"Introduce you, Drake."

In the patrol commander's office temporarily belonging to Nelson in the Outer Harbor Port Authority, Nelson introduced Lorraine to his collaborators in the operation.

"Colonel William Cornwallis, my best friend, the captain of the HMS Prairie Lion frigate. William has received an order from the local fleet, so the Jazz drew him out of the Gulf of Mexico in advance to use his The last patrol mission strengthened the capacity and firepower of the navy fleet."

Lorraine nodded to William Cornwallis.

"Lieutenant Colonel Cuthbert Collingwood, you are old acquaintances. This time he was temporarily assigned to the HMS Unicorn destroyer as the commander, but you can rest assured that the Jazz authorized him to bring all the Wasp team. After coming over, even if it is a new ship, there will be no running-in problems."

As Nelson said, Lorraine and Collingwood are old acquaintances, and Lorraine congratulated him on his promotion.

Collingwood smiled modestly, saying that his official establishment is still on the Hornets, and that the unicorn will be returned after the operation is over.

"Major Oliver Spencer, the commander of the Jamaican regiment battalion, and the confidant of Major General Darling. This time he led four strengthened companies to open up the territory for Great Britain. He was the deputy chosen by Major Darling for me. Experience and top-notch adaptability."

Nelson thought for a while, then added: "Major Spencer is a perfect gentleman and a pious Puritan. We get along very well."

The meaning of this sentence is that Oliver Spencer is much better than John Leched. Nelson has dealt with the problem of sea and land connection, and the sea-holding operation will not be like the Halloween operation, where there will be separate battles between the services. the behavior of.

Lorraine deliberately looked at Major Spencer more.

A thin and clean middle-aged man, wearing a big red uniform unique to the British Army, was meticulous in the details of the costume.

The military uniforms of British officers adopt a model of self-financing and self-financing after the core elements are limited, and there is no unified procurement and distribution.

So a meticulous and well-deserved clean uniform shows at least a few things.

Major Spencer received a good traditional education.

His family is very good.

He is rigid and serious, and he has a sense of identity with his current job.

This is all good news.

Lorraine smiled and stretched out his hand: "Lorraine Drake, the president of the Southampton Drake Chamber of Commerce and the chairman of the Kingston Drake Caribbean Chapter, I am very glad to meet you."

Major Spencer? Changed for a moment: "You are the happy boss in Chuck's mouth, who is either fighting or exploring? How young?"

Lorraine is also different: "Does the major happen to know my president?"

"The Spencer family and the Parker family have a long-standing friendship. We have known each other since the age of three, and we were all classmates before college."

"That's...what a coincidence."

After a simple greeting, the meeting was directly adjusted to a combat meeting.

This is Nelson's habit.

This seemingly obsessed with official career is actually a workaholic. Although he is not the kind of heterogeneous who doesn't leave his job in three sentences, he, like Lorraine, can't stand the idleness before everything is decided.

He unfolded the chart.

"Why wait for Drake to come before calling this meeting?" Nelson used his own question as the opening remarks, "because his team can be entrusted with important tasks."

"Drake is a warrior brought up by the hereditary baron of Tavistock, England's top warrior, and the best champion in Plymouth Sea School in a century."

"Me and Cuthbert cooperated with him in the Halloween operation. He and his team played a central role in the beach grab, the lure of the enemy, the ambush and even the final sea battle."

"Please don't treat him as an ordinary mercenary. He is a reliable partner on the sea and on the land, and even the reason why the Jazz agreed to take the sea? To a large extent is because I can get Drake's full support. One reason."

"It's the same this time."

Nelson shook his coach? The focus was on the San Juan Estuary.

"According to the action plan formulated by Major General Darling, we will land on the narrow San Juan Estuary? Tracing the source and heading westward."

"The San Juan River is the only waterway connecting Lake Nicaragua with the Caribbean Sea? It is also the most realistic and smooth passage through the jungle. The shallowest water depth is 5 meters during the wet season, with an average of 7 meters? It can accommodate large boats."

"But there is an area controlled by the Spaniards. During the rainy season? Their navy will fortify the river? We have no chance of a surprise attack."

"Now is the dry season. The shallowest part of the water is less than 2 meters deep, and the average water depth is less than 3 meters. Can our warships get in? Nor can the Spanish ships. This is our opportunity."

"We will take the assault boat to trace the origin? For this reason, the ships belonging to the sea-lane fleet are specially equipped with ten-meter long boats and detachable masts to allow the wind to assist us against the current."

"The crew of the big boat is 70 people, six are 420 people? In addition to the eight small boats that Drake brought, 20 people each? This means that we can carry up to 580 people."

"The total number of the landing force is 4 reinforced companies, 480 infantry? 40 artillery, 8 light artillery? There is more than enough capacity!"

Lorraine didn't hear anything more than enough in Nelson's words.

The march of traceability is not a purely mathematical problem.

Hundreds of kilometers of roads? The harsh environment of the rainforest? The Marine Corps, who are good at handling supplies, medicines, and luggage, must be prepared, and the actual capacity occupied will never be less than the needs of the landing troops.

This puzzled Lorraine.

With Nelson's quality, even if he was stunned by fame and fortune, he wouldn't be unclear about this kind of concealed account that floats on the surface. In that case, why can he be so sure?

Lorraine frowned and knocked on the table: "How do you deal with supplies and rest along the way?"

Nelson smiled clearly.

"I have discussed this with Major Spencer. The four companies allocated to the operation this time are elite from the Jamaican garrison. They are hard-working and familiar with the rain forest. We will let the two companies march along the river bank through rotation. The way to ensure the physical strength and morale of the soldiers."

Lorraine suddenly realized.

Half of the people marching by land is indeed a good way to solve the capacity, although it is not the best way, but they can not send a large number of boats into San Juan during the dry season.

Doing this kind of thing in a Spaniard-controlled area is likely to arouse the Spaniard's alertness in advance.

But... from the perspective of actual combat, this kind of full-fledged plan is still too fragile...

Is there any way to increase capacity and firepower without compelling attention?

Lorraine's fingers drew lines on the winding river in San Juan, muttering to himself.

"During the dry season, will the indigenous fishermen still catch fish?"

Nelson froze for a moment: "Are you going to grab a native fishing boat?"

Lorraine shook his head dumbfoundedly: "Even if we ignore the uncertainty of the ship being robbed, the empty ship can't help us too much. It can only be used as a means of transportation and will increase our demand for sailors."

"I mean, let my boat pretend to be a fishing boat and get in first."

"Your boat?"

"Yes." Lorraine nodded, "I grabbed some medium-sized sloops in Bimini, all of which are old commercial ships. They are not very useful in offshore conversion, and they are placed in the sanctuary. Juanhe is just right."

"As long as we provide them with enough indigenous fishermen and let them enter the river before us, it should not attract the attention of the Spanish."

Nelson's eyes lit up: "Do you mean that we and the supplies will act separately, and then we will meet in the river?"

Lorraine nodded slightly.

"How long does it take? And how can reliable indigenous fishermen solve it!"

"It's not far from Port Royal. From rowing, selecting people to allocating supplies, until the boat is sent into the estuary, the longest will not exceed two weeks. As for the candidate, there happened to be a Miskito fisherman among my seafarers. Son-in-law, he can be responsible for this."

"Miskito's son-in-law?" Nelson was stunned.

"It's the son-in-law of the Miskitos, a Viking." Lorraine laughed out inexplicably, "And coincidentally, the group of Miskitos can't speak English, but almost everyone can speak Spanish. ."

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