"I'm afraid the main fleet of Europe is concentrated here..."

Zheng Zhibao, Ruan Youjin and other naval generals of the Fourth Fleet received a letter of help from Sir Pennington and soon mobilized the fleet to come for support.

When they came to the waters north of the Downs anchorage, they found three fleets facing each other, with 200 warships on both sides, and the top three naval fleets in Europe gathered here. This is a very rare scene.

Faced with such a large fleet, the officers of the Fourth Fleet also felt difficult.

Zheng Zhibao even boarded the King of the Sea and asked Sir Pennington about the situation here: "Why did the Spanish fleet dare to break down in your territorial waters?"

Sir Pennington sighed helplessly: "You should know that King Charles had forcibly dissolved the parliament 10 years ago, right? At that time, the parliament was only willing to provide part of the military expenditure for the king to use for the war with Spain, so the king dismissed the parliament in anger. King Charles suffered a tragic defeat in all battles with Spain and was forced to sign the Treaty of Madrid with Spain, including the canals of England open to Spanish ships. Both ships can use the other's harbor to repair, shelter and prepare. The ships we went to the East could also stay in the colonies of Spain and even Portugal. This time the Spanish fleet broke down in Towns, which was actually in line with the content of the Treaty of Madrid, and we could not condemn it."

"So there is such a reason..."

Zheng Zhibao finally knew why the English fleet was helpless. Spain defeated England in a series of battles ten years ago, so England basically faded out of the war on the European continent, except for sending some personnel to the Netherlands to serve.

"Are you going to help the Spaniards or the Netherlands?" Zheng Zhibao must first figure out the ideas of his allies.

"In fact, none of us want to help. In the past, we helped the Netherlands fight against the Spanish Empire, because they felt sympathy for them in faith, and they stood opposite the pope; the second is that the Spanish Empire was part of the Habsburg dynasty, and they occupied a large area such as Austria, Spain, Italy, and Portugal. If other kingdoms do not unite in time, other kingdoms will fall into the encirclement of the Habsburg dynasty, and you can also regard it as a war against the Habsburg dynasty. But now France and the Netherlands are beginning to rise. If they are allowed to completely defeat the Habsburg dynasty, then France and the Netherlands will become the new overlords, one overlord on land and one overlord on sea." Sir Pennington said.

England has always liked to check and balance the power of the European continent, joining one side to balance the other side, and this time is no exception. It is best for the countries in the European continent to balance the power so that they will not pose any threat to England.

"So the purpose is to get them out of here, it is best to stop fighting for the time being?" Zheng Zhibao asked again.

"That's right, even if they really want to fight, they have to leave our English territorial waters, rather than fighting hard on our territorial waters, so that I can't explain to the people and parliament of England." Sir Pennington looked at Zheng Zhibao, "Maybe I need your power to get them out of here."

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Zheng Zhibao hesitated for a moment: "You England Congress allowed our new 5,000 soldiers to be stationed in Portsmouth. We said at that time that we would keep the same position as you when necessary. So what you want to do this time, we will support you."

"It is also a shame to maintain your country's territorial waters sovereignty, which is a shame in any case. It would be great if our Royal Navy could have more warships. After this matter is over, I would propose to the Parliament that funds should be allocated specifically for our Royal Fleet to use, and we should have a fleet of more than 50 warships." Sir Pennington sighed.

After the Fourth Fleet and the Royal Fleet, the Netherlands Fleet finally gave up the risk of attacking the Spanish Fleet anchored in Towns after struggling.

The English fleet had nearly 40 warships and a rumored iron armored monster ship, which really made Tropp, who owned 105 warships, worried.

The Netherlands had a large number of ships, but generally small in size. In contrast, the Spanish large ships were very dominant. If they risked being back-stinged by the English fleet, it was very likely that the entire army would be wiped out.

The Spaniards were also ready to fight to the death with the Netherlands, but when the Fourth Fleet arrived, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The Fourth Fleet sent two small boats to greet the Netherlands and the Spanish Fleet respectively.

"The Spaniards are our enemies. We have fought a war with them for seventy years. Why do you Eastern people interfere in our operations?" Lieutenant General Tropp was very dissatisfied with the intervention of the Fourth Fleet. He was already ready to destroy the Invincible Fleet.

"Our acting fleet commander invites you to go over to our ironclad ship for tea. We have brought the best black tea, I believe you will like it." The messenger of the Fourth Fleet said to Trop.

Trop's face was unstable. What was the other party doing?

At the moment of tension on the battlefield, I said I wanted to come and have tea with myself?

"What is the medicine sold in your gourd?" Tropp asked.

"We also invite you to the commander of the Spanish Fleet. If there is anything that can be solved at the negotiating table, why bother to see blood on the battlefield?" asked the messenger of the Fourth Fleet.

"When did the Orientals like English pirates have nosy!"

"If we don't defeat the Spanish fleet here, our war with Spain will be endless!"

"General, if you go to their ships, you may be threatened by them and forced to leave the Spanish fleet."

A group of Dutch naval generals protested to the head coach, and they heard the intention of the Fourth Fleet to mediate.

There is no better time than this to see that the Invincible Fleet can be wiped out. If the Spanish fleet is allowed to escape, the war will be longer.

"I believe they should not use such unjust means to threaten such an unjust way. We have already given them face. I want to meet the generals of the East for a while and see what strength they have to dare to act as the mediator. If we really force us to get too much trouble, we will have to slap the Invincible Fleet." Trop hesitated for a moment, he planned to negotiate with the Fourth Fleet first.
Chapter completed!