Chapter 3501
"Defeat all countries except Haihan? King Annan is really ignorant!"
Regarding Zheng Zha's somewhat arrogant remarks, there were actually some people present who had similar thoughts to Li Xie's.
With technology far beyond the level of the times, Haihan has never failed in its debut and has become a maritime power in a very short period of time. Even if others are dissatisfied, they can't defeat Haihan Navy. That kind of strength is not Haihan's self-claim, but the result recognized by various countries after contact with him.
A country like Annan had only established a real navy in just twenty years, and it was entirely supported by Haihan. The scope of its fleet activities was basically limited to the South China Sea, and it was far from being called a maritime power.
Su Keyi turned his head and said to his son Su Yongshan: "He doesn't understand that if Annan loses Haihan's protection, he will immediately go back to thirty years ago!"
Su Yongshan responded softly: "Maybe he is also aware of his own situation, but in this situation, of course he has to blow harder."
Su Keyi glanced at him with relief, nodded slightly and said: "What you said makes sense. No one will expose his boast right now anyway, so of course the bigger the boast, the better."
The Su family and his son came to Zhoushan Island to participate in the event as ambassadors of the Netherlands.
Originally, Governor Van Diemen of Batavia intended to come in person, but he suddenly fell ill before leaving and had to cancel the trip, allowing the Su family and his son to attend the event on behalf of the Dutch East India Company and the Batavia colonial authorities.
In Su Keyi's view, although Annan reaped some dividends due to its alliance with Haihan, its maritime armed strength was far from being considered a powerful country.
Even though Zheng Zha is now standing on the stage and claiming that Annan has very strong military strength, people who know Annan's situation know that the real strength is actually Haihan, and Annan just stood next to Haihan and shouted, "Both of us. He's just a really strong person.
If Annan is compared with colonial countries from Europe, the gap is still quite obvious.
Zheng Zha said that Annan had participated in many military operations led by Haihan, but so far he had not established an overseas colony of his own, and had only been following Haihan to drink soup. If they could all be called maritime powers, then wouldn't European countries such as the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal become the strongest among the strongest?
In Su Keyi's view, Annan would not have anything to be proud of if he was separated from Haihan's support and protection. The strength of Annan's navy is probably far less than that of the East India Company's armed fleet.
Su Keyi then turned his head and looked at the Portuguese Ambassador Thomas who was sitting not far away, and General Simang, who was known as the "Haihantong". He thought about it secretly, and finally ranked Annan above Portugal.
He believes that Portugal has rarely carried out large-scale military operations in the Far East in recent years. Its armed warships are increasingly being replaced by merchant ships. It is difficult to say how powerful it still is. Maybe it will no longer be Annan's opponent.
Of course, Portugal's strength is lower than that of the Netherlands, Su Keyi thinks this is certain.
He learned from the official document sent by Batavia that the Netherlands was preparing to launch an offensive against Portugal on the Indian Peninsula in an attempt to seize Portuguese colonies there. This plan is said to be 100% certain. If nothing unexpected happens, there will be further news in the near future.
But what Su Keyi didn't know was that before the Zhoushan Forum was held, the Dutch military operation on Ceylon had failed due to Haihan's intervention. It is true that the Netherlands' military strength is stronger than Portugal, but once Haihan intervenes, the situation will develop uncontrollably in the other direction.
However, due to the long distance, it will probably take some time for the diplomatic protest from the Cochin Colony to reach Su Keyi, and then there will inevitably be a verbal spat with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Haihan.
The Portuguese's view on this is somewhat different from that of the Su family and his son.
Thomas's evaluation of Zheng Zha's speech was "quite dangerous". He believed that this represented the change in Annan's mentality from "a follower of Haihan" to "self-establishment".
Simang's view was even more extreme. He unabashedly regarded Zheng Zha's speech as an "exposure of ambition" and believed that Annan would soon follow Haihan's example and establish a large number of overseas colonies far away from Annan's homeland. .
As for what Annan's actual military strength was, they did not have the condescending view that Su Keyi did.
Ximang believes that as long as Annan keeps hugging Haihan's thigh, even if its own strength is not as strong as Zheng Zha boasts, it will be enough to achieve the goal of expanding its sphere of influence overseas, and it will form a relationship with colonial countries from Europe. New competition.
In view of the close cooperative relationship between Annan and Haihan, even if Annan had friction or even conflict with Western colonial countries, probably no one would dare to attack Annan easily.
Beating a dog depends on its owner. No one wants to offend Haihan, let alone give Haihan an opportunity to start a fight.
The two Portuguese people agreed that Annan's rise was by no means good news for Western countries. One Haihan is enough to cause a headache. Adding Annan, known as the Little Haihan, will only make the competition for colonies in the Far East more intense.
But most of the countries present do not have the same perspective as Western colonists. All they see is the fact that Annan has successfully risen. The development path Annan has taken in the past two decades now seems to be a kind of Reproducible patterns.
This means that other countries also hope to develop and strengthen themselves in the same way, and even become powerful.
Of course, if you want to achieve such a goal, you must first truly join Haihan's camp according to what Zheng Zha and Li Zhi who spoke previously said.
The ambassadors from the West did not realize at this time that these countries that longed to become the next Annan or North Korea would also become huge troubles they would face in the future.
When the strength of these countries increases, they will naturally no longer tolerate Western countries stationing troops within their own spheres of influence. Those ports, plantations, and farms currently operated by Western countries may become targets of competition for local forces in the future.
As for the military strength advantage that Western countries currently have over local forces, in the future due to Haihan's intervention, it will gradually shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye, and may even be overtaken at some point.
Once a country succeeds in this regard, more countries will surely follow suit. This has actually been verified in the time and space where the Travelers were originally located. The difference is that after they come here, they may bring about the defeat of the Western colonists a century or two earlier.