Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 806 The new pattern formed by the four major forces
In terms of trade alliances, the Nordic Alliance, the South American Alliance and the Pacific Partnership are the main ones to form a global industrial chain with the Netherlands as the core that excludes the United Kingdom, especially through raw materials and markets such as the Qing Dynasty, Koryo, and the Kingdom of Siam. Free trade area negotiations and lowering import and export tax rates between the Netherlands and these countries will greatly increase the Netherlands’ Far East trade.

And pushing these countries to increase trade with Sweden, Spain, Germany and other countries, their demands to replace the United Kingdom as an industrial node in global core technology have also greatly accelerated the advancement of the Netherlands-centered trade alliance. In terms of the Maritime Netherlands Alliance, as Mexico and the Central American Federation have successively joined the South American Alliance Military Agreement Center, Spain has directly expressed support for us in the Far East, and even the Russian Empire has applied to join the Nordic Alliance, surrounding the "Eurasian Continental Branch and the Americas" of the United Kingdom and France. Continental branches jointly form their global Dutch alliance system

In terms of military alliance, the Netherlands and Spain plus the Kingdom of Siam established the Western Pacific Alliance consisting of the Netherlands, Spain and Siam, which effectively dealt with the British and French original use of North and South Vietnam + the Malay Peninsula + the western peninsula of Southeast Asia, Myanmar and Bangladesh to siege Siam The Kingdom of Luo and the Dutch East Indies in the south (later Indonesia-Nepal), on the contrary, divided the power of Britain and France.

In short, the alliance established by Britain and France, in the face of the military agreement between the Netherlands and the Spanish alliance, and the strengthening of military relations between the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Siam, all showed the emergence of the axis of the Far East Alliance and the Trade Alliance. This was the Netherlands' Following the Nordic Alliance and the South American Alliance, it is being transplanted to the Far East by the Netherlands.

William IV and Spanish Prime Minister Praquesades signed a letter in Sydney to sign the Netherlands+Spain Military Agreement - a significant new housing agreement - a reciprocal access agreement, which is regarded as the most important agreement between Spain and the Netherlands in more than ten years. The agreement was even the most important treaty signed by the Netherlands and Spain 232 years after the Treaty of Westphalia parted ways.

It turns out that the Netherlands successively came under the rule of the Austrian Habsburg Dynasty and the Schbacher Habsburg Dynasty in 1648. In 1568, the Dutch War of Independence against Spanish rule broke out. In 1581, the United Provinces of the Netherlands were established. The province is the largest, richest and most powerful province in the United Provincial Republic of the Netherlands, so the country is named after the Netherlands.

After years of struggle, after the successful signing of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Spain officially recognized the independence of the Netherlands.

Considered the most important agreement between Spain and the Netherlands in more than two centuries, it allows the two countries to plan and develop larger and more complex military exercises and deploy troops to each other's territory.

Spain became the first European country to sign such an agreement with the Netherlands, and Spain also has a similar agreement with Portugal.Spain is a country that competes with France for the top three navies in the world (the top eleven are the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany, the United States, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Portugal and China share the 10th place, and Denmark) , its deep involvement in the Far East will cause a serious window-breaking effect.

For regional powers, strategic autonomy and alliance can increase their leverage against the UK and require more sharing of interests and division of spheres of influence.

For the Netherlands, the cooperation of third countries can alleviate possible allies of the British-French coalition to a certain extent. Other powerful potential rivals such as the German Empire have direct containment pressure on the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. However, if the balancing pressure of these countries is not handled well by the Netherlands or the United Kingdom, it will easily Translated into containment pressure from the Netherlands or the UK
The Far East has gradually become a secondary center of the global game after Europe. Participation in it is also an important way for other major countries to establish their identity. However, fear of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, as well as concerns about their own strength, have caused these countries to be hesitant and cautious. For example, the United States has always had a great interest in the Pacific, but its Western Pacific strategy has been kept secret until recently, in 1879, when the administration of U.S. President Stephen Douglas came to power.

As Spain boldly advances cooperation with these countries, especially military cooperation, and the density and intensity of cooperation continue to increase, as well as the global British identity improves, other countries are bound to be unwilling to follow suit and adopt radical and bold measures, especially Military aspects.

In addition, William IV could predict that Japan was cooperating with Britain to deal with the Qing Dynasty. Japan was indeed eyeing the territory of the Qing Dynasty, but Britain was interested in Japan and set foot on the north of the Qing Dynasty. After gaining territory, they faced a behemoth that Britain was extremely afraid of - the Tsarist Russian Empire.Maybe people all over the world are staring at the British and Dutch, but William IV, who is familiar with world history, knows that Queen Victoria, who is good at fishing for big fish with a long line, puts the bait in the northeast, and competes with Korea, Japan and Tsarist Russia. In the end, they all took the bait. Tsarist Russia was defeated by Japan supported by the British. The British fishermen benefited, Japan became a brother in front of the British, and the Far Southeast dominated. This is the original history.

So in the past few years, watching Britain and Japan get closer, she knew that the wheel of history had not changed, and the two countries were still hooked up, which marked that Japan had obtained the origin of the world's most advanced navigation technology, and for the first time in the Netherlands, Outside the United States, major industrial defense cooperation was launched and the most advanced warships were purchased.

Therefore, William IV's response is to actively recommend the Dutch-led hub-and-spoke alliance leadership system in the Far East to a Dutch-Spanish-led core-core modular cooperation system.

This is the opposite of the declining Millikin in the previous life.

In addition, William IV discovered that European and American countries have laid out the Far East. In addition to Britain-France PK Netherlands-Spain, there are now multiple routes of Germany and Austria + Tsarist Russia + the United States, Italy, Portugal and Brazil (Brazil).It can be said that there is a real pluralistic-political development in the world.

The hub-and-spoke alliance system led by the Netherlands has shifted to a modular cooperation model led by allies.

First of all, the military agreement between the Netherlands and Spain reflects several major changes in the global political and military landscape. The deepening of military cooperation between the Netherlands and Spain means that Spain may eventually join the Netherlands' South American Union military trade bloc.At the same time, France follows the British advance and may form the English Channel Alliance, which is definitely a huge threat to neighboring countries. This will cause the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire to be forced to join, and countries such as Italy and Portugal will either remain neutral or choose sides. stand.Or form your own team, such as the Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian and American leagues just mentioned to form the fourth echelon.

The Tsarist Empire, which had always lived as a lone wolf, naturally retreated to the north and waited for its opportunity.

In short, William IV knew that with Spain’s clear stance, a new world pattern had emerged.

"The world in the future will definitely be wonderful."

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