The Bolsheviks from Moscow chose different ways to deal with the Republic of China and Qin Zhiyuan.
Qin Zhiyuan also used different methods to deal with Romanov and Ivanovich.
Relatively speaking, the situation of the Bolsheviks represented by Romanov is more dangerous because they now face opposition from all over the world.
Although the Kolchak provisional government represented by Ivanovich seems to have continuous benefits now, Qin Zhiyuan knows that Kolchak lost miserably in history. Not only were all his supporters killed, but he himself
He was also shot and did not cause any waves in the long history.
The problem is that, except Qin Zhiyuan, no one can accurately deduce the direction of Russia's political situation. Even the British and French are full of optimism now.
Because based on the analysis of the combat effectiveness of the Russian troops in World War I, even if the Bolsheviks could win, it might only be a tragic victory. Britain and France would still be able to jump in and pick the peaches.
Qin Zhiyuan knew what Lenin and Kolchak were afraid of. Lenin was afraid of direct armed intervention by European countries, while Kolchak was afraid of being abandoned by the Allied Powers.
So when facing Ivanovic, Qin Zhiyuan showed no urgency. It’s okay if you want me to participate and give me enough benefits; it’s okay if you don’t let me participate. If you feel that you can win, then go ahead.
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When facing Romanov, Qin Zhiyuan directly issued a threat of war to meet my demands, and I would stand by and watch, otherwise I would join the war in my own way and get everything I wanted with my own hands.
To be honest, neither Romanov nor Ivanovich had the power to agree to Qin Zhiyuan's request.
In other words, it is impossible for any patriotic Russian to agree to Qin Zhiyuan's request.
So what, Qin Zhiyuan never expected to defeat others without fighting. If he wanted to make people afraid, he would give them a harsh lesson on the battlefield.
Therefore, in Lanfang, a northern army with about 100,000 people was immediately established. As soon as the Vladivostok port thaws in March, troops will be sent northward.
This force is composed of nearly 50,000 Chinese and nearly 30,000 Annanese, as well as 10,000 Germans and Frenchmen each. They are all veterans who have retired from the European battlefield. They have rich combat experience and an unwillingness to do so.
With a peaceful heart.
This force follows the equipment level of the Foreign Legion, equipped with a large number of machine guns and artillery, and is also accompanied by tank troops.
But if they go north to fight in Vladivostok, this means that the logistics support and transportation line for the troops going north will exceed 5,000 kilometers, and they will also have to pass through the Sea of Japan and the Taiwan Strait currently controlled by the Japanese. In view of the lessons learned from the Japanese Sixth Division, Qin
Zhiyuan must pay full attention to this issue.
Fortunately, Qin Zhiyuan has a pretty good relationship with the Americans. However, due to the end of the world war, the Americans have a serious excess of military production capacity due to expansion and transition. Qin Zhiyuan now orders weapons and ammunition from the United States and finds that the CIF price is actually higher than that of self-made weapons.
If it's cheap, then don't buy it.
The reason why there is such a bizarre incident that the CIF price is cheaper than self-made is because there are no super-large iron mines in Lanfang, and all ores need to be imported, so the cost remains high.
Although the purchase price was very cheap, Qin Zhiyuan knew that the purchase was not a long-term solution. For a country that wanted long-term stability, Lanfang still had to build its own military industry enterprise, so that there would be no worries.
In order to solve the problem of raw materials, Qin Zhiyuan set his sights on the large-scale iron mines in Australia. Only by acquiring the large-scale iron ores there can the problem of raw materials be truly solved.
But obviously that requires a process. It is not easy to steal food from the British population. Qin Zhiyuan must operate carefully.
In order to ensure smooth transportation lines, Qin Zhiyuan began to order warships from French shipyards, including destroyers and cruisers.
Unexpectedly, this actually caused dissatisfaction among the British and Americans.
British and American shipyards also need orders now. Although the Germans' unrestricted submarine warfare now requires a large number of merchant ships to be replenished, who would think there are too many orders?
The French government is happy to see this happen. French Navy Minister Georges Legault even personally inquired about Lanfang's order and demanded that the shipyard must give priority to supply.
The relationship between George Legg and Qin Zhiyuan is still very good, because there are many ulterior secrets between George Legg and Qin Zhiyuan in the submarine force. If we talk about the urgency, George Legg and Qin Zhiyuan have a lot of secrets.
The value of Zhiyuan is even more important.
In the current Lanfang, a very large shipyard is under construction on Muna Island at the southernmost tip of Sulawesi. It is in the center of Lanfang, has sufficient strategic depth, and also has sufficient excellent port conditions.
In fact, if we calculate carefully, Lanfang does not have a port with particularly excellent conditions.
For example, Cam Ranh Bay and Vladivostok are ranked high in the world, but there is no military port in Lanfang with comparable conditions.
However, if the conditions are appropriately relaxed, it can be said that there are ports everywhere in Lanfang, and there are too many to count.
There are more than 18,000 islands. Even if only 1% of the islands have ports with suitable conditions, there will be at least a hundred or ten.
The conditions of Muna Island in Lanfang are not outstanding, but the location is very ideal. If a shipyard is set up there, at least safety is guaranteed.
One of the conditions for Qin Zhiyuan to place the order with the French shipyard was that the French shipyard provide technical support to help Lanfang build the shipyard on Muna Island.
The relationship between Lanfang and France was in the honeymoon period, so there was no problem at all. The French readily agreed to Qin Zhiyuan's request.
Qin Zhiyuan ordered a total of 20 destroyers and ten cruisers, two-thirds of which will be built in France, and the other one-third will be built at the Lanfang shipyard.
This is equivalent to Qin Zhiyuan using this order to obtain the ability to independently build warships.
In fact, in the current French shipyards, there are many Chinese workers engaged in various technical jobs, from welding to circuit installation. Chinese people can be seen in almost any position. If Qin Zhiyuan is willing, Lanfang can now
Has independent shipbuilding capabilities.
Qin Zhiyuan does not want to achieve success overnight. In terms of industry, especially heavy industry, Qin Zhiyuan wants to lay a solid foundation as much as possible. Only in this way can he ensure healthy development without the technical support of the French and Germans.
Yes, Lanfang now has Germans providing technical support.
After the armistice agreement was signed, no military industrial enterprises were allowed to remain in Germany, so many large shipyards in Germany were to be dismantled, especially the four shipyards that specialized in manufacturing submarines. They were the top priority.
William III understood the fate that these shipyards were about to face, so almost all of these shipyards were dismantled to Lanfang, including the technical personnel in these shipyards.
William III had only one request: when Germany needed it, Lanfang could not prevent these Germans from returning to Germany.
Qin Zhiyuan agreed to William III's request, but at the same time Qin Zhiyuan also pointed out that if someone is unwilling to return to Germany by then, Germany cannot use coercion or inducement.
I don’t know whether William III felt happy or bitter, but William III agreed to Qin Zhiyuan’s request.
In fact, workers, like soldiers, need to work at their jobs for a long time to ensure that their standards do not decline.
If a worker does not touch a lathe for ten years, it is questionable how much processing accuracy this worker will have left after ten years.
At the same time, if the army does not participate in wars for ten years, then not to mention whether the vision and level of the officer corps will lag behind, whether the soldiers can still fight accurately and run well is questionable.
William III wanted to use Lanfang to maintain the vitality of the military and industrial system, while Qin Zhiyuan wanted to use the German army and the industrial system to improve Lanfang's strength. This can be regarded as each getting what he needs.
William III could almost predict that after arriving in Lanfang, these professional soldiers and technical workers would definitely receive preferential treatment and temptation from Lanfang, and many of them would even choose to become Lanfang citizens instead of giving up their German citizenship.
If Lan Fang really does that, then there will be great drama.
In Lanfang, although there is no such thing as a minority, there are huge differences between Chinese and Westerners, both racially and culturally. If Lanfang gives these Germans super-national treatment in order to improve their competitiveness, then almost
It will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the Chinese community and even cause serious social problems.
In fact, Qin Zhiyuan had no experience in governing a country before. When he was in North Africa, Qin Zhiyuan tried to use tough policies, but it was unsuccessful. Therefore, not only William III, but the whole world was curious about Qin Zhiyuan's ability to govern.
It can be said that people all over the world are watching Qin Zhiyuan's performance. They are looking forward to whether a military god who is invincible on the battlefield can still show extraordinary abilities in governing the country. If so,
Many people will raise the importance of Lanfang to a higher level in their minds.
For Qin Zhiyuan, this is indeed a problem. If the treatment of Germans is not improved, it will be difficult for Lanfang to attract the interest of Germans. But if the treatment is improved, it may cause social problems. This is a difficult problem.
choose.
Of course, Qin Zhiyuan actually has another choice.
If Lanfang's level of social stability, economic development and welfare surpass those of Germany, then there would be no so-called competitiveness issue.
However, it is not an easy task to completely surpass Germany.
You must know that before World War I, Germany's economic aggregate had surpassed the United Kingdom and became the second largest country in the world after the United States.
Lanfang under the rule of Qin Zhiyuan wanted to surpass Germany in an all-round way, that is to say, at least to achieve the achievements that the Germans had achieved. This was easy to negotiate.
Before the World War, although Germany had just been unified, it was lucky enough to catch the last train of imperialism's global colonial expansion. As a result, Germany ushered in a period of golden age. The accumulation of the previous hundreds of years, coupled with the Germans'
Hard work led to the Germany before the World War.
As for Lanfang, compared with Germany before the World War, they have almost no foundation at all. Even the country has just been established, the land area has not been completely determined, and the industrial base is even more impoverished. This is equivalent to starting from scratch.
Want to build a country on such a foundation and build it into one of the best in the world within a few decades
Well, well, I have to say that Lan Fang has now turned on hell mode.
