The news that the treasure fleet was blocked in Guantanamo finally reached Santo Domingo.

Admiral Leon, the commander of the Atlantic Fleet, was so angry that he was filled with smoke!

After anger, there was boundless horror. Mexico and Cuba's income accounted for two-thirds of the entire America. America was a military and powerful... Oh no, the magnificent and powerful His Majesty Philip II's wallet!

He, a senior general of the empire, naturally knew that the Habsburg dynasty had long been in debt, and the reason why it had not gone bankrupt was because the creditors knew that Philip II had a continuous treasure house of America. So they were relieved to continue to lend him money to support him to become bigger and stronger, and to create new glory.

If the creditor knew that the Treasure Fleet, which had never happened before, had been robbed of most of its income, would definitely cause great panic. At that time, the creditors came to collect debts, and the best-looking Majesty lost his face and would cut off the head of the person directly responsible.

"Absolutely not possible!" Touching his cold neck, General Leon ordered the fleet hysterically and immediately prepared to set off!

The next day, he led an advance fleet of eighteen large sailboats to rescue the four treasure ships day and night.

As mentioned before, due to ocean currents and wind directions, the Spanish fleet cannot enter the strait from the south side of the Fengshui Road, but instead bypass Haiti Island and enter the strait from the north.

The whole journey reaches 1,000 kilometers, which takes about ten days.

So after setting off for several days, the fleet was actually bending around Haiti Island.

This made the base convenient for conveying the latest news to him.

Five days later, the general received a report from the land that the Eastern pirates had discovered Guantanamo and had captured all the escort fleet and four treasure ships in one go.

The news was that the sailors who went into the mountains and hunted, crossed mountains and ridges and fled out of Guantanamo, and trekked to Santiago, a hundred and fifty miles away... There was a Spanish stronghold there... and then took a boat to Santo Domingo to report.

This made the action to reinforce Guantanamo instantly lose its meaning. The General thought painfully and decided to return immediately - with the help of the Northeast trade wind, he could return to Santo Domingo in four days.

Although nine days of time will be wasted, if you continue to move on, you will waste more time.

At the same time, the General, in the name of the imperial envoy, directly ordered the entire Spanish and American colonies to enter a state of war readiness!

All anti-smuggling fleets in the Governor’s jurisdiction, the reconnaissance ships will be dispatched immediately! If you search the mountains and check the sea, you will also find those damn Ming pirates!

The entire Caribbean Sea was soon mobilized, and various news came after the General returned to Santo Domingo.

One of the most valuable ones is that several patrol fleets have reported seeing a fleet of treasures heading towards Panama!

The general discussed with the staff and believed that the Ming people were probably planning to do another vote in Panama, and then abandoned their ships and crossed the Isthmus of Panama, the narrowest area between the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean, and return to the Pacific from land!

The staff members who had a lot of ideas believed that the Ming people were likely to have fleets to support Panama's west coast. As for those heavy goods, they could only carry precious gold on the road, or grab a few livestock transport teams to help them carry it.

The general now doesn't care about any Ming Dynasty people at all, he just needs to regain his treasure ship. According to the intelligence reaction, it seems that only three of the four treasure ships are left!

Admiral Leon estimated that the one had been sunk, which made him completely lose his mind. He led the fleet back to Panama that day!

It was only two days after he set out, and Colonel Thiago and the tax officer also arrived in Santo Domingo.

They couldn't wait to repair the sailboat again, and like the crew before, they hiked over mountains and ridges to the San Diego stronghold, and then took a boat to report to the general.

Because they were captured by Lin Feng for eight days, they were eight days later than the previous group of people. As a result, they delayed reporting important information to the General - there were no treasures on the three treasure ships, and there were only a group of stinky slaves and death row prisoners who wanted to rob the silver warehouse!

By the time Santo Domingo used the fastest Galear sailboat to catch up with the Admiral's fleet, it was already seven days later...

The generals were almost rushing to Panama, three thousand miles away.

Admiral Leon, who received another version of the latest news, was completely messy.

He couldn't help but sigh to the sky, God, are you going to kill me?!

Just as he was hesitating whether to continue moving forward and to go to Panama to grab three treasure ships, he met the ship sent by the Governor of Panama to deliver him a letter.

The messenger reported that three days ago, a group of thugs drove a treasure ship to loot Panama Bay.

Fortunately, a large number of gold and silver had just been transported away, and the thugs did not succeed. But they relied on their large and strong ships to rush around in the bay, knocking over most of the galleys they were trying to block, causing huge casualties.

After looting a large amount of supplies, the thugs burned the port and drove away along the ocean currents...

Commander Leon said in his heart that it was to rob Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras to the north. But seeing these villains have rich experience and run away with a shot, it is not so easy to catch them.

But now the situation is clear. The damn Eastern pirates reached a deal with the gangsters-the Ming people let them go and gave them three expensive treasure ships.

In return, the outlaws crossed the Caribbean Sea and headed towards Panama, leading the Atlantic Fleet away, giving the Ming people a chance to escape.

It has been so long since I ordered it. Anti-smuggling fleets in the entire Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and Central America were dispatched in full swing. The reconnaissance ships sent hundreds of ships, but there was no whereabouts of the Ming fleet.

This is enough to show that they are no longer in areas controlled by the Spanish colonies.

After Commander Leon and his staff made a judgment again, they guessed that the Ming fleet should have headed north from Xiangfeng Strait after leaving Guantanamo.

According to the information provided by Colonel Thiago, the "Flying Dutchman" could travel against the wind. Although Commander Leon did not believe in the nonsense of the "ghost ship", he could accept that the Ming warship might have the technology of sailing against the wind.

In this way they can sail north and leave the Fengfeng Strait from the north...

He believed that this analysis was definitely correct, because you can reach the uninhabited Inagua Islands by leaving the Wind Strait north. Then you can drive east into the Atlantic Ocean without passing through any Spanish colonial waters.

That's why they haven't found any reports!

The commander suddenly thought that if he had not returned and continued to move around Haiti Island, he might have met the "flying Dutchman".

Unfortunately, there is no if in the real world.

Squeezing the increasingly severe frustration and anxiety in his heart, he continued to analyze with his staff that there were only two choices after the Ming fleet sailed into the Atlantic Ocean.

First, follow the Atlantic warm current to Europe, but that is the home of Spain, with more than a dozen powerful fleets. Are they looking for death?

The second is to go south to South America.

As for going east to Africa, it is impossible, because this route is controlled by the warm current of the north equator from east to west, and can only sail one way. Although the Ming Dynasty had the technology to travel against the wind, he believed that it could only be used for short-distance navigation, and it was absolutely impossible to cross the ocean against the wind.

So most people of the Ming Dynasty went south to America. In this way, they could get supplies in Brazil, the Portuguese colony, and then they could choose to drift along the west wind to the Cape of Good Hope and return to Asia via Africa.

Of course, you can continue to go south, bypass the Americas through the Strait of Magellan, and return to Asia along the westerly winds prevailing in the Pacific Ocean.

Both options are similar, but only if they get enough supplies in Brazil. If they don’t have supplies, they are just too long to cross the ocean.

In the entire America, Portugal has only Brazil. Further south, Argentina is another Spanish colony.

So Leon could conclude that the Ming fleet must be heading for Brazil!

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Knowing where the other party was going, Leon finally restored the calm that an imperial marquis, admiral, and fleet commander should have.

He first ordered the Panama messenger to bring back his two handwritten letters.

A letter was given to the Governor of Panama, asking him to immediately notify the colonies on the east coast of Central America to guard against each other and not let the gangsters succeed again.

Another letter was to the Deputy King of Peru. In the letter, he informed His Highness Jose who ruled South America about his judgment, and in the name of the imperial envoy, he asked Deputy King of Jose to order the entire South America...especially Argentina, to keep the Ming fleet out and not sell a hemp rope to them!

At the same time, give yourself the greatest possible assistance and arrest the Eastern gangster who dared to rob His Majesty's treasure as soon as possible.

We must also try to put pressure on Brazil to make the Portuguese realize the serious situation - providing help to the pirates of the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to being an enemy of Spain!

Then, General Leon wrote a secret letter to His Majesty Philip II of Madrid, reporting on the accident in the Americas, and expressing his willingness to take all the responsibility. But he asked His Majesty to give himself a chance to cleanse his shame - even if he chased him to the ends of the world, he would destroy the Ming fleet that humiliated Spain and regain his Majesty's treasure!

In his letter, he said that this is not just to make the merits and sins. More importantly, it is necessary to show that Spain will never let the robbers of treasure ships. I believe that after this, no country will dare to covet His Majesty's treasure ship fleet!

At the same time, to be on the safe side, please send another fleet to Santo Domingo to escort the remaining treasure fleet. Of course, it would be even better if another fleet could be sent to assist Argentina...

This melody, polished by professionals, almost touched Leon himself. With his understanding of Philip II, this should be what His Majesty the King hoped to see.

After General Leon asked Colonel Thiago to bring the letter to the king back to Santo Domingo, he led the fleet straight to Colombia, preparing to replenish supplies there and rest for a while before rushing to Brazil!

The so-called sharpening of the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. The crew members who had been walking on the sea for a month were already exhausted and were carrying the boat with complaints. Besides, they were about to pass through the terrifying equatorial windless belt and not give them a holiday to release them, and it would cause a mutiny on the way.

Fortunately, nature is fair to everyone, and Ming people will also encounter the same problem...

ps.Sleep.
Chapter completed!