The Far East is an uncultivated virgin land, with unparalleled wealth buried underground. The richness of mineral resources is unparalleled. Gold, tin, iron, manganese, coal, and oil reserves are extremely rich, and there are endless forests that will not be found until later generations.
Complete exploration to determine the exact reserves of resources in the Far East.
They had already started to regain the outer Northeast, so they were also very concerned about the Russian Far East. They hired a group of geologists to conduct expeditions to the Far East in the name of exploration. Faced with such a treasure trove of resources, these geological experts could only give an estimate.
Figures include 500 million tons of oil reserves, 300 billion cubic meters of natural gas, 3 billion tons of iron ore, the annual output of gold can reach more than one ton, and the remaining tin, manganese and other resources are countless.
And it needs to be noted that the scope of these explorers' investigations was only the southern region, and the climate in the north was too cold, so they did not conduct detailed inspections, but these are enough. The Russian Far East is definitely a good place full of treasures, Qiao
Yu sent this investigation report into the hands of Mr. Ri. Mr. Ri was immediately jealous. Resources are always a nightmare for island countries. If the Far East really has such rich resources, and now Russia is in the middle of a civil war, Ri
Ben can never let it go.
In fact, Japan made serious strategic mistakes in its original history. Soviet Russia had already established the Far Eastern Republic in order to maintain a buffer zone with Japan. However, Japan itself had no idea of the value of the Far East and withdrew its troops in vain.
It was cheaper for the Soviets.
In this era, with the rise of the Southwest Sichuan Clan, China is no longer just Japan's raw material supplier and commodity sales market. China's industrial products have begun to compete fiercely with Japan, and China's resources are not fully
It flows to Japan. Now Japan's industry is developing rapidly, and what is lacking is resources.
There are three things in the Far East that are enough to drive Japan crazy. One is iron ore. Without iron, there would be no military industry and it would be impossible to build huge warships. Japan now imports a large amount of scrap steel from the United States, which cannot satisfy Japan at all.
In addition to iron ore, there is also oil. Japan has a huge combined fleet. But there is no oil supply. China is also regarded as an oil-poor country in this era, and Japan can only rely on imports from the United States.
Both of these are out-and-out strategic resources, and the other is gold. At present, the world except China basically implements the gold standard. Sufficient gold is the guarantee of currency stability. There is so much gold in the Far East, Japan cannot be unmoved!
The current Prime Minister of Japan is Yuan Jing, who was born in the Political Friendship Association. The relationship between Southwest and Japan was already on fire. Southwest suddenly sent such a resource report to the hands of Japan. They were skeptical. After all, they had cooperated with Qiao Yu earlier.
Once, Japan excitedly ran to the southwest to look for oil. As a result, he wasted a huge amount of money and found nothing. Is it possible that this time it is another scam? Japan's cabinet is still more cautious.
A large number of experts were hurriedly convened for discussion. A war broke out between Japan and Russia, so Japan paid more attention to Russia, so it also had a lot of information. After mutual confirmation, Japan was convinced that most of this resource report was true.
Moreover, the amount of resources in the Far East may be far greater than the report. After reaching this conclusion, Japan was extremely excited, and the hope of solving Japan's resource shortage in one fell swoop was right in front of us.
In the past, Japan focused all its attention on China. This was completely short-sighted. Russia is the real treasure house of resources. Hara Jing immediately summoned all Japanese cabinet members to study the report carefully. Japan's current cabinet still has
They are not those idiots during World War II, they still have vision and knowledge.
After discussion, they first acknowledged the great value of Far East resources to Japan, but then also raised two major difficulties in developing the Far East. The first is that the Far East is still under the control of Belarus. If they want to occupy the Far East, they must
The second point of sending a large number of troops is that the climate in the Far East is too cold and the permafrost is widespread, making it extremely difficult to develop resources, and if you want to develop these resources, you cannot avoid China.
China and the Far East have a vast land border, and Mongolia and other places in Northeast China must be used as base camps to gradually develop the Far East. After drawing these conclusions, the Japanese cabinet immediately decided to repair relations with China as much as possible and focus on
Place it in the Far East and strive to capture this treasure trove of resources.
With this plan in mind, Yuan Jing suddenly remembered that the Japanese combined fleet was still preparing to intercept the Chinese warships. If the Chinese warships were really sunk, the fragile relationship between China and Japan would immediately break down, and Japan's
The Far East strategy was bound to go bankrupt, so Yuan Jing couldn't wait to persuade the military and ordered Shanna and others to withdraw their troops immediately.
"Junzuo, when we were returning to China, we were intercepted by a Japanese warship. This is a shame for the Chinese navy. We must make Japan pay the price!"
"Shaokuan, it's best to have this determination. The most vicious enemy of our navy is Japan. The future development direction of the navy will also be how to break Japan's maritime hegemony and strive to cut off all Japan's maritime trade routes!"
In fact, the Chinese navy is somewhat similar to the German navy. That is, both countries are mainland countries and both face a powerful island country. The mission of the navy is also to destroy and break the other party's control of the ocean. This is also the future of the Chinese navy.
Chen Shaokuan also strongly agrees with this strategy. China does not need battleships. What China needs are aircraft carriers and submarines. It can use its air and underwater advantages to cut off Japan's maritime lifeline. In this way, Japan will only have
A dead end.
Sekter's visit to China was relatively secret, so he did not appear at the welcome ceremony. Instead, he quietly came to Qiao Yu's residence after the ceremony. Sekter maintained the style of an old Prussian officer,
Be vigorous and decisive, and go straight to the point.
"Your Excellency, Ambassador, just a few months ago, China and Germany were enemies, but now we are sitting together, and just before the war broke out, China and Germany were close partners. Many things are so wonderful!"
"General Sekter, I would like to correct your sentence. China and Germany are never enemies. The two countries are too far away. We have no direct conflict of interests. Moreover, we are both victims of the old order. We have many interests.
Common interests, this is why I took the lead in cooperating with Germany after taking charge of Sichuan. China has no other choice regarding the European War. I hope you can understand!"
Sekter savored Qiao Yu's words carefully, sighed, and said: "Just a month ago, all the German High Seas Fleet scuttled in Scapa Flow. Those were all the elites of Germany, and now they are all like the wind.
Disappeared, but I have to say that the Allies made a mistake. Germany definitely still has a chance and will have to rearm itself. No matter whether I can see that day or not, I firmly believe that Germany will still stand up!"
"Your Excellency General, I completely agree with you. Germany is a great nation and will never surrender easily. It is precisely because of its belief in Germany's future that China is willing to cooperate with Germany again. We can be honest and honest about what Germany needs from China.
You can just say it!”
Sekter handed over a document he had drafted long ago to Qiao Yu, which listed a total of six conditions. The first one allowed German staff officers to enter internships in the Chinese staff department, and the second one was reserved for Germany in military academies.
Part of the quota, Article 3: Some German industrial enterprises will be transferred to China and retained in the name of Sino-German cooperation. When necessary, China will allow Germany to transfer these factories back to the country. Article 4: China will provide internship positions for the German Navy.
Help cultivate naval talents. Article 5: China provides the necessary venue for Germany to experiment with new tactics and new weapons. Article 6: China exports important strategic materials to Germany!
Judging from this material, Sekter's main idea is to preserve the basic strength of the German army. He is taking the elite route and using China's land and resources to save the last breath of vitality for Germany. Qiao Yu knows it very well.
This was the original role of the Soviet Union. Germany's support for the Soviet military industry was still very large. Now Germany has chosen China as a partner for cooperation. I just don't know if China and Germany will meet at war like the Soviet Union and Germany in the future.
"Mr. Seckter, I can accept your request, and I can also give the German military officers more privileges, and even give them the opportunity to command actual combat, but I also need Germany to help China!"
"Mr. Patrol Ambassador, since Germany has chosen China as a partner, it will definitely spare no effort. As long as we can do it, we will never refuse!"
"Mr. Sekter, you must have seen the rampage of Japan on the way to China. Japan is now China's most ferocious enemy. Japan's maritime power is also China's biggest threat. Therefore, I urgently need to have countermeasures."
Ability, I need you to help me build a solid coastal defense in the Beibu Gulf area, transform the Qinzhou Shipyard, hand over the design drawings of U-shaped submarines to China, and assist China in building underwater power!"
Qiao Yu has had enough of Japan's warships and must have a trump card. Aircraft are not yet mature enough. It is still difficult to test the aircraft to threaten Japan. However, the technology of German U-shaped submarines is very mature. World War II was nothing more than
With only slight improvements, submarines are definitely a cheap and efficient weapon. Even if China really enters the aircraft carrier era, submarines will still be an indispensable underwater weapon.
Sekter was not surprised by Qiao Yu's request. On the contrary, he was very eager for this kind of cooperation. Helping China build coastal defense would prevent German talents from becoming inexperienced, find and solve more problems, and help
Being able to maintain a shipbuilding team is definitely a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. Moreover, the rise of China in the Far East can also disperse the power of the United Kingdom and Japan, and can also contain Russia. It will not be a loss for Germany at all.
"Mr. Inspector, I don't think there is any problem with this, but Britain and France are still closely monitoring Germany. I can only try my best to recruit a group of shipbuilding experts from Germany, and I have to secretly rush to China. It won't be fast!"
"Well, I can definitely wait. In order to show my sincerity in cooperation, I am ready to persuade the Beiyang government to give up Germany's compensation and purchase a batch of German machines!"
As one of the victorious countries, China naturally has the right to demand compensation. However, China's share is not much compared to Britain and France. Qiao Yu simply sold it to the Germans. As for purchasing machines, it is not suitable for Germany's poor economic situation.
A timely help.
At least Sekter was very moved, "Qiao, I completely feel your sincerity, Dezhi will never treat its friends badly!"...)