Chapter 608: The Dutch Spoil the Situation
Dolgon's order to suspend the march brought temporary peace to Liangguang and a sense of stability to the people of Jiangnan, and the role of the Australians in this incident can be imagined.
The Manchus demanded that Australia withdraw from the border, otherwise they would meet each other, but the Australians did not rush to withdraw from the north, but chose to wait and see.
It can be said that the dust had already settled on this incident, but the restless Dutch suddenly increased their troops in Malacca at this time, and sent five warships into the waters off Hong Kong.
The Dutch came to deliberately stir up the situation, and it can be said that the troops in Malacca have been exhausted, except for the militia and garrison of the overseas provinces, the number of troops stationed here is less than two squads, and this time the first battalion of He Yu has basically been transferred to Hong Kong.
Dolgon's attack on Liangguang is a matter of Australia's future, and if necessary, it is not ruled out that Australia will send troops directly, and even in order to successfully repel Dolgon's army, the local army is also speeding up its training, and two battalions of troops will be transferred to Hong Kong next month.
This troop transfer is the largest troop movement since the founding of Australia, and it can be said that there is no one that can be compared with this one, and the exhaustion of troop forces naturally makes the Dutch feel that something is wrong, and the Netherlands has always been eyeing Australia, as can be seen from the many conflicts in the past few months.
The Dutch had 8,000 troops in the Far East, and even in order to influence them in the Far East, they continued to transport troops from within the country, which made the Australian government, which originally intended to deal with Dolgon, pay attention.
With a force of 8,000 men, they can quickly occupy the Viceroyalty of Malacca and the Christmas Island area, and although their ships are not mobile, their ability to sail short distances cannot be ignored.
The unusual move gave everyone a sense of the Dutch's intentions, and they were doing so to test what Australia would do, and they could not possibly know about the civil war that had taken place in the Ming Dynasty. It has even been guessed that the Australian government is ready to intervene in this war.
The Dutch warships cruising in the open sea sailed unscrupulously, because all the naval ships stationed in Hong Kong were concentrated in the northern seas, and the Dutch dared to do so at this time.
According to the results of the intelligence research, the Dutch should not have any interest in Hong Kong, after all, it is far away from Batawia, and the situation itself is very unstable, and it may be a burden for them to take this place, so they are very capable of doing it in Malacca.
Malacca is located on the Malay Peninsula, an important port city on the Straits of Malacca, although this sea route was not as well-known at this time. But there is an important place in Malacca City that is the shipyard.
The shipbuilding was established here in cooperation with the Australians, and the shipbuilding defense has always been very tight, and it is almost impossible to extract information from here, so the Dutch fought here, and the capture of Malacca was equivalent to obtaining the shipyard.
This is the result of intelligence research, and it is also based on Brown's recent observation of maps of this generation, and it is certain that he has ideas for shipyards.
Brown is even more hateful than Van Dimen and had a good relationship with the Australians until he became governor. I originally thought that this guy became the governor of Batavia, which could bring a very close sweet period for the Netherlands and Australia, but what I didn't expect was to bring a period of conflicting cooperation.
The cooperation between the two sides took place in the midst of such collisions and conflicts. In fact, each has its own interests, and the Australians want to use the Dutch to build their own supply points at sea around the world, but this idea seems difficult to achieve now.
According to a recent resolution passed by the Dutch parliament, they have denied cooperation with Australians. This made the Australian government feel very hateful, and made relevant export steam engine adjustments, and decided to reduce the number of steam engines exported to foreign countries next year.
The two sides launched a series of bargaining negotiations for this purpose. However, Australia is stubbornly biting to restrict exports, and the reason given is that the output is insufficient, and it should be given priority to domestic enterprises.
This alone defeated the Dutch and was a retaliation for their disagreement with the sharing of supply points from all over the world.
If the Dutch knew that Australia would retaliate so quickly, it is estimated that they would not disagree, at least half of it, or open a few supply points to Australia, and it would not cause Australia to be so dissatisfied.
Now it is impossible for the Netherlands to change the policy, after all, the Australians are terrible, once they enter a certain area, they can quickly gain a foothold in the area, and the Dutch are afraid that the Australians will take their territory.
In this case, the relationship between the two sides will naturally be reduced to a freezing point, so the Dutch may want to take advantage of this opportunity to take action, after all, Australia's forces in Southeast Asia have been exhausted, so they dare not attack the mainland, but they are still confident in attacking Malacca.
Malacca was connected to the Malay colony of the Dutch, which they could occupy by land, and most importantly, it was very advantageous for them to have their troops depleted.
The favourable conditions gave the Dutch the idea that they wanted to attack Malacca before the Australians returned, but there was another factor that worried them a lot, and that was Blackwater.
Blackwater's number in Southeast Asia has expanded to 3,000 men, which is a formidable force, and Blackwater City, not far from Batavia, has been garrisoned by more than 1,000 people for a long time.
If this force intervenes, it will be difficult for them to carry out, but if they are asked to give up, they are very reluctant.
So Brown sent people to contact Blackwater's higher-ups, hoping to use an order to drain Blackwater's forces and reduce the threat from Batavia. This conspiracy was reported to the country by intelligence officers. Liu Yun had asked Jiang Jun not to accept this order on the grounds of national security, and to find a way to delay the other party.
As long as the Australian army moves Malacca, the Dutch will instantly dispel their inner thoughts, because this time the navy is ready to send the Sea Blue to the coast of Daming to serve as a patrol mission, the Sea Blue has not entered the waters of Southeast Asia for a long time, presumably it still leaves a very big impression on the Australian Dutch, and will not be unfamiliar with this steel giant. (To be continued.) )