On the beautiful Fernando Island (Sao Tome Island), the Governor of West Africa, Duke Colste, rode his BMW and patrolled the island very leisurely.
This island is so beautiful!
Mountain peaks high into the clouds, dense virgin rainforests, beautiful tropical beach scenery, waterfalls and springs, shrouded in clouds and mist, all kinds of beautiful scenery are perfectly integrated together, forming a very beautiful scenery.
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, far from the Iberian Peninsula.
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"If it weren't for these Ming people, the Persian army of 30,000 would have been completely tortured by the epidemic, and they would easily be able to take back our Spanish colonies."
"It's not easy to take it back now. With a well-equipped army stationed there, you will definitely suffer heavy losses if you want to take it back."
While admiring the scenery, Duke Colster's mind was contemplating the current situation.
Duke Colster seemed extremely troubled when he thought about the Persians. He had heard that there was an extremely terrible epidemic in the Persian army, and he was already preparing to collect the corpses of the Persians.
Unexpectedly, the Persians found the Ming people, quickly controlled the epidemic, cured the disease, and established a foothold in the colonial stronghold, which suddenly ruined Duke Colster's plan.
"If the Ming people are causing trouble, it will obviously be extremely difficult to completely defeat the Persians and Koreans. Even if the Persians don't have their own ships, they can still hire the Ming people to transport food and supplies for themselves.
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"As for the Koreans, they have a better relationship with the Ming Dynasty people, and they can get a lot of help very easily. If they want to defeat the Koreans, they basically have to defeat the Ming Dynasty people behind them."
"We must write to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to use diplomatic means to force the Ming people not to participate in the war between us."
Duke Colster realized one thing very clearly, that is, if the Ming people were involved, it would be impossible for the Spaniards to win a decisive victory.
"In addition, we must declare war on Korea and Persia, declare the colonial strongholds they currently occupy as war zones, restrict the entry of ships, and besiege them."
"It's just that these Ming people, as long as they have money, they 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.
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"It seems that we can only exchange for benefits. If the Sihai Trading Company does business with the Persians, then it will no longer want to do business with Spain. I don't believe it. You are willing to pick the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon."
Thinking of this, Duke Colster immediately laughed and found a way to deal with the Ming people.
Those who dare to do business with Persians and Koreans are all large commercial banks. These large commercial banks have many interests in Spain and Europe. As long as he can seize this, Kolster does not believe that they are willing to do business for the Persians and Koreans.
With that little money, they gave up trade with Spain.
"Come here, help me make an appointment with the person in charge of Sihai Trading Company, Tianjin Ocean Trading Company, and Western United Trading Company in West Africa. They said that I have something important to discuss."
Duke Colster made a decision quickly and immediately gave orders to his entourage.
"Yes, Your Majesty Duke~"
Someone hurriedly went to handle the matter.
"If the Ming Dynasty had not intervened, it would not have been easy for them to deal with you, whether they were Persians or Koreans."
"When the time comes, there will be no food, no medicine, and no supplies. I will use warships to block the waters of your colonial stronghold. I want to see how you can still survive."
Thinking of this, Duke Colster couldn't help laughing happily.
On one side, Kolster was planning how to deal with the Persians and Koreans. On the other side, he was in a sea area only more than 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, and the people on board are black.
With dark eyes and hair, no one would doubt him too much if he saw him.
In the command room of the warship 'Koryeo', Ryu Soon-ting and Korbanda were carefully studying the sneak attack on Sao Tome Island.
"Can we do this?"
"Not long ago, the Spaniards used this method to sneak attack Yanshan Port, and we used the same method to sneak attack Sao Tome Island. If the Spaniards were prepared in advance, it would be difficult for us to achieve any results."
Korbanda looked at the map of Sao Tome Island and said with a frown.
"Precisely because we ourselves couldn't imagine using the same method to conduct a sneak attack, it's even less likely that they would."
"I have ordered people to find out clearly. Sao Tome Island is the core of Spain in West Africa, and the West African Governor-General's Palace is located on this island."
"This island is huge in area, has an excellent natural harbor, beautiful scenery, rich products, and its transportation and geographical location are extremely important." spanstyle>Valley/spanstyle>
"The Spanish set up the Governor's Palace in this place to make it easier to expand their colonies here in the Gulf of Guinea."
"Here on this island, they have a permanent fleet of more than 40 warships, ready to support colonies across West Africa and hunt down pirates."
"In addition, there are about 20,000 troops stationed here, which are also used to support colonies across West Africa. The equipment is relatively average. The muskets and artillery used are all produced by the Spaniards themselves, and are not as good as the muskets and artillery made by the Ming Dynasty in our hands."
"This time, as long as we can succeed in a sneak attack, we will not only destroy their ships, but also find ways to seize 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 arrive to support you."
"So now we have to find a way to get the ships ourselves. The ships on Sao Tome Island are undoubtedly our best choice."
Although Liu Shunting is old, she is very sophisticated.
The Spanish attacked Yanshan Port and burned their warships, so he tried to use his power to attack Sao Tome Island and rob the Spanish warships.
"Even if they could imagine that we would sneak attack on them, they would never imagine that we would sneak attack on them on land."
"After arriving at Sao Tome Island, we landed on the southwest side. This area is undeveloped and relatively steep. They would never have imagined that we would launch sneak attacks and attacks on them from the island side."
"When the time comes, you will lead your 10,000 Persian troops and our 10,000 North Korean troops to launch a surprise attack on the port of Sao Tome from the land side. 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, I also want to kill all the Spanish on the island. I heard that Corster's old dog is still on the island. By then, even him
Caught them together."
Liu Shunting's plan can be said to be very perfect. As long as this operation succeeds, they will not only obtain dozens of warships, but also severely damage Spain's power in West Africa, completely turning the tide of the war around.
The plan was so perfect that even Korbanda, a veteran, could not find anything wrong with it.
Looking at Sao Tome Island, and then at Darius Island to the north, this island once belonged to the Persian Empire, but now it was taken away by the Spanish.
As long as this operation is successful, Darius Island can be recaptured easily.
"Is it really possible to land here in the south?"
"I have long heard people say that the rocks in the south are rugged and steep, and are not suitable for ships to dock."
For many years, following Ismail I and fighting on all sides, Korbanda developed a cautious character, he confirmed again and again.
"Don't worry, I've already figured it out."
"Actually, I'm not dissatisfied with you either. We have long been interested in this Sao Tome Island and have always wanted to find an opportunity to grab it. Therefore, we sent people to the island very early to conduct a detailed survey."
"It's just that before we could take action, the Japanese took action first, and in the end they took advantage of the Spaniards."
Liu Shunting told the truth, there are naturally many people who are eyeing this good place, not only the Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese, but also the Koreans who have also been eyeing this Sao Tome Island for a long time.
"It's no wonder."
Korbanda was immediately relieved. The Persians actually also took a fancy to this island, but they didn't have the strength. They could only occupy the smaller Darius Island in the north, but they were still snatched away by the Spaniards.
The fleet moved towards Sao Tome Island quietly, and the time was carefully calculated.
As we get closer and closer to Sao Tome Island, the sky gradually darkens. When we are about to approach Sao Tome Island, night falls and darkness covers the earth. Fortunately, the weather tonight is very good. The full moon is shining brightly and the air is cool.
The moonlight shines on the sea, and you can still vaguely see the big island in front of you.
Small boats were lowered from the warship one after another, and quickly rowed towards Sao Tome Island, quickly finding a suitable place to land and dock, and then used torches as signals to indicate the location.
As the Koreans themselves said, they had already sent people to figure it out a long time ago, so they docked at a relatively gentle coast without any danger.
On one warship after another, a large number of Persian soldiers and Korean soldiers quickly landed, and then quickly disappeared into the dense jungle of the island, quietly heading towards the port on the other side of the island, towards the Governor's Palace.
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"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.