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Obviously, it was the British fleet that was invited by Geng Jingzhong to run ahead. It's just that Robert and James didn't receive the Spaniards' colonies over there in Mindanao? How did you get to the west? Look like this, I was still beaten so wolf. I remember that the previous report said that there were a total of 24 warships from the British, but now it seems that there are a lot less, only 15 are left. Of the remaining fifteen ships, only the first seven were intact, the others were damaged, and the last three seemed to be going to stay behind the palace, and the sails were broken, and they couldn't run away even if they wanted to.

"The strength of the British Navy is not so inferior, and there are not many Dutch warships in the back, why was it beaten so badly?" Geng Jingzhong was very puzzled, it stands to reason that if the British fleet and the Dutch fleet meet in the case of similar numbers, the British fleet still has a better chance of winning, why does it seem that the Dutch fleet has won a big victory, but the British fleet is fleeing?

"Look, Lord Wang!" Ning Wu, the commander of the First Squadron beside him, shouted loudly. He was still holding a telescope in his hand and looking south, and at this moment a new fleet appeared in his telescope, looking at the flag, it still belonged to the Netherlands.

Geng Jingzhong hurriedly raised his binoculars, and due south, about five kilometers behind the pursuing Dutch fleet, another fleet appeared, numbering twenty ships. "No wonder! The Dutch are winning by numbers! "It's no wonder that this place is, after all, the territory of the Dutch, when the Spaniards were in the past. They did not dare to clash with the Dutch. Although the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch government did not put a few giant ships of the third rank and above on this side. But the fourth- and fifth-tier warships occupy the majority. In particular, the fourth-class warships reached eighteen at the most. After the war with Zheng Chenggong a few years ago, eight ships were damaged, and there has been no replenishment since then, so now there are only ten. But that's it, the strength is also far stronger than this James's fleet, which has only three fourth-tier warships.

The Dutch fought with Zheng Chenggong that year, but Zheng Chenggong lost a large number of small warships and fireships to besiege them together before defeating the Dutch. Now the British had only twenty or so ships in total. And how can you compete with the Dutch. It can be regarded as the bad luck of the British, the Spaniards have fallen, the large islands of the Philippines are in a state of uncontrol, and the original Spanish garrisons have also been pulled out by the Mawei Navy, especially Mindanao, which belongs to the British to take over. It's a pity that the British were not satisfied, and with this little battleship, they actually sent several detachments to continue the search south.

Mindanao headed south, across the Sea of Celebes in present-day Silbers. That's the territory of Indonesia. It had always been Dutch territory, although the main Dutch fleet was still far away in Batavia. But there are stations on the islands here, especially on the resource-rich islands. The arrival of the British fleet made the Dutch very nervous, and immediately sent a message to the Dutch governor's palace in Batavia. In this way, the British, who had secretly taken over the former Spanish colonial islands as the Mawei Navy, were discovered.

The Dutch, of course, did not allow another Western fleet to threaten them in the eastern seas, and it was necessary to drive these British away, preferably to destroy them all. For example, when the Dutch first came to Asia, they fought many rounds with Spain and Portugal. In the past few months, Dutch merchant ships have been actively helping Geng Jingzhong transport war horses to Luzon, and now the number of horses on Luzon Island has exceeded 30,000. However, the Dutch naval forces had nothing to do, and when they received the order to destroy the British, they were very excited to lead the navy to attack and go directly to Mindanao.

When the detachment sent by James returned, they reported that they had searched the Dutch territory to the south, and that they had been discovered. At that time, James had already ordered patrols to be stepped up in case the Dutch attacked. Robert and James will not give up this island, the largest Mindanao and other islands combined, the area is basically the same as England, just among the many strongholds left by the Spaniards, many mineral deposits have been discovered, especially the two gold mines, which make them reluctant.

The Dutch moved quite quickly, and in only a month, they found the location of the British, and a major war was inevitable. The Dutch dispatched two naval formations, each of which consisted of twenty-two warships, eight of which were of the fourth rank. James led all the ships to meet the battle, and engaged the Dutch naval formation, which had arrived first, and the two sides were evenly matched, and when they had lost five ships each, the second Dutch formation arrived. When James saw this, he decisively ordered to flee. If you don't run away, you can't do it, the enemy is outnumbered, and staying to fight to the death can only wipe out the whole army.

James led the remaining nineteen warships all the way north, and the target was Luzon. His idea was simple, it was to ask for help from the Mawei Navy. They were invited by Geng Jingzhong, and the Mawei Navy can be said to be allies, as long as they arrive on Luzon Island, the Mawei Navy will definitely help. Geng Jingzhong had also given Li Guang an order to temporarily help the British gain a foothold here, after all, he still had to rely on the British to drag down the Spaniards in Europe.

"This Dutch and the British really have a lot of hatred, and they can chase so far!" Geng Jingzhong shook his head and said. "Order, all the battleships are concentrated and ready to fight!" With that, Geng Jingzhong commanded with a cold face. Geng Jingzhong resolutely ordered at this moment, no matter how much Europe messes with the law, it can't be messed up in this Asian waters. It was just this opportunity to wipe out the Dutch, so that the Asian seas would really be his own family. Geng Jingzhong is not worried about what the Dutch will do to him in the future, according to the calculation of time, after the last Anglo-Dutch Second World War, four years have passed, so the third war should be just around the corner. After the Third Anglo-Dutch War, the decline of the Netherlands was a foregone conclusion, the capital Amsterdam was destroyed, and the Asian region, far from Europe, was even more out of their reach, and their strength was also inadequate.

Geng Jingzhong is grateful for the chaotic situation in Europe, which just gives him the opportunity to develop calmly. The internal strife between the Western powers was very fierce, especially in the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth centuries, and other centuries, and the wars in Europe never stopped. Either today you hit me, or tomorrow I will beat you, or the day after tomorrow he will beat him. Wars are fought from land to the sea, and from the sea to land. Sweden has Gustav, England has Nelson. There is Joan of Arc in France, and Victoria in England. Spain had Philip II, France had Napoleon. In short, it was you who sang and I appeared, and there were constant disputes.

Having said that, the British have actually made a mess of statements over the years. The main reason is that in order to obtain huge wealth, they do not hesitate to use pirates to provide ports of refuge for pirates, and even the British Navy directly pretends to be pirates and plunders the merchant ships of other countries everywhere. Later historians have calculated that in the 16th and 17th centuries, the wealth obtained by the British through piracy accounted for more than 60% of the national treasury revenue. It can be seen how crazy the British pirates were.

It was precisely because the looting was so fierce that it aroused the anger of the Spaniards and led the Armada to England. It is a pity that the British fleet, with pirates as the main force, defeated the Spanish Armada. As a result, British piracy became even more rampant. Not only did they raid the Spanish merchant fleets, but all the merchant fleets of all other countries were within their reach. No matter from which point of view, the current British are very annoying, and almost all the Western powers strongly despise them. The movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" depicts the scene of the British Navy chasing and killing pirates, which is after the British have cleared their name. When they weren't whitewashed, what they did was much more cruel than pirates.

After Spain, the Dutch were the bosses of the seas, and their merchant ships, of course, were constantly attacked by English pirates. The hatred between the Dutch and the British can also be said to have a long history. Two Dutch warships chasing down a British warship on the sea, such a scene is simply too normal. The flag of the Netherlands, in the 16th century, was orange, white and blue. After entering the 17th century, because orange was not easy to identify and not eye-catching enough, it was changed to red, white and blue. Red on top, white on the middle, blue on the bottom. If this flag is reversed and the left, center and right are red, white and blue, it will become the flag of France.

"Lord Wang!" Ning Wu next to him said loudly. "We're still buying horses from the Dutch! In the past few months, we have brought back nearly 30,000 war horses from the Dutch, and there are some attacking Dutch warships at this moment."

"Hehe, do you want to say that this king's grace will take revenge?" Geng Jingzhong smiled and said.

"The subordinates don't dare!" Ning Wu hurriedly waved his hand and said.

"It's not your fault, you don't understand the current situation in the countries of the world. We bought war horses from the Dutch, it was a normal business transaction, and we also paid a lot of gold and silver, and the price was much higher than the market price. In this way, we don't owe anything to the Dutch. Besides, the British were invited back by me, and they originally meant to unite the British against the Dutch. Now that the British are being chased and beaten by the Dutch, we can stand by and watch! If the British first arrived, if they want to gain a firm foothold in Asia, it is not possible to do it in three or five years, if we unite with the British to drive out the Dutch, this Asian sea will really be our world! Geng Jingzhong was not annoyed at all, and explained with a smile. Alright, let's get ready! ”

"Yes!" (To be continued......)

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