The European colonization process in Southeast Asia was first completed by the Portuguese, who were the pioneer countries of the entire European Age of Discovery, and were the ancestors of modern navigation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Portugal was the last to laugh because of the military conflict between Portugal and Spain on land, Portugal was once incorporated into Spain's territory, so his overseas colonies were inherited by the Spaniards.

But Spain is not a country with many strong national fortunes, although they formed an invincible armada, but in the end they were defeated by the British, in fact, the core of Spain's colonial interests in the heyday was still in South America, Southeast Asia was too far away for Europe at that time.

In Southeast Asia, the country that really filled the gap of the Portuguese was actually the Netherlands, and the sea coachmen were good at business, and they did not engage in too much of an arms race, but formed the East India Company and began to expand into distant Southeast Asia.

The Netherlands filled the gap for the Portuguese, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, southern Kalimantan...... The vast land was controlled by the Dutch, and the rich spices were monopolized by the Dutch and dumped into Europe.

In fact, until the 21st century, the Netherlands is still the world's largest market for spice sales, and the price of spices listed and traded has become a reference price for spice merchants around the world.

Britain was a complete latecomer to Southeast Asia, and in the late 19th century there was actually only one colony in Southeast Asia, mainly to control the Strait of Malacca.

Britain doesn't seem to have any interest in grabbing territory with the Dutch, of course, the Dutch's obedience is also one of the reasons, British interests can still be protected in the Dutch colonies, coupled with the close relationship between the Dutch royal family and the British royal family, which makes the British not so ugly.

The British took control of the Strait of Malacca, which was taken from the Dutch, and the French colonies were also concentrated in Burma, Annam, India, etc., and their colonies in the southern islands were also absent.

In fact, the colonial center of Britain and France was still in the Qing Dynasty, and although Southeast Asia was important, there was no need to rule it personally, and it would not harm its own interests if it was handed over to the Dutch to manage.

This is actually where Xiao Letian's confidence in the deep colonization of the South Seas lies, many European powers are Xiao Letian can not provoke, but the Netherlands is an exception, with the current strength of the Chinese, it is easy to destroy the Dutch army in the South Seas.

Xiao Letian's biggest worry is actually that the Dutch defeat will finally seduce the British, this is a diplomatic problem, as long as you can find a way to make the British turn a blind eye, then the plan to quietly seize the Dutch colony can be carried out smoothly.

Will the Dutch watch Xiao Letian's Chinese grow bigger? The answer, of course, is no, otherwise the Dutch governor would not have allowed a group of earth kings to spend money on their own warships.

The news of the end of the Battle of Borneo was personally brought out by the Dutch warship captain Malvik, and when they retreated from the battlefield without a fight, they only stopped for a moment to pay attention to the battlefield situation, found that the Chinese had already won the victory, and then immediately retreated south.

In the south of Borneo there was a Dutch military port where Malvik quickly sent electricity to Cebu and Jakarta, two important strongholds of Dutch control over Southeast Asia and the permanent seat of the Governor.

Veilicha, the Dutch governor in Jakarta, was stunned when he received the telegram, and he couldn't believe his eyes: "100,000 indigenous coalition troops, supported by our countless arms, are fighting like this? Can't even hold on for a summer?"

"God, why did you create such an incompetent group of human beings! Prepare warships now, I'm going to Singapore to meet the British Governor-General! ...... at once"

The Dutch no longer had the courage to fight the Chinese, and he had to pull the British with him in any action he wanted.

That night, a Jakarta fast destroyer headed north and arrived in the Lion City of Singapore before the Zhiyuan arrived. As soon as he arrived in Singapore, Veolicha was stunned by what he saw.

I saw that the warships on the sea outside the harbor were gathered, the white sails were overwhelming, the seabirds were flying between the white sails like clouds, and the sound of British sailors training was in the call.

"Oh my God, did the British gather all the ships of Southeast Asia in the Lion City? Governor Fili, what is this going to do?"

"Governor, look, it's the battleship Melvili! the main battleship that participated in the war against the Qing Kingdom......" There were old sailors on the deck who recognized the huge battleship at the front of the queue at a glance.

The Governor pulled out his monoculars and looked into the distance, and sure enough, a capital battleship with three gun bays was anchored on the high seas, and there were busy sailors everywhere on the deck.

"Melvili, Branham...... It was actually more than 74 capital battleships! Two of them gathered together......"

"And, Governor, you see, the British destroyer fleet is also gathering...... The Louis, the Conway, the Crocodile...... A total of eight ...... were assembled."

"Transport ships? Why are there still ten transport ships? Do the British have any ocean-going missions? Still have to prepare for war...... What the hell are they trying to do?"

Governor Veiliaca was a knowledgeable man, and when he saw that the main warships that had conquered the Qing Kingdom had gathered in the sea off the Lion City, he immediately realized that Governor Fili was about to make a big move, could it be an armed intervention in the war in Borneo?

Could it be that the cunning British also felt that the Chinese were too arrogant and should be contained?

"Great, it must be like this...... Come into port at once, I'm going to see Governor Filip!"

Diplomats, especially governor-level ships, were privileged in the harbor, and when Veolicha revealed himself as governor of the Netherlands, the pilot ship approached the patrol boat and began to open a safe passage through the busy commercial dock area.

Not only that, but the patrol boat also sent a flag to Veolicha: "I apologize to you, Your Excellency the Governor, the military port is currently full and it is not possible to arrange a dock for your warship, I hope you can land smoothly from the commercial dock, I wish you all the best!"

Veolicha now has no more diplomatic etiquette, he knows that the Lion City holding the Strait of Malacca is an important military base of the British in Asia, and the scale of the construction of the military port here is very large.

It's all packed, which means that the British fleet has been gathered here, and this is a big deal!

The commercial wharf is business, now is not the time to fight for diplomatic face, the governor jumped on the wharf and soon the guards and carriages arranged by the British side came to greet him, and the group quickly rushed to the British governor's palace.