Chapter 545: A Fragile Power

World wars and regional conflicts are completely two concepts, especially the contest between major powers, you can't look at the numbers on the books at all, everyone's active equipment will soon be exhausted, and the next thing is to compete with the country's production and mobilization capabilities, including people, will become consumables, who can grit their teeth and hold on, who will be able to achieve the final victory, this is the overall trend of World War II.

The key is to find a balance between quantity and quality, national quality and industrial capacity, and one-sided pursuit of any aspect is problematic, simply put, this is a bit like a linear programming problem, looking for an optimal solution.

Of course, there are not many countries in the world that can do this, and only the United States can do it very calmly in the original history, which requires three conditions: rich local resources, complete industrial system, and not seriously damaged by war.

Looking at the three conditions of World War II, only the United States had the right three conditions, while Germany's weakness was in resources, the weakness of the Soviet Union was seriously damaged by the war, and as for Britain, Japan and other countries, their own industries were not complete, so they were not worth mentioning.

And now, China can almost squeeze into this circle, World War II is definitely another good opportunity for China's development, a country can encounter not many strategic opportunities period, and whether it can grasp is a difficult problem.

World War I made China stand up, for the Second World War Qiao Yu's goal is to become strong, China should use this foundation, grow steel and iron bones, have the ability to be invincible, as long as this problem is solved, with the wisdom of the Chinese will be a smooth road to the future.

After years of research, China has initially understood the principle of nuclear explosion, and the rest is to accumulate raw materials, including uranium and heavy water, and China has begun to build an experimental reactor in Gansu.

It's not a quick pace, but every step of the way has been steady. Qiao Yu also did not ask for a nuclear bomb before all the countries did. It is enough to be able to squeeze into the first echelon, nuclear weapons are only a last resort.

After listening to Wu Tong's introduction, Qiao Yu added: "China's military industry must adhere to the principle of combining military and civilian forces, raise fewer soldiers in peacetime, and be able to quickly pull out a strong team in wartime, the most important thing is to organize the whole society, as long as 500 million people can be armed." No one can threaten us! ”

Population advantage is indeed one of Qiao Yu's biggest dependence, now the world's population is only about 1.5 billion, China accounts for one-third, if it comes to the point out of control, Qiao Yu also firmly believes that China will definitely be able to survive to the end.

China has now implemented its third five-year plan, and steel production has exceeded 10 million tons. China has undoubtedly squeezed into the ranks of second-rate industrial powers.

Qiao Yu's confidence is getting more and more, and now China's national railway network has been basically built, of course, there is still a long way to go from completeness, but it can also ensure that all major cities are connected by railways, and key border areas, as well as super-large industrial and mining areas are connected by trains.

In addition, China has rebuilt the original Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, from narrow gauge to standard gauge, which is completely linked to the domestic railway. In order to strengthen the bond. A railway through Hanoi is also under construction.

Narrow-gauge railways are easy to build and inexpensive. However, the speed is slow, the capacity is small, and it has a fatal flaw, and later generations of Vietnam has been following the railway left by the French, with a speed of only more than 40 kilometers, and it takes more than a day from south to north, while China is only these times from south to north.

At first, Sichuan was limited by technical capabilities when building the Sichuan-Han Road, and China had to adopt narrow gauges, but after so many years of technical accumulation, China has formed a strong construction team, and the accumulation of experience is also very rich, and the construction of railways in Vietnam, which is now Annam Province, is just a piece of cake.

China also has a bigger plan, that is, starting from Saigon, connecting Phnom Penh, all the way to Bangkok, the capital of Siam, so that China can completely control Siam, and the great powers were frantically grabbing railways in China, and wherever this road is built, its influence will be extended.

Although China has a port in Siam, it is not connected by land, and it is not easy to completely control a country, and Siam is in a terrible situation at this time, in fact, it is already surrounded by China.

The three Indochinese provinces in the east fell into Chinese hands and became Annam Province and Central South Province, while Burma in the west was mostly controlled by Chandra's forces, and Siam also knew that this Chandra was supported by China, and now there are Chinese forces on both sides of the east and west, and the Gulf of Siam in the south is also under China's control.

Now Rama VII's biggest regret is the purchase of the Chaoyong, since this aircraft carrier entered Siam, China's power has also followed, it is simply unstoppable, bought a ship, sold to a country, this is also Rama VII's most distressed place.

Of course, he didn't know that if it weren't for the Chinese market, Siam would not have been able to escape the impact of the economic crisis, and Rama VII would have been ousted from the throne long ago, and finally Siam colluded with Japan, which was an even more tragic fate.

In this time and space, Siam relied on China's strong military support and a large number of government procurement, and luckily survived the economic crisis, on the contrary, it was very comfortable.

This kind of small country is mostly like this, no matter how great the kindness, it will be quickly forgotten, and if there is a little wrong, it will arouse resentment, as if a dignified world-class power wants to revolve around him.

However, Qiao Yu didn't expect them to be grateful to Dade, what Qiao Yu needed now was to build the railway first, then control the economy, and then promote two-way immigration, and finally completely integrate into China and become a province of China, which is non-negotiable!

Of course, the construction of infrastructure in Indochina requires the use of a large number of local labor, the most important of which are the Vietnamese, these monkeys have the heaviest backbone, and after years of war, the Vietnamese people are also the most strong, and the administrative officials sent by China have been attacked many times, killing and wounding dozens of people.

The security situation in the same two provinces, Central South Province, is much better, and it can only be summed up that the Vietnamese have the strongest will to resist, so the government has the most disgust with these monkeys, and first sent them to the northwest in large numbers to build defense fortifications.

Now they are also the main force in building infrastructure in Indochina, and the population of Vietnam is not too large, only about 7 million. In the midst of the Sino-French war. A large number of Vietnamese servant troops were wiped out, numbering more than 400,000, and another 500,000 young and strong laborers were recruited for the construction project.

Most of the entire Vietnam is old and weak, women and children, the resistance force has been seriously weakened, at this time China has a large number of immigrants from the country, you must know that the Chinese population is large, and there are not a few bachelors. Now Annan is seriously short of men, as long as he has some ability, he can even marry two daughters-in-law.

In addition, China vigorously promotes Sinicization education, and it is believed that in the next 20 years, the original blood of the Vietnamese will be completely diluted, and the indigenous people will become a minority. At that time, this will probably be China's territory, and no one will want to split it.

Before that, what China needs to do is to get rid of those Vietnamese who still have the will to resist, holding the stick in one hand and waving the carrot in the other, as long as they truly belong to China, they can reap the benefits, and if they have different aspirations, they can only be wiped out!

The focus of China's entire Third Five-Year Plan is to expand armaments and warfare and operate Southeast Asia. Other countries are doing the same. China's evil neighbor, Japan, was also vigorously exploiting Indonesia's resources at this time, and the Japanese were more direct and violent than China's.

They expelled large numbers of Indonesian monkeys to desert islands. Leave them to their own devices, knowing that there are tens of thousands of islands in the whole of Indonesia, and some of them have undeveloped areas and cannibals, which is simply a desolate world that is completely different from civilized society.

Arriving in this place, most of the time is a dead end, the Japanese completely ignore any accusations, more and more Japanese have migrated from the mainland to Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago has too many undeveloped areas, excellent climatic conditions, abundant products, no earthquake trouble, is simply an ideal paradise.

Since Japan occupied Borneo, going to the South Seas has become the loudest slogan of the Japanese, and Japan's desperate development of Indonesia also feels the breath of war and must strive to expand its strength.

"Austria used to be part of Germany, all the Austrian people were also part of the Germanic people, our brothers and sisters, our brothers, we Germanic people can no longer be divided, we must unite and build a strong national ......"

Every time Hitler said a word, the soldiers and civilians in front of the square erupted in a shocking cheer, which made the mustache complacent, and Germany had quickly mastered the key to the aircraft carrier after obtaining the starting point, and now the shipyards were working day and night to build Germany's own aircraft carrier.

As confidence skyrocketed, Hitler was no longer satisfied with the existing territory, Germany needed more living space, and the first target was Austria, which was originally part of the Holy Roman Empire, and in the process of German unification, Austria was excluded and established the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria became an independent state, which had been in the scope of Italy.

Now Germany is finally going to point the finger here, Hitler wants to complete what Bismarck did not finish, and turn Austria into a part of Germany, and the British Prime Minister Chamberlain at this time actually said that when Germany occupies Austria, do not expect to get support from other powers!

Chamberlain's words perfectly show the shamelessness of Western politicians, how cheeky can this be to say such things, Austria is a member of the League of Nations, Britain has repeatedly made assurances to maintain Austria's independence, a lot of various treaties have been signed, but at this time all have become waste paper, and even British and French politicians have said that Germany has just entered their own back garden.

With the connivance of these men, the German army rushed into Austria without bloodshed, and Hitler turned Austria into the German Eastern Province without firing a single shot.

The Chinese military and political leaders were also shocked by this situation to the extreme, and Jiang Baili couldn't stop shaking his head and sighing: "The British are raising tigers for trouble, lifting stones to shoot themselves in the foot, so easily they can swallow a country, and Germany's appetite will only grow!" ”

"Fragile countries are always fragile, we have witnessed the fall of an empire, the more we indulge our enemies, the more we will not get peace, I am afraid that war will be faster than we imagined, we must be ready for war!" (To be continued.) )