The British operated on the west coast south of California, and they conquered large areas of northern New Spain (Central and South America), including parts of Florida, as well as the colony of Plymouth (later Massachusetts).

The Dutch colony in North America, on the other hand, occupies New Netherlands, consisting of the land between the Delaware and Connecticut rivers and New Amsterdam (New York).

These colonies are all on the East Coast, and California on the West Coast is untouched, after all, it is not easily accessible to Westerners.

In South America, the Spaniards occupy Peru and Central and South America to the north, while Argentina currently has only Spanish strongholds and has not been occupied. Brazil, on the other hand, was occupied by the Portuguese, who founded the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Two years ago, France formed a company called the Hundred Company with 100 wealthy men, and is now actively colonizing North America.

The fleet, consisting of three warships and two clippers, crossed the foggy Strait of Magellan with the help of Spanish guides.

Westerners once thought that the only way to enter the west coast was through this strait, but the Spaniards were heavily guarded, thinking that it would be foolproof. As a result, a 100-ton schooner of Drake burst into the Drake Passage to the south, burned and looted on the west coast, and plundered like a tiger into a flock of sheep.

After the fleet reached the east coast of America, it began to sail north, and their goal was clear - to rob!

Whether it's money, people, or ships, grab whatever you can, and try to increase your strength.

As the fleet reached the coast of Brazil, it came across a Portuguese-flagged warship, which had been damaged in many parts of its hull, and some of the fire could be seen through telescopes from afar.

Behind them was a warship flying the Dutch flag, which was in full pursuit.

Soon the Portuguese warships were overtaken, and in a short time the Dutch warships were approaching, apparently engaged in a fierce gang fight.

Cao Li took the telescope to observe the situation, and when he saw the Dutch and Portuguese fighting in the distance, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Hang the flag of the Hongyi people and attack." Cao Li ordered loudly, and the fleet immediately hung the Dutch flag, then pulled up the full sails and galloped towards the battlefield.

Five minutes later, when they reached the surface of the sea, where the battle had taken place, the Dutch saw a fleet of five sailing ships heading towards them, and when they looked closely, they saw that the fleet was flying their flag.

Very confused!

They don't know where this fleet came from, but the ships of that fleet are really the type they made.

At this time, the Dutch had become the coachmen of the seas, and ships were everywhere, monopolizing half of the world's maritime trade. Therefore, even if they did not understand where the fleet came from, they did not doubt the identity of the American Fleet, thinking that reinforcements had arrived.

They weren't too happy, for they were already close to dealing with the Portuguese, but it was safer to have reinforcements.

The three warships of the American Fleet, from the moment they arrived at the battlefield, rushed directly to the Dutch warship, the Dutch were unsuspecting, and when the ship approached, they saw that the crew on board were all from the east side, and realized that something was wrong, but it was too late.

The two warships landed directly on the Dutch warship, and then the marines skilfully stepped over the bow side of the ship and boarded the empty Dutch warship.

Most of the combatants on the Dutch warships ran to the Portuguese warships.

It didn't take much effort to successfully control the Dutch warship, and at the same time, the marines on the other warship also boarded the Portuguese warship, and the Portuguese and Dutch on board saw that the other side was too strong, and they raised their hands and surrendered.

Cao Li was very excited, and as soon as he came out, he had already captured two warships, the Portuguese warship was smaller, it should be less than a thousand tons, while the Dutch warship was much taller, according to experience, this warship should have more than a thousand tons.

After controlling the captives on the two ships, Cao Li began to clean up the aftermath, and the Portuguese saw the two Spanish guides, and the two sides muttered, and the Portuguese captives suddenly became excited.

"Your Excellency, thank you very much for the rescue." The representative of the Portuguese crew said excitedly to Cao Li, but Cao Li didn't know what to do.

The Spanish guide on the side explained: "Portugal is an ally of the Spanish Empire, we are also an ally, an ally of allies, and an ally......

"Hmmm! You're welcome. Cao Li nodded, "You but when we boarded the ship, they had already surrendered, this ship has been intercepted by the Dutch, we snatched it from the Dutch, this ship is now ours, since we are allies, we will send them safely to land." ”

After those Portuguese heard this, they immediately shouted, but Cao Li ignored them, how could they not eat a bite of the steamed bun in their hand?

The helpless Portuguese had no choice but to accept the facts, and after a while they fell silent, and their captain said to Cao Li: "Everyone is an ally, our state of Panambuco has been attacked by the Dutch fleet, if you can support it......

His news immediately attracted Cao Li's attention.

Portugal had also been attacked by the Dutch because of its alliance with Spain, and a day earlier the Dutch fleet had invaded the northern Brazilian state of Panambuco, an important sugar producer for the Portuguese.

The American fleet immediately sailed for the state of Panambuco, and from the intelligence analysis, the Dutch dispatched a large fleet of five warships and six armed merchant ships.

"This is a hard bone, if you really want to bite it, you have to break a few teeth, it is not in line with our development situation." Yang Yichuan said to Cao Li.

"Hmmm! Let's go and see if there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, and if there is no chance, we will retreat. Cao Li nodded. If it were in the China Sea, this hard bone would definitely go to gnaw on it.

But this is the Americas, and the fleet lacks follow-up supplies, so any damage must be avoided as much as possible, at least until the dockyard is completed, otherwise the ship cannot be repaired.

When they arrived at the port, they sent a clipper to reconnoitre, and soon the clipper brought back the news that the Dutch warships were docked in the port, and most of the Dutch had gone ashore to fight.

"How's the defense inside the harbor?" Cao Li then asked, the only thing he was afraid of now was the artillery batteries in the port, and he learned from the Portuguese sailors that they had placed many heavy guns in the port.

"The Dutch are attacking the city, so they shouldn't have much defense."

"Okay, let's go into the harbor and grab the ship." Cao Li immediately decided, and immediately divided the crew of the Marine Corps into five warships, each with a hundred sailing men, and distributed the sailors in charge of the schooners, and then rushed towards the harbor.

In the distance of the port, the sound of artillery can be heard from time to time, but when you enter the port, you can immediately see the Dutch besieging the fort built by the Portuguese.

There were more than 2,000 people, while the Portuguese only had more than 300 people in the fortress, and the disparity in strength was incomparable.

The Dutch immediately spotted the fleet of ships entering the harbor, but they were all flying their flags, and the ships were theirs, so they did not have any alarm, but thought that reinforcements were coming, and stood on the ships with great enthusiasm and waved to the approaching fleet.

When the five warships of the American Fleet sailed into port, something happened to the Dutch sailors who had stayed behind to stun the ships.

The five warships that came from outside the harbor joined the ships docked in the harbor, and then a group of Orientals armed with knives and guns from above, and then either shot or controlled, and then took control of the four warships in the harbor, as well as an armed merchant ship, and then those Orientals quickly cut the anchor line, raised the sails on the ship, and then slowly approached the ships on the side, and another group of people jumped on it, and seized the remaining five armed merchant ships by the same means.

The guns on these warships and armed merchant ships were dismantled and used to attack the city, where there was any resistance ability, and there were few crew members left behind, so they were dealt with in two clicks.

When the sailors were lifting the canvas of the Dutch ships, the Dutch who were besieging the city had already reacted, and when they ran to the port, the planks on the dock had been unloaded, and they could not board the ship to rescue them when they looked at the high hull, and could only watch their ships slowly sail away from the port amid the random gunfire.

There is also a reason why the Dutch are lax in defense, they have long sent a warship to patrol outside the port, but it is a pity that the Dutch usually like to grab ships, and immediately chased after seeing a Portuguese warship, but they were intercepted by Cao Li, so that the Dutch lost their guard unit.

Little could they have imagined that a fleet would suddenly appear here, and that would lead to tragedy, and the ship would be robbed, leaving only a few small Portuguese galleons in the harbor.

Cao Li seized ten Dutch ships, six armed merchant ships, and four warships, ranging from 500 to more than 1,000 tons, and all warships were more than 1,000 tons.

These armed merchant ships were of a variety of styles, but most of them were made in Spain. The Dutch were very keen on the seizure of ships.

It is precisely because of their crazy snatching that they have enough ships to become sea coachmen, otherwise how could a small Low Country have so many ships?

After exiting the port, Cao immediately began to stabilize his position, and he kept all his captives on a single ship, with a total of one hundred Portuguese and two hundred and thirty Dutch.

These people will all be transported back to Denglai, and all of them are laborers! As for the allies, they simply did not hold, they did not sign any cooperation agreements with the Portuguese.

"These eleven ships can make us grow quickly." Yang Yichuan estimated, and Cao Li smiled: "There are still two thousand Hongyi people there!" If we take that fortress again, this territory will be ours. ”

"But we only have five hundred Marines." Yang Yichuan said worriedly: "Wouldn't it be too risky?" ”

"Our artillery is far away, and the lethality is high, the Hongyi people have no ship, and the artillery is not as far as us, what danger can there be?" Cao Li smiled, Yang Yichuan thought about it, it seemed that this was really the case, so he nodded.

The American Fleet, which had stabilized its position, sent four warships into the harbor again, one with marines preparing to log in, and the other three were warships of the fleet itself, with powerful guns that could cover the marines.

Four warships sailed into the harbor like arrows, and the bow guns of the three warships opened fire on the Dutch on the shore, and then the three warships sounded, and the side guns began to bombard the Dutch on the shore, and the attack on the Brazilian state of Panangbuco began......

(To be continued)