Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

“Your Majesty, I suspect that the Hollanders have the audacity to ask us for the return of the gold mine, which means that the Sunseters and the Gauls must have made a commitment to the safety of the Hollands. Otherwise, the Dutch people would not have such boldness at all! Admiral Moltke Jr. said.

August nodded: “That’s for sure. I can even conclude that if we reject the Hollanders. Then, the Dutch people will directly send troops to attack the gold mines. Contact the gold mine’s mine guard to get ready for battle. If the Dutch dare to attack, they must resist their attack. ”

“Yes, Your Majesty. The mine protection teams of the gold mines are all composed of retired troops, and the training and weapons and equipment are no different from the active troops. In terms of the combat effectiveness of the Dutch people, it is simply delusional to defeat our mine protection team and retake the gold mine. “Admiral Moltke Jr. is very confident.

“In addition, we deployed five overseas infantry battalions in Kaiser Wilhelm’s lands, including the Bismarck Islands. These troops can also be drawn to reinforce the gold mines. According to the information we have obtained, the army deployed by the Dutch on the Spice Islands is only more than 10,000 people. They simply can’t beat us! Admiral Moltke Jr. continued.

When more and more gold, silver and copper mines were mined from the Grasberg Gold Mine, which had become an indispensable and important source of funds for the Germanic Empire, the military of the Germanic Empire would naturally try its best to strengthen the defense and security of the gold mine.

Not only were the mine convoys selected from among retired soldiers, but they also deliberately strengthened the defense of Kaiser Wilhelm’s lands and the Bismarck Islands, so that if the gold mine was in danger, it could cooperate with the protection of the gold mine against the danger that might be encountered.

“Your Majesty, the Navy has also deployed a fleet there, commanded by Count Spee, to garrison Rabaul in the Bismarck Islands.” Marshal Count Tirpitz said.

August nodded, that fleet was the Eastern Fleet of the German Imperial Navy, including one ‘Constellation-class’ heavy cruiser, two ‘Stream-Star’ light cruisers, and four A-class destroyers.

Although the number of warships is small, the strength is quite small. And, fast. Against the fleet of the Dutch in the Spice Islands, it was no problem at all.

It’s just that if the sun does not set and the Royal Navy intervenes, the Eastern Fleet of the German Imperial Navy may not be able to bear it.

The sun never sets on the Far East Fleet of the Imperial Navy, but it has battleships. Even former dreadnoughts are not so easy to deal with.

“Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I need the army to work out a battle plan, and if the Dutch dare to attack the gold mine, we will immediately launch a counterattack!” August said.

“Your Majesty, how strong is the return fire?” Admiral Moltke Jr. asked.

“Destroy the Kingdom of Holland!” August said.

“What? Destroy the Kingdom of the Netherlands? The high-ranking officials of the Germanic Empire were immediately stunned.

They didn’t seem to have imagined at all that August would give such an order.

For hundreds of years, Europe’s political map remained almost unchanged, and even if it lost a war, it would not lose too much territory. There will be no situation where a country is destroyed. In particular, although the Kingdom of Holland is now in decline, it is an extremely powerful country in history.

Although with the current strength of the Dutch Blue Kingdom, if the Germanic Empire wants to destroy them, there will not be much problem. However, this will have a very big impact after all.

“Your Majesty, with the strength of the empire, it is not a problem to destroy the Helan Kingdom. But if the Sun Never Sets Empire and the Gallic Kingdom made a commitment to the security of the Dutch Kingdom. Then, once the empire moves against the kingdom of the Netherlands, will the sun never set and the Gauls go to war like the empire. In that case, the empire would be very unfavorable to the empire if it was not ready for war. It’s even more difficult to win. War Minister General Helingen said.

August nodded, but his decision to make a move on the Dutch Blue Kingdom was naturally not a whim, but after careful consideration.

August believed that as long as the Germanic Empire moved fast enough to solve the Dutch Kingdom in the shortest possible time, and the Sun Setter and the Gauls were not ready for war at all, they would most likely not use force for the Dutch Empire and the Germanic Empire.

Especially in the case of the ‘Caesar-class’ battleships of the Germanic Empire in service, and the Royal Navy of the Empire is deterred, the Empire will inevitably retreat. At that time, once they retreated, only the Gaul kingdom remained, and naturally they would not continue to fight 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, August decided to destroy the Dutch Kingdom and annex the Dutch Kingdom, also for the sake of future wars.

From the Kingdom of Holland to the south, it was naturally much easier to drive straight into the hinterland of the Kingdom of Biliz than to smash the fortress of Liège built by the Kingdom of Biliz on the border.

The Kingdom of Biliz had long been close to the Gaul state and regarded the Germanic Empire as a great enemy.

But the Kingdom of Billies 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 withstand the attack of the Germanic Empire and buy time for the arrival of reinforcements from the Gallic state.

But if the Germanic Empire annexed the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Pyrius fortress of Liège would be useless.

The army of the Germanic Empire will be able to go straight south from the Kingdom of the Netherlands and fight a decisive battle on the plain against the Gallic Army, the Kingdom of Bilis, and the expeditionary force of the Empire of the Empire.

With its powerful firepower and the bonus of armored forces, the German Imperial Army will 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 can be regarded as having sealed the victory. Although the Tsarist Empire on the Eastern Front was also very strong, collapse became inevitable when the Germanic Empire went all out, coupled with internal problems.

Therefore, August advocated the destruction of the Dutch Kingdom and annexed it, also preparing for the next war.

“Our rapid destruction of the Kingdom of the Netherlands will also be a great deterrent to other European countries. Coupled with the great strength of the Imperial Navy, whether it is the sun never sets or the Gauls, they will not act rashly, let alone make enemies of the empire for the sake of the already destroyed Dutch Blue Kingdom. August affirmed.