The war between the Southern Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty has seriously affected the export of raw silk and tea, and even raised the price of these two items for a time, and also affected the export sales of Australian goods.

The importance of a stable south to Australia was raised again, there were too many regimes in the south, different government decrees, and the Manchu Qing still had the ability to go south, which caused a certain pressure on all parties in the south and the economy would be affected.

The influence of many factors, such as the barrenness of the fields and the lack of cultivation, are all important factors affecting purchasing power and exports.

With the instability of the situation in Nanming, some enterprises that originally relied mainly on exports to Nanming have been affected to a certain extent.

Yang Wenwen's garment factory, for example, was obviously the most affected, with sales in the previous quarter falling by 60 percent compared to the same quarter last year.

The contraction of the market has seriously affected the Australian economy, which the expansionist Huang Fu's cabinet strongly disagrees with.

If you want to continue to maintain expansion, that is, you must stabilize the situation in Nanming, and you must intervene militarily to stabilize the situation in Nanming, but at this time, military intervention is obviously not the best time, Australia's military expansion plan has not yet been completed, and there are still two integrated battalions that are not full, and the ships of the navy have not been delivered, so what it means to send troops at this time can be imagined.

Therefore, at this time, Australia was completely unprepared for the dispatch of troops, and the transportation of weapons and ammunition, as well as the handling of relations with the Netherlands, needed to be resolved.

Now the problem facing Australia is very simple, that is, how to solve the threat from the Manchus, so Shen Youlong proposed to send troops to attack the Manchus, and this proposal was agreed.

If you can use this opportunity to temporarily repel the Manchus and buy time for Australia's troops, you can completely interrupt the strength of the Manchus to go south again.

According to Australian intelligence, the main force going south this time was not the elite troops of the Manchu Eight Banner Army, which means that it was not the two white flags of Dolgon. As long as it is not the two white flags, it is still possible for the new army of Liangguang to deal with it.

And this time Li Zicheng will also send troops to block the Manchu Qing south, although he did not get the title of king, but obviously this is out of righteousness or decided to send troops, but also for his own efforts to win over the support of the scholar class in the south of the Yangtze River.

For this reason, Australia also secretly sold dozens of artillery pieces to Li Zicheng's troops, so that he would not be beaten too badly, but according to the analysis of the intelligence department, this time Li Zicheng really wanted to send troops, and his troops had already been mobilized, and I believe that the combat effectiveness of the Dashun army after recuperation will inevitably be stronger than before, and it can be seen that it can be seen that it is the elite of the Dashun army if it can follow him all the way to the south.

Li Zicheng's dispatch of troops will contribute to the stability of Jiangnan to a certain extent. With Shen Youlong facing the enemy head-on, the odds of victory this time will be great.

But it is not excluded that there is a possibility, that is, Lao Shen's new army was really defeated by outnumbering the enemy, after all, there are only more than 2,000 troops and 200 artillery pieces, and at this time it can be said that if you want to enter Nanjing City, you can only transport it through Australian warships.

In order to match the new armies of Hei, Shen and Yulong against the enemy, the warships stationed in Hong Kong and Dayuan Island were dispatched at zero hour and acted as a transport team.

At present, the warships have entered the Yangtze River along the coast, as long as the Manchu troops once encircle the city of Nanjing. Then the Forces nouvelles troops will go ashore to fight.

As for the hostility with the Manchus, the Australian government has already thought of an explanation, saying that Shen Youlong, the governor of Liangguang, leased Australian warships and was only responsible for transportation. Didn't get involved in it.

Even if the Manchus protested against this, it was useless, they couldn't do anything with the Australians, and they still had to buy weapons from Australia, and Australia had the initiative.

Judging from the news sent back by Feng Zihai. The Manchus also had further plans to purchase artillery to enhance their combat effectiveness, and Dolgon had already realized the power of firearms in battle, so it was necessary to increase the use of expanded firearms. At the same time, there is the possibility of copying new firearms.

However, it is said that this guy has not succeeded in imitating the cannon cannon, and has recently been busy dealing with the opposition of a group of old nobles, who are opposed because they feel that if firearms are used on a large scale, the Manchu iron cavalry will be degraded and useless.

Rotten thoughts, so that Dolgon is not willing to be with these people at all, and even unwilling to look at these people, although the Manchu Iron Cavalry is strong in combat, but when the Australians use that coffee mill machine gun, they will definitely not be able to find the north.

The shock to Dorgon was so great that he almost wanted to change the Manchu army from the new era.

The appearance of the coffee mill machine gun can be said to be the nemesis of the Manchu cavalry, more powerful than the cannon, and the dense rain of bullets can instantly penetrate the human body, and even less than a stick of incense can put everyone down.

Therefore, Comrade Lao Duo has a strong **, that is, the Manchus can have such a force.

Under this premise, Dolgon will definitely not fall out with Australia, after all, the Australians did not directly send troops, which to a certain extent is equivalent to retaining the possibility of continuing to cooperate.

To support Shen Youlong's 500,000 troops to block Haoge, Australia must provide it with backup guarantees, first of all, weapons, ammunition and food, firearms are consumption, and it can be said that the ammunition consumed in the face of a large-scale attack like this is very huge.

If nothing else, take the 500,000 people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it will take at least a few hours to fire with shells and machine guns. It's saying that people won't be stupid to stand there waiting for you to fight, so this weapon and ammunition still have to be shipped from Australia.

At present, the ammunition depots in Hong Kong and Dayuan Island have been taken out for Shen Youlong to use in advance, and the ammunition loaded from the mainland is already on the way.

For Shen Youlong's support this time, it can be said that the cost of Australia's investment is quite large, and the allocation to support this batch of weapons alone is the government's temporary appropriation of the cost of building the railway, although it was opposed by some people, but it was still supported by the military.

The Manchu war has always been supported by the military bigwigs, so they expressed their support for the move of the Huang Fu cabinet, and even if a small number of people expressed opposition, they could only stare dryly.

Of course, Shen Youlong also paid a certain price for this operation, and the Australian government will be responsible for and operate the railway construction rights in the two Guangxi provinces in the future.

Although Lao Shen doesn't know what a railway is, as more and more students stay in Australia in the future, I'm afraid that Lao Shen will be scolded as a traitor, but these are not things that need to be considered now. (To be continued.) )