Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

"The United States is currently in the midst of the Civil War. I guess that under normal circumstances, the civil war would be difficult to end in a short time because the differences between the two sides are too great. The southern landlords and manor owners want to build a country through agriculture and strive for the largest subsidies and the largest The customer is the British.

The North is a country founded on industry. Contrary to the South, the most developed industrialized country is the United Kingdom. Therefore, the Northern Industrial Alliance is to strengthen the export business of industrial products with the United Kingdom. Not only that, the northerners are also competing with the British to compete for the industrial product market of the southern United States. Therefore, this is the most fundamental contradiction between the two places.”

Speaking of this, even William IV had to sigh, no wonder the British supported the South and opposed the North. The South and the South were economically complementary, while the North and the North were competitors. It was clear at a glance who was more important and who was more distant.

"Furthermore, William IV said: "Who says the civil war in the United States will definitely be resolved? "

Seeing the questions sent in by many people, William IV, Minister of Overseas Foreign Affairs, Speth Feng, tried his best to keep his mouth shut.

The latter understood and said: "What your Majesty means is also that when Dutch diplomacy is following up, in the sky above the European diplomatic community, an alliance composed of Europe's badmouthing the United States, chaired by British Foreign Secretary John Russell, began to contact various countries to prepare. Resist the Northern Industrial Alliance's efforts to unify the South.

And they want to use this to check and balance the rapidly developing Northern Alliance, because they are worried that the United States will develop too fast and harm the interests of Europeans. Now, many European countries have responded.

What His Majesty means is that the Netherlands can use this to expand relations with the United States and safeguard our interests in North America, especially in Canada. "

"Your Majesty" Minister of War Pede de Jongde suddenly asked:

"The industrial system of the United States has developed, but the industrial system is much worse than that of European countries. Professionals will be professional. Our military has also had exchanges with the Americans. Their current military level is much higher than that of European countries. I said that the combat level is low, especially the level of fighting.

Obviously the Southern army was just like a group of bandits, without any order at all. However, the North was beaten back steadily at the beginning. Later, Grant came out, who looked decent, but his knowledge was not extensive and he had never been to a major. Such a person turned out to be President Lincoln's life-saving straw. Doesn't it really show the combat effectiveness of the US military? "

"Yes, let me tell you, if we in the Netherlands were fighting against them, we would have already won half of the United States. Look at Lyndon's progress in the Pacific. The tonnage of the American navy is about the same as ours, but its combat power , I really can’t compliment you.”

Chief of General Staff Mark Rudd suddenly straightened his face when he heard this and said, "You guys will brag about your own abilities. It's a typical self-promotion. Why don't you be more modest?"

After lecturing the two of them, Mark Rudd looked at William IV with a cheerful expression, "Your Majesty, alas, what they said is actually quite good. The American army is really rubbish. We only need 10,000 people to defeat them. One hundred thousand of them retreated"

"Are you sure?" William IV looked at him with a half-smile. Except for the military people who were afraid to look at him, everyone else in the Privy Council had smiles on their faces.

As the top boss of the military, Mark Rudd was outraged and wanted to hesitate, but his soldier's temperament and character forced him to nod his head.

"Yes, I think we can"

"That's great. After London agrees, Canada's defense will be based on 10,000 people. I will give you double the amount to defend Canada's standing army of 20,000 people. Let me ask you, can you defend Canada?"

As soon as William IV finished speaking, Mark Rudd was dumbfounded.

"Yes" was the decisive reply.

Although 20,000 people is not many, it is still a lot, especially when the combat power of the United States is indeed not flattering.

Thinking this way, he felt a little more at ease.

However, in order to get a more prudent plan, he still waited until the meeting ended and held an internal military meeting before making more detailed arrangements.

After William IV nodded, he asked Mark Rudd, "Since we are talking about the military, let's talk about the report of the Dutch army."

"The Netherlands currently has an army of 150,000 people. These are all standing regular armies. They are divided into 15 divisions. Each army consists of 30,000 people. There are 5 regular armies in total.

The number of conscripts also reached 60,000, divided into two armies. The previous one-year compulsory military service was changed to two years of compulsory military service starting this year.

Now every component of our Dutch army, as recommended by His Majesty when he was the Crown Prince, has undergone a lot of reforms since 1858 and is now divided into infantry, mountain infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers and signals ( Telegraph) health corps (medical corps) and transport corps, etc. "

William IV nodded. This was the time when he had just crossed over. The Dutch army was definitely too common. He had seen it too much from later generations, especially from World War I and World War II. He learned it from the German Empire and used it all in the Netherlands. On his body, he used all the other weapons that could be used, except for armored soldiers, which had not yet had such tools.

“The Netherlands currently has an army of 150,000 people, and has deployed 120,000 regular troops in the country, divided into four legions, and a voluntary legion composed of 30,000 conscripts.

They are the Central Army, also known as the First Army, deployed in Utrecht, the capital of Utrecht Province, which protects Amsterdam. The First Army also needs to work with the Southern Army to protect the security of Rotterdam, the first city in the south, at any time. .

The Second Army was the Army of the South, located in the city of Tilburg in Labant Province in the north, to guard against France in the south and Prussia in the Rhine Province in the southeast. Army Corps South also included the defense of the province of Limburg.

The Third Army is deployed in Assen, the capital of Gelent Province. This legion not only protects the province, but also needs to go north to protect Greningen Province, the largest province in the north, at any time. The main defenses were against the Kingdom of Hanover and the Prussian Rhine Province.

In addition, there is also a National Volunteer Corps placed in the city of Apaldoorn in Gelderland. This army mainly supports the three major armies, and also does logistics work. This is the composition of the local army.

As for the Fourth Army Corps, it is deployed in East India. In addition, with the full takeover of New Guinea Island, the Second Army Corps has also been transferred to New Guinea.

Suriname (Guyana) in the Caribbean deployed 1,000 people, and the above was the formation of the Army. "

"As for weapons, 50% of the regular army in the Netherlands has now switched to the new weapon Mauser. Although the Delessi rifle that was first developed by the German Confederation in 1835 is still in use, it is now slowly being transferred to the volunteer corps for internal use.

Cannons have now been replaced by spiral rifled guns in all armies. It has to be said that the Sardinian Cavalli improved it very well in 1846. After the spiral rifled cannon was developed, the flight became more stable and the power of the artillery was greatly improved. Said that the shooting accuracy is also much more accurate, and the most important thing is that the shooting range is increased. Now we in the Netherlands have all replaced this kind of artillery, and this is also used by basically all countries in Europe. However, mortars are also used by the military. "

"The navy is convenient. The local navy is now 90,000 tons. There are three first-class sailing battleships, each of 3,500 tons, equipped with 110 spiral rifled guns. Each ship has 900 personnel and 10,500 tons, a total of 2,700 people.

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