Today, the Portuguese colonies have been completely annexed by the British, one of which is the Strait of Malacca.
Then the Dutch had a hard time. Although they occupied the entire Indonesian archipelago, they were always suppressed by the British. God knows when the British would encroach.
Fortunately, the Dutch royal family and the British royal family are inextricably linked. The relationship between the two countries is very friendly, so a brocade quilt can cover the filth underneath.
Due to its geographical location, Indonesia is not yet the main target for Chinese expansion, so the Dutch can still make do with their lives.
The most uncomfortable ones are of course France and Spain. France has been expanding its power in Vietnam, while Spain has colonized the Philippines for three hundred years.
No one would have taken the Chinese seriously in these two old empires, but the reality is very cruel. The Chinese are so awesome. They have defeated Tsarist Russia and France in consecutive battles, and now they have even surrounded Paris.
Governor Botila also had connections. Princes, counts and other friends in the country even sent messages saying that France would eventually cede the Annan colony to China.
This news exploded like thunder, and the Manila market suddenly fell into chaos. All Westerners living here were panicked. Even Annan in France could not defend himself. Can Spain, in decline, still be able to fight against the Chinese?
Governor Botila calculated over and over again the little military power he had in hand. Twelve sailing warships of different models and forty-three small offshore sailing gunboats. Manila has a total of 30,000 garrison troops. Counting the garrisons in other cities, the entire Philippines The number of European troops that could be mobilized was only over 60,000.
Of course, he still has an indigenous army with more than 400,000 people on his books, but can these people fight? They are not qualified to be used as police officers.
The anxious and restless Botila sent several telegrams to his mother country asking for help, but each time he verbally promised to increase troops, but in the end he never implemented it.
In fact, Botila knew very well that Spain had not even elected its own king at the moment, so how could he have the energy to estimate the distant Philippines.
Poor Spain! During the reign of Isabella II, corruption was rampant throughout the Spanish court and people's lives were extremely difficult. At that time, even these overseas governors had to levy large sums of exorbitant taxes and used them to bribe the capital.
In those few years, the amount of bribes paid to the capital alone by Botila amounted to more than 200,000 pounds. Otherwise, his position as governor would not be secure at all!
Extreme corruption finally triggered a domestic revolution. General Prim launched a military coup and overthrew the rule of Isabella II. The queen could only escape to France and plot to be restored under the protection of Napoleon III.
This revolution was actually closely related to the Franco-Prussian War. Since France had always provided protection for Spain and the Bonaparte family was the conqueror of Spain, the change of power in Spain had always been regarded as taboo by Napoleon III.
Bismarck found this opportunity and completely angered the French Emperor with his attempt to get involved in the Spanish throne, thus forcing him step by step to provoke a war.
The Spanish throne succession crisis can also be regarded as a factor in the Franco-Prussian War!
Well, now that Prussia has defeated the French emperor and Paris is surrounded, the issue of Spain's succession to the throne has suddenly been left out in the cold.
The French emperor also stepped down. He could no longer exert influence on Spain, and Prussia was too lazy to deal with Spain's inheritance issue. All the forces just left Madrid hanging.
The whole world's attention was turned to the Franco-Prussian War, and all European monarchs had no time to pay attention to Spain's internal affairs. As a result, the throne remained empty.
Two generals acted as agents of Spain's national affairs, but they could not convince the public at all. All the forces in Spain had their own small plans and were fighting for power one by one. The whole country was on the verge of breaking out into civil war and splitting.
Against this background, Botila's request for additional troops has been delayed again and again. It is not that the country is unaware of the crisis, but that the country really does not have the energy to estimate your small Philippines.
The two generals Juan Prim and Francisco Serrano, who are in power, can barely keep the country from having a civil war or a substantive split. How can they manage the distant Philippines?
The historical opportunity that Xiao Letian mentioned is this moment. While your illness is killing you, and you are suffering from a heart attack in Spain, wouldn’t I be completely stupid if I don’t take the opportunity to cut off your flesh?
The Zamboanga Plan, this historical recovery operation named after the historical allusion of the three treasure eunuchs who went to Southeast Asia, has just begun!
The era when the Chinese regained control of Southeast Asia began on Christmas Eve in 1870!
No one knows how many spies the CIA has sent to the Philippines, and no one has statistics on how many Ryukyu businessmen are secretly colluding with Chinese businessmen in the Philippines...
No one knows these secret data except the head of state and other core members!
But one thing is clear. In 1870 alone, more than 500 Chinese schools were opened in Luzon Island alone. Almost all areas with Chinese people had secret Chinese schools. Among them, the smallest Chinese school was There is only one teacher and ten students.
All Chinese schools are not only propaganda places for national ideological trends, but also nodes for the organization of Chinese forces. Director Wang Huaiyuan is not in Asia, and the Kirigakure kid from the CIA and the Far East King Xiang Shaolong, who is in charge of Jianghukou, have taken the lead. .
These two men were even more ruthless. They actually came up with the strategy of turning black against foreign affairs and followed the rules of the gang. Many big figures in the CIA personally went to the Philippines to open underworld gangs.
In just one year, there are more than 300 Chinese gangs in the Philippines, all of which are organized and semi-military. In the conflicts with the indigenous people, these Chinese gangs have shown great fighting power and have also obtained exercise.
To be fair, Botila was relatively tolerant in this trend provoked by the Chinese. He knew that this was not a good opportunity to turn over the cards with the Chinese. He could only ask his subordinates to try to restrain themselves and avoid conflicts with the Chinese.
He is waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the domestic political arena to calm down, waiting for the arrival of European reinforcements, not to mention a few pure iron-clad battleships!
Of the twelve wooden-hulled warships in his hands, only three were covered with a layer of iron plates, and the rest were all made of wooden hulls facing the sky!
No matter in terms of quality or quantity, they can no longer compete with the Chinese navy!
Tolerate! Tolerate! Tolerate! It's unbearable, but you still have to endure it!
This was Governor Botila's tactic of forbearance, but he couldn't bear it anymore. The intelligence revealed that these Chinese people were too arrogant and did not take the colonial government seriously.
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