Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

On March 15, 1878, William IV, who arrived in Padang in the southern part of central Sumatra after leaving Medan City in Sumatra, received internal intelligence from the Australian mainland. The Socialist Party was already carrying out party diplomacy. In Bill Charlie's report, the four giants of the Socialist Party successively started working on this.

What surprised William the most was that the first target chosen by Danetang turned out to be the Democratic Party of the American Federation. This surprised him.

And this information shows that it was sent back from Washington yesterday.

"It's so quick to start"

After William IV was stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but smile at Bill Charlie.

After Bill Charlie pondered for a moment, he said: "Your Majesty, the Socialist Party is becoming more and more liberal at present, and it seems to have begun to block the Liberal Party in various ways. Will this affect the future stability of the Netherlands? I am afraid that if the three parties fight in the future, If it remains unsustainable, it will cause damage to the national strength of the Netherlands."

"Dane Tang is your personal disciple, what? Don't you think it will be a great sense of accomplishment if the Socialist Party succeeds?" His heart moved, and then William IV said jokingly.

The latter's expression changed drastically, and Bill Charlie opened his mouth to explain.

William IV waved his hand and said with a smile: "But Joseph Beit inside is also a student of former Prime Minister Tolbeck. This Socialist Party is actually quite popular."

It seemed that a joke that made Bill Charlie break out in a cold sweat was over.

Unexpectedly, William IV followed up: "The intelligence department needs to be independent and not participate in the struggle between political parties. I don't want the Netherlands to lose any elite because of this, understand?"

William IV's eyes seemed to be able to penetrate other people's souls, and Bill Charlie nodded hurriedly in response.

He smiled and looked harmless all day long, but no one knew how many earth-shattering things the king in front of him had done behind his back.

As long as one-tenth of the explosion occurs, it will be enough to shock the whole of Europe and major countries in the world. The Dutch risk index will definitely double.

Especially after 8 years, the comprehensive economic strength of the Netherlands has almost reached the point where it is on par with the United Kingdom, occupying the first position in the world. This is due to the small white population of the Netherlands and the low-income indigenous people. If the indigenous people of the Netherlands are all For white people, the Kingdom of the Netherlands is definitely far ahead of the UK, at least one-third more.

What's more, the Dutch military has endless secret weapons. Even he, the Dutch internal intelligence director, can't tell how many unreal weapons the joint publication has.

Since the Dutch submarine was exposed in 1869, the Netherlands has not exposed new weapons for many years, but this does not prevent other countries from guessing the advanced level of the Netherlands' weapons.

Coincidentally, William IV also thought of this.

In 1864, a weapons company owned by the Dutch Far East Group conducted the first military airship test in Alice Springs, central Australia, and was forced to land after flying only two kilometers.

This is because artificial pedals make it difficult to travel long distances, and the effect is not even as good as the gas heater invented by the French brothers Montgolfier in 1783.

However, in 1867, Dailem and Karl Benz, together with Otto, developed the internal combustion engine, and the airship equipped with the internal combustion engine became a successful first flight that year. The first flight flew more than 20 kilometers. I was shocked for a while. The entire Dutch military, and then the Dutch military launched a bombing deployment, and eventually the airship became the Dutch armed with this new aircraft.

At this point, the Netherlands finally eliminated the hot air balloons that depended on the sky, and entered the era of airships to protect space in 1868.

By 1870, the Netherlands had built more than 4 airships on the Australian mainland, 2 of which were deployed in the capital Melbourne and the other 2 in the most important economic city of Sydney.

As the Far East Group received large orders from the government, as of 1877 last year, the Netherlands currently owned more than 50 airships, of which Melbourne and Sydney deployed 5 each.

Five ships are also deployed in the important military Adelaide (the capital of South Australia) and the Paradise Peninsula on the island of New Guinea.

The remainder are deployed in Jakarta (Java), Perth (Western Australia), Tasmania, Palembang (Sumatra), Medan (Sumatra) and now Padang (Sumatra) where he is based A small flying fleet consisting of 5 airships was formed.

The current dispute between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands in the Indian Ocean arises from the Strait of Malacca.

Therefore, many of the Netherlands' secret weapons have been deployed to the front line. 15 airships alone have been deployed, accounting for almost one-third of the entire number of airships in the Netherlands. This time William IV can be regarded as going to the front line to detect the crisis.

So his arrival in Sumatra this time is of great significance.

The Badong area in the eastern part of Sumatra has the Mentawai Islands on the opposite side. The Batu Islands are offshore and form the Mentawai Strait, which protects the transportation routes of Badong and the entire eastern Sumatra Island, so there must be no loss here. Currently, the Netherlands has more than 100,000 indigenous soldiers on the island of Sumatra, deployed in various places. The white army also has more than 50,000 troops on the island, managed in a one-belt-two manner.

Currently, more than 30,000 Dutch troops, a mix of whites and indigenous people, are deployed in Medan City, including 3,000 in Banda Aceh in the westernmost section. These thirty thousand people were used to protect western Sumatra.

In addition, more than 30,000 troops were deployed in Pekanbaru at the northern end of the central region. Because it is opposite Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Singapore at the southernmost tip of the Southeast Asian peninsula, William IV agreed to deploy 30,000 troops to defend there across the sea.

Badong is used as a supply line, and 30,000 people are deployed here to support the front line at any time as a reserve army.

The remaining 40,000 are deployed in Palembang and Lampung, South Sumatra, with 20,000 each. In addition, 10,000 people were deployed in Chambe area and Bengkulu each.

In terms of the navy, one sailing warship is currently deployed in the Port of Medan, led by 9 other sailing warships of various classes. They are supplemented by nine sailing warships of various classes to protect North Sumatra, travel between Medan and Banda Aceh, and of course cruise Malacca seafood. .

In the south, Shibu Nga (Sibolga), Padang, Bengkulu, Lampung, Penang, etc. all deployed small naval fleets. Among them, Padang and Lampung formed a medium-sized fleet.

The defense is present on land, sea and air, which is also the Netherlands' confidence.

Although the United Kingdom has been operating in the north for a long time, not to mention the Indian subcontinent in the west, the Netherlands now also has the Australian continent as its hinterland, so William IV is quite relieved.

Next, it’s a battle of wits and courage.

"The Netherlands has not fought a war with Portugal in Africa for 15 years. Maybe people have forgotten the prestige of the Netherlands in the past. I don't know, but this time we should let the UK help us achieve some prestige. My Director of Intelligence, what do you think?”

Bill Charlie said very seriously: "It's really time for Britain to take a beating, but Your Majesty, should you return to the southern Australian continent first, where people are now hesitant because of your arrival at the front line?"

William IV shrugged helplessly and said with a wry smile: "It seems that this is all we can do, but the goal has been achieved."