Wen Desi said: "I unconditionally agree with this plan." He sighed, "We have to return to the place where we once fought!"
"Yes, I think back to the time when you, Mr. Wen, single-handedly defeated bandits, swept through thousands of troops with ppk machine guns, and killed the bandit leaders with your sword, I really admired you..." Skade said.
"It's all in the past, don't mention it again." Wen Desi waved his hand nonchalantly.
"Everyone, please don't digress." Ma Qianxu said, "Continue to discuss the development of Hongji."
Dongmen Chuiyu, as a representative of the Military Affairs General Administrative Court, spoke: "Our current military strength is insufficient - the available mobile forces are only the Lingao Garrison Battalion and Ma Niao's battalion."
Insufficient military strength has always been a curse that plagues the Lingao regime - overall, Lingao is an island regime at this stage, which is very suitable for the idea of building an army with a big navy and a small army. Control of the sea is used to exchange for the mainland not being attacked, and the army acts as
Dispatch troops for overseas intervention.
Logically speaking, the mobile military strength of the Lingao regime under this system should have been sufficient - the Senate has the strongest maritime mobile delivery capability in this time and space, and can maneuver troops along the coastline at extremely fast speeds. A battalion can
When used by several battalions.
However, Lingao's time-traveling regime was also a foreign regime. Although the senators tried their best to win over people's hearts, and there was no strong nationalist tendency in the 17th century, the chaotic social order of the medieval countries prevented social resources from being fully utilized.
, which forces the military to take on the task of social transformation, which was not its main responsibility originally.
Although more than half a year has passed since the Battle of Chengmai, and although the Senate has controlled the counties in Qiongbei for more than three months at the shortest time, the main force of the army is still used to carry out a comprehensive "purge" of the local area. The Qiongbei Public Security War launched by the General Staff
Containing most of the Army's forces - the Army's four regular infantry battalions are scattered throughout the Qiongbei area, performing a variety of security, escort and bandit suppression missions. The Army, which was supposed to be a projection force, can no longer divide its forces.
Support new combat operations.
"...If we want to open up the Hongji front, we can only use the army's general reserves." Dongmen Chuiyu expressed concern that in order to defend Hongji, the Hongji garrison would have to be established, and it would have to be removed no matter what.
Three companies. If the Northern Dynasties insist on "defending the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity", according to the mobilization level of the Northern Dynasties, it is very possible to recruit 12,000 people to besiege Hongji. Can the three companies save Hongji?
It was very suspicious. During the war game, the General Staff believed that at least a full infantry battalion was needed to defeat the North Vietnamese crusade.
The veteran officers of the General Military Administration conducted many deductions on various plans and programs. The final result was that Lingao's military strength was still insufficient in quantity. They could only be content with fighting short-term wars of fast in and fast out, and long-term operations would still be difficult.
There is a danger of being stretched thin.
The solution is of course to expand the army, whether it is to expand the regular army or to form a new second-line security force... However, the veteran officers themselves feel that they cannot speak: the population statistics of Qiongzhou have not yet been released, but it is estimated that the total population is only
500,000 people, the current size of the army and navy has exceeded 15,000. Compared to 30 people, there is one soldier - the Lingao regime can be called the most militaristic regime in history, even surpassing the so-called "national army"
If Prussia hadn't relied on export-oriented trade to continuously draw blood from the mainland for supply and the army usually spent a lot of time supporting construction, such an army would have been unable to maintain it.
After the Battle of Chengmai, the Executive Committee once considered the idea of reducing some navy and army soldiers to enrich grassroots cadres, but subsequent developments made this disarmament plan completely aborted.
"...The expedition to Vietnam is equivalent to another division of troops, and it will have to maintain a certain presence in enemy-occupied areas for a long time, and may even require long-term operations, and the threat of Zheng Zhilong and other sea masters has not been eliminated..." Dongmen Chuiyu continued to report
With.
“We are in a strange circle now,” Zhan Wuya said. “If we want to engage in large-scale industrial production, we need violent troops to seize land for raw materials and fuels. Riots need a large amount of arms, and large industries need large industries. Large industries need raw materials and fuels, and raw materials and fuels need
You can gain it by seizing the territory, but to seize the territory you have to use force..."
Wen Desi interrupted Zhan Wuya's grumbling: "This matter is indeed difficult, but there is no result in just talking about the problem - let me talk about my opinion: first set up an armed trading station and pay for certain currencies or goods
, hire local indigenous people to dig coal, and then recruit mine guards from the miners..."
"Let the Vietnamese indigenous people dig coal? In the old days, people said that their labor unions were very powerful and they would go on strike at every turn." Skade expressed doubts about the labor efficiency of the Vietnamese indigenous people. He had a background in foreign trade, and many foreign trade factories moved to save labor costs.
After arriving in Vietnam, it didn’t take long for people to complain and complain that Vietnamese workers were too lazy.
"Monkeys are quite hard-working and willing to work, at least better than the indigenous people further south - they grow three-crop rice - is this something a lazy man would do?" Wen Desi said, "Besides, the heresy of labor unions is fundamental
Time and space do not exist. There is another point: Vietnam has a large population, which is enough to supply the consumption of coal mining. Aren't they fighting the Civil War now? This kind of medieval society is a huge territory, and hundreds of thousands of people are fighting in a big war.
, Needless to say, the people are in dire straits, we can get a large number of people at a very low cost - just feed them."
Wu De said: "In the long run, the armed trading station can also serve as a base for the subtle cultivation and transformation of local indigenous people, which will be beneficial to our future implementation of the new order."
In the Senate's overall plan, Vietnam, North Korea, and other countries in the "Chinese Cultural Circle" are those that will enter the "East Asian New Order" system in the future, and their treatment is different from that of the natives of the Southeast Asian archipelago.
Everyone has no objections to Wen Desi's use of local labor force. Even if Vietnam cannot provide enough indigenous labor force, in the long run, slaves can be transported to fill the mine pits.
Dongmen Chuiyu said: "I'm just worried that the armed trading station will not be able to support the attack of the Northern Dynasty..."
"We try our best to achieve peaceful trade." Wen Desi explained his plan. "The trading station is only used as a shelter in case of emergency. So the scale does not need to be large, as long as it is strong enough to support the navy for reinforcements.
"
The purpose of the time traveler is only to mine coal, not to occupy the territory. Hongji is not a land of plenty, but a barren hilly peninsula. The current Lingao's illustrious military exploits should have been spread to the Northern Dynasty, which was already at war with the Southern Dynasty and had too much time to take care of itself.
, there is no need to fight with a powerful military power over a small piece of wasteland - especially when the other party's purpose is just to mine coal. Wen Desi's plan is based on the premise of this prediction.
Yu Eshui said: "In my personal opinion, President Wen's plan is still feasible. Every time the Northern Dynasties went south, they were blocked by the Ruan family's fortress group near the 17th parallel and the arms provided by the Portuguese. Now they are eager to find foreign aid.
——According to the course of history, the Dutch will act as their advisors in the near future. If we provide some arms in exchange, letting us stay in Hongji to mine coal is not an intolerable price for the Northern Dynasty. It can also crowd out the Netherlands.
The influence of people on the Northern Dynasties."
"Selling arms?" Some people find it hard to accept. In the past, Li Luoyou's attempts to buy arms for the Ming Dynasty were rejected, but now he suddenly wants to sell arms to the Northern Li Dynasty.
“Do we have enough steel?”
"With the No. 1 blast furnace, the steel production capacity has expanded more than 10 times. It is still beneficial for us to consume some in exchange for enough thermal coal." Zhan Wuya feels a bit wealthy because the blast furnace was successfully ignited a few days ago.
, "The No. 1 blast furnace is not yet working at full capacity, and the daily pig iron production exceeds 60 tons. The No. 2 blast furnace will be put into operation in another month."
"There are also medicines, processed foods - food can be processed with supplied materials... all of these can be sold to the Northern Dynasty as trade goods. They are similar to the goods sold to the Tatars." Skade said, "I don't think the Northern Dynasty will refuse.
The medicines and fast food required by this trade are very useful in the military."
Finally, the resolution to open a trading station for coal mining in Hongji was passed. As the first step, the Vietnam Trading Company was independent from Leizhou Station. The Vietnam Trading Company became a state-owned company directly under the Ministry of Colonial Trade. And Leizhou Sugar
The industry has achieved the same status. The headquarters is still located in Leizhou.
In a luxurious residence on Hai'an Street in Haikang County, Leizhou, the elders of Leizhou Station are sitting around a table. The atmosphere is a bit subtle. The table is filled with account books and other things. In addition to an abacus, there is also a pocket electronic
calculator.
A big black man said at this time: "Okay, the accounts should be clear, right?"
The female veteran who was filling in the best numbers on the form straightened up - she was Jin Zhijiao from the Cheka. She said: "No problem, there are a few transactions that violate the system, but they are not serious."
She stamped the handover audit form and said, "Okay!"
"Old Wen, I'm about to leave you, don't miss me..." The big black man was Chang Shide. A few days ago, he received a telegram from the Organization Department, asking him to "prepare for handover immediately, transfer
I have another appointment in Lingao." Immediately following the telegram came this Cheka woman.
Operation Hongji started with personnel transfers: Chang Shide was transferred out of Leizhou; Yan Maoda was officially transferred to Leizhou as the general manager of the Vietnam Trading Company, and Bei Kai was appointed as the trade representative in North Vietnam. The latter had already accepted a long-term position in Lingao
Vietnamese language training - learning strange Vietnamese words from the TV every day was too much for him. Although Bekai repeatedly emphasized that his family had nothing to do with Vietnam, he was selected for the position of trade representative in Vietnam because he looked "very Vietnamese".