On February 13, 1913, the eighth day of the first lunar month, the traditional festival of the Chinese, the Spring Festival, just past, in the German and American farms, various activities were carried out to celebrate, and the Chinese people in Borneo and Southeast Asia also celebrated in various ways, it can be said that the location is different, and the excitement is the same.

Before the Chinese New Year, there was a group of people in the German and American farms, and they were particularly happy, they got it from Xiao Jianfeng, almost 80,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, of which the number of women, children and the elderly accounted for about half, and the rest were some relatively thin or unsuitable to continue to be pirates.

Although they were put here, but the mood at this moment, but very excited, because this day is like a paradise, as long as you pay labor, you can get the harvest, maybe for pirates, this is not exciting, but for the old, weak, sick and disabled and logistics staff, this is paradise, the plantation for everyone|excellent|excellent|small|say|new|new|fast|WWW.UUXS.CC|personal attitude is excellent, plus the prospect of owning land in a few years, let them burst out with all their strength, Completely integrated into it.

The Black Mountain Pirates have been adjusted and completely attributed to Xiao Jianfeng's subordinates, from the past 10,000 forces of Germany and the United States, of which there are even thousands of active soldiers, plus Xiao Jianfeng mastered before, basically 70% of the pirates are in the hands of Xiao Jianfeng, among them, the northwest side also specially sent two warships and 12 armed merchant ships of more than 15,000 tons of modification.

[The battleship did not follow the route of public purchase by Germany and the United States, and if the Northwest was involved in pirates, it must not be brought to the fore.] The pirate channel before guò cost a lot to reach. It is the retired warships of the South American Navy, which were built before 1900. It is a battleship that has been completely delayed for more than ten years.

Even if it was such a ship, a battleship was a battleship, with most of the firepower removed, it still had a sturdy body, and it was quite good as a flagship for pirates, and four were purchased at the same time, two of which were sent to Qingdao for a complete refit. The Qingdao shipyard is still under construction. Even if it is completed, the heavy task of producing naval ships will make it have no spare time, but it will strengthen the Black Mountain pirates and increase the influence of the Northwest in Southeast Asia for a certain time, and almost no effort will be spared, 4 ships are old cruisers of about 3000 tons to 6000 tons, and 2 are just basically modified firepower, after simply adjusting the power system. It was sent to the Montenegrin side, and the remaining two, focusing on the Qingdao side, were modernized and refitted.

4 years of development. China is no longer the poor and white China that used to be imported, even matches and cement have to be imported. A booming industry has produced a large number of people. Coupled with the promotion of Yang Yuanzhao, the northwest is in artillery. In the field of power, there is a breakthrough development, with 210 mm or less artillery as the main firepower, the use of steam engines as the main power of the warship, a little modification of the following, can restore his performance, the restored two, sent to Montenegro, to help Xiao Jianfeng deter pirates, the remaining two will be modernized, including a 6000-ton large cruiser, this will be used as the flagship of the future Montenegrin pirates, the power has basically reached the limit of 6000 tons.

After the pirate incident, Yang Yuanzhao understood one thing, the best defense is to attack, in the moment when the British power is not weakened, even if there is a considerable interest temptation, the British will make a move, and if there is a chance, he will never hesitate, that is to say, in the future, if China wants to control its destiny, a war is indispensable.

The development of Borneo was a whim at that time, a trick of idle chess, but in just two or three years of prosperity, it is expected that the number of Chinese this year will exceed 3.5 million, reaching an extremely dense Cheng dù, Harpy continued to want to rent a plantation request, but was rejected by the Netherlands, even the original Dutch governor was transferred, the new governor did not accept Harpy's conditions anyway, even if the circuit did not work, Harpy felt strange, many inquiries, only a little news, is the British pressure.

In the end, this is the decision made by the British side to restrain the expansion of German power in Southeast Asia, or the secret of the plantation was discovered by the British, after careful analysis, the intelligence department found that the latter is unlikely, the British are more in Singapore, in Malaysia, the Strait of Malacca represents the interests of the United Kingdom, and also represents the British maritime power, it does not mean that the British do not pay attention to Indonesia, which is close at hand, Indonesia is in the hands of the Netherlands, there is no threat to the United Kingdom, plus as a buffer between Britain and the United States, it is acceptable, But with a few more Chinese, it's completely different.

Throughout the history of Southeast Asia, most of the evildoers were the Dutch, but not the British? The colonial history and family history of the British are also bloody and brutal, the reason why the Dutch launch a genocide every few decades, don't the British know that reducing the number of a certain ethnic group in the colony is done by every colonist, and the Chinese are the same as the Jews, one of the most profitable races in the world, and there is a Qing country located in Asia, so close to the place, the British can not worry.

This analysis was finally recognized by the intelligence department and most of the high-level leaders in the northwest, the actions of the Dutch, only within the scope of permission, to put pressure on Germany, and did not find the huge number of Chinese in the plantation, in this case, it does not mean that the Chinese population is expanding, the crisis is gradually looming, we must prepare as soon as possible, otherwise, once this secret is discovered or detonated, the first to bear the brunt is the Netherlands, that is, Britain, France and even the United States behind them.

Among them, the intelligence department has also carried out some spying on the forces of various countries in Southeast Asia with the support of evidence, and the first is Britain, which has the East Asian fleet, is undoubtedly the most powerful in Southeast Asia, which is dominated by island countries, and even if it is a detachment fleet, it is invincible in East Asia. The second is France, but France's foothold is in the Indochina Peninsula, there are not many ships, but the strength is not small, the main thing is the power of the army, and then there is the United States, they are entrenched in the Philippines.

In addition to the above three powers, there is only the Netherlands, the former coachman of the sea, the trendsetter of the Age of Discovery. Even at its peak, suppressing the British and the Netherlands. It has long been eliminated by the world, even if it was once the largest overseas colony. A large number of them were also divided, leaving only one Indonesia as a fig leaf, which is still the premise that the conditions on the Indonesian side are complex and there are not too many discoveries, if Yang Yuanzhao came earlier and detonated Indonesia's minerals, the Netherlands would not even have slag zài long ago.

The key to Yang Yuanzhao's failure to detonate this point is that the Netherlands is a weak opponent. At present, the Dutch Navy only has a 7,000-ton old ironclad ship and a few cruiser frigates, and the weak ones can't do it.

Yang Yuanzhao knew about the opinions of the high-level officials, and even knew about the investigation of the Intelligence Bureau. Analyzing the next path to take, the plans formulated by the intelligence department and the general staff are relatively conservative, after all, the Netherlands has passed this pass, and the pirate Montenegro has added a batch of ordinary warships. This time it was purchased in secret, and after some modifications, it was enough to deal with the Netherlands. But next, the British East Asian Fleet and the French East Asian Fleet. I'm afraid they won't be able to deal with them until they reach the Fantasy class and form a combined task force. However, Britain's strength is all-round, and this is only a detachment, if the main fleet of Britain is brought in, even if it is a few battleships, can the newly formed Chinese Navy deal with it?

In the end, the development of Borneo is mainly based on defeating the Netherlands, eliminating the naval power of the Netherlands, occupying Borneo and Indonesia, if it triggers the intervention of Britain and France, it is necessary to abandon most of the seaports and islands, enter the hinterland of Indonesia, and use the army force to deal with the powerful British and French navies, waiting for the final formation of the Chinese naval fleet.

To put it bluntly, it is not to fight with you at sea, retreat to land, relative to the navy, the northwest of the army has enough self-confidence, and the war with Russia has been fully demonstrated, and only a fraction of the opponent's people were killed by the opponent's million-strong army, which is enough to be proud.

Yang Yuanzhao read the report and did not refute it, conservative is a little conservative, but it is very safe, about the matter of World War I, although the intelligence team has analyzed, there must be a war between Britain and Germany, but when it will happen, no one can say, in fact, even Britain and Germany at that time, they are not sure, the Sarajevo incident in 1914 was an emergency, followed by Germany's reaction and Britain's intentions, and finally dragged several powerful empires into a war.

After the crossing, Yang Yuanzhao started from a young age, and became the commander of the northwest step by step, and his wings became higher and higher, but in addition to some formal trade and subtle promotion of Germany's war potential, he rarely changed the course of the European side, at most, he reminded Germany, Britain was already preparing, relatively speaking, it is unlikely to affect the Balkans, and the possibility of the Sarajevo incident is also extremely high, that is, World War I will almost inevitably break out around 1914.

In fact, at a higher level, the arms competition between Britain and Germany has reached the limit, Germany is still slightly better, but Britain is already overwhelmed, the huge fleet, the main fleet and the former dreadnought fleet, almost a gold-swallowing beast, Britain's new wealth, not even as good as Germany, just eat the old situation, everyone will take risks, even if there is no Sarajevo, there will be others, war is almost inevitable to break out.

Once the war breaks out, Britain will never have the heart to care about the affairs of Asia, as long as the Chinese do not touch the bottom line of Britain and enter the Strait of Malacca, and there are some local Chinese in the northwest who do not show their identities and only support them behind the scenes, it is almost impossible for the British to intervene, as for the United States, they are almost taken off in the Philippines and are unlikely to be squeezed into the more complicated Indonesia.

For the time being, Yang Yuanzhao agreed to this approach, and the preliminary work coincided with his plan, which was to strengthen the power of the Chinese on the plantation, enhance the power of the Black Mountain pirates, and contact the local Chinese families, in their name, so that they could defeat the Dutch on land and at sea, but after that, it was slightly different, and when the war was about to break out or had already broken out, Britain and France had no time to look eastward, so the entire Southeast Asia was in the hands of the northwest. (To be continued......) R1292