Xinshun 1730

Chapter 684
Liu Yu's position as deputy envoy of the Privy Council is still there. The Privy Council was only the first attempt in the last war against Japan, and the rules have not yet been formed.

This time, there are already fixed procedures and rules.

After returning home and resting for a few days, Liu Yu went to the Privy Council and took out the rough plan made by the accompanying staff, which was revised and improved by the senior staff of the Privy Council. After the final finalization, the Privy Envoy and his deputy, And a group of high-ranking staff officers to meet His Majesty.

The emperor made the final decision, determined the plan, and then distributed the plan to the six governments, the civil servants of the army and navy, and the Temple of Heavenly Blessing, and then mobilized food and grass through formal procedures.

Although the emperor had visited the Privy Council several times, this was the first time that he formally participated in the Privy Council's face-to-face meeting after confirming the rules.

A huge map of Nanyang was hung on the wall, and the second branch of the Privy Council, which was in charge of the strategy and tactics department, would explain it in detail.

The first is the Strategic Intelligence Division, including the drawing of maps obtained from the Ministry of Military Affairs, as well as information on various countries and surrounding areas.

Ordinarily, they are not qualified to be the first place, but the situation in Dashun is really different. Strengthening the understanding of the outside world is the most important thing. This is responsible for the formulation of strategies and tactics, so it can only be the turn of the second place.

It was the first time for the head of the second office to give an explanation in front of the emperor. He was so excited that his arms trembled slightly, and it took him a long time to evenly breathe.

When he turned his eyes to the map and recalled the battle plan made by the colleagues in the Privy Council, his heart gradually calmed down, and his breath gradually became more confident and calm.

"Your Majesty, the plan is as follows."

"The rebel army in Batavia moved in the winter month and besieged Cirebon."

He pointed his baton to the long and narrow island of Java, where Cirebon was at the junction of West Java and Central Java.

"Because the rebel army has been active near Bandung, Cirebon, which is at the key point, is very important to the Dutch. If it is lost, the passage connecting Java on the road will be cut off, and the Dutch will have to worry about a series of chains. Reaction - such as the Matalam Sultanate taking the opportunity to counter the Dutch and so on."

"So, once the rebel army captures Cirebon, the Dutch must send a fleet to take back Cirebon and open up the land connection to Java."

"Our navy has a huge advantage. Whether it is weight, number of guns, or technology, it should be better than the Netherlands. But the Dutch are more familiar with the terrain of Nanyang."

"This is similar to fighting the barbarians on the grassland. The difficulty is not winning, but capturing their main force. Therefore, the task of the Guiyi Army is to lure the Batavia fleet to gather in the sea off Cirebon."

"The first squadron of our army will fight the main force of Batavia's fleet in Cirebon."

"Annihilate its navy, cut off the connection between its cities and cities, and cooperate with the rebel army to capture Batavia."

The emperor looked at this standard siege tactics, nodded approvingly, and said, "It hits the nail on the head. Since the rebel army is operating south of Cirebon, and Java is long and narrow, if Cirebon is captured, the Dutch will come to their aid. It's just that I don't know if the Guiyi Army can capture Cirebon?"

This is under the control of the first department, which belongs to intelligence.

The head of the first office hurriedly got up and said: "Return to Your Majesty, there are only 200 Dutch soldiers in Cirebon, and more than 400 Javanese soldiers and mercenaries. The total is less than 700 soldiers. There is only one bastion and a few forts."

"The Guiyi Army bought some artillery from the British in the past few years, and there are a lot of local slave labor. If they use tunneling tactics to fight against the Dutch bastion, it will not be a problem to capture it."

"In addition, the warships that Batavia can muster, including all kinds of armed merchant ships, are only eight at most. Because of the siege in winter and the wind direction in December, the merchant ships must return to Holland: in any case, they are impossible Interrupting trade."

"Besides, at the beginning of last year, the Netherlands transferred some military ships. We didn't know what was going on at first, but after the return of the whale, we figured out the reason."

"The coup d'état in Rakshasa is likely to be pro-French, so the Netherlands is facing war. The Dutch East India Company needs to provide support ships for the navy during the war, so some ships have been transferred back."

"None of the eight warships that the Dutch can assemble is a battleship, and there are only 35 guns at most. As long as they are captured, they will not be a problem to be wiped out."

The information is very detailed. The first office of the Privy Council is dedicated to this. Over the years, many spies have been trained. Java already has a lot of Chinese. It may be troublesome to become a leader of the rebel army. But if you want to collect information, you still have to Easy as pie.

After hearing the words of the first principal, the emperor inexplicably felt a sense of grandeur in his heart, feeling that the world...is really not big.

In the distant Raksha country, Liu Yu staged a coup.Java, which is tens of thousands of miles away, will have to transfer some warships.This intuitive feeling seems to be telling the emperor: Look, the world is not as big and far away as you think.

In addition, what made the emperor feel more comfortable was the efficiency of the various plans of the Privy Council.

This belonged to the rebel army, and the emperor gave a total of 5 taels of silver.If this is used internally, it won't even make a splash.

If it really depends on Dashun's local military training and local logistics to storm Batavia, it will cost 5 to [-] taels of silver, and it really can't do anything.

However, according to Liu Yu's operation, the Privy Council paid 5 taels of silver and took advantage of local conflicts to achieve at least 50 million taels of silver.

Batavia is not very important to Dashun, it is tasteless.But for the Netherlands, it is the "capital" of the East India Company. As long as Batavia is captured and the Dutch fleet is wiped out, it is equivalent to all the Dutch colonies east of Java, all in a single battle.

When the time comes, just break through each one.

The emperor thought of this step, and the plan of the Privy Council to gather the strength of everyone, of course, also thought of this step.

The head of the second office went on to say: "At that time, if Batavia and Cirebon are captured, the Sultan of the Javanese state will definitely pay tribute, and most likely he will fight back against the Netherlands."

"After our army occupies Batavia, we will not advance eastward for the time being."

"The First Squadron, equipped with troops, will head straight for Malacca after completing supplies and repairs in Batavia."

"When Malacca is captured, the matter east of Malacca can be settled."

"Even if the Dutch know about it, it will take at least two years for the news to reach the Netherlands and send troops here."

"For two years, places such as Semarang, Sulawesi, and Ambon will all belong to me."

The emperor nodded in conviction. It was true. The Dutch army was scattered and relied on the navy to connect the cities together, making it look like they were scattered, but in fact they had control of the sea and could be mobilized at any time, so those native states were unable to fight back.

And as long as the Dutch fleet is wiped out, the original whole of the Dutch will be completely shattered.

The remaining cities each have three to five hundred soldiers, unable to gather in one place, and each fights separately.For Dashun, especially for the engineering team whose siege technique was learned by the French after the military reform, it was a piece of cake.

The head of the second office pointed his command whip at Ceylon again, and said: "The Marquis of Whale has discussed with the French and Indian governors, and in the name of friendly exchange of visits, the second fleet will be sent to India's local government soon." inside."

"This sound is a plan to attack the east and attack the west."

"Before going to Europa in the past, the Marquis of Whale once admonished the commander of the British fleet in Lingdingyang, and said that he supported the restoration of King Yingxun. In Europa, he also had close contacts with France."

"At the same time, the former, the armaments and armaments of the Guiyi Army, were all obtained from the British East India Company. There were many conflicts between Britain and the Netherlands in Guangdong, Songjiang and other places. They intrigue, raised prices, and bribed each other. In Nanyang, the two conflicts Worse."

"In this way, the strategy of attacking the country by false tactics and attacking the west can be achieved. The second fleet can not only pass through Malacca in an open and honest manner, but also inform the Netherlands in advance. Not only will the Dutch not refuse, but it will be big. For welcome."

The emperor heard the words and praised: "Wonderful! Wonderful!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Liu Yu at the side, and said with a smile: "Aiqing's plan is indeed excellent. In the past, Duke Xian of Jin wanted to borrow a way from Yu State to attack Guo State, and at the same time send BMW and expensive gifts to Yu State The king of the Yu Kingdom is greedy for money, and eventually the country will perish."

"It's the same with the Dutch. Because of the great profits in Nanyang, they are blind. I wish I could compete with the British. Now that the British have occupied Luzon and 'supported' the Javanese rebels, in the eyes of the Dutch, they are Sima Zhaozhi's heart. Everyone knows? The Dutch are like ants on a hot pot.”

"At this time, our army was playing with great fanfare. Mingqu told the Dutch that they were going to India, and even deliberately informed them so that they could ask for supplies at the Dutch port in case of a storm, so as to show that our dynasty has no intention of attacking the Netherlands."

"The Dutch only thought that we had reached a secret agreement with France, and they were extremely happy to fight against Britain in India. But they didn't know that the India was a fake, and the killing of Holland was real."

Liu Yu smiled and accepted the emperor's praise, but thought in his heart that the hole inside has grown bigger.

I sent the fleet to India with great fanfare, and I didn't make a public treaty with Louis XV. I also showed extreme dislike for Britain before. The British must have thought that Dashun was going to join forces with France to attack British India, no matter how big their brains were. At this point, it is estimated that China and France will divide India equally.

At that time, the surrounding fleets will be deployed to defend the property of the East India Company.But Lao Tzu turned around and went to fight the Netherlands, and then told Britain that Dashun remained absolutely neutral in the war between Britain and France. Wouldn’t this kill France?

With Dashun's fleet, the Sino-French joint fleet and the British fleet, it may be able to balance, or it may scare the British from acting rashly.

But as soon as Dashun's fleet left, the British Luzon fleet and the Indian fleet saw that they were all coming, so why not rush to fight France?Taking advantage of the fleet, how many colonial cities in France were captured?
France will definitely have an advantage in Europe, but Liu Yu doesn't want France to have too much advantage. Once the advantage is too great, the King of France may forget the things he warned.

It has advantages in Europe, but is at a disadvantage in Asia and the Americas.At that time, the Hannover and the Austrian Netherlands can only be dealt with.

However, France's power in India is inherently weak. If it can be tricked again, and Europe will change its colonies and return them to France in the future, it will be empty, and it is impossible to form an advantage over Britain.It will also make France clearly realize that France is unable to hold on to India.

This set of strategies is really vicious here.

If you talk about attacking the east and attacking the west, or falsely attacking the country, it is all against the enemy Netherlands, and it is normal to intrigue.

But for France, this is a fairly standard set, almost the most shameless "stealing" of the 36 tricks.

Change the formation frequently, pump out its strength, wait for it to defeat itself, then take advantage of it, and pull its wheel... The "Qi" here refers to the friendly army.

Stealing the beam and changing the post is to cheat the friendly army.

(End of this chapter)