Reborn As a Pirate

Windward Islands.

From February to June 1779, this small island with a long gorge replaced the North American continent, and became the focus and center of the entire new continent for a short time.

The French, together with their ally Holland, assembled a powerful force of 28 warships in this sea area, intending to launch a campaign, targeting the English colonial fleet led by Sir Parker.

And this is exactly what Sir Parker expected.

Relying on Britain's superhuman sea power, he quickly gathered 22 ships and formed a powerful fleet to stand at sea with the French and Dutch coalition forces.

The two sides fought fiercely on the inner side of the island chain. You come and go, and the outcome is hard to tell. This continued until May.

At that time, no one thought that in order to break the deadlock, Jazz's casual move would completely change the direction of the entire war.

The Halloween fleet turned out!

This small fleet with a sneaky name brought together two small brigs and two unknown young field officers, and because they could not get the support of the Marine Corps, they seconded a younger army captain and his company.

Later, in order to supplement their combat power, they hired a young businessman and his fifth-tier ship. This formed the average command age of less than 20 years old, with only three ships, 100 cannons and 200 marines. The shabby formation.

No one had really expected them, but this group of young commanders surprised everyone with their astonishing achievements.

On May 10, the fleet ambushed the French Brig ship Lucky Horseshoe at the Gate of Hell in the Le Lorain Sea, and won, sinking one ship (according to the principle of military exploits, mercenary prisoners are considered sunk).

On May 13, a fleet upgraded to four ships with 128 guns bombarded Le Robert, destroyed the docks, blocked the bay, and sank a total of 17 French merchant ships.

On May 14th, the fleet met the mighty Atlantic Defense Fleet in the Bay of Le Robert, and won a big victory. It sank one Galenic ship of the fourth and fifth ranks, and two Brig-type ships of the sixth rank, making a total of four ships. Only Bastion was spared.

On May 24, after 10 days of silence, the fleet blocked Le François Bay again. The Basilica fled without a fight, and the merchant ships that were moored in the port were scattered.

During the Fleet Operation, the French Overseas Department of Martinique coincidentally coincided with the largest slave uprising in history.

On May 4, the riot started at the Robert Plantation on the Kahawei Peninsula. The leader was Sander, a black slave on the plantation.

On May 8, the thugs broke through the fortress of the army stationed on the island, La Trinitay, and their strength increased greatly.

In the next half month, this team swept across half of the island, broke through the siege of the garrison one after another, looted three towns, and continued to grow the size of the team through the brutal massacre and annexation of plantations.

On May 24, they also came to Le François, and formed an encirclement of this important naval town as if they had made an appointment with the Halloween fleet raging at sea.

Then came the tragedy of Lefrancois, which shocked the civilized world.

The thugs bloodbathed the town, killing 300 French soldiers and more than 4,000 civilians in just half a day. The number of people who managed to escape from that hell was considered to be less than 400 for a long time.

Afterwards, the survivors fled sporadically to nearby towns, and then fled to Fort-de-France with the wave of refugees, bringing the tragedy of Le Francois to the desks of those in power in Fort-de-France.

According to sources, it was the British who organized and led the Kahawei riots.

Sources say British red uniforms were seen among the mob ranks.

According to sources, the Halloween Fleet attacked Le François together with the mob, and the fleet ships also shelled the docks that night, causing a large number of casualties.

The French were outraged.

Even though they were facing a decisive sea battle with Sir Parker, they still dispatched a powerful fleet consisting of 8 warships from the precious fleet, led by a third-tier battleship, and vowed to let the evil murderers pay for the tragedy. The dead pay for their lives!

At this time, the Halloween fleet...

On May 27, the Halloween Fleet sailed into Grenada, the southernmost tip of the Windward Islands, and stayed on this British colonial island for 5 days. To refresh the weary spirits of sailors and passengers.

However, this island is still within the radiating range of the Battle of the Windward Islands. It is not suitable for the Halloween Fleet, which hides countless secrets and has extremely complicated personnel and ship status, to stay for a long time.

On June 2, the fleet left the port, circumvented Barbados, dragged the wounded ship along the southern Caribbean route, and returned to Port Royal, Kingston on the night of June 15.

Nelson and Lorraine, who had been worried all the way, were not really relieved until the fleet actually lowered the anchor chain in the heavily guarded Royal Navy port.

The bastard battalion, which was the easiest to expose, didn't even disembark, and was transferred by Collingwood's Wasp that night to Savannah, where General Clinton was.

The most sunk wounded ships are also important.

It was related to the input and output of the chamber of commerce. Chuck was dragged out of bed overnight by Lorraine, and opened his mouth for a full 30 minutes by the pier.

The Andes, the Jupiter, the Golden Deer, the Totem, the Lucky Horseshoe...

Lorraine took one ship to participate in the mercenary war, and returned to Port Royal with five large ships a month later.

Chuck felt that his brain was a little overwhelmed...

Will... President, did you go for a robbery?

Lorraine thought about it seriously, then nodded solemnly.

Who... have you robbed?

The New World Fleet of the Kingdom of France belongs to it. It seems to be called the Atlantic Defense Fleet.

You robbed the army! My God, with such a large scale, you are not afraid that some kind of fleet will treat us as a thorn in the flesh?

This possibility is not great. Lorraine slowed down his speech as much as possible to facilitate Chuck's understanding, First, the admiral of the defense fleet is going to visit Lieutenant Colonel Nelson's private house, of course it is semi-forced; Second, the ships of that fleet are basically here, and there are two remaining Brigs, one went to Nooton, and the other fled without a fight, and will probably be transferred from the New World soon.”

Lorraine paused: There is also a third, no accident, I will soon become a hero in France. You don't have to worry about the French trade route you have worked so hard to open up in vain. Even if Britain and France continue to fight, Drake's A name deserves the privilege of doing business, too.

Chuck blinked his eyes: Can you tell me what happened to you?

It's a long story, Chuck. You'll find out sooner or later, but right now, you've got to find a dock for these fine ships before they go down. Give it back to the navy...that damn non-civilian use!

It's...the dock...the dock!

As soon as he woke up, Chuck showed Lorraine's amazing jumping ability and running speed, and disappeared into the night after a while.

Lorraine thumped his back tiredly, raised his head, and saw Nelson alone, waving at him at the right distance.

It seems that my charm is greater than the sum of Sir Allend's youngest daughter and Earl Gervaudan, my respected former governor. Lorraine greeted him with a smile.

Nelson also smiled, and it was rare to see him relaxed: Your charm is indeed far greater than love and future, my dear friend.

Friend? Partner?

No, what you brought to me has already far exceeded our agreement. I am moved by your dedication. Nelson patted Lorraine's arm gratefully, I don't have many friends, and I think it is worth entrusting my life. Just you and Collingwood.

This is the biggest achievement of my trip. Lorraine took half a step back, bowing his head reservedly, Have the refugees settled down?

Of course, each one is settled properly. They are important witnesses. When the Jazz wins, they can make our victory even more glorious.

Your victory, my business, except for the same glory, our pursuit is very different.

Sooner or later, the businessman's thinking will become your hindrance. Nelson shrugged, seemingly helpless, Well, I want to repay a businessman friend within my ability. Can you give me any good advice?

Suggestion? What you can do?

Yes, a field within the colonel's capabilities.

It turned out to be the colonel's category... Lorraine laughed happily, Let me see, 24 of the latest 18-pound flintlock guns are used to fill the vacancy of confiscated heavy artillery, and there are also two 32-pound mortars and I hope to get the cost price for the matching deep rails. They are not non-civilian products, although they are rare in the market, but if you are the colonel, you should be able to make an allowance for them, right?

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