() On November 12, 1909, Liu Fu's fleet returned to Taiwan from Europe. Both British and French newspapers made detailed reports on this visit, and published the stories of Liu Fu and Prince George and Liu Fu and the French President.
Armand Falier took a group photo, and spoke highly of it, saying that this is Taiwan’s positive development as a Far Eastern country.
It was a good start for his formal integration into the international community; while the German newspapers only generally wrote about the president of a Far Eastern country who visited the German royal family and was received by Emperor William, etc. On the contrary, it was Danish and Dutch newspapers that Liu Fu did not visit.
, have reported that due to physical reasons, Liu Fu interrupted this visit to Europe and hurriedly returned to Taiwan.
Regarding these comments, Liu Fu just listened to the brief report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and did not take them seriously. What others think of it is their business. How strong you are will determine how much respect others will have for you. Now you still work hard to improve yourself.
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The first thing Liu Fu did when he returned to Taiwan was to listen to the work reports of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and various government departments, and he gained an understanding of the general situation in Taiwan during the more than half a year since he left Taiwan.
Over the past six months, Taiwan's exports of industrial and chemical products have more than tripled compared to half a year ago, and are mainly sold to the United States. It's not that sales in Europe are bad, but Taiwan's output is limited by its industrial base.
Weakness, unable to increase production on a large scale in a short period of time, unable to undertake
Orders from Europe. However, in about a year, when these private factories and companies that have just entered industrial production gradually master the new mechanical technology and new production methods, the output will reach more than 10 times the current level, which can basically satisfy the needs of the majority of consumers.
Some orders are exported to the United States and Europe.
In addition to the rapid development of industry and economy, Taiwan's military has also gained a good momentum according to the plan. The secret armed force sent to Mindanao has not only relied on the secret supplies of Taiwan's local garrison for more than a year.
However, he survived and fulfilled his role as a guerrilla, relying on his growing fame and perfection.
His excellent command and combat capabilities have attracted many local resistance organizations to join. What started as a force of more than 500 people has now grown into a large-scale armed force with more than 2,000 soldiers and more than 3,000 peripheral members.
The control of this armed force is firmly in the hands of personnel dispatched by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The combat strategy of this guerrilla group is also very flexible. They rarely attack the local Taiwanese garrison. They mainly target those pro-American forces. Moreover, their slogan of "get rid of the white people before we can talk about Philippine autonomy" has won the island's support.
It is recognized by a large number of people on the island. In addition, the Taiwanese garrison does not harm the residents of all ethnic groups on the island. Even if they cooperate with this guerrilla group and act together, it is still in the name of helping the US military and combating duplicity.
It is carried out under the guise of li elements, so the hatred value of the Taiwan garrison on Mindanao is not high.
In recent years, the Taiwan Garrison has been committed to the development and construction of the island, and has purchased abaca, cotton, iron ore, etc. from the island at reasonable prices. It has also used loans from Taiwan banks to provide local fishermen with small motorized machines made in Taiwan.
Fishing boats, and the repayment is relatively flexible. Not only can gold, silver and other precious metals be used to repay the loan, but also timber and minerals can be used to repay the loan. This allows many poor local residents to use the local rich timber and mineral resources to buy a fishing boat for their families.
fishing boats, thus leading to a slightly better life.
The transportation network slowly evolved from the island's three longitudinal roads has solved the transportation and trade problems to a large extent, allowing minerals and valuable timber that were originally difficult to transport to be transported to nearby ports by road, and then
Exchange them for various Taiwanese products, and then flow them into the deep mountains and forests.
After nearly two years of construction, although the residents of Mindanao still have a deep hatred for the US military, they still have a deep hatred for the U.S. military.
Li's desire has not diminished at all, but he does not feel much rejection of the Taiwanese garrison that helped them change their lives. However, they have full respect and blessings for the guerrillas who attack the US military and pro-US forces and are elusive.
In remote villages, there are fixed garrison points and supply points for the guerrillas, and the guerrillas never take things from local people for nothing, and usually use salt, medicine, tools and other items in exchange for equal value.
Just when Liu Fu set off for Europe, most of the guerrillas in several islands in the southern Philippines, including Samar, Panay, Cebu, Leyte, Negros, and Mindanao, responded to the attack of the Mindanao guerrillas.
A rally was invited to be held near Hasaan on the island of Mindanao. At this rally, everyone unanimously elected Fernando Gonzalez, the head of the Mindanao guerrillas (actually a Filipino agent developed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs), as the new
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The first chairman of the "Filipinos" li organization. This organization is composed of these guerrillas and the forces they possess. The purpose of the organization is to drive away all white people. The organization is organized according to the size and size of each guerrilla group.
In the sphere of influence, a total of 21 people were selected to form a committee, and the basic function of this committee was to determine all actions and recommendations of the guerrillas, and to remove the chairman of the committee, who was responsible for the specific command work and daily affairs of the guerrillas.
The Mindanao guerrillas were the largest and most powerful, occupying 11 seats in the first committee. Together with the chairman, they occupied more than half of the committee. Moreover, according to the plan of the Ministry of Interior, among the remaining committee members,
They will also be gradually killed or attacked in certain battles. Gradually, their
The seats will be occupied by pro-Mindanao guerrillas, and their teams will be dispersed, reorganized, and gradually absorbed. According to the plan, in the next two years, there will be only one voice on these islands in the southern Philippines, and that is
The voice of the "Filipino" organization controlled entirely by the Taiwanese Garrison and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In the next two years, the "Filipino" organization will gradually spread to Luzon, the main island of the Philippines, while attacking the local US military, while uniting, absorbing and disintegrating the local resistance organizations, striving to reach Luzon in the third year.
to establish a foothold on the island in order to cooperate with the future goal of seizing the Philippines.
Regarding the Philippines, Liu Fu has been eyeing it for more than a day or two. Due to Taiwan's geographical location, to the north is the Qing Dynasty government.
The mainland controlled by fu, Liu Fu had never planned to touch, it was too big to play with; to the east were Ryukyu and Japan, Liu Fu had no intention of occupying it, there were no resources anywhere, and Japan himself could not survive
Comfortable, we will be begging for food if we go there; to the west are Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and other Indian subcontinents. Although there are rich resources here, they are all owned by the owner. If no major incident occurs, Liu Fu
I don’t dare to touch it casually. This area is the private garden of the European powers; and to the south is the Philippines. Although the Philippines is now occupied by the Americans, it has never settled down, and the investment of the Americans in the local area does not count.
There are many, so we can only use this place as a breakthrough. As long as we capture the Philippine Islands, the door to the south will be opened. It will be very convenient to go to Indonesia or fight for Malacca.
As for how to seize the Philippines, simply relying on force to occupy it is the next best option. Even if it sinks all the U.S. warships in the Philippines and wipes out all the U.S. troops on the Philippine Islands, Taiwan will not be able to withstand American retaliation, and if the Americans move, it will inevitably
Bringing Britain and France together, the cost of winning is too high. So
Therefore, Liu Fu did not intend to fight head-on with the Americans. In later generations, the United States, as a superpower, once successfully planned a war and dragged the Soviet Union, which was also very powerful at the time, into a chokehold. This war was the Afghanistan War. Although
There was a long gap in time, but the principles were similar, and Liu Fu planned to use them as a reference.
