Chapter 625 Plan

Arthur must control the Dutch East Indies, but he does not want to accept all the tens of millions of natives in the entire Dutch East Indies.

This also means that one of the three large islands, Sumatra, Kalimantan and Java, must be abandoned to accommodate more than 30 million natives.

Arthur has also thought about expelling all these natives to Africa or other regions, but the question is which region can accept tens of millions of natives?

Except for Australasia's own territory, I am afraid that no country will be willing to allow Australasia to immigrate so many people, which is also a threat to their rule.

Instead of immigrating these natives to the Persian Gulf and threatening Australasia's oil fields in the future, it is better to transfer all these natives to one of the islands and control this indigenous country in disguise by supporting indigenous forces.

Even if this indigenous country is out of control in the future, it will not cause too much trouble to other territories in Australasia. This is what Arthur wants to achieve.

Moreover, as long as they know how to balance policies and give full play to the traditions of the British, it is not so easy for the indigenous countries to break away from the control of Australasia.

Australasia is not the Netherlands. These three islands are not far from the mainland of Australasia and are easy to control.

As long as Arthur is willing, these Dutch East Indian natives, like the Filipinos, basically cannot escape the control of Australasia.

"Establish a new indigenous country?" Muhammad was a little surprised and asked quickly: "Does Australasia want to destroy all the sultanates?"

"Not really, Muhammad. Compared with more than a dozen scattered indigenous sultanates, don't you think that fewer sultanates can avoid their own wars?

To be honest, Australasia must control most of the land in the Dutch East Indies, but this does not mean that you have no living space at all.

Your Majesty is kind and is willing to let you choose an island and establish your own country.

In addition to establishing economic cooperation, Australasia will never interfere in your diplomatic and military affairs, and the affairs between the indigenous peoples can be handled by the indigenous peoples." Eric shook his head and explained.

"Choose any island?" A hint of color flashed in Muhammad's eyes, and he was obviously a little moved by Eric's proposal.

To be honest, even if the natives had an absolute advantage before, Muhammad did not believe that they could control the entire Dutch East Indies.

Whether it was Australasia or Britain, which was closer to the Dutch East Indies, they would not let go of the Dutch East Indies, which was close at hand.

Even if the Dutch were defeated, all the natives combined could not be the opponents of these two countries.

At present, Eric's proposal gave Muhammad hope. Although the entire Dutch East Indies could not be unified, any of the three islands was enough for the current development of the natives.

It is no exaggeration to say that Sumatra, Java and Kalimantan all have the potential to accommodate hundreds of millions of people.

The advantages of Sumatra and Kalimantan are their large areas, but the number of natives is relatively small at present, and they are closer to the British Straits Settlements.

Java is equivalent to the base camp of the natives of the Dutch East Indies. Although it is relatively small in area, the land is fertile and has a larger distribution of native population.

If we choose now, the current Java Island is obviously more suitable for the development of indigenous people. This means that we only need to transfer millions of indigenous people from Sumatra and Kalimantan to establish a large indigenous country on Java Island.

However, the area of ​​Java Island limits the future development of this country, and it is hard to say what it will develop into in the future.

Sumatra and Kalimantan Island are obviously more focused on the future, and their development potential is greater than that of Java Island, but their infrastructure and existing arable land area are far inferior to Java Island. It will take a long time of large-scale development to fully demonstrate the potential of these two islands.

If we really have to choose one from these three islands, this is obviously a difficult problem to choose, at least we can't make a rash decision in a short time.

However, this did not prevent Muhammad from being moved by Eric's proposal. Compared with the Dutch's distrust, the indigenous people are not so repulsive to Muhammad.

Of course, Muhammad also believes that he can have a certain voice in the new indigenous country, and even strive for the role of national president.

But if a sultanate is established, it is hard to say. It depends on the political system of the indigenous country, but compared to staying in the Dutch East Indies, it is obviously more potential to completely surrender to the indigenous side.

"Your Majesty, are you really willing to let us choose any island for development?" Mohammed asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, as long as you are willing to transfer all the natives to one island, you can choose one of the three islands in the Dutch East Indies." Eric smiled and said, "I came here with your Majesty's order. Mohammed, as long as you are willing to lead troops to resist the rule of the Dutch, or even help the natives break through Batavia, your Majesty will support you to become the Minister of Defense of the indigenous country, and even let you control the indigenous country."

Many times, it is not afraid of a person having ambitions, but afraid that this person has ambitions but no ability.

Arthur prefers people like Mohammed who are capable and ambitious, because he can completely control the natives through him.

Although the Dutch often like to call the natives of the Dutch East Indies as natives, there are actually hundreds of ethnic groups among these natives, and they are not harmonious with each other.

This also means that if these indigenous peoples are really integrated into one country, this country is doomed to not be so peaceful.

Whether Muhammad is the Minister of Defense or the ruler of the country, if he wants to guarantee his rights, he must obtain the support of Australasia.

On the surface, Australasia only controls the economy of the indigenous country, but through the economy and Muhammad, Australasia can even control the military, political and financial powers of this indigenous country, making this indigenous country completely its cannon fodder production country.

"Okay, Eric, I have to admit that you persuaded me. But I only have a brigade of troops in my hands, and it is impossible to break through Batavia alone." Muhammad nodded and said with a wry smile: "When will the reinforcements arrive?"

"Anytime." Eric said with a smile: "The Sultanate of Solo and the Sultanate of Yogyakarta have prepared tens of thousands of troops, plus your people, it should not be a problem to deal with the Dutch army."

Although the colonial army of the Dutch East Indies is said to have more than 100,000 people, at this moment, the army that the Batavia government can mobilize is definitely not more than 20,000, or even less.

After all, these more than 100,000 troops were distributed across three islands. Although Java Island had the main force of the colonial army, it only had over 60,000 people.

More than half of these 60,000 people were indigenous or mixed-race. The Dutch obviously did not trust these people, and it was impossible for them to send these troops to fight alone.

This also meant that as long as the Dutch army was dealt with, it would only be a matter of time before Batavia was conquered.

"Badavia's defense is still good. Even if I can launch a surprise attack, I'm afraid that only 20,000 or 30,000 troops are not enough to break through Batavia." Muhammad frowned and suggested: "If possible, I hope to have more troops, at least 40,000 people, so that the attack on Batavia can be successful."

Eric nodded, and did not reject Muhammad's suggestion, and agreed: "That's no problem, Muhammad. We will help the two sultanates recruit more troops as soon as possible, and add some troops from Sumatra to get you 40,000 people.

But I hope to launch an attack on Batavia as soon as possible. As long as Batavia is broken, the Dutch can only surrender."

The existence of Batavia is the hope of the Dutch to quell the rebellion. As long as Batavia is broken, the Dutch hope will naturally dissipate.

This is why Eric wants to win over Muhammad. Although the rebellion of the natives can pose a huge threat to the Dutch East Indies, it is not realistic to break through Batavia in a short time if the power of these natives is relied on alone.

In the final analysis, the current weapons technology is too powerful. A few artillery and machine guns can defend a war.

Although the Dutch army's combat effectiveness is not up to par in Europe, they are still not short of artillery and machine guns, and it is not a problem to defend Batavia on the front battlefield.

Unless the natives can suppress the Netherlands in terms of firepower, but the question is, who will give the natives such powerful firepower support?

Arthur does not trust these natives, so it is naturally impossible to give them too many artillery and machine guns.

If a war breaks out with the natives in the future, these weapons supported by the natives may become a weapon to kill the Australasian soldiers.

Under the premise that it is impossible to break through Batavia in frontal combat, it becomes very important to find a breakthrough from inside Batavia.

Muhammad is such a person who has a certain army in Batavia and is not favored by the Dutch East Indies colonial government.

In addition, Muhammad has studied in Australasia. Such a candidate is simply perfect and is Arthur's only choice to control the Dutch East Indies.

After hearing that Eric would gather 40,000 troops for him, Muhammad nodded with satisfaction, and was still very confident about breaking through Batavia: "When the troops are gathered, we can launch an attack on Batavia. I will look for opportunities to raid the garrison of Batavia and quickly control Batavia and the colonial government.

But the establishment of a new indigenous country still requires the support of Australasia. It is impossible for me to unite these indigenous people alone."

Muhammad was also very sensible. He knew that the purpose of Australasia to find him was not only to support him, but also to control the indigenous people through him.

Instead of pretending to be stupid and letting the Australasia people give up supporting him, it is better to show goodwill to Australasia in advance in exchange for more support from Australasia, so that Muhammad can sit firmly on the position of ruler of the new indigenous country.

Of course, even if he cannot become a ruler, Muhammad is also ambitious to become the person in power in the government, to be the position under one person and above ten thousand people.

As a person with outstanding abilities, who doesn't have the ambition to gain more power?

Muhammad was unwilling to live a mediocre life, and even more unwilling to be excluded by the Dutch government and be a discriminated mixed-race person all his life.

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