The swiftpromise of the Dutch and the signing of the Batavia Agreemt provided a sigh of relief for Arthur and the Austrsian Governmt.


    Of course, this does not mean that Arthur would fear the Dutch Governmt. The sigh of reliefes from the fact that the Austrsian Army could save some troops.


    Although the poption of Austrsia is about to exceed  million, many of them are immigrants who arrived in thest two years.


    These immigrants still need a long period of education and influce before they can develop a strong sse of national idtity and national pride for Austrsia.


    Therefore, whever Austrsia conscripts, there would be a rigid requiremt: they must have lived in Austrsia for at least three years.


    Of course, this is just the requiremt for ordinary troops. If it is Arthur''s trusted Guard Division, the requiremt is at least five years of residce in the Austrsia region.


    Such a requiremt can effectively scre for soldiers who have a sse of idtification with the country.


    After all, Arthur is confidt that under the influce of various policies and propaganda in Austrsia, very few people would not have any sse of idtification with the country after living in Austrsia for five years.


    After the signing of the Treaty, the upation of these Dutch ceded territories became the top priority for the Austrsian Governmt.


    Although most of thends ceded by the Kingdom of the Nethends are small archipgos, they also include the only Catholic country in the Dutch East Indies, the Larantuka Kingdom.


    This country still has a certain military strgth, and the Dutch''s interferce in Larantuka Kingdom has be insufficit, resulting in this country having significant autonomy and military power.


    For Arthur, this hidd danger must be eliminated. Besides, the force behind the attack on Charles Wynne includes the Larantuka Kingdom. Although it may not be the inttion of the national governmt, who would let the conspirators be from Larantuka?


    On September , 9, the Austrsian Governmt officially issued a public announcemt, dering the expansion of Australian Timor to the tire East Timor Ind, and forming a new provincial administrative region, the Royal Territory, for all acquired territories outside East Timor Ind.


    After the announcemt was made public, the Ministry of Defse officially began its operation.


    The Ministry of Defse mobilized the First and Second Divisions, a total of more than 30,000 troops, to upy and temporarily militarize the newly acquired territories under the escort of the fleet.


    Among them, the important target of the army is the Larantuka Kingdom, located on Flores Ind, which is the only country among all archipgos with military power.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    Arthur doesn''t want other countries to exist in the territories he governs. Moreover, the currt appearance of this country shows that it is a typical rogue country.


    The best oue for the Larantuka Kingdom would be to be annexed by Austrsia and be part of the Royal Territory.


    If the people of Larantuka resist, Arthur doesn''t mind letting them experice the fate of the Indigous Peoples, ev if they are the descdants left by the Portuguese and the local Indigous Peoples.


    Didn''t the Portuguese fight anyway? Will Arthur care about the descdants left by the Portuguese?


    On September , the First and Second Divisions officially began their operation, heading together to Flores Ind. They will capture and upy the Larantuka Kingdom first, and th head separately to the regions east and west of Flores Ind.


    The First and Second Divisions are excited about such operations. After all, there is a military merit system in Austrsia. Besides the wealth awarded by military merit, umtion of military merit could ev earn a title of nobility.


    Although a significant amount of military merit is required for a noble title, as the saying goes, a soldier who doesn''t want to be a geral is not a good soldier, and a soldier who doesn''t want to be a noble through military merit is not a good soldier either.


    People should have dreams, who knows if they mighte true?


    With such thoughts, the fighting desire of the Austrsian army is strong, and they are ev fearless of death.


    After all, the psion system of the Austrsian Army does exist. Wh they die, their families may live ev better.


    This also eliminates the worries of most soldiers. After all, apart from having their own meal, the pursuit of most people is to allow their families to live a better life.


    On September 3, after a period of vigorous preparations, the First and Second Divisions arrived at the southern city of Luton on Flores Ind.


    The defsive force of the Larantuka Kingdom is virtually non-existt in the face of the First and Second Divisions. They didn''t have the strgth to resist the Dutch rule, let alone the more powerful Austrsians.


    Thousands of Larantuka troops, in front of the First and Second Divisions, were likembs to the ughter, only consuming hundreds of thousands of bullets.


    Ev because the firepower suppression of the First and Second Divisions was too strong, the few gun units of the Larantuka Kingdom couldn''t do anything. This allowed the Austrsian soldiers to shoot more freely, with ough time to aim and ev achieve higher uracy.


    In the afternoon of September 3, the unstoppable Austrsian Army easily arrived at the capital of Larantuka Kingdom, a small town called British-German.


    The war continued until now, and what actually slowed down the Australrasia Army''s attack was the size of Flores Ind.


    Although it is a small city for Austrsia, it is still arge ind with a lgth of 380 kilometers and a width of more than 70 kilometers, with a total area of over 4,000 square kilometers.


    The capture of the capital of the Larantuka Kingdom, like the previous small town of Luton, was almost effortless.


    Ev before nightfall, the Austrsian army had already stationed in the capital of the Larantuka Kingdom and had begun to maintain order in this small kingdom.


    The method of maintaining order in the army was simple: to implemt militarized managemt, unify food distribution, and execute disobedit people directly.


    After all, these natives were not Australians, nor would they be recognized by the Austrsian governmt.


    This also represts a fact: as long as it is not shown in the op, the lives and deaths of these natives arepletely in the hands of these soldiers.


    Of course, before the militarized managemt began, it was necessary to eliminate the upper echelons and the royal family of the Larantuka Kingdom directly.


    Keep them, on the contrary, would affect the order of the Larantuka Kingdom, who knows if there will be people loyal to the royal family.


    As for the other native residts of the city, the army was not worried about their rebellion. After all, any rebellion would be executed on the spot, their army had no room for rebellion, and some civilians naturally would not affect the army.


    After resting on Flores Ind for a day, on the morning of September 4th, Division One and Division Two left nearly 3,000 troops to be stationed on this ind.


    The remaining troops each set out to upy arge number of inds and archipgos in the west and east.


    Division One was responsible for the western Dragon Eye Ind, Sumbawa Ind, and Sumba Ind, and Division Two was responsible for the eastern Alo Archipgo, Southwest Inds, Southeastern Inds, Cay Inds, and Aru Archipgo.


    In geral, the western part of Flores Ind is mostlyrge inds, and the eastern part is tirelyposed of small inds, and the span is huge.


    In fact, not only this area, but there are countlessrge and small inds throughout the Dutch East Indies, which greatly affected the rule of the Dutch East India Colonial Governmt in this area.


    To properly rule this area, in addition to having a hundreds of thousands strong army, you must also have a particrly strong navy.


    But the fact is, the Dutch East Indies colony, including native divisions, has just over 0,000 soldiers in total.


    Although 0,000 people look like a lot, more than half of them are Native Divisions made up tirely of natives, who can barely keep the rebellion under control, but in the face of a war against a powerful nation, they can only be cannon fodder.


    As far as naval power is concerned, the Dutch navy is second-rate among many small and medium-sized European countries; however, the naval power in the Dutch East Indies is downright poor.


    The Dutch East Indies currtly has only one medium-sized warship of just over 6,000 tons as itsrgest naval vessel; without the foundation of battleships, it is doomed that the Dutch East Indies navy can only suppress the domestic rebellion and not fight against external forces.


    This is also why the Nethends quickly sumbed to Austrsia. After all, it''s their territory, and they know that the military power of the Dutch East Indies does not support them for long. Ev if they are firm, they will only d up being upied by Austrsiater.


    Instead of being tough and waiting for Austrsia topletely upy the precious Dutch East Indies territory, it is better to admit defeat and strive for morend to reduce the losses of the governmt.


    Theplex geographical vironmt of the Dutch East Indies territory actually determines that the controllers of thend cannot manage it well.


    Take the example of a certain country established in the hintend in modern times. Due to the multitude of inds and ethnicplexity, ev in modern times, domestic ethnic conflicts and conflicts are frequt.


    But for Austrsia, the more than one million native poptions on newly acquirednd are very useful.


    Whether used as cannon fodder in future wars to gain a sse of presce and role in the war or as a freebor force to support the country''s various constructions, they are very useful.


    Anyway, various constructions need arge number ofbor forces, and for the native part, Austrsia is really undiscriminating.


    Of course, Arthur is not worried about these natives causing trouble to the order of Austrsia during peaceful times in the future.


    In Arthur''s n, these natives simply ar''t considered in Austrsia.


    This also means that apart from contributing their lives to the developmt of Austrsia, their only choice is to be cannon fodder, allowing Australia to gain a sse of presce at the international level.


    After all, Austrsia will participate in the uing World War I, and if it wants to gain ough speaking power after the war, it must make certain sacrifices and efforts in the war.


    It''s better to let these natives pay for it than for the Australians to pay for it! ording to the reproduction rate of these natives, Arthur would not be heartbrok if several hundred thousand died.