Chapter 687: Countermeasures (1)
Sure enough, only 2 days later, East China ** showed its countermeasures and announced 3 resolutions.
1. In view of the trade ban imposed by the five expeditionary forces led by Britain and France, East China ** decided to take measures to suppress all merchant ships of the five countries of Britain, France, Russia, Japan and the Netherlands, and if there were merchant ships that dared to resist or escape, they would be sunk;
2. All ships are not allowed to dock at the port from now on, where the 12 nautical miles of the coastal vessels, East China will take measures to drive them away, if they refuse to be driven away, East China will detain the ship and even sink it;
3. East China will form a fleet and set sail within three days to attack Java, and all the overseas colonies of Britain, France, Russia, Japan and the Netherlands are the targets of attack in East China, and East China will strike at the overseas colonies of Britain, France, Russia, Japan and the Netherlands according to the actual situation.
Of course, these three resolutions were formulated in response to the five countries of the expeditionary force, mainly Britain and France, and adopted a trade ban on East China. It was mainly aimed at Britain and France. East China did not take the attack on the economic interests of the two countries in China as a countermeasure as expected by Britain and France, because this kind of blow did not have a great impact on Britain and France, on the contrary, it would cause China's economic crisis.
Just as the weakness of East China is the tight supply of materials, and the weakness of Britain and France, in addition to their own territory, is their overseas colonies and trade, East China ** will target these two items, which is a precise countermeasure. Although the current scope of naval activities in East China is mainly concentrated in Asian waters, to be precise, East Asian and Southeast Asian waters, the farthest is Java, and will not cross the Strait of Malacca, but this area is one of the most frequent sea areas for the merchant ships of Britain and France, including Eurasian maritime trade, African and Asian maritime trade, American and Asian maritime trade, and South Asian maritime trade, all pass through here, so as long as the navy of East China can The activities of British and French merchant ships in these waters were a major blow to the economies of both countries. Moreover, Britain and France have a large number of colonies in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and once East China strikes at these colonies indiscriminately, Britain and France will have to bear losses far more than their commercial interests in China.
Of course, this does not mean that as long as East China strikes at the overseas colonies and trade of Britain and France, Britain and France will immediately surrender to defeat, but if this is consumed, Britain and France may not have a chance of winning. First, Britain and France suffered huge losses, and secondly, East China could replenish supplies by withholding merchant ships and confiscating goods to alleviate its own material crisis.
And East China is not only a blow to Britain and France, but also has no mercy on the Netherlands, it is an island country, and the supply of materials depends on the import from overseas, and the domestic economy is now almost completely collapsed, and it is completely dependent on external blood transfusions to avoid being maintained, so East China is comprehensively ****, and can completely cut off the import of materials, that is, to put pressure on ** and force ** to admit defeat as soon as possible. If you are willing to admit defeat, then East China will be more than half successful.
However, whether it is to crack down on the overseas colonies and trade of Britain and France, or to comprehensively ****, it will take a certain amount of time to see the effect, at least a few months, so the main breakthrough in East China still falls on the Netherlands, which is also the same as Xia Bohai and Qin Zheng's ideas before. And there is not so much trouble for the Netherlands, and East China directly takes the way of attacking Java and threatening it with force.
The Netherlands is the weakest of the five countries of the expeditionary force, after the expeditionary force fleet was wiped out, the security of Java is actually useless, and there is Zhang Zhenxun's family in East China who is familiar with the situation in Java, and has considerable influence in the local personnel support, so the success rate of East China's attack on Java is very great.
Of course, the goal of East China is not really to occupy Java, but to force the Netherlands to be stubborn, now Java is the most important overseas colony of the Netherlands, but it is not limited to Java Island, including Sumatra, Sulawesi, New Guinea Island and most of Kalimantan Island, as well as some surrounding archipelago areas, with Java Island as the core, so the Netherlands ** can never be indifferent to Java, watching Java Island is occupied by the People's Army, then it can only compromise with East China. And in this way, East China has also achieved a breakthrough.
However, everything can not be absolute, in case the Netherlands ** tough to the end, refusing to compromise, or the Netherlands ** although compromised, but the other 4 countries are still tough, then the next target of East China ** is France's colonies in Southeast Asia, that is, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and other regions, although the area of these areas is not large, but it is the most important colony of France, which is Vietnam, not only rich in products, but also has a long coastline and many excellent ports, East China ** It was planned to use a sea assault to destroy the ports and coastal cities of the French colonies, inflicting heavy losses on France.
In contrast, Britain's colonies in Southeast Asia are mainly Burma, the Malay Peninsula, and the northern part of Kalimantan, but the main one is Burma, and East China is beyond the reach of some whips, so the British are only focused on intercepting merchant ships, and only attacking French colonies, which can also create an imbalance between Britain and France, so that France thinks that I am bearing losses for Britain and achieving the goal of dividing the two countries.
In the plan of East China, there is no action against the only country that has a territorial border with East China, and it is also a country that cannot threaten it from the sea. Compared with the navy, the advantage of the army in East China is much smaller, and the battlefield against Russia is far away from the core area of East China, so the battle line is too long, and the cost of waging war against China is too great. It can only be ranked last.
After the announcement of East China's countermeasures, it once again triggered a huge reaction in the international community, because these three countermeasures of East China ** are indeed somewhat amazing, and they also exceeded the expectations of the international community, and they are greatly beyond the scope of China, and it is very likely that the Far East war will continue to expand and push it to the edge of uncontrollability. It is even possible that the entire Southeast Asian region will be involved in war.
Almost on the same day that they received the news, Britain and France issued a stern statement, accusing East China of expanding the war at will, wantonly trampling on international norms, sabotaging the principles of trade and navigation, which may lead to an international economic crisis and so on.
East China's countermeasures are indeed the sore feet of Britain and France, because the economies of Britain and France are export-oriented, dependent on maritime transportation and heavy, and now East China is threatening to intercept and detain the merchant ships of the two countries and crack down on the maritime trade of the two countries, which is undoubtedly a soft threat to the two countries, and this information has also caused the business circles of the two countries, Bi Jing is the first to bear the businessmen, so the business circles of the two countries can still sit still, so they have asked to take effective measures to protect the safety of the shipping lines of the two countries.
Britain and France** were already under great pressure, and another mountain was added at this time, but at this time, it was useless to talk about it, East China** Now that Britain and France really don't have any effective means, it is basically impossible to take military action, and it is not that the two countries cannot make up a fleet now, but the British Navy can form a fleet that is more powerful than the expeditionary fleet, but the problem is that the expeditionary force fleet has been completely wiped out, and now it is not clear how it was defeated, who dares to guarantee that the formation of a second fleet will definitely win?
Moreover, Britain and France are now at peace on the edge of Europe's couch, and the rising Germany is like a tiger lying between the steps, and in this situation, how dare Britain and France invest a large number of troops in the Far East. The only way now is to exert pressure on East China through the international community, and strive to make East China give up the operation of intercepting British and French merchant ships.
However, the international community is still essentially the law of the jungle, and it is impossible for a country without weight and strength to take the lead, so it is impossible to put enough pressure on East China. Now there are only two countries in the international community that have such a position, the United States and Germany, and Germany is the strategic enemy of Britain and France, of course, can not be counted on, and Germany has no interests in the Far East, and the willingness to interfere will not be too great, to the United States also has extensive interests in the Far East, and the countermeasures of East China are also harmful to the interests of the United States.
And **, the Netherlands is also extremely nervous, **is now facing a situation of complete collapse of the domestic economy, all rely on British and French assistance to maintain, and East China ** to implement a comprehensive sea closure of **, cut off all foreign sources of aid, this is the life of **; and the Netherlands is not better there, although the mainland will not be affected by East China ** But the Netherlands is small, and Java is one of its important financial sources, so once Java is lost, the Netherlands' financial revenue will be greatly reduced, which will inevitably cause an economic crisis in the country, and although Britain, France and Japan have been countered, they can all hold out for a few more months, East China has announced an attack on Java, plus the support of Zhang Zhenxun's family, at most a month, Java will change hands, so the Netherlands can not help but panic.
But now, the Netherlands has no good way to deal with East China, and can only rely on Britain and France, so after East China's countermeasures were announced, the two countries immediately contacted Britain and France frequently to negotiate countermeasures. Britain and France suggested that the United States should come forward and call on other countries to work together to exert pressure on East China.