As for France and Portugal also asking to participate in the combined fleet of the Ming Dynasty, Britain, Spain and the Netherlands also seem to have some speculation, and they are not so surprised.

After all, it is impossible for France and Portugal to recall warships from all over the world to be concealed from the three countries of Britain, Spain and the Netherlands, in this case, the intentions of France and Portugal are very clear, and the three countries of Britain, Spain and the Netherlands have speculations about this, but whether it is or not still needs to be confirmed by the two countries.

Now the two countries came to the fleet before it set sail, and they also clearly expressed their intentions, which immediately proved the guess of the three countries at the beginning, and France and Portugal really came to send troops together to the Ming Dynasty.

"Okay, then our five-nation combined fleet will send troops to Daming!" The King of the Netherlands, seated on the throne, stood up with a smile.

With the participation of France and Portugal, the fleet of the three countries became the fleet of five countries, and the chances of defeating the Ming Dynasty were suddenly much greater.

The Queen of England and the Emperor of Spain likewise had no objection to the involvement of France and Portugal.

After all, even if the Queen of England and the Emperor of Spain have different ideas from the King of the Netherlands, and they are not worried that the fleets of the Three Kingdoms will not be able to defeat the Ming Dynasty, but they are also a little worried about what small actions the fleets of the two countries will make in Europe after their fleets leave Europe.

As for the fact that after defeating the Combined Fleet, there are also many things for the two countries to share the benefits, and the Eastern Empire is huge and rich, so it is certainly not worried about not having enough points.

With the unanimous consent of Britain, Spain and the Netherlands, the envoys of France and Portugal looked at each other and smiled, and both saw the extraordinary meaning in each other's eyes.

In fact, in addition to the three countries of Britain, Spain and the Netherlands sending troops to the Ming Dynasty, or to recapture the colonies occupied by the Ming Dynasty, there is also a deeper reason, and it is not directly stated, that is, to take this opportunity to attack the Ming Dynasty.

As the legendary Oriental Empire haunted by the dreams of European countries, the Ming Dynasty is full of endless wealth and gold in the eyes of European countries.

But the hugeness of the Ming Dynasty is also well known, a single country, there is really no country that dares to really start a full-scale war with the Ming Dynasty, at most it is just a temptation, the Dutch did it, the Portuguese did it, but they were all defeated by Zheng Zhilong's fleet at that time.

At that time, although Zheng Zhilong's fleet was not under the control of the Ming Dynasty and belonged to Zheng Zhilong's private property, it also carried the name of the Ming Dynasty after all, and Zheng Zhilong's fleet defeated the temptation of the Dutch and the Portuguese, which was equivalent to the temptation of the Ming Dynasty to defeat the Dutch and the Portuguese.

Britain, Spain and the Netherlands still have some thoughts of retaliating against the Ming Dynasty and recapturing the colonies occupied by the Ming Dynasty, while France and Portugal purely want to get a piece of the pie, jointly divide the Ming Dynasty and plunder the wealth of the Ming Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, at the same time that France and Portugal announced their joining the combined fleet, envoys from three other European countries came to them: the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Kingdom of Austria.

The Kingdom of Poland and Austria were at the forefront of the resistance to the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, respectively, and the Holy Roman Empire was the pillar behind the two countries.

I didn't expect such three countries to participate in the joint fleet, and it seems that they also want to get a piece of the pie.

After all, the legendary Eastern Empire of the Ming Dynasty is too mysterious in the eyes of European countries, it is a competition for wealth, gold everywhere, and as soon as the three kingdoms take the lead, other countries want to participate, as if they will be able to defeat the Ming Dynasty.

"Since the Holy Roman Emperor is also interested, then the Three Kingdoms should also be involved!" The King of the Netherlands was the first to speak.

The other kings of England, Spain, France and Portugal did not say anything, and likewise agreed to the accession of the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Kingdom of Austria.

It is not difficult to understand that among the three countries, although the naval strength of the Holy Roman Empire is very weak, the Holy Roman Empire enjoys a high status in the whole of Europe, whether it is the Queen of England, the King of the Netherlands, the King of France, and even the Emperor of Spain, who has always been quite arrogant, all have great respect for the Holy Roman Empire.

So this time, even if it was to give the Holy Roman Emperor a face, several countries had no reason to refuse.

Anyway, the navies of the three countries are too weak, and there is no difference between participating and not participating, and in the end, because they can't mobilize any strength, they won't share much of the benefits of the war.

Regardless of the ultimate purpose, it is already a fact that the Anglo-Spanish-Dutch-French Portuguese Boo and the eight powers of the Holy Roman Empire formed a combined fleet.

Immediately, the eight-nation fleet jointly discussed assembling at the port of Porto, Kingdom of Portugal.

Among them, the Kingdom of the Netherlands dispatched the most warships, reaching 230 warships, the Kingdom of England dispatched 183 warships, the Spanish Empire dispatched 71 warships, the Kingdom of France dispatched 85 warships, the Kingdom of Portugal dispatched 62 warships, the Holy Roman Empire dispatched 5 warships, the Kingdom of Poland dispatched 3 warships, and the Kingdom of Austria dispatched 2 warships.

The combined fleet of the eight nations has reached a terrifying level of 631 in total.

Such a large combined fleet is unprecedented! This was even a surprise to all the countries of Europe!

Theoretically speaking, the European countries should not have so many warships even if they are combined, after all, at the peak of the Spanish Armadada, there were only one hundred and fifty warships, but now Britain and the Netherlands have exceeded the size of the original Spanish Armadada.

However, if it was a few years ago, it was indeed impossible for the European countries together to have so many warships, after all, it took money to build warships and raise warships, and now the emergence of so many warships, especially those owned by Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, France and Portugal, is even somewhat beyond the scope of the five countries.

But all of this was foreshadowed.

At that time, the Netherlands was defeated twice by the Ming Dynasty in the waters of Taiwan and the South Sea, the Far East Fleet was destroyed, and even the Indonesian archipelago was taken away.

Because of the defeat of the two naval battles, the Netherlands lost dozens of warships, and the maritime strength was greatly weakened, in order to maintain its position as the supremacy of the sea, and in order to retaliate against the Ming Dynasty to recapture the Indonesian archipelago and accumulate strength, the Dutch king ordered to do all the best to build warships!

In just three years, the number of warships owned by the Netherlands not only recovered in their heyday, but also slowly increased and increased.

In the past few years, it is impossible for European countries not to know about the Netherlands' large-scale construction of warships, although they do not understand the specific purpose of the Dutch, but this kind of thing is always uneasy, especially England, which has always wanted to replace the Netherlands as a new generation of maritime hegemon, is even more unacceptable.

In order not to differ too much from the Netherlands in terms of maritime strength, England also began to secretly build warships!

As soon as England made it, France, Portugal, and Portugal, which had always been arrogant, naturally couldn't sit still, and they also built warships in secret, and the five countries with the strongest maritime power in Europe fell into an arms race of warships that all countries knew but did not say to each other.

In the past few years, not only have the Dutch increased many warships at once, but the four countries of Britain, Spain, France and Portugal have also added a large number of warships, and since everyone knows the matter of building warships secretly, there is no need to hide them.

About March 19, the twelfth year of the Ming Dynasty, the huge combined fleet of eight countries set sail from the port of Porto, Portugal, and officially set sail to the Far East, pointing at the Ming Dynasty!

Europe is no less than tens of thousands of miles away from Daming's sea voyage, and in less than half a year, the eight-nation combined fleet cannot reach the Daming waters.

However, even if it is more than half a year, it is only a matter of time, as the huge combined fleet of the eight countries is gradually approaching, an unprecedented sea battle is also quietly approaching the Ming Dynasty.

In less than half a month after the combined fleet of eight European countries set sail, the northern part of the Caspian Sea, the westernmost territory of the Ming Dynasty, rode fast horses and galloped towards the east, preparing to go to Nanjing City from the railway on the side of Lake Balkhash to report the news.

The westernmost territory of the Ming Dynasty reached the northern part of the Caspian Sea, and some territories even belonged to the scope of the European plate, in fact, the European countries were not far away from the Ming Dynasty, and the matter of the joint fleet of European countries sending troops to the Ming Dynasty was spread in Europe, and even the Ottoman Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire knew about it, and naturally it was impossible to hide the spies of the Ming Dynasty in Europe.

It may take a long time for the eight-nation fleet to come from the sea, but on the 6th ground, Daming has war horses, as well as a railway to Lake Balkhash, and it is completely possible to know the news of Europe in about ten days, so the attack of the European United Fleet will inevitably be known by Daming first, so that Daming has a calm time to prepare.