Chapter 734

Seven warships control the entire northern Caribbean, which is a bit strange to say, but it is true.

After the great Chinese Empire took control of the northern part of the West Indies, all the main routes to the Gulf of Mexico were controlled. As for the Caribbean to the south of the Gulf of Mexico, the great Chinese Empire could control more than half of it.

When Cuba, Haiti, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and other major islands are controlled, the Florida strait between Florida and Cuba, the windward strait between Cuba and Haiti, or the Mona strait between Haiti and Puerto Rico are basically controlled by the navy of the Chinese Empire.

Although the widest Florida Strait is 480 kilometers wide, don't forget that to the east of the Florida Strait is the Bahamas. That chain of islands is enough to block Florida. As for the windward channel and the Mona channel, they are only about 100 kilometers wide, so it is very easy to control them.

Although it did not recover the Lesser Antilles, which made the Empire temporarily unable to control the Caribbean Sea in the south, compared with the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea was obviously less important to the Empire.

Besides, the stone bear doesn't want to completely tear his face with Spain, so he has to leave some territory for Spain in the Caribbean.

Of course, if the stone bear thinks it's time to take back the Caribbean in the future, it's only a matter of minutes in terms of the military strength of the Empire to take back the Lesser Antilles.

When count Paul Fernando returned to Spain by boat, he got the news of the death of Carlos III as soon as he got ashore.

At this time, the kingdom of Spain was in power by Carlos IV, who was universally acknowledged as a short-sighted and trusting courtier.

What kind of person Carlos IV was, in the era before the stone bear crossing, almost historians all over the world made a judgment on him, which could not be changed even if he lifted the lid of the coffin.

This guy is a real mediocre. Although his father Carlos III, his grandfather Fernando VI, and his grandfather Philip V, all the hidden dangers, contradictions, and evil consequences in the whole 18th century broke out after Carlos IV came to power, in addition to these factors, his own lethargy is also the main cause of the Spanish Kingdom falling into the second class countries in Europe.

This guy is a person with soft ears. To put it bluntly, he is a person without any opinions. When such a person is the supreme head of a country, we can imagine how much suffering the country will suffer.

To have no opinion is to have no judgment and listen to others in everything. This is not the quality a head of state should have. But Carlos IV is such a person.

The famous battle of Trafalgar broke out in the era of Carlos IV in power.

Later, because of this famous naval battle, I'm afraid everyone knows what Spain has become.

Therefore, when Paul Fernando returned to Madrid and met with the new King Carlos IV, he completely said what the stone bear said. At the same time, count Fernando also expressed his views on the Great China empire.

Carlos IV, who has just been in power, has not yet been seized by his wife, Maria Luisa, and his wife's lover, Godoy, has not entered the top of the Spanish political power. So at this time, Carlos IV was a bit numb after hearing the information from count Fernando.

For such a fatuous and indecisive king, he could not make a wise judgment of the situation faced by the new Spanish governor.

As a result, a number of high-level officials, including Spain's chief minister Lorida Blanca, were summoned by Carlos IV. But there are also fierce disputes among these ministers.

The Conservatives, led by Paul Fernando and Spanish admiral Perez, were reluctant to provoke the Chinese Empire. Yes, at that time, lieutenant general Perez, who was in the three countries' joint fleet, had been promoted to Admiral and became a powerful figure in the Spanish Royal Navy.

These people have witnessed the battle of Boston and the founding ceremony of the Great China empire. Of course, they know how terrible the Great China empire is. As far as the strength of the kingdom of Spain is concerned, it is a delusion to keep the new Spanish governor.

However, some senior officials headed by the chief minister Lorida Blanca insisted on preserving the new Spanish Viceroy because they had not witnessed the terror of the great Chinese Empire

Although Lorida Blanca is the chief minister, his influence in the military, especially in the Navy, is not so great. However, the senior officials of the Spanish Royal Navy headed by admiral Perez were not willing to send the navy to support the new Spanish governor.

General Perez's reason is simple: the number of warships in the upwind fleet stationed in Havana accounts for almost half of the number of Spanish Navy, which is a very powerful fleet. But now, even the upwind fleet has been defeated by the steel warships of the Great China Empire, and most of the warships of the upwind fleet have been captured by the Great China empire. Under such circumstances, even pulling all the warships of the Royal Navy in the past is nonsense, but it will cause more losses.

However, the local fleet had suffered heavy losses in the previous offensive and defensive battle of the fort of gibraltarian. If the warships were lost again, even the local security could not be guaranteed!

Of course, these naval officers know the horror of the steel warships of the Great China Empire, but the problem is that Lorida Blanca doesn't know.

So Spain's top management began to wrangle. At this time, even if Carlos IV had a little courage and stood directly on one side, he could decide whether to fight or make peace with the Great China empire.

However, Carlos IV is such a soft hearted guy that even a three-year-old's chicken is inferior. If such a king of waste makes a decision, it is doomed to lead to the fact that this event cannot be solved in a short time.

The Great China Empire didn't care about this. After the fleet of the Imperial Navy completely controlled the northern half of the West Indies, a lot of supplies were sent to the first, second and eighth divisions of Mexico City through Veracruz, and Kuaima gave the order to attack Mexico City

Mexico City is not only a city with a long history, but also the capital of the new Spanish viceroy. However, there is no qualification to stop it in front of the cannons.

On January 21, 1789, when Kuaima gave the order to attack Mexico City, it took only one day for the whole city to fall into the hands of the stormy bear army.

And a group headed by Marquis Luis Gonzalez Moya, governor of the new Spanish viceroy, also fled and surrendered. Mexico City is in the hands of the Chinese Empire!