() Just when Liu Fu was busy counting the gains of the Federation in this war and secretly enjoying himself, an issue that was difficult for Liu Fu to make a decision was put on the desk of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In this document, it was marked
In the top secret + urgent report, the agents of the Ministry of the Interior in the United States, Japan and China, after collecting evidence from many parties, came to the conclusion that during the years of World War I, the United States provided a large amount of assistance to Japan.
The funds helped Japan stabilize the domestic economic decline, and during the war, many European orders were transferred to Japan by the United States. Although the Americans also earned a large price difference, the success of these orders promoted
By the end of World War I, Japan had recovered from its economic collapse and achieved economic growth for two consecutive years.
In addition, the United States also used European shipbuilding orders to help Japan's two major shipyards resume production, thereby preserving the hope that the Japanese navy would recover in the future. However, this time the Japanese had a long memory and did not rush.
Instead of manufacturing large warships, it turned to purchase submarine technology from the United States and secretly produced submarines at the Yokohama Shipyard.
Because Japan is very strict about the production of submarines, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is unable to obtain specific submarine parameters and output. However, according to the equipment transformation of Yokohama Shipyard, Japan's submarine production will not be very high, about 5 ships per year.
Between 20 ships.
Although the submarine technology of the United States is not as good as that of Germany, the news that Japan owns a submarine still makes Liu Fu very uneasy. In addition, Japan has recently frequently increased its troops in North Korea and Liaodong in an attempt to completely rule these two areas.
After obtaining various resources that were unavailable in the country, Liu Fu became more and more worried about this evil neighbor.
However, the current form is that the whole world is calling for peace. After many years of war, all countries in the world need to cultivate their health and recuperate, and they are not willing to see another war break out. From the perspective of the international environment, now they want to completely solve Japan
This is not a good time; and due to the rapid expansion of the Federation's land area, the Federation's army needs to protect more and more places. It is also a very unwise choice to launch a war against Japan before completely digesting the occupied territory.
In addition, judging from the United States' strong support for Japan, the United States government
fu has regarded the South China Sea Federation as a threat, perhaps the biggest one. It plans to use support for the development of Japan, the federation's old enemy, to hold back part of the federation's energy in order to slow down the federation's development momentum. If the federation is in this
Attacking Japan forcefully at this time will definitely arouse strong uneasiness in the United States. Maybe the Americans will take advantage of the spirit of victory in World War I and come over to fight with the Federation. In that case, they will fall out with the behemoth United States too early.
For the federation, this is extremely disadvantageous.
After thinking about it for several days, Liu Fu couldn't find a way to eliminate the hidden dangers around him. Finally, Liu Fu didn't think about it anymore. To defeat the tiger, you need to be tough on yourself and do your own construction with peace of mind. Although the federal offensive force is now
Inadequately, the defense at that time was probably no softer than the Germans. If they wanted to bully the Federation, they would have to risk their lives together with several major powers in the world.
As a large number of scientific research and technical personnel and a large amount of funds were drawn into the federal territory, the three Annan provinces and the Philippine Islands were the first to benefit. Since the French and Spanish were quite responsible in their previous colonial rule, the three Annan provinces, especially the original
The infrastructure in Vietnam and Luzon Province is relatively complete, and Zamboanga Province, which has been operated by the federal government for a long time, has become the first choice for domestic and foreign investors.
The South China Sea Federal Government has also provided more and better support to these domestic and foreign investors. First of all, it has continued to liberalize some areas that were previously not allowed to enter, such as engine manufacturing and some petrochemicals, from investment projects that can be opened to the private sector.
industries, pharmaceutical production, electronic products, synthetic resins, etc. Secondly, the federal government continues to provide small and medium-sized low-interest loans to domestic investors so that these domestic junior entrepreneurs can not be too short of foreign investors in terms of funds.
gap; finally, federal government
The government further reduced taxes on various high value-added products and provided state subsidies for agricultural products. This encouraged companies to enter higher-tech fields while protecting the peasant class from being swept away too much by the wave of industrialization.
In October 1919, Liu Fu put forward the proposal to move the capital for the first time at a federal government work meeting. This proposal shocked most of the government ministers present at the time, and everyone unanimously thought that
: Is the president crazy? Why don’t he move to another country? However, since Liu Fu has great power, even though it is said to be a federal government, it is basically the same as du.
Cai is no different. Both military and financial power are in the hands of Liu Fu alone. There is also a very large federal Ministry of Internal Affairs that acts as Liu Fu's private detective + security + thugs. The ministers have their own ideas but dare not speak directly.
, we can only continue to listen to Liu Fu’s explanation.
First of all, Liu Fu pointed out the disadvantages of Taipei as the federal capital in terms of geographical location. In the entire federal territory, Taipei basically belongs to the eastern border of the federation. Further east is the sea and the Ryukyu Islands, although the federal navy and air force can guarantee the capital.
It is not attacked by foreign enemies, but placing the capital in a dangerous area for a long time will have a great impact on the federal military deployment and development direction.
Then, from the perspective of the future development direction of the federation, there is basically no hope to the east and north. To the east, there is the sea, Ryukyu and the Japanese Islands, and the potential for development is not great, at least not what the federation needs at this stage. And to the north,
It’s mainland China, coming from Liu Fu’s heart
To be honest, I really don’t want to rush to the mainland, fight with the heroes of my own race, and fight with my brothers. It is better to open up a Chinese country by myself. No matter from which aspect, two Chinese countries are better than
A Chinese country will benefit this nation more.
The federation cannot achieve greater development to the east or north, so there are only two directions left, west and south. To the west, there are the Indian subcontinent, the three provinces of Annan, Thailand, Myanmar, India and Malaysia, all
On this continent, it is basically the sphere of influence of the British; to the south, there is a continent with a very small population density and a very rich continent, Australia. Today, there are only two countries, Australia and New Zealand.
It is also the sphere of influence of the British.
In comparison, Liu Fu plans to develop southward, because Australia has the same unique geographical location as the United States and is not susceptible to land attacks, and the navy and air force are the main weapons that the Federation is proud of. Moreover, using the navy
It is much more difficult to attack a separate continent across the sea with the air force than to launch an attack from land with the army. With this geographical defense advantage, the federation can save a lot of military expenditures like the United States and use it for the economy
and the development of science and technology.
In addition, the Australian continent is rich in mineral resources and energy reserves, and its vast land is a rare treasure land for the development of industry and agriculture. If the world does not take advantage of the World War II,
With the last opportunity to reshuffle the cards and win over Australia, Liu Fu felt that the South China Sea Federation he had established was tantamount to failure.
Finally, if Australia is captured, there will be basically no trace of white people in the entire Southeast Asia. This is a good thing for the development and peace of East Asia, and is also very important for the future of the Federation. After all, keeping a white country by your side,
Moreover, it is so powerful that Liu Fu will be very uncomfortable. European and American powers can use Australia as a bridgehead to insert themselves into Southeast Asia, monitoring and restricting the development of the South China Sea Federation at any time.
Since the development direction of the country has been determined, all plans and arrangements of the government should be based on this development direction. The purpose of moving the capital is to shift the center of development of the federation from the northeastern island of Taiwan to the southern part of the federation.
As for the destination for moving the capital, Liu Fu had already chosen it, which was Xiangyang City, a new city on the island of Kalimantan.
