Chapter 511: The Tang Kingdom
The Brazilian government sent Chief of General Staff Alexander Adad as the head of the procurement mission to negotiate arms purchases with the Han Kingdom. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
He proposed to Chen Yifeng that the Brazilian navy must have the strength to defeat the US Navy on its own, and in view of Chen Yifeng's familiarity with the Admiralty, he discussed with Alexander that the matter must be reported to the empire, and the Imperial Admiralty would conduct warship configuration and naval officer and soldier training, and Alexander gladly accepted Chen Yifeng's suggestion.
For army equipment, Alexander asked to buy enough rifles, grenade shells, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, mountain artillery, howitzers, and enough bullets and shells.
Chen Yifeng's principle is that Brazil will meet their requirements with as much army equipment as it wants, and the insufficient part of the Han Kingdom will be transferred from the Lu State; Now the price of international arms is very high, and Zhang Wei is cheaper to exchange weapons and ammunition from the system, and he sells them at market prices, with more than ten times the profit, so the Xia Empire is very willing to sell weapons or use weapons and ammunition to top accounts.
All the agreements signed and the plan for the purchase of naval warships with the Brazilian Chief of General Staff Alexandre Alexandre were reported to the General Staff and Zhang Wei, who immediately summoned Zheng Daoyou, Hua Guoqiang, Lu Weimin, Li Zhaoshui and others to discuss countermeasures.
Premier Chung Do-woo was very supportive of the concept of establishing a nature reserve, and Lu Weimin also felt that this would reduce the size of the army's deployment and save military spending for the Han Kingdom, and he very much agreed with this opinion.
Zhang Wei ordered: "After the agreement is announced, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will start negotiations with the Americans, and I believe that they will also agree to establish a military buffer zone for the purpose of nature reserves, and if they do not agree to cede the rainforest areas they occupy to the Empire, do not put pressure on them, anyway, these territories will be the Empire's sooner or later; I think that in the future, the Amazon basin will be classified as a protected area, which will only be used for scientific research, and land reclamation and logging will be prohibited. ”
Zheng Daoyou supported: "Your Majesty, this is a good solution, the empire is currently sparsely populated, there is no need to develop those places now, and at the same time, I propose that Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia and other areas involving the Amazon basin should also be listed as this reserve, and all the Indians and others should be relocated to reduce the administrative expenses of the empire." ”
Lu Weimin suggested: "The empire still sends 1 national defense division, which is reorganized into a police force in the reserve, equipped with airships and reconnaissance aircraft, and patrols from time to time. ”
Zhang Wei decided: "Okay, let's do it like this." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Weimin replied.
Li Zhaoshui hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, how can the Brazilian Navy's request be answered?" ”
Zhang Wei smiled: "This is not easy to do? Give them a few of the Empire's Lanfang-class battleships and Lanfang-class battlecruisers, they are all old goods that can't be sold anyway, so let's be cheaper. ”
Li Zhaoshui hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is not appropriate, it's okay to use these old goods to be responsible for patrolling, they can't beat the American fleet." “
"If they want to defeat the American fleet, their ambitions are not small, I suggest that it is better to keep them balanced, so that the empire can sell them another 3 merchant-class battleships and 3 Baiqi-class battlecruisers."
Li Zhaoshui said: "Your Majesty, this configuration is not yet an opponent of the Americans. “
"There are still a lot of old battleships in the United States, so I gave them to accompany the Lanfang-class battleships, or I gave them a few more Xia-class battleships, in short, the naval equipment must account for half of the aid amount, and at the same time, the empire also deals with some old warships." Zhang Wei instructed.
Li Zhaoshui thought for a while and then suggested: "Your Majesty, either the empire leases a part of the Western Zhou-class battleships to Brazil, and the empire will help Brazil recover Rio de Janeiro, on the condition that Brazil must allow the imperial navy to establish a warship anchorage and supply depot in Rio de Janeiro, and at the same time help them reach a state of confrontation with the US navy, so that the empire will have the final say on when to destroy the US warships." “
Zhang Wei smiled: "Haha, this is a good way, reduce Brazil's expenses and help them recover the territory, can they be happy?" The Imperial Navy also has a supply depot in the South Pacific, so you can communicate with the Brazilian side about the best of both worlds. “
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Zhaoshui hurriedly responded.
Lu Weimin objected: "Your Majesty, the Han Kingdom will soon launch wars against Chile, Argentina and Uruguay, and will soon occupy its own ports in the southern part of South America, so there is no need for naval warships to be stationed in Brazil." ”
Zhang Wei said: "It doesn't matter, it's just a short stay in Brazil, and then I will withdraw from Brazil after the loan period expires." ”
Li Zhaoshui asked: "Your Majesty, how can you deal with the protests of the Americans in such words?" “
"This is a matter for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will have to find a way to deal with it." Zhang Wei kicked the ball directly to Hua Guoqiang.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Hua Guoqiang had no choice but to bite the bullet and respond to this errand.
Lu Weimin asked again: "Your Majesty, in this case, did the empire order the Han Kingdom to launch a war against the three South American countries?" “
Zhang Wei said: "Don't rush, take your time, occupy Chile first, then Argentina and Uruguay, and play steadily, I feel that it is more beneficial for the empire to go step by step." ”
Lu Weimin said: "Will this make Argentina mobilize, and the resistance to occupation will be too great at that time!" ”
Zheng Daoyou suggested: "Your Majesty, just from the north of Chile to the south of Chile is equal to the distance from Heilongjiang to Hainan Island, such a long front, the pressure on logistics and supply is too great, I suggest that a new command center be established in the south of South America to independently command the war in the south of South America, the Han Kingdom is only to guard against the United States in the east, and the Amazon basin is a buffer zone, so that the war pressure of the two independent combat units is sharply reduced, and it is also convenient for administrative management and logistics supply." ”
Zhang Wei thought about it for a while and felt that this method was good.
Lu Weimin suggested at the right time: "Your Majesty, what Premier Zheng said is right, South America has nearly 18 million square kilometers of land, but the establishment of the Han Kingdom is really inconvenient to manage, I support the establishment of South America as two war command units, the north and the south echo, which is more beneficial to the empire." ”
"And how do you divide their defense zone?" Zhang Wei asked.
Lu Weimin said: "Your Majesty, I propose that Lima, Peru be the province where it is located and the area north of it should be returned to the Han Kingdom; The region south of Lima, including Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, will be established as a single kingdom. ”
Zhang Wei said: "Okay, with the Han Kingdom, then build another Tang Kingdom." ”
Everyone felt that it was good to call the Tang Kingdom good, and unanimously agreed with Zhang Wei's decision.
Zhang Wei looked at the map for a while, and then said: "After occupying the capital of Chile, the capital will be set in Santiago first, and after the destruction of Argentina, the capital will be set in Buenos Aires." ”
Zheng Daoyou asked: "Your Majesty, who will be in charge of the military and political affairs?" ”
Zhang Wei was no longer ready to synthesize an elite-level military and political official, searched the system, and said: "It's time for Deputy Governor Chen Dezhi of the Northern Theater to change his position, his military rank has been promoted to general, so send him there; At that time, the main force of the Pacific Fleet will be changed to the South Atlantic Fleet, and with the assistance of the Ganping Sea General, there will be no problems. In terms of government affairs, Zhu Jingye, vice premier of the Imperial Government Council, will be transferred to serve as the premier of the Government Council, he has been in the Government Council for so many years, and there is no problem with his management experience. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The crowd hurriedly replied.