My happy life in a courtyard house with triplets.

Chapter 506: Multinational Treaty

Meanwhile, on the other side, the sound of cannons rang out, and gold poured in.

Australia has been ruthless in its efforts, consuming huge amounts of weapons and ammunition, and continuously sending wave after wave of troops to Indonesia. The vanguard has already occupied three cities and firmly established its foothold.

Unbeknownst to everyone, nearly 10,000 large fishing boats were shuttling back and forth between Australia and Indonesia, responsible for transporting supplies and mobilizing personnel.

Whenever the Australian army conquered a city, it would take all the Indonesians in the city prisoner and send them to the desert regions of Australia to participate in desertification control and mining.

At the same time, the size of the Australian army has increased dramatically from 100 million to 300 million, but it still uses the 100 million troop designation when it comes to external forces.

A regiment expanded from 3000 to 1 people, and a division expanded from 1 to 35000 people.

Under the overall command of Ye Shuqi, the Australian army proceeded step by step, gradually eroding everything in Indonesia, leaving no stone unturned in its pursuit of resources.

All minerals, energy, and people are transported back and forth day and night by tens of thousands of fishing boats.

Seeing the army suffering repeated defeats, Indonesia's top leader sent a telegram directly to Australia, hoping to hold peace talks.

However, the response he received was only one word: NO!

Inside the Prime Minister's office in Australia, Zhang Lei stared at a map showing the distribution of Indonesia's mineral resources, including nickel, tin, and copper, as well as its coal and gold reserves. Looking at the astonishing numbers, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Zhang Lei was engrossed in looking at the attack routes marked on the map when Zhang Zhiqiang quietly walked up to him and handed him a document.

Zhang Lei took the document and glanced at its contents. It clearly stated questions about Australia's war against Indonesia. This document was sent by the United States.

Zhang Lei glanced at the document for a while, then casually tossed it aside and said, "Ignore their questions. They're just trying to get a share of the spoils since we're doing so well. Just call back and say that the palm oil, rubber, and other resources we acquired in Indonesia will be used to offset their loan payments after the statistics are finalized."

Zhang Zhiqiang nodded after hearing this.

Zhang Lei continued, "By the way, tell them to increase their weapons support for us, and tell them that they can only gain more benefits if we win; if we lose, they will lose everything."

"Continue to deceive them, saying that we are close to them. If they don't want Britain, the old hegemon, to continue dominating South Asia, they should continue to increase their loans to us. Tell them that all the loans will be used to build weapons and wage war, and they don't need to worry about that."

After hearing Zhang Lei's instructions, Zhang Leizhiqiang nodded in response and immediately sent someone to reply.

Sure enough, just half a day later, the British replied: they would provide Australia with enough American weapons and equipment to equip 500,000 people, and added a note demanding that Indonesia be taken over as soon as possible.

Looking at the contents of the telegram, Zhang Lei smiled and said, "Tell them that as long as the weapons are in place, the entire South Asia will fall under our control."

A small warship took off quietly without anyone noticing and arrived in Indonesia.

In the emptied city, Zhang Lei waved his hand lightly, and five million people appeared out of thin air, scattered throughout the Indonesian territory already occupied by Australia.

Zhang Lei looked at everyone and said, "Gather all the supplies together. After that, you will live here. From now on, you will all be local Indonesians."

Five million people nodded to Zhang Lei in unison, and were then taken away in batches.

Soon, with Zhang Lei personally arriving at the front lines, the Kangaroo Kingdom's army's offensive speed noticeably increased. After all, with the support of Zhang Lei's personal space, various supplies could be stored and transported at any time, making it extremely efficient.

In contrast, the Indonesian military's combat capability is at best third-rate and utterly vulnerable. Although Indonesia has a population of nearly 100 million, modern warfare is a contest of industrial and military preparedness, and Indonesia's military equipment level is far inferior to that of Australia.

Shortly afterward, the second batch of weapons and supplies from the United States arrived urgently, significantly accelerating the advance on the front lines once again. Zhang Lei also took the opportunity to expand the population deployed in Indonesia from the original five million to thirty million.

Meanwhile, the number of prisoners repatriated to the desert regions of Australia had reached 30 million, putting severe pressure on the local population. Zhang Lei had no choice but to temporarily slow down the population relocation plan, allowing the 30 million troops stationed in the occupied Indonesian territories to fully control various mineral resources while simultaneously forcing the captured Indonesian civilians to engage in primitive mining. With such a large workforce, there was no shortage of people to do the work.

The enormous profits from this war have made countries around the world envious. Indonesia publicly issued a statement strongly condemning Australia's aggression; even India wanted a share, but unfortunately, it was separated from Indonesia by other countries and could not directly send troops, so it could only continuously criticize Australia in its newspapers. France also sent a diplomatic telegram expressing its willingness to befriend Australia and share the post-war spoils.

Looking at the endless stream of diplomatic telegrams, Zhang Lei decided to leave all the diplomatic troubles to the United States to handle.

After extensive negotiations, major European powers such as the UK, France, and the Netherlands, along with the United States, Australia, and China, signed the "South Asian Economic Cooperation Treaty" with Zhang Lei, the top leader of Australia. The core content of the treaty is quite straightforward:

All signatory states shall not interfere with the military operations of the Australian Kangaroo State in South Asia; the Australian Kangaroo State shall distribute half of the profits from the war to all other states; in return, all other states shall provide the Australian Kangaroo State with weapons and equipment; the defeated states shall pay war reparations to the Australian Kangaroo State, and no other state shall interfere in this matter.

Thus, a blatant division of profits was officially formed. Other countries didn't need to send troops or contribute money; they only needed to provide some outdated weapons to enjoy the spoils of victory in South Asia. Among them, besides Australia, the biggest beneficiary was the United States, with the two countries together taking nearly 70% of the benefits.

Little did they know that Zhang Lei was merely using this war as a pretext to secretly control these countries and firmly grasp all the mineral resources of the defeated nations.

With a continuous stream of weapons support from various countries, the military strength of Australia has surged once again. The nearly 50 million people within Indonesia are actually personnel systematically deployed by Zhang Lei; and the desert regions of Australia are already filled with captured Indonesian civilians. The outside world is completely unaware of this, believing only Indonesian soldiers have been captured, and has no idea that such a large number of ordinary people are also involved.