Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

South America, Chile, Araucanía region, Temuco.

"Sir, hurry up, the British are probably preparing to attack."

The officer accompanying the army made a move to grab the training officer Shrek who was supporting Arturo Lauzon's army.

Shrek originally planned to stay here, but after seeing the concerns of the Chilean officers and soldiers, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly, nodded, and walked to the headquarters. It was not that he was afraid of death, but that as long as he was here, he would not care about the soldiers. These Chilean officials will be distracted. Anyway, he has handed over many of his war skills to the other party in the past few years. It is better to leave and let these Chilean soldiers who are his students fight this war with peace of mind.

After arriving in Chile in 1870, Shrek began to help Arturo Lauzon train the army on the edge of the Andes, especially because Arturo Lauzon had great trust in him.

In the past eight years, the 10 Dutch soldiers under his leadership have trained 50,000 troops for intelligence. At present, Arturo Lauzon has 80,000 troops, and more than half of the soldiers have been trained by them.

Therefore, these soldiers and officers in front of them all respect themselves from the bottom of their hearts.

It is conceivable that if the British are driven back this time and the army of the former government President Mascaiano is crippled and wiped out, then based on the goodwill of these soldiers in front of them towards the Netherlands, the Netherlands will definitely complete its control of the Eastern Pacific by then. The coastal country of Chile has the greatest influence.

Even controlling the country is not impossible.

Although he didn't know what His Majesty William IV and the current Prime Minister Gerrit de Vries thought, but according to the Netherlands' past foreign policy, he believed that Chile's transformation into a pro-Dutch country would definitely be a major event in South America.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but remember that before coming to Chile in 1870, he was personally received by William IV in the Melbourne military camp, and more than 20 people were received with him during the same period. These are the people in the Netherlands who are preparing to secretly intervene in the internal situations of various countries around the world.

Although he had not determined the whereabouts of these "comrades-in-arms", thinking about his own experience, he knew that His Majesty had invested so much energy.

At the same time, I was also shocked by His Majesty's generous actions.

In the past, the alliance between the Netherlands and these countries was based on mutual trust with strong presidents. However, judging from His Majesty's actions and the deployment of them to various countries in 1870, it is clear that His Majesty William IV does not trust him. If these powerful presidential figures are distrusted, then the task of deploying these people to various countries is naturally to support opponents or opponents.

Now, after 8 years, he has finally helped Arturo Lauzon step by step in the direction directed by Holland. Victory is almost in sight. This makes Shrek's eyes show excitement. This is the sense of accomplishment that he is about to achieve success.

But before that, he needed to carefully complete the immediate step, which was to deal with Mascaiano's counterattack with British support.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown. The British arrived in Chile half a month ago, but in the past half month, they have been standing still. He may guess that the other party is waiting for the support of the British Army or the South African Army. After all, speaking of , the Netherlands' approach to forming a five-nation coalition surprised itself and caused a huge storm throughout the Americas.

What's more, the British are currently the enemy.

Shrek was still nominally a Chilean training officer with the rank of colonel in the Dutch Army, but Arturo Lauzon promoted him to Chilean Major General, making him the fourth-ranking figure in the actual Chilean military, second only to the President and General Secretary of Chile. After the Chief of Staff and the Secretary of War.

He deserves to be called "sir" just now.

The war is about to begin, and the Chilean war headquarters can no longer be set up near ports with obvious targets. After days of preparation, and with the efforts of these Dutch training officers and thousands of Chilean officers and soldiers, the fortifications and forts have been It's fixed. Many secret underground headquarters have been built, and the occupation headquarters has naturally been moved to the war command post here.

Shrek, escorted by officers, returned to the headquarters on horseback. Chilean Army Minister Messip, who was holding a telescope to observe the movement of Mascaiano and the British army forming a joint army, also breathed a sigh of relief.

"The British warship is bluffing." Shrek, who returned to the command post, also used a telescope to look at the movements of the British army and Mascaiano's army. Unexpectedly, the British warship's gun muzzle could not help but move around, but it was not Fired and watched for over 20 minutes, still the same.

In the north where the British Navy was unwilling, well, about 10 kilometers away, the Dutch steam battleship New Zealand also stood still. It seemed that both countries had a tacit understanding that they were just guards with swords.

Messip also nodded and said: "I guess the British Navy is also waiting for the opportunity, and currently both the British and Dutch are watching for news on land. After the results on land come out, it may be time for the two navies to show off. Maybe. If they are serious, they don’t think highly of the strength of our northern and southern Chilean armies. However, if they are serious, they should disdain sneak attacks on our land armies.”

The hand holding the telescope suddenly trembled, and Messip suddenly realized that the Shrek next to him was from the Netherlands, and his statement just now seemed a bit offending.

Shrek didn't seem to pay attention, but sighed and said: "Neither of the two countries took action directly, because they were waiting for the other party to take action in order to gain the moral high ground. We don't have such scruples on land, but there are also roads on land. The difficulty is that as long as we fire, we have to peel off our skin, and either you die or I lose. And the fact that the British warships’ muzzles are currently moving horizontally on us shows that they just want to put more psychological pressure on us.”

Messip looked at his pocket watch and said with a smile that in an hour, if the opponent makes no move, according to the plan, we will attack.

Mr. Shrek, do you think we will win? "

"Of course I will win," Shrek said matter-of-factly: "If I don't respond, the eight years I spent in Chile will not be wasted. What's more, if I don't win, I would have already escaped from the trenches here, fled from Chile, at least Argentina Things are much better than in Chile now, aren’t they?”

Messip laughed, seemed to be inspired, nodded and said: "I think so too"

The two men continued to stare at the distant British warships wandering the sea with telescopes, and from time to time they looked at the trenches of the Mascaiano army in the south. Obviously, what they just said did not make them take it lightly.

This is the quality that a so-called professional soldier should have.