Chapter 293

"The Netherlands must use clever means to take the arms business of various countries away from them, which will lead to the desire of countries to buy weapons. When countries are in an unstable situation, when the arms purchases are increased, the arms of the Netherlands will be increased. Businesses will have a steady stream of orders.

At that time, the Netherlands will be more affordable, so without a single soldier, it will perfectly achieve the purpose of exporting a large number of weapons, and even the Netherlands can be more united around the Netherlands on the issue of the South American alliance. -Colombia, when the time comes, it will naturally follow the weapons of the Netherlands obediently and become a gun under the command of the Netherlands.

As long as these countries in South America are stable, then they can start planning to deal with the British allies Chile and New Zealand, and as long as they are taken down, then the century-old plan of the Netherlands to dominate the South Pacific will be completed."

The thought of the South Pacific thus being placed under Dutch rule, and then the Netherlands becoming the hegemon there, will be the backing of the Netherlands' future forays into global power status.

So many people don't understand why the Netherlands is so keen on South America, it's here.

In fact, the North American Civil War, according to the historical process, will end in 1866, and it will end with the Lincoln government defeating the South and agreeing to Milliken.

But in this life, under the operation of William IV, this has almost been broken. Because of the civil war, Milliken was divided into two parts.

The comprehensive potential has been reduced a lot, and there is no longer the unique natural environment that dominated North America in the previous life.

Canada to the north and hostile Confederate nations to the south, along with Mexico, and Alaska and Alexander II in the Netherlands, complicate the situation in North America.

Although the United States of America still won the coastal areas of California and Washington, they lacked the area of ​​the Confederacy, and they still lost a little bit of economic development potential, especially the 9.1 million people in the South, almost three one part.

There are also the treasures of Texas and Florida in the Gulf of Mexico, the largest oil storage areas in the future. It can be said that the economic development potential will also be reduced a lot, not to mention the construction of Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States.

It borders on the north and south of Maryland, where Washington, the capital of the Northern Commonwealth, is located in the north and south of the Chesapeake Bay.

This narrowed the strategic depth of the Northern Commonwealth of Michigan.

On the map, the scope of **** becomes inevitably shortened and elongated.

If this was attacked by Canada in the north or the Confederate States in the south, it would make the Commonwealth easily cut off.

The Atlantic coastal area occupies two-thirds of the south, and only the north has the remaining one-third, which makes the northern navy daunting.

Therefore, William IV found that if this map was followed, it would be difficult for the Commonwealth of Millikin to develop its economy in the Atlantic direction. After all, their Atlantic economy had already entered the ranks of developed countries in Europe, and to improve again, they could only In the Midwest, and the West Coast is their future center of gravity.

"In that case, it will inevitably increase the economic weight of the Commonwealth of America in the West, and the Western Development-Development will also be brought up in the Lincoln Administration's post-stabilization process.

At that time, Milliken's economic interests will inevitably have more contact with the Netherlands, and the strategic position of the Hawaiian Islands will be extremely critical, and may even become a point of conflict between the two countries.

And in the domestic market of the great powers in the Far East, the United States of America will have a deeper foothold at that time. This will be a big challenge for Dutch industrial products. Therefore, the war there cannot stop in the short term. . "

Thinking of this, William IV couldn't help but start to think about how to continue this war without stopping.

Thinking of this, his eyes fell on the row of safes in his private office, and his eyes fell on the word Milijian.

Suddenly, he remembered Washburn's letter a few days ago saying that the Lincoln government asked the Netherlands to increase arms exports, and implied that the Commonwealth of Millikin was very eager for Dutch steam battleships. This new battleship of the Netherlands.

Apparently Millikin himself did not think the war would end quickly.

Just as William IV was thinking, Mackay Sean, one of his intelligence chiefs, knocked on the door and interrupted him.

William IV soon saw that the manager in charge of Dutch international intelligence walked in with a solemn expression.

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"What's wrong?" William IV knew that the matter should be no small matter, because Mackay Sean's face was very solemn.

Mackay Sean said: "Your Majesty, the latest news came back from North America. The United States of America assembled 50,000 soldiers in Salt Lake City, the capital of Utah. The Confederate States believed that the North was going to attack Arizona, which had just joined the South, so they were gathering. There are 30,000 troops, and now both sides seem to be on the verge of breaking out."

"50,000 Union Army and 30,000 Confederate Army?" William IV wondered why McKay Shaun's face was so serious.

He stared at McKay Sean with some confusion, "Is there something weird in it?"

"As expected of our great majesty"

Quietly flattering, McKay Sean said solemnly:

"Our people sent back news that in fact, the United States of America in the North not only had 50,000 troops in Salt Lake City, but the Lincoln government also ordered Admiral Grant to send another 30,000 troops to follow behind the 50,000 men and arrive in northern Utah. Idaho"

"Idaho?"

William IV frowned and walked to the next wall for unknown reasons. In addition to looking at the map, the entire wall was almost covered with maps of various countries in the world. Of course, there were also simple maps of continents.

His eyes fell on North America, and he shot at Milliken. First, he found Arizona, which is the most western part of the Confederate country's territory today, and then found Salt Lake City, Utah, in the north.

Finally, he swept up and saw, his eyes zoomed in on Idaho, and inadvertently, he looked to the north of it.

His eyes narrowed immediately, as if he had found something.

Turned around and stared at McKay Sean.

Mackay Sean said under the gaze of William IV:

"Our people speculate that the goal of the United States of America this time is to steal the dragon and turn the phoenix and prepare to attack the west. The goal is not Arizona, but to prepare the 30,000 soldiers to go all the way north to Spokane, Washington, zh Prepare to attack Canada, the British territory in the north, and take British Columbia in the west."

"Is the news accurate?"

As he guessed, although William IV did not understand the reason why the Lincoln government was so bold all of a sudden~www.mtlnovel.com~, it did not prevent William IV from starting to plan for what benefits the Netherlands could get from it.

"This news was revealed by the secretary of the Honourable Andrew Johnson requested by the vice president"

If it was him, he was right.

But obviously, but Washburn did not remind him, this is worth some thought by William IV.

Sure enough, the ancients did not deceive me. Those who are not of our race must have different hearts. Andrew Johnson, the vice president of the United States of America, is of Dutch descent, while Washburn and Lincoln are of Irish descent. As for Seward, is of German origin.

The Minister of Finance, James Speed, is also of Dutch descent, and the Minister of War, Edwin Stanton, is of German descent.

In Lincoln's government, the Irish were the most influential, the Dutch were the second, and the Germans were the third.

This is related to the national conditions of Milliken, because in the Commonwealth of Milliken, the most taboo is the influence of European powers in Milliken. The Monroe Doctrine was established to cut off this, and even extended to South America.

Therefore, this is a three-way balance circle.