Now we know that because of the rapid development of the United Kingdom, other countries are feeling uneasy and dangerous. In fact, this is not difficult to understand. This is the same concept as the situation in our world today. They are all afraid of our planet.

A certain country in the past suddenly became powerful. In this case, this country would attack itself. For example, in the Second World War in our human history, Japan was restricted. All kinds of places were restricted by the victorious country, such as

It is actually very serious not to possess fission weapons, but this is only for Japan, but it is definitely a very good thing for other countries.

In fact, from our above examples, it is not difficult to see how worried and uneasy various countries are about the rapid development of the United Kingdom. However, they themselves do not dare to go to war with the United Kingdom because of the series of consequences that will result from the war.

The problem is very serious, and all aspects will be affected. Therefore, these countries have pinned their hopes on the Netherlands, which has already gone to war with Britain, and it is inevitable to provide the Netherlands with various aids. Moreover, the struggle for hegemony between the two big countries will definitely

It is a lose-lose situation, and other countries are willing to see such a result.

Therefore, after receiving these aids, the Netherlands began to gain confidence. On June 11, 1666, the Dutch commander Wright once again organized eighty-four warships, equipped with more advanced warships.

A total of 4,600 cannons and 22,000 troops began to counterattack the British army. From here we can easily see that although the Netherlands has received assistance from many countries, the number of warships is still not as large as before.

Well, in fact, the British warships also lost a lot. This was a result of the crazy battle between the two major naval forces.

Then at Dunkirk, the fleet led by the Dutch commander Wright met with the fleet led by the British commanders Monk and Buppert. The two sides immediately launched a large-scale offensive battle. Thousands of guns were fired, and the sea water

With gunpowder and gunpowder splashing everywhere, the seemingly peaceful sea suddenly began to boil. There were shouts and the roar of cannons everywhere. At this time, the number of British fleets was not very large, anyway.

The Dutch commander Wright commanded a large fleet, so the Dutch commander Wright relied on his advantage of commanding a large fleet to directly surround the British fleet. Under such circumstances, the British fleet was suddenly surrounded by enemies on all sides and suffered casualties.

The losses were huge, simply extremely tragic.

In the end, the British fleet was almost completely annihilated! How miserable was this? Taking advantage of the fleet's victorious morale, Wright, the commander of the Dutch fleet, also launched a victorious pursuit and prepared to go up the Thames River.

Directly attack London, the capital of Britain. In June 1667, Wright took advantage of the rising tide at night to rush into the Thames River, began to bombard London, and tightly blocked the mouth of the Thames River. Suddenly the British

Panic, this has hit the capital, how can the people inside not panic? And all of them are very sophisticated cannons, this bombing is a joke? Houses everywhere collapsed, chickens and dogs jumped over the wall, and even more...

A large number of British civilians died, and the streets were completely in chaos. Countless people were crying on the streets, completely at a loss because the Thames River was blocked, and even if they had British warships, they couldn't get in.

, and another thing is that the British capital generally has infantry, and the number is relatively small.

At this point, we can all imagine that this time it really frightened the British. They never expected that the Dutch would be so cruel. They thought they had complete control of the sea, but now they are about to lose the control of the sea again.

, so the British were completely unable to carry out effective resistance in a short period of time. Although they could resist for a long time, the Dutch had already flattened their London with cannons by that time, and the people living in London were generally

Rich people such as old aristocrats and even new aristocrats, as well as kings and even senior generals. If we understand it this way, we can all understand that the Dutch are definitely trying to kill the British this time, so the British know this

The war could not be delayed, so they were forced to negotiate peace with the Dutch.

The Netherlands also understands what it means to give up when things are good. If peace talks are not carried out now, when the British dispatch the fleet, all the Dutch will die. Therefore, the commander of the Dutch fleet, Wright, agreed to the peace talks.

The condition of the peace talks at this time was that Britain would make certain concessions to the Netherlands in terms of maritime trade rights.

Then the Dutch fleet began to retreat. After all, for Wright, the commander of the Dutch fleet, the purpose of his trip had been achieved. So from here it is not difficult to see that there is absolutely nothing absolute about the military situation in this world.

Invincible beings all have their own shortcomings and advantages, so if things are done too often, it can easily lead to desperate resistance.

However, the Netherlands did obtain maritime trade rights this time, but this maritime trade rights are completely different from the previous trade rights of the Netherlands. Before, the Netherlands had control of the sea, and almost all trade on the sea was done by the Netherlands.

Forget it, and it must be restricted to a certain extent now. Of course, Britain has also gained maritime trade rights for a period of time, and has also tasted huge sweetness. It is like there was only a jar of honey, and it was eaten by one person, but now it is

It was divided into two people eating, and each of them had eaten this whole jar of honey before, so they knew that the feeling was too sweet, and this created a psychological imbalance.

By 1672, for their own interests, Britain knew that its own fleet could not defeat the Netherlands, because the Netherlands had developed very quickly and had too many fleets, so Britain persuaded France and then

France united to declare war on the Netherlands. This is actually because the French also want to share some benefits in maritime trade. Now that they defeat the Dutch together with the United Kingdom, they can gain a certain degree of maritime trade rights. Isn't this great?

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In fact, this time Britain and France jointly declared war on the Netherlands, and it was not just a naval war. Their purpose was to directly destroy the Netherlands and make the Dutch completely disappear from this earth. So far, France has directly dispatched

The infantry attacked the Netherlands, but the Dutch directly opened the dam, which suddenly became like a vast ocean, so the French infantry had to retreat. They had no ships, or there were not so many ships to take them across. Another situation is,

The British navy was also defeated by the Dutch navy, and this time British losses were extremely heavy.

Then in the next two years, the armies of the United Kingdom and France could not coordinate, and the high-level officials kept quarreling because of disputes over interests. The main reason was the concept that they suffered more and got less. So in the end, France

Let's just not attack the Netherlands, because if we do it we will have to mobilize a lot of troops, and we still can't defeat it, or we feel that we have gained very little after defeating them. So all of a sudden, Britain and France were originally declaring war on the Netherlands, but now Britain has been defeated.

The family became isolated, which meant that France completely withdrew from the war at this time.

Then came the deadly war between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. This was a large-scale and long-term war. During this long-term war, the national strength of both the United Kingdom and the Netherlands was greatly reduced. In the end, both countries seemed to have no military strength.

There was no way to fight. So in February 1674, both sides had no soldiers to fight, and they were all dead. How could they fight? So the two sides came up with a good idea and signed a new agreement between the two countries.

The previous peace treaty was restored, which meant that the status quo before the war was restored, and both countries continued maritime trade.

But in this case, it is not difficult for us to see that the two families will still fight one day, but they have almost no troops at present, so they need to rapidly develop their troops through maritime trade. When they develop, they will definitely want to

A single family has all the trading rights at sea, which is the example we compared before. I definitely want to eat a whole jar of honey by myself, and I definitely don’t want to only eat half a jar.

But other changes have also occurred in this situation. What changes? In fact, after these three wars between the Netherlands and Britain, both the Netherlands and Britain have greatly reduced their strength. However, Britain has developed faster than the Netherlands, so the Netherlands' previous maritime

The title of Coachman was taken away by Britain. Britain has actually become the overlord of the sea. In fact, it is not difficult to see from these naval battles that we all realize the importance of sea control. From a military perspective

In other words, it is the strategic value of the navy.

Okay, let’s stop talking about naval battles here. Around this period, there was actually a very powerful figure. I think everyone who has gone to school should know about this figure. Even if it is popularized globally, in fact, this figure

He is almost as famous as Einstein. Who is this person? In fact, it is Newton. Next, let’s take a look at Newton.

After all, we have said before that the thinking and even the spiritual world of our human world have been liberated to a large extent during this period, and the forces of the church have actually begun to have little impact on science and technology. High-level officials of various countries

Focusing on capitalism, that is, just to make cannons, are all high-level people fools? Therefore, this period can be said to have indirectly allowed many very talented people to have a certain space to display their talents.
Chapter completed!