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The Nanyang is the name of Southeast Asia during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and is the central concept of China. It includes the Malay Islands, the Philippine Islands, the Indonesian Islands, and the coastal areas of the Indochina Peninsula, the Malay Peninsula and other places. The Nanyang concept corresponds to the Western, Eastern and Beiyang.
.The West refers to the Indian Ocean area west of the Strait of Malacca, and also includes Europe or further away. The Qing Dynasty once specifically refers to European and American countries; the East refers to Japan. In ancient China, Han people began to immigrate to the South China Ocean. During the Ming Dynasty and after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of Han immigrants flocked to this place.
Making a living and settling in the region is called "going to Southeast Asia".
Nanyang is located in the tropical region with fertile soil and is suitable for the cultivation of crops such as rice. It can be said to be a natural granary. For China, occupying Nanyang can effectively alleviate domestic food shortages. At the same time, there are many Chinese living in the Nanyang area.
Except for a very small number of people, they are generally bullied by Western colonists and local indigenous peoples, and the empire has the responsibility to rescue them. In fact, after China occupied the Philippines, Chinese in other parts of the Southeast Asian region were already looking forward to it.
The Nanyang region also has rich mineral resources, such as the oil needed by China, as well as copper ore and iron ore. With the rapid development of the domestic automobile industry, the demand for oil has also increased significantly. However, only one has been mined in China.
Just Shengli Oilfield, the rest of the oil fields have not been developed, and most of the oil used is imported from abroad. As China and the United States go to war, the United States has banned the export of oil to China. Fortunately, by increasing the mining of Shengli Oilfield
, can temporarily meet domestic needs. If this continues, you can only exploit new oil fields in China or find other channels. Oil in the Nanyang region can just alleviate this dilemma.
In addition, the rubber produced in the Nanyang region has become more and more important as the automobile industry becomes more and more developed. If you control the Nanyang region in your hands, you can control most of the world's rubber production.
"Nanyang is very important to the empire. If you can completely control Nanyang, it would be great!" Wang Yuze said. For now, the Nanyang region is one of the best for China to expand outwardly.
The original plan was to send troops to attack Nanyang after Britain and France declared war on China. Now it seems that this needs to be advanced.
"Don't worry, your Majesty, Britain and France do not have much military force in the South China Sea. The French Far East Fleet is old and the navy can easily defeat it. The British Far East Fleet was eliminated, which has solved the biggest problem. In the army, France is in the process of defeating the French.
There are tens of thousands of people in the Indochina colony, and the United Kingdom also has tens of thousands of people in Malaya and Myanmar. As long as a few divisions are dispatched, they can sweep them!" Xiong Wu said. Although France claims to have 200,000 troops in the Indochina colony,
But most of them were indigenous troops from the colonies, and the real French army had less than 50,000 people. The same was true for Britain. Their native British troops in Malaya and Myanmar had only tens of thousands, and the rest were
Just a vulnerable indigenous army.
"That's good! Taking over Nanyang, especially Singapore, is equivalent to closing the gate of Nanyang. At that time, we should have the final say in the entire Far East! The General Staff and the Army Department will come up with specifics at that time.
The action plan is enough. However, there are many jungles in the South Ocean area, and the troops in the Philippines should use jungle operations more. They should be able to use it at that time." Wang Yuze said.
"Yes, Your Majesty! We will make arrangements!" Xiong Wu and Cai Yun replied. After the establishment of the eight military regions of the empire, the Southwest Military Region and the South China Military Region had already begun training in this regard, for this war
Make preparations.
"Zhang Aiqing, the local fleet annihilated the British Far East Fleet. Next, we will definitely face the revenge of the British. Can the navy continue to work hard to defend the empire's seas and win the empire?" Wang Yuze asked. His actions in Nanyang were very big.
To a degree, it depends on the navy. If the navy cannot seize the power of the sea, then everything will be empty talk.
"Your Majesty, the main warships of the local fleet will be in the shipyard for repair in the next step. However, at most one or two months, the battle will continue. The main force of the British Navy is far away in Europe. They want to send a large number of fleets
It will take at least two months to enter the Far East. This is only 20,000 kilometers of navigation. If the British spend some time preparing, they will take more time. At that time, it will not be just the local fleet.
The warships of each warship have been repaired, and the 'Qin-class' battleships can also be put into service. As long as the British navy is not fully deployed, we will be sure to win!" Zhang Cheng said confidently. The 'Chinese-class' battleships in these two naval battles
Among them, they showed quite strong strength. The Qin-class battleship is more powerful than the Chinese-class battleship, and there is no pressure to deal with the old British battleships.
Wang Yuze nodded. "By the way, the submarine should be useful at that time. For example, before the battleship and the British Navy fight, the submarine will first launch an attack on the British Navy. Then the main fleet will take advantage of the chaos to occupy the T-head. It must be
It can achieve very good results!" Wang Yuze suggested. In this era, there is no effective way to deal with submarines, and the torpedoes carried by submarines pose a fatal threat to these battleships. Especially in the evening, attacks are launched while the chaos is in progress.
If it is, it will definitely receive miraculous effects.
"Yes, Your Majesty! The Navy Department will come up with an effective set of tactics!" Zhang Cheng said. Wang Yuze attaches importance to the submarine force, which makes him attach great importance to the submarines. With the construction of the new submarine, he passed two
After the exercise, the Navy also realized the huge role of the submarine. This time the British Navy launched a large-scale move and if it came to take revenge, the submarine would come in handy.
"Your Majesty! The British Navy has come from afar and has no supply base. We will capture Singapore and Hong Kong before they arrive, which can effectively reduce the strength of the British fleet!" Xiong Wu suggested.
"Yes! The Navy cooperates at that time and take over Hong Kong and Singapore first!" Wang Yuze said.
Later, Wang Yuze summoned the Prime Minister of the Cabinet Yang Hua and Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang. When they learned that the Chinese Navy's local fleet had annihilated the British Far East Fleet, they were also stunned. However, since then, they had nothing to say, and they could only cooperate with the military.
, guarantee the victory of this war. As for Wu Tingfang, he probably will have to welcome the anger of the British ambassador to China Juerdian tomorrow morning. However, since the battle has started, there is no need to be afraid of him anymore. Anyway, it is China's now
The British have gained the advantage, but the ones who suffer the loss.
The British side learned that the British Navy's Far East Fleet was eliminated later than the Chinese side. The "Perce" light cruiser of the British Navy's Far East Fleet, which successfully escaped, was annihilated at 5 pm.
The news was sent to Singapore. When Sir Alexander Ruitian, the governor of the Straits Colony, received the news that the Far East Fleet was annihilated by the Chinese Navy, he fell directly from his chair. After that, he immediately sent the news to London.
At this time, it was just 9 a.m. in London, and cabinet officials had just started to work. Because of the war in the Far East, Britain was also very nervous. After the Japanese Navy was eliminated, the British Navy would soon take action. Therefore, the British government also
It was very busy. The news that the British Far East Fleet from Singapore was destroyed immediately shocked the entire British government.
When Secretary Deem handed the telegram to the British Prime Minister Marquis Salisbury who was drinking coffee, the Marquis of Salisbury's coffee cup fell to the ground, and the brown coffee was poured into handicraft imported from Persia
On the carpet. However, no one can care about so much now.
"How could the entire army be destroyed? What did the stupid pig Frederimantel do? Immediately find Sir Frederick William Richards!" The Marquis of Salisbury looked like a furious lion
.Originally, after learning that the Far East Fleet and the Chinese Navy went to war, he was a little worried. However, he thought that even if the Far East Fleet was not an opponent of the Chinese Navy, he could at least retreat calmly. Don’t forget that the Chinese Navy only just the day before.
After a fierce naval battle, but now, this result made him completely unbelievable.
"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister!" Secretary Deem immediately withdrew from the office. Now is the time when the Marquis of Salisbury is angry. If you continue to stay, you may not be implicated.
The Marquis of Salisbury's eyes were full of burning anger. The last time he was prime minister, his term had not yet arrived, but he had to resign. The reason was that during the Sino-British border conflict, the British **
The team was defeated. This time, the Far East fleet was completely wiped out. How did he explain to the British people? These fleets that consumed the money of British taxpayers were actually destroyed so easily, the angry people,
I will definitely oust him again. Will he have a chance to go next time? It is probably very difficult.
"Damn Filimantel, I must send you to the military court!" said the Marquis of Salisbury gritted his teeth.
Soon, Sir Frederick William Richards, the Minister of Navy, rushed to the office of the Marquis of Salisbury. His face was also very bad. Obviously, he also knew the news that the Far East Fleet was annihilated.
It seems that he has given up on Filimantel before, but now it seems that it is completely in vain.
"Sir Richards? What should we do now? We will be ousted by angry people tomorrow!" said the Marquis of Salisbury waiting for Sir Frederick William Richards.
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