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On this day, the Delfzill continued to sail westward, and the speed was not very fast, because the wind and waves at sea were strong again. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Pacific Ocean is called "Taiping", but it is not peaceful at all. The largest ocean on earth spans the boreal zone, the northern temperate zone, the tropical, the southern temperate zone and the southern cold zone, and the temperature and humidity of different sea areas vary greatly, forming not only a relatively regular trade wind, but also a large number of irregular tropical storms, and even hurricanes and typhoons.

Obviously, the ocean east of Taiwan is about to be baptized by a new round of storms. All the sailors aboard the Delfzill were at their posts, and Captain Pete and several of the officers stood in the pouring rain that was the prelude to the storm, carefully and methodically keeping control of the ship.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen, Li Zhenyan and Charlie were locked up in a small black cabin, because the Dutch did not want their slaves to fall into the sea in vain. Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but smile bitterly, not knowing whether he was unlucky or lucky.

Saying that it was unfortunate, his trip to Dengzhou was extremely unlucky, he broke his leg and fell into the sea, and finally returned to the mainland, and became a prisoner of the Dutch again; Luckily, he saw the rough seas of the Pacific Ocean with his own eyes, and even a large ship like the Delfzill had to be steered carefully. If you really want to forcibly cross the sea in a canoe, I am afraid that you will already be buried in the belly of the fish at this time.

Anyway, being idle is idle, Zhu Youzhen and Charlie continued to talk about the topic just now. After giving an account of the recent situation in Portugal, Spain, England and the Netherlands, Charles told him about the ongoing war on the European continent.

It turned out that in this era, almost all the countries and powers on the European continent were involved in an unprecedented war. The war began with an attempt to impose Catholic authority in Bohemia (present-day Czech) under the Habsburg Holy Roman Empire (present-day Germany), persecuting Protestants, and appointing Ferdinand, a fanatical Catholic, Archduke of Austria, as King of Bohemia.

Of course, the Protestants in Bohemia were unwilling, because at this time the imperial power of the Holy Roman Empire was very weak, and there were many princes everywhere, and there were no less than thousands of lords, large and small, all of whom had their own small calculations, and even the emperor had to be elected by the electors before he could ascend the throne. In the midst of a fierce conflict, Bohemian Protestants stormed the royal palace and threw the emperor's envoy out of the church, known in what became known as the "Window Throwing Incident".

The enraged Habsburgs immediately launched a war against the Protestants in Bohemia, and it soon evolved into a large-scale war between the Catholic and Protestant states of Europe. On the Catholic side, led by the Habsburgs of Austria and Spain, the Pope of Rome, the Catholic princes of the Holy Roman Empire, Poland, Lithuania and other countries were also included.

The Protestant camp was no slouch, including the Protestant princes of the Holy Roman Empire such as Bohemia, as well as France, Denmark, Sweden, England, the Netherlands, Russia, and other countries.

In fact, every participating country has evil intentions, such as France, which is obviously a Catholic country, but because it does not want to see a unified and powerful Holy Roman Empire next to it, it would rather join the Protestant camp.

Denmark and Sweden, for example, had long coveted large areas of land on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea, and had taken the opportunity to invade in the name of protecting Protestants.

Then there was the Netherlands, who wanted to use the war to further weaken Spain and consolidate its maritime supremacy. As for England, he did not want the Habsburgs to win, and he was afraid that the Protestant state of the Netherlands would grow, so he went to war first with Spain and later with the Netherlands. Russia entered the war in retaliation for Poland and Lithuania for dividing up their lands, which had little to do with sectarian warfare.

The Ottoman Empire, the public enemy of Europe, which straddled three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa and embraced Islam, was also ready to move at this time, preparing to advance to Vienna and defeat the Habsburg dynasty in Austria on the basis of consolidating the Balkan Peninsula.

Therefore, Europe is like boiling a pot now, there are battlefields everywhere, fighting and stopping, and it will continue to fight in a few days, and it has been fighting for seven or eight years now, and I don't know how many soldiers and civilians have been buried in this meat grinder-like vicious battle.

And the attrition of war is enormous, and a small country like the Netherlands simply does not have enough resources to sustain such a long war. As a result, they turned their greedy eyes to the East, desperately exploiting the common people of the colonies, and sending large quantities of material resources back to the main battlefield in Europe.

The invasion of the island of Taiwan by the Dutch took place against this background. Because Taiwan was originally the sphere of influence of the Spaniards, taking Taiwan would be tantamount to giving Spain a blow to the head. At the same time, Taiwan has abundant rainfall, fertile land and abundant products, and the Dutch also want to build this place as their new land.

Zhu You couldn't help but be gloomy when he heard this, thinking that the current Ming Dynasty is really weakened to the extreme, and it is also stupid to the extreme! The Western powers all came to their doorstep and grabbed Taiwan, the treasure island of their own territory, but the imperial court was indifferent and detached. It is precisely because they do not attach importance to sea power and do not cherish the territory of the motherland that the great powers will invade China even more unscrupulously!

While they were sighing, the alarm sounded on the ship, and several of them were released and asked to keep an eye on the Ryukyuans, and the original Dutch guards rushed to the deck with arquebuses and sabers.

Zhu Youzhen hurriedly looked out to sea and found that there were three warships lined up in front of him to block the way. At this moment, Zhu Youzhen really hoped that these three ships were Zheng Zhilong's sailors. Even if the Delfzell is sunk by the other side and falls into the sea to feed the sharks, it is better than being a slave of the Dutch!

It's a pity that Charlie only glanced at it and said lightly: "It's the fleet of the Spaniards." ”

Only then did Zhu Youzhen remember that the Spaniards now occupied northern Taiwan, while the Dutch occupied southern Taiwan. Now that the Dutch were going to sail back, they naturally had to pass near the Spanish territory. The two countries were at war, and the Spaniards naturally had to do everything they could to intercept the Delfzell.

Therefore, it is just a dog-eat-dog encounter, and there is no talk of who is good and who is evil. However, Zhu Youzhen was on the ship of the Dutch, so he naturally did not want to be a backing for them, so he still hoped that the Dutch could repel the attack of the Spaniards.

At the moment the Spaniards had three boats, the Dutch had one, and it was clear that they were at a disadvantage. However, Charlie was not afraid at all, but smiled at Zhu Youzhen and said, "You probably haven't seen a naval battle yet, right?" Today you can take a good look at how the Dutch took out the Spaniards! ”