Yang Feng's support made Philip V confident. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Although His Majesty the Emperor of the East was far away and was recognized, at least by European governments, his strength was unquestionable.

Immediately afterwards, Philip V issued an ultimatum to his cousin, that the Estates-General must be convened immediately, and the nobles, clergy, and elected representatives from all over the country must jointly determine who will succeed to the throne of France, or else he will go to Paris himself as one of the heirs to the French throne to discuss the issue. Of course, he certainly wouldn't go alone, and soon the Spanish army began to assemble on the border between the two countries, and even the Spanish naval fleet sailed out of the military port of Gibraltar and began to move towards the south of France.

As for his cousin......

His cousin also had a bunch of cheers.

It can be said that at this time, the whole of Europe was against the merger of Spain and France, and everyone knew that once these two countries merged, then they would have to face the expansion of a European hegemon first, without waiting for the imaginary invasion of the Ming army.

Britain openly declared that if Philip V dared to invade France, then England would declare war on Spain, and Portugal joined the alliance, and the Portuguese army immediately assembled on the border, and at the same time the British army began to board ships in the port to prepare for the Portuguese to support, and the British fleet also arrived in the Strait of Gibraltar ready to retake Gibraltar. Then Austria quickly made the choice to join the alliance, and the army of Prince Eugen went west to threaten the Spanish Netherlands again, this time even Charles XII, who was close to Yang Feng, could not stand it, and the Swedish army marched south from Denmark to join the Hanoverian army in the same preparations for the defense of France.

But this time the Dutch were honest.

The Netherlands declared neutrality.

The main reason is that they are shy and have no money to fight now, and besides, the Netherlands at this time has no ambitions, so they want to live honestly.

The whole of Europe quickly returned to the state of the rain before the war for the Spanish throne, after less than ten years of silence, a new round of bloodletting is imminent, but it is clear that this time Spain is alone, after all, Philip V did not help in Europe, if he really fights, he must use the power of Spain to fight against almost the whole of Europe, although he has Yang Feng's support behind him, but Yang Feng's hand cannot reach Europe after all.

"Who said that?"

Yang Feng said with a sneer.

"I said that as long as the French people support Philip, then everything will be supported by me, as for the others, don't be afraid, you tell Philip, the others I stand in the way for him, but there is also one point, it must be the French people who take the initiative to welcome him, and only in this case will I support him."

Then he said.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, our Majesty the King went to Paris only to force the Duke of Orleans to convene the Estates-General, and as for whether he will inherit the throne of France, this is entirely up to the Estates-General to decide."

Said the Spanish minister.

"Very well, I know that he is reasonable, you go, use the communication system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send a telegram to Madrid, tell Philip what he wants to do, do it boldly!"

Yang Feng said with satisfaction.

"Your Majesty, but what if the British declare war?"

Said the Spanish minister.

What he means is that you don't just write empty checks, you say it nicely, when our army crosses the border, and then the whole of Europe beats us together, you are here tens of thousands of miles away and you can't really stretch your hand over, hurry up and get some dry goods out, you don't take practical action, we are not stupid, you can't just do this kind of thing that singles out the whole of Europe in a flicker, right? You're just touching your mouth, and we're at risk of being beaten to death by the crowd.

"British?"

Yang Feng sneered and said, "The British are estimated to have shut up now." ”

Yes, the British have shut up.

Because at this time, a large fleet appeared off the coast of Gibraltar.

"Damn, what's that?"

On the British Navy's newest battleship, the Indomitable battleship, Captain Ogeler exclaimed with a dumbfounded expression as he held up his binoculars.

At the junction of the sea and the sky in the distance, a trail of smoke rose in the blue, and below the trail of smoke was a black and white figure, which was gradually becoming clear in his field of vision, like a giant whale breaking through the waves, and soon not far from it, another thing of the same kind emerged, and as time passed, their appearance became clearer and clearer.

These are two ships.

Two huge ships, with black hulls and white superstructures, had no sails, but still had two yellow masts, and at the top of the masts, red flags danced in the wind, and each ship had two chimneys, also painted yellow, that were constantly spewing smoke into the sky.

Captain Augel's head buzzed.

"Quick, report to General Vernon, the Ming fleet, their ironclad ships!"

He frantically threw himself to starboard and yelled at a cruiser next to him.

Well, the Ming battlefleet came.

Just as the cruiser hurriedly turned to report to their fleet commander, in the distance, black, white and yellow giant ships appeared one after another, and for the next ten minutes, the British sailors on the Indomitable enjoyed the most shocking scene in their lives so far.

Four Dingyuan-class ironclad ships.

Twenty-four Invincible-class cruisers.

There were also twenty transport ships carrying various supplies.

Forty-four steel giants, lined up in two terrifying long dragons on the sea, spitting billowing smoke and holding their black holes high, rode the wind and waves on the blue sea at a speed of ten knots, like a giant beast that crushed everything, with an unbeatable majesty, and sailed past the Indomitable in turn.

This is the Daming Mediterranean Fleet.

In order to shake the prestige of the Europeans, Yang Feng sent two-thirds of the capital ships of the Ming Navy to the Mediterranean, plus the Atlantic Fleet in Xinbo Port, the main force of the Ming Navy almost poured out, and there are only eight cruisers left in the country at present, and there are two battleships that have just been built, of course, Yang Feng does not need to worry about the safety of his coast, because at this time there is no hostile navy east of the Cape of Good Hope.

Including the Omani navy was also sunk by the Ming army, and after the end of the war against Persia, the Ming army also attacked Oman, and now the 13th Army is sweeping Oman.

When this steel giant ship sailed in front of him, Captain Ogel even felt that his legs were weak, especially the four ironclad ships, the huge body of more than seventy meters long shone with the luster of steel in the sun, and the muzzles of the terrifying seven-inch and five-inch cannons were raised, as if they could shoot blazing flames at any time, and what was even more terrifying was that such a huge steel giant beast had the speed of a sail battleship that was almost unreachable, watching the scene of the waves breaking through the bow of the ship beating the golden dragon, He really felt a sense of desperation.

This is an invincible battleship.

On the battleship Dingyuan, Xu Shou proudly looked down at the Indomitable.

He was the Admiral of the Mediterranean Fleet, leading this huge fleet of more than half of the capital ships of the Ming Dynasty, set sail from Zhennan Port, arrived at Dongfang Port for two months of maintenance, and then set off for the north, the destination was Alexandria in Egypt, but now it has been renamed Weiyuan Port, and all the facilities have been built for them, including fuel, which was also transported to Cairo by an urgently laid railway, and then transported from Cairo to Weiyuan Port through the Nile, and this fleet will be stationed in Weiyuan Port in the future.

Of course, this is just an ordinary routine transfer, which has no special meaning and is not aimed at any special object.

It's true.

After all, the territory of the Ming Dynasty has now expanded to the Mediterranean, so it is essential to maintain a naval fleet in the Mediterranean, and now the Ming has no maritime threat in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea is the only one that can face a maritime invasion, so it is normal to transfer two-thirds of the capital ships to the Mediterranean. In fact, not only the Dingyuan-class battleships, but also the future Hongwu-class battleships and Qi Jiguang-class cruisers will also belong to this fleet, and the deployment of half of the capital ships in the Mediterranean Sea is the principle of the future Ming Dynasty, in fact, even if the Ming Dynasty annexes Europe, the navy will still have to be dominated by the Mediterranean.

As for this transfer and the current situation in Europe......

It doesn't matter, we're definitely not here for Philip V.

Of course, whoever wants to believe this is a fool.

Yang Fengdu has already said that he supports Philip, and now that Philip is at a disadvantage, it is needless to say that the Ming Mediterranean Fleet suddenly came with the intention.

Just after this fleet sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar, the French Mediterranean Fleet all retreated back to the Toulon military port, the British fleet blocking the Strait of Gibraltar withdrew as quickly as possible, the Austrian Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, which had just been established for a few years, also withdrew to Trieste as quickly as possible, and the Ottoman Navy also hid in the military port of Istanbul. The fleet sailed slowly across the Mediterranean like a pack of lions strolling through the steppes, and then all the jackals and wild dogs rolled as far as they could, lest they might upset the beasts and slap themselves to death.

They were really scared.

A giant ship with a displacement of 6,000 tons, and it is also a steel giant ship, and when the Dingyuan class was built, it didn't care about what others looked at, everyone knew that the side was a steel forging plate nearly a foot thick, and these four ironclad ships didn't need to be bombarded, even if they simply relied on tonnage and speed to collide, they could crash all the European warships in the Mediterranean into broken wood boards. And that terrifying protective ability, even if it is placed there and let the European battleships be targeted, it is estimated that it will not necessarily be able to make a hole until the cannon is scrapped, and as for even the first-class battleships in Europe, I am afraid that they will not be able to withstand even a shell of nearly seven inches.

This thing is utterly hopeless. (To be continued.) )