The English Channel, a strait separating the Gangdors from the European continent and connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, is 560 kilometers long, 240 kilometers wide, and only 34 kilometers wide at its narrowest point.

In reality, the two countries have built an undersea tunnel at its narrowest point, known as the Eurotunnel.

Because the English Channel is part of the North Atlantic Ocean and connects to the European land sea, it has been a strategic point for military forces since ancient times, and there have been many military conflicts and naval battles in history.

The Royal Fleet of the Gangdor Dynasty, two of which were stationed here.

For the Royal Fleet, holding the English Channel was tantamount to guarding the maritime lifeline of the Gangdor dynasty, allowing the Gangdor dynasty to advance and retreat freely in European affairs.

In view of the changing tide of warfare in Europe, the Gang Duo dynasty has recently deliberately withdrawn the troops remaining in the European theater of war, making holding on to their homeland their first priority.

At this time, the Royal Fleet cruised the English Channel more closely.

Accidents still happened.

On the morning of 1 April, two formations of the Great Xia Atlantic Fleet, which had been completely replaced with ironclad ships, raided the English Channel and set off a naval battle.

This was the first confrontation between the Atlantic Fleet and the Royal Fleet.

In terms of troops, naval warfare and navigation, the two fleets are comparable, and the commander of the Royal Fleet is also the famous general of the historical naval battle, Nelson.

The basics are comparable.

If the Atlantic Fleet is strong, it will be strong in weaponry.

After the rearmament, the Atlantic Fleet has formed a three-dimensional space combat system integrating ironclad ships, fighter planes, and magic-powered submarines, and has faintly taken the prototype of the aircraft carrier fleet of later generations.

In contrast, due to resources and labor, half of the warships of the Royal Fleet of Gangduo were sail battleships, and not all of them were replaced by more advanced ironclad ships.

It's easy to understand.

With the industrial strength of Great Xia's full flowering, it took nearly a year to reequip the Pacific Fleet at the beginning, and it was already quite good that the Royal Fleet of Steel Duo could make such progress.

In terms of armament, the Atlantic Fleet has an overwhelming advantage.

This is one of the reasons why, after Bactria regained control of the Mediterranean, the Steelduo Royal Fleet did not say anything at all.

Because I don't have the confidence to intervene.

The result of the naval battle can be imagined, in the face of the surprise attack of the Atlantic Fleet, although the Royal Fleet of Steel Duo dealt with it moderately, and Nelson was also in command, but after nearly six hours of fierce fighting, it was finally defeated.

The danger and excitement in it are beyond the description of pen and ink.

The rout of the Royal Fleet of Steeldo, like a piercing signal flare, streaked across the night sky of Europe, is bound to have an immeasurable impact on the already turbulent situation in Europe.

In fact, the aftermath is already fermenting.

In the afternoon of the same day, under the cover of the Atlantic Fleet, Zeng Guoquan commanded the Ghost Army, brazenly landed on the coast of the Gangduo Dynasty, and the troops pointed directly at the capital of the Gangduo Dynasty, Fort Avik.

The 300,000 Ghost Army is simply fatal to the current Gangduo Dynasty.

Due to the weak population, the total strength of the Gangduo Dynasty at its peak was only 400,000.

After the setbacks of the African frontiers, the continued attrition of the European theater of war, and the resistance of the mainland to the invasion of the Germanic dynasties, even with two conscriptions in the process, the actual combatable army was less than 250,000 men.

As for the newly recruited recruits, don't mention it.

To make matters worse, nearly half of the 250,000 troops of the Gangduo Dynasty, that is, 120,000 troops, remained in the European theater, "working blindly" for the European strategy of the Silver Hand.

In other words, the army that the Gangduo Dynasty really left behind to defend its homeland was only a pitiful 130,000 people. Even with the addition of local garrisons and new soldiers, the total strength of the Gangduo Dynasty on the mainland could not reach 200,000.

This is a very embarrassing figure, and it completely exposes the Achilles heel of the Gang Duo dynasty.

Although these 130,000 troops were well-equipped and well-trained, they could not encircle and suppress the invading Germanic army while still dealing with the invasion of the Great Xia army.

A great storm is sweeping towards the Gang Duo dynasty.

The land area is small, the strategic depth is basically absent, the population is withered, and the overseas ......

In this game world with no technical threshold, the Gangduo Dynasty, not to mention replicating the glory of the British Empire in history, whether it can keep its old roots depends on the eyes of others.

Otherwise, William would not have smashed the pot and sold iron, gritted his teeth and supported the organization to attack the Germanic dynasty.

Only by ensuring the tranquility of Europe can there be the security of the Gangduo dynasty.

It's a pity that the Gangduo Dynasty, with its few soldiers and weak body, can't influence the European war situation at all, and can only sway with the wind.

William may not know now that his 120,000-strong army left in the European battlefield has already been quietly presented to the Germanic dynasty by Henry as a gift for his future advancement.

Sorrowful!

Under the investigation of the Black Snake Guard, the weakness of the Gangduo Dynasty was naturally exposed in front of Ouyang Shuo without reservation, and this was the birth of the "Forging Steel Plan".

The Gangduo Dynasty was the best pedal for Bactria to influence the European continent.

If the Gangduo Dynasty can be captured, the significance to Bactria is not only that it has an additional overseas territory, but also has greater strategic significance.

First, with the Gangduo Dynasty as a pedal, Bactria could control the English Channel and then the North Sea.

In this way, the access to the sea of the European dynasties was basically controlled by Bactria , and the Atlantic trade on which they relied for survival would be locked up by Bactria without any room for movement.

Even the Dawson Dynasty on the other side of the Atlantic had to act according to the face of Great Xia.

The trade rules of the Atlantic will be rewritten and incorporated into the code of conduct of Bactria as a result.

Second, the Gangdors could threaten the continent at any time.

Of the five continents, Bactria had the weakest influence on the European continent. With the Gangduo Dynasty, it is just to make up for this shortcoming, and its tentacles extend into the five continents and the world is a game of chess.

Such a temptation, Ouyang Shuo could not refuse.

The implementation of the "forging steel plan" has a major premise, that is, it must not cause a backlash from the European dynasties.

If the European dynasties jointly opposed the invasion of the Gangduo Dynasty in Great Xia, then with the strength of the Ghost Army, it would be difficult to conquer the Gangduo Dynasty in a short period of time.

Even without the participation of the Germanic dynasties, if the five major dynasties of the Silver Hand of Europe were still in their heyday, Great Xia would not dare to attack the Gangduo dynasty.

That's going to be the wrath of the people.

At present, the Spanish Dynasty has fallen, the Gallic Dynasty has rebelled, and it is when the Silver Hand is at its weakest on the European continent that Great Xia has a chance to deliver a fatal blow.

No later than that.

If the Germanic dynasty digested the Gallic dynasty and then launched a counterattack against the Romanov dynasty, would the Germanic dynasty after the great increase in strength allow Bactria to capture Gangduo?

I'm afraid that it is the Gangduo Dynasty, which has long been regarded by Manstein as a bag.

It was precisely in this way that Ouyang Shuo praised the intelligence work of the Black Snake Guard, and it was this key intelligence that allowed Great Xia to choose the most suitable time to deliver the most fatal blow.

In the victory of the Battle of Gangdor, intelligence must take the first credit.

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April 2, Steeldo, Fort Ivek.

In the kingdom's study, the atmosphere was solemn and scary, and the air seemed to be about to freeze, which was suffocating.

King William of Steeldord, with a blue face, sat on his chair like a piece of wood, motionless, a demeanor that only a man in a desperate situation would have.

proved that William at this time had no way out.

On the day of the defeat of the Royal Fleet, William requested a five-nation summit to request reinforcements. William knew what his family was like, and the Gang Duo dynasty simply couldn't afford to face this crisis alone.

To William's embarrassment, no one was willing to lend a helping hand except the Dawson dynasty.

The Dawson Dynasty is far away from the ocean, even if Jack really has the heart and sends a large army, when he arrives, he is afraid that the daylilies will be cold, and it will not help at all.

What made William even more angry was that William proposed to withdraw the troops from the European continent, but Henry resolutely opposed it, claiming that the European theater was in a critical period and that it must not be withdrawn at this time.

"I'm going to die, what else do you care about the European battlefield?"

William, who has always regarded himself as a gentleman, scolded angrily at the venue.

Seeing this, Henry could only nod in agreement, but his eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but speak.

In fact, after learning of the invasion of the Gangduo dynasty in Bactria, Henry and Manstein were so angry that they wanted to curse, and the two conspirators could not have imagined that such a change would happen while they were preparing to harvest the fruits.

The invasion of Great Xia completely disrupted the plans of the two.

In desperation, they could only speed up the pace of annexation, first eat the Gang Duo army and the Spanish army, and then talk about counterattacking the Romanov dynasty.

Otherwise, you are likely to lose the whole game.

As for the Gangduo Dynasty, they could only let go and let Great Xia take advantage.

William's heart was cold!

Early this morning, William tried to contact the commander-in-chief of the European armies and give the order to withdraw his troops. To William's shock, the communication compass was not connected, apparently something had happened.

Next, William contacted several generals in the army, but without exception, they could not be contacted. William didn't give up and tried to contact Henry, but Henry directly pulled him into the blacklist.

"It's over!"

No matter how stupid William was, he knew that it must be the Gallic dynasty that was doing the trick.

Unbeknownst to him, just last night, the Gallic army had suddenly surrounded the Gang Duo camp and disarmed the 120,000 Gang Duo army and turned them into prisoners of war when their opponents were defenseless.

Also disarmed was the Spanish army.

The European continent is ushering in unprecedented upheaval, and in this upheaval, the Gangduo dynasty is pitifully playing the role of a weakling, an outcast.

"Brother, you have to cheer up."

When Anne on the other side saw it, her face lost her former look and she was worried.

"Cheer up?"

A self-deprecating smile appeared on William's lips.

"It's already like this, how can you cheer up? Let them go! "Willian has decided to throw in the towel.

Anne said anxiously: "Even if you can't win, you have to fight for the best result for the family, don't let Daxia eat us without even bones left." ”