Chapter 282: A New Prologue to the Thirty Years' War

According to the course of history, the Thirty Years' War in 1642 has basically entered the final stage, and although we can see from the history books that there are still six years to officially end, the countries that participated in the war so far are basically unable to continue to support it.

In this case, the war was coming to an end, and Europe would usher in a major opportunity for development, with Britain and France as examples, after which Britain's growing navy finally replaced the Dutch empire, and France replaced Spain's position as the strongest army on the European continent.

This also laid the foundation for the later British and French struggle for overseas colonies, but it is certain that this war gradually caused Spain to decline, just like the sun going down, and it was unable to participate in the struggle for maritime supremacy of the great powers.

Originally, the war was about to end, and both sides could not continue to fight, but since the Holy Roman Empire Army, which had obtained new Australian-style weapons, suddenly became extremely brave, and took the allied forces of Britain and France by surprise on the battlefield, and won a small victory, the Holy Roman Empire began to gain confidence on the side of the camp.

The members of the Habsburg family also held grand dinners in their own domains or royal palaces on many occasions to celebrate the arrival of rare victories, while England, France, and other countries that were opposed to the Habsburgs were completely defeated in the war because of the late arrival of new weapons.

"It's hard to imagine, Mr. Consul General, that without your help this time, the Empire's coalition forces would not have been able to defeat those barbarian fellows. Cheers to our victory. In a castle in Vienna, Austria, Yu Bowen was invited to a celebration banquet for the Holy Roman Empire.

The purpose of inviting him to attend this time is self-evident, and the other side must be hoping to get more support from Australian-style weapons. At the same time, it is hoped that the Australians will be able to participate in this war at sea, although the Holy Roman Empire has such a strong naval ally as Spain, but in fact, the Spanish navy cannot directly participate in the war, because once they enter the war in England and the Netherlands, they can find and snipe.

So they hoped that an extraterritorial ally would be able to launch an attack on the English and Dutch at sea, which would greatly reduce the pressure on their side.

"General Grace, this is what we should do. It is our duty as a customer of the Republic of Australia to provide you with quality products, but as a friend I need to remind you that the Dutch got in touch with officials in Australia through the Governor of Batavia in the Far East. You have also obtained a batch of weapons no less than yours, and it will be difficult to tell whether the war between you and you will be won or lost. ”

"Yes, but we've won and our morale is high. Those stupid England and the French are definitely not our opponents. "Grace has been carried away by the victory. Basically forgetting that not long ago his so-called coalition forces were still suffering defeat, and if it weren't for the Australians suddenly providing some weapons and indirectly revealing some information to them, where would they still be victorious.

"In that case, let's hope it will be as Mr. Grace said." Yu Bowen smiled and did not continue to discuss with the other party how to fight the next battle. No matter what the other side is, as long as they can continue to fight, the ultimate goal of Australia's arms export is to reduce the development strength of European countries to the greatest extent and buy more development time for Australia.

Judging by the current situation. This goal can be regarded as a preliminary achievement, and the results can be seen from the warring sides in the European theater. It is not used for excessive blogging to the United States, and the people in the intelligence department will also report the news here to the country truthfully.

It's just that now he is a little worried about whether the side of the Lower Anti-Kazakhstan Alliance, which has always been in an advantageous state, will directly change the tide of the war and make the Holy Roman Empire surrender ahead of schedule after obtaining Australian-style equipment on a large scale.

Now seeing this General Grace of the Holy Roman Empire, Yu Bowen's worries are getting heavier and heavier, and he has a feeling in his heart that he is not afraid of a god-like opponent is afraid of a pig-like opponent, obviously this Grace is a pig-like teammate, and he almost forgot what his surname was after just a small victory.

In fact, similar to what he guessed, this guy named Grace is indeed not famous, and the battlefield is not a head-to-head battle, mainly to follow behind to receive prisoners.

"Mr. Consul General, this is a gift from His Majesty the Emperor of our country, and we hope that Australia will form an alliance with us to stop the supply of arms to the French Netherlands, England, and we also hope that you will strike at England and the Netherlands from the sea."

Involving the Australians in the war in Europe, it is obvious that the Holy Roman Emperor and his allies have a high opinion of Australia's capabilities, Australia has powerful military weapons, but it does not mean that it has the ability to fight in the ocean, even if the Sea Blue and the existing warships are all dispatched, it is not enough to support Australia's combat costs.

The reason why Australia agreed to sell steam engines to the Netherlands actually has another purpose, that is, it hopes to use the Dutch to establish fuel replenishment stations at supply points in various places, although Australia can also build its own, but at present, Australia does not have this cost.

The cost of the initial investment is too high, Australia needs to shoulder the development of the country, and at the same time to maintain the presence of power in the Ming Dynasty and Southeast Asia, which requires the support of funds, no money is not possible, so the Dutch who are rich and not short of money established in advance, and then the two sides signed a treaty for common use to successfully solve this problem.

"Mr. Grace, with all due respect, Australia has no intention of participating in the internal affairs of European countries, and the Netherlands has signed a trading partnership treaty with us, objectively saying that we are selling weapons to you against our partners, but we still do it, do you know why, because the Kingdom of Spain is also our partner, but if Australia is directly involved, this will cause serious losses to our credit, and no one will dare to do business with us in the future, so Australia must remain neutral, I believe that your empire and allies will be able to defeat England and France, and I am right. Yu Bowen smiled, looked at the other party and asked.

"Yes, the Holy Roman Empire and its allies are the greatest and invincible, and I am sorry that your country cannot participate in such a holy war, but our friendship is enduring, come, cheers, long live our friendship." (To be continued......)