On October 5, 1697, dozens of cannons bombarded a small earthblock in sequence on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

There is a Spanish military camp on the small landfill, which looks like more than 300 people stationed. The military camp has a wall with more than ten artillery pieces placed, which are condescending. It is a huge threat to the siege and must be removed.

The attacking side was a pirate from Liangshan and Sucheng. He gathered about a thousand people, with guns and cannons, and it seemed that there was enough ammunition. After shooting so many, it would be like a stop. This made the Spaniards on the mountain very depressed: pirates are even more generous than the serious army these days, which is unimaginable.

The commander-in-chief of the pirates in Sucheng is the famous Wang Zhaoli, but now he is watching the battle with a telescope on the ship. The one who really acts as the front-line commander is Tian Xiaochuan, the commander-in-chief of the front-line. The pirates are unwilling to talk about this person's identity and origin. In short, he has received systematic military, intelligence and diplomatic education, is knowledgeable and has many means. He often buys a lot of control equipment for the pirates, and his status has risen rapidly over the years.

Tian Xiaochuan didn't think much of the Spanish colonial troops. Even though the combat effectiveness of the thousands of pirates under his command was not very good, they were secretly trained by East Coast military consultants, and all kinds of equipment were relatively complete and they were well used. Taking cannons as an example, other pirate groups often rely on some experienced veterans, who rely entirely on experience, but they are not bad at all. The problem with this method is that there is no systematic inheritance. Once an experienced veteran dies in battle, the successor will be

Can they fight so accurately? But the pirates in Sucheng are different. Their artillery organization is very similar to the East Coast army. The artillery leader of each gun can measure the distance, estimate the wind force, and calculate the trajectory. This is naturally a different realm when fighting. Many officials from colonies in various countries that they snatched were speculating that there is no need to guess whether the artillery soldiers of Sucheng pirates were pretending to be regular soldiers. The artillery backbone of the Sucheng pirates was indeed a retired soldier from the East Coast, and their experience and skills were not enough.

The shortcomings of the pirates in Sucheng lies in ordinary infantry. After all, they are pirates and are used to being free and casual, while the army is the most disciplined in forming formations and fighting. This is contrary to the nature of the pirates and it is quite difficult to train. It is already a result of great hard work to achieve this situation. There is no way, and it is inherently deficient, so it can only be done.

The whistling shells made the city wall built by the Spanish with wood. The Spanish officers who led the team secretly complained that most of the twelve cannons placed on the wall would be silent. These old cannons were basically transported from Mexico after the establishment of San Joaquin City, and were older than him (in his forties). In addition, they did not maintain enough maintenance, and half of them could not open fire before the war. But after more than an hour of shooting, the gun body was damaged and the shells were exhausted. In short, only two can be counterattacked from time to time, but they basically couldn't use it!

The pirates who were sieging the city naturally could see this. So, under the command of Tian Xiaochuan, a group of swordsmen with exposed upper bodies and holding sharp blades took action. These guys were basically bandits from Shandong, Xiangma, Taoist disciples, etc., who were chased and suppressed by the Qing court, and fled to Denglai to take refuge in panic. If it were in the past, the East Coast people actually didn't look down on these bloody guys, most of whom were organized into road construction teams to work until death, but when colonies were blooming everywhere and people were in urgent need of manpower, these people were sent to the South Ocean, India, and even the Sucheng pirates far away in the Caribbean were divided into many of them. At this time, who would say that the Sucheng pirates were the so-called "civilian organization" rather than the peripheral thugs raised by the intelligence departments of the East Coast would be as stupid as a pig.

The charge of the outlaws was not smooth. They were knocked down by the Spanish muskets in the middle. But the remaining people not only did not retreat, but instead were full of blood and rushed faster with big swords. When Shandong was "playing the way for heaven", the Qing army's musket team was much better than these soft Spanish men, and they still charged. The small scene is a big shot at the moment! Dispel the officers and soldiers who were guarding the villages outside the city and then rushed into the city to have fun. Isn't it beautiful to see the Spanish girls crying in front of them?

The outlaws soon rushed to the village that had been beaten to pieces and started to fight with the Spanish. Behind them, a pirate musket team was approaching step by step. Further away, the artillery on the pirate ship was still bombarding the city of San Joaquin. The few Spanish soldiers trapped in the city were trembling and did not dare to make any moves.

The battle for the hills outside the city ended after half an hour of hand-to-hand combat. Although these Spanish colonial soldiers had muskets that were imitating the East Coast style bayonets, the spear-snatching technique was really common. They were directly chopped by the "big knife team" on the pirates and fled to their lives.

After capturing this camp, the pirates directly brought the cannons over and continued to bombard the city of San Joaquin. Under the attack on both sides of the Spanish, their morale immediately collapsed and directly defeated Bai Qi to surrender. Tian Xiaochuan, who was watching the battle in the distance, was so happy that he slapped his thighs. Behind him were more than 100 men drinking and drinking wine, everyone was carrying a ghost-headed sword and preparing to charge against San Joaquin to death. As a result, they surrendered directly. It was really speechless, but it was also a good thing, right?

At this time, Tian Xiaochuan also had an intuitive assessment of the combat effectiveness of the pirates. What he saw before was just robbers. Although the pirates were all brave and skillful in combat, this time it was a land battle, and they were not against Spanish militias, but the serious colonial army. The result was still hard to say. But after this battle, Tian Xiaochuan found that some of his ideas needed to be corrected. Although the pirates were not good at fighting land battles, such as this kind of behavior of rushing forward with a big sword, he was basically seeking death when he encountered well-trained regular soldiers. However, the Spanish soldiers were too "professional" and too "regular", and were defeated by such disorganized charges, just like an old boxer being knocked down by a young and strong man with a turtle punch. I don't know what he was practicing in normal times. Maybe he couldn't even guarantee training?

"It still needs more training." Tian Xiaochuan said softly: "Sucheng and Liangshan cities are gradually increasing in population. Although the order in all aspects is a bit rough, it is also being gradually improved. In the future, there will be laws, household registration, tax sources, and regular construction. It is difficult for these pirates to change. Their mentality and skills are not enough to be competent for the regular army of a country. In the future, they have to build their own army from scratch, but it is not easy to ensure that they cannot be infected with the many disgusting pirates."

"There are also a lot of troops and there is a shortage. The navy needs to be expanded. The navy is a gold-eating beast. Judging from the current financial situation of Sucheng Port, it is difficult to build a regular navy, so we can only rely on these pirates first. However, most of the property robbed by the pirates must be divided. I can only hope that these people will eat the sea, spend the whole life, and then let the money flow back to the governments and people in Sucheng and Liangshan to nourish the long-dried finances so as to squeeze out some money to build a regular army. Alas, what a mess? When I volunteered to come here, it seemed like a loss." Tian Xiaochuan walked to an empty gunpowder barrel, patted his right hand, and sighed: "The task is very heavy, and it's even more time."

The two men with short guns on their waists were also agents of the General Administration of Intelligence. They committed themselves to the middle of the pirates, and naturally they were also carrying out secret missions. At this time, they heard Shangguan sigh, and they smiled at each other and said nothing. Everyone has seen the previous orders. Attacking San Joaquin was the decision of the "big boss". The pirates just carried out unconditionally. Well, it was not completely unconditional. In fact, they received some food, daily necessities and 10 retired military artillery sponsors. After the pirates were fighting San Joaquin, the pirates could rest for a while, and then they would start to harass Mexico and the coastal areas of Central America. The "big boss" said that they would not take any money from the pirates to rob, but instead they would receive some shells, gunpowder and medical supplies from the Huaiyuan Island. As long as the pirates' combat effectiveness improves, there will be more sponsorships in the future.

In short, the "big boss" believes that this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is "a huge fortune" for the pirates in Sucheng, and it is the best opportunity for them to save a family business for their descendants. Because once the tasks assigned by the East Coast government are successfully completed, there will be support from the East Coast when various regularizations are made in the future.

But don't underestimate this support. The team of grass-roots teams eventually collapsed and dispersed because of this support. As the saying goes, their rise is booming, and their demise is suddenly sudden. The ending is always bad. The upper class of the Pirates of the Sucheng City also more or less recognized this matter. Therefore, after the General Administration of Intelligence on the East Coast helped them unify their thoughts, they no longer hesitated and acted decisively. They even doubted their relationship in Florida. Many native white nobles in Florida were not involved with them. They were hypocritical on the surface, loyal to the king, and were shameless in private. They did not do too much to contact the local real-powered figures, and asked them to "rebellion on the battlefield" at a critical moment, directly declare independence, and attack the power of the Spanish Kingdom in the Caribbean, and reduce their available power.

The State Administration of Intelligence appreciated this very much, and formally intervened through the relationship between pirates, promising the local nobles to allow them to become the "protectionist" on the east coast, let them go and "drive the peninsula back to their hometown", make decisions on their own, and become the masters of a world.

Such careful layout can naturally greatly restrain the enemy's strength in the Governor of New Spain, and facilitate the army sent by the east coast to conquer cities and land in various places and gather benefits. If you are lucky, you may be able to occupy some islands in the Caribbean Sea. Isn't it beautiful to serve as the outer island chain defense line in South America?
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