Moreover, in a sense, there is no hatred or non-hate between countries. As long as there are conflicts of interest, cultural barriers, and religious differences, then the two countries will inevitably move towards confrontation and war. Who is stronger and who is stronger?
Taking advantage, whoever is weak will suffer, this is normal. If this can also be attributed to hatred, then the Japanese have reason to hate the Chinese, because before the Qing Dynasty, they had been suppressed by the Chinese.
Liu Fu was very ambivalent about Japan's attitude towards the country, and it was very difficult to strike too hard because the Federation did not yet have the ability to fully occupy Japan's territory, and the United Kingdom and the United States would not see the South China Sea Federation annexing Japan again. However,
It’s hard to say whether Japan will continue to follow the old path of militarism, because they are expanding their living space.
The idea will definitely not disappear, and will become stronger and stronger. Although the Japanese government wisely chose neutrality in this war, Liu Fu cannot guarantee that the Japanese government has given up its intention to expand its living space. This kind of
Even if this government doesn't move, the next government will move. Just like men naturally like beautiful women, this has become an inevitable concept in Japan.
Although the South China Sea Federation has not taken military action against Japan for several consecutive years, Liu Fu has not relaxed its military, political and economic surveillance and control of Japan at all. Now, with the assistance of Britain and the United States and other countries, Japan
Gradually getting out of the quagmire of economic collapse, national strength also began to slowly recover. In terms of military, Japan also abandoned its original development trend of following the world trend and began to adjust itself. It slowly began to imitate the military development of the Federation.
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At this point, Liu Fu was very happy. Although Japan and Taiwan at that time were both island countries, Japan's land area was much larger than Taiwan Island, and its resources were definitely more than Taiwan Island. However, Liu Fu knew that when the Federation developed to
Today, the main credit is due to the hard-working people and the scientific and technological talents from various countries who have joined the Federation, but the main reason is not them. It is ourselves.
As a country led by time-travelers, the South China Sea Federation has foresight and predictability that Japan cannot match. It can choose the most suitable way and route to vigorously develop itself, and can avoid many detours and dangerous shoals. The Japanese government.
They don't have this ability. Unless they also choose a Japanese who traveled to the past as prime minister.
If the Japanese imitate the development path of the South China Sea Federation, they may make some progress in the short term, but in the long term. Because they lack foresight, they can only imitate a superficial, and in the end, they will gain nothing.
It cannot reach the height of development of the Western powers, nor can it reach the speed of development of the South China Sea Federation. It has become a different country.
This can be seen from the fact that the Japanese secretly introduced American submarine manufacturing technology. In the world at that time, except for the submarine technology of the South China Sea Federation, which was far beyond the level of its contemporaries, only the German submarine technology was comparable.
It is more developed, but the American submarines are still at the level of the outbreak of World War I. Not only are they far behind the level of the Federation, but even compared to the German submarine technology, they are still out of reach.
Even if the United States seizes the German submarine technology after the war, it will take some time to digest these technologies and turn them into its own. Moreover, it is impossible for the Americans to sell these advanced things to the Japanese, let alone half-sell them.
Half given away.
However, Liu Fu did not dare to underestimate the Japanese research capabilities. In order to cope with possible large-scale submarine operations in the future, the South China Sea Federation not only increased the number of "Orca-class" anti-submarine submarines built, but also
All surface ships equipped by the Federation are equipped with sonar equipment and above destroyers, and the training of the Federation Navy's anti-submarine warfare capabilities has begun to be added to the Navy's training and exercises, so that they will not be in a hurry when encountering enemy submarines in the future.
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In addition to these troubles outside the federation, there are also some problems within the federation. First of all, it is the problem of population proportion. Since most of the territory of the South China Sea Federation is colonies snatched from the British, French and Dutch countries, and these countries
The management policies for these colonies are also different. In addition, these places have a large number of ethnic groups and complex religious beliefs. Therefore, how can these people with different cultures, customs, and religious beliefs be integrated together to form a federation?
The government's biggest headache in domestic affairs.
In the years since the founding of the South China Sea Federation, the federal government has mainly taken the form of forcibly dividing the settlements of various ethnic groups, forcing various ethnic groups to live together, using land, jobs, welfare and other physical goods to encourage intermarriage of various ethnic groups, and increasing the number of military personnel.
The ratio of the military resources of each ethnic group was dispersed to most residential areas, and methods of teaching Chinese and forcing Chinese circulation were used to accelerate the integration of these ethnic groups. Although some results have been achieved so far, the effect is not very obvious.
Ethnic affairs work has been carried out most effectively in the two provinces of Anbac and Anzhong. Because historically, the people in northern Vietnam have had very close exchanges with China's Yunnan and Guangxi provinces. Therefore, the residents of these areas have a strong relationship with the two provinces.
There is very low resistance to issues such as mixed living among Chinese, intermarriage with Chinese, learning Chinese, and joining the Chinese army.
Coupled with some economic encouragement policies, the issue of ethnic integration has been basically realized in these two provinces. Basically, there are no obvious ethnic groups in villages, cities, factories and social life.
There are customs, rejection of intermarriage and other phenomena, and various ethnic policies are also implemented very thoroughly.
In the four provinces of Annan, Zamboanga, Luzon, and Cebu, the effectiveness of ethnic work is acceptable. Because the local federal forces have been operating for a longer time, the number of Chinese is relatively large, and the local resistance forces and sentiments have also been suppressed.
The clean-up activities that year were very thorough. Although the local ethnic groups were very concerned about the implementation of ethnic policies,
I am not very used to it, but my resistance is not very strong. Under the strict requirements and policy encouragement of the federal government, although the speed of ethnic integration is not as fast as that of the two provinces of Anhui and Central Anhui, it is still pretty good, and mixing has basically been achieved.
There are still some problems in customs and religions, which need to be slowly guided and diluted.
In the provinces of Sumatra and Sulawesi, the ethnic work function has just been launched. Since the occupation time of these two provinces is still very short, the federal government mainly spends its energy on re-planning administrative areas, setting up local officials and appeasing local people.
Residents and production have resumed, and not much manpower can be spared to carry out ethnic integration work. However, the number of Chinese in these two provinces is not very large. Except for some areas where Chinese live concentratedly, it is difficult to find traces of Chinese in many places.
, in this regard it will also affect the development and propaganda of the federal ethnic policy.
In the province of Kalimantan, although it has only been occupied for a short period of time, due to the impact of the capital relocation, the number of Chinese in the province has increased sharply. Now it is not an issue of ethnic integration. Instead, the federal government needs to focus on the work here.
In order to limit the excessive dominance of the Chinese, it has oppressed the living space of other ethnic groups.
In addition, there is an unresolved issue on Java Island and the Lesser Sunda Islands. Since the federal government secretly carried out bacteriological operations on the islands three years ago, due to the strict blockade, few outsiders know about the situation on Java Island.
News about Java Island has basically disappeared from people’s daily lives. Except for the federal government regularly sending chemical defense troops to the island from different ports to observe the situation, no one is allowed to approach the coast of Java at will.
According to data collected from regular visits to the island, starting from the second half of 1918, the outbreak of plague on the island has leveled off, the famine is not particularly serious, and the number of residents on the island has been reduced by about half. However, due to the
The population base is very large, the spread of the plague is far from stopping, and the riots on the island are getting more and more serious. Even the chemical defense troops who go to the island to do statistics are often attacked by local people. Therefore, the federal government has not
There is no rush to land in Java. (To be continued...)
