Chapter 488: Receiving Ecuador

The right-wing Liberal Party in Ecuador has become a vested interest class, and all of them have got what they want, and the entry of the Xia Imperial army is very welcome. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

On 5 February, Ecuadorian President E. Alfaro declared that the Republic of Ecuador would join the Xia Empire as two provinces of the Xia Empire, namely Equateur and Littoral;

The governor of Equateur Province is the former President E. Alfaro; the governor of the Primordial Province is the post of Major General Mao Guomin, who exercises military control over the Primordial Province; the former cabinet members, ministers, and governors of the provinces become mayors of the cities, and the governors of some small provinces are demoted to county heads.

At the same time, Mao announced a plan for the reorganization of the armed forces and a domestic economic policy.

Originally, Cao Jiachuan and other special staff officers of the General Staff applied to be stationed in Ecuador, but they were vetoed by Admiral Chen Yifeng, first let Mao Guomin serve as the governor, and slowly dispatch troops to Binhai Province, and wait for His Majesty to expand the navy of the South American theater, and then send a special staff officer to Binhai Province to sit in the town, now there is no strong navy, and it is not suitable to confront the 7-nation alliance head-on, Mao Guomin is just too much to serve as the governor.

On the same day, 2 defense divisions, 2 brigades of Japanese mercenaries and 2 divisions of garrisons of the Xia Empire were stationed in several port cities along the coast of the Republic of Ecuador under the protection of the navy.

After that, it successively marched inland, stationed in major cities, and stationed one defense division in the city of Quito and one defense division in the port of Guayaquil; garrisons and mercenaries were stationed in major cities and along railway lines; By February 10, the Xia Empire's forces in the South American theater of operations had taken complete control of the situation in Ecuador.

More mercenaries will enter Ecuador, which is at the forefront of the defense of the G-7 alliance and must be prepared in advance.

The existing army of the Republic of Ecuador was reorganized, the unqualified soldiers were eliminated, and the 11th and 12th divisions of the mercenary forces of the South American theater of operations were formed, with the chief of the general staff and the minister of the army serving as the division commanders of the two divisions respectively, as well as the 1st to 4th brigades of the mercenaries of the South American theater, and the brigade commanders were the commanders of the original relatively outstanding army divisions; Once restructured, it will be redeployed to the District of Guyana and the provinces along the Atlantic coast.

After the reorganization, the treatment of the officers and soldiers is not much higher than the original, but their families can get more economic benefits and higher social status, and the Xia Empire promises to provide more opportunities for the low-level officers and soldiers to rise, so most of the officers and soldiers have accepted the reorganization of the Xia Empire.

The original 1st to 4th brigades of the mercenary forces of the South American theater were transferred and split to form the 4th Army of the theater mercenaries, the commander of which was Juan Royce, the former chief of the general staff of Venezuela.

So far, the South American Theater has a total of 55 mercenary brigades, 12 divisions and 4 armies, and 10 brigades of Japanese mercenaries, with a total size of 1.1 million mercenaries; In order to feed such a large number of mercenary officers and soldiers, the monthly expenditure is very huge, and they must be sent to the battlefield as soon as possible, and the survival of the fittest through brutal warfare cannot be trained by training alone.

In accordance with the demands of the empire, the local governments at all levels quickly confiscated the land, estates, mines, and other property of the fleeing whites and mixed-race whites, and distributed the land to the families of the officers and soldiers of the army and the landless peasants as food ration fields, and this part of the land was not taxed, which won the strong support of the local people.

Neither the opposition Conservatives nor the left-wing Liberals benefited from this capitulation, and they were extremely dissatisfied with the Xia Empire and the right-wing members of the Liberal Party.

In particular, L. Prazar Gutiérrez, a former president of the left-wing wing wing of the Liberal Party, who had high prestige in the Liberal Party and had some staunch supporters, was extremely dissatisfied with the government's capitulation, lodged a serious protest, declared the agreement null and void, and called for the overthrow of E. Alfaro's rule, the capitulation faction, and the expulsion of the Xia Empire's officers and soldiers from Ecuador.

His actions and rhetoric quickly gained strong support from Conservative Party leader Rocío Carlos and religious figures. Religious figures, in turn, have the support of foreign capital and religious forces; Many of the people who had been excluded from the new government were quickly gathered together by them, and more frustrated people joined them, making their overall strength soar.

And the G-7 coalition was very surprised by the surrender of Ecuador, shocked that the Xia Empire's greed for land was endless; Having lost Ecuador as a buffer state, they would face the military threat of the Xia Empire in the future, and their religious beliefs would have a serious conflict with the Xia Empire, and it would be impossible for them to submit to the Xia Empire, so it was inevitable that there would be military conflicts in the future; This led to a sudden tension in the Republic of Peru; Their intelligence personnel in Ecuador also sent local intelligence back to Peru, and after discussion, the Seven-Nation Alliance decided to support the opposition in Ecuador through religious figures to carry out riots, as long as Ecuador continued to be turbulent and the political situation was unstable, the Xia Empire would not have the energy to deal with the Seven-Nation Alliance.

The administrators of the provinces, cities, and counties also belonged to the vested interest class, and received better political treatment and economic benefits than before, and resolutely stood on the side of the Xia Empire. The abnormal situation in various places was quickly reported to Major General Mao Guomin.

Major General Mao Guomin laughed at this, even the former Ecuadorian government has surrendered, they don't dare to fight in the Xia Empire with an army, what can the left-wing forces and the conservative party organize some shrimp soldiers and crabs? Besides, now that the government's policies have the support of the peasant class and politicians everywhere, and a large stratum of vested interests has been formed in the local area, with their support, how much can the left and the Conservative Party make waves? Just take this opportunity to reduce a part of Ecuador's population, dispose of all those who are not good for the empire, and deter all Ecuadorians, never think of being an enemy of the Xia Empire.

For the support of the Seven-Nation Alliance, Mao Guomin thought more simply, and in the future, this would be used as an excuse to attack the Seven-Nation Alliance in the future.

Major General Mao Guomin reported his idea to the General Staff of the Theater of Operations, and won the support of Admiral Chen Yifeng, ordering him to establish an air base and a naval base in the port of Guayaquil, and the theater was ready to equip it with an airship, and stationed 2 destroyers and 4 fast torpedo boats to be responsible for coastal patrol tasks, and applied to the Pacific Fleet for a small team of submarines to be stationed to strengthen the maritime defense force; And send two more divisions of mercenaries and one cavalry division to the two provinces.

With the connivance of the ruling authorities, L. Prazar Gutiérrez and others considered the Xia Empire weak and bullied, and ordered supporters in several cities to riot and overthrow the local government.

None of these acts escaped the eyes of the intelligence officers, and Major General Mao Guomin made careful arrangements that whenever there was a riot in various places, the troops would quickly attack and capture all the violent elements as permanent free labor.

According to the plan of the Government Council, the South American theater will carry out huge infrastructure construction, which requires a huge labor force, and for the locals, one faction must be pulled and one faction must be beaten, and everyone cannot be allowed to become beneficiaries, only in this way will there be people who oppose the policies of the Xia Empire, and now they are not afraid of their riots, but worried that they will not riot, otherwise the plan will lose its effect, and they will not be able to justifiably obtain a large number of free labor.