Paris, the capital of France, in the Elysee Palace. △The pinnacle novel, French Emperor Napoleon III looked at the map of Belgium and the Netherlands hanging on the wall of the office, and frowned tightly. The French army has now completed one million mobilizations. However, there are only more than 200,000 troops heading to the northern border with the Belgium Kingdom. The remaining troops are respectively deployed on the border with the Kingdom of Spain and have already on the border with the Kingdom of Prussia. In the minds of the French, the threat from the Kingdom of Prussia and the Kingdom of Spain to France is obviously much greater than that of the Kingdom of Belgium.

In order to pull the Kingdom of Sardinia into the alliance, France withdrew from the Pope. According to the original agreement, after the British, French and Dutch countries jointly destroyed the Kingdom of Belgium, the territory in southern Belgium would be merged into France to make up for France's losses. However, now, unexpectedly, the Kingdom of Belgium would join forces with the Kingdom of Prussia and launch an attack on the Kingdom of Dutch, disrupting their plans.

"Gentlemen, tell me, what should we do now?" Napoleon III, returning to his position, said to the ministers with a frown. There is no doubt that the joint action between the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Prussia was beyond their expectations and caught France off guard.

"Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Dutch was attacked. The Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Prussia sent a total of 500,000 people to attack the Kingdom of Dutch. With the poor performance of the Dutch Army, they could not resist the coalition forces of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Prussia. Now it seems that they will soon be destroyed. Of course, the prerequisite is that we and the British will not rescue them!" said French Army Secretary A.J. Saint Arno.

"Yes, your Majesty. We cannot sit idly by and watch the Dutch Kingdom be destroyed. Otherwise, the Belgians and the Prussians will turn around and deal with us. Those damn Belgians. They actually mobilized an army of 500,000, which is really shocking!" Foreign Minister Valevsky also said. The total population of the Belgian Kingdom is only more than four million. However, the army they mobilized was 500,000, which is so exaggerated that France had to face up to the threat of the Belgian Kingdom to France.

Napoleon III nodded, and he agreed with this statement. Although the performance of the Netherlands was too poor, it was at least considered their ally. How could the Netherlands be destroyed just one month after the war began? In this case, it would be a serious blow to the people of the North Atlantic Military Alliance. Therefore, no matter what, France needs to rescue them.

"In addition, our British allies have officially proposed a plan to rescue the Kingdom of Dutch. They will send troops to land in the Kingdom of Dutch and directly help the Kingdom of Dutch fight against the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Prussia. What we need to do is to march to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Prussia, forcing them not to dare to increase troops to the Kingdom of Dutch. If they can draw troops from the Kingdom of Dutch to return to aid, it would be great!" said Count Valliveski. The British plan was undoubtedly very effective. Of course, the premise was that both France and Austro-Hungarian Empire worked together.

"These British people are proud and arrogant. Do they actually want to order us? France is just their allies, not their subordinates!" Napoleon III issued an order to France in an orderly tone. This made him very upset.

"Your Majesty, although the British were very proud and arrogant, we had to rescue the Kingdom of Dutch. In my opinion, according to the plan proposed by the British, we will launch an attack on the Kingdom of Belgium, and then let the British go to the Kingdom of Dutch and the Belgians and the Prussians to fight to the death!" said the Secretary of the Army A.J. Saint-Erno.

Napoleon III rubbed his painful brows and said, "Okay! Order the troops on the northern border to attack the Kingdom of Belgium at the right time. No, wait until the British landed in the Kingdom of Dutch, and then launch an attack. In addition, draw troops from Paris to reinforce the Northern Line!"

In order to avoid being cheated by the British, Napoleon III planned to wait until the British had already started fighting in the Netherlands, so as not to launch another attack, so as not to attract the main force of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Prussia, the British were sitting on the side watching the tiger fight. In that case, France would be miserable. In addition, although France deployed 200,000 people on the border, the Belgian Army also had 200,000. Although Napoleon III confidently believed that the combat effectiveness of the French Army was much higher than that of the Belgian Army. However, he had to admit that the equipment of the Belgian Army, which was in a defensive position, was not worse than that of France. If France wanted to defeat the Belgian Army with the same force, it would probably cost considerable casualties. Therefore, it was safer to send more reinforcements.

"Yes, your Majesty! But in this case, our mobilization will be accelerated!" said the Secretary of Army A.J. Saint Arno. The French Army plans to mobilize 1.5 million people to join the war. But so far, they have only completed one million people. The mobilization of another half million has just begun.

Napoleon III nodded, believing that France's war machine had just started to move. Soon, France's combat power could be fully released. At that time, France's powerful combat power would shock all countries. The powerful French Empire would once again become the master of the European continent and even the world. This is also the goal of Napoleon III, which is that he is determined to surpass his uncle and the goal of Emperor Napoleon, and he wants to establish a great achievement that surpasses Emperor Napoleon.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire also received a request from the British, and the British asked them to send troops to attack the Kingdom of Prussia and delay the main force of the Kingdom of Prussia. Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire was also one of the major European powers, their mobilization mechanism was even more backward. The promised two million troops have not yet been mobilized. However, the young Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph I still ordered the army to attack the Kingdom of Prussia.

Because the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Prussia jointly attacked the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the situation in Europe became increasingly chaotic. In order to rescue the Kingdom of the Netherlands, major European powers such as Britain, France and Australia had to take action in advance.

However, the Belgian and Prussian Army that invaded the Netherlands had no time to pay attention to these. They were quickly advancing to the important cities and capitals of the Kingdom of Dutch, hoping to capture Amsterdam and destroy the Kingdom of Dutch before reinforcements from other countries of the North Atlantic Military Alliance arrived.

On August 21, the Belgian Army's vanguard, the 1st Infantry Army, approached Rotterdam, the largest port city in the Netherlands. At this time, the Dutch army in Rotterdam had less than 10,000 people. They were all troops retreated from the front line and had no fighting spirit. Faced with the attack of the Belgian Army, they collapsed after only half of the resistance. A large number of Dutch troops surrendered to the Belgian Army.

Other troops of the Belgian Army continued to advance towards the hinterland of the Netherlands.

On August 22, the Belgian army captured The Hague and attacked from the south towards Amsterdam, the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Prussian army had already captured Shiffsam, only more than ten kilometers away from Amsterdam.

At this time, the Dutch Kingdom had less than 50,000 defenders in Amsterdam. Faced with hundreds of thousands of coalition forces from the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Prussia, these tens of thousands of Dutch troops seemed so weak.

"Your Majesty, the troops of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Prussia have already reached the city. The last 50,000 of our people cannot resist their attack at all! Please board the British warships and go to Britain!" said Dutch Prime Minister John Rudolf Thorbek. In just three days, the Belgian Army and the Prussian Army fought to the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This was a shame for the Kingdom of Dutch. The resistance of the Kingdom of Dutch was very fragile. The Belgian Army and the Prussian Army were like an outing along the way, and could easily advance twenty or thirty kilometers every day.

"No, I will not leave. I will fight with my people to the end. British reinforcements will arrive soon, and we still have a chance. In addition, the British Navy's warships have arrived in LJ Bay. With the fire support of the British Navy's warships, it is not impossible for us to withstand the enemy's attack!" King William III seemed very stubborn.

"Your Majesty! The British Army will be able to arrive in two days. Otherwise, you can go to the British Navy's warship first! After the British Army arrives, we will repel the Belgians and Prussians, you will be back on the shore!" Army Secretary De Vries suggested.

In order to help the Dutch, or to give the Dutch confidence, the British Navy first arrived in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. There were three "giant-class" battleships, four "Nelson-class" battleships, four "Orlando-class" battleships and eight "Pearl-class" cruisers. The naval guns of these warships were enough to provide sufficient fire support to the defenders in Amsterdam.

King William III was a little hesitant. Although the British Navy had many warships, the warships could not get ashore. Can they really resist the siege of the Belgian and Prussian Army?

"Your Majesty! Although the British Navy's warships can provide us with firepower support, if the Belgians and the Prussians launch a night attack, we may not be able to resist them. For your safety, please go to the British Navy's warships!" Army Secretary De Vries persuaded.

King William III thought about it for a moment, and finally nodded.

On the afternoon of August 22, 1854, King William III of the Kingdom of the Netherlands secretly left Amsterdam and boarded the battleship "Giant" of the British Navy anchored in LJ Bay! (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!

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