When Luo Liu's mansion in Zheng Peipei, like 'Grandma Liu' in "A Dream of Red Mansions", was very earthy and accepted many things that shocked her, Wang Shan, who was the governor of Jinshan City, came to the governor's palace office in the city.

Yesterday evening, he inquired from his adjutant about the European side.

I don't know if I don't know, the news from Europe really made him a little excited.

Although he is on the west coast of the Americas, he cannot have any practical effect on the European side. But that didn't stop Wang Shan from inquiring about the news about Europe.

As far as Wang Shan is concerned, he very much hopes that the more chaos in Europe, the better.

The adjutant told him that the fighting on the European side had gradually eased from intense. Nowadays, neither the Portuguese nor the Church Coalition have any way to engage in large-scale military battles.

Therefore, the two sides mobilized large armies in the eastern border area of France and began to confront each other.

In a situation where no one can defeat the other in a short period of time, a long-term military confrontation has become a necessary means.

In many respects, though, the alliance between Portugal and France and the alliance of the vassal states of the Church were at a great disadvantage.

However, when the supplies of the Song Empire in the Americas were sent from time to time, Portugal and France had the ability to continue to support them.

Not to mention that now even the Ottoman Empire is in contact with the Song Empire behind their backs, secretly joining the small alliance group, and starting to pull back the church vassal states on the Eastern Front.

Therefore, Portugal and France are not in fact without hope of victory.

But for the Song Empire, it didn't want to see a very clear situation of war in Europe.

When Zhao Hongyu first formulated the plan, he hoped that Europe would be in chaos for decades.

The reason why the Ottoman Empire was contacted was mainly because he was worried that Portugal and France were not opponents of the alliance of the church vassal states, so he let the Ottoman Empire take action and contain the alliance of the church vassal states on the eastern front.

Otherwise. Despite the support of the Empire, Portugal and France could not cope with the alliance of the vassal states of the Church.

The 6,000 'American Volunteer Regiments' sent by the early empire have now been withdrawn from French territory after the Ottoman Empire entered the war.

In addition, it has been transferred to Egypt to protect the lease.

In the early days, the reason why the 'Volunteer Corps' was sent was because they were afraid that when the Portuguese and French allied forces and the vassal states of the Church were confronted, they would be defeated prematurely by each other.

It was with this consideration in mind that the Empire sent this corps.

Now with the help of the Ottoman Empire, the Empire can finally withdraw this corps.

To be honest, in Europe the empire although there is a great stake. But it would not be cost-effective to let the soldiers of the empire work for the Portuguese and French.

Now that there is the Ottoman as the wronged leader, the empire will not take the opportunity to slip away for Mao.

Although the fighting on the European continent has subsided, the fighting at sea has become more intense.

In the Mediterranean, Portugal and France held the key sea area on the western side, firmly controlling the power to enter and exit the Mediterranean.

This led to the alliance of the Church vassal states, which suddenly lost control of the Mediterranean.

At a time when the ocean age is just dawning and everyone is seeing the benefits that the ocean brings, it is very unbearable for such a thing to happen.

Whoever holds power at sea is in possession of wealth.

on this. The alliance of the church vassal states is unbearable.

Therefore, the battle for control of the sea is in full swing.

Thousands of warships. At different times, battles were fought at sea every day.

Some of the most daring smugglers, armed with privateer warrants distributed by various powers, went to attack lone warships and merchants of their rival countries.

Time. Portugal and France were completely at a disadvantage in the battle at sea.

The reason is simple, although France is still quite strong. But Portugal had only been two years after the Spaniards had been repatriated.

They belonged to the stage of waiting to be rebuilt, but they did not even have time for development, and immediately entered the war period.

If it weren't for aid from the Americas, Portugal would have been doomed long ago.

Under such circumstances, how could Portugal have a strong maritime military power to ensure its interests?

Today's Portuguese naval warships are all those left behind by the former Spaniards.

These warships were damaged beyond repair during the constant fighting, and were completely scrapped.

So, as the war at sea dragged on for a long time, the Portuguese began to fall to the upper hand.

It can be said that it has been able to support until now, mainly relying on the fleet of the French.

Of course, it was impossible to rely on the French fleet for such a long time.

After all, no matter how powerful the French were, they could not stand up to the forces of the Church vassal states on their own.

The French are not Superman, and Neku is not wearing it on the outside.

The reason why Portuguese France was able to hold on and remain undefeated when they were at a downside. Mainly because at a critical moment, the Ottoman Empire, which controlled the intersection of Asia and Europe, made a move.

Although the Ottoman navy was really not very good, the addition of the Ottoman fleet still greatly relieved the pressure on Portugal and France.

Therefore, the war at sea became fierce.

Whether it was Portugal and France, the allied forces of the vassal states of the Church, and even the fleet of the Ottoman Empire, they were all caught in the circle of naval warfare, which devoured human lives.

The British, who were far from the European continent and were rejected by all the forces because they were too selfish in the early days, secretly redeveloped their maritime military power at this time.

And, it's become very successful.

For the British, the intelligence services set up by the empire in the European concessions have never stopped collecting intelligence.

So the empire knows everything about the situation in Britain.

According to the adjutant's account, after the British lost at sea in the previous two years, they began to develop their maritime military strength with all their might.

In addition, good results have been achieved in the past two years, and at the same time, it has also recovered its vitality and strengthened its military strength at sea.

When the Portuguese and French fleets weakened due to the loss of the fleets of the allied forces with the vassal states of the Church, the British suddenly attacked and defeated the defense of the Mediterranean Mediterranean outlet. That is, the Portuguese and French fleets in the Strait of Gibraltar took control of the Strait of Gibraltar in one fell swoop.

At the same time, having defeated the Portuguese and French fleets, the British fleet quickly moved south and began to occupy various ports in Africa.

It can be seen that the British have been really suffocating in the past two years, and now they are quite fierce when they are released.

Of course, Wang Shan also knows this reaction of the British.

Britain is a little bit bigger, and it doesn't have a lot of resources of its own.

If you want to become strong, you have to trade at sea.

But. If you don't control the Strait of Gibraltar, then all of this will be a flash in the pan.

The British fleet can't even go to Africa, and it's a fart maritime trade.

Therefore, as soon as the British seized control of the Strait of Gibraltar, they could not wait to start their march into Africa.

African gold ivory, and some spices, were very much needed by the British.

At the same time, although the war on land on the European continent gradually eased and turned into a confrontation, the trade of various countries came to a standstill because of the war.

If only the British had access to a large number of cheap goods from Africa. If you use smuggling channels to get to the European continent, then the profits in it will be huge.

The British are not stupid either.

They are also very aware that the current environment is also an opportunity for themselves.

Once you catch it. Then the opportunity is huge.

Of course, the eyes of the British are only on the African continent, and the British in the Americas have not yet dared to snoop.

The Song Empire in the Americas, that's not an ornament.

After three and a half years of development. The Song Empire now had more than 3,000 battleships and more than 400 heavy battleships.

If the British were to reach out, the consequences would be a tragedy.

But. Although the Song Empire's military strength at sea had begun to gradually increase.

But it can only be used to defend the sea defense, and as for the attack and invasion, it is still more than enough to be able to do so.

The reason is simple, the whole of America is under the control of the Song Empire, and the long and vast sea frontier needs a large number of warships just to patrol and defend.

Not to mention that Australia and the islands of Southeast Asia have already been discovered, and a large number of warships will need to be sent over.

Therefore, the more than 3,000 battleships and 300 heavy battleships that the Song Empire now possessed could not even do defense, let alone take the initiative to attack and invade.

So, at least for the next ten years, the Empire will not be able to make a sortie.

We can only bury our heads in the frenzied development of the Americas and gradually increase our maritime military strength.

When the time is almost up, the empire will be able to show its fangs.

But are the British trying to curb their development now?

Wang Shan sat behind his desk, his fingers on the desk and tapped lightly on the table.

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Shan felt that he should write a letter to Zhang Tie and Song Hu.

He thought very simply, the British were not very strong now, and had been rejected by the forces of power on the European continent.

Therefore, the British are now on their own.

So, for a while, the empire could let the British go unchecked.

But it could not make the strength of the British grow so strongly.

It must be controlled within the reach of the Empire.

Although Portugal and France were allies of the empire, the attitude towards these two allies, the Song Empire, was cautious in supporting them to prevent them from making a big bite.

In short, the British wanted to secretly get rich while everyone was involved in the war.

The British should be involved in the war as well, and their strength should be weakened in the war.

Opening the drawer of his desk, Wang Shan took out the letter paper and pen and began to write. (To be continued......)