0317 Crimes of Civilization

Blufield.

Located in the middle of the east coast of Nicaragua, Blufields is the largest port on the east coast of the region and the hub and center of the Royal Navy's Mosquito Coast Patrol mission.

On the afternoon of the 7th, the fleet directly under the Bright Dewdrop, which was absent, sailed into her horizon vision.

Yesterday, Lorraine accidentally picked up Leif in the aboriginal fishing village of Providencia.

This virtuoso warrior with a strong head and a tendon in his head not only gained love there, enjoyed the life of a fisherman for more than a year, but also brought up a five-year-old son.

This kind of life history of being a father will definitely not be accompanied by a serious blood relationship, but Leif and Jaccari are true love, and it is also true love for this cheap son who began to believe in Odin and Tyr, the god of war, without knowing anything.

True love is both natural and responsible, and the Berserker has a responsibility, and the only request to get on board is for Lorraine to settle his family.

This is not difficult for Lorraine.

There was a bunch of good-playing Indians in Lucy's devilish manor, one more than one, no less.

The little things are far from the age when life is fixed, and whether they want to follow the Indians to herd cattle or follow Leif to become a seafarer, Lorraine has corresponding channels.

Even if the mother and son wanted to continue fishing, Lucy had a vast private coast, a vast natural fishing ground that no one cared about, and the conditions were much better than the island of Providencia, where drinking water was a problem and had to be saved for trade.

Carmen didn't have much trouble convincing the woman named Jacary to leave the country, and the green dew became their passenger ship, and this morning they parted ways with the main army and sailed back to the private port of Lucy under construction alone.

After settling his family and having no worries, Leif became Lorraine's new stormtrooper captain, Barto continued to serve as captain in the fleet, and his personal position was transferred to the vice-admiral ship Eros.

It just so happened that Leonard was left behind in Lucy to build infrastructure this time, and the Eros was in charge of the half-tone Pierce, and with Barto's full help, his psychological pressure was finally reduced a lot.

When the fleet arrived at Lucifelds, Leif stood beside Lorraine with a large fur shield harvested from Bimini and a Viking sword called the Uncrowned King.

"Admiral, Lucifelds is a small harbor, and the shallow water depth is only 3.65 meters even at high tide, which cannot accommodate ocean-going ships above level 6 to berth, even the standard Briganting and Brigg have to be careful when entering the berth."

"The anchorage of this port is one kilometer away from the coastline, which is a small island called Bluff on the right, where there are nine anchor plank roads with a water depth of 9.6 meters, which can basically meet the entry and exit of all warships and large ships."

Lorraine looked at Leif strangely.

"Well, nothing else...... Lef, I always feel like you're not the kind of person who pays attention to these details. ”

Leif rubbed his bare head honestly: "The Admiral's feeling is right, I can't know the hydrology in any other port, it was Bonet's business when I was on the Twins, and when it comes to your ship, it's your business." ”

Lorraine looked at him steadily: "What about here?" ”

"This is Lucy Fields, the capital of the Mosquito Coast. The British designated the Mosquito Coast as a protected area, but it was actually the Indian kingdom of the Miskito people, and it just so happened that the indigenous people of Providencia were also a branch of Miskito. ”

"Ever since I married Jacari, probably fearing that I would one day abandon their mother and son and run away, the village chief dragged old Abella to describe to me their great royal capital. That's what old Abella told me, and I just can't forget it when I listen to it every three days. ”

"I can hear you, thank you for your hard work."

Lorraine, perfunctorily comforting his stormtrooper leader, ordered the fleet to turn around and sail to the outer harbor anchorage on the island of Bluff.

In fact, Lorraine knew everything Leif said.

As the Admiral and First Navigator of the Fleet, he had already obtained most of the basic information about Lucifelds and the Mosquito Coast through the Chamber of Commerce from the moment he determined his destination.

Central America was the first colony to be claimed by the Spaniards, and the Pan-South Caribbean, including Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica, was for a long time the unique backyard of the Kingdom of Spain.

Until Francis crushed the Armada.

With the rise of England and the fall of Spain, Great Britain began to extend its tentacles into Central America, first in the port of Lucy Fields, in 1601.

But the early years of Spain were far from being as harmless to humans and animals as they are now, and they constantly harassed Lucifields and its environs through their navy and subordinate pirates and privateers, and were ready to drive the English out of the sea by land.

So the British supported the most powerful indigenous Indian Miskitos in the region, and in 1638 created a kingdom of the Miskitos that was recognized only in Great Britain, claiming that the entire east coast of Honduras and Nicaragua was the territory of the Miskito kingdom, and regarded itself as the "protector of freedom, independence, and justice", turning from a colonizer to a protector.

The Mosquito Coast is the area of Great Britain's protection for the Miskito people, and it is also the "border" of the Miskito Kingdom.

The conflict of interests between Spain and Great Britain created this peculiar and peaceful kingdom of Indians.

The Miskito people and tribes related to her gathered and multiplied here, establishing a dotted town and village.

The people served their common masters, His Majesty Oldman, King of the Miskitotes, and His Royal Highness, a regent appointed by the Governor of Jamaica, now named Clayton, with taxes and servitude. Charles Dickens, with the rank of sergeant only.

Rustic Indian ......

Lorraine thought for no reason of the Blackfoot tribe, who had been abandoned by the British in the Battle of New Orleans, and the slave rebels in Le François who had been pushed into the abyss by his and Lycill's efforts.

The end of the Miskito was almost doomed, those who did not trust civilization were enslaved, those who believed in civilization were betrayed, and nothing more.

……

The Golden Deer sailed into the outer harbor anchorage with vigor, and Lorraine stepped on the plank to disembark and glance at the desolate outer harbor.

There are not many ships in the outer harbor, nine plank roads, eighteen berths, and only seven are occupied, and among them there are three warships flying the rice flag, two fourth-class, and one fifth-class.

Lorraine guessed that they were Sir Parker's fleet for Nelson.

It's an obvious quirky configuration.

Fourth-class ships are often used as formation flagships for patrol missions in regional defense, with strong firepower, large physique, high defense, and slow response, coupled with the limited number of their configurations, it is almost unheard of for two ships to be formed together in small formations.

But the highlight this time was the landing operation.

Given Major-General Darling's desire for merit and victory, the so-called "small landing force" should have no fewer than two reinforced companies, totalling 240 infantry and 4 light marine guns, in addition to at least 20 artillery men, and perhaps horses and artillery wagons.

In this way, the general physique of the fourth-class ships has become an irreplaceable and important advantage, and the co-formation of the two ships is a stroke of genius that takes into account both the transport capacity and the combat power.

As for the possible unresponsiveness of the fleet......

Sir Parker must have known that Lorraine would go into battle with a newly formed fleet.

The fleet directly under the General Chamber of Commerce is characterized by its lightness and flexibility, and once assigned to the Maritime Fleet, the two sides will form a task force consisting of two frigates, three destroyers, and two frigates of different types, which is balanced and stable enough to cope with most situations.

"It's worthy of the old fox's abacus......"

Lorraine muttered to herself, and when she looked up, she happened to see three heroic admirals coming together.

Nelson, here it is.