Chapter 419

Three days later, while sailing to the Vilash Islands in the North Atlantic, the Xiangying encountered a fast communications ship of the Chinese Empire. Lin Kai then commissioned the captain of the ship to forward a proposal to the commander of Vicist Naval Base.

The Eagle then continued on its way to Bermuda and arrived off the coast of Bermuda two days later.

Artillery roared and smoke filled the waters near Bermuda. Somehow, the British Navy and the Spanish Navy fought.

After receiving the report, Lin Kai hurried to the outside of the bridge.

"Report, the British Navy is at war with the Spanish Navy, please instruct whether to support the Allies"

After all, Britain was an ally of the Chinese Empire, and now it was at war with the Spanish navy.

"Standby"

Lin Kai sent the ship's sergeant and observed the situation by himself, he was not interested in helping at all. On the contrary, in his mind, there was already a plan for the Chinese Empire to use to occupy Bermuda and the Caribbean. And this plan is exactly what was contained in the letter he had commissioned the communications ship to deliver to Vykist Naval Base.

"One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, now is the right time to fight"

The staff officer stepped forward and said, "Does the commander think what Dirk said is true?" ”

"It doesn't really matter if it's true or not," Lin Kai replied, "All we want is an excuse, a justifiable reason to control the Caribbean and Bermuda."

The staff officer nodded and said, "It's really good to fight pirates to expel the forces of various countries. But in this way, the empire has become the target of public criticism."

"Isn't it the target of public criticism now?" Lin Kai snorted coldly and said, "Since the Imperial Navy is involved in Atlantic affairs, it has long been the target of public criticism."

The staff officer thought about it too, so he asked, "Then shall we continue to search for treasure according to Dirk's confession, or—"

"Don't go" Lin Kai suddenly shook his head and said: "Isn't it equivalent to stabbing the hornet's nest to find treasure at this time?" Wait until they're done."

The staff officer looked into the distance, and the lightning and thunder in the smoke of gunpowder from time to time seemed to be playing happily, and it would not stop for a while.

"The war of the Europeans has always dragged on, and I think that the naval strength of Britain and Spain is about the same, and I am afraid that there will be no victory or defeat in ten days and half a month."

Lin Kai nodded, noncommittal.

Soon, the Xiangying went south along the coastline of Bermuda, and from time to time saw the British army and the Spanish army on land confronting each other.

So he said, "Let's go back to the base and think about it in the long run."

At this time, a British fast schooner approached the Soaring Eagle. The shipsman then reported that Admiral Wells, commander of the British Fleet in Bermuda, had saluted Linkey and invited all the officers and men of the Eagle to visit Naval Base George.

"If you go to be a guest, you will inevitably help with the war, forget it" Lin Kai said: "Call him back, just say that we have an urgent mission to return to the Gulf of Mexico and can't help them, I wish them victory"

Sent away the British communications ship, the Eagle circled around Bermuda and left. During this period, they encountered the warships of the Spanish Navy, and both sides asked each other to salute at half-mast, but they did not do so, and the tunnel was very nervous. However, the Spanish Navy exercised restraint and did not take further action, and the Eagle naturally did not abandon them, and left after a reconnaissance.

Three days later, the Eagle returned to Vykister Naval Base.

At the same time, Lin Kai's report has been sent to the North American Command of the Chinese Imperial Army in Jinzhou Province, awaiting a reply.

The Soaring Wind and the Soaring Fortune have returned to Vykitter, and together with the pirates captured by the Soaring Eagle, there are a total of one hundred and thirty people. However, the pirate leader Gate is dead, and the most valuable one is the Dirk captured by Lin Kai.

On behalf of the Xiangying, Lin Kai had to report to the Naval Fleet Command about his whereabouts these days. In the report, Lin Kai had to explain that the Xiangying had drifted to the east coast of the Atlantic overnight, but he really didn't know how. Fortunately, the Command Investigation Bureau did not pay much attention to this matter, as they were attracted by another report by Lynkey, which was that Bermuda was in fact one of the most important nests of British pirates, and that the Anglo-Spanish war was going to war in Bermuda, as well as the question of the stolen money (treasure) raised by Pirate Dirk.

The greatest threat to the Chinese Empire's trade routes in the Americas was not in the Caribbean, but in the territorial waters of the colonies along the North Atlantic coast and in the eerie waters of Bermuda.

After a week of discussions, NAPAC finally decided to put political pressure on the British government first, and then decide whether to resort to force to solve the Bermuda problem.

Since the Imperial Chinese Government had tangible evidence of the British pirates in Bermuda, the British Consulate in Mexico City was under tremendous diplomatic pressure from the Chinese Empire, and the consulates of other countries such as France, the Netherlands, and Spain sent separate notes to the British Consuls, ostensibly protesting against the British pirates, but in fact demanding that the British take all the blame and that the province involve them.

The British Consulate weighed the pros and cons and decided that it was far more advantageous to resist all the blame than to offend all countries. Because France, the Netherlands, and Spain had secretly promised Britain some trade interests, in order to get Britain not to implicate them and affect the interests of their "Caribbean pirate group".

The British government accepted the benefits of other countries, so it had no choice but to sell the British West India Company and demand that the West India Company take all the blame.

The British West India Company was very aggrieved, and they were both official, no matter how they said it, they were reasonable. In the face of the powers, the West India Company had to issue a statement admitting that they had colluded with pirates by misemploying people for a while, and as a result, the deputy directors and three directors were held accountable.

The Mexican Colonial Police of the Chinese Empire demanded the extradition of the four criminals from the British West India Company, and as a result, the four "committed suicide in fear of crime".

Governments all know that the government of the Chinese Empire is inconvenient to investigate for political reasons. But the West India Company had to pay the price. Under the mediation of Britain and France, the West India Company was to pay the Chinese Empire compensation for the hijacking of nine Chinese Empire-flagged merchant ships and compensation, totaling 14,000,000,000 silver dollars.

But the West India Company was not dry, and with the Spanish army gaining the upper hand on the battlefield of Bermuda, the British army was losing ground and seeing that Bermuda could no longer be held. At this time, the West India Company publicly offered Bermuda to the Imperial Government of China as compensation, resulting in a dispute between the Chinese Empire and the Spanish Empire over the sovereignty of Bermuda.

Half a month later, the British in Bermuda could no longer hold on, and although the naval battle was a draw, the Spanish army on land was stronger than the British army in terms of strength and combat power. The British army was losing ground and being driven out of Bermuda. A