Daming Military Empire

Chapter 695 Militarism, finally crazy

Continental, Netherlands, Rotterdam.

The anti-Habsburg alliance powers gathered again to discuss countermeasures.

They still don't know that the iron-clad warships of the Ming Empire are already on their way to Europe. The main reason for them to get together is because the coalition forces of the Ming Empire and the Holy Roman Empire have pushed the railway to the West ** area. It is less than two hundred miles away from the mainland of the Netherlands!

Now, the anti-Habsburg alliance is really going crazy. The Netherlands is now the core country of the anti-Habsburg alliance. Whether it is shipbuilding technology or artillery technology, the Netherlands is the strongest.

More importantly, the Netherlands is also the richest country in the anti-Habsburg alliance at this time. It can be said that the Netherlands is the financial center and money bag of the entire anti-Habsburg alliance.

If the Netherlands were occupied by the Ming Empire, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Even the old fox Richelieu couldn't sit still this time, and had to rush to Rotterdam to preside over the overall situation.

Now, the situation in the entire European continent and even the entire world is extremely unfavorable to the anti-Habsburg alliance.

The armies of Tsarist Russia, Sweden, and Denmark were almost all dragged by the Ming Empire on the Wuhe River, the French army was also dragged by the Ming Empire and the Spanish coalition forces in southern France, and the British army was beaten in North America by the Ming Empire, Spain, and Portugal. Scratching around.

The army of the Ming Empire is really too powerful, and now they are uniting with the Holy Roman Empire, intending to break through the German Alliance and attack the Netherlands. If they don't think about it, the anti-Habsburg alliance will really come to an end.

However, no matter how powerful the strategy is, it is so pale and powerless in the face of absolute strength. The great powers have discussed and discussed, but they have nothing to do with the Ming Empire Army. A land war with the Ming Empire is purely courting death!
How to do it?The Netherlands must never be lost. If it is lost, then there is no need to fight this battle, and we can only admit defeat and surrender!

Facing the powerful army of the Ming Empire, the great powers really feel helpless. Even if the great powers unite all the armies, they may not be the opponent of the army of the Ming Empire. What's more, now, the Ming Empire has also united with Spain, Portugal and even the Holy Land. The army of the Roman Empire could not fight them on land at all.

In the end, it was Richelieu who came up with a solution, which was to let the Netherlands give up most of the land and stick to the core areas near Rotterdam and Amsterdam!

It does not mean that the Dutch Army will be able to withstand the attack of the coalition forces of the Ming Empire and the Holy Roman Empire after shrinking. The main reason is that the rivers near Rotterdam and Amsterdam are densely covered with waterways. The Dutch navy can completely block the coalition forces of the Ming Empire and the Holy Roman Empire on the waterways. Building bridges, in this case, no matter how powerful they are, it's useless. Without bridges, their army can't fly over from the sky!

Of course, they can also choose to swim from the water, but in that case, they are looking for death, because artillery and armored vehicles cannot swim over. If it is just guns, the Netherlands will not be afraid of how many people come. Their cannons are not Kidding.

In this way, the Netherlands is preserved, but their territory has shrunk by more than half. However, there is no other way to do this. The shrinking of the territory is better than being wiped out by the Ming Empire.

The Netherlands had no choice but to accept Richelieu's suggestion, and concentrate all personnel and supplies near Rotterdam and Amsterdam. As for other places, it can reluctantly give up.

The talks between the great powers did not end because of the unfavorable situation in other places. If the situation is allowed to continue like this, the defeat of the anti-Habsburg alliance will only happen sooner or later.

As opponents, the anti-Habsburg alliance powers have to admire, the Ming Empire's tactics are really too clever.

After they were ambushed once at sea, they immediately withdrew to their defensive positions at the mouth of the Guadiana River and never came out again. The great powers they engaged in had a powerful navy, but they had nothing to do with them.

They didn't dare to attack the defensive position at the mouth of the Guadiana River. The artillery there was too dense. If the battleship passed by, they would be beaten to death. Who would send it to others in a foolish manner Beat up.

They did not dare to cross the Strait of Gibraltar and enter the Mediterranean Sea, where the Habsburg Alliance of Ming Dynasty ruled. Spain, Portugal, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire were all on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, while the Anti-Habsburg Alliance only had French ports in the Mediterranean Sea. However, that place has now become a war zone, and food, supplies, weapons and ammunition are likely to be intercepted by the Ming Empire and the Spanish coalition forces before they reach the port!
If the combined fleet of the anti-Habsburg alliance powers ventured into the Mediterranean Sea, as long as the combined fleet of the Ming Empire, Spain and Portugal defended the Strait of Gibraltar, the entire fleet might starve to death in it, because they would not be able to obtain supplies at all.

The combined fleet of the anti-Habsburg alliance powers is very strong now. They have already exploded nearly [-] super battleships. If the combined fleet of the Habsburg alliance dares to come out to fight them, it will definitely be punished. They fight so hard that they can't find the north, and the problem people don't come out at all!
What to do, just sit and wait for failure to come?

This is naturally impossible. In the end, Richelieu came up with a poisonous plan.

That is the militarism, crazy violence, first bursting out hundreds of thousands of troops.

Then use the sea superiority to attack northern Spain and most of Portugal, forcing the joint fleet of the Daming Habsburg Alliance to come to a decisive battle. If they don't come, then they will take all northern Spain and most of Portugal, and then see who will suffer!
It is not very difficult for the anti-Habsburg alliance powers to get violent soldiers at the moment. They have not stopped manufacturing muskets and artillery. They still have the weapons to arm tens of thousands of people. The only thing they lack is well-trained warrior.

However, at this time, there is no need to take care of so much. Britain, France, Sweden, and Denmark have all begun to forcibly recruit soldiers. Almost all young and middle-aged people have been forcibly recruited by them and joined the army.

Among them, Britain and France each pieced together [-] troops, and Sweden and Denmark each forced [-] young men. They all just learned how to fire a flintlock and were sent to the battlefield.

As for the artillery, of course these new recruits are not needed to fire it. There are a lot of artillery in the navy, so just adjust it casually.

This time, Spain and Portugal were out of luck. The anti-Habsburg alliance suddenly assembled all the warships, bombarded their northern and western coasts, and then began to land on the beach, rushing directly to the hinterland of the two countries!

Spain is better, no matter how bad they are, they can cobble together tens of thousands of horses to resist. Portugal is miserable. They have a total population of more than 100 million at the moment, and basically all those who can serve as soldiers are on warships. The army, just The poor tens of thousands of horses are now almost all sent to the American colonies.

The situation was so critical that Portugal had to ask the Ming Empire for help.

Fortunately, nearly 20 troops of the Ming Empire were stationed at the estuary of the Guadiana River. Zhu Cijiong directly waved his hand, ordering Mao Wenlong to lead the Dongjiang Army to Portugal to support them and withstand the crazy attacks of the anti-Habsburg alliance powers. .

Go crazy, go crazy, this is your last madness, when the ironclad battleship arrives, you will be finished!
(End of this chapter)