Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 735 The Bicycle Troop’s World’s First Battle
British Empire, Buckingham Palace.

Queen Victoria, Prince Edward, Duke of Wales, first in line, and Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, second in line.

In addition to their royal family members, there are Prime Minister Creston, Foreign Secretary Granville, Finance Minister Bruce, Admiralty Secretary Dundas, and War Secretary Key.

Queen Victoria said angrily: "Tell me, how many stares did you receive on the streets of London this morning? Your Excellency, can you answer it?"

Guy lowered his head even lower than before.

"My Lord War Secretary, please answer my question" Queen Victoria did have reason to be angry.

At least all of the people in front of them thought that the Netherlands did not dare to take action first. As a result, now they took action first, and even went straight to Huanglong to take over the entire southern Chile.

"In just one week, our soldiers in southern Chile have been able to escape, and those who have been captured have been captured. Can anyone tell me what the problem is? How to remedy it?

At present, all of us here have been questioned and poked in the back. We are all just talking and not practicing tricks. I don’t know if you feel embarrassed, but I am very embarrassed."

Having said this, the Queen stared at Guy sharply and looked like she was going to eat someone, and finally said ruthlessly: "If there is no reasonable reason, I think the Ministry of National Defense needs to make adjustments."

When Ji Yi heard this, his whole body shivered, and the others couldn't help but feel cold.

The Queen's words are too obvious. She is giving up her car to keep her handsome.

If Guy fails to convince the Queen, he will face being abandoned.

At this time, Key was still as calm as before, and said hurriedly: "The Netherlands is leading the team this time with Castillo."

As soon as Castillo's name came out, the entire Buckingham Palace fell into silence.

Everyone, including the Queen, couldn't help but think of the war in South Africa 15 years ago. In that war, a total of 20 people were used, but the British ended up with more than 5 casualties, and that was 45 soldiers led by Castillo. The Boers ceased fighting only after they retreated voluntarily.

In that battle, Britain was knocked off the altar and suffered heavy losses.

Since then, Britain has been afraid of the Netherlands after the return of the Boers.

Since then, Britain has never had an active war with the Netherlands.

The Netherlands, led by William IV, will have smooth sailing in the future. After the space for peaceful development has been stabilized, after 15 years of rapid development, the Netherlands has become one of the world's major powers.

Although the disadvantage is that the population is only three-fifths of the UK, the Dutch economy has been born with various black technologies. Various industries, especially the invention of electrical products, such as cars, have made the Netherlands the world's largest economy comparable to the UK. Economy.

This made the entire British people very upset that they had given Australia to the Netherlands in the first place, and they were even less willing to mention Castillo, who was based on these prerequisites.

If Castillo had not frightened the British in South Africa, the Netherlands would not have had the opportunity to develop peacefully for so many years.

Therefore, when Keyi mentioned Castillo again at this time, everyone suddenly felt that Keyi's defeat seemed to be excusable.

Even Queen Victoria thought so.

However, at this time, Prince Alfred's question made Guy feel relieved again.

Prince Alfred said: "Even if Castillo needs to complete this sneak attack, he still needs tools." He looked at Ji Yi calmly and asked: "Your Excellency, Minister of War, I think it is still necessary to give more details." After all, there are many smart people among the citizens of London and the British Empire, and we have to prevent them from comparing what we will do if we cannot answer the question, right?"

Crown Prince Edward looked at him sharply, then looked at Ke Yi reassuringly: "Your Excellency Ke Yi, please feel free to tell me."

Key was a solid supporter of his succession to the throne, but Bruce, the Lord Admiral next to him, stood between him and Prince Alfred.

Seemingly influenced by Crown Prince Edward, Key calmed down and said with a wry smile: "Actually, the reason why the Netherlands carried out such a surprise attack this time is mainly due to the changes in the Dutch means of transportation."

"Transportation?"

Creston immediately asked: "What change?"

At this time, Prince Edward naturally needs to stand up and ensure that he is very obedient.

"It's the bicycle," he explained to Creston.

He raised his head and said in detail to the Queen: "The Netherlands actually used bicycles to travel during this sneak attack, instead of using horses in the past."

Key: "Bicycles are different from horses. Bicycles can be carried on the shoulders so that no one can detect the sound. However, it is difficult for horses to do this in large scale. This time, more than [-] Dutch bicycle troops participated in the war.

They hid the Osorno outpost in the north of Puerto Montt and suddenly appeared outside of Puerto Montt. As a result, in order to preserve our strength, our navy could only lead the 2000 British troops and 1000 Maas stationed there. Caiano's direct soldiers left in panic."

Creston and Queen Victoria's expressions changed greatly when they heard this.

Prince Alfred said in surprise: "The Netherlands has a new military unit. If it is a bicycle unit, it would be understandable."

He sighed: "The Dutch military has made great progress in reforming it."

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With the revelation that the Netherlands used bicycle troops to participate in the war, countries around the world were stunned. Bicycles.

Bicycles soon attracted the attention of the military of various countries. In particular, British newspapers reported on the Netherlands' use of war tactics, which was even more eye-catching.

The Netherlands uses these bicycles to divide small teams. These bicycle teams can rely on their high flexibility to boldly travel inside southern Chile to obtain intelligence, sometimes even before carrying out sneak attacks on enemy camps.

At the same time, it can also serve as the charge of the army and be flexibly deployed on the front line. Bicycle troops can be sent wherever reconnaissance and support are needed.

He also occasionally performs the tasks of covering the flanks and blocking the back.

In addition to the front line, many people also know that the bicycle troops are in the rear, which has also become another role of the six-nation coalition organized by the Netherlands to help Northern Chile. They can guard against the opponent's sneak attacks, detect the opponent's movements in large quantities, and also serve as the rear of the retreating troops. At the same time, they can also serve as Logistics force that transports materials.

With the exposure of a large number of Dutch tactics using bicycle troops, in addition to powerful countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Russia and the United States, in addition to some countries whose industrial base is very weak, there is no way to provide the army with more large-scale military horses and battleships. Bicycles offer another great option.

This kind of vehicle does not require fuel or cumbersome maintenance. It is driven entirely by manpower, which can greatly improve the mobility of the army.

As these benefits were revealed one by one, bicycles suddenly became the strategic target for future military development of various countries.

(End of this chapter)