The fleet of 5 warships, all the way to the west of the second district, from India ashore, received a telegram from the northwest, after giving instructions to the Lanfang plan, Yang Yuanzhao put down a qiē, will not be subject to foreign military orders, the Lanfang plan is through countless staff officers of the General Staff, after 2 years, it was finally sorted out, the initial is not radical, just the strength of the northwest, slowly show the people who need it, not to mention that it will not be discovered, even if it is discovered, what about it, The small Netherlands, with a total population of only a few million, can reach the Far East, and Indonesia, as one of the most important Dutch colonies abroad, is only stationed with more than 50,000 regular troops and less than 500,000 Dutch. ，

The Netherlands and Germany are close neighbors, and they are also moving closer to Germany in politics, through the channels of Guò Harpy, Yang Yuanzhao got some Dutch descriptions, at present, the Netherlands is just a 7,000-ton ordinary old-fashioned cruiser in Indonesia, if Yang Yuanzhao can copy the cruiser under his feet, kill him in minutes, not to mention the difference of 3,000 tons in tonnage, just say that it is the performance of the battleship, that is the absolute generation difference.

As for the military system of the Netherlands, it can be regarded as a copy of Germany, but it is not like copying, with the strength of the Northwest Army, one division can at least confront more than three divisions of the Netherlands, which is the absolute superiority of the Northwest, and there is enough confidence in the army, which not only has been vigorously building the army non-commissioned officer system, but also the excellent weaponry is also a great aspect.

The ship went all the way to the west, and after crossing India, it did not sail directly down the Indian Ocean, but came to Iraq. Although he walked hundreds of nautical miles of the Iraqi detour, Yang Yuanzhao still came without hesitation. From 1911, the northwest acquired the vicinity of the new port of Basra. Nearly 30 square kilometers of land have been built, a huge new port of Basra has been built, and in Iraq, there are still about 300,000 workers who are struggling on the Baghdad railway, and the 2,400-kilometer railway line in a straight line is speeding up faster than people imagined. He needs to come and see and inspect and cheer him on.

300,000 people have not been back for a year in a distant foreign land, and this is a test for any person, although the northwest has done quite well in grassroots construction and propaganda, but it is inevitable that there will be some other voices, and he, the founder and spiritual leader of the northwest, has arrived. It is bound to make a huge difference.

Yang Yuanzhao's decision coincides with Mu Mo's thoughts, and Mu Mo has not paid attention to the Baghdad Railway since he pulled the strings. The intelligence system came back, and the long introduction in China made him very clear. This Baghdad railway plays an important role, on the one hand. It is an important channel connecting several major powers of the Central Powers, on the other hand. It was not an important port for Germany overseas, and it was also the only foreign port for future wars.

Mumo knew the important role of the Northwest and was located in China, so he realized that the Northwest has such a strong manufacturing capacity, and it can be said that everything that Germany needs can be manufactured in the Northwest, from guns to military supplies, grain, clothing, and light industrial products, as long as the Northwest maintains a close relationship with Germany, it can be transported to the German mainland through the Basra port and the Baghdad Railway.

As a senior intelligence officer, Mummer is very clear about the situation that Germany is facing now, Britain and Germany must have a war, once the war breaks out, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar will become a nightmare for Germany, even if Germany bypasses South Africa and passes from Africa, but the British home fleet is not vegetarian, before the British home fleet is defeated, the entire North Sea will be blocked by the British, Germany has no other place to access the sea, this disadvantage will be infinitely magnified, but on the Asian side, the Strait of Malacca also belongs to the United Kingdom, It's not that there are no loopholes, or it's bypassed.

Mu Mo still doesn't know that now Yang Yuanzhao has begun to plot to seize Indonesia, although Singapore and Sin Chau are important, they are separated from Indonesia, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur control Malacca, but on the other side, it is Sumatra, as long as Borneo is used as a springboard, whether it is Singapore or Sumatra, it is a huge threat, and at that time, Malacca will not only not become an obstacle, but will become a checkpoint to contain the Entente.

The cruiser crossed the Indian Ocean at a high speed of about 23 knots and entered the Persian Gulf, which after more than 100 years, it was extremely busy, it can be said that it is the richest and richest place in the whole world, and every cruise ship carries incomparable money, 10,000-ton oil tankers abound, and even 100,000-ton huge oil tankers.

Now, after more than 100 years of moving forward, the Persian Gulf at this time is deserted with only a few simple fishing boats, and there are no merchant ships, which may be one of the most fundamental reasons why the Northwest and Germany jointly built the port of Basra, and there was not much opposition, it is too barren, and the establishment of a huge port is just an operating expense, which will make any government dumbfounded. The arrival of the warships made those fishing boats that were only in the coastal waters not dare to stay too long at all, so they ran away in a hurry, and the steamboats of the great powers were arrogant enough, and these with guns and cannons were even more difficult to provoke.

Finally, the battleship arrived at the location of the port, the newly designed Basra port, has not been completely completed, the prototype has appeared, the location of their docking, is the 10,000-ton wharf that has just been built, the German intelligence officer and the northwest officials greeted the arrival of the battleship together, and Spee and Mumo looked at the qiē in front of them with some shock, from the northwest to take the lead in the expansion of Basra port to now, it has only been a long time, at most no more than a year, but it is a huge one, There are at least a dozen 10,000-ton berths of the huge port, has begun to take shape, the first three 10,000-ton wharves, can already dock merchant ships, and close to the wharf, you can see a railway, is extending into the distance.

"Minister Mumo, do you say that the Chinese are really so efficient, so can the Kiel Canal also place orders for the northwest!" Spee, who had not spoken, said suddenly, Spee's words made Mumo's eyes light up, the Kiel Canal can be said to be a huge project that began in 1907, when the Kiel Canal was designed, it did not take into account the crazy expansion of battleships, and the previous dreadnought era was barely possible, but in the later stage of dreadnoughts, or even the era of super-dreadnoughts, it was absolutely not possible, among the battleships in service now, there are many aspects that have been weakened by taking into account the passage capacity of the Kiel Canal, A battleship specially customized for the passage of the Kiel Canal, such a battleship, must have sacrificed part of its performance, which is almost no less than worse for the German Navy, which is already in a weak position.

Therefore, even if it costs a lot of money, the military has also implemented the restructuring plan of the Kiel Canal, and even because of the Kiel Canal, the allocation of funds to the Navy has been reduced, so that the growth rate of the high seas fleet has been reduced, but any admiral knows that the expansion of the Kiel Canal is indispensable, and once the Kiel Canal is completed, the navy's access to the sea will become a smooth road.

Spee's words, like a hand that clears the clouds, the port of Basra proves from one side that the Chinese side has a unique place in large-scale projects, as well as the Baghdad Railway, which is in the plan, it will take almost seven years to build the railway, this is only a year, according to the report of the intelligence department, it has been completed seventy or eighty percent, at most half a year, it can be completed, and the Basra port has only taken one year, and it has almost begun to take shape.

After meeting with officials from Germany and the northwest, Yang Yuanzhao went to several key points in the construction of Basra Port, and also went to the Baghdad Railway near Basra for a day or so to inspect the construction of the Baghdad Railway, and personally learned about the construction of the Baghdad Railway. For the time being, it is not too anxious, the port is different from the railway, the operation and maintenance costs are much higher, and if there is not enough throughput support, the new port is simply a gold-swallowing beast.

Hearing the idea here, Yang Yuanzhao smiled and told Wang Xuan directly, there is no need to worry so much, as long as the Baghdad railway is opened to traffic and the Basra port is completed, the throughput is almost not a problem, and the cost of transportation from land is higher than that of sea transportation, but for some of Germany's necessary military resources, it is safer to go here than to take the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal, which also tests the throughput capacity of this seaport from one side, and does not need to wait for wartime to be hurriedly tested.

Basra stopped for about three days, inspired the workers, and affirmed the merits of these construction personnel in the Middle East, by the way, borrowed an all-in-one machine, in the underground warehouse specially built on this side of Basra, left a full 100,000 cubic meters of materials, including a batch of heavy artillery barrels, 3 divisions of weapons and equipment, and even 10 tanks that are still in the embryonic stage. War is inevitable, Basra is located in the mouth of the great river, as long as the two ends are densely covered with batteries, there is no need to worry about the direct attack of the fleet, the narrow channel of the big river, not suitable for battleships to enter, then the landing operation is the key, the time is too tight, and it is secret, it is impossible to build a large strategic fortress like Vladivostok, but enough weapons and personnel will make him impregnable.

The fleet left the port again, looking at the Basra port that disappeared on the horizon, Yang Yuanzhao's eyes were full of expectation, and Murmo was more silent, the matter of the Kiel Canal was just a small talk between Spee and him, what was really decided was that the German government and His Excellency the Emperor reported his experiences on the Basra and Baghdad railways to Berlin by telegram, and also reported the construction of the Kiel Canal by telegram to hire Chinese laborers and construction teams to participate in the construction of the Kiel Canal, and the rest, It's just a matter of waiting. (To be continued......)