The 500-ton coagulation bombs dropped by German airships in the harbor of Rotterdam caused nearly 15,000 casualties among the British army, and this terrible news shocked the outside world, even exceeding the heavy losses of the Royal Navy in the sinking of four capital ships in one day.

The reason is simple.

It was so miserable that it could be described as miserable, there were two troop carriers carrying 4,000 people, and not a single person was left alive, these two ships had just docked at that time, and the soldiers on board had not yet begun to disembark, and eight airships that swept over their heads along the Rhine at an altitude of 500 meters smashed almost all the entire forty tons of coagulated qiyou bombs on the two troop carriers docked at the end and tail. In an instant, the two ships turned into a sea of fire, all the soldiers were blocked in the cabin by the fire, the hard steel and the fire above their heads cut off their possibility of escape, and then the violent burning emptied the air in the cabin, all 4,000 people died of suffocation, and even some of the dead bodies were burned to char by the red-hot hull.

When the fire was extinguished, the rescue soldiers who boarded the wreckage of the two warships opened the hatches, which were still scorching, and some were even frightened crazy.

In addition to these two, the other troop carriers that were landing also suffered heavy losses, the entire dock was piled up with charred British corpses, the floating corpses in the Rhine River were like garbage patches, and four merchant ships transporting ammunition were directly detonated by the fire, and the huge explosion even sank a nearby fleeing destroyer.

The fire in a nearby building also killed thousands of British soldiers who had taken refuge inside.

If the stubborn resistance of the Dutch was purely accidental, and the attack of the German High Seas Fleet was expected, then the airship bombing was completely negligent on the part of the British Admiralty, and Qiu Fatzi, as the Admiralty, must be held responsible, and on the same night, the Admiralty, who had only been in office for a few months, had to take the blame and resign.

However, the Dutch campaign must continue. In the absence of air protection, the British simply abandoned the original plan to occupy Rotterdam as quickly as possible, and then attack directly on Germany, which was no longer possible, and at the current rate of the British army in Rotterdam, they could not think of solving the city for a week. At this time, both the Dutch and German reinforcements were constantly arriving, and they were in danger of being completely annihilated, so they simply continued to land on the Dutch coast with landing ships and troops, turning the original surprise attack into a step-by-step attack. First, taking advantage of the fact that the Dutch Army was transferred to Rotterdam, he seized The Hague and Amsterdam and established a solid control area. In particular, seizing the airfield of the Dutch, and then flying fighter planes from the country, building up the air defense network first, and then advancing towards Germany when it is ready, anyway, the Netherlands is such a big place, and there is not much pressure to hit Germany.

The recent war situation in Europe made Emperor Yang very satisfied, of course, it was not the fire of Rotterdam, this small fire was not worth mentioning for Emperor Yang, who had slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Japanese at one time with Yunbao bombs, he was satisfied with the loss of the British navy. Together with the sinking by the Dutch, the Royal Navy lost four capital ships in one day, and another ten were seriously damaged in the dockyard, which has to be said to be a very happy figure.

Compare their results. The current British Royal Navy, once the high-ranking maritime hegemon, has made many people of insight sigh.

The result of sinking the Dutch fleet was not worth mentioning, and the naval duel with the German High Seas Fleet actually resulted in a two-to-one battle loss with a numerical advantage of 26 to 18. It has to be said that it was a fiasco in the true sense of the word, even if it was the Germans who were the first to retreat, it could not hide the fact that the British home fleet was defeated.

"Still no. The Germans withdrew too early, if only they had fought a little longer. Emperor Yang said greedily, in fact, he also knew that it would be very good for these two to fight, after all, no one is a fool, and it must be someone else who will be cheaper in the end to wipe out the fleet, and it is estimated that Nikolai is as happy as him at this time!

After the bankruptcy of the British Dutch landing plan, the Western Front counteroffensive, which was originally intended to cover their operation, basically came to an end, in order to cooperate with this drama, Britain and France lost more than 300,000 people, but the German losses were also close to 200,000, which has affected William to continue to replenish blood on the Eastern Front, plus a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns and combat vehicles, heavy artillery was transported to the hands of the gray cattle, and the guns on the Eastern Front gradually fell silent, and now only Baron Goltz's attack on Odessa is still in the fierce battle.

However, it is difficult for him to make a substantial breakthrough in the short term, the Russian army has the control of the Black Sea, can supply Kuropatkin as much as he wants, and Makarov's fleet can also provide artillery support for the defenders at sea, so this siege is likely to be protracted like many similar battles in history.

It should be said that the Allied bloc still gained a lot in the fighting during this period, although it was not able to seize the set target Kyiv, but it took more than a third of Ukraine's land, and this richest granary in Europe is undoubtedly a relief for the Allies who are increasingly strained in food supplies.

In fact, the food problem has now become the biggest headache for Emperor William and Joseph, because of the large number of labor in their own domestic agricultural production, because a large number of laborers have gone to war, the output is shrinking day by day, the supply is becoming more and more tight, and even the city has begun to ration. It's not that they can't transport it from abroad, both Sweden and the Ottoman Empire can sell them a steady stream of grain, but the problem is that this thing needs to be paid, and their gold has to be used to buy arms, and other things must be saved. Now that there is a rich occupation zone like Ukraine to plunder, at least it can greatly alleviate the domestic food problem, and this kind of no-money is more popular than buying from abroad.

As for the British attack on the Netherlands, there is nothing to say about the follow-up battle, and that night thirty-two landing ships loaded with two divisions that were originally going to reinforce Rotterdam landed directly in The Hague, and the Dutch government agencies withdrew to Amsterdam, and then the British took over the nearby airfield and began to transfer fighters from the country, and in the following days, two more armies were transferred one after another, and at the same time they divided their troops to reinforce Rotterdam one way, and the other way to attack Amsterdam, and the Dutch royal family and government abandoned Amsterdam again, Moved to Nijmegen, closer to Germany.

It is clear that the Dutch government is still trying to avoid destroying its own country, and with the exception of Rotterdam, which is still raging, the British army has not encountered organized resistance anywhere else, except for a small number of Dutch army and some militiamen. On the third day of the British attack on Rotterdam, the German Sixth Army reached the city, and then the headquarters of the German 15th Army entered the Netherlands, and the next battle was up to them and the British, who would not care about the Dutch.

In the eyes of Emperor Yang on the European battlefield, there is nothing to pay attention to in the short term, and then his claws should be extended to Indonesia, and the ministers of Britain, France and Russia have already tentatively consulted him to see how His Majesty the Emperor will react to their attack on Indonesia, after all, in the land of Asia, no matter what you do, it is not okay to get the nod of Emperor Yang, and Indonesia is also involved in the interests of China, and there are a lot of overseas Chinese there.

Especially in the area of West Borneo, the Republic of Lanfang has just been pushed by the Dutch for less than 20 years, and the identity of West Borneo is still in a state of uncertainty, after the Dutch pushed Lanfang, because after all, the country's strength is too weak, I am afraid that Concubine Yi will react violently, and has not formally annexed this land, but the rule is under their rule, and they will not dare to wait for Emperor Yang to ascend the throne. But Lan Fang has never belonged to China, not even a vassal, when Emperor Yang took over the world, this country was gone, and there was no reason to find fault, and he had been playing a panda in Europe before, and he didn't have much interest in caring about that kind of small place, so it has been delayed until now.

If Britain, France and Russia attack Indonesia, then the West Borneo issue must be cleared up with Yang Feng first, otherwise even if this piece of fat is swallowed, it will have to be fearful in the future.

"I am very sorry for your war with the Kingdom of the Netherlands, both myself and the Chinese government, but now that the matter has come to this, I don't want to make too many comments about your right and wrong, of course, in this war, the Chinese government still adheres to a neutral attitude, which will not change." Looking at the three ministers in front of him, Emperor Yang said lightly.

This means that if you like to fight or not, it has nothing to do with me, and I will definitely not care.

"However, no matter where you are waging war, you must ensure the interests of the Chinese there, and any act that harms the interests of the local Chinese is something that I and the Chinese government will not agree to." Yang Feng then said.

He didn't say this, these three also understood that because of the recognition of dual nationality, the Chinese in Southeast Asia were all citizens of the Chinese Empire, and even had the right to vote, and with this capital over the years, no one dared to provoke the Chinese in Southeast Asia, and Britain, France, and Russia naturally did not want to make anything to force China to the side of the allies.

However, Yang Feng's statement still did not mention the issue of West Borneo.

"Your Majesty, you can rest assured that this is only a war between us and the Dutch, China is our best friend, and of course we will take care of our friend's interests in the war, but we hope that before that, we can settle the issue of the status of West Borneo." British Minister Sa Daoyi said.

"West Borneo? Do you mean the Republic of Lanfang? Does the war between you and the Dutch have anything to do with the Republic of Lanfang? Emperor Yang said inexplicably. (To be continued......)