On the battlefield for dozens of miles, the sound of desolate trumpets came and went, and although they did not attack at the same time, the entire Dutch defense line was unexpectedly facing tremendous pressure.

Behind the fortified defensive line, the Dutch soldiers were all black and oppressive figures in front of them, but unlike the blue military uniforms and high military hats they imagined, all the civilians walking in front were ragged and numb-eyed!

On top of that, these civilians are all men in the prime of life.

Such a group of people, the Dutch did not dare to put them into their own line of defense, a gate or old or new artillery was pushed out, the Dutch soldiers under the shouts of the officers raised their muskets, after this group of civilians flying the red, white and blue tricolor entered the firing range, a large number of projectiles suddenly poured down!

Although the military strength of the Dutch is relatively weak, it is also necessary to compare it with whom, compared with the first-class powers of the European continent and Lin Haoda's Young Guard, it is naturally not enough, but if it is compared with most countries in the world, it is a strong army......

Although the era of the Dutch sea coachmen is gone, the geographical location of the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands determines that this small country founded on commerce will inevitably be a wealthy country.

The Dutch tradition of good business also made them a lot of money, and the famous Dutch bank brought in a lot of profits every year, which is why the Republic of the United Dutch Province was repeatedly occupied by the European powers.

Fortunately, the position of the Dutch is very delicate, can seek their own interests and independence among the European powers, the big powers are adhering to the advantage of the can be occupied, can not occupy and can not let the same strength of other countries to obtain the attitude, the small European continent, relying on the Age of Discovery to accumulate a lot of wealth rose too many powers, coupled with the old qualification of the Holy Roman Empire of the Habsburg Dynasty, so that the European continent is constantly in turmoil at the same time, but also let the small countries have a rare space to survive.

In particular, the multi-ethnic character has become the tried and tested 'magic weapon' of those slightly inferior big countries, and a Great Britain in a remote corner has turned the European continent into a pot of porridge, who is strong to fight whom, who is weak to help whom, and the vast colonial blood transfusion has given the British the wealth to support those small countries that seek national independence, and the defeated powers have risen again, maintaining the 'balance' of the European continent.

This is the reason why there are many European countries and there is a huge gap in the military strength of each country, but it has never been able to emerge as a unified power.

The military strength of the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands is only because of their small territory and relatively small population, and their weapons are still quite advanced, after all, the Dutch have money, and the government may not be too rich, but when the country is in crisis, the bankers and big businessmen of the Netherlands can form a large number of militia teams with a slight force, and replenish a large number of weapons, ammunition and military supplies for the front line.

Lin Haoda planned to take advantage of the three major powers of the European continent to carve up Poland to defeat the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, also out of this consideration, the Dutch could not fight, but they were too rich, and the war was fought in the end with national strength and wealth.

In addition to Lin Haoda, who relies on the bug artifact all-round war system, which can be used to wage war continuously, the European continental powers are throwing money at war, for the European continental powers, population is not a factor restricting war, and the simplicity of line infantry training has also greatly reduced the training cycle of the army, and the gap between the elite and the ordinary regular army has been greatly reduced in the rigid queue shooting war mode......

The rigid and strict battle line also minimizes the possibility of the collapse of the recruits, and the Europeans have a supervising battle team behind the battle line, and those soldiers who have been trained by sticks, even if they are afraid in their hearts, will never dare to escape from the strict queue!

Of course, this is not to say that there is no gap between the elite and the ordinary regular army, but it is difficult to have the scene of the elite troops in the ancient wars with one enemy and ten, even if a group of militiamen go to the battlefield with muskets, a salvo will make the elite troops fall a large piece!

This is the reason why in the European War, every battle was won by a large number of battle losses.

The development of firearms has greatly improved the efficiency of killing, and it was originally necessary to muster up all the strength to chop, stab, stab and draw the bow to kill, but now it only needs to gently pull the trigger, and when the cannon sounds, there are even more casualties!

It doesn't take much effort to use a musket, and if the morale is sufficient, it doesn't take much effort to stand still and fight from morning to night, which is why elite troops tend to charge with bayonets as soon as possible, and only in bayonet hand-to-hand combat can the huge gap between veterans and recruits be reflected.

The rich Dutch have invested a lot of money in the Breda defense line, Lin Haoda's purge campaign in Belgium is like a locust in the eyes of the Dutch, whether it is the civilians of the United Provinces of the Netherlands or the rich, they do not want to put Lin Haoda's troops into their own territory, and the opinions of the civilians will naturally not be ignored, but in the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, which is based on business, the voice of bankers and businessmen is quite high!

Therefore, the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands pulled almost eighty percent of the country's field artillery to the Breda defense line, and in addition to the necessary defensive forces, most of the field troops and countless temporary militias were stationed on this Breda defense line, which was even more than Lin Haoda's 200,000 troops in terms of numbers!

And that's just counting the Dutch who carried their guns into battle, if you count the logistics handymen......

It can be said that the Breda defense line was arranged and built by the whole country of the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, which is not only a defense line, but also a defense system.

For Lin Haoda, who wants the support of the people but not the people, and has no logistics, he naturally will not take the risk of sending partial troops deep behind enemy lines, and in addition to fighting out a group of Dutch miscellaneous troops that the people want, he will not be able to bypass the back of the Breda defense system at all.

Although the United Republic of the Netherlands worked so hard to make Lin Haoda's offensive difficult, it also indirectly facilitated Lin Haoda's attack, and the Dutch themselves concentrated almost all the elite forces, if they were defeated and lost, they would naturally have no power to return to the sky, after all, the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands is only a small country with a small territory and a small population, and it is only slightly stronger than Belgium.

Lin Haoda watched the Belgians on the front line being shot easily, and the corners of his mouth drew a cruel arc: "The battle has just begun." ”10