In the residence of the former commander of the Dutch 20th Division in the Papuan island and Cannes, Sun Hao was checking a telegram sent by various troops. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The city of Cannes has now been taken by the Chinese army, and the troops are advancing to other towns on the islands of Papua. At the same time, the attack on the islands around the Banda Sea was also very smooth, with the assistance of the powerful naval guns of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet, the Huaxia Army attacked fiercely, and the islands were almost destroyed by the Huaxia Army.

The Second Army had advanced to the islands of Suhuira and North Maru. The Netherlands did not spare much of its troops on these islands, and the invincible Kingdom of the Netherlands could not imagine that its only fat colony would be occupied by the sudden emergence of the Chinese state. The small number of troops deployed on these islands could not withstand the attack of the Huaxia army at all. After seeing the strong firepower of the Chinese army, the garrisons on many islands either surrendered or fled.

After Sun Hao saw the news on these telegrams, he was overjoyed, he didn't expect his troops to be so powerful and occupy many islands in the Dutch colony so quickly. The island of Papua has basically been conquered, this island is now its own, and its first plan to unify New Guinea will soon be realized, and the next step is to strike at the natives of the island.

As for Britain and Germany on the islands of Papua, there is nothing to fear at all. The three major fleets of Britain were destroyed, and they were simply unable to compete with themselves. Except for a high seas fleet that Germany can handle, the other fleets are scum and do not pose much threat to themselves.

Coupled with the fact that Germany was in great need of its own help, Wilhelm II might have used the South Seas colonies in exchange for some technology.

Sun Hao looked at the telegram, and then kept thinking about the future development. Chief of Staff Shen Jun, confidential secretary Miao Feng and others did not bother Sun Hao after seeing him.

The island of Papua is now basically its own territory, with an area of about 800,000 square kilometers, the largest island in the Pacific Ocean and the second largest island in the world, with a slight northwest-southeast trend. It is about 2,400 kilometers long from east to west and 640 kilometers wide in the middle.

It covers an area of about 786,000 square kilometers, with a total of 818,000 square kilometers including coastal islands. The whole island is mountainous. The central mountains are coiled and stretch from northwest to southeast, forming a continuous central mountain range. Most of the mountains and plateaus are above 4,000 meters above sea level, making them the highest islands in the world.

To build this island, it is necessary to develop and build roads, railways, etc. However, there are Chinese, foreigners, and at least hundreds of thousands of natives on the island. It is not a small undertaking to clean up these indigenous people.

The whole island is so big, the deep forests are dense, there are many poisonous snakes, rats and ants, and many tribes live in the primeval deep forests, and there are no basic roads, and it is also a very hot thing to exterminate them.

Another problem is to build a road through the entire island, a distance of thousands of kilometers is also a huge project, even if you have advanced construction machinery, even if there are many free Dutch prisoners and indigenous laborers, it is estimated that this road will not be built in a few years.

However, the importance of this road is self-evident, and it is necessary to have it if you want to firmly control the entire island. In addition, there may be scattered Chinese in many places on this island, and only by building this road can we connect them all.

Sun Hao got a map of the distribution of minerals in Papua from Li Gang and learned about the distribution of minerals on the island. Especially the alluring gold mine.

The gold mines in Papua are placer gold mines and are mined in very good conditions. The island is home to a number of huge copper-gold mines.

The island looks more like a prostrate dragon in shape. Giant copper-gold deposits are distributed on the back of this dragon, or rather, the dragon's back. The copper-gold deposits found so far are on the back of the spine, and the further down the tail vertebrae, the more they appear.

Now he has occupied almost the entire island of New Guinea, and even occupied the large gold mines of Papua and Glasberg. This gold mine is the most important, this gold mine in the future and South Africa's Kesdorber gold mine tied with the world's largest production, and now it has basically occupied the largest gold mine in later generations. Which mine owner in later generations did not drive a BMW Mercedes-Benz, the red flag inside the house did not fall, and the colorful flags fluttered outside. Therefore, as long as the strength is strong, grabbing more land and minerals is the king.

The Glasberg Big Gold Mine is the world's largest copper-gold deposit, called the Glasberg Copper-Gold Mine. The Glasberg copper-gold mine produced 44.8 tonnes of gold in 2011 and currently has reserves of 24.53 million tonnes of copper, 2,083 tonnes of gold and 10,376 tonnes of silver. From these data show the importance of the Grand Gold Mine in Glasberg to a country.

Wait until the First World War, and then grab Britain's Australia. Australia is a continent that sits on mines, and in later generations, Australia was the world's largest producer of bauxite, alumina, rutile and zircon. The second largest producer of gold, iron ore, lead, lithium, manganese ore, tungsten and zinc, and the third largest producer of ilmenite and uranium. the fourth largest producer of black coal (and the largest exporter), nickel and silver; The fifth largest producer of aluminum, lignite and copper.

Among the mineral resources identified, Australia has the world's largest gold, iron ore, lead, nickel, rutile, silver, uranium, zinc and zirconium resources, the second largest bauxite, lignite, cobalt, ilmenite and tantalum resources, the third largest copper and lithium resources, the fourth largest thorium resources and the fifth largest black coal and manganese ore resources.

With such a continent rich in minerals, it must be held in its own hands. Although Australia is a little desolate, it is not difficult for Sun Hao, who has an artifact, as long as a large number of wood seedlings are traded from the Wuji Continent, it will turn the originally desolate Australia into a green continent. Then, Sun Hao walked to the front of the map and looked at the many islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Sun Hao saw that the islands were either occupied by the United States, or by the British or other colonial empires. The Pacific Ocean is an infinite treasure trove that must be mastered by itself. What the United States can handle is the Big White Fleet, and with the combat effectiveness of the Big White Fleet, it is definitely not its opponent. As long as the Great White Fleet of the United States and the Pacific Fleet arranged in Luzon are killed together, the colonies of the Philippines of the United States will become their own territory.

In this era, the country of rice is far less powerful than that of later generations, and the time when the country really rose was after World War I, before World War I, whether it was the army or the navy, it could only be described as scum. Therefore, Sun Hao felt that it was not a big problem to take all the islands in the Pacific Ocean.

After Chief of Staff Shen Jun saw Sun Hao set his sights on the Pacific Ocean and the Philippines, his originally godless eyes suddenly lit up.

"Commander-in-Chief, I feel that our steps are too small and our actions are too careful. The three fleets of the British Empire, the powerful maritime hegemon, were destroyed, and they were powerless to manage our affairs. After seeing the powerful navy of our Huaxia country, the Western countries will certainly not dare to try to unite to attack us.

Therefore, he felt that he should change his plan and take all the colonies of the Dutch Kingdom in Nanyang in one fell swoop. After it is stable, we will drive the United States out and take the Philippines. In this way, the entire South Seas will become the territory of the Chinese Kingdom.

As for the Malay Peninsula and North Borneo occupied by the British Empire, it can be postponed a little, and according to history, Germany will launch a war in a few years, and it will not be too late for our Chinese country to seize North Borneo and the Malay Peninsula and Australia. Shen Jun stroked the beard of his chin from time to time and said analytically.

Lu Ping also said at this time: "Commander-in-chief, we must not only take the territory mentioned by the chief of staff, but also control the Southern Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean. At present, it may seem that these oceans have little economic benefit, but in the years of peace, the economic value of these oceans will be reflected. ”