The Kingdom of the Netherlands is in Amsterdam, the royal palace, where the young King William III is accompanying his family to eat. ↗ ↗ ↗ King ↗ William III, who was born in 1817, is now 37 years old, which is a very young age among the monarchs of various countries. You must know that the Emperor Long Yufei is already forty-four years old.

"Your Majesty, Lord Xiang and the Minister of the 6th Army ask to see you!" A lady-in-waiting walked up to King William III and whispered to him.

King William III frowned, he hated it most than anyone to disturb him at this time. After the outbreak of the war, he has been very busy, and only at breakfast time does he have time to prepare his family. So, he cherishes this time very much. However, King William III thought that the current situation was already very dangerous, and if there was no particularly important matter, the Minister of the 6th Army would not have come to see him at this time.

So, William III had to apologize and say to his family: "I'm sorry, I'm going to start working!" ”

"Go, dear! Take care of yourself, though! Queen Sophie and the three sons and daughters of William III came and kissed him.

"Gentlemen, what the hell is going on?" Before he could enter the office, King William III asked. However, when he entered the office,. It suddenly dawned on him that something catastrophic seemed to have happened.

"Your Majesty, the Belgians and the Prussians, are attacking us at the same time, and the troops at the front are struggling to resist their attack, however. The enemy is menacing, and we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to resist! ”。

"What? How is this possible? "King William III almost jumped out of his seat. looked at the two of them in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, it's true. The telegram we just received. The Belgians sent at least 200,000 men, and the Prussians at least 300,000. In the face of 500,000 enemy troops, we have only mobilized 200,000 now, and we simply cannot resist their attack! The Minister of the 6th Army, De Vries, said with some frustration. As the Minister of the 6th Army of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it is obviously his dereliction of duty to have such a thing.

"Hell, how can this be? Didn't our previous plan be for us to besiege Belgium together with Britain and France? How did it turn out that now we are under siege by the Belgians and Prussians? "King William III felt like his brain was about to burst. In the blink of an eye. The Kingdom of the Netherlands has become a victim! You know, in the beginning, he was still longing for the Dutch army to destroy the Kingdom of Belgium with the help of France and England, and to take back all the lands that had been separated from the Kingdom of the Netherlands decades ago. However, now that hundreds of thousands of enemy troops are invading the Kingdom of the Netherlands, how can the Kingdom of the Netherlands resist it? Once you can't resist it, you can imagine what the consequences will be.

"Your Majesty, this is a conspiracy of the Belgians and the Prussians. They must have seen our plan and attacked us first. Want to disrupt our plans! ”。

However, it's more like an afterthought. Now the problem facing the Kingdom of the Netherlands was how to resist the combined forces of the Kingdom of Belgium and Prussia, which had 500,000 men. Resisting them is the most important issue. Otherwise. The Kingdom of the Netherlands will be destroyed.

"So, what do we do now?" King William III tried to calm himself down. However, he was younger. But now it's impossible. His body was already trembling slightly. It was as if fear was eating away at his heart.

"Your Majesty, we should immediately order an emergency mobilization. so that they can withstand the enemy's attack. In addition, we need to call for help from Britain and France immediately. Otherwise, we alone will not be able to resist the combined attack of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Prussia! Said the Minister of the 6th Army, De Vries. After all, the total population of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is just over three million. The combined forces of Belgium and Prussia that marched into the Netherlands amounted to 500,000, almost one-sixth of the population of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which was completely out of the strength of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

"Yes, yes! We immediately appealed to Britain and France for help. We are allies, and now that the Kingdom of the Netherlands is under attack, they cannot stand idly by! "King William III is like a drowning man grasping at the last straw. In his mind, both England and France were incomparably strong. With their help, the Kingdom of the Netherlands should be able to withstand the attacks of a strong enemy.

"Yes, Your Majesty! However, our own mobilization cannot be put down. Whether it's Britain or France, if they want to rescue us, they need time to prepare. The enemy is already in sight, and if we can't hold him back, even if England and France try to rescue us, there won't be enough time! The Minister of the 6th Army, De Vries, reminded. This is the sorrow of a small country, the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is too small, if it is a large country, it can also exchange space for time, and find a way to hold on until reinforcements arrive. However, the Kingdom of the Netherlands lacked strategic depth, and before the reinforcements from Britain and France arrived, Amsterdam, the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, had already fallen.

King Wilhelm III nodded his head again and again, like a chicken pecking rice. He didn't understand military affairs in the first place. Since what the Minister of the 6th Army, De Vries, said was doing it, it was up to him to do it.

At this moment, an officer hurriedly walked into the office and handed a telegram to the Minister of the 6th Army, De Vries. When De Vries saw it, his face suddenly changed.

"De Vries, what's wrong?" When King William III saw this, his heart couldn't help but tighten.

"Your Majesty, there's a telegram from the front. The enemy attack was too fierce, and we suffered heavy losses. The defensive lines in the south and east have already been broken through, and the Belgians and Prussians are marching in for a long time! De Vries almost cried.

"What? How so? How could the fortifications that we deployed on the border with 200,000 men be broken through so quickly. Those generals on the front line, what do they eat? ”。 The front line did not even hold out for half a day, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Kingdom of the Netherlands! In this way, it is estimated that they will not hold out until the reinforcements of their allies arrive.

"Hell, how big are our losses?" King William III asked with a dark face.

"The army annihilated and captured by the enemy, more than 100,000 people. The rest of the troops were also defeated. De Vries said.

When King William III heard this, his body shook and he almost fell to the ground.

You must know that in the current Kingdom of the Netherlands, the total number of mobilized troops is only 200,000. 100,000 were eaten at once, and the other 100,000 defeated troops are estimated to not be able to recover much. In this way, where is the army of the Kingdom of Holland to defend against the enemy's attack?

"No, prepare the ship and send Sophie and a few princes and princesses to England immediately!" King William III had already prepared for the worst.

"Your Majesty, you can't do this! If you do this, you will lose the confidence of the people! ”。 As soon as the enemy arrived, the queen and the princes and princesses fled to England, which would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to the morale of all the Dutch!

"No, they are all women and children, and they will not have any effect if they stay in Amsterdam. I am the king of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and I will stand with my people in Amsterdam! King William III yelled. He just wanted to send his wife and children away, so that they wouldn't be harmed even if Amsterdam fell. As for himself, as the king of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, he naturally had to fight until the last moment.

, and had to stop persuading. After all, King William III had the courage to stay and fight, which was already commendable.

In the face of the invasion of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Prussia, the table of the Kingdom of Holland can be described as bad. The 200,000-strong army deployed on the border did not play a role in stopping the enemy army at all, but quickly collapsed. Not to mention the heavy losses, the remaining troops completely lost their fighting spirit. Their wolf escape left countless cities and people to the enemy, which enabled the Belgian 6th Army and the Prussian 6th Army to occupy these strategic points without bloodshed.

Ordinary Dutchmen, on the other hand, were very valiant in their self-organization, and resisted the attack of the Belgian and Prussian 6th armies. But these unarmed civilians, who are nothing more than a rabble, can they compare with the well-trained regular army? Their resistance is simply a mantis arm as a car, increasing casualties in vain.

In order to quickly destroy the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Belgian 6th Army and the Prussian 6th Army attacked very quickly. Once the Dutch were blocked, they attacked with the most brutal measures. This directly made the resistance of the Kingdom of the Netherlands useless. Soon, large swaths of the Kingdom of the Netherlands fell. The armies of the Kingdom of Belgium and Prussia began to march on Rotterdam, The Hague and Amsterdam, the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

It can be said that in the face of the sudden attack of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Prussia, the Kingdom of Holland was completely taken by surprise, and their army was defeated before they could play their role! (To be continued!)

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