431 Surrender of the Netherlands
[Congratulations to the host for occupying Moldova, Transylvania, Crimea, and the Republic of Germany, gaining 2 points of national prestige.] 】
"Hey, this time the reward is quite timely, there is no resistance to the enemy in the face of artillery and machine guns, but as the territory occupied gradually increases, more and more troops will be needed, even if it is just to maintain the smooth logistics line, it is necessary to disperse a lot of troops, so let's exchange infantry first."
Hong Tiancheng thought for a moment, then pulled out a Taiping Army Armorer and sent him to the front line.
Even though Hong Tiancheng greatly saved the occupation force by co-opting the local surrender forces, the Taiping Army, which was more dependent on logistics supplies, had to be equipped with reliable Taiping soldiers on the logistics line, so Hong Tiancheng could only choose to exchange for a large number of regular infantry divisions.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's sweep of the three kingdoms and the unconditional surrender of the German Republic put the independent states of Europe and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which had just been immersed in the post-war recovery, into a great passivity.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Belgium, and the Kingdom of Denmark, three small independent countries bordering the German Republic, immediately erupted in fierce political consultations.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom tasted the sweetness of the soldiers who did not fight and surrendered, and also sent envoys to these countries, even the countries of the anti-Han alliance, and during the period when the Taiping army digested the occupied areas, established the foundation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's rule, and delivered ammunition and materials for large-scale battles to the front line, the high-level leaders of the European countries set off round after round of political games.
In the whole parliament of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a group of new Dutch bigwigs are spitting stars and publishing their theories one after another, working hard for their power and country.
In the eyes of these politicians, the interests of the country and their political status go hand in hand, and if the Kingdom of the Netherlands is gone, their high-ranking parliamentarians will naturally be reduced to ordinary people......
"The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom allowed us to maintain our original position, and promised to let the regular Dutch army be integrated into local garrisons and security personnel, and did not completely abolish all our armed forces, even the officials of the government departments let us continue to retain, so what reason do we have to continue to resist the rule of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
All we have paid is a crown and the acceptance of the culture of the Han people and the Taiping Church, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has not not accepted, everyone here should not forget, if it were not for the Taiping army sweeping the United Province Republic a few years ago, we would not have been able to sit in this position at all, without Hong Tiancheng's weakening and purging of the domestic aristocratic group, you and I are still ordinary businessmen and factory owners!
Now that the Taiping Army has become stronger than before, is it difficult for us to use our lives and all our net worth to fight the Taiping Army to the death?
If there is hope of winning, you can try, after all, it is not pleasant to be ruled by a group of yellow-skinned Han Chinese, but do you think we have a chance? ”
This is the speech of the representative of the capitulation faction, and every word is sonorous and powerful, and the arguments are full.
The main battle faction, which was far less numerous than the surrender faction, weakly raised a voice: "The Anti-Han League has already sent an invitation to our country, if we join the Anti-Han League, perhaps...... Maybe it can be against the Taiping army......"
Speaking of fighting against the Taiping army, even he himself has become less confident, and the details of the battle of the Taiping army against the Crimean Khanate have long been placed in front of the desks of various bigwigs.
The 'flowering bullet', which can be accurately shot from thousands of kilometers away and has unheard of explosive power, can be carried by a single soldier, and the cannons that can quickly shoot high-power 'flowering bullets' are lighter and easier to use, and the individual grenade with stronger explosive power is stronger, and the 'big rifle' that can fire continuously and rapidly......
It is no longer a question of whether or not these weapons and equipment, which are so advanced that they can be imitated, but whether or not the technicians of various countries can give full play to their imagination......
Before the Taiping Army came out with these weapons, the technicians and high-level leaders of various countries never thought that the musket could be fought so fast!
The power of the flowering bullet can be a big hole at a time!
In addition to black powder, there are even more powerful explosives!
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This dazzling series of murder weapons has already sent chills down the hearts of the high-level people of European countries, not to mention a small country like the Netherlands!
If the Taiping Army still uses a single Hanyang-made rifle, relying on the anti-Han alliance, it may dare to resist, now......
"Anti-Han League? No kidding, the Taiping army once almost wiped out the anti-Han alliance with only Hanyang-made rifles, and if it weren't for the Ottoman Turkish Empire's intervention, the anti-Han alliance would not have existed to this day, do you still expect the anti-Han alliance to fight against the more powerful Taiping army?
Everyone has read the latest combat report of the Taiping Army, and the combat effectiveness of the Taiping Army is now ten times stronger than before!
Our soldiers will not even be able to touch the faces of the Taiping soldiers, and they will be blown apart by their artillery!
Under the machine-gun fire of the Taiping army, no one can bravely continue to charge, that is not a war, that is to die! ”
In the parliament of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the voice of the capitulation faction quickly overpowered the main battle faction, the main war faction is not a die-hard element, they are just some parliamentarians who are unwilling to be enslaved by the Han Chinese, but in the choice of life and submission, it is relatively easy to make a choice.
Soon, the Parliament of the Kingdom of the Netherlands passed a resolution with an absolute majority vote to surrender unconditionally to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!
Hong Tian became a co-opter of these inconsequential small states, relieving the pressure on the occupying forces, and the conditions offered were still barbaric, retaining most of the officials of the surrendered countries, and allowing the regular armies of the surrendered countries not to be all dismissed, but to be used as police security forces and garrisons, of course, the scale would be strictly limited by the Taiping army.
For a small country like the Netherlands, which does not have many regular troops of its own, and will expand urgently unless there is a war, it is not a bad thing for the Kingdom of the Netherlands to reduce its armaments.
As for the king of the Netherlands, who wants to relinquish the king's position, he has no right to oppose it at all, on the contrary, the king of the Netherlands, who abdicates the throne and gives way to the virtuous, because he can get a lot of political compensation, such as the children of the family can hold more government positions.
In fact, the king of the Netherlands was just an ornament, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was a constitutional monarchy, or a complete virtual monarchy, and the king's power was lower than that of the king of the English kingdom......
After the independence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, this system was also retained, and the former speaker of the parliament was directly promoted to the king, but the power did not increase in the slightest. ()
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