Chapter 1820： Prepare for Defense

Faced with public opinion, Edward did not suppress it. Because, he felt, Queen Anna did not need too high prestige. In England, it is enough for him to enjoy the respect and love of the people of the whole country. Of course, this is also related to the French identity of Queen Anna. Edward, as a rival of France, did not want a French queen of England to have too high prestige in England.

Only when someone openly offered to dethrone Queen Anna, Edward resolutely refuted it and punished it. In this regard, the North Sea spies led the public opinion to give another point of view-His Majesty Edward has fallen in love with Queen Anna, so he is willing to help him hide the identity of the French spy ...

This view is more romantic, which is in line with Europeans' imagination of love. Therefore, it spread quickly and was recognized by the whole country. In particular, it has been recognized by women across England. Then, Edward was actually put on the title of "Infatuated King".

But in any case, Queen Anna jumped into the Thames and was unclear. However, Queen Anna is also very salty. For her, as long as the husband believes in himself, let go of rumors outside. Moreover, her background is indeed sensitive, from England's enemy to France, it is strange not to be criticized. But the couple did not know that Marin was preparing King Edward to lead the lunch. Once Edward took the lunch, Queen Anna was suspected ...

In fact, even with Edward's trust in Queen Anna, Marin is capable of destroying it. The solution is simple-tell Edward the truth about being kicked, and then, while telling Edward the truth, "artistically process" Queen Anna's role in it.

If Edward knew he was hopeless and had anger, he would lose his mind. Not only will he retaliate madly against France, but he will lose his mind and anger Queen Anna in anger.

However, Marin did not intend to expose the matter now. Because, he is not ready to take over England ...

It was not that Marin was worried that he could not control England, but that in the process of controlling England, the jealous French would attack the North Sea country and destroy his process. After all, if you want to take control of England in chaos, you need to send more people. Once pinned by the French, things are hard to tell.

Therefore, while Marin is building roads with cement slabs, he is also planning to build various fortifications and even fences on the western border to prevent possible armed interference in France.

Once the preparations were completed, Marin dared to launch in England. First kick the egg incident to provoke Edward's anger, triggering England's attack on France. Then, let Edward lead the lunch box and put the black pot on the French ...

After all, Edward attacked France in anger, and the French tried to assassinate Edward. There was no flaw in this reasoning. Even better, through this assassination, the reason for framing the French to assassinate Edward is even better-after all, there are "convicts" ...

Marin looked closely at the lower border and found that the western border was mainly bordered by the Habsburg family and the Archbishop of Utrecht. But even the Archbishop of Utrecht is west of the Habsburg family in the Netherlands. The Habsburg family could not allow the French to cross the border casually. Because, the two are dead enemies.

Therefore, on the border with the Netherlands and the Archbishop of Utrecht, Marin only needs to build some bunkers with beacon towers, and does not need to invest too much.

Of course, some of the cement slab roads still need to be laid to facilitate the deployment of troops. If the French attacked the North Sea, the most likely attack route was probably from the southwest.

The principality of Lorraine in the southwest is basically a pro-French vassal state and will definitely give way to the French army. Subsequently, Archbishop Trier was northwest of the Principality of Lorraine. This princely state is not so pro-law, but as a church princely state, it is very corrupt. Most of its domestic money has been corrupted by the priests, and it will never be used to build a strong army. The Trier Finney issued by the Archdiocese of Trier is also one of the lowest silver coins in Germany.

It is impossible for such a country to spend much money to form an army. Therefore, once the French army crosses the border, their biggest possibility is to indent their cities and allow the French to cross the border.

In the Principality of Jülich, north of Trier, although they belong to the Lamarck family, an in-law of the Hoffman family, is the military strength of the Lamarck family very poor, unable to withstand the French army ’s attack. Therefore, there is a high probability that they will also be head tortoises. After all, the French army must be tens of thousands of troops to be dispatched. As long as the Lamarcks do not want to die, they will not stand up and look for abuse.

The Archdiocese of Cologne, north of the Principality of Jülich, is similar to that of Trier, and will not choose to face the French army and protest at most.

In the end, the most likely direction for the French to break through was to cross the river west of the Rhine from the Archbishop of Cologne, enter the Principality of Berg, and then attack the original Markberg ...

The Principality of Berg is also the site of the Lamarck family, but it is also impossible to stop the French. Therefore, Marin wanted to defend. The most important thing is to build fortifications in the former Macbeth region and at the junction of the North Sea Ruhr Province and the Principality of Berg and the Principality of Cliff to block the direction of the French.

The main way to block the enemy forces is, of course, to build walls or dig trenches ...

However, in consideration of cost, Marin gave up the plan to defend the area south of the Ruhr River in Ruhr Province, and directly defended along the Ruhr River on the north bank to block the French crossing. In this way, it is also convenient to concentrate forces against the enemy.

Therefore, speaking of it, the last thing Marin needs to guard against is actually the Rhine-Ruhr section, which can be fortified along the east of the Rhine and north of the Ruhr.

Of course, the land border between Münster and the Principality of Cliff also requires the construction of a fence to prevent the French from crossing the Principality of Cliff and attacking the mainland of the North Sea. After all, this road is the closest to East Friesland in the core part of the North Sea.

Before building the border fence, Marin sent people to say hello to his in-law Lamarck family, expressing their concerns and predictions. After all, many people know that Caesar's marriage to Princess Margaret is not unreasonable. Therefore, the Lamarck family also expressed their understanding. And Marin understood each other better, saying that if France attacks the North Sea, the Lamarck family need not help, only need to help pass the message secretly ...

The fortifications built on these borders or riversides are naturally cement walls or cement structure bunkers. Of course, all are concrete structures. Because, the strength of the simple cement wall is very poor.

But reinforced concrete is not available, because the production of steel bars in this era is very troublesome and the output is very low. Marin can only guarantee that reinforced concrete is used in core cities such as Aurich, Emden, Goslar and Bochum. Asbestos fiber concrete can only be used for cement walls in other areas. As long as it is made of a bastion structure, it is still possible to prevent the French bombardment.

In addition, in order to prevent the German princes from taking advantage of the fire, Marin also ordered the construction of a border wall in the southeast of Wolfenbüttel, which has captured the new Brunswick, which has been less than two years old. This is because the southeastern part of the province is directly next to the electorate of Saxony and is the most threatening area.

However, from cost considerations, it seems that the cost of building a border fence on land is too high. Therefore, Marin launched a second set of plans-only set up a bunker with a beacon on the southern and eastern borders. And, the construction of a border wall at the border with the Electorate of Saxony.

Then, in the area close to the local core, build a second line of defense ...

This second line of defense ~ www.novelhall.com ~ is the core of protection. In order to reduce the difficulty of building defense lines, Marin built defense lines according to rivers.

Among them, the Ames River in the west of East Friesland is naturally a natural barrier, and only a defense line needs to be established in the east of the river. To the east, the Weser River in the province of Oldenburg is also a natural line of defense.

As for the south, the canal between the Leda River flowing through Lyle County and the Hunt River flowing through Oldenburg has been built. As a result, the Leda and Hangt rivers, and the canal, naturally formed a water system that blocked the north and south. As long as the defense and construction works along the two rivers and the northern side of the canal can largely resist the enemy's attack.

Moreover, the defense along the river in these three directions, the defense range is much smaller, and the required force is much less. If arming along the real border, 100,000 troops are not enough. If we only focus on the second line of defense along three water systems, the current four regiments in the North Sea country are enough.

Of course, Goslar City cannot be easily lost. After all, there is now a silver bank in Beihai. If you lose it, the silver will definitely be robbed by the enemy, and the silver mine that was finally developed will also be taken away. Therefore, while defending the second line of defense, Marin generally does not easily mobilize the Sixth Army, but will let them die in Goslar, keep the silver mine there, and wait for rescue ...