945 containment or non-containment, that's the question
Qin Zhiyuan has always used more soldiers, especially for cannon fodder like the Japanese army, as much as he wants. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
After Girardin returned to Lan Fang, the troops who had sworn loyalty to Lan Fang were immediately divided, two divisions were sent to Chen Kangjian to board the ship to the Western Province, one division was given to Antonio to expand the navy, and the last division was given to Wang Dingshan, who were to be trained as airborne troops to brave the tiger's den.
In fact, the most suitable type of military for the Japanese is the navy, the Japanese are generally smaller, and they have good obedience, they can naturally adapt to the narrow space and lonely life inside the ship, Lan Fang is just about to expand the navy, although these Japanese can not be engaged in key positions, but it is no problem to be a sailor or something.
As for the "Qin Army", which numbered 100,000 men, some of them were organized and stationed in Japan as garrison troops, and the other part was sent to the Western Province.
The current situation in the western province is not stable, Lan Fang has a huge territory in the western province, after getting the Persian Gulf coast, the land area of the western province has exceeded 550,000 square kilometers, if you add the Persian Gulf, the area is more than 700,000 square kilometers, but there are few people in such a huge territory, thanks to the demonization and propaganda of the British on Lan Fang, the total population of the western province does not exceed one million people, with an average of less than two people per square kilometer, which is the real vast land and sparsely populated.
What's more, in the current western province, the vast majority of the population is Persian, although the Persian fundamentalism has not been "carried forward" in these years, but this is a hidden danger after all, Qin Zhiyuan wants to really stabilize the situation in the western province, he must find a way to change the population structure of the western province, otherwise according to the analysis of the fertility of the Persians, in a few decades, the western province will still be the world of the Persians, which Qin Zhiyuan absolutely does not want to see.
If there are ethnic groups in this world that can be compared with the Persians in terms of "going to extremes", then the Japanese and Goryeo are definitely the top in the ranks.
Qin Zhiyuan wanted to emigrate to the Western Province, and the first choice was the Koreans and the Japanese, and using the Japanese and Koreans to deal with the Persians was precisely the opponent who would meet the good talent.
Although Lan Fang nominally has no ethnic distinction, in fact, Qin Zhiyuan has a secret department, which was specially established for these "alien races". Whether it is a Korean or a Japanese, or a Westerner or an Annan, even if they join the Lanfang nationality and get an ID card without the nationality project, Qin Zhiyuan also has detailed information about them in his hand, and the nationality and blood are emphasized.
Speaking of blood, we must thank the strong fertility of the Chinese, Lan Fang formulated a special policy for the Japanese and Annam at the beginning of the year, whether it is Japanese or Annamite, as long as they have Chinese blood in their blood, even if it is only a dozen, then these people can successfully join the Lan Fang nationality.
After the announcement of this policy, in just one month, the population of Lanfang surged by nearly 10 million, of which in several provinces in the north of Annan close to the Republic of China, almost every household has submitted an immigration application to the Lanfang Immigration Bureau, and almost all of them have Chinese ancestry, which can be proved by a family tree.
It is easy to say that there is a family tree, although the limit stipulated in the policy is one-dozenth, but in actual implementation, even if you look forward to more than ten generations, as long as there are Chinese on the family tree, then they are considered to be Chinese and have the qualifications to join Lanfang.
This policy provoked an outcry from the governor of French Indochina, Paul Reynolds, who even sent a small number of troops at his disposal to stop the immigration of the Annamites.
But this is also a drop in the bucket, and even members of Paul Reno's army are busy going home to dig through their family trees and stop the Annamite from immigrating? Don't be funny, let's see if you can climb with those who are qualified to immigrate, and if you can, then go with you.
What makes Paul Renault upset, Qin Zhiyuan must like to hear it.
Qin Zhiyuan has already prepared an ocean-going fleet in Coconut City, which is ready to be used to send people to the western provinces, the two river basins need a large number of people to fill, as long as there are orientals who are good at farming to settle there, it won't be long before the two river basins will become Lanfang's granary.
When it comes to farming skills, the Chinese skill tree is definitely full, but the Japanese and Koreans are not weak in farming skills.
Japan's territory is four islands, but before the war with Lanfang, that little land could support a population of nearly 60 million, which shows the cultivation ability of the Japanese.
The cultivation ability of the Goryeo people is not weak, the land of Goryeo was just that little, and the territory is still mountainous, and there is not much land for farming, but it is such a harsh natural environment that has raised 20 million Goryeo people, so it seems that the farming skills of the Goryeo people are even more powerful than the Japanese.
In fact, the Middle East is not all desert terrain, the land that can make Qin Haoge see the joy of hunting, is naturally a place of ointment, the western province happens to occupy the two river basins, the land here may not be as good as Siam, but compared with the land in Japan and Goryeo, it is already a world of difference, only need to immigrate to the past three or five hundred thousand, and it will not be two years later, saying that the "granary" may be too much, but it is not a problem to meet the consumption of the western province.
Speaking of which, the Persians are good enough, guarding the valley of the two rivers and guarding the Nile Delta, but living a life similar to that of a flower child, which is really a waste of resources.
Qin Zhiyuan was thinking about stabilizing the Western Province, but some people didn't want Qin Zhiyuan to get his wish.
Just as Qin Zhiyuan was about to vigorously promote immigration to the Western Province, Winston Churchill, British Colonial Minister and Air Force Commander, and Charles Hughes, US Secretary of State, were having a drink in a villa in downtown Cairo.
After the World War, Churchill cleared the blame for the disastrous defeat at the Battle of the Dardanelles and returned to the political arena, serving as Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs and Secretary of State for the Air Force.
Charles Hughes was the former justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and after Warren Harding became president, Charles Hughes was appointed as U.S. Secretary of State, and the Cairo Conference was convened at the initiative of Charles Hughes.
The United States was still in the "Prohibition" period at this time, and Charles Hughes was not in the United States at this time, in fact, he was not subject to the "Prohibition", but Charles Hughes was still a justice after all, and he was very self-disciplined, so when Churchill was drinking, Charles Hughes only needed a glass of ice water.
"The people of Lanfang are too much, if we don't contain Lanfang, then not only the Middle East today, but the future Asia will be Lanfang's Asia, and we will have no place to stand, so we must take strong measures to curb Lanfang's expansion." As colonial secretary, Churchill naturally understood the current situation of the British Empire.
The current British Empire is no longer as glorious as it used to be, Canada and Australia are asking for independence, and now even India has voices calling for autonomy, Britain itself is also unstable, the Irish have been asking for autonomy, although Churchill accepted the Irish's request on behalf of the British government, but Churchill knew very well in his heart that this was only the first step of the Irish's demand, and the Irish would ask for more in the future.
Lan Fong is a great threat to the British, since the establishment of Lan Fong, the British have been losing in Asia, first Sarawak, then Siam, and now to Burma, if the British do not do something, then sooner or later the huge British Empire will fall apart.
Churchill was not too old, and he would certainly see that day.
"So what do you think we should do?" Charles Hughes remained silent, his hand holding the glass of water unusually calm and unusually trembling.
"War! We need a war against Lan Fang to curb Qin's ambitions and let Qin see our determination to maintain world order, which is dominated by us Westerners, and it is not Qin's turn to set the rules of the game. Churchill's attitude was fierce, waving his hand in the air with an empty wine glass, and Charles Hughes was a little worried about whether the slender goblet would be able to withstand Churchill's power.
"It's impossible, at least the United States won't be involved." Charles Hughes vetoed it, ignoring Churchill's ugly face, leaving no room at all: "You should know that the US Congress is voting on the "Chinese Exclusion Act", maybe tomorrow the "Chinese Exclusion Act" will become history, now is the time for the US government to express friendship to Lan Fang, only when Lan Fang disdains the goodwill of the US government, the United States will consider the means of war, but it is not easy, because some people in the government have Lan Fang's background, and those people will definitely not agree to wage war against Lan Fang." ”
Charles Hughes is talking about the pro-Lanfang faction led by Allen.
The United States is a country controlled by capital, and the will of the US government is also the embodiment of the will of capital.
After the old Renault took over the bauxite in Madagascar, it is cooperating with the Mellon family, which dominates the U.S. aluminum industry, to jointly develop the bauxite in Madagascar; Ford has been losing ground in the face of Lanfang's attack, and now it is cooperating with Lanfang Automobile to jointly develop new models; The oil group headed by Rockefeller also has a cooperation project with United Petroleum, which is controlled by Qin Zhiyuan, and they want to jointly develop oil in South America.
With so many cooperative relationships, it is by no means easy for the United States to start a war against Lanfang.
"At least we should show a resolute attitude, look at the western province of Lanfang, which is already part of Europe, if we don't resolutely curb it, Lanfang's tentacles will extend to Europe sooner or later." Churchill was worried and disappointed by Charles Hughes's statement.
"Not sooner or later, but already, do you still think that Lan Fang's influence is limited to Asia? Although Lanfang lost the French ally in Europe, at the same time Lanfang also gained the trust of Germany, and the relationship between the French and Lanfang was not completely severed, and the influence of Lanfang people in Europe was much greater than you think. "Charles Hughes is indeed a justice, and he can see the essence of the problem beyond the surface.