Chapter 820: Dahua Threat Theory

Lingbao is a hedgehog to the armed forces of other countries, but to Dahua, it is a shrunken gopher.

The Hua army landed calmly enough to build a defensive line, and then let the warships approach and launch artillery fire at Lingbao.

The only thing the Hua army has to worry about is the consumption of shells, and there is no other problem.

Their fleet was specifically here to grab territory, and they didn't carry any cargo, only a lot of ammunition.

After shelling for more than an hour, a big gap was blown out of the Dutch fort.

Subsequently, the Chinese army launched a general offensive.

The weapons of the Dutch are not bad, and flintlocks have been popularized.

However, the Huajun's rifle is already a rear-loading rifle, and the two are incomparable.

More importantly, the Huajun has other advanced equipment.

Under the cover of friendly forces, a few Pyros rushed to the gap, and then fired flames at the gap.

The Dutchman, who had never suffered such a blow, was instantly frightened.

The deterrent power of flamethrowers has always been greater than their lethal power.

More than a dozen Dutchmen, whose whole bodies were burning and would not die in a while, were running around and wailing in their positions.

That scene was as scary as it was going to be.

"Your Excellency the Governor, surrender, these warriors should not suffer such hellish torture."

Luni persuaded.

While Clouzot was still hesitating, Hua Jun's vanguard had broken through their gap defense and rushed towards the city.

Clouzot reluctantly ordered to raise the white flag and surrender.

"This group of savage Chinese, I want to protest to their emperor, this is a declaration of war."

Clouzot let out a harsh word, maintaining his last stubbornness.

The Dutch surrendered and the battle for the seamounts came to an end.

The Chinese army invested three warships and five transport ships in this campaign, with a total strength of 3,500 people.

The Dutch attacked with eight warships, fifty coastal defense guns, and a total force of more than 6,000 people, of which 3,000 were black slaves they captured.

In the end, the Chinese army killed 22 people and injured 34 people, mainly casualties during the attack on Lingbao.

The Dutch lost more than 1,800 men, five ships were damaged, and three others were taken prisoner.

Of course, the remaining 4,200 soldiers, as well as more than 7,000 civilians, businessmen, and family members, were all captured by Dahua.

This was an unequal battle, and the Chinese army achieved a crushing victory.

After the war, Clouzot expressed a solemn protest to Ding Maochu.

Then, Ding Maochu freed the more than 2,000 black slaves.

As for the Dutch soldiers, Ding Maochu chose slavery. For Dutch civilians and businessmen, release was chosen.

They are allowed to continue to live in Haishan, but they need to pay taxes to the Hua army and accept the jurisdiction of Dahua.

Those who were liberated had a good sense of the Chinese army, so they chose to stay and work for the Chinese army, which Ding Maochu readily accepted.

This is also impossible, they are seriously understaffed.

Some Dutch people chose to stay, nothing more than to hand over a part of the income, which is within their acceptance range.

In fact, even if they are not handed over to the Chinese army, they will be exploited by the Dutch mainland, which is almost the same.

There are also some people who don't trust Da Chinese and choose to leave.

Either go back to mainland Europe, or head east to find new colonies.

These are not what Ding Maochu cares about.

On the one hand, he reported the war situation to the country, so that the country could immigrate as soon as possible. On the other hand, he also sent a warship to Côte d'Ivoire.

The Ivory Coast, also known as the Gold Coast, is an important port in West Africa.

In the triangular trade, Western Europeans loaded black slaves on ships here, then transported them to America for raw materials and gold, then returned to Europe to exchange weapons, and then transported the weapons to Ivory Coast to exchange for black slaves and ivory and other items.

In short, this is an important trade transfer station, and it is more prosperous than Haishan at present.

Naturally, Dahua cannot ignore this kind of place and must join in the fun.

If you have a chance, you will shoot it down, and if you have no chance, you will have to occupy a place and build a port supply station.

After winning the Ivory Coast, the route from Dahua to Ceuta will be relatively stable, and the supply will become very convenient.

Dahua launched a big move, and Western Europe also got news in August.

The news they learned was only that the Chinese army had captured Portugal's estuary colony.

However, this move also means that the Chinese army began to expand its overseas power and began to compete for colonies.

This has made Western European countries feel great pressure, especially the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Spain and Portugal.

They had known for a long time that such a day would come sooner or later.

The huge interests of the colonies will not be spared by any capable country.

In the past, Dahua’s civil war had not ended, but now that Dahua has finally ended the civil war, it is reasonable to attack overseas.

How to deal with the threat of Dahua?

Many smart people in Western Europe have begun to use their brains and think about countermeasures.

Among them, a Frenchman named Rietman put forward a theory called Dahua Threat Theory.

And, he also wrote a book in which he expounded his views.

Rittman said that Dahua is so huge that it is almost equal to

the whole of Europe.

With a population of more than 100 million people, if you use all your strength to riot, you can arm an army of five or six million.

Looking at the countries of Western Europe, there is not a single country that can arm half a million troops.

The entire army of Western Europe can't make up five million.

Therefore, when Western European countries confront Dahua, no country can stand alone and must unite.

In addition, we must increase investment in technology and strive to catch up with Dahua in technology.

Otherwise, even if they are united, they are not Dahua's opponents.

The appearance of Wu Changqing finally had a major impact on the pattern of Western Europe.

In the normal course of history, at this time, the United Kingdom will severely attack the naval power of the Netherlands, defeat it, and then officially become the global hegemony and embark on the road of rapid development.

And France would also defeat Spain on land and begin to dominate the European continent.

In short, during this period, the countries of Western Europe fought fiercely with each other.

However, because of the appearance of the powerful enemy Dahua, these countries have a sense of crisis. Some people even suggested that the Western European countries should give up the struggle and form an alliance to jointly fight against the threat from Dahua.

This argument has been endorsed by many elites in Western Europe.

Although they fought fiercely with each other in the past, they were at least familiar with each other and had a relationship.

And Dahua, to them, is a complete stranger, a foreign enemy.

When there is a foreign enemy, it is natural to defeat the foreign enemy first.