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Chapter 1690 Battle on the Beach
"Shut up!"

Queen Christina held back the horse that suddenly became irritable. It was a pure white horse. In order to please the Queen, the Minister of the Privy Council of Sweden dedicated this white horse to the Queen and became the mount of the young Queen.

The white horse seemed to sense the coming of a big battle, and ran around restlessly, not very obedient.

"Marshal Torstensen has led the main force to invade the Jutland Peninsula of the Kingdom of Denmark. The Kingdom of Denmark still has little power to resist. It only dares to hide in the bastion and stick to it. It seems that the Holy Alliance has completely abandoned the Kingdom of Denmark. The main force is in Dunkirk, and this is their breakthrough." A Swedish general reported to the young queen.

Queen Christina had just come to power, she had no prestige at first, but his father was Gustav II, the Northern Lion of Europe, who defeated the Holy Roman Empire army many times in the 30 Years War, and started modern European military revolution, At the same time, Sweden became the most powerful country in Northern Europe, so that many people in Sweden have a little hope that Christina should be able to inherit her father's talents.

At this time, Christina and Sophia are now the two queens of a major European country, and their influence in Europe may even be greater than that of England in the time of Charles I.

It's just that after Sofia's transformation, she was also the second in command of the Holy Alliance, and England's influence in Europe gradually surpassed that of Sweden.

"Are they trying to defeat our European Union Army in Dunkirk, and then support Denmark with the momentum of victory?" Christina brushed her pale golden curly hair.

"Probably so. The Holy Alliance has very few troops. They only have the troops of China and England. However, China is half a year to a year away from here, and their troops are not enough, so they can only concentrate their forces on each Destroy it," said the Swedish general.

"However, we have to save the place they attacked, and Dunkirk is located in a place that can be reached by all countries, so we can concentrate our forces to defeat them."

Christina was afraid that the mount would lose control inexplicably, so she led the white horse back to the barracks.

William, Duke of Brandenburg, and Prince Condé of France came to visit, and they wanted to discuss with the young queen how to defeat the Holy Alliance Legion in the outer waters of Dunkirk.

The people in power here are all very young. Christina is less than 20 years old, the Duke of Brandenburg, and Prince Condé are only in their 20s. Almost all of them became commanders by virtue of their prominent noble status, and at the same time accumulated military exploits in leading troops. and experience.

Prince Rupert is also about the same age as them. The Western system has its own characteristics, and it is hard to say whether it is good or not, because the nobles have a lot of resources. They have been educated since childhood, and their growth rate through war is slower than that of civilians. speak faster.

"The infantry and cavalry of the Holy Alliance landed on the nearby beach. We can stand by the beach and drive them into the sea." Prince Louis II de Bourbon, a dignified figure of the Bourbon dynasty, looked at Spain. General De Mello, "Dunkirk is the territory you operate. Where do you think you should fight them?"

De Mello pointed to a beach northeast of Dunkirk on a parchment map: "This beach has enough space for our 24000 people to spread out and force them to fight us here. After defeating them, we can Enter Dunkirk Fortress and join the defenders inside."

"A decisive battle by the beach? Our soldiers will not be attacked by their warships?" Christina asked.

"There are sand dunes tens of meters high by the beach, and troops deployed on the reverse slope of the dunes can avoid the artillery fire of enemy warships." De Mello said.

"Then we will act quickly, I am afraid that Dunkirk will be quickly captured by them." Prince Condé said.

"I heard that your French and Netherlands fleets have been defeated. Why did you fail so quickly?" Christina asked again.

"Admiral Tropp of the Netherlands reported that they encountered ironclad ships, and they couldn't penetrate their armor at all. That's why the navy was defeated. The enemy has occupied the sea area and can block the port at any time. They can do whatever they want." De Mello said.

"Ironclad ships..." Christina muttered for a while. Sweden had very few ships suitable for fighting in the Atlantic Ocean, and could only rely on the fleets of France, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Now the fleets of France, the Netherlands, and Spain are powerless against the Holy Alliance fleet, and she can only pin her hopes on the army.

The reinforcements of 24000 people were on the outskirts of Dunkirk. They observed the number of the Holy Allies who besieged the Dunkirk fortress. They found that the opponent's ability to deliver troops by boats was too strong, and they could easily send an army of 18000 people to the fortress of Dunkirk. Dunkirk besieged the fortress.

After occupying the command of the sea, you can really do whatever you want, and the coastline is threatened by the fleet.

Sun Chuanting and others discovered the arrival of the Continental Allies. They found out that there were only more than 2 people on the other side, and troops from all over the country were still arriving one after another.

"Let the Indian soldiers continue to besiege Dunkirk to prevent the reinforcements from converging with the defenders. The rest follow me to defeat their reinforcements." Sun Chuanting took advantage of the fact that the European Union had not gathered more troops, so he also mobilized the army to take the lead Defeat their reinforcements.

In addition to the 4000 Tubang soldiers left behind to besiege the city, Sun Chuanting led 8000 infantry and artillery, 6000 cavalry, a total of 14000 people, and 24000 people from the European Continental Alliance set up camp on the beach northeast of Dunkirk.

More than a dozen warships that could approach the coast appeared near the beach, which could provide naval gun support for Sun Chuanting and the others.

The left wing is the 5000 army of the German princes, most of which are mainly cavalry, the middle is the French Prince Condé and the Spanish army, and the left wing is the army of Queen Christina of Sweden. They rely on sand dunes to block threats from coastal ships.

Cao Bianjiao led the Imperial Guards Brigade, two Royal Infantry Regiments, three English Infantry Regiments, and a Royal Artillery Regiment with about 8000 people as the central army. Prince Rupert led two Royal Cavalry Regiments and two English Infantry Regiments adapted cavalry regiments 4000 people served as the right wing, while the left wing was 2000 people from the two imperial cavalry regiments reorganized by the Far West Expeditionary Army led by Sun Chuanting.

The armies of both sides are deployed perpendicular to the coastline, and the phalanx units are neatly arranged on the beach to face the enemy. The fronts of both sides look impeccable, and the battle seems to be a tough tug-of-war.

"How powerful is the army from the East?" Queen Christina of Sweden led the Swedish cavalry trained in 30 years of war. Opposite her were 2000 Eastern cavalry led by Sun Chuanting.

(End of this chapter)