Fish white appeared on the horizon, and the night finally passed.

After a night of fighting, the Song Empire's fleet finally repelled the combined fleet of pirates.

Blackbeard Jack, along with more than 130 pirate ships, escaped the waters of Manhattan and fled into the depths of the Atlantic.

In this battle, the pirates lost more than 300 warships in the waters of Manhattan.

Originally, Blackbeard didn't have to lose so many warships, but it was only because they were seized by the rapid reaction fleet to attack when they turned around and were about to flee, so they lost so much.

There were almost a hundred more warships, all of which were destroyed when they turned around.

This did not happen to any of the pirates.

The people of Manhattan cheered at the dock when they heard the news.

Businessmen and Europeans working in Manhattan cheered the most.

Because by defeating the pirates, they can continue to work and earn money.

After all, if the pirates captured the city of Manhattan, their losses would be great.

This is a fleet of more than 400 pirates, which was destroyed by the Song Empire overnight.

Some people have a new assessment of the strength of the Song Empire.

The offices set up in Manhattan by European countries recorded the incident and prepared to report it back home immediately.

It's just that they don't know about the Song Empire's use of iron fishing boats and shoulder-mounted bazookas in the battle.

Therefore, everyone is very curious, what exactly did Manhattan use to defeat the pirates?

However, many pirates have fled, and it will not be long before the news of the Song Empire's weapons and ships without sails will spread throughout Europe.

However, this matter is not for Zhang Tie to think about now, what he needs to do now is to immediately restore Manhattan to its original appearance and let everyone start working.

This battle. The pirates were devastated.

At least for a few years, I won't dare to attack Manhattan, but as for the other European colonies, it's not the scope of the Song Empire's consideration, is it?

What does the life or death of others have to do with oneself?

And through this battle, the Song Empire also captured a lot of pirates as prisoners.

Some of them went to attack the fort, but the most were intercepted and captured, and some were fished up from the sea.

Together, there are about 10,000 of these people.

With a stroke of his pen, these unlucky pirates were sent to the gold mines in the forests on the outskirts of Manhattan to work as coolies digging for gold.

Now the gold mine fortress has expanded. The pirates who held more than 10,000 people were no problem at all.

And the walls of the fortress are high and thick, so there is no need to worry about letting these pirates run away.

And now the gold over there is about to start to be mined underground, so these pirates can be used as workers.

At the same time, they don't have to pay their salaries, even if there are casualties.

It would be a pity if we didn't use such a good workforce.

So far, more than 10,000 pirates have become the blood and tears workers of the Manhattan City Gold Mine, and they have never left anywhere until their deaths......

Later scholars who studied the history of the Song Empire. And some historians of the European provinces who have a pain in the egg, will always use this as an excuse to attack their suzerain.

"According to the observation report, the pirates have only escaped with just over a hundred warships, and they are already in a state of limbo. After the assessment of the military department. After this battle, the pirates will not have the strength to attack Manhattan again within five years. ”

At this moment, Zhang Tie's secretary was taking the assessment sent by the military department and reporting to Zhang Tie.

"Not bad. This battle was beyond my expectations, and I didn't expect such a brilliant result. ", for the outcome of this battle. Zhang Tie was very satisfied.

"Tell the shipyard to build ships as fast as possible, and after our war with the pirates, many people will think that we are also very bad. I'm worried that there will be people who don't have long eyes, and they want to come to us cheaply. ”

Zhang Tie reminded his secretary.

The secretary picked up the ballpoint pen in his hand and wrote it down in his notebook.

"My lord, are you worried about the British?"

After the record was finished, the secretary asked curiously.

"The British in Virginia and Pennsylvania had to be on guard, but the Spaniards and the Dutch in Central America had to be on guard as well. This time we were attacked in Manhattan, but what did the British colonies do not have? What's not there in Central America? It's a question to consider. ”

Zhang Tie's eyes flashed from time to time.

Yes, the pirates of this era are really hard to say, and usually they will do the same trade as serious merchants.

But in case of need, they become pirates.

Behind this alliance of pirates, there was no push from the British, the Spaniards, and the Dutch.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for a single pirate named Blackbeard Jack to gather so many pirates.

"My lord, do you mean that the attack on Manhattan by the near pirates was driven by the British, Spaniards, and even the Dutch?"

Zhang Tie's expression became gloomy: "I feel that there is a great possibility, after all, we are too rich here, and we are becoming stronger, which is very unfavorable for them." Therefore, it is very likely that they will use pirates to cause us some trouble. ”

The secretary thought about it for a while and felt that the possibility that Zhang Tie said was really great.

"My lord, are we going to do something about the British colonies? After all, for us, Pennsylvania and Virginia are both stumbling blocks to our struggle for hegemony and unification of the North American continent. ”

Facing the secretary's question, Zhang Tie smiled and said, "Of course, now that the problem of pirates has been solved, my next step is of course to solve the British, isn't it." But we will have to wait a while before we can send our land forces to conquer the British colonies after our heavy warships are launched and the waters of Manhattan are strong enough to defend themselves. ”

The secretary calculated, and according to Zhang Tie, that is, he could not start the operation until the autumn.

However, it is good that there is a lot of rain in summer, which is not conducive to the battle of the army.

But winter is different.

The army of the Song Empire had ample winter clothing to protect against the cold. There is no need to worry about the cold of winter at all.

And in winter the rivers are all frozen, and the march of the army becomes less troublesome.

"Okay, I'll notify the military department and let them make a plan for military operations in the fall." , the secretary replied after thinking of this.

"After taking out the pirates, I feel a lot more relaxed. Now we just have to wait for the battleships in the shipyard to be launched, and then we can concentrate on dealing with the British. ”

Quebec, north of Manhattan, has been taken into the palm of your hand.

The Iroquois and Great Lakes areas on the west side were also under construction.

It can be said that Manhattan has no worries on land.

Now the coastline on the east side. The danger of piracy has also been resolved.

Just wait until the battleship is launched, and Manhattan will be able to deal with the British in the south wholeheartedly.

Although the Empire and the British were not at odds with each other, if the Empire wanted to occupy the entire American continent, the British colonies had to be taken.

It's nothing about morality or immorality.

Zhao Hongyu said that there can only be one voice on the entire American continent, and that is the voice of the Song Empire.

Other countries, let them die.

And Zhao Hongyu is in Lisbon, Europe, and when he came, he planned to destroy Spain.

When the time comes, the war on the side of Central America. The Army also needs to be involved.

But on the road to Central America, the British colonies stood in the way.

It's very fucked up stuff.

It is precisely because of this that in order to prepare for the future conquest of the Americas, Zhang Tie must also kick the British away.

Such. to open the door to Central America.

When the time comes, the Spanish side of Europe will be at war, and their own side will send troops over at sea and land together to take the Spanish colonies into their hands.

At that time, the territory of the Dutch can also be taken by themselves.

After sweeping away the Spaniards and the Dutch. The whole of America would basically become the territory of the Song Empire.

When the time comes, all you have to do is just start to bury yourself in development and construction, and increase the number of people, isn't it?

"Command the Ministry of Intelligence. Let them pay attention to the psychological trends of the people and help them return to work and life as soon as possible. Although we won the war, the war still has an impact on everyone. ”

Zhang Tie instructed the secretary.

The secretary nodded as he recorded all his orders.

"Don't treat the captured pirates too well. In groups of 10 people, iron shackles and neck sleeves are attached alone. You can't let them eat too much, and they will think about something that is not practical when they are full. The fort is armed with more weapons, and if necessary, tough measures can be used against these arrogant guys. ”

"My lord, that means it's okay for them to eat bran and drink thin water, right?"

The secretary asked.

"Moldy black bread, expired pickles or something, can you give them back meat?"

Zhang Tie showed a very disdainful look.

"They are our enemies, and we are not good people, so we don't need to be too good to them. And there is no Geneva Convention in this era, right, so we don't have to worry too much. ”

For these pirates, Zhang Tie didn't have much affection.

Although Manhattan has the strength to let the pirates live a life of prisoners with meat to eat, Zhang Tiecai will not do this.

If they hadn't defeated these pirates, they would have conquered Manhattan once the pirates conquered the city. All their efforts came to naught, and they weren't going to be treated favorably by the pirates.

Therefore, Zhang Tie will not treat these pirates preferentially.

This is a very normal thing.

"Good lord, I've made a note of it."

Strictly speaking, the secretary didn't have a good opinion of the pirates.

Therefore, for Zhang Tie's order, the secretary did not have any special thoughts in his heart.

Treat the enemy as cold as winter, isn't it?

"The militia can be mostly disbanded, and patrols in the neighborhood can be strengthened, and I'm worried that some pirates will be around the city of Manhattan, and these are sporadic pirates, but we can't be careless. They are still very harmful to some manors, so we have to protect the safety of those manor owners. ”

Zhang Tie said after thinking about it.

Although a small number of pirates have been repulsed now, those who have fallen into the sea and landed near the coast still need to be careful.

And not all of the retreating pirates escaped into the Atlantic.

After all, they simply could not carry out an ocean voyage without sufficient supplies on board.

Therefore, replenishing supplies in the coastal areas has become a necessary thing for them.

So, where can these repulsed pirates go to replenish their supplies?

The only places to think about are the coastal villages around the Manhattan area.

Some of the Indian villages there were abundant supplies. It can be used by pirates to replenish their supplies and then go on ocean voyages.

Therefore, in order to avoid such a situation, Zhang Tie felt that it was necessary to increase patrols in the Manhattan area to ensure the safety of those villages.

"Remember to send people to the surrounding villages and tell the Indians in the villages to be careful of the whites lately. Because it's probably pirates, they need to be more careful. ”

These are some aftermath matters, and it won't be much trouble once the pirates settle it.

"The kind of bazooka of the rapid reaction fleet is estimated to have consumed a lot, right?"

Zhang Tie remembered this and asked.

The secretary opened the intelligence document sent by the Ministry of Intelligence and looked at it, and it listed the data and information in this regard.

After understanding, the secretary replied: "Eighty percent of the total number of all cottage rocket launchers has been consumed in the battle, and the rapid reaction fleet has now lost the ability to continue fighting. ”

After Zhang Tie listened to the report, he couldn't help but sigh.

If those pirates continue to hold on, it is estimated that the current situation will be reversed.

Fortunately, the pirates had never seen such a weapon and were overwhelmed by it.

In the end, the retreat failed because of fear.

Otherwise, the outcome of this war is really difficult to say.

"Ask Song Hu, this kind of knock-off weapon is not troublesome to make, if it is supplemented, how long will it take to make one."

The secretary looked at the document and replied: "There is data on it, it takes about five days to make a knock-off shoulder-mounted bazooka." Based on this data, it is estimated that it will take at least a year to restore the weapons stockpile. ”

Zhang Tie was not very satisfied with the data given by the secretary.

However, he also knew that there was no way to do it.

Who let them have the level of science and technology industry that they have now, which is not very high.

Song Hu was able to drum up this kind of copycat bazooka, which was already a very rebellious thing.

He can't expect too much, and he can't demand perfection.

"It's a bit of a long time, but it doesn't matter much, the pirates have gone through this failure, and it is impossible for them to come to the waters of Manhattan within a year."

Zhang Tie said after a deep sigh. (To be continued.) )