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Chapter 1566 Being a Peacemaker
Commander of the Spanish Fleet Oquendo and Commander of the Netherlands Fleet Tropp all came to the ironclad ship General Fubo.

The officers of the Fourth Fleet had already ordered a negotiating table to be set up on the deck. The weather was fine and sunny, which was good weather for negotiations.

Sir Pennington, Admiral of the English Fleet, was also at the negotiating table.

With the backing of the Fourth Fleet, Sir Pennington also stiffened up, not afraid of the Spanish Fleet and the Netherlands Fleet.

"Two generals, would you like some of our oriental black tea? It's produced in Wuyi Mountain, and it's very expensive in our country." Zheng Zhibao asked people to set up tea sets for the incoming guests.

The Spanish naval commander Oquendo was not afraid at all. He sat in his seat very naturally, poured himself a cup of tea, and added a slice of lemon to it: "Good tea."

He knew that the Armada he led was in a bad situation. The Netherlands fleet came from behind and showed the momentum of surpassing the Armada. If forced to fight the Netherlands fleet, the Spanish Armada, which had lost its morale, had a winning rate of less than [-]%.

It would be great if the English and the Chinese came forward to mediate. This is also what he is planning. When the war is unfavorable, he will use the "Madrid Treaty" to go to England's territorial waters and pull England, which remains neutral, into the water.

Obviously now he saw the result he wanted to see, so he was the one who was surrounded the least panicked.

In contrast, the Dutch native Tropp was not very happy, with a straight face.

How could he be happy when the fighter plane that wiped out the Spanish Armada disappeared in a flash?Obviously, the Spaniards have been surrounded at Downs anchorage, as long as the arsonist ship passes by, and then the entire fleet launches a general attack, then the Spanish Armada will be wiped out, and the war between the Netherlands and Spain is expected to end soon .The result is good now, the English and the Chinese forcibly mediated, prolonging the war even longer.

As long as the Spanish Armada exists, it will try to plunder the Dutch merchant ships from Dunkirk, which will cause huge losses to the sea coachmen.

Most of the merchant ships in Europe are made by the Dutch!

"Admiral Oquendo, you are the admiral of the Spanish Navy and the commander of the Armada. You became famous when you dealt with privateers 30 years ago. Why have you been curled up in a safe haven like a turtle? You Say your ship is damaged and your gunpowder is insufficient, I can supply it free of charge, I just ask you to come out and fight me a duel like a knight, instead of avoiding the battle like a rogue." Tropp Sitting on the chair angrily, he said to Oquendo who was sitting opposite.

Compared with the middle-aged navy rookie Trop, Spain's Oquendo is already a well-known naval veteran, but he seems very calm: "Hey, young man, a knight duel is only necessary when the two sides are evenly matched. Now Our Invincible Fleet panicked when it encountered your sentinel, and was obscured by the thick smoke from the artillery, and attacked each other, which allowed you to succeed. And you chose the shallow water terrain that is beneficial to you, our battleship It is too big to give full play to its advantages.”

"The older you get, the more cunning you are. You fled to the anchorage in England to prevent the Armada from being destroyed. This worry means that the end of your Armada is not far away." Tropp also poured himself a glass. Tea to calm the anger in my heart.

"Gentlemen, this is the territory of our England. Do you take us English people seriously?" Sir Pennington saw the Spanish admirals and the Dutch admirals fighting each other, and almost completely ignored his existence. Can't help being a little annoyed.

"Why do you Englishmen and Chinese people side with the Spaniards? Especially Sir Pennington, we were allies who joined forces against the Spanish Empire ten years ago, and even now there are still a group of English officers serving in our Netherlands. Now is the time for us to destroy the Armada they rely on most, if we destroy the Armada, the war on the European continent will end within ten years!" Tropp said angrily.

"Hmph, do you really think our Armada is a failure? Even if we are trapped in the Downs, we won't let you easily destroy us. If we want to defeat a heroic Spanish soldier like us, we need at least two Dutch soldiers. Life in exchange." Oquendo knew that the English and the Chinese would mediate, so he was confident and continued to provoke Tropp, who in his opinion was still young.

"Your soldiers have no fighting spirit at all. I can easily defeat them. If you come out and fight us in the sea outside!" Tropp slapped the table, and the teacups on the table were shaken up and down by him.

"If there is one, you come in and fight." Oquendo sarcastically said.

"Enough! This is our territorial waters of England. If you continue to confront us like this, you will not take us seriously. Yes, our English navy is not strong now, but you have repeatedly ridden us in the face to provoke us, even the most Even a docile foal will have a temper!" Sir Pennington finally broke out when he saw that the admiral of the English fleet still did not take him seriously.

"Sir Pennington, calm down." Zheng Zhibao calmly bought a cup of black tea for Sir Pennington, then turned to Trop and Oquindo and said, "You two should understand, This time it is not Sir Pennington who invited you to drink tea, but my humble servant Zheng Zhibao. I am just an insignificant lieutenant colonel in the Navy Department of the Eastern Empire, and is insignificant compared to the lieutenant generals and admirals."

Tropp and Ocundo looked at each other, wondering why a lieutenant colonel in the Eastern Empire could lead a fleet to station overseas alone.

"Then why did you invite us to drink tea on your ironclad monster ship? To show off your strength?" Tropp asked dissatisfied.

"If you want to understand it this way, it's okay. The current situation is obvious. The Armada may temporarily lose to the Netherlands Fleet, but the Armada plus our Fourth Fleet and the England Fleet, the Netherlands Fleet will not be able to win anyway. There is a saying in the East that peace is the most important thing. It is better to temporarily cease fighting at this time. The Netherlands fleet let the Armada leave, and the Armada returned to Spain. It will not sail to the Netherlands within this year. What do you think?" Zheng Zhibao said to the two.

Sure enough, a peacemaker!

Tropp was a little dissatisfied: "What if I don't agree?"

"Then we can only rely on cannons to speak. Although our fourth fleet is not well-known in the Western Ocean, we defeated the Ottoman fleet in the Mediterranean after all, causing the Ottoman Empire to lose its province of Egypt..." Zheng Zhibao played with the gun in his hand Teacup, "You Netherlands want to be the next Ottoman Empire?"

(End of this chapter)