Chapter 122: Rise of Hainan
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86_86661 "Ladies and gentlemen of Hainan, we must never restrain ourselves, we must look at the world, and we must have the concept of an empire. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
It was a great idea for us to build a world-class fleet in ten years. However, we should also be soberly aware that our Hainan is, after all, still a narrow island, with very little room for development, and cannot meet our desire for rapid development. ”
Chen Zhong paused, he also knew very well how many difficulties these great ideas would face, and how many ups and downs they would have to go through.
He continued: "The construction of warships requires huge funds, but also steel and other production raw materials, as well as an extremely stable construction environment. How to ensure a stable environment in Hainan? There is no doubt that we must also have a strong army!
With regard to Hainan's entire military strength and Hainan's economic strength, it is simply impossible to unify the whole country within three to five years!
Therefore, the construction of the army should be a top priority!
Looking at the current rise of the world's great powers, the world's resources will inevitably be redistributed and combined. The adjustment of the world order will inevitably lead to differences of opinion among the great powers. Then there is only one way, and that is only to solve it with war!
The inevitable war is the ultimate solution to the redivision of the world pattern. Therefore, we in Hainan must make full preparations.
We have seen that the United States is quietly and rapidly developing, and I believe that it is basically a fact that the United States has overtaken Britain to become the world's number one power based on its current policies and the environment they have created themselves.
Although the economic power of the United States has been fully advantaged, politically it has not changed the world pattern with a central position in Europe.
Our neighbor to the east, Japan, is also slowly gaining strength and becoming a newly rising military empire because of the Sino-Japanese War reparations with the Qing Dynasty and the power of their Meiji Restoration.
However, Japan's domestic market is limited, its resources are limited, and its colonies are limited, so how to seek the status of a great power is also a matter for them to consider. External expansion is the only way for Japan to become a powerful empire in the world! This is the only country outside of Europe that has the strength to compete with the traditional powers. Therefore, our potentially most powerful enemy is Japan.
We will have a war with Japan, so for Japan, we need to organize special personnel, set up an organization dedicated to studying them, have a deeper understanding of them, and then we will make a strategy to deal with them in a timely manner.
On the European front, Britain, an old power known as the "empire on which the sun never sets", has clearly been challenged by the German Empire in recent years.
In the process of reunification, Germany is also a huge threat to France, a traditional power on the mainland. It has also greatly weakened France's status as a world power in the traditional sense, and France is gradually on the decline.
In the Franco-Prussian War, the secession of Alsace and Lorraine greatly deepened the contradictions between Germany and France.
Nationally, it wants to fight for its homeland, and politically it wants to maintain its status as a continental power, which is the biggest problem facing France.
France seems to have lost these positions since the Napoleonic Wars, and the reason for this was the Franco-Prussian War.
Compared with Britain, France, and Germany, Britain and France still have some advantages in politics, and economically and industrially, in recent years, Germany has caught up with Britain and gradually highlighted its status as a great power.
In addition, the three more important countries, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey, in addition to Britain, France and Germany, have a position in Europe that cannot be ignored.
On the Balkan question, Austria-Hungary had competing interests with Russia and Turkey.
After the First Balkan War, many countries under Turkish rule were successful, and the Second Balkan War was the result of disputes over the victory of the First Pakistani War, and on these issues, Austria-Hungary and Turkey developed some consensus. Cooperation against Russian expansion in the Balkans was their best option.
With regard to the rise of the Italian state, his aim was purely to compete for the interests of the Mediterranean, and Italy did not have as much influence on the situation in Europe as a whole as in the countries mentioned above.
Italy, like Germany, is also a country that has been unified very late, but the process of its unification is different from that of Germany, unlike Germany, which is unified by military capabilities like Prussia and by militaristic forces, and culturally, in terms of national character, the Italians are relatively moderate.
This is the king's view and prediction of the future development trend of the world's major powers.
All these international situations have made it clear to us in Hainan that if we do not develop our military strength, we will eventually be able to be humiliated by the foreign powers.
The road to strengthening the army and the road to reviving China, without a strong military force as a guarantee, all great ideas can only become illusions.
Therefore, while building up our naval strength, strengthening the building of our Hainan Army is our most important task at present. Hainan's army will shoulder the great mission of reunifying the whole country.
It is far from sufficient to accomplish these tasks on the scale of our Hainan Army, so recruiting the army to train the backbone of military command and increasing the equipment to supplement the army are problems that we urgently need to solve at present.
In the near future, I would like to ask General Xiao Yang and General Chen Fangzheng to come up with a plan for the Army and Navy Command College. These two military academies should be established as soon as possible to provide outstanding commanders and fighters for our Hainan army.
In addition, after careful consideration, this king has made the following arrangements and adjustments to our Hainan army:
First, the two major military regions of Guangdong and Guangxi were set up respectively, and their primary task at present was to launch a counter-encirclement and suppression campaign against the Qing army, centered on the two cities of Nanning and Guangzhou. Between three and five months, the fighting in Guangdong and Guangxi will be completely resolved. These two theaters of war are under the jurisdiction of Zhou Zhiguang.
In addition to his original post as the "General Headquarters for War Coordination," General Zhou Zhiguang also served as commander-in-chief of the First Army Corps composed of these two military regions, and was responsible for the Northern Expedition of my army and that of yours.
Second, the Zhang Tong Group Army, one of the former four major military regions in Hainan, will not make changes and adjustments, and its task is to be responsible for the security of Hainan. The number was changed to the Hainan Military Region. In addition to his original post as the "General Headquarters for War Coordination," General Zhang Tong also served as commander-in-chief of the Hainan Military Region.
Third, Hainan has established a naval headquarters from today, with General Chen Fangzheng, former commander-in-chief of the Hainan Fleet, serving as commander-in-chief of the navy. Xu Chunsheng, the former captain of the Zhennan ship, served as the commander-in-chief of the Hainan fleet and concurrently served as the captain of the Zhennan ship.
Fourth, the former Li Chuang Group Army was reorganized into a marine unit under the jurisdiction of the "General Headquarters for War Coordination," and General Li Chuang, in addition to his original post as commander-in-chief, concurrently served as commander-in-chief of the Marine Corps.
Fifth, the former Xiao Yang Group Army was reorganized into the Hainan Military Police Unit and the Combat Readiness Munitions Coordination Unit, and General Xiao Yang concurrently served as the commander-in-chief of the two armies after the reorganization, in addition to his original post as the "General Headquarters for War Coordination."
All of the above-mentioned military regions and the Navy Department are under the jurisdiction of the "General Headquarters for War Coordination." There is a unified dispatch of this king.
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