Chapter 765 Maritime Blockade
Prussian Foreign Minister Friedrich reminded from the side: "About Saxony..."
Baron Turgut nodded sideways: "Your Majesty can only accept Prussia getting Leipzig and Wittenberg."
Friedrich and Grenville looked at each other and said reluctantly: "Okay, we will discuss the ownership of the east bank of Dresden later. We will continue to increase the amount of money to Herrell as agreed. Soldier.”
Yes, Prussia and Austria, with the "coordination" of Britain, decided to carve up Saxony after the war.
In this war against France, Saxony, as one of the top four German states, resolutely refused to send troops because it was dissatisfied with Prussia's previous aggression against Poland, and even sent two special envoys to clarify its neutral attitude to France.
This behavior made Pu'aodu very angry.
At the same time, the two countries have also coveted Saxony's population and handicraft industry for a long time - more than a quarter of Prussia's land was previously snatched from Saxony. Austria briefly destroyed Saxony in the battle for the Bavarian throne.
If Saxon can be eaten, it will undoubtedly bring back a lot of blood to Pu'aodu.
Britain, which had once been reluctant to see Prussia and Austria become stronger, agreed to this shameless conspiracy under the pressure of war against France.
After satisfying the British and Prussians, Baron Turgut finally breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the two of them and said: "So about the reinforcement of the Southern Netherlands."
"Please rest assured that His Royal Highness the Duke of York will lead his army south soon."
"The Varis Legion will enter the Southern Netherlands from Lon, join the Prince of Coburg, and head to Wavre together."
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Dutch Channel.
As dusk approached, most of the shipowners urged the sailors to dock as soon as possible, but the "Leisure" of the "Special Trade Committee" raised its sails and left Ostend Port towards the Atlantic Ocean. The ship was obviously filled with cargo, which pushed the waterline extremely low, but under the skilled operation of the sailors, it quickly increased to a very fast speed.
The sailor on the mast looked around vigilantly. Just when the sun was about to fall below the horizon, he suddenly shouted anxiously below: "There is a British warship at 11 o'clock!"
Second Officer Maderno hurriedly repeated this warning to the microphone leading to the cockpit. The entire ship immediately turned to starboard, leaving a curved trace on the sea, and tried desperately to avoid it.
The British ship soon noticed the "Leisure" and immediately raised its sails and pursued it.
Maderno stared at the approaching warship with wide eyes, and loudly ordered the sailors to throw the cargo into the sea and reduce the load of the ship to increase the speed.
Relying on its familiarity with the waterways, the "Leisure" kept a distance of more than half a nautical mile from the British warships and successfully towed it until dark.
The "Easy" then began to make continuous sharp turns, and finally sailed into the vast Atlantic under the cover of night, barely escaping the pursuit of the British.
In the cargo hold of the "Leisure", the captain looked at less than one-fifth of the cargo left, and couldn't help but sigh heavily: "It seems that we can't hold on any longer..."
Since the beginning of the war, large numbers of British warships had begun prowling the French coast, capturing or sinking all merchant ships leaving port.
In just one and a half months, the Special Trade Association has lost nearly 60% of its ships.
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At present, only a small number of merchant ships can venture to the Americas or the Far East under the escort of French warships, but they must always worry about encountering the British main fleet.
(End of chapter)