Valley Emperor

It can also be seen from the European royal families who successively gave the daughters of the Son of Heaven in the Great Tang Dynasty, that the relationship between the European one-vote countries and the Great Tang Dynasty is still relatively close, at least they think so.

Although most of the time it is their wishful thinking, but Datang will not break this tacit understanding, after all, Datang still has to pull them to resist the Tartars.

Under such circumstances, Datang is often not very good at doing too much. In the past on the issues of African colonies and American colonies, Datang never used force to seize, but adopted diplomatic means, and finally spent some of the colonies. to sell it.

Could it be that the Tang Dynasty could not be captured by force?

Just kidding, Datang can grab all of these colonies with just one finger, but this will destroy Datang's overall strategy in Europe.

So Datang simply spent money to buy it.

The same is true of developing a second strategic support point in Europe now. It cannot be too much, and a group of foreign vassals will be left with chills. In the end, they will not give Datang their lives to resist the Tatars.

Therefore, it is possible to think about taking London as a strategic support point, but it cannot be done, at least in recent years.

Vice Admiral Qiao Haozhong, we have to find another place!

And you can't go directly to England or the homeland of France and Spain. These places are too troublesome and have a relatively large negative impact. After all, Europe is so big, and you don't have to cut a piece of land from your allies to establish a second strategic support point. There are many other places to choose from.

Patrolling on the map, Vice Admiral Qiao Haozhong soon set his sights on the United Province of the Netherlands again, to be precise, on the northern part of the Netherlands Province.

This is a peninsula surrounded by the North Sea, Lake Marken, and Lake IJsseldorf, with Amsterdam to the south.

This place is a peninsula area, which is also more conducive to defense, and very importantly, this place is closer to the Tatars.

If this place is opened up as a second strategic support point, once it is properly prepared, it can be used as a starting point, and then directly enter the European continent, which is more convenient than London.

But this place is a lowland, the terrain is not very good, and it is too close to the Tatars. Once the Tang Dynasty has a large-scale action here, it is estimated that the Tatars will immediately enter the United Netherlands.

The reason why the current Netherlands has not been annexed by the Tatars is that the Tatars deliberately kept them for business with the outside world, especially with the Tang Dynasty.

If the Tang Dynasty wants to occupy the Dutch area of ​​the Netherlands, as long as the Tatars are not stupid, then they will not let it go.

Although the Tang army and navy are invincible all over the world, but in Europe thousands of miles away, under the eyes of the Tartars, and it is also a place where the army of the Tartars can directly reach a landing site, not to mention whether it is possible or not Yes, but this risk is not necessary to take.

After all, the Tang Dynasty is not going to fight the Tartars in person on the European battlefield now, but adopts a proxy war model. Before the last European is dead, the Tang people will not send an army to play in person.

If you want to avoid direct large-scale battles with the Tatars, you cannot have a land connection with the Tatars, and islands close to the European mainland are more suitable.

Therefore, Vice Admiral Qiao Haozhong turned his attention to the Danish area again. Today, the Danish peninsula area has been occupied by the Tatars, and the Kingdom of Denmark can only survive on a few islands.

Because the Tatars controlled the Danish peninsula, it also meant that a war with the Tatars was necessary if a strategic foothold was to be established in this area.

However, Qiao Haozhong did not set his sights directly on the peninsula. The peninsula was too large. It was easy for the thousands of troops of the Tang Empire in Europe to fight, but it was difficult to defend. Moreover, this place was similar to the Dutch peninsula. It is a direct land border with the Tatar-controlled area, and there is no need to log in to snatch.

The places he is looking at now are the islands that are still under the control of the Kingdom of Denmark!

Taking into account the convenience of shipping, the safety of the waterway, development potential, strategic defense, and the convenience of subsequent attacks on the Tatars, he set his sights on the three major islands in Denmark.

That is, Funen Island, Loran Island, and Zeeland Island. These three islands are currently the base camp of the Kingdom of Denmark. If the troops help, it is estimated that it will not be able to hold.

This archipelago is a good place. It is very close to the European continent, and it can block the waterway to and from the Baltic Sea. Moreover, the new capital of the Golden Kingdom of Tartar is in Berlin, not far from the sea. If the Tang Dynasty One day, if you organize an army to set off directly from the Danish Islands and then land on the European continent, you will be able to kill Berlin in less than a few hundred kilometers.

From this point of view, the importance of the Danish archipelago is self-evident.

But the problem is that this place is still the domain of the Kingdom of Denmark, which is the same problem as London, and the problem is more serious.

London is only the capital of England, but these islands are all that is now the Kingdom of Denmark.

And the Kingdom of Denmark, like other European kingdoms, is also the younger brother of Datang. Datang can't just destroy the country for a base.

Basically, all countries in Europe are the younger brothers of the Tang Dynasty, including the Ottoman Empire and Spain.

With the support of Datang, these little brothers are desperately resisting the invasion of the Tartars. Every year, I don’t know how many people die in the war~www.wuxiaspot.com~ People are working hard to fight for Datang in the front, and after Datang Destroy them. If you do this, there will be many people who will surrender to the Tatar Golden Kingdom as soon as they turn around tomorrow.

In recent years, the Tatar Jin Kingdom has been trying to ease, and even recruit European countries, in order to free up its hands to resist the Tang Dynasty's western expedition on the eastern front.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty could not just destroy the Kingdom of Denmark.

But if the Kingdom of Denmark is not destroyed, can Datang directly establish a military base there?

Small military bases don't matter, but large ones are expected, and a localization will not pass the test anyway.

Datang attaches great importance to the localization of overseas territories, especially the localization of strategically important areas.

For example, Ceylon Island, in order to be able to build this place into a large-scale military base, Datang transferred the indigenous people of the entire island to the Indian Peninsula!

Another example is Ceuta. The outermost area is patrolled with troops, and no-man’s land is established at the same time. In the inner area, a simple fence of about 100 kilometers long is built on the basis of the local terrain to ensure that no indigenous people can sneak through and enter the large area. The area where the Tang people lived and lived.

As for the innermost circle, it is a high wall about ten kilometers long!

In addition to the army, the people of the Tang Dynasty basically did not leave the fence to go to the no-man’s land.

This is the case in Ceuta, and here in the Danish Islands, don't expect the Tang people to live with the indigenous people, and then build any military bases.

But Qiao Haozhong felt that this place was quite good. As long as several thousand troops were stationed above and a fleet was dispatched to assist in defense, no matter how the Tatars attacked, it was unlikely to hit the island.

Just how to get it?

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