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The Governor of Hong Kong could not believe his eyes. He had been here for several years, but looking at the results of his work over the past few years, he could not keep up with Wang Xuan's development speed in half a year.
Such a beautiful city should never appear in the barren and barbaric New World!
Since Wang Xuan wiped out most of the pirates in the Caribbean half a year ago, commercial activities in the Caribbean are now much more prosperous than before.
It's just that the news is transmitted very slowly. A round trip to Europe takes about a month and a half, and the businessmen only care about whether it is safer and better to do business. As for other things... they don't care about so much!
This has left high-level officials in various European countries, including the UK, in the dark about the changes in the Caribbean Sea.
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At this time, the military strength in Wang Xuan's hands reached a limit.
The 14 old warships have become brand new after a series of tasks such as overall overhaul of the expanded dock, replacement and maintenance of artillery.
All the pirates' post-training training has been completed. Now, 70% of Wang Xuan's army is white and 30% is Han, with a total strength of 7,000.
Among them, there are 5,000 "Justice" navy personnel and 2,000 port guards.
The navy has a total of twenty battleships, including:
The first-class battleship Dreadnought has a displacement of 800 tons, a full load of 450 people, and 100 guns.
There are five third-class battleships, with a displacement of 600 tons, a full load of 300 people, and 60 guns.
There are fourteen fourth-level battleships, with a displacement of 400 tons, a full load of 200 people, and 40 guns.
There are ten transport ships with a displacement of 500 tons and a crew of 70 people.
The port's defenses have been expanded, with a total of 300 large and small artillery pieces, and all the forts have been recast. Wang Xuan used petrification many times to strengthen the gaps between the stones, so that the forts completely formed a whole and the defensive power was greatly increased.
The crossfire formed by the current port defense artillery can completely resist an all-out attack by a large fleet.
At least Wang Xuan's current fleet size is absolutely impossible to capture the port!
Now, Wang Xuan's monthly expenses are huge. With just 7,000 troops in hand, his monthly salary reaches about 70,000 pounds!
Fortunately, the casinos, bars, and nightclubs were all opened by Wang Xuan himself, so most of the money the soldiers earned every month had to flow back to Wang Xuan.
It's just that... the Han people who came back from Asia made Wang Xuan a little worried. They kept saving money all day long, but they didn't even spend it. If this continued, all the money would go to them, and the city would be full of people.
There will be no money to circulate...!
This is not okay. The leeks are too fat and should be cut...
It's time to get into real estate...ahem.
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On the one hand, Wang Xuan focused on the construction of his own base, and on the other hand, through exchanges with many colonies in the Caribbean, he began to explore the deployment and strength of the Spanish navy throughout the Caribbean.
After about half a year of investigation, Wang Xuan has confirmed that Spain's total force here is slightly larger than his own. Among them, there is one battleship of the second level, five ships of the third level, and 25 ships of the fourth level.
This is also the basis for their ability to occupy most of South America.
The entire Caribbean Squadron of the Spanish Navy is always half repaired and half patrolled everywhere to ensure the security of the port while deterring other opposition forces.
However, the Western Navy has concentrated its forces recently. They have discovered the unusual movements in Nacao Port, but they always thought that the British Royal Navy was stationed here. Although they increased their alertness, they did not take the initiative to attack.
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Moreover, Wang Xuan also made important arrangements for the concealment of the 14 fourth-level battleships.
On the surface, there is only one first-class battleship and five third-class ships in the port.
Recently, businessmen at Nacha Port discovered that the battleships at the military port always went out to patrol the sea, and sometimes disappeared for two or three days.
This morning, all the warships were dispatched again, but no one noticed that the 2,000 or so army troops on the island began to quietly increase their alert.
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Seven ships flying the Spanish flag slowly sailed into a colonial port in Spain. As usual, there was nothing unusual about it.
As they approached the pier, the four ships suddenly changed their direction slightly, the side strings were suddenly exposed, and 20 black cannons suddenly stretched out, before the guards patrolling near the pier could react.
"Boom boom boom..."
Amidst a series of dense roars, fierce fire erupted from the muzzle, and huge iron projectiles roared across the void, hitting the cannon near the shore defense.
The shells carried huge kinetic energy, causing rubble to fly. The flying rubble hit the surrounding guards like bullets, and all those hit fell to the ground in pain.
Some of the unlucky ones were directly hit by artillery shells. Half of their bodies were suddenly blown away, their flesh and blood flying in the air, and the entire port fell into complete chaos.
The Spanish flag on the ship was lowered, and the black skull pirate flag was raised.
Two pirate ships docked near the trestle. A large number of pirates swarmed onto the trestle. Unlike ordinary pirates who roared and charged, they were obviously well-trained. They gathered into a team of a hundred people on the trestle and then charged in an orderly manner.
Arriving at the port.
There were two rows on the left and right, with the front row squatting and the back row standing, pointing their muskets straight ahead to guard the entrance for more pirates behind them.
After that, about 400 pirates swarmed from the two ships and divided into eight teams and began to fight for important garrison facilities in the port under the cover of artillery fire.
This group of people had obviously practiced for a long time, their movements were neat and neat, their division of labor and goals were very clear, but their clothes looked particularly tattered.
When the coastal defense fort was built, in order to save money and facilitate entry and exit, it was ultimately designed to protect against the outside but not the inside. Two of the pirates who landed took out two small iron balls, lit them with a fire head and threw them in.
After two explosions of "boom, boom", a pitiful howl erupted from the fort. The pirates immediately swarmed over and fired a barrage of guns, and there was no sound inside.
A few pirates signaled to the ship and began to station themselves here, while the other pirates immediately headed to the next stronghold.
Just like that, like plucking an onion layer by layer, half an hour later, the entire port's defense facilities were occupied by pirates.
"Quickly, put these gun mounts down."
A cart carrying a 6-pounder gun was mounted on a small gantry crane on the pirate ship and was hoisted to the pier at the port, where it was then pushed up to the port one by one by the pirates.
They regrouped into teams of fifty and began to push the artillery carts towards the city lord's palace, warehouses and other important facilities.
Apparently, they were planning to loot the entire port colony town.
Although the defenders of the city lord's palace and warehouses had raised white flags, the cruel pirates had no intention of stopping and still used cannons to blast open the doors and kill everyone inside.