Vol 3 Chapter 602 3 fronts

“So under Bismarck and William I’s scheming and unintentional calculations on Napoleon III, it is difficult for France to win”

William IV smiled and said: “So just now you are the French side and I am the general side, the advantages and disadvantages of being in it, now everything is clear?”

Mark Rudd had to admit that the new military theory that William IV had just used was very impressive.

According to His Majesty’s statement, the Dutch military must use the positive and negative sides to test the troops in the future. The Dutch army usually needs to conduct more exercises.

In order to make the exercise more realistic, His Majesty asked the military to practice all the weapons and equipment of the imaginary enemy according to the scale of the imaginary enemy of the Netherlands.

This will allow you to gain more experience to deal with each other one day.

William IV didn’t wait for the other party to finish digesting, and said: “Because the local area is too small, a small-scale exercise can be done, and this will not easily cause the vigilance of the surrounding powers.

However, in the Far East, there is no such taboo. Large-scale exercises at the army level or even the regiment level can be carried out. It can be exercised in the desert, in the mountains and forests, not to mention the exercises at sea, and even the three exercises can be carried out simultaneously. ”

As William IV became more and more detailed, Mark Rudd, the chief of the general staff, seemed to see a bright path in front of him.

“If His Majesty does this, the Dutch army will definitely be the number one in the world in the future, but if it is not carried out on the mainland, it may be difficult to intimidate countries with ambitions for the Netherlands. It seems that the effect is difficult to convey to those countries.”

William IV took another look at Mark Rudd, “What do you mean?”

“The Netherlands is too low-key and easy to be looked down upon. Although Prussia is not very hostile to us at present, at least on the surface, no one knows if they will turn their guns on us after they have done the French Empire. ”

William IV was startled in his heart, but looked at Marka Rude calmly, waiting for him to further explain what he said.

It seems that William IV’s attitude encouraged him, Mark Rudd: “In order to prevent William I of Prussia and Bismarck from taking desperate risks, I had an idea from the exercise mentioned by His Majesty just now, and I think we need to show it. Only our strength can make all parties understand that the Netherlands cannot be bullied.”

William IV showed a smile of talking. Obviously he was very interested, so he asked: “How do people know that the Netherlands cannot be bullied?”

“Only force can convince them.” Mark Lude said firmly: “I suggest that when the French Empire and Prussia are in the second half of the war, perhaps we can show our strength at the right time. Let Impao and other countries not have delusional ideas about the Netherlands.”

“Clappapa” William IV praised: “It’s a good idea, but it’s not enough,”

Seeing Mark Rude’s curious expression, William IV said, “If that’s the case, then it doesn’t seem shocking enough to them. Since it is necessary to increase the strength of the Netherlands’ exhibition, then”

William IV showed his bright teeth and said arrogantly: “Then let’s pull in Sweden and Denmark, and conduct a maritime exercise around the eastern and northern parts of the North Sea. Since we want to calm them, then we will touch one of our secret weapons. The first submarine force, of course, the first generation submarine force.”

Mark Rude’s eyes showed a threatening color at this time. Soldiers have been proud of advocating the prosperity of the country since ancient times. Once the submarine was revealed, he knew that the Netherlands could at least guarantee peace for decades. Because it took the Netherlands seven years to develop equipment and train submariners into the army.

This is also because the Netherlands has more sailors since ancient times. He dared to say that even in the UK, it would take at least the same amount of time to build the same system.

“By the time they built their submarine force, the Netherlands already had more advanced submarines.”

William IV said: “The time that the Netherlands needs the most at present is not the time to compete with them for hegemony. We need to recuperate and multiply the population. When this shortcoming is made up, it is the time when the sky is high and the birds fly. Okay. , please start preparing now. As for Sweden and Denmark, I will contact their two kingdoms to facilitate this later.”

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On August 17, 1869, the French Empire first attacked Prussia with three divisions in the Saarbrüh region, but did not carry out strong combat operations. Both are damaged.

International can not help but pay attention.

Even the Disraeli government of the British Empire, which was waging a war in the Far East, could not help but turn its attention to Europe.

Disraeli even did nothing but appeal to the two countries for a truce.

“We are all partners of the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. I have a good relationship with my two colleagues, Prime Minister Olivier and Prime Minister Bismarck. Therefore, the relationship between the United Kingdom and these two countries has not had much problems recently, so as the Prime Minister of the British Empire , I call on France and Prussia to stop the ongoing war and reduce casualties on both sides”

However, France and Prussia, who had their own calculations, did not dump him and continued to make tricks.

On August 19, 1869, Prussia immediately turned to the offensive, and even crossed the border of the French Empire for the first time to wage war.

This changed the atmosphere over Europe, with dark clouds.

The French army was at a disadvantage under the Prussian attack in the border area. It seems that the war is developing in a direction they did not expect~www.readmtl.com~ However, they will admit defeat in their arrogance, so the attack against the Prussian army has become their fate.

At the same time, on August 19, the 3rd Army of Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia in the south attacked Wissembourg, the most eastern French territory embedded in the Prussian border, with an overwhelming force of 10 times. The French army naturally met It’s a pity that in the case of being outnumbered, the Third Army of the Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia defeated the division of the Seventh Army of the French Charon Army, General Douai, who was deployed to guard there in the Battle of Wissembourg. The French army suffered more than 25% casualties. .

General Felix Douai was very terrified by this, and Patrice McMahon, commander of the Chalon Army, was furious, and hurriedly ordered General Douai to push the other divisions of the Seventh Army eastward to defend the Prussian 3rd The Legion’s advance on French territory.

On August 23, 1869, General Douai, the commander of the French Seventh Army, personally supervised the battle, and the Prussian side was the commander of the Second Bavarian Army of the Third Army led by Prince Frederick. On the battlefield, the Fa-Pu coalition fought again in Walter, and the outcome was not determined.

On August 25, 1869, the French heavy cavalry launched a brave charge, intending to move the war northward, but the Prussian army faced the French army this time. The 130,000 Prussian army of Prince Carl Frederick, commander of the Prussian Second Army .

The two sides fought hard and fought hard with more wins and fewer losses. In the end, Prussia severely damaged McMahon’s first army of the Xialong Army and 40,000 French troops with 130,000 Prussians.

On the same day, the 2nd Army of General Frossall, which belonged to General Bazin’s Army of Metz, was also the first of the Prussian Army led by Commander Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz in Forbach. The legion was overwhelmingly repulsed, and France was finally forced to open important gates, allowing Prussia to finally gain access to Lorraine.