Although the Australian government did not agree to military deterrence of Siam, it did approve the routine military exercises in the East China Sea proposed by the Ministry of Defence.

The East China Sea Fleet cooperated with the Dutch fleet stationed in Batavia and the Spaniards, and the Portuguese conducted the first large-scale exercise in the East China Sea.

This is the first time that the Quartet has conducted a joint maritime exercise in the East China Sea, as for the meaning behind it, it is not known, but according to Zheng Zhilong's guess, this is definitely not a good thing, for the Zheng family, so many warships are operating in their own territory, which is equivalent to slapping themselves in the face.

For this reason, Zheng Zhilong specially sent someone to send a letter similar to the diplomatic church and questioning to the Australian Consulate, hoping that they could give an explanation to himself, the overlord of the East China Sea.

But the Australian didn't seem to think so, and only replied to him with a few words. Annual routine drills.

The four words of the routine drill reached Zheng Zhilong's ears, and he was so angry that he clenched the fist in his hand and slammed it on the coffee table, and the table shook and shook, making the little soldier who came back to report the news tremble, for fear that he would take out his anger if he was not happy.

Australians say it is a routine drill, but in the eyes of everyone this is not a real drill, according to the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, you don't come early, don't come late, come at this time, what does it mean.

If you don't doubt you, you have to doubt you, who called Australians look like they don't look like good people.

Not to mention, this exercise does have a certain purpose, as for why it is an island landing exercise, it has to start with the Indochina Peninsula, although it is in the radiation zone of several forces, but it is definitely not something they can control.

For example, Siam and Vietnam on the island are in a state of division at this time, and Australia means to mess up this place and make Siam a little trouble. If you want to find trouble, you will inevitably need the help of your teammates.

The Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese are good partners and teammates, especially for the Spaniards, they have always wanted to expand their influence here, but because of their own strength is not enough, and there are Dutch staring at them from the sidelines. That's why they have been standing still.

This time, the Australians offered to say that they were the most readily agreed, especially since Vietnam had already coveted it.

However, the Australians seem to be only talking about the exercise, and they did not clearly say that they will use troops here, and the area of the exercise seems to be a little wrong, and it is actually placed in the East China Sea.

This is Zheng Zhilong's territory, is it too likely that the Australians will suppress them again, and there are already contradictions between them. It's not the first time that there has been a conflict, don't look at the fact that everyone is working together happily on the surface, but everyone can see the competition in the secret.

Take the Dutch, for example, although they cooperate with the Australians the most, but they still do not stop spying on the Australian mainland.

It's just that both sides know it now, and they don't say it explicitly, and if one day they suddenly make it public, then that's when the two sides break up. However, judging from the current situation, the two sides will not break up at least during the cooperation period of the steamship project.

The East China Sea Fleet is nominally a fleet. However, the real number of ships is only two, but this situation will soon be resolved, and with the unstable situation of the Ming Dynasty, in order to ensure that the interests in Hong Kong are not infringed, the Ministry of National Defense has decided to integrate two of the five warships newly renovated in recent years into the East China Sea Fleet to strengthen its strength in this region.

The news has not yet been released. If it is released, it will definitely cause an uproar, especially the threat to the Zheng family is the strongest, after all, the distance between the two sides is too close, the Australian ships are fast, and the power of the artillery is greater than the 26-pounder gun used by the Zheng family.

The choice to conduct the first round of exercises of this year in the East China Sea is indeed intended to deter the Zheng family. Let them be honest and not go too far.

According to the intelligence, the main fleet that came into the Zheng family had been cruising south, which was absolutely not allowed for the East China Sea Fleet stationed in Hong Kong, even if you wanted to go south, it must be reported, and if you don't report it, it would be a provocation.

But considering that the two sides are currently in a period of cooperation, or it is better to turn big things into small things and small things, there is no need to make a big deal for this little thing, since you have shown your fists, it is not impossible for Australia to show off its muscles.

And Australia also wants to let the Zheng family see that the current situation is not what it was at the beginning, the Dutch and the Spaniards are following behind them and waving their flags and shouting, as long as you dare to make a move, you can be attacked from all sides in an instant, which is definitely not a big deal.

It seems that the Australians want to stir up a storm in the East China Sea, otherwise they will definitely not stop.

Let the Zheng family, the largest warlord in Fujian, give up here and go to Vietnam to develop, Australia must do this, otherwise there will be no chance in the future, once the Southern Ming Dynasty is established, he will definitely become a roadblock.

In order to allow the Zheng family to migrate and develop like the Indochina Peninsula in Vietnam, Australia united with the Dutch and Spanish spies to suppress their survival circle at sea in the following period of time, until the other party went to Vietnam.

As for the rest, the Australians can't manage so much, and the iron nail of the Zheng family must be pulled out, which is already unanimously agreed by the government and the military, so naturally no one will object to a little military spending for this exercise.

The military expenses are out, as for when it will start, it depends on when the warships of the other three parties will arrive, but recently, the two warships of the East China Sea Fleet have been constantly testing artillery, which also gives everyone an early warning, and the day of the exercise is not far away.

As the flagship, the main task of the East China Sea Fleet is to charge and cover firepower, compared to the lack of firepower of other parties, the firepower of the Australians can be said to be quite powerful.

Regarding the unusual actions of the East China Sea Fleet, the Zheng family's spies sent people to report the situation here back to Zheng Zhilong every day, so that he could know the movements of Australia at any time for deployment.

The Australians have always liked to play with surprise attacks, and at some point the warships will sail to the waters off Quanzhou or Fuzhou, and by the time they find them, the guns have already been aimed at all the ships in their harbor.

In the face of such a somewhat puzzling action of the Australians, the Zheng family's actions in the East China Sea have also been restrained, trying not to clash with the Australians so that they can find excuses, this is the only thing they can do, and it is also one of the only solutions that can be solved at present.

If you want to say that you can't fight and can't fight, then you can only dodge, and if you can't dodge, then you can only force it. (To be continued......)