Germanic Empire: please call me William III

“Your Majesty, I suspect that the Dutch have the audacity to demand the return of the gold mines to us, which means that the sun never sets and the Gauls must have made a security commitment to the Dutch. Otherwise, the Holland people would not have had such courage at all! Admiral Moltke Jr. said.
August nodded, “That’s for sure. I could even conclude that if we rejected the Hollands. Well, the Dutch will send troops directly to attack the gold mines. Contact the Gold Mine’s Mine Guard Team and get ready for battle. If the Hollands dare to attack, they must resist their attack. ”
“Yes, Your Majesty. The gold mine’s mine protection team is composed of retired troops, training and weapons, and there is no difference between them and active troops. In terms of the fighting power of the Dutch blues, it is simply delusional to try to defeat our mine protection team and retake the gold mine. “Admiral Moltke Jr. is very confident.
“In addition, we have deployed five overseas infantry battalions in The Territory of Emperor Wilhelm, including the Bismarck Islands. These troops can also be mobilized to reinforce the gold mines. According to the information we have obtained, the army of the Hollands deployed on the Spice Islands is only more than 10,000 people. They simply can’t beat us! Admiral Moltke jr. continued.
When the Gold, Silver and Copper Mines in Grasberg mined more and more gold, silver and copper, which had become an indispensable and important source of funds for the German Empire, the Germanic Military naturally tried its best to strengthen the defense and security of the gold mines.
Not only were the mines guard selected from among retired soldiers, but they also deliberately strengthened the defense of Emperor Wilhelm’s territory and the Bismarck Archipelago, with the aim that if the gold mine was in danger, it could cooperate with the protection of the gold mine to resist possible dangers.
“Your Majesty, the Navy has also deployed a fleet over there, under the command of Count Spey, stationed in Rabaul in the Bismarck Archipelago.” Marshal Count Tirpitz said.
August nodded, the eastern fleet of the Germanic Navy, which consisted of a Constellation-class heavy cruiser, two Stream-star light cruisers, and four A-class destroyers.
Although the number of battleships is small, the strength is quite small. And, fast. Dealing with the Dutch fleet in the Spice Islands, that was no problem at all.
However, if the sun does not set, the Imperial Royal Navy intervenes, and the Eastern Fleet of the GermanIc Imperial Navy may not be able to hold on.
The Sun Never Sets on the Far East Fleet of the Imperial Navy, but it has battleships. Even the former dreadnoughts were not so easy to deal with.
“Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, I need the Army to draw up a battle plan, and if the Dutch dare to attack the gold mines, we will immediately launch a counterattack!” August said.
“Your Majesty, how strong is the counterattack?” Admiral Moltke Jr. asked.
“Destroy the Lotus Kingdom!” August said.
“What? Destroy the Lotus Kingdom? The high-ranking members of the Germanic Empire were stunned.
They seemed to have no idea that August would give such an order.
For hundreds of years, the political map of Europe has remained almost the same, and even if it loses in war, it will not lose too much territory. There will be no case of a country being destroyed. In particular, although the Lotus Blue Kingdom is now in decline, it is an extremely powerful country in history.
Despite the current strength of the Dutch kingdom, the Germanic Empire would not have much problem if it wanted to destroy them. However, this will have a very big impact after all.
“Your Majesty, with the strength of the Empire, the destruction of the Lotus Kingdom is not a problem. But if the Sun Never Sets Empire and the Gaul Kingdom made a commitment to the security of the Dutch Kingdom. Then, once the Empire moves against the Dutch Kingdom, will the Sun Never Set and the Gauls go to war like the Empire? In that case, the Empire would be very detrimental to the Empire when it was not ready to go to war. It’s even more difficult to win. The Minister of War, General Hehringen, said.
August nodded, but his decision to take action against the Lotus Kingdom was naturally not a whim, but a deliberate one.
August believed that as long as the Germanic Empire moved quickly enough to solve the Dutch Kingdom in the shortest possible time, and the Sun and the Gauls were not ready for war, they would most likely not use force against the Germanic Empire for the sake of the Dutch.
Especially in the case of the Germanic Empire’s ‘Caesar-class’ battleships in service, the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Set was shocked, and the Sun Never Set Empire was bound to retreat. At that time, once they retreated, only the gaul state remained, and naturally they would not continue to go to war with the Germanic Empire. Otherwise, they would most likely follow in the footsteps of forty years ago and be defeated by the Germanic Empire again.
In addition, Auguste decided to destroy the Lotus Kingdom and annex the Lotus Kingdom, also for the sake of future wars.
From the Kingdom of Holland to the south, it is naturally easier to drive straight into the hinterland of the Kingdom of Billy than to shake the Fortress of Liege built by the Kingdom of Billys on the border.
The Kingdom of Pylis had long been close to the Gaulish empire and regarded the Germanic Empire as a great enemy.
But the kingdom of Belgium was weak and was not a rival to the Germanic Empire. Therefore, they built a defensive line on the border with the Fortress of Liège as the core, hoping to use the fortress to resist the attack of the Germanic Empire and buy time for the arrival of reinforcements from the Gaulish State.
But if the Germanic Empire annexed the Dutch kingdom, the Fortress of Liege by the Pylisians would be useless.
The armies of the Germanic Empire would march south from the Kingdom of The Dutch and fight on the plains against the Gallic Army, the Kingdom of Billys, and the Expeditionary Forces of the Empire of the Rising Sun.
With its powerful firepower and the addition of armored troops, the germanic army would have a great chance of victory in this battle.
Once the Germanic Empire won the next war on the Western Front. Then, the Germanic Empire had locked in a victory. Although the Tsarist Empire on the Eastern Front was also very strong, the collapse became inevitable when the Germanic Empire went all out and there were internal problems.
Therefore, Auguste advocated the destruction of the Lotus Kingdom and the annexation of the Lotus Blue Kingdom, also in preparation for the next war.
“Our rapid demise of the Dutch kingdom will also be a great deterrent to other European countries. Coupled with the great strength of the Imperial Navy, whether it is the Sun NeverSet or the Gauls, they will not act rashly, let alone make enemies of the Empire for the sake of the Dutch Blue Kingdom, which has been destroyed. August said affirmatively.