Chapter 1628

Sinking the "San Jose" treasure ship was nothing to the British Imperial Navy at that time, because they didn't know it was a treasure ship and thought it was just an ordinary troop ship.

The maritime hegemony war between the British Empire and the Spanish empire is the largest and cruelest Maritime War in the history of the world. The Pacific Naval War in World War II may be more famous in the future, but the number of personnel involved, damaged warships and victims are far less than the maritime hegemony war between the two empires.

At that time, both sides had killed red eyes. As long as it was the ships of the other party or its allies, they would all be destroyed, regardless of whether you were a troop carrier or a slave carrier. So much was destroyed that the captain of the warship responsible for sinking the San Jose did not specifically record the location of the sinking. Even at that time, they didn't come specifically to sink the San Jose. At that time, they had another important task. Sinking the San Jose can only be said to cuddle the grass and beat the rabbit.

San Jose was unlucky enough, especially Felipe v. this money was his military expenditure. It is said that the ship carried the main treasure stolen from the Spanish American colonies, gold, silver and all kinds of gemstones!

The reason why he prepared so much military spending is not only that he used it to compete for hegemony at sea with the British Empire, but also to organize new troops and recover Italian territory.

The naval battle between Britain and Spain lasted for hundreds of years, and the struggle between the two sides over the ownership of the Atlantic continued. Later, they joined the Dutch empire. The situation was particularly chaotic, and Spain's sea power was constantly challenged and slowly fell to the disadvantage.

The British Western naval battle in the 16th century was a turning point. The British Empire replaced the Spanish Empire and became the maritime overlord of the Atlantic. At that time, the Atlantic was the lifeline of slave shipping and shipping. Felipe V was unwilling to do so. He always wanted to wait for an opportunity to revenge, defeat the British Empire and regain the maritime overlord of the Atlantic.

However, man is not as good as heaven. He is empty and full of ambition. In the end, he not only failed to defeat the British navy, but even died of depression because of lack of military expenditure. Later, when he recovered Italy, he was defeated by the coalition of four countries.

Throughout that era, San Jose was a ship that could affect the war situation of the times. If it returned to Spain safely at that time, perhaps the world pattern would be rewritten. At least Felipe V could successfully organize the army to recover Italy and then control the Mediterranean. It is possible that the accumulated strength could really attack the British Empire and curb the rise of the empire that never sets.

Felipe V knew the importance of the treasure, so in order to hide his eyes and ears, he did not transport it with a conventional treasure ship, nor did he organize a large fleet to escort it. At that time, the hegemony of the Atlantic was in the hands of the British navy. Even if he organized a large-scale fleet escort, he was only a target for the British navy.

Unfortunately, people are not as good as heaven. After entering the Caribbean Sea, the San Jose finally encountered the British Imperial Navy. Then it was hugged and beaten by people. Unfortunately, it was overturned by a round of platoon artillery.

A total of more than 600 elite Spanish Marines on board finally escaped. These people did not return to Spain, because the loss of giant treasure was a major crime of beheading and would implicate the whole family. So these people fled for their lives, and the news of the sinking of the San Jose was covered up.

Later, although the news of the sinking of the San Jose was widely spread, the British Navy did not describe the specific location of the sinking of the San Jose at that time. Several people who survived the sinking were just ordinary soldiers, and the sea was no more than land, and the vast sea could not be marked. Therefore, no one could find the treasure ship which was said to be invaluable in the end.

Qin Shiou recalled the information of the San Jose and asked little black, "have you really found the location of this ship? For centuries, I don't know how many people haven't found it. How did you find it? "

Little black smiled and said, "I'm lucky. At the beginning of the year, I received a log book called 'Jianru reef'. I made a textual research according to the information in it, and then guess what I found?"

"Is this the warship that sank the San Jose?" Qin Shiou asked strangely. It may not be a bit of a coincidence, because the identity of the warship that sank the San Jose was not determined at the beginning, which led to the complete inability to inquire about the location of the sunken ship.

At that time, Maritime Warfare was very chaotic. The navies of Britain, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal often fought in scuffles. You beat me and you. Not only did the Navy fight with the Navy, the Navy also liked to attack civilian ships and merchant ships. Some civilian ships and merchant ships would also disguise as naval ships or pirate ships and attack each other.

After decades of fighting, several maritime overlords found that this would not work. If the scuffle continued, it would hurt their grass-roots economy. Therefore, they held consultations and were not allowed to attack civilian and commercial ships in the future. This is the four nation maritime convention.

However, as we all know, the creation of contracts between countries is used to destroy. The navies of the four countries simply do not comply with the Convention. Should they attack civilian ships or civilian ships, rob merchant ships or rob merchant ships. In order to avoid being caught, they began to make false accounts. After attacking such a ship, they refused to admit it and did not record it in the captain's logbook and battle log.

Little black nodded, "yes, according to my research. Later, in this log book, I found the route of the ship in 1708, the year the San Jose was sunk. It was finally determined that the place where they sank the San Jose was not far from the Cayman Islands, because the Jianru reef wanted to go to supply. They ran into the San Jose and thought it was a Spanish troop carrier, so they sank it. "

"After sinking the San Jose, they worried that there were Spanish naval ships behind them, and they didn't have much supplies, so they quickly slipped away. That's why they didn't leave a specific record of the position of the naval battle!"

Qin Shiou touched the back of his head and felt that little black was also a talent. He could feel so much information. He couldn't help praising: "it's their loss and a waste of your talent if you don't go to the intelligence five tigers."

The five intelligence tigers is a collective name, referring to the five major agencies responsible for intelligence collection in Canada, namely the Ministry of foreign affairs, trade and development, the Ministry of armed forces and defense, the national security intelligence agency, the Royal Mounted Police and the communications security agency. These five organizations are responsible for collecting signal intelligence and some human intelligence for Canada for decision-making, safeguarding national security and military operations. The elite talents in them are good at intelligence analysis, so Qin Shiou said so.

Little black took out a chart of the Caribbean Sea he carried with him. A red five pointed star was drawn in the southwest. He said firmly: "this is the approximate location of the San Jose. You can find a way to check with Billy. I think we are really going to become rich and enemy!"