Chapter 528: Human Revolution and All Living Beings (Medium)
PS: I'm sorry, there is something at home these days, the child has been hospitalized, and now he has just been discharged.
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September 20, 2779 (1938), Siam Socialist Republic, Bangkok.
Bangkok is the capital and largest city of Siam and the largest city in Indochina, both of which are also known as the "Buddhist Capital" because of the many Buddhist temples. After the 19th century, Siam inevitably came into contact with European powers, and successive generations of kings began to practice Westernization policies, which also made the city of Bangkok mixed with many Western elements, and now it has become an all-encompassing "city of angels" that blends Eastern and Western cultures.
At the end of the 19th century, King Rama V of Bangkok absorbed a lot of Western experience to carry out social reforms. In 1896, Britain and France reached a compromise of interests and divided the sphere of influence of Indochina, and Siam became a buffer zone between the two countries, which indirectly made Siam the only country in Southeast Asia that was not reduced to a colony.
In World War II, it followed Japan in declaring war on Britain and the United States in January 1942, ceding some of its occupation of Burma and the northern part of the Malayan Peninsula to Siam. But after Japan knelt, Siam very cunningly declared that "Siam's declaration of war on Britain and the United States on January 25, 1942 is null and void." For certain reasons, Siam's declaration of "invalidity of the declaration of war" was recognized by the Allies, so they became the only Axis powers that were not unlucky.
Its strong luck, explosive character, and strong wall grass skills can be called Asia's sluggishness. Compared to Poland, which is in the middle of the second explosion, it is completely two creatures.
On this plane, Siam's luck seems to have been robbed by Wen Dehei. After the rise of China, Britain and France designated Siam as China's sphere of influence in order to win China to join the Entente. They can't live a good life on the wall. Siam's misfortune lies in the fact that it is "too far from heaven and too close to China", and if you still want to play with the wall grass under the nose of such a behemoth as China, there will only be one consequence - being attached. Not to mention, there are already a lot of Chinese in Siam, basically accounting for one-seventh of the total population of Siam, and with these people, whether they want to interfere or find a leading party, they don't have to worry.
However, King Rama VI of Siam had some ideas, thinking that the new Chinese government would still be like the previous dynasties, just a false name and not interfere in their internal affairs. As a result, he violated the Chinese yang and yin, engaged in "de-sinicization" in China, restricted the use of Chinese characters, and demanded that Siamese Chinese change their local surnames.
This series of measures completely angered Wendehei, and Rama VI was tragic.
Soon, Rama VI was too tyrannical, favored and treacherous, and created more than 3,000 evils in just a few years after ascending the throne, and many ministers refused to listen to it. So the royal police chief Lin Youde and the deputy commander of the army Lin Aotian father and son, adhering to the public opinion to launch a military admonition, they soon took control of the capital, that afternoon King Zheng Bao is also Rama VI due to too much emotion, the attack of chronic illness, violent illness and death, the prime minister and many other ministers were either martyred in grief, or the traitor was executed.
Afterwards, the royal brother Zheng Guang succeeded to the throne, that is, Rama VII. Zheng Guang appointed Lin Youde as the prime minister of the kingdom and Lin Aotian as the commander-in-chief of the kingdom's army, and promoted a number of virtuous and loyal people (ninety percent of whom were Chinese) who were suppressed that year. Suddenly, the people were in full swing, and the Siam Kingdom was revitalized and began to build an economy in full swing.
On May 5, 1915, the new king, Zheng Guang, personally went to Hanjing to hand over a bloody letter signed by millions of Siamese subjects to Wen Dehei, pleading for the re-establishment of suzerain-vassal relations between the two countries, and proclaiming that Siam would always be the Chinese Ping Vassal and guard Tiannan for Huaxia. In the face of great wishes, Boon had no choice but to accept the annexation of Siam. The next day, the two heads of state issued the Sino-Siamese Joint Declaration, and Siam re-established itself as a vassal of China and has been under Chinese protection ever since. Siam's diplomacy and military affairs are guided by China, and its internal affairs are self-managed.
Subsequently, in July 1920, King Rama VII (Zheng Quang) of Siam announced that he would respect the people's choice to abdicate, and in the same month, Siam formally abolished the monarchy and adopted a republic system with a scientific socialist system under the vote of the National Assembly. General Lin Aotian, the former chief of the general staff of the kingdom, retired from active service and served as the first president, and his government and army were all controlled by the Chinese, and completely became a satellite state of China. At the same time, China began to increase its immigration to Siam and implement a policy of sinicization and assimilation in Siam. As for the local Thai people and other alien races, even if they are willing to assimilate, all those who do not know each other are sent to labor camps, or sent to civilized schools to study hard, which is similar to the new territory, and the local alien upper class is all cleansed.
Today, Siam's total population is more than 18 million, and the Chinese now account for more than a quarter of Siam's total population, about 28%, and this proportion is still increasing. Moreover, the Chinese are the superior people in this country, and they control the military and political power of the country, and all the important enterprises and economic lifelines of Siam are also controlled by the Chinese. In other words, it is basically equivalent to a part of China, and it is nothing to merge or not.
In fact, if you want to merge, it will definitely be good all at once, but Mr. Wen intends to keep it as a domestic dumping market, and to do some things that are inconvenient to do locally, which is equivalent to the country's vest.
Siam is still good, and finally left an independent name. Sikkim and Bhutan, two small countries completely surrounded by Chinese territory, have been wiped out. There were not many people in these two small countries, and coupled with the purges in the revolution, the original inhabitants had died, and some had entered civilized schools. As of last year, its demographics have changed, with the Chinese now making up 90 per cent of Sikkim and 80 per cent of Bhutan.
In Mr. Wen's view, there is no need to keep these two countries. So in June this year, the two countries held a referendum and voted more than 90 percent to agree to join China. Become part of the province of Tibet.
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On the streets of Bangkok, there are many tourists from Chinese mainland. Fortunately, if it's winter, more tourists come here. Siam's special tourism projects are similar to those in Japan, and are very popular with Chinese bankers. And what's even richer here than Japan is that Siamese ladyboys can satisfy the demands of some hardcore silvermen.
"This Siam is really good, the climate is warm, much better than our Shenyang. ”
"It's a pity that we didn't have a vacation in the winter, or it would be better if we didn't come in winter. ”
Several Chinese tourists are visiting the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, located in the northeast corner of Bangkok's Grand Palace, the most famous Buddhist temple in Siam and one of Siam's three national treasures. The Temple of the Emerald Buddha is the place where the Siamese royal family worships the Emerald Buddha statue and holds religious ceremonies, and is named after the Emerald Buddha enshrined in the temple. There are Jade Buddha Hall, the Hall of the First King, the Hall of Buddha Bones, the Pavilion of the Tibetan Scriptures, the Bell Tower and the Golden Pagoda in the temple. The Emerald Buddha Hall is the main building of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, and the shrine in the middle of the main hall enshrines the Jade Buddha statue, which is considered a national treasure in Siam. The Emerald Buddha is 66 centimeters high and 48 centimeters wide and is carved from a single piece of jasper.
"This Buddha statue doesn't look big, I thought it was big, at least one person tall. ”
"Cut, people are carved from a whole piece of jasper, and such a large jade is rare. You think it's mud......"
"It's a pity that most of the people here are from the Hinayana sect, and it would be nice if it was from the Mahayana sect. ”
"Hehe, since the Reformation in Siam, there is no difference between Hinayana and Mahayana. ”
Siam is a land of a thousand Buddhas lined with temples, and temples are everywhere. With islands, cuisine and a unique culture, it's a natural country to visit. Since the reign of Rama VII, the country has been vigorously developing its tourism resources, and after the republic, hundreds of attractions have been developed. In addition to the Buddhist city of Bangkok, there are also new tourist destinations such as Phuket, Pattaya, Chiang Rai, Hua Hin, Koh Samui, Chiang Mai and Pattaya, which attract many foreign tourists.
Of course, the largest number of tourists are from China. Now that the Trans-Asian Railway has been built, if someone wants to travel to Siam, he can get to Siam by taking a train at any railway station in the mainland territory of China. Of course, it is not possible for the various overseas provinces and island provinces to be directly connected to the mainland by rail, but there is no need to rush, they only need to go to the nearby airport, and they can also reach their destination by plane or airship.
At present, China's transportation is very developed, especially the degree of development of air transportation, which far exceeds the original time and space. Thanks to a large number of aviation clubs and a well-developed aviation industry, there is no shortage of both aircraft and pilots in China. As long as it is a city-level administrative unit, there will definitely be an airport, and even some county-level and township-level administrative units have airports.
Under the influence of China, there are also many airports in various countries of the People's Revolutionary Union, especially Siam, China's "vest country", which almost all copy China's system, and it is also everywhere.
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Sattahip Military Port.
It is the home port of the Siam Navy and one of the main bases of the Siam Navy. It houses the headquarters of the Siam Naval Fleet, Naval Aviation and Marine Corps, and houses the Siam Navy's First Fleet. The Siam Navy was divided into two fleets, the first of which was responsible for the Pacific side. The Second Fleet is responsible for the Indian Ocean side and is stationed in Phuket.
The strength of the Siamese Navy is still good, the capital ships are one battleship, two aircraft carriers, three heavy cruisers, six light cruisers, ten destroyers and fourteen frigates, as well as 26 submarines. Amphibious ships have two large dock landing ships and ten medium landing ships. In addition, there are some small ships such as torpedo boats and submarine hunters, as well as auxiliary ships such as minesweepers and minelayerers. The total tonnage of the ships is close to 200,000 tons. Among the small countries in the world, the strength of the Siamese Navy is quite good, at least much stronger than the Netherlands, Sweden, and Spain.
The layout of the Siam Navy is heavy in the east and light in the west, most of the large ships are equipped with the First Fleet in the Pacific Ocean, the Second Fleet in the Indian Ocean is much weaker, and the large warships have only one Changbai-class heavy cruiser as the flagship, mainly anti-submarine and patrol.
In fact, the command of the Siam Navy is in the hands of the Chinese Navy, and their First Fleet is directly under the command of the South China Sea Fleet, which is equivalent to a detachment of the South China Sea Fleet. The Second Fleet, on the other hand, is under the command of China's Indian Ocean Fleet, which is equivalent to an anti-submarine squadron fleet of the Indian Ocean Fleet.
Their battleship is the Type 209 battleship, which is also a Chinese-designed treaty-type battleship, known as the "Sling Silk Lite Super Dreadnought". This battleship is called the "Famous General", which mainly refers to the design ideas of the "King George V class" of the original time and space, and this is a battleship with great value for money, although it has nine 420 mm 50 times diameter guns, and the standard row is 50,000 tons (claim 4. 50,000 tons), but the price is very cheap.
China has built a total of eight "Mingjiang-class", but it has not equipped any of its own. Five of them were built for the younger brothers of the Revolutionary Union, one each from Chile, Persia, Turkey, Arabia and Siam. Because it was so cheap, Colombia, Spain and Sweden, which learned the news, also bought one each.
It is worth mentioning that after Colombia annexed Venezuela and Ecuador and "reunified", it ordered a total of three battleships during the naval holiday, and each of them bought one from Germany, Britain and China. "Look, there is someone behind Lao Tzu, the three major rogue groups on the earth have all sold good ships to Lao Tzu, don't mess with me!". As for how the ships of the different systems of the three countries can be coordinated, that is another matter, anyway, these countries do not buy ships for war.
The power system of the "Celebrity Class" is the most different, and the internal gas turbine model used by the Human Revolution Union has a maximum speed of 32 knots. The countries other than the People's Revolutionary Federation are steam turbine models, with a maximum speed of only 27 knots, and the battleships sold to them must definitely not exceed the standard in terms of tonnage, and what is missing is naturally armor or something.
Both of Siam's aircraft carriers are "Guangming-class" treaty-type aircraft carriers, which are armored enhancements of the Han Dynasty-class, built during the Navy's holiday. The design was re-optimized on the basis of the Han Dynasty class, an armored flight deck and a steam catapult were added, etc., and the standard displacement rose to 3. 90,000 tons (self-proclaimed 3. 50,000 tons).
This kind of "fish dragon-class" aircraft carrier can also be regarded as the standard aircraft carrier of the People's Revolutionary Union, and the cost performance is very high, and several economically strong younger brothers, such as Japan, Arabia, Turkey, Persia, Siam, Afghanistan, and Chile, are all equipped with them, among which Japan, which has a relatively strong shipbuilding capacity, has also obtained a production license.
By the way, the export version of the battleship does not need to be named according to the Chinese naming rules, and the name of this class of the export version of the battleship is not an official name, but for the convenience of sales and image, the manufacturer will generally take a relatively tall name as a nickname. On official documents, the official name of the "Famous General" is "Type 209", and the official name of the "Guangming Class" is "Type 107".
At this time, the aircraft carriers "Bangkok" and "Chiang Mai", as well as the battleship "Republic", were docked on the docks of the military port. There are also Chinese troops stationed here, and China has invested heavily in building a large strategic airport and a large 100,000-ton repair dock, which is directly guarded by the Chinese garrison in some sensitive areas, and even the local troops cannot enter.