Holy Roman Empire - Chapter 1137

Good or bad, bad spirit. Perhaps the mouth was open, and after only a week, the bad news followed.

A large number of troops are gathering on the coast of France. Needless to think about it, this is for the British Isles.

When he heard the bad news, Swinding didn’t care about it, and hurriedly asked the Chief of Military Intelligence: “Has the enemy’s warship been in service?”

To land on the British Isles, naval battles are indispensable. Shinra has an air force for cover, and Britain also has an air force.

Even if it is a little weak, once you fight hard, you can still do it in a short time.

In order to protect the troop carrier, the Shinra Navy had to fight. With the current strength comparison between the two sides, the Royal Navy still has a bigger win.

The only thing that can change this situation is the service of new warships. Although the construction time is a bit tight, the enemy is the world’s largest industrial power. It makes sense to work overtime and finish ahead of schedule.

In fact, as early as more than a month ago, the Naval Intelligence Department had received intelligence about the launch of enemy capital ships, but it was not confirmed.

From launching to service, to the formation of combat effectiveness, surely it cannot be completed in just over a month, but hasn’t the landing operation not started yet?

It takes a long time from preparation to launch for a big battle. Once the preparations are completed, the training may also be completed.

The Chief of Military Intelligence Rucerda nodded: “At present, it is certain that the enemy has at least two Dreadnought-class battleships in service.

The enemy’s capital ships started construction at almost the same time. Even if the other battleships have not been in service, it may not be long. “

With the positive news, Swinding was all ill.

Step by step, step by step.

The battleship in Britain started construction a step late, and the shipyard was attacked by the enemy midway, and the construction progress was even slower.

Once the enemy’s warships are in service, the Royal Navy will be at an absolute disadvantage in terms of the number of dreadnoughts.

Although the quality is not enough, you can still make up in quantity. But the dreadnought has the ability to kill ordinary warships. Who knows how much it will cost to wipe out this advantage?

If the Royal Navy is not sure of victory, then the joking “one man, one aircraft, one bomb for one ship” will become a reality.

The dead are easy to find, but the dead pilots are not easy to handle. Although both are island nations, the British Empire is not Japan after all, and people are rushing to recruit death squads.

If nothing else, just look at the London air battle. Once the fighter was damaged, it immediately turned around and ran, and found that it could not escape, the pilot immediately parachuted.

While preserving the vitality to the maximum, many planes were wasted, and many planes that could be rescued were abandoned.

Don’t blame, these daring to fight are heroes, and a bunch of pilots even refuse to fight.

The reason is very good: the performance gap of the aircraft is too large, and the asymmetrical battle is death. Since it is to die, naturally I can’t go.

It is not popular in Britain to “see death as home”. The extremely high war damage in the early stage has left the British government without confidence.

Except for active pilots who cannot hide and must go to the battlefield, amateurs and civil aviation pilots have the right to refuse.

The main thing is that the mandatory military service law has not yet been introduced, and the government has very limited penalties for those who refuse to be enlisted.

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When the British were in panic, the international situation was also quietly changing. The bad news that followed continued to erode everyone’s confidence in the British Empire.

The defense of India has begun. Shinra attacked from both Persia and the Indochina Peninsula. Although there is still a long way to go, everyone does not think that the Persians and a group of colonial forces can stop the world’s first army power.

In particular, the Russians also sent troops from Afghanistan, and British India has essentially fallen into an embarrassing situation.

To fight against the world’s first and second army powers alone, distance and terrain are not enough, unless the British can open up, otherwise there is no hope at all.

British Africa has almost fallen. If there is no India, then will Britain still be an “empire”?

No matter how powerful the Royal Navy is, it cannot reverse the defeat on land. Besides, they also lost the Malacca naval battle.

The battle to defend the Strait of Gibraltar has begun, and the Spaniards stimulated by the victory finally summoned the courage to attack Gibraltar.

It is estimated that they are preparing to replicate the victory of the last anti-French war and return to the ranks of great powers with the prestige bonus brought by the victorious country.

The great powers are not just a name, they also have a lot of interests behind them, which is especially important for major trading countries.

For example, the comprehensive national strength of the United States and the Confederate states is not weak, but because there is no name of the great powers, there is no right of discovery internationally.

Although Spain’s strength is not good, but its reputation this year is still strong, and its voice in the international arena is second only to the three countries of Britain, Austria and Russia.

Of course, this is just the beginning of the victory of the Anti-French Alliance. Later, because of the Philippine War, the reputation was greatly damaged, and then the national power was consumed in the suppression of the colonial war, and even the right to speak in the international community was also reduced.

Both Russia and the West joined in, and the Europeans naturally couldn’t sit still. Downwind has always been everyone’s favorite.

What’s more, the Vienna government also promised to use “India” directly as bait, so that the governments of various countries could bear it?

With the active support of various countries, the mainland coalition forces have already taken shape, only the final integration. When these tasks are completed, it is time for a decisive battle.

Compared with the concentration of the member states of the Continental Alliance, the member states of the Ocean Alliance are much more scattered, all in the north and south, and they have to travel across the ocean if they want to gather together.

The difficulty of power integration is more than one grade.

Although the British government has worked very hard, but due to the distance, the integration progress of the Ocean Alliance has been slowed by more than one step.

If the war lasts for two or three years, the forces of the Ocean Alliance can naturally gather; but judging from the current situation, the enemy will certainly not leave them enough time.

Seeing the enemy’s growing strength, the situation on the battlefield is becoming more and more unfavorable for the Ocean Alliance, and governments of all countries are also looking at it and worrying about it.

The navies of various countries have participated in the **** movement, the air force has also deployed elite pilots to reinforce Britain, and the army has also begun to gather.

Just want to defeat the Continental Alliance, these are still not enough. The forces that have assembled the entire European continent are invincible this year.

More and more people of insight realized that being involved in this war was a mistake.

It’s a pity that this world has everything, but there is no regret medicine. It is easy to join the war, but it is difficult to withdraw.

On the face of it, everyone is still a good ally of Britain, and they are working hard for this war, but in private they are already surging.

It all depends on the final battle. If Britain can smash the “Sea Lion Project” while keeping India, then everyone is a good ally.

Whenever one of them has an accident, there is no other way but to cut the flesh to stop the loss.

It can only be said that empiricism killed people. In every European War in the last two hundred years, the British were the last big winners.

The long-term victory has brought confidence to everyone. Coupled with the Royal Navy’s superiority in sea power, and countries are isolated overseas, the worst expected result is nothing more than undefeated.

According to the promise of the British, even if they are unbeaten, everyone can divide the overseas colonies of Shinra, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and other countries.

It’s a pity that the reality is cruel. The British Empire that missed the second industrial revolution is like an old man in the twilight, no longer the vitality of the past.

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Diplomacy in the international arena has returned, and the battlefield is also blooming in all directions. With the defeat of the Malacca naval battle, the British had to make a strategic contraction in the Far East.

Except that the Indochina Peninsula is still fighting, other regions have reluctantly cut their flesh. But this was not enough, the Continental Alliance did not give them a chance to breathe.

The spirited Governor William is now suffering and happy. Men have a heroic dream of galloping on the battlefield. Now the opportunity to command the army finally comes, but William has a headache.

Not everyone has the ability to “Han Xin order soldiers, more is better”, at least Governor William does not have the ability to command an army of millions.

If it were not for the outbreak of war, I am afraid no one would believe that the Continental Alliance could mobilize millions of troops in the Southeast Asia.

However, reality actually happened. The Dutch dispatched 100,000 troops, the Spanish dispatched 80,000 troops, the Portuguese dispatched 3000 troops, plus the 130,000 troops directly under the Austro-affiliated Southeast Asia. Together with the aristocratic coalitions and civilian armed forces that came one after another, the total strength just broke the million mark. .

This is not all, there are new troops joining every day, as if there is an endless stream, making Governor William a big head.

Different from the complete organizational framework in Africa, it can be prepared directly in accordance with the previous reserve structure. Most of them are in bulk on the South Ocean side.

Naturally, European immigrants could not make up a million troops, but with the addition of Lanfang Autonomous Province, it became more than enough.

To blame, I can only blame the military merits and titles system for its attractiveness. After so many years of operation, the credibility of Emperor Franz has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In the past, everyone wanted to participate, mainly because they were too far away from the battlefield, and the levy did not come here, so everyone couldn’t mix.

Now that the opportunity has come, Lan Fang’s Chinese family can’t sit still. Driven by interests, everyone overcame their fear of the British and joined the war.

In addition, in order to obtain greater military merits, the nobles continued to recruit private troops, and the coalition troops expanded rapidly.

If you don’t love war, it’s just not enough profit. Everyone knew that the emperor was generous enough to use hectares as a unit of land division.

Even if you can’t get the title, dividing a piece of land is worth it. Wealth and wealth are in danger, but all aspiring young people who want to stand up have appeared in the army.

If you study carefully, you can also find the presence of international students. Not only did he participate, but he even returned home to attract people.

The momentum of the millions of troops has risen, but the combat effectiveness has fallen. Except for the directly subordinate troops, only the private nobles of the troops have combat effectiveness, and the rest are mobs.

In the eyes of Governor William, the troops sent by Spain and the Netherlands all followed suit.

Knowing it was a mob, William couldn’t refuse everyone’s enthusiasm for participating in the war. On the one hand, it is bound by interests, on the other hand, it is to put enough pressure on the British.

Regardless of whether it is a rabble, the numbers are here, and the British must send heavy troops to intercept them.

Anyway, it was a bad age. There were only two or three hundred thousand main combat troops on the Continental League, and the rest were mobs, and the British were not much better.

The reinforcements rushed over from the homeland are all newly formed troops, and the colonial forces temporarily pulled up are the best among the rabble.

If the fight really started, William felt that he was still slightly cheaper here. There are also most mobs, at least the morale of the troops on their side is high.

The large number of civilian armed forces was not forced by William. He just issued a call and everyone took the initiative to send it to the door.

Since he is fighting for himself, morale is naturally not low. Especially in the previous oath, William gave his head in his speech and directly promised the whole army that after winning the war, the death benefit would not be less than 500 Aegis, or 5 hectares of land.

The local newcomers and the regular army have no feeling. According to past practice, this is just normal operation. The various subsidies that have been added up are often higher than the pension.

But other people can’t do it. Five hundred Aegis is equivalent to thousands of silver, which is an astronomical figure for 99% of the people in the Far East.

The attractiveness of five hectares of land is even greater because it is a military field. In the Holy Roman Empire, as long as the military field is not sold, it is permanently tax-free.

Such money is already sky-high in the Far East. In a sense, the steady stream of people joining was also stimulated by William himself.

Now that the words have been exported, they must be fulfilled. Under the influence of Franz for a long time, William naturally knew the importance of credibility.

The reputation of the Habsburg dynasty cannot be bought by money, and there is no need to build on its own reputation in order to save RMB 80 million.

What’s more, from his point of view, it is not too much for the Five Hundred Aegis to sell his life for one person. Needless to say, the land was taken from the enemy, so there is no need to feel distressed.

As the king’s reserve, William also needs to establish his credibility.

There are many ethnic groups living in Nanyang. If they can spend more than 80 million yuan, they will establish their own credibility among all ethnic groups. With William’s understanding of his own Laozi, he is absolutely willing to pay.

What’s more, there is no need to pay for themselves. War funds have always been fully borne by the Vienna government, and the royal family takes the lead in donating at most critical moments.

Now there is no need for donations. The war has only been underway for a few months, and the pockets of the Vienna government have not been exhausted so quickly.

It is impossible to lead a rabble to fight without pressure. Do not expect to kill all the way to occupy India, at least to take down the Indochina Peninsula.

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