The war on the Isthmus of Panama has not been very interesting so far.

By the end of October 1667, the East Coast people had conquered all French Santo Domingo, one part of Martinique, and one part of Saint Lucia (Guadrup's attack was frustrated, and later agreed to withdraw troops with the French and collected a batch of supplies and money as compensation). The island of St. Christopher also robbed, almost sweeping away the French colonial forces in the Caribbean for many years. If they wanted to recover in the future, it would be difficult to spend many years and a lot of money, but I don't know if the French still had this time and energy. If not, then their colonies would be divided up by Britain, the Netherlands, the West, the East and other countries in the blink of an eye, but this is all a story, let's not talk about it for now.

On November 1, 1667, in a small bay on Martinique Island, Lieutenant Inigo walked over with a spear on his shoulder, two long and short swords on his waist, and a dagger on his knees and uppers.

He first kicked several soldiers who were sleeping on the trunk with his feet to prevent them from becoming food for ants or other insects. Then he walked to a set of iron pots and watched a group of kids making broth. The meat used for the broth was imported from New Spain, and the locals also gave a Spanish broth called "Puspas". Unfortunately, no one paid attention to it. Only Ennigo carefully took it and decided to try it.

To make this Spanish broth, you must use acorns to feed it, and the pig must also be a black pig native to Spain. This pig has a large body, very thin hair, and black color. Because it is free-range, the pork is very tight and tastes good. People in the East Coast have purchased a lot of batches from Beiluo, Villacros, Cartagena and other places in the north. They kill a batch every Thursday and Sunday, or used to make soup or jerky to increase the morale of the soldiers.

It is not only fresh meat but also wine that boosts the morale of soldiers. However, this kind of drink is always short of shortage, and the share of officers can guarantee the supply. It is already lucky that the soldiers can taste it once occasionally. However, the East Coast officers and soldiers stationed on Martinique are relatively lucky because the Navy's "Southern Cross" light cruiser forced a landing of a French smuggling ship outside the sea, and then searched for a large amount of supplies in the cabin, including a lot of alcohol - according to the smuggling captain (East Coast people).

It is very suspicious that he was also a pirate captain) confessed that they set out from the Port of Bordeaux and docked on the island of Madeira in Portugal. There was a famous wine distribution center, such as Canary white wine, Madeira sweet wine, Sydney wine, etc., which were sold and wholesale there. Their ship transported a large number of barrel boards for making wine barrels, and then exchanged them for a considerable amount of wine, intending to smuggle to Peru to make a fortune. Unexpectedly, they were caught by the light cruiser of the East Coast Navy halfway, and they were also in a very bad luck.

In addition to being used as spoils, a small part of the seized alcohol was left and distributed to the officers and soldiers of various departments to maintain morale. In the battle outside, and in a tropical area with high non-combat reduction factors, for so long, if the supply of cigarettes, wine, tea, sugar and other materials was not sufficient, this battle was indeed not easy to fight. The servants and the old men of the regular army went to fight together, and this appetite was also greatly damaged, which made the logistics staff very depressed.

Some sailors who had just got off the boat also came over with a look of food and drink. They brought some turtles and fish, but no one looked at them because they were almost vomiting these things in Martinique. The officers in the sailors still maintained their majesty. They were directing their men to transport supplies from the island to the ship, including meat and fresh fresh water. The original fresh water on their ship began to smell not long after they sailed, and then in the hot weather, they gradually became sweeter recently, but no one dared to drink them directly, because when you have a piece of fine gauze to filter the water, you will find that the gauze will be full of mosquito eggs and seaborne millipedes.

"Will there be a battle?" asked several soldiers with ragged clothes and sloppy beards. These people were the officers and soldiers of the Fengguo Army who had been fighting abroad for a long time. Because their service period had passed (calculated from the local concentrated training), they were particularly concerned about their next moves. The most hope was that the battle would be quelled, and they spent the last period of time smoothly, and then were dismissed back to their country and automatically obtained the nationality of the East Coast Republic of China.

However, some people are eager for the battle to last longer. These people are basically newly transferred to replace some of the Fengguo Army officers and soldiers who have returned to China to maintain the scale of the East Coast military strength in the Caribbean Sea without a sharp decline. They are all affiliated with the newly formed Zhongguo Army combat sequence. For these newcomers who have not been in the army for a long time, if the war is over now, it would be like the sky has collapsed.

Yes, joining the army and fighting may cause injuries and death, but do you think that if you log in the tropical primeval forests in Hue and Jiaohe areas, you will not get sick or die? Let me tell you that it is a place where the mortality rate is not lower than that of war, especially the officers of the East Coast army, cherish the lives of soldiers, and fight the "big health care tactics" that focus on stability. The loss rate of soldiers is not as high as expected. Therefore, non-national labor workers from Russia, Italy, and Ireland, joining the Zhongguo Army to visit the Caribbean Sea is the best choice. After all, you can become an East Coast citizen after the service period is over. Is there anything cheaper in the world?

Based on this consideration, what the officers and soldiers of the Zhongguo Army, who later longed for the most was undoubtedly that the war was maintained in a low-intensity situation, but it was not over. In that case, most of their life was training and training, and they might occasionally be forced to participate in local construction. In short, it was more comfortable. For example, the officers and soldiers of the Fengguo Army who came first carried out high-intensity island-seizing battles, which should not happen, so there is such a good thing that can easily make a living and then get a nationality. Why should it end?

Inigo has East Coast nationality, so he is qualified to obtain formal East Coast military. Before the war, he was temporarily awarded the rank of Second Lieutenant of the Army. He is currently serving in Captain Lan Fei's headquarters and is one of the several training staff. However, being a "Second Lieutenant" does not mean that Inigo does not have to go to the front line to fight. In fact, he has participated in one or two battles before, and stabbed each with a stabbing sword in a hand-to-hand assault, stabbing two enemies, and suddenly established a considerable prestige among the soldiers. Therefore, someone asked him questions at this time.

"There is no more battle, of course this is my personal opinion." Inigor threw two sting swords on the ground with a "clang", sucked a bench, then took out a bag of tobacco from his pocket, slowly stuffed the pipe into his mouth, and then looked around and said, "Guadrup and St. Christopher Island will not fight again. After all, the money has been collected and we cannot openly destroy the promise. French Santo Domingo has been taken down by us, and there is only the finishing work left, so there is no need to say. The city of St. Pierre on Martinique has been captured by us. In the past few months, due to material and capacity, we have only attacked the rest of the French strongholds on the island twice, but we have all returned in a defeat. I think - just representing myself - the superiors should not continue to attack. This is not worth it and there is no need."

In fact, in recent times, the East Coast people have not made as thriving in the battlefield in the Caribbean as they were at the beginning, because the soft persimmons that can be pinched have been pinched, and the rest are hard bones that are not so easy to grasp, such as the French fortress standing on the island of St. Christopher, such as a French stronghold in the south of Martinique. For this stronghold, the East Coast people organized two tentative attacks. The first time, the bad weather came after the siege, they had to withdraw their troops to avoid unnecessary loss of personnel due to illness. The second time was that there was a major epidemic on the way to the siege. Three or four hundred soldiers died of illness one after another, but more were alive but lost their combat effectiveness, so they had to retreat.

The same was true for the attack on Guadrup Island. The bad weather not only prevented the landing of the East Coast people, but also overturned a 1,200-ton sailing transport ship. In the end, Captain Cai Anguo, who was afraid of causing greater losses, had no choice but to announce his retreat and return to Martinique. As for when the next attack will be launched, only God knows, because it not only requires materials and personnel, but also the wind direction is smooth.

After these failed offensive operations, the originally high morale of the East Coast Navy and Army also suffered a certain degree of setback. Some soldiers even began to suspect that this was a disaster imposed on them by the Heavenly Lord/God, to warn them not to continue to attack, otherwise there may be even more unpredictable consequences.

Since the morale of the army is no longer as high as it was at the beginning, and he has indeed fulfilled his obligation to send troops to fight as an allies, it has become natural for the East Coast people to reduce the intensity of the battle. After all, no matter how much they fight, no matter how good they are, the Spaniards will not pay a penny more. Instead, the East Coast people have to pay greater casualties, greater expenses, and have a deeper grudge with the French. Why bother!

As for taking the opportunity to seize more Caribbean islands, I'm sorry, this is too useless for the East Coast people and does not have much value. After all, they already have Trinidad, a large island, and the Mobile River has also established merchant stations and plantations. There is no need to kill a few wild and broken islands. On the contrary, once these islands are occupied, they will greatly disperse their already limited naval power in the future, making the East Coast people like the Kingdom of Portugal a joke. Haven't you seen that the naval fleet of the Eastern Cape Verde Islands has not been configured yet? Not to mention, the Navy Department originally planned to deploy another small fleet on Trinidad, but due to the lack of naval power, it has not been reached yet, so it is really not appropriate to continue to disperse its power.

The new Zhongguo* officers and soldiers were a little disappointed after hearing this, but Inigor's next sentence gave them hope: "But I guess the troops will not be disbanded in the first half of the time. The superiors have asked me to formulate a training plan for the whole year next year. This is not a recruitment for the troops to be disbanded in the short term. Therefore, there should be a long time for leisure below. Everyone should enjoy it. Perhaps the only battle that can be said is to attack the Pirate Island (Tortuga Island). Of course, this is just my personal guess. It cannot be done accurately or accurate."

Now the officers and soldiers of the Zhongguo Army and Fengguo Army are all satisfied. The failure to disband the troops means that they are still in service. If there are too many wars, it is undoubtedly the most enjoyable thing for them, because it means that everyone has a greater chance of survival. As for the attack on Tortuga Island mentioned by Second Lieutenant Inigo, hehe, it is just some pirates, the least fighting! Maybe they are very brave in the sea, but land and naval battles are completely different things. Everyone optimistically expects that the battle can be solved by just one hand-to-hand charge?

The only trouble is probably how the navy reached an agreement with Air Canada to draw warships to the Cape France as soon as possible, break the pirates' blockade of French Santo Domingo, and then send the loyal and brave army soldiers on the east coast to the island, and capture those pirates who have heard of some of the famous ones, and end the "black history" of Tortuga from then on!

Just as the officers and soldiers were discussing the next stage of the operation outside, Captain Lan Fei, who served as the commander-in-chief of the Army in the city of St. Pierre, was also communicating with Captain Cai Anguo, the commander of the Caribbean Temporary Task Force, who had just arrived.

After the supply was completed a while ago, Captain Cai took the only two light cruisers and guarded a number of auxiliary ships. The transport ship was loaded with supplies and supplementary soldiers and went to the corner of France once, supplying a lot of supplies to Lieutenant Zheng Dalin who was left behind. They originally planned to fight against Tortuca Island, but they were forced to return because Air Canada's warships failed to arrive. When they returned, the fleet picked up a considerable number of wounded and sick people, which had just arrived at the Port of St. Pierre on Martinique.

"There's nothing to do! The Air Canada people are tempted by money and know how to do business all day long. What do you say now that the pirates are harmful to the country and are not good for the country. After they say this, what else can we do here? Could it be that I will take two warships to fight the Pirate Island directly, so that those vicious guys will be broken up!" Captain Cai Anguo said with an angry look on his face.

Captain Lan Fei said helplessly while peeling the fried peanuts and eating them: "Then let's wait for the war to end now? Can't go anywhere?"
Chapter completed!