Chapter 791: Target, Dutch East Indies

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After the Moroccan crisis, Europe calmed down for the time being. With the signing of the Final Agreement, the interests of France and Germany in Morocco were guaranteed to a certain extent. However, it can be seen from the contents of the Final Agreement that France still has a clear advantage in Morocco, and most of Morocco's interests belong to France. Germany, by contrast, has suffered a lot. However, Morocco's debt will not be uncollected, nor will it cause Germany to lose too much. In addition, the Final Agreement stipulated that the countries recognized Morocco's **, which also crushed France's ambition to turn Morocco into a French protectorate, and in some ways curbed French expansion.

The conflict between France and Germany, with the resolution of the Moroccan crisis, slowly returned to normal. However, the mobilized forces of the German Army have not been disbanded, and there are many troops deployed on the German-French border, which has put great pressure on France, so that France has to increase its military investment. At the same time, the Allied powers and other members of the Entente also saw the danger of war and began to carry out secret mobilization to ensure that after the sudden outbreak of war, they would not be in a hurry!

Ordinary Europeans are still celebrating the end of the conflict between France and Germany. However, the politicians of various countries are worried. Everyone knew very well that Germany's retreat this time was not because it was afraid of France or the Entente, but because Germany was not ready for war. Once Germany is ready, I am afraid that no one will be able to prevent the outbreak of war! Therefore. Countries have also stepped up their preparations for war. A large amount of manpower, material and financial resources were all invested in the preparation for war!

Especially Germany. In order to ensure that after the start of the war, the sea transportation line was cut off, and it was able to hold on, and even took advantage of the fact that the war had not yet broken out, and ordered a large number of rare metals and other strategic materials from the Chinese side. This has directly led to the increase in the volume of trade between China and Germany. Of course, because the war required so many supplies, Germany did not have the financial resources to buy these things. Thereupon. They can only come up with some precious technology in exchange. For example, Mercedes-Benz's latest internal combustion engine technology, Krupp's new armor steel and artillery technology, Carl Zeiss's optical instruments, and so on. These are all technologies that China usually wants Germany to transfer, but Germany refuses to transfer. But now, Germany has taken the initiative to send it to the door, which makes China very satisfied. These technologies, whether used in civilian or military applications, contribute to the improvement of China's industrial strength. are of great help. For Germany, winning the war was the most important thing. If you lose, it's useless to have these skills!

After Europe calmed down, China's attention began to shift from Europe back to Asia. China is also actively developing its industry at home, and at the same time preparing for war. Merely. This does not mean that China has stopped expanding. In China's mouth, there is a big piece of fat meat, waiting for China to swallow it!

Most of the territory of Southeast Asia has been occupied by China, with the exception of the Dutch East Indies. The rest of the territory was incorporated into China. Indochina became the central and southern province of China. and the former Philippine colonies and British Malaya and other places. It became Nanyang Province. However, compared with Central South Province, Nanyang Province is much smaller in terms of population and area. However, if the Dutch were to be driven out of the Dutch East Indies and then annexed, the province of Nanyang would be considered complete!

China has been coveting the Dutch East Indies for a long time. However, although the Kingdom of the Netherlands is only a small country, China only needs to use a little finger to destroy the Dutch power in the Indonesian archipelago. But the Netherlands not only had good relations with Germany, but also with Great Britain. In the absence of a suitable excuse, it will not be so easy for China to annex the Indonesian archipelago. What's more, the Kingdom of the Netherlands also knew that China was powerful, and after China revealed its ambitions for the Indonesian archipelago, the Indonesian Governor's Office made a lot of preparations, which greatly improved the status and treatment of the Chinese. The Dutch-Indonesian army and police did not dare to embarrass the Chinese, but instead provided a lot of protection to the Chinese. This makes China even more excuse to do something against Dutch Indonesia!

However, if there is no chance, then create a zĂ o opportunity. Can a living person still be suffocated by urine? Indonesia's abundant resources, such as mineral resources such as oil, tin, and copper, as well as agricultural resources such as rice and rubber, cannot be let go of by any means.

After the order of the Emperor Wang Yuze, the General Staff and the Military Intelligence Bureau immediately took action in Indonesia. The Dutch government and the Indonesian Governor-General were unaware of this. They also thought that China, for the sake of Germany and Britain, really did not dare to attack them!

In 1596, a Dutch fleet led by the Dutchman Hortmann reached Banten on the island of Java. In 1603, the Dutch built a trading post in Java; In 1605, he conquered Ambon and Terly in the spice-rich Maluku archipelago. In 1619, Jakarta on the island of Java was captured and named Batavia as the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company in the East. Before the arrival of the Dutch, the Portuguese had already established a number of trading posts in Indonesia. Later, the British also landed in Indonesia and established a colony. Based in Batavia, the Dutch adopted a strategy of division and disintegration, successively taking the north and south Moluccas, and blockading the Moluccas. After that, in 1641, he seized Malacca, a choke point under Portuguese rule for 130 years, and completely controlled the East Indies. The Netherlands became the country that occupied the most territory of these European countries.

The Dutch initially colonized these areas through the Dutch East India Company. After the dissolution of the East India Company in 1799, the colony was taken over by the Dutch government, and was historically known as the Dutch East Indies (Japanese: Lanling East Indies), referred to as Dutch India. The colonial authorities of the Dutch East Indies had long pursued a dual policy of commercial monopoly and colonial expansion.

After the establishment of the Dutch (Indian) colony, the Dutch stepped up smuggling and military harassment along the southeast coast of China. The Netherlands (India) regards itself as a big country in Southeast Asia and demands trade with China on an equal footing. In the official Chinese literature of the Ming and Qing dynasties, most of the relations between China and the Netherlands were actually negotiations and exchanges with the Netherlands (India).

It was only after the rise of western Sichuan and the establishment of the empire that the Dutch felt the crisis, and tried to improve relations with China through Germany, so that China had no reason to annex the Indonesian archipelago.

Surabaya, the largest city in the eastern part of Java, is also one of the main concentrations of Chinese. As early as the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were many Chinese who came here across the ocean because they were hiding from war or unable to live in their hometown. Over the past few hundred years, it has taken root here and bred a large number of Chinese. There are more than 200,000 Chinese in Indonesia. It's just that the Chinese are always a minority in Indonesia, and they can't integrate into the local society. There were also many conflicts between the Chinese and the indigenous Indonesians, as well as between the Chinese and the Dutch colonists. If it weren't for the fact that the Indonesian Governor's Office had to start improving the living conditions of the Chinese after the empire became stronger, their situation would have been even worse!

Although there are few Chinese in Indonesia, they almost control the Indonesian economy. Compared with the lazy Indonesian natives, the hard-working Chinese have accumulated a lot of wealth by relying on their own labor. For example, when it comes to opening a grocery store, Indonesian natives tend to close at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, while Chinese people stay open until the evening. Of course, the Chinese make much more money than the Indonesians!

It's just that the large amount of wealth owned by the Chinese does not allow them to have a happy life, but is the source of suffering. Indonesian natives, quite hated the rich, they are lazy to do their own food, but they can't see the Chinese people working hard to earn wealth. These red-eyed Indonesian natives are completely inhumane, and they directly plunder the wealth in the hands of the Chinese in the simplest way. It will not be long before an anti-Chinese incident breaks out in Indonesia. These Indonesian natives burned, killed, looted, slaughtered Chinese, raped women, and robbed the wealth that the Chinese had worked so hard to accumulate.

The Indonesian Governor's Office, on the other hand, turned a cold eye to this, and even secretly contributed to it. The policy of the Dutch in Indonesia was originally to sow discord between the Chinese and the indigenous Indonesians in order to maintain Dutch rule in Indonesia. The Dutch feared that the wealthy Chinese would rebel against their rule. After all, in the eyes of Westerners, as long as you have money, you can do anything. However, the Chinese are a hard-working and kind people, and as long as they can live and work in peace and contentment, they are not willing to rebel. However, the Dutch do not understand these things at all, and their stubborn task is that only by constantly letting the Indonesian natives kill the Chinese and deepen the contradictions between the Chinese and the Indonesian natives, can the Dutch rule in Indonesia be as stable as Mount Tai.

Moreover, every time there is a riot, when the Indonesian Governor's Office comes out to clean up the mess, it will gain a lot of benefits. Most of the wealth of the Chinese looted by the Indonesian natives fell into the hands of the Dutch. And when the Chinese were killed, the ownerless wealth left behind naturally became the property of the Indonesian Governor's Office. Therefore, the Indonesian Governor's Office wishes for several more anti-Chinese incidents.

However, after the establishment of the Chinese Empire, after the empire fought wars again and again, and established the empire's strong position in the world, there were no more riots in Indonesia. In the 11 years since the founding of the empire, Indonesian society has been very stable. But in reality, there is a real undercurrent behind the scenes. After more than a decade of development, the Chinese once again controlled Indonesia's economy, and backed by a strong motherland, the political status of the Chinese people has been greatly improved, which has accelerated the accumulation of wealth for the Chinese. On the other hand, the Indonesian natives are getting poorer and poorer, which makes these Indonesian natives even more hostile to the Chinese! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Biquge www.biquge.info to vote for recommendations and monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to read. )