Zhong Feng looked at the Amsterdam parliament in the distance and frowned.

After a week of street fighting, the Tiger Army had basically captured all of Amsterdam. Now Wilhelm II and the last 3,000 Dutch sailors were in the city's parliament building, trying to use the solid façade of the granite building to block the shells.

After conquering France, it took a month for the Tiger Army to enter the inner city of Amsterdam. Zhong Feng had to admit that the red-haired Dutch were very brave - after the French, Spanish and Italian Confederations all surrendered, the Dutch actually fought against the Tiger Ben army on the Brussels-Liège front line for five days. About 120,000 Dutch soldiers were killed there by the Tiger Army, and the remaining Dutch soldiers did not surrender, but fled to the Dutch countryside under artillery fire and pursuit, taking off their uniforms and hiding.

However, Zhong Feng felt that maybe the Dutch were actually so brave, but in fact, the Dutch had done too many bad things in China, so they were worried about being retaliated against by the Tiger Army, so they would never surrender.

More than ten years ago, Dutch pirates, known as Hongyi by the Han Chinese, burned and looted along the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong, killing all the fishermen from village to village. They even snatched tens of thousands of Han Chinese to Nanyang to work as slaves. The tall Dutch bunkers in Geranza and Batavia were all forged by the blood of countless exhausted, sick and dead Han slaves.

So the Dutch were extremely strong-willed to resist.

The most fearful of these people were the old Dutch sailors, many of whom had been to the Far East. At least half of the 3,000 old Dutch sailors who stood out in the council building had Han Chinese blood on their hands.

At this time, the people who commanded the battle outside the parliament building were Zhong Feng and Jiang Chong. Jiang Chong's current military rank is general, and his military uniform is made of high-grade cashmere, which is shiny black.

He stood next to Zhong Feng and looked at the parliament building opposite him with a telescope. It was an all-stone building, with thick walls and small windows, but it looked more like a huge castle. Jiang Chong pursed his lips, knowing that this building was enough to stop the shrapnel shells of the Tiger Army.

Jiang Chong thought for a while and said to Zhong Feng: "Marshal, I'm afraid that only the sharp cone warhead of the front-loading cannon can penetrate this building. ”

The widely equipped Tiger artillery could only use shrapnel and could not attack fortifications. Now Europeans widely use trench defense, Tiger artillery has become the protagonist of the battlefield, and Zhong Feng's troops even pulled the artillery of the fortified into the rear.

Zhong Feng nodded, pointed to the right front, and said, "I expected that there would be a tough battle a few days ago, and I have already contacted the logistics headquarters in Paris, and four twenty-four-pounder front-loading armor-piercing cannons have been shipped. ”

Only then did Jiang Chong notice that there were four front-loading bronze cannons on the artillery position in front of the right.

Jiang Chong arched his hand towards Zhong Feng and said: "The marshal has advanced insight, and his subordinates admire it!" ”

Zhong Feng smiled, waved his hand, and ordered the rifled front-loading artillery to start bombing the Dutch council.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The four front-loading guns spat out tongues of fire and fired the conical steel-tipped shells into the stone building a mile away. A loud bang was heard, and four holes were punched in the stone wall on the side of the Parliament building in Amsterdam. The shell was silent for two seconds after it entered the building, and then a huge shockwave exploded in the building.

Sparks erupted from the hole in the stone wall.

Jiang Chong looked at Zhong Feng and laughed: "Marshal, now Wilhelm II has no way to escape." ”

Zhong Feng nodded at Jiang Chong, put down the binoculars in his hand, and began to wait for the Dutchman's reaction.

In the parliament building, Wilhelm II, the consul of the Netherlands, looked at a room that had been blown up, his face as white as paper. The Chinese's front-loading cannon blew up an entire stone room with one shot. I'm afraid that with less than 200 cannons, this edifice will be blown up.

Queen Christina of Sweden once invited Wilhelm II to fight guerrilla warfare in the mountains of Germany, but Wilhelm II refused. Wilhelm II felt that he was a proud lowland Dutch nobleman and that it was impossible for him to go into exile outside the Netherlands. If he was to die, Wilhelm II would also die in Amsterdam.

Of course, he understood that this parliament building could not stop the Chinese. But before dying, people will do everything to survive, so when he found that the front-loading gun pointed cone shell had pierced the stone wall, he was suddenly in great despair.

A Dutch captain looked at Wilhelm II and said in a panic: "What to do?" What to do with Your Highness? ”

Wilhelm II swallowed his saliva and looked at the captain.

The captain of the fleet became more and more panicked, knowing that he had been to the Far East as the governor of Formosa, plundered the Fujian region countless times, and killed thousands of Han Chinese. He even fought twice with the Daming Water Master. He didn't believe that the Han people would let him go, and if Li Zhi caught him, he would definitely skin him.

So he followed Wilhelm II into this parliament building. However, at this time, the arrival of the front-loading gun pointed cone shell dashed all the hopes that lingered.

The captain of the fleet grabbed Wilhelm II's arm and pleaded: "Find a way!" Your Highness! You are the lion of the Netherlands, you must have a way. Save us, save the Netherlands, Your Highness! Only you can save us! ”

As he spoke, the captain's face was full of tears, and he was completely spewed by tears. He became more and more limp, and knelt weakly before Wilhelm II.

The other sailors looked at the captain in alarm, and then at His Royal Highness Prince William II of Orange.

Wilhelm II's family ruled for the Netherlands for generations, propelling the small country to the top of the world. Although the country was now about to die, the sailors still trusted Wilhelm II unconditionally.

Wilhelm II looked at those desperate and extremely dependent eyes, and was a little speechless, and his originally snow-white face turned red.

He always thought that as the son of Frederick Henry, he would develop the small European country in his father's hands to the extreme, and at least maintain its national power. However, unexpectedly, the Netherlands was defeated again and again because of Li Zhi's rise, and was even killed by the Han people to Europe.

The Henry family of Holland would perish from now on, and Wilhelm II would be a complete loser.

What qualifications does he have to be trusted in this way by sailors and officers?

Wilhelm II glanced at the sailors around him and smiled.

He said, "Don't panic, everyone, I'll go to the vault on the top floor to get a secret weapon." This vault is the only one I have the key to, and it is top secret. With this weapon, we can at least hold out until the Swedish navy comes to pick us up. ”

Hearing the words of Wilhelm II, the sailors showed expressions of surprise.

The captain of the fleet on the ground raised his head sharply and stared at Wilhelm II's eyes, trying to see if what Wilhelm II said was true or false.

Wilhelm II nodded and headed up the stairs.

The sailors hurried to make way for the Prince of Orange.

Kaiser Wilhelm II walked up the stairs and stopped when he was about to disappear around the corner of the stairs.

He tried to put a smile on his face, and then turned back and said, "You are all the best officers, sailors, and soldiers, thank you for fighting at my command, I am proud of you!" ”

Hearing this thoughtless sentence, the sailors showed puzzled expressions.

A sailor suddenly raised his arms and shouted, "Long live Your Highness!" The Netherlands will not perish! The Dutch will not die! “

Wilhelm II did not respond to the sailor, and his figure disappeared around the corner of the staircase.

However, the sailors did not wait for Wilhelm II to come downstairs when they suddenly heard a loud gunshot from upstairs.

The old captain of the fleet was the first to react, his face suddenly collapsed, and he lowered his head sharply, revealing an extremely sad expression.

One of the guards rushed up and rolled down the stairs in a panic.

"Your Highness..."

"Your Highness..."

The guards suddenly howled and cried, shouting, "Your Highness shot himself!" “

Hearing this, all the officers and sailors lost their courage in an instant and fell to their knees.

Outside the parliament, Jiang Chong put down the binoculars and said with a smile: "Marshal, look at that white flag, the people in the parliament building have surrendered." “

Zhong Feng nodded and smiled.

He stopped talking nonsense, turned around and jumped into his open-top jeep.

"Jiang Chong! I'm going to Germany to continue the Northern Expedition, and the Netherlands will be handed over to you. All Dutch sailors who had killed the Han Chinese were to be shot, and Dutch investors who had supported the Dutch East India Company's invasion of China were to be severely punished, and these could be done by military courts, but you had to keep in check to make sure that you had enough resources to complete the trial and deal with it. “

Jiang Chong saluted a standard military salute and replied, "Marshal, rest assured, the task will be completed." “

Zhong Feng nodded and said to the driver: "Go to Munich and join the Third Brigade there." “