The last time the country discussed the alliance, in the end, it was not over, a country sent troops alone, that is, to send food to the Ming Empire, no one has the courage, Spain and the Dutch can't join forces, how can a country's navy go to war, can defeat the Ming Empire? Or at someone's doorstep, how is it possible? Now the naval fleet of the Ming Empire is no longer what it was ten years ago.

However, the most important thing is that without the participation of the French, the armies of the other four countries poured out of the nest and the expedition to the Ming Dynasty, and the entire Western Ocean was empty, and when the time came, the French family was left alone, in case France sent troops to attack the other four countries, it would be enough for Britain, Netherlands, Portugal and other countries to see, with the strong combat power of the French, if it was not good, the other countries would be directly destroyed, and no one would worry about France.

This time, it's okay, the Ming Empire may attack the Americas, as soon as the news spreads, even the French can't sit still, the French also have major interests in the Americas, the central and northern parts of North America are the territory of the French, what if it hits their heads?

Moreover, after the Ming Empire in the Americas, it is obvious that the Spaniards and the British have been united, their interests in the Americas are the greatest, and the threat is naturally the greatest, and they are unable to resist the Ming Empire alone, and they must come together, the Dutch have been uprooted because of the power of the South Seas, and they have long been inseparable from the Ming Empire, and it is very likely to join forces with the Spaniards, and even join forces with the British. Once the Ming Empire attacks, other countries will definitely watch the excitement on the wall, and they will stab them in the back, after all, everyone will covet the territory of the Americas by the French.

Other countries acted, and the French had to stand up.

Amsterdam, the royal palace of the Netherlands, where the heads of kings of five countries are gathered.

"Felipe, is your information true? Did the Ming Empire really launch an attack on the Americas? ”

Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, asked in a deep voice.

Felipe IV snorted coldly and replied, "Cromwell, what do you mean?" Could it be that the Ming Empire's attack on Manzanillo is a very long-faced matter for our Spanish Kingdom? More than a dozen warships dared to attack Manzanillo brazenly, and more than 30 warships of Manzanillo were defeated, and there were less than five warships left, if it weren't for the strong Manzanillo batteries and the huge power of the coastal defense artillery, I am afraid that now Manzanillo has fallen, and more than 1,000 people have died just by mercenaries alone! ”

A few people's faces darkened, specially, originally, they still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that the news from Spain was wrong, but now it's okay, Felipe IV personally confirmed it, where can there be a fake?

The Ming Empire......

King Wilhelm II of the Netherlands said abruptly: "Several, you are only afraid that the strength of the Ming Empire is still unclear now, right?" Ten years ago, the Ming Empire only had a Fujian naval division that could go to sea to fight, although there were hundreds of large and small warships, but the largest of these warships was only three or five hundred tons, all of them were small and medium-sized warships, and lacked powerful naval guns, each main battleship had only more than ten guns, and we had a main warship, we could crush them with at least ten warships, although in the coastal waters of the Ming Empire, no one wanted to have a war with the Fujian naval division, but, as long as we wanted, we could defeat them at any time; Now, it's different, maybe there are only a few hundred warships in the Ming Empire, but these hundreds are not at the same level as the original hundreds, and now the Ming Empire has changed from a Fujian naval division to the first fleet, the second fleet, the Nanyang Fleet and the offshore fleet, the four naval forces, especially the first fleet and the second fleet, equipped with more than 100 main warships, each of which has a tonnage of more than 700 tons, and the largest capital battleship is named super battleship by them, The volume has reached 1,300 tons, and even in the Western Ocean, such a huge warship is very rare, and every year the Ming Empire will have more than 20 large warships launched, which are equipped with the most advanced flowering cannons, and the power is huge! If you give the Ming Empire another five to ten years, there will be no sea power in the world to compete with the fleet of the Ming Empire, even if the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the English fleet pour out and join forces to attack, it may not be the opponent of the Ming Empire......"

Hiss......

Everyone gasped, in the Eastern world, there is no doubt that the Dutch have the deepest penetration there, the most accurate and extensive sources of intelligence, such information, no one else has mastered it, Wilhelm II said it in public, the impact on everyone is too great.

According to Wilhelm II, the number of the main warships of the Ming Empire is at least more than two hundred, even if the size of the main warships is still slightly smaller than that of Spain and England, it is not far behind, and the number of people is large, two or three hundred main warships!

Felipe IV was the most panicked, the former Ming Empire only dispatched a dozen warships, Manzanillo was already unable to parry, if the Ming Empire attacked again, not more, only need to mobilize a First Fleet, hundreds of warships, then it can take the whole of Mexico, Spain absolutely has no power to fight back!

"Hey! Over the years, the Ming Empire has excavated our craftsmen and scholars from the West everywhere, bringing thousands or even tens of thousands of craftsmen and scholars back to the Ming Empire, in order to take away these people, they did not hesitate to use a lot of money, and even bribed the nobles of our countries, these people are elites in various fields, it is these people who have made the Ming Empire's naval fleet that has declined grow again, not only warships, but also their artillery and muskets, the power has exceeded that of the West! We're a capital enemy, damn it, this is a capital enemy! ”

Cromwell exclaimed.

Everyone nodded with deep sympathy, yes, over the years, the Ming Empire has continued to poach people from the West and the South Seas, and the targets are all people with a skill in the West, and even for one person, they have promised tens of thousands of taels of silver benefits, especially the Ming Minister Shi Kefa's Western travels, and when he arrived in one place, he searched for skilled craftsmen and well-known scholars, and took away thousands of people in one breath, can the development of the Ming Empire not be fast?

(End of chapter)