"Is your navy really unable to dispatch?" On March 21, 1656, Baron Raul Bravo was sitting in the officers' restaurant of the newly entered battleship of the First Navy in the Navy's Navy's special pier with Qiang Quansheng, Chairman of the Eastern Coast Republic's Executive Committee, for dinner together.

The "Fobo Wanli" was built at the Dayuhe Naval Shipyard. The "Ambition" (built in the modern special ship factory) launched at the same time are the ninth and tenth of the "August 10" class battleships. These ten battleships, together with the "Executive Committee" three-deck battleships that were just put into service at the beginning of this year and are currently training in the Xingnan Port area, have 11 battleships in the local navy of the East Coast Republic of China, and there are 24 "Madao" class guard gunboats and 10 auxiliary logistics ships. In terms of the scale of professional naval forces, they are firmly ranked first in the New World.

Even in the world, few people can compare with such a professional fleet. Apart from England and the Netherlands, which are currently laying off warships (the two countries forced many civilian ships to be used as warships during the war, and now they have begun to disarmament due to financial difficulties), there is only Spain and Portugal that can compare. Of course, all the warships of these countries are sail warships. When they encounter a powerful formation composed of 11 hybrid warships on the east coast (with more than 700 artillery guns, with caliber and caliber, and the body tube is one larger than that of European ships of the same type), they have a great disadvantage.

Such an elite navy naturally consumes countless military expenditures every year. According to data provided by the Joint General Staff Headquarters, after cutting a large amount of "unnecessary training funds", this is a disastrous consequence of the army's faction leading military department. The huge training funds in the past were cut off. Although the white shirts have always been close to the navy, it may not be that the annual expenditure of the navy has remained at more than 1.4 million yuan, almost twice that of the army.

It is precisely because of this that after two years of cessation, civil servants and the army rarely reached an agreement on the naval military expenditure, that is, they agreed that in addition to continuing to send frigates to escort merchant fleets (at the same time, the frigate also tragically loaded a lot of cargo and part-time business ships), they also had to rely on their own efforts to subsidize household expenses. Although sensitive waters like the Caribbean Sea are not good for a few years, then change the idea and make a fortune in the Indian Ocean coast, right? For example, the East African coast, the Arabian Peninsula (a region outside the territory of the Ottoman Empire) and even the Indian coast. You are not required to rob gold and silver (in fact, the Executive Committee

We are not encouraged to rob gold and silver), rob more materials, and transport slaves back for auction, increase domestic commodity supply, reduce the level of inflation, and facilitate the Executive Committee to issue some more banknotes, right? In this way, will the Navy have military expenditure? Such an elite and powerful navy. What does it look like at home all day? Go and bring a small number of army soldiers and rob me of the natives. Otherwise, when will the second ship (the "East Coast Man") and the third ship (the "Liberator") of the "Executive Committee" class third-deck battleship be transformed from drawings? Everything depends on yourself!

The Navy naturally had no room for opposition to these suggestions (or threats?) from the Executive Committee and the Military Affairs Department, so everyone saw that from January, the Navy Department had frequently issued orders to transfer some of the main ships and frigates of the First Fleet to New Huaxia Island in batches to join the Second Fleet battle sequence. Under the command of Major Guo Zili, they will, together with the cooperative Third Battalion of the Army (recently filled up new recruits, with more than 1,450 soldiers in the battalion, and the recruitment site of the troops was Zhenhai County), intending to start making extra money within the traditional sphere of influence of the Swasili people on the coast of East Africa, otherwise the navy may not be able to extricate the blame in a while.

Spanish diplomatic envoy Baron Raul Bravo has lived on the East Coast for many years. Although he is not sure about the specific forces and military expenditures of the East Coast Navy, he also vaguely knows that their scale is quite large, with excellent equipment and frequent training than the navies of the old continent. Correspondingly, their combat power is naturally far beyond that of the navies of various countries. This is a small and powerful maritime force. With its geographical advantage, it is enough to gallop across the South Atlantic.

Therefore, today, when the colonies of the Kingdom of Spain were threatened by war, as a loyal peninsula Baron Raul Bravo, naturally wanted to ask for help from this love-hate neighbor on the East Coast, to see if they could dispatch a fleet to rescue the Spanish land (New Granada), New Spain and other places in the midst of water and fire, of course, his move was instructed by the Governor, and this question just happened.

"Did the English attack Hispaniola?" Qiang Quansheng asked softly while eating a seafood fried rice made of rice, smooth fish, etc. slowly, "Are they planning to attack Cuba?"

"They planned to attack Santo Domingo (the eastern half of Hispaniola), but we were repelled. Now their fleet is based on Jamaica. They gather British, French, and Dutch pirates everywhere, and their power is very strong. The damn William Penn, who heard that he was from a noble family, actually colluded with pirates who declared messy, would only make people feel disgusted. The Governor General was worried that the British would attack our silver transport fleet, so he really hoped that your navy would assist. Now the only one who can escort us in the Caribbean Sea and make the British afraid is your navy?" Baron Bravo said anxiously while clumsyly using chopsticks. In order to better make friends with East Coast officials, he has not only worked hard to learn Chinese in recent years, but also often went to and from East Coast restaurants and tried to get used to the eating habits of East Coast people.

"Isn't the departure time of the treasure fleet top secret? Although there are only a few departure ports, it is not that simple for the English to figure it out, right? Do they dare to send people to the shore?" Qiang Quansheng said disapprovingly: "Please say forgave me, Ambassador, your navy should carry out a large-scale rectification, not only the fleet at sea, but also the shore defense fortresses at the port. The battle situation on Jamaica last year explained everything. The British squadron led by Payne was not very strong, and its tactics were also very clumsy, but expensive

The performance of the national coast defense fortress was even worse. Many people scattered. Even the artillery soldiers who insisted on shooting were very bad. Their professional skills were extremely low and they did not cause much damage to the British. Therefore, they easily attacked the shore and eventually occupied the entire island. This is really ridiculous. How did your naval coast defense fortress fight? If it were replaced by the officers and soldiers of the turrets on my east coast, they would definitely be able to beat these British men to the bottom of the sea. Your people have been completely abandoned in their daily training and their fighting will is suspicious. This is what should be rectified."

Qiang Quansheng said bluntly, Baron Bravo was a little embarrassed, but at this time, he did not dare to look at Qiang's face, so he could only explain: "It is not a matter of a day or two for the colonial troops to be discontinued. We have been rectifying these years, but it is difficult to see results in a short period of time. However, our local turret soldiers have been tested for a long time and their combat quality is pretty good. Although the artillery of the turret is a little old, a considerable number of the materials delivered to us by your country this time are shore defense artillery. We plan to install them in Cadiz and other areas, which will definitely curb the ambitions of the British."

Baron Bravo was a little guilty when he said this, because he was not on the peninsula most of his time, so he was not very clear about the situation in the local area. However, as far as he saw when he returned to the local area a few years ago, the local defenders seemed very lazy. The artillery was not only outdated, but also had no caliber, which was indeed a hidden danger. What's more, the British's confidence in the past two years has indeed expanded quite strongly. Didn't the famous Robert Black attack the Barbary pirates along North Africa last year (nominally belonging to the Ottoman Empire, but actually being separatist by warlords) last year?

These pirates were always very arrogant. They fought for the Ottoman Sultan (in exchange for the Sultan's acquiescent autonomy), and also robbed the Merchant Ships of Christians in the Mediterranean. In the early years, they even robbed Ireland and the Scottish coast, which was not a soft persimmon. But they were taught a lesson by the British fleet led by Black. The crazy British people rushed straight into the anchorage of the Muslim pirates with the firepower of the shore defense turrets, destroying several warships in one fell swoop, Megatron.

"But that must be because the Barbary pirates are too weak, right? If it were replaced by the Spanish Navy with firm beliefs and high professionalism, it would not have been so ugly." Baron Raul Bravo comforted himself so much, but he was still very worried about the England-Pirate Combined Fleet entrenched on Jamaica. After all, these people threatened the lifeblood of the Spaniards, and they must not make any mistakes, so they could only further beg for a strong victory: "When you hope that your country will help our country in the smooth implementation of the Southern Cone Land-Fortress Loan Agreement. Now we are fighting with three countries, and the silver transport fleet cannot have any problems, otherwise the finances will be difficult to survive."

Qiang Quansheng didn't say anything when he heard this. He waved to him and called a serviceman, rinsed his mouth with a glass of water, and then said: "What price is your country going to pay? Is it a market or land? Our country's navy cannot be dispatched for no reason, because this will greatly deteriorate our external environment, and we must get something. I know this is not a trivial matter, but unfortunately, the Secretary of the Baron has left. If the Baron cannot decide for himself, please contact Lima or even Madrid as soon as possible. If your country is willing to pay for business,
Chapter completed!