Chapter 311: Far Eastern Alliance Conference
The change of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the internal turmoil, has also caused external forces to spy on, such as the Dutch and the Spaniards, these two Western colonial powers have always wanted to get a hand on the Ming Dynasty, but because he was too strong in the past, he has not achieved this goal, but now it is different, and now their domestic civil strife is occurring, which is a good opportunity. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The Dutch thought about whether to continue to see the Penghu Islands occupied, and the Spaniards had the same idea, but the only difference between them was that they had to negotiate with the Australians, and they would only act if the Australians agreed.
The Spaniards have been thoroughly Australian, and in the Far East they do not have the strength to compete with the Australians and the Dutch, and they prefer the Australians to the Dutch, so they are happy to be the followers.
But the Dutch don't think so, they have always had differences with Australia, don't look at the relationship of cooperation on the surface, but secretly do not do less things against Australia.
Although there has never been a war between the two sides, what really scared them is Australia's strong firepower, so the Dutch have been exploring Australia's military bases, the purpose of which is to master the manufacturing of military technology.
This time they wanted to launch an attack on the Penghu Islands, so they summoned several allies of the Far East Military Alliance, thinking about whether they would send troops together like Da Ming, after all, the odds of victory at this time were very high.
At the beginning, they had fought the idea of Penghu, but they did not succeed, but now they are playing the idea here, which shows that the Dutch have made a plan, but whether this plan can be implemented is probably not so easy.
They need to discuss with Australia, after all, the deployment of Australians in Malacca is not low, and the replacement and upgrading of ships has seriously exceeded their control, so they are also very afraid of Australia's sneak attack from behind.
After all, anyway, judging from past experience, the relationship between the Australians and the Ming is extraordinary, they belong to the same race, and the degree of maintenance of the Ming people is very high, and this alone makes the Dutch dare not act rashly.
Once Australia does send troops to Batavia, they will definitely be followed by the gold medal fighter Spain, who is eager to step on the Netherlands.
Although the Far Eastern Military Alliance is a military alliance, it was actually established to prevent internal disputes and conflicts, and since its establishment, it has indeed solved many problems, reduced military frictions between the parties, and achieved joint efforts against piracy and new forces entering the region.
Therefore, generally speaking, if there is a major military operation, the Allies will inform them in advance, and after everyone sits down to discuss it, they will definitely participate in making a decision.
This meeting is the same, what they want to discuss is whether to jointly send troops to the Ming Dynasty to seize some overseas islands, and they still dare not take action against the inland or coastal areas, after all, the strength of the army has been limited, and now the interior of the Ming Dynasty is very chaotic, and all parties are on the scene.
However, it is not the same to capture the island, which is far from the land, and generally has a weak defense, so it is easier to occupy.
If Australia wants them to attack the Ming Dynasty together, isn't this an obvious invasion of the Ming Dynasty, this is not something Australia can do, not to mention that the domestic government will not agree to this matter after consultation.
When is it now, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the Guannan Ming Dynasty at a critical moment, they didn't want to help them solve the problem, but thought about how to seize their land, those who have the plot of their homeland may really spray you to death, and may let you step down.
At present, the country has built up momentum to send troops to the Ming Dynasty to help the Ming Dynasty resist the Manchu Qing, and at this time, it is absolutely impossible to participate in this matter with the Dutch, saying that the East China Sea is Zheng Zhilong's territory, and there is nothing good to be gained from starting a war with them.
It is said that the Zheng family's power at sea is very strong, and the number of ships is also very large, although Australia and the Dutch may win together, but they will also lose a lot in the end, after all, they are also equipped with a lot of Australian artillery.
The attack on the Ming Dynasty is better to attack Zheng Zhilong, as well as Liangguang, in recent years, under the supervision of Australia, the naval division of Liangguang has also carried out some ship transformation, and it can finally be pulled out of the yo-yo, not too chilling.
The cooperative relationship between Australia and the two Cantons is very close, which the Dutch are not unaware of, and their purpose here is nothing more than to test the bottom line between Australia and the two Cantons.
Although it is not involved in this matter, it does not mean that Australia will not participate in this meeting, and Australia will express its opinion at the meeting.
What is the purpose of occupying these islands, it is nothing more than for the convenience of export trade, but now that you go to occupy these places, can you meet this requirement, if you can't meet it, what is the use of you occupying it, and you have to face Zheng Zhilong and Liangguang's army, this is not so easy to deal with.
So no matter how you calculate it, this thing is actually not cost-effective, Australia will not participate in this operation, since the Australians have already expressed their position, then the Spaniards will also participate, as for the Portuguese, their strength is the most unwilling, let alone participate in this matter.
The Portuguese in Macau were the most aware of the changes in Liangguang in recent years, because they were the closest to know that Liangguang had not only trained a new army, but also renovated the previous ships, which was a big deal for them.
In the past, the naval divisions of Liangguang were also engaged in coastal defense, but now they can fight from a long distance, especially when they are equipped with Australian artillery, not to mention their power.
Of course, the main reason is that the Australians can be said to be very helpful to them, helping them upgrade their ships while helping them train troops, in this case, they are not able to fight with them casually, and the chances of winning alone are very small.
Without the participation of Australians, coupled with the great increase in the strength of Liangguang, the Dutch may not be able to lay down these places, the expansion rate of the Netherlands in the past two years is basically in Southeast Asia, and they don't know much about the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, if they know the current situation of Liangguang and Zheng Zhilong, I am afraid they will be worried.
After all, they had a lot of dealings with Zheng Zhilong in the past, and with the friction between the two sides, it was natural to think that he was the only one in the Ming coastal generation who could confront the Netherlands, and as for the other naval divisions, they did not have the ability to fight from a long distance at all.
In this case, they will naturally only pay attention to Zheng Zhilong, and will not pay too much attention to the sailors of Liangguang, I am afraid that this time they will be planted in the hands of Shen Youlong of Liangguang. (To be continued.) )