Chapter 524 Arrangements for South America

Brazil's surrender, the end of the war in South America, the complete occupation of South America, and the busy immigration of Brazilians and Americans to Germany or Africa made Zhang Wei's heart feel a lot easier for the time being. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhang Wei looked at the huge map on the wall, and felt that the number of Chinese people in South America was too small, and it was not the best time to develop the Amazon rainforest, and he should keep it intact for future generations to develop slowly, so he decided to increase the area of the buffer zone and turn the buffer zone into a real nature reserve.

So he sent someone to find Lu Weimin and Zheng Daoyou to discuss the planning plan for South America, and after stabilizing South America, they could fight against the Russian Empire with peace of mind.

In the small conference room next to Zhang Wei's office, after listening to Zhang Wei's introduction, Zheng Daoyou said: "Your Majesty, I support your proposal to expand the area of the rainforest nature reserve, and include parts of the original Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, as well as the upper reaches of the Olinoch River, into the reserve, and I propose to build a botanical research institute, a zoological research institute and a breeding base for improved varieties there." ”

Lu Weimin said: "Your Majesty, in this case, the area is more than 7 million square kilometers, the area is too big, I don't worry about other places, I just worry about the safety of the location of the Amazon River estuary; It is difficult for the Wehrmacht to guard such a large area of the nature reserve with only one division, so I propose that the garrison of the reserve be increased to one corps, with the military headquarters in Belém, and all the existing townspeople in the reserve should be moved out, and the houses left in Manaus and other places should be used as a garrison for the army and their families; At the same time, it is necessary to equip them with some patrol boats, destroyers, etc., and increase the number of patrol planes. ”

Zhang Wei said: "Okay, sort out your plan and send it to the Tang Kingdom and the Han Kingdom, and then I will synthesize some experts in animals and plants to set up research institutes; At the same time, I released an army, which was named the Amazon Jungle Army, and the commander of the army was also the head of the reserve; Temporarily transfer 6 destroyers, 10 speedboats, 1 submarine squadron and 1 cruiser to the North Atlantic Fleet, and the fleet will be stationed in the port of Belém; The Chief of the Army General Staff will notify the Air Department at a moment to equip the reserve with 2 airships, 10 patrol aircraft, 10 water combat aircraft and 10 water bombers; That's enough power to keep them safe. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lu Weimin responded in time, in this case, the area of the reserve is not only large enough, but also the military force is strong enough, and he asked: "Your Majesty, how should the navies of the Han Kingdom and the Tang Kingdom be equipped?" “

"The North Atlantic Fleet is stationed in the West Indies, and the South Atlantic Fleet has Rio de Janeiro as its base, and they have no problem with their maritime security, and they are equipped with a navy that is the same as that of the government of the Amazon Reserve, so that they can patrol inland waterways, coastal areas, and use them as transport vessels; You will inform Li Zhaoshui after arranging it, not enough warships to be transferred from the Central Fleet. “

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zheng Daoyou also suggested: "Your Majesty, with such a large area in South America, the Chinese population is too small, and I propose to merge their original provinces to reduce administrative expenses." ”

"Do you have any plans?" Zhang Wei asked.

Zheng Daoyou had already prepared, took out a form and a simple map from his briefcase and handed them to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei looked at it carefully for a while, and was very satisfied with Zheng Daoyou's plan, so that the number of provinces was greatly reduced, for example, only six states in the northeast corner of Brazil, including Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte, were merged into one state and named the Eastern Corner State.

Moreover, breaking the original borders, several provinces boast of the original two countries or more countries, the purpose of this is to reduce people's nostalgia for the original country, and the disadvantage is to increase the difficulty of management.

For example, the province of Hedong consists of all of Uruguay's territory, plus the former Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and part of the region east of the Río de la Plata in Argentina; The province of Trois-Rivières, consisting of the entire territory of Paraguay, plus the Brazilian states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, as well as part of the Argentine territory and part of the Chaco plain of Bolivar, is part of the original four countries combined into a single province.

Another phenomenon that also makes Zhang Wei very satisfied, that is, to reduce the inland provinces, try to merge with the coastal provinces, so that as many provinces as possible have their own independent access to the sea, for example, the area of Espírito Santo is too small, so it is merged with the inland province of Minas Gerais, so that the latter has an outlet to the sea and becomes a coastal province.

Zhang Wei said: "This plan is very good, there are 20 provinces in total, you can discuss this plan with the Tang Kingdom to determine the implementation." At the same time, they are required to speed up the construction of ports and the construction of railways, highways and other transportation. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Wei thought for a while and said: "Notify the Han Kingdom to abolish the Guyana Special Region and establish several provinces, which will be directly managed by the Han Kingdom to reduce administrative expenses; Some of the former administrators of the Guyana Special Administrative Region were dispersed to the newly established provinces and some were transferred to the Government of the Nature Reserve Government. “

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Mr. Chung is very supportive of this opinion.

Lu Weimin said: "Your Majesty, there are a total of 8 dissatisfied armies in the entire South America, is it possible to transfer some more troops?" ”

Zhang Wei said: "There is no need for the time being, first fill up the establishment of these eight armies, and then send one army in the reserve, so that there will be 900,000 regular troops alone, plus 150,000 Japanese mercenaries and 1.3 million white mixed-race mercenaries, I feel that there are too many troops." ”

"Those white mixed-race mercenaries in South America are too low to be relied upon." Lu Weimin argued.

Zhang Wei said: "Since it is not worth relying on, then take advantage of the fact that there is no war now, strengthen its training, eliminate the unqualified, and disrupt the reorganization, the empire has never raised waste." The existing white mixed-race mercenaries only left 1 million people, of which 300,000 were left in the Han Kingdom and the Tang Kingdom, and the remaining 400,000 white mercenaries were transferred to the Lu State, and their families and garrison locations were arranged in different places as much as possible. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lu Weimin was busy with this errand, and according to Zhang Wei's arrangement, the empire would greatly strengthen the management of these mercenaries, and at the same time improve the combat effectiveness of these mercenaries.

Zheng Daoyou also suggested: "Your Majesty, we must increase immigration to South America, the number of Chinese there is too small, otherwise something will happen sooner or later." “

"At present, we are trying to reduce the number of whites and mixed-race people in South America, which is too far away to immigrate too much in a short period of time," Zhang said. “

Zheng Daoyou suggested: "Your Majesty, now that the number of immigrants from the provinces directly under the Empire, the Northern Theater and the Yue Kingdom is sufficient, I suggest that the immigration to the above places in the Chinese Empire be stopped, and those who are willing to emigrate can only go to the South Asian Special Region and Golden State, and more people who want to emigrate can only go to South America, so that the number of immigrants in South America will increase somewhat, and it will also be convenient to ease the relationship with the Chinese Empire." “

Zhang Wei thought to himself, this method is not bad, when the number of immigrants in South America reaches a certain number, the immigration to the Chinese Empire will be stopped, and the only people who can immigrate in the future can only be the elite, so that those who have not immigrated now will regret their death.

So he said: "Well, the Chinese Empire has already protested several times, so follow your plan and gradually reduce the number of immigrants from the Chinese Empire." “

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Wei also said: "In the next step, the empire will expand the scale of the war with the Russian Empire, and at the same time, our main focus will be on the war against Europe, the main battlefield of the war against Europe is in Africa and Europe, and North and South America should not become a battlefield, where the army is mainly defensive, but their navy will definitely participate in the war; Therefore, in the future, the main work in South America will be on economic and infrastructure construction, and the patrol of the sea will be strengthened. “