27 May 1647, Cap-de-France. In the quiet wee hours of the morning, four powerful battleships led by the battleship "10 August" quietly pulled anchor and set sail, turned directly to the north-east, and then began their own journey to break diplomatic relations. After their departure, the convoy would leave Cap-de-France three days later, escorted by eight specialized warships, and then return to the mainland by way of Recife by current.

Within a week beginning on 28 May, detachments of battleships on the east coast suddenly appeared along the coast of Santo Domingo, Spain, and attacked seven Spanish towns in succession, including Isabella, almost one at a time. The population of these Spanish towns is basically only three or four hundred, and often as soon as the east coast fleet reaches the open sea, these Spaniards rush to flee - because there is really no need to resist, according to the calculations of the Europeans, such four powerful warships at least brought more than 1,000 brave and skilled 6th Army, which is really not something they can compete with, it is better to save their lives as soon as possible.

So, when the officers and men of the navy on the east coast took a transport boat, carefully measured the depth of the water, and then drove the big ship in, they often encountered empty Spanish towns. They often had no choice but to scavenge in the towns (not so much towns as villages) for some agricultural products, such as tobacco, sugar, cotton, grain, etc., and as for the silver coins, they were quite few, and the seven towns were less than 30,000 pesos, and they were so poor that they were to death. Fortunately, those things such as tobacco and cane sugar are all consumer goods that are urgently needed in the local area, and bringing them back can also enrich the inventory of goods on the market.

On 3 June, ships on the east coast approached the waters off Santo Domingo after sinking two Spanish coastal patrol ships. At this time, a ridiculous scene appeared: as many as two dozen pirate ships were scattered not far behind the battleships on the east coast, as if they were ready to follow suit. These pirates must have come from the vicinity, most likely from Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and Italy, and had been raiding the Spanish towns on a regular basis, and had heard of powerful double-deck battleships nearby that were looking for trouble with the Spaniards. Immediately, they surrounded like sharks smelling blood.

Of course, the people on the east coast would not give up this great opportunity, and they had not intended to attack a large city like Santo Domingo, because it was not cost-effective to force it because of the lack of the necessary fighters. But now that they seem to have free thugs, why not try your luck?

In the face of the subordinate officer's proposal, Lieutenant Colonel 6 Ming, who led the team, agreed after only a little thought. The lieutenants immediately sent someone to get in touch with the pirates. It was agreed that the pirates would attack the Spanish town on board6, and the East Coast warships would be responsible for destroying several Spanish professional warships hiding in the harbor - these warships were not capable of fighting mainly in gangs, and the two sides divided all the spoils equally afterwards.

The pirates certainly wouldn't refuse such a suggestion, and in fact it was a surprise for them. In the days when Tortuga was not occupied by the French, tens of thousands of pirates gathered there, and one of the most prestigious pirate leaders raised their arms at a time. Capable of gathering dozens of ships and thousands of bloodthirsty pirates in a very light place, this massive force would guarantee them victory in the battle against the Spaniards and thus reap the spoils of war.

But not anymore. After the pirate stars on Tortuga Island are dispersed, it is already a remarkable achievement to be able to gather ten pirate ships at a time, but what is this strength in the eyes of the Spanish Caribbean fleet, which often patrols various places? They often sailed together with several warships, and in a matter of minutes they could teach pirates how to behave. In addition, in recent years, the Spanish king has realized that his territory in the new big 6 is extremely weak, so the various Spanish settlements have been ordered to improve their defenses. For example, adding artillery batteries, updating weapons (replacing hot weapons), strengthening soldier training, and so on. As a result, the defense of the Spaniards was improved to a certain extent, and even small towns with only a few hundred people were no longer something to be humiliated by a few pirate ships. Of course, there are limits to this kind of defensive improvement, such as when they still kneel in the face of the 264-gun battleship detachment on the east coast, because the gap between the two sides is too great.

After reaching agreement with the pirates, at noon on June 3. The four battleships on the east coast did not hesitate any longer, and they forced their way into the mouth of the Osama River, and then lowered their tail anchors to confront the Spanish batteries on both sides of the river. The Spaniards set up a total of 18 bronze guns on both sides of the river, all of which were semi-enclosed batteries with partial bunkers. The four battleships on the east coast had a total of 264 guns, of which about 6o% were long-barreled cannons, so the task of uprooting the Spanish batteries was entrusted to the east coasters. Otherwise, with the small size of those pirate ships, it is really not enough to see.

Thus began the tragic and spectacular exchange of artillery fire on the Osama River. The battle lasted all afternoon, and for a moment the sky was obscured by the smoke of gunpowder. In the evening, the battleships "Free Trade" and "Kongzhì Dongfang" were wounded and withdrew from the battlefield. Driven by a steam engine, he sailed to the open sea and was made emergency repairs by a shipwright.

The other two battleships were still stubbornly battling the Spanish artillery hiding behind bunkers, during which they also destroyed 9 Spanish naval guns and blew 2 Spanish guns. In addition, although the explosive shells fired from the ship had a firing rate of less than 50 percent, they also killed and injured a large number of Spanish gunners, so that only four guns on the Spanish batteries on both sides of the strait could continue to fight.

After dark, the pirates, who had been watching the exciting artillery battle for an afternoon in the open sea, could no longer hold back, and as agreed, they rushed into the course of the Osama River in their boats, and then sent a large number of fighters ashore6 to target the few remaining Spanish coastal battery emplacements. The ragged pirates were particularly enthusiastic about the battle, shouting the most coarse slang in their mouths, wielding their spears and bayonets, and before the boat could reach the shore, they plunged into the waist-deep water, and then waded ashore laughing, and after a little regrouping, they rushed to the Spanish battery.

The Spanish soldiers guarding the fort had already been killed or wounded in the afternoon artillery battle, and at this moment, when faced with the attack of at least fifteen hundred pirates, they immediately and wisely gave up their resistance, and then turned and fled back to the town to hold on.

The pirates did not stop after capturing the fort, and they soon rushed towards the city of Santo Domingo, led by some leaders. What are you kidding, if you don't rush into the city to grab something at this time, then you can only watch others eat meat and you can only drink some leftover soup. Therefore. One by one, they were all full of energy, and they scrambled towards the city of Santo Domingo, which was in chaos.

At this time, in the open sea, the four battleships on the east coast had slowly approached each other, and 6 Ming also personally boarded the two damaged battleships in a traffic boat to check the situation. Both ships were damaged in the afternoon, but thanks to the blessing of the construction of the hull (both made of tough Brazilian sumac wood), the damage to the hull itself could be repaired on the spot, which made 6 Ming suddenly put a lot of peace of mind.

Perhaps the only thing that bothered him was that in the afternoon the Navy had lost 32 dead and 61 wounded. With the addition of the dead and wounded in the Battle of the Tyrrhenian Sea, the total number of casualties of the escort detachment this time has reached about 44o. If we add the attrition due to illness, the number should be around 47o. The navy was already short of manpower, and now it has so many dead and wounded, which is really a troublesome thing.

However, when he turned his gaze to the pirate ships that were looming near the mouth of the Osama River. He made up his mind again: he immediately sent someone to establish relations with those pirates, and many officers and soldiers in his fleet were originally born from Caribbean pirates, and these people might be able to make friends with these pirates in front of him. It would certainly not be a problem for them to act as lobbyists to persuade and win over some pirates to the East Coast. With the four battleships on the east coast dominating the sea as a backing, presumably those pirate captains did not dare to keep the lobbyists sent by the east coast people in the past.

The battle against the city of Santo Domingo did not go very well, and the Spanish resistance was very stubborn. But this qiē was in vain in the face of as many as 1,500 pirates, who eventually captured the Spanish palace of Santo Domingo before dawn, and then went on a rampage of looting and massacres in the city.

The people of the East Coast at sea were indifferent to the atrocities committed by the pirates, and they only sent some liaison officers ashore to negotiate with the pirate captains and supervise their inventory of the spoils. At the same time, a larger number of East Coast Navy officers and sailors were sent ashore into the chaotic city of Santo Domingo, where they contacted pirates they encountered and then tried to persuade them to join the East Coast Navy. In fact, there are really a lot of pirates who are tempted. Especially the pirates who have returned from their plunder, who are eager to survive the rest of their lives with their looted wealth.

After all, everyone is not a fool, who is still a pirate when you have money? There's a hole in the brain! But the unfortunate thing is that pirates are not allowed in various European countries at this time, they are wanted, there is nowhere to return, they can only live and die on pirate islands, and spend a large amount of ill-gotten wealth on the belly of spirits and "jinv". Then, on an unknown night, he died silently in a corner due to poverty and illness. There is no decent funeral, no crying of relatives, no peace in the earth, pirates are human beings, and this kind of life is definitely not what they need, so if there is a country that can accept them regardless of their previous suspicions. Then they would probably be glad to take all their wealth and settle there, even if it was a pagan country - and there were fewer European pirates who settled in Morocco and Algiers?

The pirate captains were furious at the East Coasters' efforts to dig into the wall, but they were helpless. One is because the four powerful battleships of the people on the east coast make them feel suffocated, and the other is because the pirates who fought on the 6th were actually temporary, and the pirate captains were generally recruited temporarily before the war except for the backbone of their own people, so according to the rules of the pirates, these people can come and go freely, and the captains have no right to restrict their freedom. Thus, when June 4 ended, they were surprised to find more than 300 pirates who had volunteered to go to the East Coast, and the number continued to increase, thanks to the presence of a large number of former pirates and current officers and sailors of the East Coast.

The spoils were counted after a day's counting, and the easterners gave up all the cash they had plundered, and in compensation they took all the sugar, tobacco, cocoa, cotton, and other goods, along with four hundred Spanish women, who were also counted as booty, and sold to them at their strong demand.

After this vote, the pirates were still unsatisfied, but the people on the east coast did not have time to waste with them, so they only sailed their ships far away to part of the coast of New Granada, fired a cannon shot, warned the Spaniards, and then left the Caribbean with the pirates they had recruited and plundered supplies, and headed for Recife.

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