Dutch Empire becomes a great power

Spanish-Dutch war part 1

Netherlands pov

My forces immeditaly fought the French in our mainland alongside the Spanish in the numerous colonies that border the Spanish colonies. Luckily the Panama canal had finished recently allowing us to gain some extra revenue from the nations who were neutral that wanted to use it. I smiled as the current situation is in our favor as thousands of Spaniards and French losing massive amounts of men to my defenses while in Africa I did not face many fights as the Spanish plus French do have colonies but not anywhere nearby my own colonial empire in Africa in which the navy was the only real protection force in Dutch Nigeria.

New Spain pov

New Granada and I are trying to push into Dutch Panama but they are easily pushing us back which for me is shocking. New Granada which is a new colony that borders the South of Dutch Panama is realitively recently settled meaning their strength is much weaker while I am one of the oldest Spanish colonies meaning me losing is not a good thing. This has began riots which I have been able to put down for now but due to the Panamians looking to begin to push I set my armies to defensive positions so I can buy myself as much time to stabilize as I can possibly be bought. 

Dutch Argentina pov

Spanish Peru recently reached my border so I quickly had my army arrive to the area but the Spanish did push us due to our lack of security in the area and suprise from their tactic. After 5 months of travelling I arrived then I began to push the Spanish back but due to their huge amount of time given to them they managed to make me fail in taking back chunks of land. I did take some land back but not all of it or a good chunk of it so I began to move my navy to try and cut Spanish Peru's supplies alongside possibly naval invading them to distract them allowing me to push them back.

German Federation pov

I began to quickly move troops to my border with France and the Austrian Empire which I quickly finished. I did lose some land to the French while Bohemia lost parts of itself to the Austrian Empire and I also managed with the aid of the Russians to begin a push in Galacia while attacking them in Bohemia which I managed to push them back but the attack was mainly a distraction for a encirclement of the Eastern Austrian army.

Austrian Empire pov

I pushed the Bohemians but now the German army is back and with those black sticks again which they have used to push us back in Bohemia. This is not good so I need to focus upon holding the line especially with the planned creation of a Federation with all of the minorities which will greatly boost my economy and military. So I needed to buy myself 3 weeks otherwise my planned Federation will collapse especially with it looking like the Italians are planning on joining the war against me so I need a major victory as well to scare the Italians from joining the war.

Ottoman Empire pov

I am stabilizing my nation and mixed with the focus on improving my technology I know that I need time to join the war. This was why I didn't enter the war when it had started which I knew would easily cost me lots of losses and with the Balkans very close to open revolts I knew that stabilization would be key in actually contributing to the war especially in the Balkans. I did suspect that Russia could want some sort of freedom for the Slavics in the Balkans so I planned on making a autonomus zone for the Slavics if the Russians ask me to since I know that while I have beaten Russia before they have grown while I have stagnated meaning the chances of me beating them now are horribly against me. I also began to import tech from my the Dutch and their allies on their side of the Spanish Dutch war while I exchanged them resources they need from me at 5% off so they have more resources to use for additional offensives or for repairing economics plus expand their economy gaining me reputation alongside influence in them which I know could be useful in the future. The Panama canal is now open so I signed a contract where I would have my naval force in Asia taught by the Dutch to guard the Panama Canal in exchange for free entrance and concessions between the Russians alongside myself to resolve some tension between the giants we are in land size.

Dutch Naples pov

I am realitively new to war time due to my freedom being much more recent than others. So while I have a strong navy and military on hand the problem is it is more loyal to the Netherlands meaning if the mainland should become in danger then they would leave me. So I began to conscript my own soldiers and navy so that the Netherlands armies guarding me can aid in the defense of the mainland which I knew would be very helpful for us in the long term. I am also economically weak but not as bad as German Naples who got bombed much more than I did due to the bigger Spanish resistance while the Italian rebels easily took most of the area of my lands in which they were gifted jobs in the government as a sign of appreciation from the Dutch government to them for their aid in occupying my lands then creating a government.

German Naples pov

With this war appearing faster than I was born so I focused on defending myself while my economy organizes so I can get a proper naval and land fighting force. The German armies may guard me but I understand they will be needed to defeat the Austrian Empire who has been the major rival of the German Federation in which I am the colony of. I knew the economy was strong but right now is not as I am paying war reps to the German Federation for the crimes of my predessesor government which the German people do blame us for but the government has taken the stability hit to protect me which made my people see them as heros but to prevent huge revolts we are giving them 1% of our economy on top of the daily tribute for 3 more years. The economy is also still repairing as the Germans bombed the ports which were what I was dependent on so that the Spanish had as little supply in Naples for when they would naval invade us. Though the fact that the soldiers of Sardinia-Piedmont are on my border has worried my government so conscription grew quickly to guard the ports and our border with them due to the paranoia of a suprise attack from them.

France pov

I did take some lands from the Germans but before I could take key resource cities that hold cities that keep the German economy spinning the German army arrived. So I went onto the defense with soldiers in the forts of Alcace-Lorraine so if they push us back we can hold the line when I have no choice in holding the line. My artillery is ready to cover the retreat of my army and I have forces ready to cause scattering of the enemy armies if they are assumed to be preparing for an offensive. My naval fleet is not leaving port especially since I knew the Dutch were like the British who were practically god of the sea so using my numerical superior fleet could beat them but the German and Russian fleets which will likely arrive would tell me otherwise. (This war arc is going to be very heavy upon words so expect the chapters for this arc to be very long in time to make and for time to read.) I then noticed black sticks like the ones in Germany with a note on it...I read the note which said "The Germans, Russians, and Dutch have gained an unfair advantage so you must use these to 'even' the odds. The Ottomans are stabilizing which I estimate to take 4 more years but they should be army ready within 2 years so understand me when I say this. Capitulate the Dutch first as they are the biggest threat as long as they are in the war SHE will be able to aid them even more so while I occupy them you MUST kill the Dutch." I knew that following this person's instructions would be a good idea seeing as the Dutch went from a declining empire to I'm back once again...So I prepared my armies to push into the Dutch since capitulating them would easily grant me a colonial empire bigger than Algeria, and French America which both are far from the Dutch making them being attacked by my enemies to be unlikely right now. (Oh great HES here. Well then expect much more aid from charecters from other stories.)