The Manchu wolf is devouring the territory of the Ming Dynasty step by step, and as another wolf, the Dutch are also doing the same thing, but their identities are somewhat similar, the Netherlands used to be only a province of Spain, but now it has reached the point where it has competed with its own suzerain, and even Spain, which is forced step by step, has lost the throne of the maritime hegemon of the Far East.

The situation of the Manchu Qing is similar, the Manchu Qing from the original Ming Dynasty to replace the Ming Dynasty that ruled the Central Plains, the only difference is that the Manchus are about to complete their own unification, but the Dutch have not yet been able to complete their independence, their so-called independence has not been recognized.

Even now, the Spaniards have not recognized the independence of the Netherlands, and it can be seen from this that the Spaniards still fantasize about defeating the Dutch, but the Australian rulers, who are the people who have traveled through it, know that this is impossible, not to mention that they can't defeat the Netherlands, and the Netherlands itself is gradually declining.

By this time, the English had gradually replaced the Dutch, and even in North America, the strength of the English people had emerged, which made the Dutch realize that another formidable competitor had arrived.

Spain was already a sunset empire in their eyes, and there was no chance of defeating them, and the only thing they were afraid of was that the Australians' military power in Southeast Asia was constantly expanding, surpassing the Dutch presence in this region, which caused them a lot of pressure.

If you want to continue to be the hegemon of this region, you must get the support of external forces, and the Australians participate in the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty, this is an opportunity, it is a good opportunity for the Dutch, if you can become an ally with the Manchu Qing, this will definitely be beneficial to the Netherlands.

Imagine, once the Manchu Qing unified the Ming Dynasty and imposed sanctions on the Australians. By restricting their goods and immigration, the Netherlands would not have to be under as much pressure in the region.

For the Manchus, the Dutch were also a good weapon importer, they also had the ability to make artillery, and their power at sea was not much weaker than that of the Australians.

The Dutch wanted to gain access to a unified Ming market and to contain the Australian forces, but the Manchus also had to ensure that the Dutch were given preferential policies for the export of tea and silk and porcelain.

These are the things that the Netherlands want the most, and if they can make a bigger profit on this, then they don't mind the Manchu cooperation. As for fighting the old Australians, unless they are crazy, they won't do it when they don't have absolute certainty of victory.

The Dutch are not at all inferior to the Travelers, and that is to be recognized.

The cooperation between them was very secretive, although it was not known to outsiders, but this was also hidden from the Australians, Feng Zihai had already sent the news of the contact between the Dutch and the Manchus back to the mainland, just to let the local make plans early.

Now it seems that they did have a plot, but the Spaniards were very good. At this time, the Manila fleet had already sent five capital warships into the waters of the Malay Peninsula to cruise in the open seas controlled by the Dutch, and the purpose of this obviously provocative act was self-evident.

In the event of a war between the Netherlands and Spain. One thing is certain, the Dutch, who was defeated in the end, now had more than 8,000 troops in his garrison, while the Spanish troops in the entire Far East were less than 3,000. But Spain will definitely have the support of Australia.

There is no sign of the Australian defense of Malacca, which further increases the ambition of the Dutch to occupy Malacca and frequently mobilizes troops. Exercises were conducted on the border, and even bullets fired during many exercises had already reached the Australian side.

The smell of provocation is strong, I have to say that a person can do anything when he is crazy, Brown is a little crazy at this time, he doesn't know that the Sea Blue has arrived on Christmas Island, and has made supplies again, and he can go directly to Batavia tomorrow morning.

The Dutch spies on Christmas Island wanted to tell Brown the news, but even now they couldn't run as fast as other people's giant ships, so they could only silently watch the Sea Blue leave, but they were indifferent.

Brown was still giving instructions to fight in the Governor's Palace in Batavia, and he had already thought that as long as he occupied Lower Malacca before the Australians returned, it would be useless for Australia to come back, and when the time came, he would defend himself by sea and land, and he didn't believe that they could still take back the territory, and it was obvious that Brown felt seamless about his plan.

After all, he came up with this plan after a few nights, and he didn't believe that the Australians could crack it, and the Australians' fleet and troops would not be able to be withdrawn for a while, so he would win this war.

It's just that before his plan was implemented, he heard a news that was no less than surprising to him, the Australians came.

The Australians came, where did they come from, the first thing he thought about was whether the troops from Hong Kong had withdrawn, but he never thought that there would be another army in Australia.

The official's report surprised him, from Christmas Island, that is, the troops from the mainland, he didn't know how many defensive warships there were in Australia, but the giant ship was definitely there, as long as the giant ship did not come, everything would be easy.

However, things are often not so satisfactory, after all, Australia will not listen to him, and the Sea Blue sent out this time.

Before entering the port, the Sea Blue directly sank a Dutch warship, and did not even fire a shot, which hit Brown very hard, and he swore that the last thing he wanted to see was the giant ship Sea Blue, as long as this huge warship came out, there must be no good thing.

It turns out that they have always thought wrongly, the Australians seem to be waiting for themselves to show their feet, what is the purpose of their doing this, can it be that they really want to go to war with the Netherlands, it is impossible.

Now Brown's heart was hesitant, not knowing whether to declare war directly or to sit down and negotiate, but he was sure that the entire Batavia fleet was no match for the giant ships.

A warship that was directly sunk was nothing for the Netherlands, but it also gave them a big dismount, at least no one dared to hit Australia's territory.

The arrival of the Sea Blue was undoubtedly a declaration that Australia was ready, and they would not mind shelling Batavia again as long as there was any change in the Dutch, and sent people to talk to Brown about their attempt to occupy Malacca, so that the warship was driven to the door of someone else's house to protest, which made Wang Tiehammer and the Navy very happy. (To be continued.) )