Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 732 Ready, go straight to Huanglong

Just half a month before Castillo ordered the attack on southern Chile.

William IV had already convened a Privy Council meeting in Melbourne, summoning members of the Dutch Privy Council.

In the Privy Council meeting room, members of the Kingdom of the Netherlands arrived one after another.

Cabinet government members: Prime Minister Theo von Linden, Deputy Prime Minister Jules Danetang, Chief Finance Minister John Press, Foreign Minister Joseph Beit;

Justice Secretary Burger, Home Secretary David Blanc, Industry Secretary Mari Philip, Transport Secretary Byers, Education Secretary Hester, and Energy Secretary Cromwell.

Lord Justice Robert Cook, Lord Chancellor of the Privy Council and Speaker of the House of Commons, Baron Caslan, Lord Chancellor of the Privy Seal and Speaker of the House of Lords, Marquis Andrew Smith.

In addition, military representatives include: Chief of General Staff Mark Rudd, Defense Minister Fox, Navy Minister Jan Peter, War Minister Petter de Jong, Navy Chief of Staff Joseph Karls, Army Chief of Staff Jop Il, Armaments Minister Louis Bell.

In addition, members of the Royal Dutch Security Council (the think tank) dedicated to serving William IV also participated.

Cantur, Director of the Dutch National Security Council and Coordinator for Atlantic Affairs, Akci, Coordinator for the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Samuel, Coordinator for Europe and Africa, and Felix Coordinator for the Americas.

These people have remained unchanged for more than ten years, but new members have been added this year.

There is Misid, an expert on the British Empire project at the Netherlands Center for Strategic and International Studies;

Brown, principal researcher and director of the Amsterdam Peace Institute;
Crim, Director and Principal Investigator of the Australia Institute;

Tim, director of the Dutch Statecraft Program at the National Peace Foundation in Rotterdam;

Baloch is the director of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment, a think tank at The Hague University in the Netherlands.

The entire Royal Security Commission consists of nine people.

At present, the internal structure of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has been improved day by day under the advanced understanding of William IV, and there are also some clear divisions in occupations.

The civil servants of the cabinet government are responsible for the internal and external affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Ministry of Defense in the Quadrangle is responsible for the defense of the Netherlands and the recruitment and training of troops for war.

Of course, he is also responsible for following the arrangements of the General Staff and performing various war missions.

In general, although the Kingdom of the Netherlands stepped down due to the failure of the Liberal Party in the election, and the civilian officials were changed, the military was controlled by the General Staff. In other words, military attachés and other military powers were still in the hands of William IV, and there was no change.

William IV sat in the King's seat in the Privy Council.

On the right are the cabinet government ministers headed by Prime Minister Theo von Linden, and on the right are the military generals led by Chief of General Staff Mark Lud.

On the second floor outside, there are members of William IV's think tank.

William IV looked down at the ministers below and asked coldly: "Do you all know that Britain and France are preparing to unite in Southeast Asia?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the Royal Intelligence Agency has informed us of the situation," Prime Minister Lyndon said.

"That's good. You all know it, so there's no need to say more."

William IV: "Things have happened and the situation has been formed. It is difficult for us to find out what the private transactions between Britain and France are. The important thing is that this time, I want to give Britain and France a shocking blow."

“South Chile is just right”

"You guys can just talk about how to win Southern Chile." With the cooperation of Argentina Miter, Britain and Germany are competing in South America, which has messed up the situation and achieved his original plan.

Originally, William IV planned to ask the Netherlands to help the northern Chilean government defeat the south as soon as possible.But the presence of Britain made him hesitate.

Now Britain actually chose this time to unite with France, seemingly to surround Wei and save Zhao, and to put pressure on the Netherlands in Southeast Asia.

Hehe, in this case, I will strike first and be stronger. I will also surround Wei and save Zhao, but I will strike on the South American side.

It just so happened that Britain jumped out first, which saved him from having to consider other places.

Except for the members of the royal think tank, everyone in the entire conference room looked at each other, unable to turn around for a while.

Shouldn't we strengthen the defense of Sumatra and help the Kingdom of Siam resist the British and French?Why are you going to attack directly in South America now?

Everyone was thinking about what William IV meant, but Prime Minister Lyndon asked first: "Does your Majesty want the Netherlands to directly push the five-nation coalition to cooperate with Northern Chile to launch an attack on Southern Chile?"

"No, I want the Netherlands to directly take the initiative with the five-nation coalition to occupy southern Chile," William IV said.

Northern Chile is Northern Chile, and the Five-Nation Alliance is the Five-Nation Alliance. It is impossible to use Northern Chile as the protagonist. He needs the Five-Nation Alliance to show its terrifying capabilities in front of the world and make the four countries except the Netherlands return to their hearts.

The Netherlands needs to make them rely on this army in the future, and gradually tie their national defense to it. From then on, they will be inseparable from the protection of the Netherlands.

Therefore, William IV's idea was that after defeating Southern Chile and the British troops stationed there, the Five-Nation Alliance signed a contract with Arthur Lauzon's Northern Chile government to make Puerto Montt a branch of the Five-Nation Alliance. Second to Ecuador, where the headquarters is located.

In the future, the five-nation coalition will rely on there to play a greater role in South America.

This was planned by him and the royal think tank. He has decided that if Arthur Lauzon is not willing at that time, he would not mind replacing someone as the new president of Chile, a Pacific Chilean president who is close to the Netherlands, William IV. It will never be allowed to become powerful or even hostile to the Netherlands.

Thinking of this, William IV revealed his thoughts.

"If it were only to defeat the Southern Chilean and British garrisons, it would only be necessary to destroy them," Linden said.

"You mean to go straight to Huanglong?" William IV asked.

"Yes, it takes too much time to attack the city and plunder the stronghold. We can directly attack Puerto Montt, the capital of Southern Chile. But the outcome will be decided in one battle. As long as Puerto Montt is captured by us, the rest of Southern Chile will be undefendable. It will be a piece of loose sand. It will be much easier to clean up,” said Linden.

William IV nodded slightly, Linden had a good idea.

It can save a lot of troubles if one battle decides the universe.

Of course, the premise is that the Netherlands has enough strength to crush the British and Southern Chilean troops there, otherwise this battle to determine the outcome will be a delusion.

Afterwards, everyone discussed the specific details of the attack on Puerto Montt in southern Chile.

In fact, there is nothing to discuss. The attack on southern Chile is completely based on strength. As long as the dozen is big enough, other details are minor and unimportant.

"This opportunity for the five-nation coalition to show its strength must create a sensation and establish our military influence in South America in the future. The same battle will determine the outcome."

At this time, Army Minister Petter de Jong and Army Chief of Staff Jopp Il looked at each other and said immediately:
"Your Majesty, currently 10 people in the bicycle force have completed training and can achieve unexpected effects."

William IV smiled and nodded: "It's time for them to appear, it's time."

(End of this chapter)