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Chapter 1694 Target Paris
The 1.8 troops led by Sun Chuanting, Cao Bianjiao, Prince Rupert and others occupied the Dunkirk fortress. After capturing 4000 prisoners of the Continental Confederation, they turned them into engineers and participated in the next conquest of Paris.

France, as the overlord of the European continent at this time, is the leader of the European Continental Union. The so-called shooting people first shoots horses, and capturing thieves first captures the king. In order to disintegrate the Continental Union, the Holy Alliance chose to take France with a population of nearly 2000 million. The first goal is March on Paris.

It is very difficult for 1.8 troops and 4000 prisoners to quickly conquer the French-Flemish border with layers of fortress defenses.

Not only did they have to face dozens of bastions with effective defensive artillery, but they also had to deal with the troops gathered from all directions by the European Confederation.

In order to defeat the Holy Alliance, many kingdoms began to mobilize for war, spending more money to recruit mercenaries to participate in the war.In particular, the Kingdom of France, whose capital Paris was under threat, summoned soldiers from various regions to the northwest territory.

Prince Condé of France led 1.7 Continental Allied Forces to quickly return to the border between France and the Spanish Netherlands, and a French army of 1.3 people gathered in Paris and came to join Prince Condé. The strength of the two sides reached 3 people.

The Holy Roman Empire, the German princes, the Netherlands, the Swiss Confederation and other countries near France know that their lips are cold and their teeth are dead. If the Kingdom of France is defeated, then the hegemony of the European continent may be transferred to England, or even Chu Yun who manipulates England behind the scenes. From time to time, the affairs of Europe may be controlled by outsiders.

European countries don't quite understand why the mysterious Orientals are committed to obtaining trade privileges here, but if Eastern merchant ships compete for their local market, then their royal family's finances will be difficult.

The Netherlands sent 6000 soldiers, the German princes, Switzerland, and the Holy Roman Empire put together 4000 mercenaries again, and the farther Kingdom of Poland, under the premise that the Ottoman Empire and Tsarist Russia promised to pay them a sum of war expenses, They sent 5000 Polish hussars and Cossacks across Germany to support France.

The military strength of the Continental Confederate Army was even stronger, reaching a staggering 4.5 people.

Such a scale was very rare in the 30-year war in Europe, and almost all countries sent veterans who had experienced the baptism of war. They were very different from ordinary recruited farmers, and they were more skilled at fighting.

Just as the Continental Allied Forces gathered on the French border, the Holy Allied Forces led by Sun Chuanting and Prince Rupert had already advanced by sea and land, captured the French port of Calais, and captured the merchant ships and defenders in the port!
Dunkirk is in the hands of the Spaniards, while the Port of Calais is in the hands of the French, which means that the Holy Alliance has begun to advance to the territory of France!

"The wars between them are too frequent, and the area is not too large. Fortresses are built everywhere. The important port towns are almost all in the layout of bastions, as well as forts and garrisons. They will be demolished like this. It's just a chore."

Sun Chuanting led an expeditionary force to besiege the second fortress, Port of Calais, after more than ten days of siege.

This is why he blocked the port of Calais with the support of the naval fleet and turned it into a Jedi. Coupled with the prestige of defeating the European Allied Forces in the Battle of the Beach, he captured the port of Calais so quickly.

This kind of progress has been considered fast. In the war between Spain and the Netherlands, it took three years to capture the fortress of Ostend, which was held by the Dutch, and the two sides suffered a total of 3 casualties.

Because of the popularity of bastions and artillery, the wars in Europe during this period were stinky and long. They were often 30-year wars and 80-year wars, but few kingdoms were pushed by the opponent. It was difficult for all parties to fight each other. .

Capture Dunkirk and Port of Calais and gain a firm foothold in Europe. There is still a relatively long distance from the capture of Paris. There are dozens of fortresses in the middle, and at the same time, they need to face the continuous attacks of the European Allied Forces.

The battles here are more painful than those in the Mughals, East Indies, Japan or even the Ottoman Empire.

Constantinople is actually not so easy to conquer. The main reason is that the Mediterranean countries, especially Italy, wanted the Ottoman Empire to die. They actively fought, and the fleet attacked Constantinople face-to-face, so they captured Constantinople relatively quickly. Fort Tandy.

Paris is now in a more hinterland, protected by many bastions, and outside the coalition of European countries, so the difficulty will inevitably increase.

If Chu Yun had enough territory in Europe, he might be able to mass-produce more powerful artillery here, lay railways to transport troops, conduct a "blitzkrieg" and quickly capture Paris.

But the current continental Europe is not easy to pass by horses, not to mention railways. The artillery he brought from the east is not powerful enough, and it is too heavy, and it is difficult to replenish personnel.

In fact, manipulating England is also to build a bridgehead to spy on the European continent, but now England has just improved after the civil war, and cannot provide Chu Yun with a large amount of supplies.

"If we continue to march on Paris, our strength may not be enough."

Sun Chuanting made a judgment on the situation after finding out that the strength of the Continental Allied Forces had not only recovered, but also numbered as many as 4.

It required a lot of troops to besiege the fortress, and it was not so difficult to protect the food roads and deal with the Continental Allied forces.

If more troops are allocated, there will be insufficient troops to besiege the fortress, and the time to capture the fortress will be delayed. This is another problem.

"Before we set off, Queen Sophia had ordered the Legion of Scotland and the Legion of Ireland to form an army of 1.5 men to take part in the expedition to Paris by ship. They set off at about the same time as we did, but at a greater distance...I reckon they It should be coming soon," said Prince Rupert.

"1.5 people plus our 1.8 people here, we have about 3.3 people, and there are fleets to provide us with supplies... I hope the Scottish Legion and the Irish Legion can mainly help us defend the fortresses that we captured, and it's disgusting Take a look at the Continental Allied Forces." Sun Chuanting obviously still had some resentment towards the tricky bastion.

If they built a bastion to deal with the natives, they would be unable to break through anyway, but if the enemy built a bastion to defend themselves, it would be a bit disgusting.

"We, the United Kingdom, sent 2.5 people together this time, and we paid a high price. I understand why the Queen trusts you. But since we are going to attack Paris, we must step into the Louvre." Rupert said the prince.

(End of this chapter)