Chapter 82: The Summer of the Equatorial Ocean (Part II)

At the same time, in the north of Guadalcanal, on the 300,000-ton displacement of the majestic ship "Ocean Oasis", which is wrapped in a long strip of "trough sea" waters wrapped by the Solomon Islands, our protagonist Wang Qiu is also watching the tropical scenery of Kuah Island with a telescope, while looking at the maps, photos and documents on the table about the South Pacific islands occupied by the Japanese army in this time and space. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

-- As a supership of unprecedented tonnage, equivalent to four battleships of Yamato, the draft of the "Oasis of the Seas" was too deep to reach the wharves of these small island fishing ports, or even to get too close to the coastline of the islands, otherwise it would run aground and run aground.

On the other hand, having lived on the coral island of the South China Sea for so long, Wang Qiu was tired of seeing sandy beaches, coral reefs, coconut palms and tropical fish, and was not interested in the tropical scenery of Guadalcanal, but he was quite worried about the various poisonous insects in the dense jungle of the island, so he did not plan to change to a small boat to go to the island to have a look. What's more, he is not here to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but to shoulder a very meaningful social investigation task.

-- Investigate how the Japanese in a different time and space established a modern industrial nation on a tropical island in the South Pacific.

A bunch of experts and professors at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences are quite interested in the "Obu" colonial state in the tropical South Seas established by the Japanese in this time and space, and they believe that it is of great reference value for the government's strategy of investment and expansion in the main plane -- especially when the new China in the 21 st century is investing and operating on a large scale around the world in an attempt to share the Pacific Ocean equally with the United States. You know, on that side of the world, there has never been an experience of building an industrialized country on a tropical coral island. When it comes to tropical islands, the average person's first thought is tourist attractions, bathing beaches and bikini beauties, and at most tropical fruits and plantations, as for modern industry...... The term doesn't seem to have much to do with tropical islands.

However, the "Orb" of this time and space seems to provide a counter-example, albeit with the participation and help of the black technology of the super era.

Therefore, in the recent days, Political Commissar Guo has led a delegation to visit the islands in the southwest Pacific occupied by the Japanese army under the banner of the "Communist International" to investigate the economic operation and social development of these places. I walked through mountains and rivers all day long, and even wore out several pairs of shoes. However, Wang Qiu did not follow them around, in his opinion, it is better to use satellite photo recognition and computer modeling analysis to hang around under the scorching sun, endure mosquito bites, and wander around with satellite photo recognition and computer modeling.

Besides, I am not a professional social survey, so if I really have anything to look at, it is enough to see the information they have collected.

――To put it simply, Wang Qiu's lazy cancer is committed.

In fact, just looking at some of the superficial information displayed on the data, Wang Qiu couldn't help but sigh deeply.

-- Copper, oil and gas from New Guinea, nickel from New Caledonia, bauxite from the Solomon Islands, geothermal resources from volcanic islands, struvite fertilizer from Nauru, have all been effectively exploited and turned into electricity, fertilizer, metals, machinery and factories. The oil gushing from the bottom of the shallow continental shelf has injected fresh blood into the industrial development and transportation of this land.

In just a few years after the war raged, millions of Japanese immigrants poured into this new world, overcoming the test of hot climate and tropical epidemics, and vigorously rising up another wave of large-scale construction. Ports, farms, mines, plantations, salt works, power stations, and small reservoirs have sprung up, allowing these wild islands to rush into industrial society at rocket speed.

The coal buried deep in the earth was excavated like black gold, and the dark oil gushed out like the blood of the earth, and was carried away by ships to feed this rapidly forming industrial system; Blast furnaces rise from the ground, spewing flames and smoke day and night, spitting out hot molten iron, which is then smelted into molten steel by converters, cast into ingots, rolled into various steels, and used in industrial construction that has been fully rolled out.

On the islands, which are rich in resources and easy to navigate, a series of modern industrial, mining, shipbuilding and fishing towns are rising at an unprecedented rate. The glitter of bright electric lights and the roar of various machines completely broke the silence of the tropical desert island.

A prototype of a giant industrial zone with petroleum and metallurgical industries as the core and maritime transportation links has been fully rolled out in the Pacific Ocean.

-- According to the video materials shown in front of us, in Rabaul, New Britain, a huge steel-making mill has been put into operation by taking advantage of the excellent port in the area, and in the huge factory area, iron-making blast furnaces can be seen everywhere making calls, hot iron squirming in the furnace at thousands of degrees, and billowing smoke fills the sky. Rows of tram cars whistling on the steel tracks, and the flames of the blast furnaces lit up the night......

In the western part of Australia, closer to the ore source, there is another, much larger steel mill that already exists.

“…… It seems that even on a tropical island where people laze all day long, they can make the industry impressive! ”

Looking at the series of industrial zones and mining areas marked on the map, Wang Qiu said with emotion, "...... If the same land falls into the hands of different peoples, its fate will be completely different! Isn't it because of the inferior roots of some tropical nation that our Nanyang has not been able to rise? ”

“…… Alas, it seems that this is the only way to think. The same piece of land, in the hands of the Japanese and in the hands of the monkeys of Southeast Asia, is indeed completely two different concepts! For example, the island of New Guinea is so rich in mineral resources, and there are booming markets such as Japan and China not far away, and Papua New Guinea is actually poorer than some African countries, and it is simply a ruin in the destruction of natural resources. ”

Ma Tong, who was also sitting on the side reading the information, pouted and said, "...... However, although industrial agriculture and modern transportation have been carried out, the ensuing environmental pollution problem is also very serious, look at this palm grove has been smoked to death by industrial exhaust gas, and the river water is also polluted to the point where it is not decent. Next, all those Minamata diseases, painful diseases, and photochemical smog will also come out! Uh, no, it's already happening! ”

She sighed and pulled out a few photos from her folder of horrific scenes that would make environmentalists furious—the grey-yellow smoke that obscured the sky, the colourful muddy streams, the withered trees and crops, and the workers and children suffering from all sorts of strange diseases caused by environmental pollution," she said...... If there was also Greenpeace here, I'm afraid it would have been in a lot of uproar, right?! ”

“…… Rest assured! I can't make a fuss! If they appear in this time and space, then they will not face the European and American White Left Virgin who fooled themselves, but the Nazis, fascists and Bolsheviks who make Arab terrorists tremble! ”

Wang Qiu shrugged his shoulders, "...... Every year, tens of millions of human beings die from killing each other, and politicians from all over the world are cold-faced butchers who casually slaughter hundreds of thousands of people who don't take it seriously, and the brutality is enough to leave any terrorist leader of our time in the dust. If there really be that kind of green environmentalist with a broken brain, it is still luck to be stuffed into a concentration camp or labor camp, and maybe go directly to the mass grave! ”

Ma Tong thought about the scene of the protest of the green environmental protection group in front of the Nazi SS or the Soviet Cheka fighters, and suddenly felt that this picture was really unbearable to look at directly, "...... Belch...... It seems that this is really the case, right--is this the era when you will die if you die? ”

“…… Ahem, in fact, this kind of environmental pollution is also a necessary price for the progress of human society. Many times, we look shocking in the photos, hoping to see the green mountains and green waters again. I don't know how disgusted the local residents are with the green mountains and rivers that they have been tired of seeing for generations, and they look forward to living the life of a city person! It doesn't matter if it's just a bit polluted. For example, a bunch of foreign experts have been looking forward to Tibet maintaining its pristine ecology, not using electricity, not driving, not watching television, and not building infrastructure. As for whether the local Tibetans are willing to live such a poor life, it is not within their consideration. ”

Professor Guo, who was recently tanned and lost more than a dozen pounds, commented while leisurely drinking a cup of chrysanthemum tea, "...... Any nation in this world, of course, can return to a slash-and-burn society, calmly and savagely waiting for the day of destruction. However, if this nation still wants to survive in the midst of cruel world competition, if it wants to pursue more knowledge and truth, and if it wants to enjoy better prosperity and convenience, it must embark on this road of industrialization and cannot stop for a moment. Otherwise, even if the green mountains and clear waters are preserved, they will only be trophies left by foreign invaders -- if you look at the islands in the South Pacific, how many of them have become trust territories of European and American countries that cannot be beaten by eight poles?

Therefore, the fact that the Japanese nation in this time and space can industrialize these wild islands in the South Pacific is already a very powerful initiative. As for the incidental pollution and environmental damage, in the cruel context of the world war, it is not worth mentioning at all! Think about what a ghost the British looked like when they tossed the Thames into a ghost in order to carry out the industrial revolution! All in all, after jumping out of the monster room of East Asia and swallowing such a vast strategic space as the Southwest Pacific, the Yamato nation is really about to soar into the sky now, and it will no longer be despised as a little Japan! ”

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-- Indeed, in the early 21 st century, Japan was absolutely a first-class power in terms of territory, population, industry, finance, science and technology, education, and even a highly emasculated military power. Even in the middle of the 19th century, Japan at the end of the Edo period had a population of no less than 40 million, which was more than the population of the United States at that time (33 million)! However, Japan's geographical location makes it a "small country" in the face of China and Russia. It's a bit of a trick. It is impossible for the Japanese not to have any ideas about such an aggrieved surrounding environment, but Japan has no way to move its territory, and it is unwilling or unable to take the initiative to integrate with China while there is still a military advantage like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so after China's rise, it is destined to say goodbye to its dream of becoming a great power.

However, even so, the Japanese nation is not completely out of the road. As the teachers of modern Japan, the British have already demonstrated to the Yamato nation a way to rise from a marginal island country to a world hegemon -- the British islanders, who were determined to dominate the European continent during the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, also galloped on the French battlefield for a hundred years, and once occupied half of France. Unfortunately, in the end, she was stopped by Joan of Arc, and instead of swallowing the elephant with a snake, she lost all the strongholds on the European continent. (Isn't it similar to the process of Japan's ambition to explode and attempt to annex China, which won many big victories in the early days, but ultimately failed?) ）

However, at the same time that the British bid farewell to the European continent, they were also blessed by misfortune and were able to fully develop the cause of maritime colonization, no longer seeking hegemony on the European continent, and bent on expanding their territories overseas, so that the British Empire had the prestige of the centuries that shook the world.

In the same way, if Japan can clearly recognize the reality, abandon its unrealistic continental policy, jump out of the monster house of Northeast Asia, and turn around and rush to the vast Pacific Ocean, then with the civilization level and population of the Yamato nation, it may not be impossible to copy the path of the British Empire in its struggle for hegemony and create a vast territory of its own...... Unfortunately, during the Edo period, Japan was closed off for too long, and by the time modern Japanese began to open their eyes to the world, the entire Pacific Ocean had been carved up. And on the other side of the Pacific, there is already such an ultimate adversary as the United States of America.

As a result, the Japanese nation's dream of empire was completely stuck--if it wanted to rush to Northeast Asia, it had to defeat Russia and annex China, and if it wanted to rush to the Pacific Ocean, it had to defeat Britain and defeat the United States. With the size and heritage of Japan, an island nation, in the case of fighting alone, the implementation of one of the strategies alone is already overstretched, and if the bow is fired left and right, it is a pure road to death.

Fortunately, in this time and space, relying on all kinds of cheating, the Japanese finally withstood the overwhelming offensive of the Americans and fought their own Pacific empire "Orb", thus soaring into the sky like the Spaniards who discovered the Americas, and truly becoming a world-class power overlord.

At the same time, the Pacific Territories, which belong to the United States of America, are rapidly withering, collapsing and shrinking in the midst of war......