In the Dutch General Headquarters, Bruce, the Supreme Commander of the Dutch Army, was checking the deployment of the army on the sand table, and the officer who sat in the second position next to him was the Colonial Army Commander Adenauer, who was now the deputy commander-in-chief of the Dutch General Command. The Dutch side sent an order from Guò Bruce to appoint Bruce, an officer transferred from China, as the commander-in-chief of the Dutch forces in Indonesia, while Adenauer was only a deputy commander. And this made Adenauer a little dissatisfied, because both sides are generals, but why can't he be the commander-in-chief?

Of course, Adenauer also has his own ideas, because he has already fought against Taiwan's marines and has some experience. And Adenauer was familiar with Indonesia's geographical, meteorological and cultural environment, so he thought he should be more suitable to be the commander-in-chief. But when he thought of his so-called background, he couldn't help but sigh, I'm afraid he didn't lose in ability, but in Izuma! If he had a better background, if he was a nobleman, even if it was just a little baron, then he might not have lost the position of commander-in-chief this time. Of course, if he was a nobleman, he might not be kicked to the colony as a commander. After all, in European countries, the armies of the colonies were second-rate armies, not top-tier armies. After all, the top army has to stay on the mainland to defend the country, and it will not be sent unless there is a war. And he was sent over, that is, he didn't want to enter the high-level core, and he was excluded by those nobles.

"Hmph, this group of Taiwanese natives, I won't clean you up this time. When the time comes, we must defeat you this time, and then occupy all of you in Taiwan! When the time comes, Taiwan will be able to return to the hands of our great Dutch kingdom, and then we can clean up the disobedient natives. Bruce said.

And Adenauer immediately said: "Commander-in-Chief Bruce, I have to kindly remind you that this time the Chinese are probably not ordinary." So you can't measure the current Taiwanese army with the thinking of the past. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll suffer a big loss! ”

But Bruce said: "Hmph, what can a group of Taiwanese natives do?" Is it up to the sky? Also, you have 120,000 troops, but you have not been able to expel them, and you still need domestic support. It's really your incompetence. I really doubt that you, a lowly civilian, managed to climb to the position of admiral? ”

"You—" Adenauer was furious.

Adenauer almost became angry, this Bruce actually directly and unceremoniously ridiculed himself for being a civilian, this is simply not giving himself face. In Europe, the hereditary system of aristocracy is still very popular, and those who can be high-ranking military officers or even high-ranking politicians are also nobles, and this tradition was not broken until Hitler. And Hitler can be said to be the real first head of a European power without aristocratic blood, and he also set off changes in the world.

Before World War I, however, Europe's top officials were of aristocratic origin. There may be middle- and low-level officials who are from ordinary desperate backgrounds, but it is too difficult to become a high-level official. Maybe when a country first rises, it will reuse some commoners, but once those commoners become nobles, they will also start to reject those who are backward, and those will later form the traditions of those nobles. They are not like China, which has various ladders for commoners to advance, and it is countless times more difficult for European civilians to enter the upper class than in China, this road is too narrow, even later generations of Europe have the habit of valuing aristocracy.

And this Adenauer is actually relatively lucky. He saved a high-ranking nobleman when he was young, and then that nobleman recognized him as an adopted son. After that, he was able to gradually rise through the ranks in the army. made him a lot less resistant. Of course, an adopted son is not a parent after all, and in this era of valuing blood in Europe, no aristocratic blood is not a real noble. Therefore, although Adenauer relied on his own ability and the support of some nobles, he was not reused. He finally became a general a few years ago, but he was sent to the colony. After all, those European aristocrats are out of sight. And for this, his so-called adoptive father's family did not object. On the contrary, with the death of Adenauer's so-called adoptive father in the past two years and the new head of the family ascending to the throne, he became less and less satisfied with him, a supernumerary family member. In the past, the old family owner valued him as an adopted son. even did not hesitate to use a lot of the family's political resources to get him promoted, which has made the family members very dissatisfied. And now the old family has burped, and there is no backer in that so-called family, and it has been ostracized. It had been a long time since he had received a letter from that adoptive father's family, indicating that he had been ignored.

And now this Bruce is so unceremonious not to give face to his deputy, and directly says that he is a lowly civilian, which makes him almost faint with anger. However, for the sake of the next war, he decided to endure it, after all, now is not the time for discord. At the head of this war, if he and the Supreme Commander do not get along, then I am afraid that the next situation will be very unfavorable, at that time he is afraid that he will lose the victory of this war, and once the Netherlands loses the colony of Indonesia, it may cause a large-scale decline in the Netherlands. Therefore, for the sake of the great cause of the country, he endured it.

"Commander-in-chief, I think the Chinese should not be underestimated, they also defeated the Japanese aggression in the first two years, and then they fought so that Japan could not fight back. Therefore, Taiwan should not be underestimated, and even our tactics are learning from theirs. Adenauer said.

And that Bruce snorted, "Japan? It's just a weak country, that is, it has defeated China, a weak country. However, Japan is not a non-influential country in our Europe at all, and Taiwan can defeat a non-influential country, so what is it? Also, I have to correct one point, that is, our tactics were learned from Britain and Germany, not Taiwan, do you understand? Also, you are completely raising the morale of others to destroy your own prestige, what is your intention? Do you want treason? Believe it or not, I can drag you, a lowly civilian, to military justice on the spot? ”

Adenauer was speechless, this Bruce was really speechless, and he kindly took the initiative to remind him, but he was actually made by this commander-in-chief Bruce to say what kind of treason it was, and even speechless. The Netherlands looks down on Japan as a rising star, and as an old European country, he naturally looks down on Asian countries. And in their stubborn thinking, all Asian countries are backward. China, the largest country, is so backward, so what will happen to Japan? In the eyes of the Netherlands, Japan is simply a country that does not enter the stream. But Adenauer is different, he is in the South Seas of East Asia, so he naturally knows very well that Japan is not a soft persimmon, and their comprehensive combat effectiveness is actually stronger than that of the Netherlands. It's just that Japan doesn't have the idea of attacking the South Seas now, after all, Japan's current target is China. Even if they had the idea of attacking Nanyang, it would be useless. Because the nail of Taiwan has been firmly inserted into their first step to attack the South Seas, they cannot cross Taiwan to attack the South Seas. Later, during World War II, Japan was able to conquer the South Seas because they took Taiwan. Taiwan is actually Japan's first springboard to the South Seas, but Japan has not even obtained the first springboard, so how can it be possible to attack the South Seas?

And Taiwan's ability to defeat Japan is obviously not to be underestimated. But the idiots in the country actually pat their heads and think that Japan is very weak, I really don't know that their heads are full of dung, and they don't even know how to investigate and talk nonsense. And if Adenauer had been born decades late, he would have thought how incisive the famous phrase that no one has a say without investigation is. And now many old European countries, especially those that are declining, are a group of countries that are immersed in their past glory, and they look down on those rising stars. No matter how much the rising stars have achieved, in their eyes, they do not match their glorious history, which can be reflected in later generations of Britain.

"Adenauer, you have to remember that our great Dutch kingdom is not going to learn tactics from a group of Taiwanese natives. Their tactics were learned from the British and Germans, not from a group of Taiwanese natives. ”

Adenauer simply scoffed at Bruce's face-saving behavior. Now the whole world knows that although the tactics of trench warfare were not first started by Taiwan, Taiwan is the place where they are best used and where the tactics of trench warfare have reached their peak. After learning from Japan, it spread to Germany and the United Kingdom. Of course, the Dutch, a country that looks down on Japan and Taiwan, will not put down their dignity at all to "ask questions without shame"; they can learn from Britain and Germany, but they are unwilling to admit that they have learned from Taiwan.

Therefore, Bruce and the Netherlands will never admit that they have learned new tactics from the colonial natives under their command back then, after all, in their eyes, Taiwan is their colony hundreds of years ago, and Taiwan is just a group of colonial natives. Therefore, they all say that they learned from Britain and Germany, but Britain and Germany are also at the level of "apprentices", so ordinary people simply cannot understand the honor thinking of this old kingdom.

"Commander-in-Chief Bruce, I think I'd better go and inspect the troops on the front line!" Adenauer said.

And Adenauer left the command, and then cursed: "Brain-dead! (To be continued......)