What was the power of the Malay Peninsula originally? Before the arrival of the Dutch, the forces on the island were mainly divided into four parties, one was the Spanish and Portuguese powers, but with the beginning of the voyage between the English and the Dutch, because of the geographical relationship, it became the focus of their contention.

The decline of the two old empires, Spain and Portugal, and the fact that their wealth had no rivals for more than a hundred years, soon allowed these two emerging powers to occupy a place here.

At this time, the forces on the island can be said that in addition to Portugal's withdrawal for various reasons, Spain, the Netherlands, etc., are still mainly powerful here, but with the arrival of the Australians, the Netherlands, who could have taken over the entire peninsula in one fell swoop, were instantly beaten back to their prototypes.

The Australians acquired a large amount of land from Spain, Portugal and the Dutch by means of Lend-Lease and other means, and it is said that the English are now interested in reselling the land in order to supplement their military expenses due to the shortage of domestic wars.

This news is no secret in Manila and Batavia, and the bourgeois revolution in England has reached a crucial step, and it is said that Cromwell's army has defeated the royalist army one after another.

The news came through the merchant ships and sailors to and from Europe, which was wrong news for Spain, if they could buy the English territory, then Spain's territory would be expanded to a cup, which was very conducive to Spain's expansion of power in the Malay Peninsula.

Of course, he also had the same idea as Batavia, and the Dutch also wanted to expand their influence in the area, and the development of mature towns by the English would reduce Dutch capital investment in the region.

The Dutch are shrewd businessmen, and they can be very budget-conscious when it comes to saving money, and they are willing to do so if they can reduce it a little.

So representatives of both sides went out to negotiate with the English in the Malay Peninsula, hoping that they would sell it to themselves. Although there was a conflict between the Dutch and the English, and not so long ago there were some unpleasant acts on both sides, but this did not prevent them from negotiating.

However, among these forces, only the Australians did not go, and the land to be sold by England was the southern part of the Malay Peninsula, which was too far away from the territory of the Australians, and the land in between was separated by tropical rainforests. It is inhabited by indigenous tribes.

For Australia, the expansion of the inland has always been to take the approach of internal promotion and gradual progress, and it is not in a hurry to enter at one time.

The main purpose of this was to ensure the safety of new immigrants and soldiers, and as the territory of control expanded, it was one of the methods used by most colonial countries in history.

So Australia is not interested, and the Dutch are different from the Spaniards. They are thinking of annexing each other, as long as they can suppress each other's power expansion.

The main reason for the Spaniards was also the territory to the south and its border, which could quickly expand the town if joined together.

Representatives of both sides had already arrived in the Malay Peninsula and offered lucrative terms, but the English, of course, were unmoved, in fact their favorite buyers were Australians.

Australia is always their favorite buyer, not just have money, because you can also exchange some weapons from the Australian old, and the weapons of the Australians have always been the most sought-after goods in European countries.

As long as you can get some weapons from the old Australian. It's a very good thing for them, at least they can defeat the mud legs on the battlefield.

The managers of the English turf in the south, who were supporters of the Loyalists, had heard that Cromwell had actually transferred territory in the Malay Peninsula to the Australians in exchange for weapons, although they were a little unhappy about it. But the supplies obtained from the Australians are very rich.

If Cromwell is allowed to win over himself and others, he will have to suffer, so Mr. Gavin, the governor of the south, who has the spirit of the big picture, hopes that the Australians will buy the land here.

It's just that the Dutch are interested in the Spaniards. Even people were sent, but the Australians didn't move at all, which made them a little unable to sit still. If it is sold to these two companies, they are extremely unwilling, and they can't give much support.

And one important point is that the Dutch always support Cromwell's mud legs, so they are reluctant to sell them.

It's just that he hasn't announced the sale to anyone here, and the Spaniards, because of their victory in the European battlefield and the fact that the Governor's Palace of Manila has obtained a batch of Australian weapons, decisively began to attack the Dutch.

Not long ago, the two sides fought once in the Malay Peninsula and are currently in a state of confrontation between Chen and soldiers.

Both sides of the confrontation are actually waiting for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity to defeat each other, this opportunity The Australians gave Spain, secretly sold a batch of weapons to the Spaniards, and let them teach the Dutch a lesson, these guys are now more and more ignorant of the rules.

Although Brown did not publicly express his opposition to Australia, he also made some practical actions, for example, this guy introduced a series of ship taxes against Australia, which is equivalent to an indirect increase in tariffs.

So this guy is hopeless, and he has already started to go crazy and do it with Australia, and I don't know where he got so much courage, this second goods.

Since they dare to be enemies with Australia, Spain and England at the same time, although they did not go to war with Australia head-on, there are still small frictions between the two sides on the border, but this small friction does not affect the feelings of both sides.

But the attitude of the Dutch towards Spain was different, they had a few times to beat each other, and they didn't take them seriously at all, so the Dutch launched an attack on Spain first.

It's okay if it doesn't start, but as soon as it starts, Spain will be very happy, just waiting for you to come, there is a lot of sharpening knives and slaughtering cattle and sheep.

The conflict between the two sides was first of all a skirmish, in fact, it was nothing, maybe the Dutch thought that it would be the same as before, and finally it would not be over, but it did not come to pass, and the Spaniards fought like chicken blood.

It doesn't seem right to look at the situation, and they got the supply of weapons, where did these weapons come from, where did they come from, the Netherlands was very puzzled, but they guessed that it should be the old Australian ghosts, but even if they knew, there was no way, because there was no evidence that the Australians had done something about it, so they could only suffer dumb losses. (To be continued.) )