Chapter 348: The Final Decision of Congress
Fan Dimen's request, Zhou Yang still has to report to the Congress, even if they don't report their embassy, they will submit a report to the Australian government, this is certain, you don't have to think about it to know what the situation is. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Their war has changed dramatically, and if they don't turn the tide of the war, it is likely that they will be completely bogged down in the quagmire.
In Parliament, the parliamentarians sat together to discuss whether or not to agree to Van Diemen's request.
Judging by the situation of the intelligence services, in fact, the losses of the anti-Habsburg coalition forces did not suffer much, and they probably had other actions to buy weapons.
The intelligence services don't have any solid evidence yet, but it's pretty much the same, so that's why it's so sure.
They were supposed to use weapons for other operations, whether they were to deceive the Habsburg Confederations, or whether they were going to operate in the overseas colonies.
But now we are discussing whether to export weapons, whether the export will affect the development of the war, and we can't control so many other things.
The fear of parliamentarians was that the balance would be upset, and the Habsburg side would be completely defeated, which would mean the end of the Thirty Years' War.
At the end of the Thirty Years' War, the great powers of Europe will rise, they will look to the Far East, and the interests of the Australians will definitely be entangled, so they can't let them end the war quickly, at least until the Ming Dynasty defeats the Manchus, this war will definitely not end.
The parliamentarians have their own ideas and opinions, but of course the final decision will depend on the actual situation.
The intelligence services should increase the collection of European intelligence so that they can formulate corresponding countermeasures, but what they did not expect is that the European intelligence services are asking them for funding on this basis, and they need to provide a large amount of funds to carry out their activities.
The problem of funding is actually very easy to solve, but the key problem is that there is a shortage of European members in the European intelligence services, and if a large number of Asian members are used, it is still difficult to operate, so it is necessary to recruit a large number of European members for training.
In the past two years, many homeless children have been adopted from Europe, and many of them are actually the targets of the future development of the intelligence services.
Although it is a bit unfair to them, at least Australia has ensured that their lives have changed to a certain extent, and this change is not a day or two.
Of course, most of them want to live an ordinary life, after all, not all of them are suitable for intelligence work.
In addition to Van Dimen's request for 2,000 rifles, there were 100 26-pounder cannons, which was enough to equip them with a regiment, and a regiment could directly make a big difference to the enemy.
Say that you must be cautious, you must not agree easily, if you agree easily, it will completely affect the situation of the war.
Van Diemen asked for an expanded arms export, and the Spaniards over there naturally sent people to discuss the problem, and they could not have been unaware of their actions, so it is certain that they probably already knew that the other side was asking the Australians for help.
The Spaniards also wanted to acquire weapons, which were crucial to their victory on the battlefield, but as they stand, they would not necessarily be used in the battles for Europe itself, but overseas.
The Spanish colonies on the North American continent were almost completely divided between England and the Dutch, and they naturally hoped to be able to take them back by some means, but they also knew that if they needed to take them back, they would have to have a strong military backing.
It is now difficult to distinguish between the winners and losers in the current European battlefield, and as long as there is no deviation, this situation will basically not be born.
But it is intriguing what exactly the Dutch bought their weapons for, and according to intelligence, it is still possible to provide their allies with their weapons stockpiles on their homeland.
MPs are still debating whether to pay for it, but Van Diemen can't wait.
The reason why they were so anxious to get weapons was because the Dutch also had entanglements of interests with the English on the North American continent, and there was a war between the two sides, and they wanted to use some of the weapons to transport them to North America, but this was obviously not in line with the interests of the homeland, so in the end they chose to let Van Diemen ask for help.
The Dutch overseas colonies have always been relatively independent, and the local administrators sometimes do not listen to them, because the native Dutch are allied with England, so the relationship between the allies must be guaranteed, so those parts of the weapons must not be moved.
This complicated relationship is a bit of a mess for the parliamentarians, not to mention the Australian parliament, even the Dutch parliamentarians are estimated to have to be dizzy, obviously competitors are going to sell weapons to them, and they must be guaranteed.
The reason why the coalition forces in Europe were defeated was because the English used some of their weapons in the North American theater, which was tantamount to a fatal blow to the Dutch man-made car, and they did not expect the British to do this.
In fact, for the English, the interests of the European continent are not as important as they think, and from the current situation, they want more benefits in North America, which is why they are more willing to put their weapons in North America than stay here.
In this case, it was the most disadvantageous for the Dutch, whose interests in North America were violated, and there was a possibility that they would be defeated by the Habsburg League and reincorporated into the Spanish territory at home, but there was nothing they could do with the English.
It's true that there are troops sent to help you in Europe, so you still have to abide by the alliance treaty anyway.
Selling weapons to them so that they can continue to fight on the North American battlefield is also beneficial to Australia, and the parliamentarians feel that it is okay to sell, but it must be reduced by half, otherwise they will not be able to control the situation if they give them too much.
Can't let the English take the opportunity to become bigger, Australia has always put too much energy on the Spanish and Dutch, and not too much on the English, in fact, the English are the future hegemon, so now it is time to adjust the strategic plan, put more experience on the English, to prevent them from taking the opportunity to become bigger, and become a new empire on the sea in the future.
They had to keep the civil strife, it was necessary, otherwise it would be too much of a threat to Australia, and the final result given by the parliamentarians was to agree to sell some to the Dutch.