I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 765 Sea Blockade

Prussian Foreign Minister Friedrich reminded: "About Saxony..."

Baron Turgut nodded sideways: "Your Majesty can only accept that Prussia gets Leipzig and Wittenberg."

Frederick and Grenville looked at each other and said reluctantly: "Okay, we will discuss the ownership of the east coast of Dresden later. Our country will continue to send troops to Hailer as agreed."

Yes, Prussia and Austria decided to divide Saxony after the war under the "coordination" of Britain.

In this war against France, Saxony, as one of the top four states in Germany, refused to send troops because it was dissatisfied with Prussia's previous invasion of Poland, and even sent special envoys to France twice to explain its neutral attitude.

This behavior made Prussia and Austria very angry.

At the same time, the two countries have long coveted Saxony's population and handicrafts-more than a quarter of Prussia's territory was previously robbed from Saxony. Austria even briefly destroyed Saxony in the battle for the Bavarian throne.

If Saxony could be taken, it would undoubtedly make Prussia and Austria take a big bite of blood.

And Britain, which once did not want to see Prussia and Austria become powerful, also agreed to this shameless conspiracy under the pressure of fighting against France.

After satisfying Britain and Prussia, Baron Thugut finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the two and said, "Then about the reinforcement of the Southern Netherlands."

"Please rest assured that His Royal Highness the Duke of York will lead his troops south soon."

"The Wallis Corps will enter the Southern Netherlands from Longen, and after joining Prince Coburg, they will go to Wavre together."

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The Dutch Strait.

As dusk approached, most of the ship owners urged the sailors to dock as soon as possible, but the "Leisure" of the "Special Trade Committee" raised its sails and left the port of Ostend and headed towards the Atlantic Ocean.

The ship was obviously full of cargo, which pushed the waterline very low, but under the skilled operation of the sailors, it quickly increased to a very fast speed.

The sailor on the mast looked around vigilantly. Just as the sun was about to completely fall below the horizon, he suddenly shouted anxiously to the people below: "There is a British warship at 11 o'clock!"

The second mate Madrono hurriedly repeated the warning to the megaphone leading to the cockpit, and the entire ship immediately turned right, leaving a curved mark on the sea surface, desperately avoiding it.

The British ship soon noticed the "Leisure" and immediately raised the sail to chase it.

Maderno stared at the warship getting closer and closer with wide eyes, and loudly ordered the sailors to throw the cargo into the sea to reduce the ship's load and increase the speed.

Relying on its familiarity with the waterway, the "Leisure" has always maintained a distance of more than half a nautical mile from the British warship and successfully towed it until dark.

The "Leisure" then began to make continuous sharp turns, and finally sailed into the vast Atlantic Ocean under the cover of night, barely getting rid of the British pursuit.

In the cargo hold of the Leisure, the captain looked at the cargo that was less than one-fifth left and couldn't help but sighed heavily: "It seems that we can't hold on any longer..."

Since the war began, a large number of British warships have begun to cruise along the French coast, capturing or sinking all merchant ships leaving the port.

In just one and a half months, the Special Trade Association has lost nearly 60% of its ships.

In the correct version of one by one!

At present, only a small number of merchant ships can venture to America or the Far East under the escort of French warships, but they also have to worry about encountering the main British fleet.