The protracted war has made the European countries realize that if they fight in this way, both sides will be in danger of extinction, although the original army of tens of thousands of people to the smallest of a few hundred men now fights, all of this has to do with the use of new weapons.

The troops with Australia's new weapons are like divine help, of course, the war is fought by attrition, and whoever has accumulated abundant capital will have the last laugh.

In particular, the emergence of Australia's new weapons has brought greater pressure to various countries, and it can be said that whoever has the money can get the most Australian weapons, and with weapons, they can take the lead in the battlefield.

After more than 20 years of war, it can be said that there is basically not much money left in the country, of course, there is one country exception, that is, the Netherlands, a country known as the coachman of the sea, can be said to have grown up in the war, and after years of development, it has a huge colony overseas.

The Netherlands is the third largest country in European overseas colonization, except for Spain and Portugal who can compare with him, as for the British, it is even less to compare, as for the French, the focus is still on European land hegemony, and they have not done much overseas operations.

However, with the development of the war, each side realized that there was a problem that could not be fought, and it was really unbearable to continue fighting like this.

Everyone knows that negotiation is the most difficult, and it is also the easiest place to get the most out of the fight, and all parties want to get the maximum benefits, especially if there is no winner in this war, that is, it is not used by the defeated countries for exploitation.

It is very difficult to negotiate and benefit sharing without exploitation, and each has to speak for its own interests.

For the first time, the Europeans realized that they could not fight, but they did not buy less weapons, and whoever had more Australian weapons would have an overwhelming victory. This is undeniable, and the most important point is that the two sides are now playing a draw.

At present, the main forces of Spain are concentrated on the line of the French border, ready to launch a charge at any time, of course, the French coalition is also waiting to wait and see, although the two sides have entered the negotiation period, but the tense atmosphere has not changed at all, and everyone knows that this time can not retreat. Just make a look.

The negotiation between the two parties took place in Amsterdam, and the Australian Consulate-General in Europe, Consul Yu Bowen, was responsible for mediating the negotiations between the two parties.

Seriously, the Australian government was a little surprised by the early truce of European countries, in their plan, it was best for these guys to fight for thirty or fifty years, so that they could directly drag down the process of Europe's entry into modern civilization, but now it is obviously not possible, and European countries are aware of the continuation of the war. It will only continue to drag down the country's economy.

In addition to the impact on the country's economy, the loss of population is also a major problem, and the rural fields of various countries have been barren for many years, no one cultivates them, and the lives of the large and small nobles have also been affected.

They will definitely not be able to stand it until it ends, so under this premise, they can only negotiate.

Yu Bowen acted as mediator for the Australian representative. He is not directly involved in the negotiations between the parties, but is only responsible for witnessing the negotiations between the parties as a notary.

The representative of Spain first made a statement. They categorically disagreed with the independence of the Netherlands, which had to be under Spanish rule.

This was obviously impossible, and although the Dutch did not nominally have the right to independence, they had in fact been independent for decades, and had defeated the Spanish coalition many times, so it was impossible to give it up. Moreover, the Netherlands has the third largest overseas colonies in Europe, and if it gives up its independence, it means that all of these colonies will become Spain.

The Dutch would not be stupid enough to agree that if they were to give up their independence, they would definitely choose war.

But that's how the negotiations are, the two sides put the terms out, and the negotiations come to an end.

As an ally of the Dutch. The English, although they received the number of steamships purchased from the Spaniards, would not have supported such impudent conditions from the Spaniards.

"Mr. Chris, I would like to remind you that the independence of the Netherlands is a voluntary act of the people, and that Spain and the Habsburgs have no right to interfere." The representative of Britain cautioned in righteous words.

At this point, they are still very supportive of their ally Netherlands, although the Netherlands are a little unrighteous, but on the whole the two are good friends.

There is still a certain commonality between good friends on key issues.

"Mr. Colin, I think this is our own problem in Spain, and it should not need to be negotiated at the negotiating table." Chris responded as usual.

He also knew that it was a bit of a fool's dream to get the Netherlands to give up their independence and rejoin Spain, it was absolutely impossible, and the Dutch were not much weaker than Spain, especially in the Far East, where the deployment of troops had completely surpassed Spain's existence.

It would be as difficult to re-annex such a formidable opponent to Spain as it would be to wage a war against it.

The main purpose of the arguments between the two sides is to create an armistice, and this anti-Habsburg war has seriously dragged the countries into a quagmire.

"Chris, I think if Spain still has this attitude, we will only see each other on the battlefield." Colin shrugged apologetically.

If Spain really insists on this condition, there is really no need to continue negotiations, and if the current negotiations continue, it seems that neither side will retreat.

The first negotiation failed, the two sides broke up unhappily, and in the end they could only compete on the battlefield from the new I, whoever won naturally had the right to speak, but it is conceivable that this is impossible, the strength of the two sides is equal, the weapons and equipment are the same, it is difficult to play any new tricks, and the most important thing is that the soldiers on both sides are already tired, and some have been soldiers for almost 30 years.

It is not only the economies of various countries that are exhausted, but also the armies of various countries that do not want to fight, so they will promote this negotiation, but the negotiations have just begun to fall into unpleasant contradictions, which is why the current situation has been created.

Australia's role in this is only a witness, and the specific mediation work is actually not the master, and they will not listen, Australia's troops in Europe are almost zero, and there is no threat to them.

The first negotiations ended without any progress on both sides, but the purchase of arms from Australia doubled. (To be continued.) )