Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne Chapter 151

The Netherlands has benefited enormously, and Prussia will naturally not remain indifferent in the east.

Prussia then proposed to send more instructors, such as supporting Ethiopia's military training, and asked Ethiopia to buy arms from Prussia.

In the attitude of not offending the two parties, Tverdros II placed an order for 500 cannons in Prussia, which made the whole country happy.

The military industrial forces cheered and called on William I to increase arms sales support to Ethiopia.

An absurd scene appeared. Prussia even offered to sell a Class 3 sailing battleship to Ethiopia, which now has no access to the sea, at a discounted price of half price. In the name of Twodros II, Ethiopia owned the first time. own country's naval battleship.

Unexpectedly, Ethiopia agreed, and also generously stated that the warship would be deposited in the port of Mogadishu in Prussia, Somalia.

This makes Italy in southern Europe very uncomfortable.

Co-authored, are these two countries fighting Ethiopia with Italian lives to make war money?

So Italy in order to gain more understanding from European countries.

So with the consent of Emmanuel II, Prime Minister Luigi asked Britain and France to provide arms support.

When France hesitated to make alliances with Prussia and the Netherlands, the United Kingdom agreed to the request of the Italian government and provided them with the same 50,000 firearms and 1 million ammunition as the Netherlands.

France finally agreed to Italy's request. Politics is politics these days, and rice bowls are rice bowls.

France can't watch its allies, the Netherlands and Prussia, eat meat. They at least have to drink soup, otherwise the arms dealers in France would have overthrown them long ago.

As a result, Napoleon III signed it and took it into effect. France provided Italy with 50,000 guns and more than 2 million rounds of ammunition.

The quality and these orders were published in the newspapers of various European countries and caused a huge sensation in Europe.

These days, everyone knows that fighting requires death. This has become commonplace in Ouyouzhou, but wars burn money. If it is a naval battle, because the money needed for the construction of warships is too clear, each ship has a price list. , so when the war at sea broke out, the number of warships that sank into the sea could be calculated, and even elementary school graduates knew and counted them.

However, the army has always fought by the tactics of a sea of ​​people. Whoever has more soldiers and more generals, and which country has a well-trained army, will be biased on the battlefield on the scale of victory.

Although in recent years, with the development of hot weapons, human sea tactics have declined slightly, but it is still the most important indicator of land warfare. Don't you see Tsarist Russia has the largest number of troops, even if the firearms are not as good as other European powers, they have always been the army big country?

"Unfortunately, the industrial strength of the United States is so strong that in the current Civil War, almost all weapons in the north are made by themselves. Although the infrastructure in the south is weak, the British even sent the production line to the south in order to balance the north. During the war, the unprecedented failure to purchase weapons and equipment from abroad can be called a miracle in the history of thermal weapons warfare."

When William IV saw the eyes of European countries, he was attracted by Ethiopia's orders for war weapons.

He couldn't help looking at the simple world map. With the slow deployment of the Dutch army, Australia has stabilized, various immigration work has been carried out, and industries have begun to move quickly there. As long as you give me 20 years, no , 10 years can be, I guarantee the world will be shocked by Australia's development.

"Population is a piece of hardware, and it is also the weakness of the Netherlands, but the dominance of Australia is definitely the Dutch. There is no room for compromise. With it as the center, others can relax a little bit."

With that said, William IV started to draw circles with a pen on the map.

With Australia as the center, New Guinea and East India, Madagascar, and New Zealand are next, the Alaska Peninsula and Fiji, the South Pacific Islands, are ranked third, and all parts of Africa are ranked fourth.

As for the native land, William IV hesitated, and finally wrote four indispensable characters in Chinese characters.

It shows the attitude of this homeland of Europe that cannot be lost.

After putting down the pen, he put his eyes on Southern Europe, and his eyes on Portugal.

Thinking of the Netherlands International Intelligence Service and the Royal Netherlands Intelligence Service, the intelligence that has been sent back from Portugal recently.

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"Louis I dances the most, and my Netherlands still lacks a lot of pieces in the Indian Ocean. If you think you can challenge the Netherlands, we have been keeping a low profile for too long, but we can make you Portugal. It is used to commemorate the Netherlands that once lost its position as one of the naval hegemons, making the Netherlands once again leap into the ranks of European powers.”

The arms replenishment of the two countries arrived quickly, and the repairs during this period also gave both sides a breathing opportunity to redeploy.

But just like the calm before the storm, this means that the war will be more violent in the future.

On March 25, 1863, Italy's eastern front was suddenly divided in half, and 60,000 troops quickly and secretly moved eastward. Dabo, then learn Ethiopia's detour westward, Goba, the largest city in southeastern Ethiopia, was attacked by 40,000 people.

After the casualties were less than 5,000, the Ethiopian army of 10,000 people was defeated, leaving 10,000 people including the wounded to continue to garrison Hougoba. After 40,000 people went north, the sneak attack was successful in Acela.

At the same time, Giuseppe on the eastern front also took the artillery first, bombed all the way, and hit back outside Nazret. For a time, the north and south of Italy formed a triangle with Nazret.

After the round, Ethiopia has only 170,000 people left, losing 20,000 people, and Italy has 110,000 people left;

At this time, due to the replenishment of ammunition, these local troops in Ethiopia also came from various forces, and the people were not at the same level. In the end, it was difficult for the Minister of Army De Bocelle to command, and the Italian army on the western front seized the opportunity and finally won the western front In Desai, in this battle, the Ethiopian army in Desai dropped sharply from 60,000 to 40,000, while the Italian army lost less than 5,000 from 60,000.

After being captured, the Ethiopian army began to retreat all the way to the southwest because of insufficient food and grass, weapons and ammunition.

When they returned to Addis Abel, the remaining 40,000 troops were pitifully left with only 20,000 troops, while Italy had 50,000 troops.

When April Fool's Day in the West came on April 1, 1863, there were only 190,000 troops left in Ethiopia and 160,000 in Italy. It seemed that Ethiopian troops had more troops, but in terms of equipment, Italy is more dominant. Click to download this site APP, massive novels, free to read!

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