Port Pisco fell after only a long time of resistance...

In fact, this small port, which was established in 1640 and mainly agriculture, was only 70 or 80 soldiers stationed. They only withstood the attacks of the ten thousand-year-old pioneers, the Crandy Volunteers and the Polish mercenaries, and then collapsed. The amount of gold and silver found in the city was extremely limited. In fact, the commanders of the East Coast were not very concerned about this thing. What they cared more was how much food they found in this small port.

In fact, this Peruvian town with only a few hundred residents has a lot of food in its storage, more than 50 tons of wheat, 100 tons of corn and a small amount of cassava and other grains were collected into the cabin. These foods, together with the food they grabbed on Chiloe Island, Coral and Valdivia a while ago, were almost enough for all the officers and soldiers of the Pacific Task Force to eat for three or four months.

The food problem has been temporarily solved, so the people on the east coast have enough time to waste their time with the Spaniards in Caya and Russia. Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ming, who led the team, did not believe that the Spaniards could spend several months with him until 1648. At that time, both Flotta and Gaya Anes fleet would return to Spain. The return Spanish treasure fleet could not transport Potosi's silver bars. Can it still be called a treasure ship?

After the battle of Cusco, the two or three thousand East Coast Army landed were not even bothered to stay here. After collecting supplies, they gave up the Peruvian town quickly and then took a boat to the coast of Kayao to join the main warship formation. The "Grocery Store 2" water supply ship did not follow the large army. She took the materials seized a while ago (gold, silver, leather, ship materials, artworks, and more than 700 Araucan slaves who had regained their freedom) to the city of Araucan in the south, preparing to store these supplies there first, and then transport some military canned food, wine and other supplies from the place to return to the coast of Peru (the East Coast people previously set up a temporary small supply station here).

On October 27, he had been wandering off the coast of Kaya Russia for several days and sank a Spanish fishing boat that was silly from the north. The Spanish Peru Fleet, the number one target of the East Coast Pacific Task Force, finally dispatched. Perhaps because he knew that other ships without fire had limited role in naval combat, the Peru Fleet only dispatched five professional warships this time, and some other transport ships did not carry army soldiers as they used to do to help the war.

The Spanish moved, and the East Coast Navy, which had been waiting for a long time, was naturally not vague. First, five auxiliary ships (one of them has not returned yet) used their high maneuverability to flash to the side, and then the three main warships adjusted the sail trusses, increased the output power of the steam engine, and also rushed towards the outermost battleship on the Spanish Peru fleet with unparalleled maneuverability.

The three warships of the East Coast people formed a long snake formation, with the flagship "August 10" taking the lead, and the "Cadis Rock" warship followed closely behind. At the end was the "East Coast Magic". These three warships seized the t-head from the beginning, and after entering the range, they first conducted a correction test firing.

The smoke on the sea gradually grew bigger, and soon both sides entered a range of six or seven hundred meters. However, this range was almost the best range for East Coast ships with larger gun calibers and larger diameter ratios, but it was not very good for the Spaniards. Some of their short-barrel guns could not even effectively hit the enemy. Therefore, they kept adjusting their courses and trying to narrow the distance with East Coast ships.

But how could the East Coast people make them happy? Under the leadership of the flagship "August 10", the three East Coast warships with powerful firepower continued to adjust their course with maneuverability that made the Spaniards stunned, and then accurately captured the outermost one of the five Spanish warships. When the remaining Spanish warships were powerless to turn around and rushed to support them in a short period of time, they concentrated their firepower and launched a round of fierce attacks.

After more than two hours of continuous operation, two ships of the Spanish Peru fleet were severely damaged and retreated from the battle, fleeing back to the near-sighted port of Cayao. Then, under the cover of the powerful coastal defense artillery, silently licking the wounds. After the two warships withdrew from the battle, the remaining three Spanish warships finally realized the situation, gave up the idea of ​​defeating the East Coast fleet, and began to run to the port.

But there is no such good thing in this world. It is easy for the Spanish to come out, but it is difficult to go back now! It was originally meant to tempt you to go out to fight in the sea, so how could it be that easy to let you go back now! It would be fine if the two warships that fled with wounds just now, but now the number of warships on both sides of the sea is 3v3, so you have to leave one or two of them.

The three Spanish warships were now running away in the shape of a pin. The "San Lorenzo" rushed in the front, and the other "Alaucan Conqueror" and "Countess Alfonso" followed closely behind. The three warships on the east coast tried desperately to intercept. At this time, they did not care about the distance and leaned forward and bombed the chain, smashing the hot bombs at the three Spanish warships like moneyless.

More than half an hour later, seeing that the "San Lorenzo" had retreated to the maximum range of the Spanish Haiphong Fort, the three main warships of the East Coast people finally achieved major results: after the uninterrupted baptism of chain bombs, the "Alaucan Conqueror", which had already been broken by a mast, was severely damaged again. The foremast was hit many times and then broke, and the canvas on both sides of the middle mast was also damaged on a large scale, so its ship speed suddenly slowed down.

Everyone knows the consequences of the ship stall during this desperate escape, but at this time the "San Lorenzo" and "Countess Alfonso" had no courage to continue fighting. They took advantage of the opportunity that the "Alaucan Conqueror" was intercepted by the East Coast people and fled in a hurry into the port of Kayao and hid under the protection of the coastal defense fortress. As for their poor companions, they might only be able to help them by praying to God.

When the foremast was broken and the middle mast canvas was largely damaged, it was actually destined to be the fate of the "Alaocan Conqueror". At this moment, several other Spanish warships fled back in a panic, and the three main warships of the East Coast Navy, which had no worries, were concentrating on dealing with the frigate with a displacement of only 500 tons.

The result of the battle was obvious. The Spanish warships were finally sunk after more than an hour of resistance - because they refused to surrender. After the battle, the East Coast Navy carried forward the humanitarian spirit and rescued and arrested the Spanish navy officers and soldiers who fell into the water. At this point, the breakout battle of the Spanish Navy Peru fleet came to an end. Five Spanish warships sank and were seriously injured, and the remaining two also dropped their morale and lost the courage to continue fighting in a short period of time. The port of Caya-Russia is still in the de facto siege.

After the breakout war on the 27th, the Spanish port of Kayao fell into a dead end again. Seeing that they were not sure when they were going to spend time with these Spanish turtle grandsons, Lu Ming ordered all five auxiliary ships to look for a place to settle north and first to stay by the port. After all, these ships were loaded with thousands of army soldiers, and staying outside was not good for health. Therefore, it is better to go ashore to cultivate first. When it is necessary to fight, they will gather them together. Moreover, many land operations do not require everyone to be dispatched together. They can even take turns to fight to save physical strength.

Before the outbreak of the war with the East Coast, the Spanish colonial army had quickly recovered to more than 7,000. The previous one went to Paraguay to support more than 1,000 people, and there were still two thousand people under the city of Santa Fe, which had already been removed. If the soldiers stationed in various important colonial sites were included, the Spanish could not provide any decent mobile forces to fight the East Coast Army. The East Coast people had the power to control the sea and had a large number of troops accompanying the battle, then they could easily select various towns along the coast of the Peru Governor's District and attack with superior forces and superior firepower. The scattered Spanish had no way to resist.

Of course, this is just the judgment of the East Coast Army staff, and they must be cautious when encountering it. Therefore, after thinking about it, Lu Ming simply ordered several auxiliary ships not to attack towns on the mainland (fear of being besieged by the Spanish Army), but to occupy an island as a temporary resting place. As for which of this island is, Lu Ming just looked on a map with a high level of secrets and determined that San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Islands was the temporary resting place for the army.

The Port of Baccrisso in the northwest corner of the island is an excellent haven for ships to berth. Moreover, the entire archipelago only arrived in the early days by some Spanish explorers and missionaries. Since then, except for some pirates occasionally visiting, no Spanish colonists have entered. This place is simply a borderless land, which is very suitable for the East Coast auxiliary fleet and the army to rest.

After the logistics auxiliary fleet went north to find San Cristobal Island on the 29th, three main warships on the east coast (carried a small number of army soldiers) were still cruising outside the port of Cayao, monitoring the Spanish movement day and night. Once the Spanish fleet tried to leave the port, they would pounce on them fiercely and force the Spanish back to the port.

Although I don’t know the situation inside Cayao and Lima, Lu Ming used his toes to think about it and knew that the Spanish governor of Peru was probably so worried that his hair was white. Why? For no other reason, local wars are tight and he is short of money! The Potosi silver mine provides silver bars worth more than three million pesos every year. If there are more than a dozen other small silver mines scattered in Charkas, Chile and Peru, the entire Peruvian Governor's jurisdiction for Spain will reach nearly five million pesos every year. If some gold accompanied by silver mines is included, then this number will be more than two million pesos.

It can be imagined that if the gold and silver worth more than 7 million pesos were not transported back to Spain in time, it would have a far-reaching impact on the European continent. After all, the gold and silver produced by Mexico (may be less than 4 million pesos) alone are not enough to support such a vast front in Spain. Unless the Spanish king ordered Mexico to stop trade with Manila, reduce the outflow of silver and impose a large tax on Mexico, Texas, Florida, and the Caribbean islands, and then ship these "extra" silver back to China, it is possible that Spain's finances will not collapse immediately, but will not be able to continue in the long run.

It is very simple, because the ban on the trade of Manila's large sailboats and the taxes in the American colonies will undoubtedly harm the interests of the local white people and cause strong dissatisfaction. In addition, even if you do not increase the tax, you try to transport more goods from the American colonies to sell - let's not mention how difficult it is to increase production capacity in Peru or New Spain - this is probably not a surprise, because the pricing power of American commodities is in the hands of Genoese, Portuguese Jews and Dutch. If the supply of goods is too much, the price will naturally fall. This is an irrefutable truth for the ages!
Chapter completed!