the same attitude towards the European Continental Union, including Spain. In private, they are supporting the so-called rebels. Yes, on the surface, as long as they can make sense.

Spain must also know this, but as long as Da Ming does not directly participate in the war, they dare not turn against him.

Sun Chuanting nodded slowly, and then said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I estimate that their target should be Bahia.

Because there are rivers on both sides of Xinma City, and the port to the east is quite heavily defended, and the number of coastal defense artillery is amazing, they can't land at all.

Bahia is different. It has always been operated by Desierra's people. Except for the original coastal defense guns and the hundreds of coastal defense guns we provided, there is basically no defensive firepower.

Moreover, the area of ​​the bay next to El Salvador is too large, and Desiere's men don't have enough troops to guard them. It is very easy for them to land.

Weichen thought that we should send a batch of coastal defense guns over now, so that Salvador's defensive firepower would be enough to suppress the firepower of the Spanish fleet.

At the same time, we can also send the [-] Amazon tribal alliance elites stationed in Xinma City first, and let them build a defense line near the bay to prevent others from landing. "

Hearing this, Taichang took a closer look at the map and suddenly realized.

Sun Chuanting is right, the target is Bahia nine out of ten!
Because there are only so many ports on the east coast of South America, and other places are relatively easy to defend, but Salvador, the capital of Bahia, is not easy to defend.

Next to El Salvador is a bay with a radius of nearly a hundred miles, and it is impossible to prevent them from landing with the force that Desierra stayed behind.

It would be troublesome if the Spanish army landed near El Salvador. Even if they couldn't take down the city of Salvador and the nearby port for a while, they could rush to the farms all over Bahia to plunder!

The farms over there grow valuable goods such as sugar cane, cocoa, and coffee. If the Spaniards ransack the farms over there, the supply of cocoa and coffee for Western companies will have problems!
Thinking of this, Taichang couldn't help but nodded slowly: "Well, Bahia's defense force is too weak, you immediately send a fast boat to send [-] coastal defense guns there.

As for the elites of the Amazon Tribal Alliance in New Macheng, there is no need to worry too much. When the Spanish fleet passes through the Western Indus Islands, they are really ready to attack the Governor-General of Brazil.

Just send [-] Aegis ships and [-] armed merchant ships to the military port east of Xinma City and wait.

We have to make sure that the target is not the governorship of Granada before we can mobilize the army in Xinmacheng. Otherwise, if they rush to the governorship of Granada, we will be in a hurry. "

This is indeed reasonable. The target of the people is the Governor-General of Granada, but they transferred the elite of the Amazon Tribal Alliance in Xinma City to Bahia, which is the opposite.

It's really possible that people will be in a hurry if they do this.

When Sun Chuanting heard the words, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."