Continental, Netherlands, Rotterdam.

The great powers of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance gathered again to discuss countermeasures.

At this time, they didn't know that the armored warships of the Ming Empire were already on their way to the continent. The main reason for getting them together was that the coalition forces of the Ming Empire and the Holy Roman Empire had already pushed the railway into the West* area, less than two hundred miles from the Netherlands!

Now, the Anti-Habsburg Alliance is really crazy. The Netherlands is the core country of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance. Whether it is shipbuilding technology or artillery technology, the Netherlands is the strongest.

More importantly, the Netherlands was also the richest country in the Anti-Habsburg Alliance at this time. It can be said that the Netherlands is the financial center and the wallet of the entire Anti-Habsburg Alliance.

If the Netherlands was occupied by the Ming Empire, the consequences would be unimaginable.

This time, even the old fox Richelieu couldn't sit still and had to rush to Rotterdam to take charge of the overall situation.

Now, the situation in the entire continent and even the entire world is extremely unfavorable to the anti-Habsburg alliance.

Almost all the troops of Tsarist Russia, Sweden and Denmark were dragged on the front line of the Wuhe River by the Ming Empire, and the French army was also dragged in southern France by the Ming Empire and the Spanish coalition forces, and the British army was beaten to flee in North America by the Ming Empire, Spanish and Portuguese coalition forces.

The army of the Ming Empire was too powerful. Now they joined forces with the Holy Roman Empire, intending to break through the German League and attack the Netherlands. If they don’t find a way, the anti-Habsburg League will really be over.

However, no matter how powerful the strategy is, it seems so pale and powerless in the face of absolute strength. After much discussion, the great powers have no choice but to fight the Ming Empire's army. Fighting a land war with the Ming Empire is purely a death-seeking act!

What should I do? The Netherlands must not be lost. If it is lost, there is no need to fight this battle. I can only admit defeat and surrender!

Faced with the powerful Ming Empire Army, the great powers really felt helpless. Even if the great powers united all the troops, they might not be the opponent of the Ming Empire Army. What's more, now, the Ming Empire has also joined forces with the army of Spain, Portugal and even the Holy Roman Empire. On land, they can't fight with them at all.

Finally, Richelieu came up with a solution, which was to let the Netherlands give up most of its land and defend the core areas near Rotterdam and Amsterdam!

It is not that after the contraction, the Dutch Army will be able to withstand the attacks of the Ming Empire and the Holy Roman Empire coalition. It is mainly because the rivers near Rotterdam and Amsterdam are crisscrossed and the waterways are dense. The Dutch Navy can completely stop the Ming Empire and the Holy Roman Empire coalition from building bridges on the waterway. In this way, no matter how powerful they are, it will be useless. Without a bridge, their army cannot fly from the air!

Of course, they can also choose to swim from the water, but in that case, they will be dying because the cannons and armored vehicles cannot swim. If there are muskets alone, there will be no fear of the Netherlands. Their cannons are not a joke.

In this way, the Netherlands was saved, but their territory shrank by more than half. However, in the absence of other ways, it was all that could only be done. The territory shrank was better than being destroyed by the Ming Empire.

The Netherlands had no choice but to accept Richelieu's suggestion and concentrate all personnel and supplies near Rotterdam and Amsterdam. As for other places, they could only give up first.

The negotiations between the great powers did not end because the war situation in other places was quite unfavorable. If the situation was allowed to develop like this, it would only take a moment to lose the anti-Habsburg alliance.

As an opponent, the great powers of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance have to admire that the tactics of the Ming Empire were really too clever.

After they were ambushed at the sea once, they immediately retracted and the defensive positions at the mouth of the Guadiana River never came out again. The powerful powers had powerful navy, but they had no way to do anything.

They didn't dare to attack the defensive positions at the mouth of the Guadiana River. The artillery was too dense. When the warships passed, they were all left to be beaten. Who would be foolish and sent to them to be beaten up?

They did not dare to cross the Strait of Gibraltar to enter the Mediterranean. It was the world of the Ming Habsburg Alliance. Spain, Portugal, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire were all on the Mediterranean coast. Only France had ports in the Mediterranean anti-Habsburg Alliance. However, it has now become a war zone. It is likely that the Ming Empire and the Spanish coalition were intercepted before they arrived at the port!

If the combined fleet of the anti-Habsburg powers ventured into the Mediterranean, the combined fleets of the Ming Empire, Spain and Portugal, as long as the Strait of Gibraltar is guarded, the entire fleet may starve to death, because they will not be able to obtain supplies at all.

The combined fleet of the anti-Habsburg Alliance powers is now very strong. They have already exposed nearly 1,600 super battleships. If the combined fleet of the Ming Habsburg Alliance dares to come out and fight them, they will definitely be beaten to the point where they can't find the north. The problem will not come out at all!

What should I do? Are I just sitting there waiting for the arrival of failure?

This is naturally impossible. In the end, Richelieu came up with a vicious plan.

That is, the army is powerful and powerful, and the crazy and violent soldiers first exploded hundreds of thousands of troops.

Then use the maritime advantage to attack northern Spain and most of Portugal, forcing the joint fleet of the Ming Habsburg Alliance to come and fight to the decisive battle. If they don't come, then conquer northern Spain and most of Portugal. It will be seen who will suffer!

It is not difficult for the anti-Habsburg Alliance powers to get violent soldiers at this moment. They have never stopped making muskets and artillery. They can still get together weapons that arm hundreds of thousands of people. The only thing they lack is well-trained warriors.

However, at this time, there was no need to worry about so many. Britain, France, Sweden and Denmark began to force recruitment, and almost all young and middle-aged people were forcibly recruited by them and joined the army.

Among them, Britain and France pieced together 100,000 troops, and Sweden and Denmark each forced 50,000 young and strong. They just learned how to drive flintlock rifles and were sent to the battlefield.

As for artillery, these recruits naturally don’t need to drive them. There are many people who can fire artillery in the navy, just draw a little.

This time, Spain and Portugal were in great trouble. The Anti-Habsburg Alliance suddenly assembled all warships and bombed them in the north and west coasts, and then began to land on the beach and rushed directly to the hinterlands of the two countries!

Spain is a little better, but if they are not good, they can still piece together tens of thousands of troops to resist. Portugal is in a miserable state. They have only a total of more than one million people at this time. Basically, those who can join the army have been on warships. The army, with only such a pitiful tens of thousands of troops, are now almost all sent to the American colonies.

The situation was extremely critical, so Portugal had to ask for help from the Ming Empire.

Fortunately, nearly 200,000 troops of the Ming Empire were stationed at the mouth of the Guadiana River. Zhu Cijiu waved his hand and ordered Mao Wenlong to lead the Dongjiang army to immediately go to Portugal to support and withstand the crazy attack of the anti-Habsburg Alliance powers.
Chapter completed!