The Rise of Iceland - Vol 3 Chapter 451

According to the meaning of the Dutch Admiral Thomas, even if Sweden and England broke the Hague and Amsterdam, as long as the navy under their command goes back, they can always defeat the combined forces of the two countries and retake the two capitals.

From a strategic point of view, if the Hague is recaptured first, the North Sea Canal in the north can be controlled with the Hague as a base. In this way, the Anglo-Swedish coalition forces that invaded Amsterdam will become a turtle in the urn. As long as the army of the provinces gathers in Amsterdam, it will be Sweden and England begging for mercy. Time to beg for peace.

But the allied forces of the seven provinces were clamoring to return to Amsterdam to save the siege. Thomas couldn’t hold back the generals, so he could only take three ships and more than a thousand loyal men to dock at the seaport near The Hague, ready to go overland to rescue the little boy. Lord.

Most of the remaining Dutch navy did not panic without Thomas’s jurisdiction, but grew neatly and quickly rushed to the North Sea Canal.

At this time, both the Hague and the North Sea Canal fell into the hands of the Swedish and English coalition forces. The mighty Dutch navy had long been discovered before approaching the mouth of the North Sea Canal. A few gunshots rang out from the canal mouth like an arrow. There were ten Galen warships and dozens of Creek warships of several sizes. These warships were lined up at the mouth of the canal. Approaching the Dutch Navy fleet in a circle.

Although the Dutch navy did not have a commander-in-chief, there were still experts in the army. They all lined up to attack the big ships. The artillery fire was in the sky, and the ten Galen warships were shattered and shattered by the shells in a short time.

Just as the Dutch battleships cheered, more than 30 large-scale battleships rushed from the direction of The Hague. These battleships were all flying the flag of the English Republic. It was the English Admiral Robert Blake who came in person.

The English Republic is the closest to the Netherlands. After winning The Hague, Robert Blake personally stationed in The Hague. He and Cromwell first met not simply to defeat the Netherlands and **** sea power. Obviously, they also have claims to the territory of the Netherlands.

The United Kingdom once tried to annex France, and then turned the United Kingdom from an island country into a European land power. If France did not fight the Hundred Years’ War, the hegemon in Europe would definitely be Great Britain.

Now that Sweden has made a move, the two countries have a chance to win the Netherlands by sending troops together. Sweden can only **** the sea power, and England is only one strait away from the Netherlands. It is possible to fight for one or two ports to expand land power and protect sea power.

With the appearance of the British fleet stationed in The Hague, the navies of Sweden and Portugal also came to support. The location of the North Sea Canal outlet was filled with smoke and artillery fire. The battle did not end until a day later. The Dutch Navy encountered the first After this fiasco, only 20 of the 80-odd warships were left, while there were still more than 50 warships in England, Portugal and Sweden. This naval battle was a crushing of the Netherlands by the allied forces of Sweden, England and Portugal.

If the Netherlands attacks The Hague first, more than half of the British warships will be blocked in the naval port. Even if the Swedish and Portuguese coalition forces come to support, the battle situation will still not be able to say who will die in the end, but Thomas’s departure will make the Netherlands lose the chance to win.

On June 15th, after two days of insisting, the whole city of Amsterdam fell. Banks, East India Company, grain banks, commercial banks, exchanges, auction houses, villas…

All the places where wealth might be hidden were rushed in by the Vikings and the English, burned, looted, and scraped the ground.

This carnival not only devastated the Dutch, but even merchants from other countries living in Amsterdam were looted and even slaughtered.

Amsterdam, the largest city in Europe in the 17th century, was reduced to purgatory in a few days. The Grand Theater, Art Gallery, East India Company, Stock Exchange, St. Louis Cathedral…

Countless landmark buildings have been burned down and demolished, and the canals extending in all directions in the city are filled with Dutch corpses. The smell of blood and stench has become the signature smell of Amsterdam.

France, as the old suzerain of the Netherlands, was a joke at first, but after the news of the annihilation of the two major cities in the Netherlands and the annihilation of the navy reached Paris, Prime Minister Mazarin sent troops to the Netherlands by land to fight. In the name of helping the Netherlands maintain justice and expel the Swedish and English invaders, he is also attacking cities and looting wealth.

However, the French minister in The Hague did start to contact the ministers from Spain, Austria and other countries, as well as the archbishop of the Holy See stationed in the Dutch diocese, and jointly protested to the English and Swedish ministers, demanding that the two countries immediately stop the atrocities against the Netherlands.

Since Amsterdam is a transit base for European commodities and a supplier of various necessary commodities, in order to maintain “justice” and suppress Sweden and England, almost all European countries have stood up to support the Netherlands, and Spain even sent troops to France accordingly. Attack on Portugal.

Thomas also returned to The Hague with the little prince at this time. After mediation and negotiation by various countries, the Netherlands surrendered to Sweden, England, and Portugal, and ceded the Netherlands and Brazil in South America to Portugal and the New Nide in America. Lan to Vinland, in order to keep the local city, the East Indies also ceded two British Republics, and also compensated the three countries with 3 million guilders each.

The five cities occupied by the Kingdom of France were also lost without mentioning it, and Amsterdam, which the Netherlands was proud of, was also in ruins. The Interprovincial Republic of the Netherlands also collapsed.

Without the four Anglo-Dutch naval battles that were originally scheduled on the historical line, when the Netherlands was at its strongest, it was attacked by Sweden, England, and Portugal. out.

The English Republic and the Swedish Empire took over Dutch sea power, plus two

^0^ The originally controlled sea areas, except the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, the entire North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean have now completely become the private land of Sweden and the English Republic, and the share of the Netherlands is jointly occupied by the two countries.

It stands to reason that the Swedish Empire is stronger than the navy of the English Republic~www.mtlnovel.com~, so it can completely take over more than half of the routes, but Olaf did not show such short-sightedness, he only occupied 40%, and also gave England four The remaining 20% ​​was divided between Portugal and Spain, in order to suppress England, but also to suppress France.

Now he is a well-deserved Nordic speaker, the European hegemon, Olaf, when considering any problem, he must be like the godfather of Mai Di who travels to study and cultivate the land.

Olaf is now ambitious. In order to have the time and political environment to slowly digest Northern Europe, he must keep the wheat seedlings in this private plot of Europe that can threaten him.

After the signing of the Hague Treaty at the end of July, the Swedish Empire got nearly half of the waterway controlled by the Dutch East-India Company, and the Viking Firm quickly went to get familiar with it. , as long as it takes one or two years to digest, and at the same time undertakes the transfer of the processing industry in Amsterdam in Denmark, Viking Firm will be able to develop rapidly in a few years, not only the volume and income will also increase by more than ten times.

By that time, the wealth of Viking Thunder and the General Marshal Olaf could continue to increase and reach an astonishing degree.

Dear, this chapter is over, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^