In the face of Casillas' "threat", Jack and others could only persuade Henry to agree to solve the problem of food and grass for the Spanish army.

Although Henry agreed, his face was gloomy as water.

At the same time, in order to interfere with the logistics of the Egyptian army, the conference also agreed to require the Gallic fleet and the Caesar fleet to cooperate with the Spanish Armada to strengthen the control of the Mediterranean.

At present, the logistical supply of the Egyptian army can be roughly divided into three categories.

The first category is the grain storage of Great Xia in the city of Basis Point. The grain piled up in the granary of Basis Point City basically comes from the Moroccan province, and after such a long period of consumption, there is actually not much left.

The second type is the local plundering of Spain itself.

For this reason, the people of the entire southern region of Spain suffered, and in order to raise food and grass for the army, the Egyptian army did everything they could.

But in the case of Spain, this approach is quite unstable.

The third category is the grain and grass supplies brought by the Atlantic Fleet from the port of Tunis.

When the Blue Badge signed an Egyptian Dynasty cession agreement with Bactria at the beginning, one of them was that before the Egyptian army gained a foothold in the European battlefield, Bactria was responsible for the supply of grain and grass for the Egyptian army.

This grain and herb was hoarded by the Egyptian Dynasty, and Ouyang Shuo had no reason to refuse.

In order to fulfill the agreement, Admiral Zhou Yu of the Atlantic Fleet, after leading the first formation to the Gulf of Aden, immediately began to arrange the matter as soon as the number of the Atlantic Fleet was raised.

What the Allies have to do now is to let the three major fleets join forces to cut off the most important grain transportation channel of the Egyptian army, so that the Egyptian army on the front line will not be defeated.

It was indeed a good calculation, which seized the most fatal weakness of the Egyptian army.

After Casillas finished complaining, Caesar also had something to say: "The annexation of Egypt and the return of Bactria to the Mediterranean Sea pose a direct threat to the Caesar dynasty." In the future on the Germanic battlefield, it will be difficult for me to increase my troops. ”

Compared with Casillas, who has a good face, Caesar is much more direct.

Italy was the heart of the Caesar Dynasty, and it was here that it was closest to Bactria and separated only by the Tunis Strait.

How this didn't make Caesar nervous.

"I don't think you have to be afraid of Great Xia." It was Jack who spoke, "Great Xia is in the whole of Africa, but it is only a million troops, but it has to guard the whole of East and North Africa. ”

"The Egyptian Dynasty has just been annexed, there are a lot of internal problems, and it is too late for Great Xia to deal with internal affairs, how can it rashly provoke the Caesar Dynasty at this time."

Caesar disagreed, and teased: "You don't have a backache when you stand and talk." In addition to being in Africa, the native army of Great Xia is as big as four or five million, so what is so difficult about teleporting a little bit over casually? ”

All of you here, it is estimated that Caesar, a "stunned young man", dared to speak to Jack like this.

"Then you can do it yourself!"

Jack was also angry, he was kind enough to adjust the European battlefield, but he didn't want to be angry.

When the others saw it, it was not easy to interject.

Because of this small episode, the summit ended in such an awkward atmosphere.

…………

South America, 28 April.

Jack fulfilled his promise, and on this day, half of the Dawson Dynasty's army in Colombia, that is, 200,000 troops, together with the 400,000 troops of the Brasilia Dynasty, took the initiative to provoke a major war against the Indian Empire.

The Indian Empire, once again, was caught in the dilemma of fighting on two fronts.

It's almost a dead knot.

Seeing this, Casillas decisively transferred back 50,000 troops from the Argentine region to defend the mainland, and finally stabilized the local situation a little and blocked the Egyptian army in the south.

The situation in Spain seems to be gradually stabilizing.

In the face of the siege, this time, Juárez was determined to capture the Argentine region first, and then concentrate on dealing with the Brasilia dynasty, so as not to fall into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts for a long time.

While arranging for a large army to defend the east, the Indian Empire instead intensified its offensive in the south.

The whole of South America was dragged into the flames of war.

Only Daxia is located in Egua County in South America, and it still maintains a rare calm, like a pure land.

This time, Hu Yarez was really desperate, and he even made a bloody investment, and once again placed an order for firearms of 20 million gold coins to Daxia, bluntly saying that he wanted the most advanced flintlock pistols and artillery.

The two large arms orders before and after almost emptied the financial reserves of the Indian Empire last year.

In the face of such an order, Ouyang Shuo naturally did not refuse.

In more than a dozen newly industrialized cities selected by the imperial court as priority development, military factories have sprung up, and massive resources such as coal and iron ore have been continuously transported to these cities by water or sea, turning into tons and tons of steel, and then into flintlock pistols and artillery.

With the help of developed shipping, it is sold all over the world.

With three firearms orders, the industrialization of these cities is ushering in a leap forward.

In order to realize the transportation of trains as soon as possible, improve the efficiency of the transportation of coal and other resources, and meet the support needs of these cities, the railway network planned by the imperial court is also being built overtime.

The three orders, plus the funds earned from the sale of obsolete firearms, totaled more than 76 million gold coins, which were used for the construction of factories in Zhuchengchi, and the rest were all invested in the construction of railways.

It is equivalent to saying that Great Xia is using the money of other dynasties to build its own industrial facilities.

Coupled with the huge special appropriations of the imperial court, the speed of railway construction is almost measured in days, and the railway network is expanding every day with the blessing of fuzzy processing.

A new construction miracle is being staged in the territory of Great Xia.

The former infrastructure maniac seems to be going to repeat a construction miracle in the game world.

…………

Fast forward to May.

Eastern Mediterranean.

Just as the smoke of gunfire broke out in South America, the Spanish Armada, the Gallic Fleet, and the Caesar Fleet carried out joint patrols in the Mediterranean, interfering with the supply lines of the Atlantic Fleet.

For a time, the Mediterranean route, which is usually prosperous in commerce and trade, became noisy.

A large number of merchant ships were forced to urgently dock in the surrounding ports, not daring to walk on the sea anymore, because it was reported that a caravan was seized yesterday by the Allied Combined Fleet on charges of "collaborating with the enemy".

The maritime trade of the European and American dynasties suffered a heavy setback.

Only a few greedy merchants, seeing the flames of war burning in Europe and wanting to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune from the war, dared to take the risk and continue the route through the Mediterranean.

In this situation, once successful, you can indeed make a lot of money.

In times of war, supplies are always more expensive than usual.

Of course, there is another type of merchant who dares to continue to do business, that is, the caravans that are related to the three fleets, and they can obtain the protection of the three fleets, so they naturally have nothing to fear.

For a time, the number of caravans that took the initiative to send "filial piety" to the three fleets soared.

This was also a windfall for the three fleets, who for the first time tasted the sweetness of monopolizing the shipping routes, and acted more and more unscrupulously.

In the back, no matter how daring the merchants were, they did not dare to take risks, and all caravans that wanted to pass through the Mediterranean Sea had to pay tribute to the three fleets.

The caravan, in collusion with the fleet, managed to monopolize the Mediterranean route.

In the process, they seemed to ignore one thing, that is, the presence of the Atlantic Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea seemed to be getting lower and lower, almost becoming a little transparent.

…………

Another five-nation summit.

This discussion was about the seizure of a merchant ship that had just occurred.

What happened was actually very simple, but Caesar's fleet was obsessed, in the name of escort inspection, the guards stole themselves, took advantage of the chaos to seize merchant ships without authorization, and filled their own pockets.

In response to the saying, if the army robs, God can't stop it.

"Caesar, you must give us an explanation!" It was William who spoke, the Mediterranean shipping route was blocked, and the biggest impact was the Gangduo Dynasty, how not to make William angry.

Caesar was not afraid, and said calmly: "What is there to explain this? Great Xia transported supplies to the front line, and it was through merchant ships, who can guarantee that it will be checked correctly every time? It is normal to misjudge once. ”

In fact, Caesar's fleet acted at Caesar's behest, and this greedy guy just wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune from the war.

Anyway, the Caesar dynasty is located in the eastern Mediterranean, and even if the shipping route is blocked, the impact on the Caesar dynasty is not great. On the contrary, because of the obstruction of shipping routes, the merchant ships that were originally intended to go to the Gundors or Germanic dynasties could only dock at Caesar's ports and sell them on the spot, which in turn facilitated Caesar's trade.

This deal, how to look at it, how to bargain.

It's just that Caesar, the "initiator", didn't expect that an accidental arrest incident would cause a chain reaction and achieve a new monopoly pattern of the Mediterranean shipping route.

Caesar discovered that accepting a caravan tribute could be more profitable than a simple and crude seizure.

"You!"

William was speechless at Caesar's rogue behavior. "Tell me, what should we do about this?" Seeing that Caesar's oil and salt did not enter, William could only turn to Henry and others for help.

Strangely, neither Casillas nor Henry said a word.

Casillas was due to the tension of the domestic war, even if there was no such incident, the overseas trade of Spain would have stopped a long time ago, and he still had to rely on Caesar's fleet and snipe the Atlantic fleet, how could he stand up at this time and refute Caesar's face.

Henry, on the other hand, had a grievance in his heart after the last meeting, and did not say a word throughout the whole process.

Moreover, the two can be regarded as beneficiaries here.

Isn't standing up and condemning Caesar in the face at this time?!

There seems to be some kind of tacit understanding between the three of them, and they want to make a lot of money through this European war.

As for Pushkin, the Romanov dynasty did not rely on the Mediterranean shipping routes, stayed out of the matter, and of course would not stand up for William.

Under the pressure of William, Pushkin reluctantly said: "I think that it is also beneficial to the front to cut off the trade channels of the Germanic dynasty by this." ”

When William saw it, he only felt cold in his hands and feet.

Only then did he realize that once there was no Jack in charge, the five major European dynasties would simply have their own agendas, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were scattered.

And he, William, in Europe, really has no prestige at all.

Sad!