Dodecanese Islands? Where are they? Liu Fu followed Ciano's instructions and discovered this fairly small island on the southwest coast of Turkey. Count Ciano introduced that this place used to be the Ottoman Empire.
The land was occupied by the Italians during the war between Italy and the Ottoman Empire in 1912, and in 1923 it was determined that it had international status and belonged to Italy.
Liu Fu looked at the island on the map next to the Turkish coast, and then looked at the shape of the Mediterranean. Not to mention, if the South China Sea Federation established a naval and air force base here, then the entire eastern Mediterranean and the west side of the Suez Canal would
The exports are all under control, and it is very close to the Turkish coast. It is also very convenient to obtain shore supplies and support. It is really a good place.
But a good place is a good place to rebel. If the South China Sea Federation builds a military base here, will the British agree? Will the French agree? This is no longer a question of "meddling" in the Middle East. This is simply using a small bamboo stick.
It's poking the butts of Britain and France.
The South China Sea Federation does not want to take this risk yet. Liu Fu is unwilling to embark on such a meaningless expedition, and Liu Fu's goal is not in the Middle East or Europe. For European countries, Liu Fu's ultimate goal is to cause "disruption" and divide
Instead of participating, if the South China Sea Federation really establishes a military base in the Mediterranean, it will be equivalent to telling European countries that
The South China Sea Federation has begun to prepare to intervene in European affairs. This base is just an outpost. The next step is to land on the European continent. Regarding this evasive threat, European countries have their own interests and European traditions.
. Even if it is to sell iron, we still have to fight to the end with the South China Sea Federation. Therefore, this matter cannot be done.
But he refused, and Liu Fu felt it was a pity. Not only did this island have a good geographical location in the Mediterranean, but the most pleasant thing was that it was close to the coast of Turkey. With this military ally standing by, many troubles and worries would be eliminated.
You can save it, but if you don’t use it, it’s really a huge waste.[
Liu Fu thought about it over and over again. Although there was no good way to solve this problem, he was still reluctant to directly reject the Italian "government"'s suggestion. After delaying for 5 days, Count Ciano finally couldn't help it.
I met Liu Fu again and planned to ask the Nanhai Federation about its final intention for this loan.
Faced with the urging of the Italians, Liu Fu finally failed to resist the temptation of the Dodecanese. He agreed to the Italian government's loan request, but in terms of the use of the Dodecanese Islands, Liu Fu made
A change was made, that is, it will not be used for military purposes for the time being, but will be built into a free port. The South China Sea Federation obtained this archipelago from the Italian "government" in the form of a lease. In fact, it is mainly the use rights of Rhode Island, the largest area.
The term is 50 years.
The South China Sea Federal Government will build large ports, giant warehouses, airports, processing plants, assembly plants and transportation facilities on Rhode Island, turning it into a distribution center for federal goods. After it is completed and put into use,
Some of the goods exported to Europe, Africa and the Middle East in the South China Sea Federation every year will change the export mode, from the previous export of finished products from the Federation to the export of semi-finished products or raw materials from the Federation, directly transported to processing plants on Rhode Island or
Assembled in the assembly plant. Then sold to Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
There are three main purposes for this arrangement. The first is to gradually replace the old labor-intensive industries in the Federation. Since these processing plants and assembly plants were established in Taiwan, they have been mainly processing or assembling export goods, and the equipment is generally old.
The old method had the disadvantages of small added value of production and large labor occupation. Now
Taking this opportunity, Liu Fu plans to completely eliminate these laborious and unprofitable enterprises and force them to invest their funds in other industries with higher added value. The labor force who have just been liberated from intensive labor will also turn to
Jobs with higher demand will solve the problem of labor shortage in many new industries.
In the industrial model designed by Liu Fu for the Federation, in addition to agriculture, most of them are industries with high added value, such as automobile manufacturing, pesticides and fertilizers, high-end machinery manufacturing, petrochemical industry, and aircraft.
These industries all rely on various new inventions and new technologies with high technological content that are continuously developed and invented by the research institutes in the South China Sea Federation, and then seize the commanding heights of this type of goods for production and sales. For those with fierce international competition,
Industries with low profit margins, federal
The "government" not only does not encourage it, but also sets many thresholds to restrict it. In this way, the federal "government" can rely on insufficient labor to obtain a high domestic product value, and will not be affected by the international financial environment.
This ensures the federal domestic financial independence.
This development model has also been deliberately pursued by Liu Fu for decades, because if the South China Sea Federation wants to rise from a small country, it must go through battles with other big countries and gradually eat away at some of the colonies and regional interests of these big countries.
Only then can we obtain the necessary conditions for the development of the federation.
The necessary population, land, resources and markets. In this kind of struggle, it may be through commercial means or through war. Anyway, no matter what means are used, the South China Sea Federation cannot be comfortable without offending the great powers.
Get these things comfortably. And one
Once you offend these powers, coupled with the differences between the races and cultures of both sides, you are likely to suffer joint revenge from the powers. Once you encounter that situation, if there are some products in the federation that rely on price and quantity to increase,
If it is an internationally competitive industry, the results may be very bad. If the federal domestic export goods are products with high technical content or monopoly status among similar goods, then the chance of encountering economic sanctions or trade wars may be very high.
Low, because these products are indispensable to all countries, except for the South China Sea Federation.
In addition to the internal needs of the federation, establishing a commodity distribution center in Rhode Island also has the advantage of using a large number of high-quality and low-cost labor forces in Turkey and the Jewish territories of Palestine to make the prices of these commodities lower or make profits
The space is larger, making it more internationally competitive. In addition, this distribution center can also create a large number of labor positions for Turkey and Jewish settlements, whether it is for the South China Sea Federation, the Turkish "government" or the Zionist organization.
A win-win situation, why not?
Finally, Liu Fu also hid some selfish motives. He still remembered this strategic location. Therefore, he planned to make slight changes when building civilian ports and airports. They would be built according to military standards.
Of course, it has to look like it is for civilian use on the outside. Then they build plank roads overtly and covertly into Chen Cang.
Some management personnel, service personnel, and security personnel have been replaced by reserve or active military personnel. In this way, when needed, most of the facilities on the island can be transformed into an overseas navy and air force of the South China Sea Federal "Government"
The base can be regarded as a hidden move for the European war that may break out in the future.
In addition to the above three benefits, the South China Sea Federation helped the Italian "government", or Mussolini, the dictator, when he was in the most difficult time. This kind of favor is quite valuable, no matter what.
, on the issue of the next renewal of the "Washington Naval Treaty", the Italian "government" will definitely return a favor to the South China Sea Federation. Therefore, this is also in line with Liu Fu's long-term strategy of dividing enemies and increasing friends.
Although Liu Fu had been careful, the location of the Dodecanese Islands was too conspicuous. When the Italian government announced that it would use the islands for 50 years in exchange for a US$2 billion loan from the South China Sea Federation, Britain, France and Greece
They directly protested to the Italian "Government", and the British even banned Italian "Government" ships from passing the Suez Canal to threaten the Italian "Government" to abandon this agreement that harmed the entire Europe. But Musso
Rini, the founder of the Nazis, would give in so easily. The Italian "government" directly issued a notice, and directly pointed out in the notice that that country could lend half of the money to the Italian "government" with the same interest and repayment period.
The Italian "government" leased this island to it under the same conditions! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote at Qidian. Your monthly vote is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to
