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Chapter 1564 Ironclad Ship Mediation
During the weeks of the three-party confrontation, the Royal Fleet of England increased to 24 warships, which is already the ultimate warship that the Royal Fleet can produce.

If it weren't for Charles I who raised 80 pounds to build the Royal Fleet, maybe he wouldn't be able to produce 24 warships now.

However, even so, among the confronting three-party fleets, the British Royal Fleet is still the weakest.

The Spanish Armada had more than 40 warships and more than 30 troop carriers, while the Netherlands Fleet had 105 ships mainly armed merchant ships and 12 arson ships.

Maybe the effect of fire attack on the ocean is limited, but now the Spanish Armada is huddling in Downs anchorage like a tortoise, and it is not unreasonable for them to specially transfer an arson ship from the Netherlands to launch a fire attack.

A war between the Spanish and Dutch fleets could be imminent at any time.

At present, this small anchorage in Downs has assembled the forces of several European naval powers, with 200 ships of various types.

These warships are different from the Ottoman Mediterranean fleet made up of galleys and rowing boats.

The shipbuilding technology of the Ottoman Empire has lagged far behind that of Western Europe. Most of the sea power countries in Western Europe used two-deck Galen ships, loaded with heavy artillery.

In order not to openly offend Pennington as much as possible, Vice Admiral Tropp of the Netherlands invited the Spanish Armada several times to fight at sea. Refusing to come out of anchorage in England.

Tropp even sent a ship to the port of Dover to buy masts, canvas, rigging, nails and other materials, and also delivered part of his fleet's gunpowder to the Spanish fleet without taking a penny, provided that they were sent to sea to fight.As a result, Oquendo gave Trop the wine produced in Portugal as a thank you, and he did not dare to go to sea anyway.

Ocundo is not stupid either. The number of warships in the Netherlands is already exaggerated, twice as many as theirs. If they go to sea for a decisive battle, it is very likely that the Armada will be defeated.The Spanish Empire in the afterglow of the setting sun can no longer afford such a loss!

Seeing that the Armada fled the battle, the Dutch fleet became more murderous.

At this time, a passing English merchant ship was bombarded by a Dutch warship for no reason.

This incident made Sir Pennington even more nervous.

Soon Tropp sent someone to apologize, but Sir Pennington knew why the passing merchant ships were bombarded by Dutch warships.

"They are testing our attitude. If we are determined to protect our sovereignty, when our merchant ships are bombarded, our Royal Fleet will attack them immediately. But we dare not..." Pennington Jazz was quite upset at this moment.

The three parties confront each other, and the Royal Fleet, which is supposed to protect territorial waters, is the weakest.

"Has the Fourth Fleet not arrived yet?" asked Sir Pennington to the adjutant.

"They should be on their way at this time, but they don't know if they will arrive in time." The adjutant replied.

The two sides stalemate for nearly a month, and finally the Dutch lost their temper and planned to launch a general offensive.

Early this morning, Tropp sent a letter to Sir Pennington.

"The Spanish Armada has repeatedly violated England's territorial waters since the time of Queen Elizabeth, and even made expeditions to England many times in the time of Queen Elizabeth. I believe that if we can defeat the Spanish fleet, it will be a good thing for England as well." Netherlands So said the envoy to Sir Pennington.

"Even if Spain has a problem with our England, it is our England's business and has nothing to do with your Spain. We don't need your help to teach them. Our Royal Navy will come back with revenge in the future." Sir Pennington said with a sullen face.

"It's been too long. Your Royal Navy has lost the courage to fight the Spanish Armada when Queen Elizabeth was in office. Now only we Dutch can defeat the Spanish Armada. Our attack will start in an hour. If your English navy wants to stop us, we will also send a squadron to attack you."

After the Dutch naval officer said a few words, he prepared to disembark and return to his fleet.

Sir Pennington's face was as black as the bottom of the pot, and the opponent almost didn't take England seriously at all.

Although England is only a second-rate country in Europe in terms of overall national strength, its navy can rank third. The French navy has just been established, and the English navy has at least defeated the Spanish Armada.

However, at this time, the combined fleets of Spain and Portugal, the No. [-] in Europe, and the Netherlands Fleet, No. [-], were fighting at this time. The Royal Fleet of England was despised by the first two.

"If the Fourth Fleet of the Orientals has not arrived yet, then we will clear the main channel of Downs, retreat to the sea to the north, and let them fight. But we can't leave the battlefield completely, we must patrol around the battlefield to represent us The English fleet is still watching the field."

Sir Pennington knew that if the Fourth Fleet of Zheng Zhibao, Ruan Youjin and others did not arrive, the Royal Navy in his hands would not be able to sustain the scene!

Time passed by, Sir Pennington saw that he could not stop the two foreign fleets from breaking out in the territorial waters of England, so he ordered the Royal Fleet to begin to retreat to the north.

The Netherlands Fleet dispatched a force of 30 warships to monitor Pennington's departure from the battlefield.

The Dutch fleet, with 105 warships and armed merchant ships, was well-strength.

If there are no accidents, after defeating the Spanish and Portuguese armadas in this battle, the Netherlands will replace Spain's hegemony on the sea and become the sea coachman that frightens England and France.

It will also be recorded in future textbooks that the sea in the 16th century belonged to the Spanish and Portuguese, while the sea in the 17th century belonged to the Dutch.

However, accidents still happened.

When Vice Admiral Tropp of the Netherlands Navy was about to let the sailors raise the flag of the general attack, a fleet appeared in the north of the battlefield without haste, and joined the Royal Fleet with 24 warships, forming nearly 40 warships. The combined fleet of warships makes the Royal Fleet powerful.

One of the strange black ships was still billowing black smoke, sinking into the sky.

This time, both the Spanish fleet and the Netherlands fleet stopped.

If they didn't pay attention to the previous Royal Fleet, then the expanded fleet in front of them should not be underestimated, and the appearance of the other party is likely to break the balance of the battlefield!
(End of this chapter)