Chapter 674 Stepping on the corpse of a big country to rise
When the train to Vienna started, a secret message was sent from the Paris train station to New York via the Atlantic submarine cable. A few hours later, the brief secret message was forwarded to the Yingtian Telegraph Office via the telegraph line on the American continent.
Soon, the telegram was sent to the palace and delivered to Emperor Zhu Da's bed.
"Four countries act simultaneously!"
Looking at the telegram in his hand, Emperor Zhu Da showed a smile that was invisible to outsiders.
Everything is under control.
"Your Majesty, it seems they want to drag us into the water!"
As the prime minister, Zuo Zongtang reminded.
"Drag down?"
Emperor Zhu shook his head and smiled.
"Since you want to stir up trouble, there is no guarantee that you can stay out of it. Besides, it would be too unfair for the three of them to eat such a fat piece of meat like Turkey. Their faces will be dripping with oil while we just stare at them?"
This is not a joke. The reason for the war is not only to establish an "anti-British alliance", but more importantly, to gain a piece of meat from Turkey.
Otherwise, if you are busy and busy, wouldn’t it be in vain? We never do loss-making business, so how can we work in vain!
"Your Majesty means that when the time comes, we will directly send troops..."
Zuo Zhongtang was a little hesitant and directly sent troops to join the battle. This was not a good thing, and there didn't seem to be much reward for his attention.
Moreover, in the eyes of many people, the land of Ming Dynasty is already vast enough. From North America to South America, from Africa to the Pacific Ocean. Such a vast land is almost a burden for Ming Dynasty!
Why did it become a burden to Ming Dynasty?
In the final analysis, it is because of the small population that the Ming Dynasty has such a vast land and cannot develop it effectively.
Because of this, in the eyes of many people, the most important thing for the Ming Dynasty now is to digest and absorb the lands it has occupied and immigrate from the country as much as possible to enrich the Ming Dynasty's population. Rather than expand.
The expansion of any empire has its end, at least at every stage. Now the expansion of the Ming Dynasty has reached its limit.
Under this premise, Zuo Zhongtang would of course appear a little hesitant. After all, Turkey... was too far away.
"Soldiers must be sent!"
Emperor Zhu Da smiled.
"Only when we send troops will they feel relieved."
Why did Emperor Zhu Da not directly participate in the carving up of Turkey at the beginning? It was not because he didn't want to, but because he knew that no matter what, France, Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire would not let the Ming Dynasty stay out of the matter.
Even to the outside world, what the Ming Dynasty hoped was to use the opportunity of their declaration of war against Turkey to achieve expansion in the Americas, but what about in reality?
How could Emperor Zhu Da have no idea about Türkiye!
middle East!
That is the oil depot of the world!
Even if Ming Dynasty has oil fields in the Patagonian Plateau in the south, so what? Its output is far from comparable to that in the Middle East.
That big oil depot in the Middle East will make anyone who travels through it not jealous!
With the oil fields in the Middle East, Ming Dynasty is equivalent to holding the world's oil pipelines! The most important thing is its own energy security!
Not joining the war?
is it possible?
If you don’t take advantage of the partition of Turkey to attend that feast, you will be unforgettable for the rest of your life!
Only by participating in this carve-up feast can we have the opportunity to turn that large oil field into our own. As long as we hold on to that oil pipeline in the future, the whole world must consider the voice of Ming Dynasty.
Of course, Ming Dynasty will never lie flat on the oil field. But after owning that oil field, it can at least ensure the security of Ming Dynasty's own energy supply. After all, in the next century, oil will be the lifeline of the country.
"However, we will certainly not invest much power in Turkey like they did. We are only participating symbolically. I have given Zhu Guozhong clear instructions. All we want is the desert along the coast of the Persian Gulf. There is almost nothing there.
Turkish Army!”
Yes...it's just a desert!
The Turkish rule there is almost... in vain. Even the desert area does not have much population, but there is the world's largest oil field under the desert!
This is the real goal of Emperor Zhu Da. Of course, none of this can be told to outsiders at the moment. At the appropriate time in the future, the oil field will definitely be developed.
This is the biggest advantage of time travellers. If we don’t take advantage of these advantages, wouldn’t our time travel be in vain?
"desert?"
Zuo Zongtang frowned. After spending so much effort, he got a piece of desert. This seemed to be a bit of a loss!
He thought for a while and said.
"Your Majesty, is this a plan for Brazil?"
The outside world does not know His Majesty's plan, so how could Zuo Zongtang, as Prime Minister, not know His Majesty's plan? While the "New Crusade Plan" is being implemented, the Ming Dynasty will take the opportunity to provoke a war with Brazil in South America, and then
Occupy Brazil.
The occupation of Brazil is related to the future national defense security of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also to expand the living space of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty's expansion has an end, but Brazil, a place that must be taken, will not allow others to sleep peacefully.
Brazil, I can’t stay.
"Brazil?"
With a slight smile, Emperor Zhu Da said proudly.
"So, we only need the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf. The Turks' weak defense there cannot contain much of our strength. It is probably enough to invest three to five divisions. And for us, ocean-going force projection,
It is also a test. After all, our final decisive battle in the future will definitely be fought with the Americans in North America. The ocean projection of troops is a problem that must be solved in the next few years!"
Although it is a taboo for military strategists to divide their troops, it also depends on who the opponent is. To deal with an opponent like Brazil, you don’t need to invest too many troops at all, but it is different to deal with the United States. After all, the North American territory is too far away from the Ming Dynasty, and the local
The population is also very limited, and it has not yet exceeded one million.
Such an ocean-going decisive battle... is the real taboo of military strategists!
But for the Ming Dynasty, this was an unavoidable matter. After all, North America was also the Ming Dynasty's territory, and it could not be allowed to be occupied by the Americans.
"So, in the next few years, we will try our best to develop maritime transportation capabilities and increase the tonnage of merchant ships. In addition to providing subsidies to shipping companies, we will also develop some merchant ships suitable for ocean transportation and manufacture several standard merchant ships."
While speaking, Emperor Zhu Da naturally thought of the famous Free Wheel from another world.
The Liberty Ship was a cargo ship mass-produced in the United States during World War II. Although the Liberty Ship was very simple, fast to build, and cheap, it had a carrying capacity of nearly 10,000 tons. Of course, the most amazing thing is that the Liberty Ship was built very quickly.
They are built in an assembly line style, with some prefabricated parts transported to the shipyard for assembly.
In the early days, each freewheel ship took about 230 days to build. Later, the construction speed continued to increase. Finally, it only took an average of 42 days to launch. The fastest record took only 4 days, 15 hours and 30 minutes from laying the keel to launching.
As far as this era is concerned, the free wheel is the one that best meets the needs of the Ming Dynasty.
After Emperor Zhu Da made this decision secretly in his heart, he discussed some other issues with Zuo Zongtang.
However, their topic has never departed from the upcoming secret negotiations in Vienna. In order to promote this alliance, Ming not only spent two years, but also paid other prices, such as the transfer of Type 71 rifles to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Production rights and transfer of steelmaking technology to them. In short, in order to reach a treaty, Daming also paid. Of course, they also paid for these transfers. For Daming, technology transfer is also a big business. After all,
It also involves contracts for equipment, etc.
But what?
These are also some of the agreements reached by the parties during negotiations.
"Alliance of the Four Emperors!"
After Zuo Zongtang left, Emperor Zhu Da smiled rather proudly.
"As long as the Four Emperors Alliance reaches an agreement, from then on, the world will be under the control of the Ming Dynasty!"
What is the general trend!
This is the general trend. Use a Turkey to leverage the general trend of the world. Then let the general trend of the world serve the rise of the Ming Dynasty. This is exactly what Emperor Zhu Da planned. How could he be dissatisfied?
"The rise of a country must step on the corpses of other countries, and the rise of a powerful country must step on the corpses of several powerful countries. The dismemberment of Turkey is just the beginning..."