Chapter 343： Pirate Project

Marin was surprised when he received information from Kohler. He had guarded against Britain from competing against North America for a long time, so he had been calculating Britain. But unexpectedly, the British actually sent ships to explore North America so early.

Then, from the depths of his memory, he found information about John Cabot. For a long time, Marin ignored this person. In fact, in history, this person was the first person to discover North America in Europe (not counting the Viking legend in the Viking era). However, John Cabot always thought he discovered the east coast of Japan or other Asian regions.

John Cabot was originally an Italian. Since 1490, he has settled in the port of Bristol, England. In 1496, John Cabot heard of his fellow Italian and fellow (John Cabot is also a Genoese and also a navigator) Columbus discovered the westward route to India (actually the Americas ), And therefore won the Spanish royal family's commendation, and became a noble.

As a result, in 1496, John Cabot also developed the idea of ​​exploring a new route westward for the king to gain noble status and great benefits.

In the original history, John Cabot won the support of King Henry VII in 1497. But because of Marin's interference, Europeans knew that the Americas were not India, and their enthusiasm suddenly diminished. Coupled with the terrible legend of syphilis, that voyage did not take place in 1497.

However, John Cabot did not give up his efforts. So he changed his lobbying strategy and persuaded Henry VII to say that even if the wild continent is not Asia, it also has vast land. Britain is just an island country with a small territory. Why doesn't His Majesty go to the barren mainland to occupy some colonies?

By 1504, Henry VII was finally convinced. However, the stingy Henry VII gave John Cabot a small boat and 18 sailors. In Henry VII's view, even if John Cabot failed, he only lost a small boat and 18 sailors, the loss is very small. If you succeed, you can make a lot of money ...

Fortunately, John Cabot broke into the Newfoundland fishing ground, saw the fishing boat sent by the East Frisian Cape Breton Island colony to catch fish, and followed the fishing boat of Cape Breton Island to the capital of Cape Breton Island Sydney. 【】

Although John Cabot was cautious, Garland managed to win the game with Marin. In this way, the British side will not hear the news from North America ...

Only, this is not the point. Garland feared that since the British had their first expedition, there might not be a second. Moreover, they do not know whether the United Kingdom only shot John Cabot. Moreover, on the French side, I don't know if there will be a similar move. Therefore, Garland needs Marin's guidance and decision-making.

Marin was also very unhappy about the British involvement in the North American colony. Obviously, it was right to start pitting the British. After all, Britain is a maritime country, and it is easy to become a competitor of Marin. Moreover, Britain's control of the English Channel is a serious threat to Marin's voyage.

The end of the historical "sea coachman" in the Netherlands is a lesson. Originally, the Netherlands was a very powerful maritime country, known as the "sea coachman", which controlled most of the maritime trade share.

However, the Netherlands happily met the rising Britain. Although the maritime strength is stronger, the British rely on the advantages of the English Channel to frequently intercept Dutch merchant ships and crack down on Dutch maritime trade. They also launched three "British-Dutch Wars" and finally broke the Dutch. Since then, the United Kingdom has replaced the Netherlands as the maritime hegemon.

Therefore, the United Kingdom, which is in control of the English Channel, is definitely a great threat to Marin's big voyage. At that time, the German Second Empire and the Third Empire were all destroyed by the British sea blockade ...

All in all, if you want to go to the ocean, there are only two options for Britain-one is to try to break it down and never let it have a chance to rise; the second is to directly annex Britain. Or, at least occupy the area along the English Channel in the United Kingdom and take control of the channel in your own hands.

As for the first method or the second method, Marin still needs to wait and see the situation. He naturally wanted to adopt the second method, but in Europe where pedigrees are important, this seems difficult. Therefore, Marin is still watching the situation.

However, Marin absolutely cannot tolerate the problem of the British exploring new routes. Therefore, he decided to respond positively ...

As for how to respond? Marin has learned a way from the original British in history-that is, to use "pirates" to intercept ships of other countries to ensure that other countries cannot get involved in the Americas ...

The specific method is very simple, that is, Marin sent a fleet, flying a pirate flag, in the name of pirates, to prevent any British expedition vessel to travel to North America. Once found, the ship sank, and the people on board also packed into sacks and sank into the sea ...

In the end, all responsibility was put on the pirates. After all, this is indeed the usual way of committing crimes by pirates ...

As long as the British explorer ’s new route is destroyed and all the personnel are killed, then the British cannot even explore the new route, and it is impossible to go to the Americas and Marin to grab ground.

To this end, Marin decided to select a group of credible captains and sailors to form a pirate fleet, flying a skull and crossbones flag, and specializing in cruising on the North Atlantic route from Britain to North America. As long as a non-East Frisian ship is found, whether it is a British ship, a French ship, or a Danish ship, all will be sunk, and the people on the ship will not let go.

Although it is cruel, this is the reality. If you want to keep it secret, you have to do it. Moreover, such matters are very confidential and must not be disclosed.

The British crew was okay, they killed as soon as they were killed, and Marin was not afraid of breaking the British. But France is not the same. If the French ship is intercepted, it will be soft for a while, leaving a lively mouth. As long as the living escaped and brought the news back to France, it would be over. France is a continental hegemon, not far from East Friesland. If France had trouble finding Marin, it would be too much.

Do n’t think that the army failed in Italy, but that is because Italy is too far away from the French mainland, and it needs a range of Alps. The French cannot send too many troops to Italy.

But East Friesland is not too far from France, and it is plain all the way. France is easy to gather troops to push over. Not only that, the French may also unite anti-Marin factions in Shinra, such as Elector Frederick III of Saxony and Joachim I of Brandenburg. And the hapless Danish King Hans ... If these great forces are united, Marin is dead ...

Therefore, if the pirate fleet in disguise catches the French expedition ship, it is absolutely necessary to kill the people on the ship cleanly, and no one can stay alive. Only pushing the problem to the pirates is the safest way ...

As for the pirate ship, Marin actually planned to build several new pirate ships similar to the "Black Pearl". After all, Marlin also loved watching movies from the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

Unfortunately, it takes a long time to design and build a new ship. If the British or the French obtained information on the new route when the ship was not completed, it would be over. Therefore, Marin needs a warship that can be used immediately ...

Marin thought of the most powerful Hoffman-class battleship and 250-class armed merchant ship in his hand, but he quickly rejected it. why? Because the characteristics of these two shipowners Frisian are too obvious, the outsiders know at a glance that they are Marin's ship. If an enemy ship is escaped, Marin is exposed.

Therefore, Marin needs a warship that does not expose his own characteristics ...

Then Marin thought of the Kirk sailboat. Because of Danish compensation, Marin still had a lot of Kirk sailboats. However, this sailboat has a disadvantage that it is not suitable for installing artillery. Because, when originally designed, the Kirk sailboat did not intend to install artillery on the side, so the side is generally very thin.

In the end, you can only choose the Spanish Carac sailboat and the Portuguese Caravel sailboat. Both ships can be equipped with artillery. Although they are only light artillery, they are enough to sink civilian ships that are brave to explore new routes.

Exactly, before the last "Jutland Battle", Marin sent people to Spain to buy 17 Clark sailboats. Isn't this a ready-made pirate ship? The shape of the Spanish ship will not cause people to doubt Marin's head, it is very suitable. Even if the enemy ship escapes, they will not know that it is East Frisian's handwriting. Because these ships are popular in Spain and Portugal ...

Next, it is about the formation of the pirate fleet. ~ Www.novelhall.com ~ Marin decided to choose the best 8 ships from the 17 Clark armed merchant ships, cruising on the Atlantic day and night, flying the pirate's skull Remove all objects that show East Frisian identity. Seeing the ships of the West Airlines of Britain and France, all were sunk. Even if the other party escaped, through the skull flag and the ship, the enemy will not infer that Marin instructed behind the scenes.

But if you encounter a large fleet of British and French, the "pirate ship" with a telescope can start to run 20 kilometers ahead of time, let the enemy stare ...

In addition, in the future, Marin also intends to develop another "pirate fleet" to cruise on the westward route of the Canary Islands to the Caribbean. After all, Spain has announced its abandonment of the Americas. In the future, as long as the Spanish ship or the Portuguese ship are going west, Marin can also let the pirate fleet sink them, lest they covet the American continent ...

As long as you choose a reliable and reliable soldier, plus a clean hand and no leftovers, others will not know the relationship between Marin and the pirates.

The terrible legends on the wild continent, plus the murderous pirates ... Before seeing the crazy benefits, Marin did not believe that there would be so many people willing to die ...

As for how to deal with John Cabot, Marin thought about it and decided to leave this person. After all, this is also a navigator. Of course, he is currently under house arrest at Cape Breton Island with his three sons. As for the 18 British sailors, Marin gave a big stroke and gave instructions-they all pulled to the coal mining area in North Sydney to dig ...

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