"Colonel, I'm so sorry."

At the gate of the villa, Carmen with a smile and Noya with a cold face brought Nelson out of the hall.

Nelson was helpless.

"Don't apologize for the regret that God arranged, since Drake is ill..."

Click.

A plaster shaped like a human head fell from the sky and slammed on the ground with a bang, cracking into eight petals.

The three of them looked up and saw a handsome, strong young man in loose pajamas.

He was leaning on the edge of the window and stepping on the plaster sculpture on the pillar in the hall... To be precise, he was stepping on the broken head of the sagittarius goddess, the Celtic guardian Queen Budika, the broken neck.

Very embarrassing...

Lorraine rarely blushed, and jumped down from the first and a half height with a bang. With the help of her supporting foot, she kicked on the stubble of her neck. The poor Queen Boudicca stripped off the volcanic rock pillars and fell on the steps with fine debris. superior.

Wow!

Lorraine pretended to be calm and clapped the floating ashes on his hands: "So what, the guardian queen of the Celtics... I wanted to replace her with the whaler's grandmother a long time ago."

Half an hour later, the well-dressed Lorraine finally met Nelson in the large study.

This is actually not ceremonial.

Nelson is considered a close friend, and meeting in the large study room will appear to be a distant relationship between the two parties. But no way, the desk in the small study was still poking a knife, and the doorknob was dragged into two pieces by Lorraine for some shameful reason.

Before the locksmith arrived, even Orphee in the house could not get out, and Nelson was even less likely to go in gracefully.

Second, the large study room is at least far superior to the lawn.

The guest and host are seated, each with curiosity.

Lorraine felt that Nelson was definitely not here for the purpose of visiting the sick. Nelson wanted to know the secret behind the fact that the head of the dignified family had a door.

The two were facing a stalemate for a long time, and they spoke at the same time.

"Colonel..." "Drake..."

"You said..." "You said first..."

"Then I'll say..." "Then I'll say it first..."

what! God!

Fortunately, Finlier came in with coffee by chance, and Lorraine hurriedly picked it up and ended the speechless embarrassment through the delivery barrier.

"Colonel, please explain why you are here."

Nelson took a sip of coffee with a wry smile, forgetting to add the usual milk and sugar, and was dumbfounded.

He quickly put down the coffee and cleared his throat: "Remember our discussion in Port Royal last month?"

"Co-discussion?" Lorraine frowned and recalled, "You mean colonial friction?"

"Yes!" Nelson waved his fist vigorously, "I said that the governor was moved, and I received an official order from the admiral, so I need your help!"

...

The thing is like this.

After the Port Royal meeting, Nelson, who was obsessed with meritorious deeds, immediately began lobbying for the Governor of Jamaica, Major General John Darling.

Major General Darling is also a man of fame and fortune.

In middle age, he was deeply favored, and he was ordered to represent the king in charge of the core of British rule in the Caribbean. The military and political affairs of Jamaica and its surrounding islands are at the peak of their power and fame.

But he still lacks a noble title that makes him dream of and can spoil future generations. For soldiers, the easiest way to obtain title is of course war.

Major General John Darling planned to use troops in the Spanish colonies in Central America, with the intention of acquiring fertile and vast land and fighting for a high-quality naval port for the navy, breaking the Spaniard's dominant position in the South Caribbean.

Nelson's lobbying coincided with his thoughts.

Two people who wanted to make their lives from the Spaniards came together and soon agreed on a plan of action.

The whole plan is divided into three stages, named [Operation by Sea].

In the first stage of the sea-holding operation, Major General Darling dispatched a small force to land from the Mosquito Coast and travel west along the San Juan River northward to Lake Nicaragua.

In the second stage, the landing troops will take the Yuehu Lake and occupy Managua, seizing the essence of the Nicaraguan colony, and preparing logistics for the third stage.

In the third stage, with the entire Nicaragua as the bridgehead, no less than two regiments were gathered to cooperate with the navy to seize Port Barrios and take full control of the Honduras Gulf and nearby islands and reefs.

In Lorraine's view, this action is strongly biased.

Although Major General Darling is the initiator and main planner of the operation, he will surely make the greatest contribution. But assuming the operation is successfully concluded, the Navy is actually the party that receives the largest dividend.

Port Royal, the Cayman Islands, and Port Barrios will be connected into a box door. The entire southern Caribbean Sea will become a place where the Royal Navy will sail freely. Spain's New World Fleet will be cut into two pieces.

Even the course of action itself, whether it is a cross-sea landing, wading through a river, or leaping over a lake is not an area where the Army is good at. It is impossible for Major Darling to act alone without the Navy.

Nelson has been determined to be the commander-in-chief of the first and second phases of land and sea. Major General Darling will only personally command the third-class army, because at that time, Nelson was going to command the navy.

Lorraine teased the coffee cup in front of him curiously.

"Colonel, what I am most curious about right now is what you have used to impress Major General Darling. The Sea-Landing Operation is almost a battle plan tailored for you. The Army cannot do without you for a moment. Once the operation is successful, your feats will be indispensable. It will not be weaker than John Darling, the initiator and initiator."

Nelson smiled mysteriously: "It's very simple. Major General Darling discussed a similar plan with Sir Parker during the Battle of the Windward Islands, but the Lord refused."

"Because of the Battle of the Windward Islands?"

"No, Jazz's reason is that he doesn't like the heat and humidity of Central America."

Lorraine blinked: "In other words, did you persuade Sir?"

Nelson's shoulders fell suddenly: "I think...probably..."

"perhaps?"

"The Jazz said that my military rank is not suitable for commanding an over-organized fleet, and a small formation of about a hundred doors does not need to be close to the Gulf of Honduras. The Spaniards will send me into the sea to feed the fish..."

"The implication is that the Jazz is not going to support the sea-holding operation?"

"He agreed." Nelson sighed. "It's just that he also said that the formation of the Halloween fleet was of great reference value. This time I can still use the power of patriotic merchants to make up for the lack of fleet strength through employment... …"

This is the whole background of the incident.

Lorraine could hear that Peter Parker's old fox actually did not approve of further intensifying the contradictions between England and the West.

This may be because Spain is a veteran maritime power that is decadent and not obsolete. What its New World Navy lacks is never artillery and combat power, but lacks the enterprising spirit of Britain and France.

But no matter how lazy the lion is, it has its own low line.

If Parker or his flagship, the Prince of Wales, appeared rashly in the Gulf of Honduras, it would most likely cause a misjudgment by the Spanish navy and trigger an all-out war between the British and Western fleets of the New World.

However, Sir Parker also couldn't stand the huge temptation to control the Gulf of Honduras and the South Caribbean Sea.

This dilemma may have tortured Parker before the Battle of the Windward Islands, but it is only now that Nelson has given him a wonderful compromise.

A small formation, coordinated with the hired armed merchant ships and the territorial strength of the Jamaican Governor’s House, can neither represent the New World Fleet nor the colonial army.

The regions of Nicaragua and Honduras that they were about to attack were weak areas for Spanish colonization. Except for the final target, Puerto Barrios, Spain would not care too much about the remaining gains and losses.

Even Lorraine thought this was a perfect wartime regional friction.

Regardless of whether the outcome is victory or defeat, everyone can enjoy the red wine at the negotiating table without worrying that the other party will use the wine glass as a murder weapon.

So there is only one question before Sir Parker, how to win.

As the initiative to provoke friction, he must assume the obligation not to elevate friction to war, which means that the fleet handed over to Nelson must be small, but its combat effectiveness must not be weak.

This requirement is difficult for any admiral, but only Nelson is different.

Nelson, who successfully executed the Halloween operation, gave Sir Parker a hope that he could expand his life, and the core element of this hope is undoubtedly Lorraine.

In other words, Lorraine is likely to have been in Sir Parker's calculations, even if the two sides have not met yet.

"The French are right, Peter Parker is an old fox that has become a fine..." Lorraine gritted his teeth creaking, and the sound he spit out was a mixture of English and French, making it impossible to hear.

Nelson looked at him embarrassedly: "Drake, I didn't know you were ill before you came... If you refuse, I will tell Major General Darling that the lobbying failed."

Lorraine's mind is turning quickly, weighing pros and cons in his mind, and the final conclusion is that this is an important step for him to achieve a class leap.

He never forgot for a moment what Shaq said to him in the Royal Navy Dockyard, about what real authority is.

It is no longer the time of Francis and Elizabeth. Even officers like John Darling have to work hard to become nobles. Privateer merchants want to step on the high ladder with their own power, which is simply wishful thinking.

But all delusions are based on reality. Lorraine's path to advancement is only steep, but it is by no means a dead end.

He has to have wealth, top wealth; he has to have merits that are unattainable by ordinary people; he must also have the favor and favor of political or military officials. At the right opportunity, they must introduce themselves to the king or the upper house. At the table.

Among them, he has been accumulating wealth, through smuggling, chambers of commerce, plundering, and wars, exhausted all means, and it was extremely fast.

Merit is an accessory to wealth, and the Halloween operation is one of them. The sea-holding operation that is now in front of you is another great opportunity.

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Lorraine found that he didn't seem to have any reason to refuse Nelson's invitation.

Thinking of this, Lorraine smiled lightly: "Colonel, I only have one question."

"Excuse me."

"Do you know who you are in this operation? I mean, why do you think Sir Parker accepted your lobbying. Was it moved? Or did he want to help you as always?"

"I'm just an insignificant soldier on the chessboard." Nelson said in a deep voice, "I have what I want, and I am prepared to endure failure and even be abandoned."

"I didn't expect you to take yourself so lightly..." Lorraine smiled and stretched out his hand. "Please tell me the time and place of the assembly, Mr. Admiral."

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