The continental countries united to end the Thirty Years' War and at the same time fought against foreign enemies. At this time, Europe had been divided into two camps, the Holy Alliance led by Chu Yun and the Continental Alliance led by Louis XIII.

Except for England, the European countries of the Holy Alliance had the Royal Navy and Royal Army, the Kingdom of Denmark, Norway, and Portugal had almost no combat power, but they all had the desire for Chu Yun.

In contrast, the national strength of the continental alliance is generally strong. Any country in the Netherlands, Spain, and France can compete with England, and Sweden defeated Denmark and the United Kingdom of Norway. In addition, the support of the pope, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, as foreign aid, also had the Holy Roman Empire, the Swiss Federation, Poland and Lithuanian Federation, and Tsarist Russia. The combined national strength is more than five times the national strength of the European countries of the Holy Alliance.

Of course, this did not take into account the terrible existence of China.

When news of the establishment of the Continental Alliance came, Chu Yun was watching Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" with the senior officials of the Holy Alliance in the theater at White Hall Palace.

The audience identities in the theater are also exaggerated, including Queen Sophia of England, King Christian IV of Denmark, King Joao IV of Portugal, Earl of Levin, and a bunch of officers brought by Chu Yun.

As the drama ended, everyone held a tea party again. Chu Yun said slowly: "We have heard of the news in the city of Münster in the Holy Roman Empire. The war on the continent has been temporarily over. The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire made a compromise with the Protestant princes, and ten countries have established a continental alliance."

The Danish king and the Portuguese king who were drinking tea couldn't help but tremble with their hands holding the teacup, and the tea almost overflowed.

If the continent restores order, then Spain can free up its hands to annex Portugal, and Sweden can continue to clean up Denmark.

"Aren't the entire continental powers involved in the ten kingdoms?" The King of Denmark and the King of Portugal were shocked.

"France, Spain, the Netherlands, Holy Rome, Sweden, Poland, Tsarist Russia, Switzerland, the Ottoman Empire and the Pope, are indeed the major powers involved. It would be better to say that this is the right thing." Chu Yun was still calm.

There are too many countries in the continent, and he has not been able to stay in Europe for much time, and he has no time to hit these kingdoms one by one, so that they can gather together and defeat them better.

"I need to return to Portugal, otherwise the Spanish army will come soon." Joao IV was worried.

"Don't worry, the war will not go on in Portugal. We will be the first to defeat the Spanish Invincible Armada." Chu Yun said.

"Is that right..." Ruo Ao IV finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Chu Yun say that he planned to defeat the Invincible Armada.

The King of Denmark was anxious to get back the territory he lost from the Swedes, but when he learned that Chu Yun wanted to attack Spain first, he was a little anxious: "Then when can we take back the territory we lost in Denmark help us to take back?"

"There is an old saying in the East: Shooting a man and shooting a horse first, and capturing a thief first. To dismantle the continental alliance, you only need to cut off their maritime power and defeat their leader France." Chu Yun tapped the table with his fingers to calm down the Danish king.

Chu Yun’s strategy to deal with the continental alliance is very simple. He is still to use his superior maritime power to eliminate the continental alliance’s navy, block the Atlantic Ocean, and then take the lead in defeating France, the leader, and declare victory. Then he will hold the prestige he gained from his victory to negotiate with the other party, rather than really wanting to defeat ten countries.

"Spain privateers are very annoying, especially Dunkirk's privateers. They are plundering our merchant ships. They have already suffered losses of dozens of large and small merchant ships. Congress members who represent the interests of merchants complained to me that they should send warships to protect merchant ships into the Mediterranean or destroy Dunkirk's privateers as soon as possible. After Spain cut off relations with us, they banned our merchant ships from trading activities on the Iberian Peninsula, and our merchants suffered a lot." Sofia was also facing the pressure brought by the war.

She found that once the war was provoked, there would be calls for the country to end the war as soon as possible to win. Obviously, everyone wants to end the huge war with the shortest time and the smallest cost, and win, which puts huge pressure on her, the queen.

If she defeated her, her prestige would be higher. On the contrary, if she failed, she might be abandoned by the nobles and civilians.

"King Joao, this combat plan to eliminate the Spanish Invincible Armada also requires the cooperation of your Portuguese intelligence and ships. We discuss the tactics of destroying the Invincible Armada."

Chu Yun brought a group of officers this time, with the goal of taking the lead in defeating Spain's invincible fleet.

Soon the casual tea party turned into a combat meeting.

Currently, Chu Yun has two fleets, the Zhili Fleet and the Fourth Fleet. The combat power of two fleets equipped with steam iron armored ships, Chu Yun doesn't have to worry about it.

The Royal Fleet in England has invested nearly 2 million pounds in construction after Sofia invested nearly £2 million, plus some of the captured Turkish sailing ships, now there are 70 warships of all sizes, which is actually a considerable force.

The King of Denmark's fleet was suitable for combat in Nordic Europe, but it seemed that it was not very helpful in the Atlantic Ocean. The Portuguese fleet could barely bring in more than a dozen large sailing ships.

Portugal actually has a very advanced sailing level. More than a hundred years ago, they passed through the Storm Corner to India, Macau, Japan and other places. Part of the Spanish Invincible Fleet was originally composed of Portuguese ships and sailors they annexed.

This time Portugal's separation from Spain caused huge losses to Spain's invincible fleet.

In other words, Chu Yun now has four fleets to call, Zhili Fleet, Fourth Fleet, Royal Fleet, and Portuguese Fleet.

Nelson spread out the chart of Western Europe on the wooden table: "The core of the destruction of the Invincible Armada this time is to use the naval advantage to block the Spanish coast from the sea, cut off the maritime passage to Flanders, prevent all commercial exchanges between Spain and the West Indies and the Americas, and force Spain to demand a truce and withdraw from the continental alliance."

"During the period, the Netherlands and the French fleet may try to support, they may concentrate their forces in Dunkirk and even attack the land of England. We will deploy the Royal Army and the Imperial Guards Brigade along the Thames to prepare for defending the city of London."

"Or we can sink them in the English Channel as the Netherlands and the French fleet meet, and let their soldiers bury them in the sea."
Chapter completed!