Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 737 Puerto Montt Coalition Base

On April 1879, 4, the atmosphere in the presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, South America, was very depressing.

President Arturo Lauzon looked at the letter in his hand, his hands shaking with anger.

Throwing the letter on the ground, his face was extremely ugly.

Next to them, the faces of Interior Minister Sitges, Defense Minister Allende, Foreign Minister Antonia, and Army Minister Mesip also looked extremely gloomy.

In just a few days, Southern Chile suffered a crushing defeat. Under the attack of nearly 6 troops from the six-nation coalition (Netherlands, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia), the 3-strong troops of Macasiano in Southern Chile were defeated. Those who fled fled, and those who were captured were captured.

At first, this made Arturo Lauzon extremely excited. He was very grateful for the help of the six-nation coalition led by the Netherlands.

Finally, all of Chile became territory under his rule.

But, after that, everything changed.

He discovered a reality that he found difficult to accept, that is, the Six-Nation Allied Forces actually occupied the city of Port Montt and could not leave.

He found someone to go there many times to discuss the handover with Castillo, Secretary-General of the Six-Nation Alliance, but in the end he found that Castillo, a man feared by military power in the world, did not reply to him, and even Directly led the remaining troops to be stationed there.

Take over the defense there.

What worries him even more is that the Six Nations Allied Forces actually followed the military camp and built more forts and other defensive measures there.

In fact, in addition to defending the coast and building new defenses in the direction of Argentina, these military facilities also defended the north here in disguise.

"Damn" Arturo Lauzon yelled angrily.

He didn't care why Castillo led the six-nation coalition to occupy Puerto Montt. He only knew that if he did not take action, then Puerto Montt's dominance would disappear. At the same time, the majesty of his rule over Chile would never allow anyone to provoke him.

Castillo occupied Puerto Montt so unscrupulously that he was simply ignored.

"Have you contacted him?" Arturo Lauzon asked.

"We contacted him, but he still indifferently vetoed our acceptance of Puerto Montt," Defense Minister Allende said.

Arturo Lauzon narrowed his eyes, shot out a cold light, and asked the Foreign Minister Antonia next to him: "Have you contacted the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs?"

Antonia spread her hands, looked at him helplessly, and said: "Joseph Biden has not expressed his position on this yet, but the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs only stated that Castillo can fully represent the Kingdom of the Netherlands."

"Antonia" Arturo Lauzon roared at him.

Antonia smiled helplessly and said: "Your Excellency, the Netherlands seems to have conquered us."

Interior Minister Allende nodded and said to Arturo Lauzon, who was still angry: "Antonia is right. Your Excellency, we may need to find out what the Netherlands wants to do."

No one mentioned the opinions of the other five countries, including Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, because everyone knew that the Netherlands was the culprit leading their current predicament.

In the end, Arturo Lauzon could only nod helplessly.

Afterwards, Foreign Minister Antonia and Interior Minister Allende got up and left the hall.

After the two walked out of the presidential palace, Antonia said with some dissatisfaction: "Now it is the Netherlands who obviously have ambitions for Puerto Montt and asked me to contact them. Starting from the day before yesterday, I summoned the Dutch ambassador in Santiago Boktu for two consecutive days. People always reply like this, what do you want me to do? This job is getting more and more difficult."

Allende said angrily: "This is your job. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not care about diplomacy and improves relations with other countries. Then you, the foreign minister, should step down." Antonia rolled her eyes at him: "Don't pretend to know how to do it. I don’t understand. I know clearly that what I’m about to say is the Netherlands’ stance of not backing down.”

Allende sighed: "There is no way, who calls us weak?"

"Tell me, when we grow stronger in the future, can we learn from Argentina?" Antonia suddenly asked.

Allende shook his head: "It's difficult. The problem in Puerto Montt now is what you just said."

Antonia was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly.

Inside the Presidential Palace.

Arturo Lauzon looked at the backs of the two of them, his face turning blue and white.

"These two are useless assholes!"

He gritted his teeth.

The hoarse voice echoed in the empty hall.

At this time, the Minister of Army Mesip, who had been standing next to him, flashed his eyes and said: "Your Excellency, President, I think the most important thing is to strengthen your image among the people in the south. Otherwise, it will be in vain to say anything else."

Melbourne, Australia.

William IV was sitting in a Chinese-style lakeside pavilion with two pieces of information in his hands.

The latest information on South America and Europe respectively.

The intelligence from South America was sent back by McKay Sean, the director of the Dutch International Intelligence Service, and the intelligence from Europe was naturally sent back by Bill Charlie, the director of the Royal Netherlands Intelligence Service where the country is located.

The intelligence sent back by McKay Sean was mainly about the development of the situation in Chile and Argentina. He found that there were more and more pro-British people in Argentina, and it seemed that the majority of forces along the Atlantic coast were the same.

The intelligence sent back by Bill Charlie was about the interior of Europe. The British were encouraging the forces in the north and south of France to support the British in suppressing the rise of the Netherlands, and they were also frequently ogling the German Empire. It was obviously with bad intentions.

It seems that the United Kingdom is aiming to form cliques, and is it not ready to go it alone with the Netherlands?

However, if Germany and France are attracted to join the British camp, it will really pose a huge threat to the Netherlands.

William IV had a headache when he thought of the extremely ambitious Bismarck and Napoleon III.

All countries know that in Europe, with the unified Germany of the German Confederation and the easing of relations with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the German Empire can definitely rival the British. After all, with the rise of the Netherlands, Britain's position as the sole maritime hegemon in Germany is in jeopardy.

But if the two big countries of Germany and France can be brought together, then Britain may really be able to suppress the Netherlands.

According to Bill Charlie's investigation, he found that the German Empire has been deploying troops recently. Although there have been slight changes, the cumulative effect is greater. He believes that after 8 years of recuperation and recovery, Bismarck is ready to take action abroad again.

Today, the German Empire is already catching up with the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in terms of national nucleic acid GDP, currently occupying third place, ahead of the United States.

Militarily, in terms of comprehensive strength, the German Empire ranks only behind the United Kingdom, third with the Russian Empire, and tied for fifth with the Netherlands and Austria-Hungary.

(End of this chapter)