Chapter 1159: Sometimes too many soldiers are trouble.

  Chapter 1137 – Sometimes Too Many Soldiers is Trouble
The good ones don’t work, but the bad ones do. Perhaps it was the mouth that opened up, and after only a week, bad news followed close behind.

A large army was gathering towards the coast of France. It didn’t take much thinking to realize that it was headed for the British Isles.

Alarmed by the bad news, Swindin couldn’t be bothered to take a pinch and hurriedly pressed the Chief of Military Intelligence with the question, “Have the enemy’s warships been commissioned?”

To land on the British Isles, a naval battle was inevitable. Shinra had air force cover, and Britannia likewise had air force.

Even if it is slightly weaker, but once the fight is on, a short period of time to hold back can still be done.

In order to protect the troop carriers, Shen Luo navy had to fight. With the current strength comparison between the two sides, the Royal Navy’s chances of winning are still a bit bigger.

The only thing that could change this situation was the commissioning of new warships. Although the construction time is slightly tense, but the enemy is the world’s first industrial powerhouse, overtime work, early completion is also reasonable.

In fact, as early as a month or so ago, the Naval Intelligence Service had received information about the launching of the enemy’s main ship, but it had not been confirmed.

From the launch to service, to form combat capability, certainly not just a month or so can be completed, but landing operations have not yet begun?

A big battle from preparation to launch, the same need a long time, when the preparation is completed, no doubt the training is also completed.

The Chief of Military Intelligence, Lacerda, nodded, ”What can be determined at the moment is that the enemy has at least two Dreadnought-class battleships in service.

The enemy’s main ships all started at about the same time, and I’m afraid it won’t be long before the other battleships are commissioned, even if they aren’t yet.”

Receiving the affirmative news, Swendin’s whole body was bad.

One slow step, one slow step.

Britannia’s battleships were already one step behind schedule, and with the shipyard under enemy attack midway through the construction process, the progress was even slower.

Once the enemy warships were commissioned, the Royal Navy would be at an absolute numerical disadvantage in the dreadnought class.

Although the quality is not enough, it can still be made up by quantity. But dreadnoughts have the ability to prey on ordinary warships, and who knows how much it will cost to erase this advantage?

If the Royal Navy does not have the certainty of victory, then their own joke of “one man, one plane, one bomb for a ship”, will become a reality.

The dead soldiers are easy to find, but the dead pilots are not easy to get. Although the same island, but the British Empire is not Japan, recruiting death squads are people rush on.

Not to mention, look at the London air war will know. Once the warplane is damaged, immediately turn around and run away, found that can not run away, the pilot immediately parachute.

While maximizing the preservation of living forces, but also a waste of many planes, many of the original can still be salvaged aircraft were discarded.

Do not point fingers, these dare to fight in the sky are heroes, and a bunch of pilots even refused to go to war.

The reason is very good: the aircraft performance gap is too large, asymmetric fighting is to send to death. Since it’s a death sentence, naturally you can’t go.

Britain is not popular “death is not like home”, the early ultra-high battle losses, so that the British government has no bottom line.

In addition to active duty pilots can not escape, must go to war, amateurs, civilian pilots, are entitled to refuse.

The main thing is that the compulsory military service law has not yet been introduced, and the government has very limited penalties for those who refuse to be drafted.

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Just as the British were in a panic, the international situation was quietly changing. The succession of bad news continued to erode everyone’s confidence in the British Empire.

The battle for the defense of India has been fought, and Shinra is attacking from both sides of Persia and the Central and Southern Peninsulas. Although there is still a long way to go, people don’t think that the Persians and a bunch of colonial troops will be able to stop the world’s number one land power.

Especially since the Russians had also sent troops from Afghanistan, British India had essentially been caught on all sides.

Alone against the world’s first and second continental military power, distance and terrain alone is not enough, unless the British can open up, or there is no hope at all.

British Africa has already fallen almost, if there is no India, then Great Britain or “Empire”?

Even though the Royal Navy was very powerful, it could not reverse the defeat on land. Moreover, they lost the Battle of Malacca.

The defense of the Strait of Gibraltar has started, by the victory of the Spanish stimulation, finally drummed up enough courage to Gibraltar launched an attack.

It was estimated that they were ready to copy the victory of the last war against France, and with the prestige dividend brought by the victorious country, they returned to the ranks of the great powers.

Powers can not just a name, behind also contains a large number of interests, especially important to the trading powers.

For example: the United States and the Union State’s comprehensive national strength is not weak, but because there is no name of the Great Powers, in the international arena just do not have the right to speak.

Spain’s strength is not good, but this year’s reputation is still loud, in the international right to speak only after the British, Austrians and Russians.

Of course, this was only at the beginning of the victory of the Anti-French Alliance. After that, because of the Philippine War, the reputation of Spain was greatly damaged, and then in the suppression of the colonial war, the national strength was consumed, and even in the international discourse power also dropped a lot.

With Russia and the West joining in, the wallflowers in Europe naturally couldn’t sit still. A smooth battle has always been everyone’s favorite.

What’s more, the Vienna government also promised heavy benefits, directly out of the “India” as bait, so that governments how can endure?
In the active support of the countries, the continental coalition army has already taken shape, only the final integration. When these tasks are completed, it is time for a decisive battle.

Compared to the concentration of the continental alliance member states, the oceanic alliance member states are much more dispersed, one by one in the south and north of the sky, want to gather up all have to cross the ocean.

The difficulty of integrating the forces is more than one level greater.

Although the British government has been working very hard, but limited by the distance, the progress of the integration of the Oceanic Alliance is more than one step slower.

If the war had lasted two or three years, the forces of the Oceanic Alliance would have been able to converge; however, judging from the current situation, the enemy certainly would not have left them enough time.

Seeing that the enemy’s power continued to grow, and that the situation on the battlefield was becoming more and more unfavorable to the Ocean Alliance, the governments of various countries were also watching and anxious.

The navies of various countries have already participated in the escort movement, the air force has also drawn elite pilots to reinforce Britannia, and the army has also begun to gather.

Just want to defeat the continental alliance, these are still not enough. Gathered the power of the entire European continent, in these days is invincible.

More and more knowledgeable people, realize that getting involved in this war, is a mistake.

It’s just a pity that there’s everything in this world but no pills of regret. It’s easy to join a war, it’s harder to get out.

On the surface, everyone is still a good ally of Britannia and is working hard for this war, but in private, there are already dark currents.

Everything depends on the final battle, if Britain can crush the “sea lion program” on the premise, and at the same time save India, then we are still good allies.

But if one of them has an accident, then there is no choice but to cut the flesh to stop the loss.

It can only be said that empiricism killed people, the last two hundred years every continental war, the British are the last big winner.

The long history of victories gave everyone confidence. Coupled with the fact that the Royal Navy had the advantage of sea power and the countries were alone overseas, the worst outcome expected was nothing less than an undefeated victory.

According to the promise of the British, even if they were undefeated and undefeated, everyone could divide up the overseas colonies of Shenroe, Holland, Spain, Portugal, and other countries.

Unfortunately, the reality is cruel, missed the second industrial revolution of the British Empire, just like the old man in the late twilight, no longer in the old days of vitality.

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Internationally, diplomacy was on the rise again, and the battlefield was in full bloom. With the loss of the Battle of Malacca, the British had to strategically contract in the Far East.

Except for the Central and Southern Peninsula, which is still fighting, all other regions have endured the pain of cutting their flesh. But this was still not enough, and the Continental Alliance did not give them a chance to catch their breath.

The spirited Governor William is now in pain and pleasure. Boys have a gallop on the frontiers of the hero dream, now the opportunity to command the army finally came, William but a headache.

Not everyone has the ability to “Han Xin pointing troops, more is better”, at least Governor William does not have the ability to command millions of troops.

If not for the outbreak of war, I’m afraid no one can believe that the Continental Union in the South China Sea area can actually mobilize millions of troops.

However, the reality really happened. The Dutch sent 100,000 troops, the Spanish sent 80,000 troops, Portugal sent 3,000 troops, plus the Austrian South Seas directly under the force of 130,000, together with one after another to come to the nobles allied forces, civil armament, the total strength of the hard to break through the million mark.

This is not all, every day there are new troops, as if it is an endless stream, make the Governor William are head big.

Unlike the African kind of organization framework is perfect, directly according to the previous reserve structure compilation on the line, the South Pacific side is mostly bulk.

European immigrants alone, naturally can not come up with a million troops, but with the addition of Lanfang Autonomous Province, it becomes more than enough.

Blame it on the attractiveness of the system of military titles. After so many years of operation, Franz the Great’s credibility has long been deeply rooted.

In the past, everyone who wanted to participate didn’t have a chance. The main reason was that the distance from the battlefield was too far, and the enlistment order couldn’t reach this side before the people came together.

Now that the opportunity was presented to them, the Chinese families in Lanfang couldn’t sit still. Driven by interest, everyone overcame their fear of the British and joined the war.

Coupled with the fact that the nobles continued to expand their private armies in order to seek greater military success, the ranks of the allied forces expanded dramatically.

Not loving the war, that’s just not enough profit. Everyone knew that the Emperor was generous enough to divide the land using hectares as a unit.

Even if you can’t get a knighthood, it’s worth it to share a piece of land. Rich and powerful, but all the aspiring young men who wanted to turn over a new leaf appeared in the army.

If one looked deeper, one could also find international students. Not only did they participate on their own, but they even went back to their home countries to pull people in.

The million-strong army’s momentum was up, but its combat power was down. In addition to the directly subordinate troops, only the troops noble private army has the combat power, the rest are all rabble.

Including Spain, Holland sent out troops, in the view of Governor William, are followed by soy sauce.

Knowing that it is a rabble, William can not refuse everyone’s enthusiasm to participate in the war. On the one hand, it was a bundle of interests, and on the other hand, it was to put enough pressure on the British.

Sensei whether it was a rabble or not, the number was put here, the British would have to divide their heavy forces to come and intercept them.

Anyway, it’s all more than a rotten era, the main battle force on the side of the continental alliance is only 200,000 to 300,000, the rest are all rabble, the British are going to be even more miserable.

The reinforcements rushed over from the mainland are all newly formed troops, and the colonial army pulled up temporarily is even the best of the rabble.

If they really fight, William thinks his side still have a better chance of winning. The same is the majority of the rabble, at least their own troops have high morale.

A large number of civil armament, not William forced to come, he just issued a call, people will take the initiative to send to the door.

Since they are fighting for themselves, their morale is naturally not low. Especially before the oath of command, William speech on the head, directly to the whole army promised to win this war, the casualty pension is not less than 500 sacred guilders, or five hectares of land.

Native immigrants and the regular army do not feel much, according to the past practice, this is just normal operation, one after another all kinds of subsidies add up, the end is often higher than the pension.

But other people can not, five hundred guilders equivalent to silver are thousands of taels, in view of the economic level of the Far East, for 99% of the people is an astronomical amount.

Five hectares of land was even more tempting, because it was a military field. In the Holy Roman Empire, as long as a military field is not sold, it is a permanent tax exemption.

Such money to buy a life was already astronomical in the Far East. In a sense, the steady stream of people joining was also stimulated by William himself.

Now that the words had been spoken, they had to be honored. Having been influenced by Franz for a long time, William naturally knew the importance of credibility.

The reputation of the Habsburg dynasty was not something that money could buy, and there was no need to put his family’s reputation on the line in order to save billions and billions of dollars.

What’s more, from his point of view, five hundred shields in exchange for a man to sell his life is really not much. Not to mention the land, it was all taken from the enemy, so there was no need to be heartbroken.

As a king’s reserve, William also needed to establish his own credibility.

Southern Ocean region mixed ethnic groups, if you can spend hundreds of millions of dollars, in the various ethnic groups to establish their own credibility, to William’s understanding of his own son, that is absolutely happy to pay.

What’s more, now do not need to pay for their own money, war funds are never the Vienna government to bear the full amount, the royal family at most in the key moment to take the lead in donations.

Now even donations are not needed, the war has only been carried out a few months, the Vienna government’s pockets have not been exhausted so quickly.

Leading a ragtag army into battle without heart pressure was impossible. Do not expect to kill all the way over to occupy India, at least to hit the Central and Southern Peninsula.

(End of chapter)