Chapter 221: Strategic Deployment
The return of the Perfect to the sea undoubtedly brought unexpected results to the situation in the Far East, and the Dutch, who were originally relatively strong, once again became a turtle with a shrunken head, hiding behind the Australians It seems that it is a bit of a little bit of an Australian brother. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
This made the Spaniards in Manila very puzzled, when did the strong Dutch old become like this, is it just because the Australians are stronger than them, they lost the confidence to fight, or have other reasons.
There was no conflict between the Australians and the Netherlands, neither at sea nor on land, of course, even if it did, it would not be possible to hide it, after all, the Spanish always sent a lot of spies in Batavia, and these people did not eat dry.
So there is only one possibility, that is, the Dutch know some secrets of the Australians, after all, the Dutch have been to the Australian mainland relatively many times, and most importantly, their relationship with Australia is extraordinary, these two points alone are enough to make people suspicious.
Of course, there are other reasons that Spain does not know, the navy ships conducted an actual combat exercise with the Dutch navy off the coast of the Australian mainland, and the final result was that the Dutch lost to the Australians.
They don't have to rely on the flag language to fight together, and they do it from a distance, which the Dutch can't do, they don't know how the Australians do it, and that alone makes them very scared, and of course the more important thing is that the Australians promised to help upgrade their warships.
The so-called transformation is not to carry out the transformation of the power of the steam engine, but to strengthen its defensive performance, and there are other aspects, the most important is the transformation of weapons, Australia promised to help them upgrade their weapons, which is the most important.
The original weapons on the Dutch ships were about the same level as those of the European countries at the same level, so naturally they would not be any better, and it would be impossible to compare them with the Australian weapons.
With this article there, what does it matter if the Dutch are the little brother for a while, after all, as long as the weapon is modified, they can completely become the most powerful existence except for the Australians, which is necessary, and in fact they are really not Australians' opponents.
In addition to conducting military exercises at sea, the two sides actually conducted land operations on Christmas Island, an independent city in Australia, and the final result was that the Australians won, and the Australians let them know what all-round abuse is, and made Van Dymen feel the crisis in Batavia first.
He now thinks that it would be a mistake to hand over Malacca to the Australians, who are not only gaining more and more power here, but may even directly replace the Dutch position, which makes Van Diemen very depressed, so to speak.
Of course, the main problem is that Van Dimen cannot make up his mind to fight against the Australians, and if he has the determination to fight against Australia, it is very likely that this is not the case at the moment, and everything may not go the way he thinks.
So the most important problem in all this is that they have made the wrong decision themselves, and if they can make the right decision and make up their minds to do something to the Australians, the Perfect will not be able to sail at that time, which will most likely guarantee their position.
Now it is too late, and it is they themselves who have given Australia the opportunity to regain its hegemony in the Far East.
For this reason, Van Dimen had to cooperate with the Australians on the one hand, and on the other hand, to upgrade the defense of Batavia, especially the upgrading of the coastal defense battery, which was the most important place to deal with the Australians, and the coastal defense battery ensured the safety of the city on land to a certain extent.
Of course, in the face of the Australians, he has absolutely no effect, as long as the Netherlands and the Australian warships fight, they know that their range can not hit the warships at all, of course, there is also the most important problem is that the Australian warships are too fast, they are difficult to accurate, which they cannot do.
If they can't do that, they can't really have any effect on the Australian warships.
After all, Batavia LeTV has an embassy, and its role is not only to deal with normal exchanges between the two sides, but also to monitor the Dutch and report their every move, so this is actually an intelligence station.
Of course, the Dutch embassy in Australia must have the same responsibilities, according to Zhou Billy, the Dutch have sent spies to Australia, the number is definitely not less than 50, and most of the suspects have been closely monitored.
So while the Dutch are making defenses, Australia is also making strategic deployments, and the main purpose of Luzon's overseas territory is to contain Manila and Batavia, of course, its main thing is to monitor Manila, but from this location, it actually has a monitoring effect on both places.
The strategic deployment in Luzon is also to prevent them, a company of troops will be stationed here, and at the same time, the sub-base of the Far East Fleet will be set up, which means that in the future, half of the warships of the Far East Fleet will be docked here.
This will be a deterrent to the Dutch, who are relatively close to Batavia or Manila, and are ready to strike at any place.
When he knew the decision made by the Australians, Van Diemen had a feeling of vomiting blood, he felt that this was a counterattack by the Australians to strengthen his defense in Batavia, of course, on the surface, the two sides still greeted each other with smiles, as if nothing had happened, but in fact, they were on guard against each other behind their backs.
If it weren't for the Spaniards bringing in Australians, this kind of thing would not have happened, and if Van Diemen wants to say hate, he still hates them the most, after all, he has not started, and he can't agree that Malacca will be under the management of Australia.
The source of everything is actually still on the Spaniards, so if you want to get angry or look for them, this is Van Diemen's idea, so he specially sent people to engage in friction with the Spaniards, hoping to make things bigger, and finally have a war with them, standing on the side that Australia has a better relationship with them will favor them, so he decided to do this.
It's just that Chris has been prepared in advance, and it is not a big deal for them to engage in friction at this time, the important thing is that the Australians support them and tell them the news. (To be continued.) )