Sun Hao did not object to the wedding, and after everyone discussed, Sun Hao and Shen Jun and Wang Xiaoshan, the commander of the guard battalion, left the Li family for more than a dozen years.

On the way, Sun Hao told Li Yang about persuading him to attack the Philippines, and after Shen Jun heard it, he felt that he had to think carefully about it before deciding whether to attack or not.

Of course, Shen Jun also knows the benefits of getting his hands on the Philippines, although the topography of the Philippines is mostly mountainous, there are also many plains. With plains, a lot of fertile land can be cultivated. The climate of the South Seas is very suitable for growing rice and many other crops, as long as the colonies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Philippines are taken down, the cultivated fertile land will definitely be enough for more than 100 million people to eat.

In addition, the geographical location of the Philippines is very important, to the east, it can enter the Pacific Ocean and occupy the islands of the Pacific. To the northwest, you can attack the Qing Dynasty, Kou State, and take Goryeo. To the southeast, he could attack East Asia, so Shen Jun felt that the benefits of attacking the Philippines were greater than His Majesty's.

But Shen Jun also knew very well that the current military strength of Huaxia was not suitable for too much aggressiveness, the Philippines is a country with many islands, and the local form is very complex, not only colonists, but also local natives, and there are previous immigrant forces. It is not a big problem to defeat the Philippines, but it is not so easy to want a stable Philippines.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, Sun Hao's residence was also the temporary headquarters of Huaxia Kingdom.

At this time, the headquarters was brightly lit, the commander of the Fourth Army, Han Han Baojia, the commander of the Second Fleet, Lu Ping, the commander of the Second Fleet, Shen Jun, and others were discussing the matter of entering the Philippines in the conference room, while Miao Feng, the confidential secretary, was sitting on Sun Hao's side, holding a notebook in his hand, recording the important content of the meeting.

After Han Baojia heard about the attack on the Philippines, he felt that Commander-in-Chief Sun Hao was too aggressive, which was not conducive to the development of Huaxia, let alone the colony of the Kingdom of Holland. It is better to attack the Philippines than to directly get all the Nanyang colonies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and after the territory is stabilized, it is not too late to attack the Philippines on a large scale.

After thinking about it, Han Baojia stood up and said, "Commander-in-Chief Sun, Chief of Staff Shen, I feel that it is not appropriate to attack the Philippines now. Our army's offensive is very fierce, and the speed of the advance is also very fast, out of the three large islands of Suman Island, Jakarta, and Borneo, and the colonies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the South Seas have basically been taken by us.

But the problems were not small, not only for the natives, but also for the Dutch soldiers who had fled. These islands are densely forested and have complex terrain, which is very unfavorable for our army to carry out the requisition operation. Therefore, it was suggested that the Third Army should be brought in to participate in the collection and extermination of the remnants of the Dutch, or the surrender of the natives. ”

After Sun Hao heard this, he smiled at Han Baojia and did not blame him. Then, Sun Hao set his eyes on Lu Ping.

Seeing Sun Hao's gaze on him, Lu Ping immediately stood up and said, "Commander-in-chief, I feel that I can mobilize the Third Army to attack the Philippines. Restoration City not only has an army, but also so many people, young and middle-aged people have undergone ordinary military training. As long as the Third Army defeats the Philippines, these young and middle-aged people can participate in the work of maintaining stability in the Philippines. In other words, we still have a lot of reserve troops in Huaxia.

The Philippines is rich in minerals and its geographical location is very important, after taking the Philippines, it can not only be used as a bridgehead to attack the Qing Dynasty, Kouguo, Goryeo and other places, but also can enter the Pacific Ocean and take all the islands in the Pacific Ocean. ”

In Lu Ping's heart, the Philippine army could not resist the attack of the Third Army at all, and the navy of the United States was even more vulnerable. As long as the young people of Fuming City participate in the post-war stability maintenance work, they will soon get a stable Philippines, so Lu Ping is very much in favor of attacking the Philippines.

Whether it was Shen Jun or Sun Hao, after hearing Lu Ping's suggestion, they were very satisfied.

For the aborigines and deserters in the mountains, Sun Hao already had a plan in his heart. Kou Guo's ship-building technology is a little backward, and he always wants to have warships that surpass the West, and he may only need to provide some backward ship-building technology, and Kou Guo will definitely agree to help Huaxia clear the deserters and natives on the island.

The combat effectiveness of the army in this era was not strong, but their militarist education ideology made the army ideologically unified, and it still had some combat effectiveness. It should be more than enough to use them against the natives and deserters on the island.

As for those Western Christians who immigrated from the Philippine islands, Sun Hao must not let them sit on the throne, and he can completely settle them together and pull those strong men to participate in the road construction work in the Philippines.

These natives and believers participated in the construction of roads and railways on the island, which not only provided so much free labor, but also saved a lot of labor and money for the Chinese country.

On the way back, Shen Jun had already thought of calling the young men of Restoration City, these young men, whether they were men or women, had participated in simple military training, and they were definitely competent to transfer them to deal with the local stability maintenance work. As long as it is not facing the regular army, after equipping them with various guns, it is absolutely no problem to use them against those ordinary people in the local area. In addition, whether it is a man or a woman, Restoration City has good skills, even if they are only equipped with large swords, they are enough to be competent for the job of maintaining stability.

"Commander-in-Chief Sun, as long as it is used properly, it is not a big problem to take the Philippines, the geographical location of the Philippines is very important for the development of our Huaxia Kingdom, and I feel that I can send troops."

Sun Hao nodded after hearing this, then looked at Miao Feng and asked, "How is the progress of the construction of the airports on Karalong Island and Shangyi Island?" ”

Miao Feng heard Sun Hao ask him, so he immediately stood up and saluted and said: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the construction of the airports on the two islands is not smooth, because the islands are still in the barbaric era, and there are no natives on the islands, the construction work can only be undertaken by our troops." In addition, without the help of industrial machinery, they were all built manually, and the progress was very unsatisfactory. ”

"In this way, the troops who built the airfield were ordered to cut down the trees where the airfield was built, level it a little, and park the airships." Sun Hao learned that the progress was very slow, and also knew the reason, large construction machinery are still in the transportation of the road, without the help of these construction machinery, all rely on labor, the progress can be imagined.

Sun Hao does not want to dispatch bombers at present, so as not to expose that he has bombers, which will prompt countries to increase investment in bombers and promote the development of bombers in various countries. As long as countries see the effects of airship bombing, they will definitely come to buy airship bombing technology, and when the time comes, they can sell airship bombing technology for profit, and they can even mislead other countries to increase investment in airships.

Shen Jun looked at Sun Hao and said: "Commander-in-Chief Sun, it is not a big problem to take the Philippines with the power of our Huaxia Kingdom, but there must be an excuse, so that we can justifiably send troops." At the same time, the telegram ordered the First Army and the Second Army to take Borneo together, and as for the British colony in the northwest of Borneo, they could not be moved for the time being, and later they could be taken over through negotiations without spending a single soldier.

Since the Li family wants us to send troops to rescue the Yang family, the commander-in-chief can open his mouth and make the Yang family pay a certain price to subsidize the military expenses of the Huaxia Kingdom. Otherwise, the Yang family was not only grateful, but even felt that the commander-in-chief should send troops. ”

Sun Hao nodded slightly after hearing this, he could ask the Li family and the Yang family for military expenses, so that they would feel that he was sending troops to attack the Philippines to save the Yang family from fire and water, and I believe that the two families would come up with military expenses. As for the excuse for sending troops, Sun Hao had already thought of this, didn't Li Yang have a connection with the division of the Heaven and Earth Society in Manila? As long as the heaven and earth will make some movement, and a little more Chinese will die, and they will have an excuse.

As for the Dutch Kingdom's colonies of Suman Island and Guajiao Island, it is just meat on their mouths, and they can eat it whenever they want, the Kingdom of the Netherlands is so far away from the South Seas, and when their reinforcements arrive, they will already have all the South Seas and other places in their hands. With a strong fleet and army units, there is no fear of any counterattack by the Kingdom of the Netherlands.