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Chapter 1563 Three Kingdoms Fleet Confrontation
Princess Sofia is on her way back to England, and something big is happening here in Europe.

The Royal Fleet of England stood between the Spanish Fleet and the Netherlands Fleet. Admiral Sir Pennington looked at the two fleets much stronger than the Royal Navy Fleet with a sad face.

The Spanish fleet and the Netherlands fleet were fighting to the death, which had nothing to do with the English Navy.

But the place where they fought was not elsewhere in the English Channel, but England's territorial waters Downs!

The origin of this matter begins with the 30 Years War in continental Europe.

The 30 Years War on the European continent has been going on, but England has been staying out of it, watching alone the confrontation between the great powers on the European continent.

But this time the flames of the 30 Years' War also began to spread to England.

In the autumn of that year, Spain and Portugal jointly formed the Armada, with 77 large ships, including 45 warships and 32 troop carriers, and 24000 sailors and infantry.The purpose of this fleet is to transport the Legion of Spain to Flanders in the south of the Netherlands, join the Flanders Legion, and together put out the uprising in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands was originally the territory of the Spanish Empire, but several provinces of the Netherlands were to be separated from the control of the Spanish Empire. The inter-provincial republic they formed had been at war with the Spanish Empire for 70 years.The Spanish Empire has always wanted to take back the richest Netherland area, and has repeatedly attacked.

The Spanish Empire has always been difficult to defeat the Netherlands, but the Netherlands has become stronger and stronger. The declining Spanish Empire had to organize almost the last expedition.

All this had nothing to do with England.

When the Armada arrived in the waters near Dunkirk, it was unexpectedly intercepted by 13 Dutch warships led by Vice Admiral Tropp of the Netherlands.

Tropp made a decisive decision and immediately led the Netherlands fleet into confusion with the Armada. As a result, the Armada was repulsed. After a round of fierce pursuit, the Armada was forced to retreat to Downs anchorage in neutral England.

Tropp ordered his men to block the neck of the waterway, and at the same time asked for support from the Netherlands.It finally captured the main force of the Armada. As long as the Armada is destroyed here, the Spanish Empire will be powerless to pose a threat to the Netherlands from the sea.

Due to the unfavorable direction and the damage of the warships, the United Fleet is unable to break the blockade. They need to rest their troops, repair their ships, and prepare for another battle in the future.

In other words, the two sides are now deadlocked in England's territorial waters Downs, and the war is imminent.

Now the Royal Navy of England doesn't want to pay attention to the naval battle between the Netherlands and Spain.

Fleets of other countries are fighting in their own territorial waters. No matter who wins, it is extremely embarrassing for England. This is a manifestation of losing control of territorial waters.

As the admiral of England, Sir Pennington immediately led a dozen ships of the Royal Navy to appear here after hearing the news.

This also led to the scene where the Royal Fleet stood horizontally between the two fleets.

Downs is always the anchorage of the Royal Navy, but the Spanish fleet hid here, what's the matter with the dove occupying the magpie's nest?

Pennington first asked Oquendo, the commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armada, to lower the flag to pay respect to Queen Sofia, but Oquendo flatly refused.Sir Pennington was annoyed that the Spanish Armada looked down on the Royal Fleet, but he was also somewhat afraid of the Armada.

There is no way to take the Armada here, and Sir Pennington sent another naval officer to declare sovereignty with Lieutenant General Tropp of the Netherlands.

"Your fleets of the Netherlands and Spain are confronting our territorial waters in England, seriously endangering our sovereignty. If either of you fires first, you will be attacked by our Royal Fleet of England!" The naval officer boarded Trout Pu's main ship, the 40-year-old vice admiral issued a warning.

"Please give my regards to Admiral Pennington. The purpose of the Armada's trip is to transport troops to destroy our Netherlands. We must defend the freedom and people of our Netherlands, and we cannot let them go easily. We are willing to Make way, as long as Sir Pennington can let the Spanish Armada come out to fight us, we are absolutely unwilling to start a war in England's territorial waters." Tropp was very smooth, and he did not offend Pennington on the surface Jazz, but also unwilling to leave.

On the side of the Netherlands, the English naval officer, who was also stunned, returned to Sir Pennington's flagship, the Monarch of the Sea, to report Tropp's attitude to him.

"Damn, the Spaniards regard our anchorage as their safe haven, and the Dutch are unwilling to leave! If they fight here, we will lose face in Britain, and no matter who they win, they can swagger in the future Passing by our territorial waters, and even bombarding our ships in our territorial waters!" Sir Pennington was very angry.

But he had no other choice.

The Armada consisted of 45 warships, as well as several troop carriers that could be used for close combat.

Although the Dutch fleet only has 13 warships now, the native Dutch fleet has heard that Trop has won more with less, surrounded the Armada after Downs, and is mobilizing the local fleet to support Tropp .

On the side of the Royal Fleet, except for the King of the Seas built during the reign of Charles I, which could withstand the scene, other ships did not do much work. The Crown Prince built by James I for Charles I was defeated by the Ottoman fleet in the naval battle in the Mediterranean. The galley was rammed.

As time went by, the fleet of the Netherlands Fleet grew in number, showing the world the horror of the sea coachman——All kinds of armed merchant ships and warships from the United Provinces of the Netherlands and merchants were summoned to reach the The astonishing 105 warships and 12 arson ships have formed a quantitative suppression of the Armada!
The civilians in Kent County on the coast heard that the three fleets were facing each other here, and they flocked to the beach to watch the grand occasion of hundreds of warships gathering in Downs.

The arrival of these English civilians made Sir Pennington even more aggrieved.

If his civilians see that his fleet is unable to safeguard the sovereignty of the country, he will not want to be an admiral.

Everyone is watching whether Tropp dares to launch a general attack on the Armada on the premise of offending England's sovereignty after possessing 105 warships and 12 arson ships.

The two sides stalemate for nearly half a month. The Dutch Congress sent someone to bring a secret order, asking Tropp not to worry about the sovereignty of any country's territorial waters or the fleets of other countries present, and to annihilate the Spanish Armada.

"It seems that this time I have to offend England's Admiral Pennington." After receiving the order, Tropp didn't care about the Royal Fleet.

(End of this chapter)