With these low-cost iron ores, the development of the South China Sea Federation is like a sports car. It can speed up by driving from a dirt road to a highway. In 1915, the annual steel output of the South China Sea Federation was only more than 5 million tons, which was only 4 times that of the United States.
By 1918, due to the large number of products sold to Europe and the undertaking of many European manufacturing
With ship orders, the annual output of federal steel directly doubled to 11 million tons. In the same year, the steel output of the United States had just exceeded 20 million tons. By 1922, the federal steel output had reached 21 million tons.
, which is basically the same as the United States, and roughly the combined steel output of Britain, France, and Germany.
These steels greatly accelerated the development of the automobile manufacturing industry. In 1920, David's Sandro Group sold 7 million cars in the United States alone, accounting for more than 80% of U.S. car sales, and among these cars, at least
Half of them are produced by the automobile factories of the Nanhai Federation. In addition to processing cars for the Sandro Group, the local automobile factories of the Nanhai Federation also produce and sell their own brand cars. However,
In order to avoid conflict with David's cars, most of the federal car brands take the high-end route. They do not emphasize fuel economy or price, but only consider high-standard requirements such as appearance, comfort, luxury, speed, off-road performance, and safety.
, most of these cars are sold to European and American countries, and their main customers are royal families, religious figures, wealthy businessmen, and political figures. Although the sales volume of these cars is not high, the selling prices are very high, and the profits are even more amazing.
With these steel materials, the railway mileage of the South China Sea Federation has also begun to increase dramatically. According to Liu Fu's plan, every port city in the Federation should be connected to railways, and one or two cities should be the main transportation hubs to fully connect every port city.
Transportation within an island or province. Since most of the federal land is islands and cannot all be connected by railways, connecting ports by railway has become the transportation development trend of the South China Sea Federation.
After initially resisting Japan and weakening the power of Britain, France and the United States in Asia, they then used the pretense of helping the United States occupy the Philippines. Then they used the opportunity of World War I to seize the colonies of France and the Netherlands in Asia, and finally survived with the bloodshed of the United Kingdom.
It took Liu Fu 36 years to build the South China Sea Federation from a small island into a regional power with a land area of more than 3 million and a population of nearly 40 million.
The current world structure has been completely messed up by Liu Fu, especially in Asia. It is basically different from what it was in history. Japan, which was supposed to rise in Asia, now has no hope of rising. It can only wait in Britain and the United States.
With the secret support of the United States, it barely managed to survive. It could barely be regarded as a hidden stake planted by Britain, the United States and other countries around the federation. But when it will take effect and how effective it will be depends on the attitude of the federal government.
Since the South China Sea Federation occupies the land and islands throughout South Asia, and controls the Strait of Malacca and the Sunda Strait, it controls the maritime traffic between East and Central Asia, Africa and Europe. Coupled with the federal economic and naval strength, the South China Sea Federation not only
It has completely replaced Japan's position in history, and has gone to a higher level. Not only is it on an equal footing with European and American countries on the surface, but its actual strength is even higher than that of many countries.
The rise of the South China Sea Federation has transformed the world structure of this era into a three-point world. The European forces represented by Britain and France, the American forces dominated by the United States, and the Asian power of the South China Sea Federation. Economically speaking, the United States is still the largest
The strongest, the South China Sea Federation is slightly weaker, and the European countries are the weakest;
In terms of military strength, Europe's conventional navy is still the most powerful, the South China Sea Federation's navy is unique, and the U.S. Navy is slightly worse. Europe's army is the strongest, and the U.S. Army is second. The South China Sea Federation's army is both in terms of quantity and strength.
The record is the worst;
In terms of war strength, the United States has the strongest war strength for the time being because its industrial system is the most complete and has taken a long time to develop. The South China Sea Federation's war strength is slightly lower. This is mainly because the federal industrial system has been built for a relatively short time. Although
It is developing rapidly, but it is transforming from an agricultural country to an industrial country.
Change also takes time. Europe's war strength is the worst. Although they have vast overseas colonies and perfect industrial construction, due to the impact of World War I and the lack of resources in Europe, European countries are not very united.
The war strength of Europe is relatively the worst.
In terms of international influence, Europe and the United States each have their own merits, and the prestige of the South China Sea Federation is not high yet. Although it has improved a lot through the Anglo-American South China Sea War and the subsequent signing of the Washington Naval Treaty, it is still far behind the United Kingdom and the United States.
not enough.
The South China Sea Federation also has a particularly big flaw, that is, it basically has no allies. Since most of the federation’s territories are colonies snatched from other countries, the South China Sea Federation has no relationship with these countries and their allies.
Great, and these countries are the world powers of this era, so no one, including those small countries, dares to get too close to the South China Sea Federation, for fear of being on the wrong team.
There is no harm in this situation during the country's expansion period, because at that time Liu Fu was busy fighting for territory and did not need any allies at all, and did not have the time and influence to develop allies. But when the country was in a
During the period of stable development, this issue becomes increasingly important.
No matter in various international conferences or in various wars of words, countries with allies will form a team to deal with the South China Sea Federation. However, because the South China Sea Federation has no support from allies, it can only fight alone, which is really ineffective.
We must adopt a tough attitude of non-recognition, non-participation and non-voting to deal with other countries. If things go on like this, the diplomatic image of the South China Sea Federal Government will be ugly. In the words of the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs: Now the South China Sea Federal Government is a public enemy in the eyes of European and American countries.
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In order to reverse this very embarrassing situation, Liu Fu plans to look around and see if he can find some allies for the South China Sea Federation. The relationship between countries is not like that between us.
If I like you and can chat with you, I can keep in touch with you more, and slowly we will become just friends.
The relationship between countries is a bit like the competitive relationship between companies in the commercial field in later generations. The interests between the two parties are completely bare, and there is no talk of friendship or goodwill at all. Of course, there are exceptions to everything. For example, the British
There are several cousins, like Canada, the United States, and Australia
Asia, New Zealand, South Africa, etc., they are all closely related to the United Kingdom by blood, so some small conflicts of interest among them can be resolved in their own unique way, but if the conflict of interest is large, the same
They also fall out, but their tolerance is slightly higher than that of other countries.
Since you want to find allies, you have to understand the historical origins, conflicts of interest, and ethnic backgrounds between these countries in detail. Liu Fu is not good at this, so he can only leave it to the professional departments and personnel of the federal government. But Liu Fu
He has a unique skill, that is, he knows the relationships and camps among most countries in the world in later generations. Although it may not be accurate, he still knows the general development trend.
After the federal intelligence and foreign affairs departments analyzed most of the countries in the world that deserved analysis, they gave Liu Fu a recommended list, and Liu Fu selected three countries from the list to focus on based on his own opinions.
First of all, the first country is Germany, which was just defeated in World War I. Germany has a long national history, but a short history of founding. However, relying on the diligence and rigor unique to the Germans, they have used decades of hard work to
In time, they surpassed France, which is also a land power in Europe, and approached the United Kingdom, the world's maritime power. And because of their tireless pursuit of great power status, they led to
The outbreak of World War I. Although the Germans once had the upper hand with their excellent command and high-quality troops during the war, in the end, they were beaten to the ground by the British and their cousins.
Not only did it fail to get a bargain, but it was also beaten up by several countries. Even the country was divided and annexed a lot, and it owed a huge amount of foreign debt. (To be continued...)
