Having lost the Far East, the islanders were also frightened by Zhukov's offensive. They hurriedly sent out envoys and signed a non-aggression treaty with the Soviet Union. Stalin secretly smiled: "You want to invade us, unless you come from those people in Tianhua Kingdom
Flying over my head!"
The plan to advance northward completely failed, and the soldiers of the island country lamented. Not only did the Chinese mainland make no progress, they were repeatedly attacked by the New Fourth Army and had to occupy all the passages in the big cities to defend themselves.
Fortunately, the occupied areas of Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia were connected together, and a large amount of manpower, financial and material resources were obtained from there. However, these are far from satisfying the appetite of the island people. If they want to dominate Asia, they must conquer all the countries in Asia.
!
A strong attack by the Tianhua Kingdom became a thorn in their hearts! They thought of blocking the commercial transportation of Tianhua based on Palau, but they unexpectedly recovered it effortlessly. What's even more hateful, the chief of Palau actually
After selling that island, it is a dream to take it back from Tianhua!
The Soviets gave up the Far East, and the little devils became even more miserable. If Tianhua attacked the island country from here, it would only take a few hours to attack the island territory in the north of the island country.
On Sakhalin Island, Hou Dashun personally led an army to occupy the entire island. He showed no mercy to the Russians in the north and the islanders in the south, and ordered them all to get out! If they were unwilling to leave, they would be sent to Khabarovsk
Build roads, build bridges, and plant heaven and earth nearby.
At this time, the Soviet Union and the island countries were very busy. They had no choice but to accept their expatriates, and those who did not want to leave joined the Khabarovsk Autonomous Prefecture. After the coal mines, oil fields, fisheries, and ports on the island were recovered, they quickly sent out technical personnel
Cadres of personnel and management.
Hu Zhiyong listened to Hu Da shouting on his mobile phone, and his excited tone seemed particularly exciting: "Open-pit coal mining can reach one million tons per year, oil extraction can reach 17 million tons per year, and natural gas can reach 21 billion cubic meters. Now
Some paper mills and canneries can restart production in a month after replacing equipment!"
"Tell Liang Chengfu that Sakhalin Island was renamed Hekou Province and Hou Dashun's wife Narentoya was made governor. Vladivostok was made a special city and Yinlong's wife Li Xielan was made mayor; the remaining few
The governors and mayors are Song Shoushan, Chen Degui, Lu Yongsheng, He Gaojun, and Lei Hu, and they must all start work within a week!" Of course Hu Zhiyong knew the situation there, and after careful consideration, he made comprehensive arrangements.
The few people selected by Hu Zhiyong all studied business and government functional management at university. They happened to have graduated recently and were all assigned to the Khabarovsk Autonomous Government.
Liang Chengfu received the telegram and laughed: "We were all taken off our military uniforms and became local governors and mayors."
Hou Dashun, who was standing with Liang Chengfu, frowned and said: "As a woman, how can he handle the complicated situation in Hekou?"
"You're stupid!" Liang Chengfu looked at Hou Dashun reproachfully: "Hu Da is in charge here, and he is in charge of the oil fields and coal mines. With you here for local security, who dares to scratch the tiger's head? Let her have a good exercise.
I believe in the young master’s vision!”
"My old regiment leader seems to be training new recruits, where is the young master interested again?" Hou Dashun guessed and asked himself in a low voice.
"Soon!" Liang Chengfu laughed loudly: "I have been missing for two years, and the lid of the pot will be lifted soon!"
There are more than 400,000 people in Hekou, most of whom work in coal mines, oil fields, fisheries, and paper mills. New teachers have been sent to the schools here, and they mainly teach in Chinese and English.
Hou Dashun left one division and one artillery regiment behind, and the rest of the troops returned to Khabarovsk. Every town has been redesigned, and they will complete the construction within five years.
In the palace of the island country, a group of ministers and people from the military department were arguing. The failure of the northern advance had become a fact, and they did not dare to challenge Hu Zhiyong. However, the expansion should still maintain the current status, and these people had different opinions.
Some people advocate taking over India and joining forces with Italy and Germany; some people advocate continuing to send troops to mainland China to force the Nationalist Government to surrender and become his puppet president. Most military officers also believe that the resources needed to occupy Southeast Asia are there!
Prime Minister Konoe stood up and said in a calm tone: "To attack the mainland, we are facing pressure from the Northern Bureau, the National Government, Shanghai, and Ryukyu. To attack Southeast Asia, we must first go south to the Philippines! This means fighting with the Americans.
Let the war begin!”
Konoe advocated maintaining the status quo and abandoning the Chinese mainland as a last resort. His idea was scorned by a group of warring factions, who thought he was timid and fearful of trouble. However, this group of people still had many concerns about starting a war with the United States.
"What we need to know is whether the Americans will be involved in this war!" Tojo Hideki said to the main war faction: "If North Korea and China are not involved in too many troops, can we fight to the death with the US military!"
Hideki Tojo served as Army Vice Minister. He looked at Riku Xiang, who had just lost the decisive battle with the Soviet Union in the Far East and was furious at Emperor Showa, scolding Army Minister Seishiro Itagaki until he was furious, hoping that he could give an answer.
"If we attack India, we will face hostility with France. As expected, it will also arouse opposition from the Americans!" After thinking about it, Itagaki Seishiro decided that this was not an option either.
"Maintain the status quo and wait for the opportunity!" Hirohito saw that the argument was fruitless and ordered them to go back.
After everyone left, Hirohito looked at the pictures of Tianhua's beautiful city and cursed bitterly: "It's you who disrupted the national policy of the empire! Hu Zhiyong, you are so cunning!"
Only then did they understand what Zhuang He had done. No wonder the volunteers were not wiped out, no wonder so many new weapons appeared one after another, no wonder they were cut off from resources in the United States and Southeast Asia!
Now everything has been exposed, but they can no longer deal with it. The tactics and advanced weapons of the Third Young Master of the Hu family have given them a headache and helplessness. The government is afraid, the soldiers are afraid, and this kind of force has frightened them!
It is strange to say that the people of the island country are not afraid of the Soviet army or the US military, but they are afraid of Hu Zhiyong's troops. They also suspected that Hu Zhiyong might have interfered in the Far East and sold weapons to the Soviets in exchange for the Far East.
A large territory.
"Your Majesty, no matter what our plans are for the future, we must step up the production of warships, aircraft and artillery. I think we have to deal with Hu Zhiyong to get the coal, steel and crude oil we need from the mouth of the river." Konoe was left behind by the emperor and listened.
When he finally vented his lament, he had no choice but to put forward his own thoughts.
The mouth of the river is only 19 kilometers away from the island nation of Hokkaido. It is very convenient to import supplies from here. Hirohito nodded: "You can go see Hu Zhiyong. We will not be enemies with him. We only want to do business with them."
"Hayi!"
"Do business with me? Okay!" Hu Zhiyong greeted the guard in Phoenix City and nodded in agreement after listening to his words: "I will open a two-island transportation line from the sea. Your merchant ships can move around here at will. Material transactions must be
U.S. dollars or gold, pay in cash!”
Hu Zhiyong is very cunning. He knows that no later than a year later, the United States will launch the first step of its "southern advance" due to the island country's invasion of southern French Indochina. This will greatly damage the vested interests of Britain, the United States and other countries in Southeast Asia.
.The United States began to put pressure on Japan, freezing Japanese assets in the United States and requiring island countries to give up their ambitions for China and Pacific territories.
Speaking of U.S. dollars and gold, Prime Minister Konoe couldn't help but get a headache. The island country does not have any resources and needs to import a large amount of materials to meet domestic needs. It took him a long time to say: "We can trade with you using timber from Myanmar and Vietnam."
"Wood?" Hu Zhiyong laughed: "Haha, the wood I want is sandalwood, teak, and mahogany, which happen to be found in Myanmar. But how can you mine so much wood? Myanmar is rich in mineral resources, including oil, natural gas, tungsten, and tin.
, lead, silver, nickel, antimony, gold, iron, chromium, gemstones, especially jade, etc., don’t you have enough?”
Konoe listened to Hu Zhiyong's words and said in surprise: "Do you also know about Myanmar?"
"Hahahaha!" Hu Zhiyong laughed continuously and looked at the Prime Minister of the island country happily: "It is difficult to extract oil there, and it may not be enough for you for the time being. Okay, I want teak. Give me as much wood as you want, and I will give you as much crude oil and
coal!"
Konoe was relieved and began to test Hu Zhiyong's views on the situation in China. Hu Zhiyong said slyly: "My territory is only Tianhua Kingdom and Palau, I don't care about other things. Of course, those people are my subordinates, but they are
You won’t completely listen to me. Just like us, we are doing business!”
Konoe didn't get the news he wanted, so he stood up and said: "The island country will not go to war with Tianhua, and I hope you will not interfere with our actions!"
"Absolutely!" Hu Zhiyong nodded, leaned in front of the guard and whispered: "If you take action in Southeast Asia, I will not get involved, but you must guarantee all my interests there!"
Konoe was surprised. He looked at Hu Zhiyong's cunning and wretched face, and couldn't figure out how this kid knew that the island country was going to attack Southeast Asia. Before he could ask, Hu Zhiyong had already answered heartily: "The resources you want are all in Southeast Asia.
I don’t believe you won’t be tempted there!”
"In Southeast Asia, many interests involve the U.S. government!" Konoe pretended to be relaxed. He wanted to find out from Hu Zhiyong whether the Americans would join the war.
"Abandon the Philippines and detour to Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. You can only stretch out your hand here to test their reaction! It means starting a war with the United States. Are you afraid of them?" Hu Zhiyong looked serious and raised his thumb and said: "Germany will give you
Holding back Britain and France, facing a country, even if it cannot be defeated, there will be no defeat!"
"This -" Konoe hesitated and said for a long time: "This is something the emperor needs to consider. We ministers cannot come up with such dangerous and bad ideas."
"Haha, the most powerful thing in the island country is the navy. You don't need it on the Chinese mainland. Well, our business is settled. I will use my good wine to have a drink with your Prime Minister!" Hu Zhiyong stopped talking.
We already know that the Prime Minister who is favored by the Emperor is already attracted to him!