The construction of Cam Ranh Bay is a big project. Not counting construction materials, 100,000 workers consume more than 2 million yuan per month. This does not include the cost of food purchased from Siam.
Fortunately, Qin Zhiyuan still has some financial resources. If the expenditure does not increase further, he can still afford this method.
The advantage of having more people is that 100,000 people work together. Even if it cannot catch up with the national battle mode in another time and space, it is not far behind. Cam Ranh Bay basically looks the same every day, and the construction progress is jaw-dropping.
Of course, it was Bastian who was stunned, not Qin Zhiyuan. Qin Zhiyuan, who had seen various speeds in another time and space, felt that it was a bit slow.
In fact, in this era before large-scale machinery was widely used, the construction progress of a port was measured in years.
The first phase of the Cam Ranh Bay project is expected to take one and a half years. By then, Cam Ranh Bay will have eleven piers and more than 60 berths, which can accommodate all Lanfang warships including battleships.
At the same time, various supporting facilities are being laid at the same time. The thermal power plant, the artillery shell factory, the torpedo factory, and the mine factory even have a shipyard with four 50,000-ton docks. All these things added together will form the Cam Ranh Bay.
The largest naval base in the Far East.
No, it’s not the biggest. Yokosuka in Japan is the largest military port.
But one day, Cam Ranh Bay will become the largest military port in the Far East.
Qin Zhiyuan is very confident about this.
In the past month, a lot of things have actually happened, including the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, the temporary ceasefire of the Russian Civil War, etc. These things have effectively dispersed the influence of Lan Fang's actions in seizing islands in the North Sea, and also reduced the influence of the whole world.
Sensitivity to Lan Fong’s lease of Cam Ranh Bay.
That's right, after nearly half a year of exchange of interests, the Versailles Treaty was finally signed. Gu Weijun, a representative of the Beiyang Government of the Republic of China, also signed the contract. This meant that the Republic of China also became a member of the victorious countries of the World War and successfully joined the League of Nations at the same time. Finally,
Begin to tentatively integrate into the international community.
What is speechless is that the United States did not sign the Treaty of Versailles, because the Americans found that they got nothing from the Treaty of Versailles, no colonies, no markets, only money.
The United States is now the richest country in the world, and people are not short of money at all.
The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany very severely. Germany lost 13.5% of its territory, 12.5% of its population, and all of its overseas colonies.
According to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty, the Germans were only allowed to retain an army of less than 100,000 men, and the navy was only allowed to retain 6 battleships with a displacement of less than 10,000 tons. At the same time, Germany was not allowed to possess submarines, develop an air force, and the army was not allowed to equip tanks.
and heavy machine guns, etc.
The Germans even lost their import and export rights because the Versailles Contract stipulated that if the Germans wanted to export goods, they would have to charge almost a quarter more. This undoubtedly increased the cost of German products and reduced the competitiveness of German products.
, making the status of Britain and France more stable.
At the same time, the Germans must also pay compensation of 226 billion gold marks, which is approximately equivalent to 11.3 billion pounds, and require gold to be paid.
The terms are very harsh and almost everyone is dissatisfied with this contract except Lan Fang.
The Germans who were most dissatisfied with this contract, as a victim of the Versailles Treaty, William III once considered refusing to sign, but under the persuasion of Prime Minister Prince Marx and Army Chief of Staff Hindenburg, William III finally chose to bury his hatred in his heart.
He signed the contract reluctantly.
The unwillingness of the Germans can be seen by everyone, especially the French.
Clemenceau once intended to dismember Germany, but was strongly opposed by the British. The British wanted the Germans to pay the price, but did not want to weaken the Germans too much. The British did not want to see the French dominate the European continent.
That is not in Britain's interests.
In fact, many British people believed that the Versailles Treaty was too harsh on Germany, which might cause Germany to become a factor of instability again in the future. However, these people's opinions were not widely recognized, so the Versailles Treaty became what it was.
However, after signing, the British quickly realized that without Germany's checks and balances, the French would become the hegemon of the European continent, so the United Kingdom began to provide loans to Germany to help Germany recover its economy.
At the same time, the Americans also expressed dissatisfaction with the Versailles Treaty. The Americans did not get anything, except money. Of course, it was also accompanied by the improvement of the international status of the United States, but this is an implicit thing. On the surface,
And can't see it.
During the World War, American capital made huge profits. After the war, Americans continued to wield the big stick of capital and began to provide loans to Germany.
These loans passed through the hands of the British and French, and then returned to the hands of the Americans, but the Americans received a large number of preferential terms. From this perspective, the Americans were the biggest beneficiaries of the world war.
There is a reason why Lanfang was satisfied with the Versailles Contract. Because of the French's efforts, Lanfang received a symbolic indemnity as compensation for the Foreign Legion. This was unanimously agreed by the United Kingdom and the United States. The reason why Qin Zhiyuan
The money to build Cam Ranh Bay came from this German compensation.
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles was the biggest event in the world in June, so much so that it overshadowed the smoke of war in Russia.
After a month-long tug of war, the coalition government headed by Kolchak finally captured Moscow. However, at the same time, the troops of Kolchak and Denikin suffered heavy losses and no longer had the power to attack the Russian Bolsheviks entrenched in St. Petersburg.
Launch an attack.
The Russian Bolsheviks had lost 500,000 people in previous wars, and they were unable to organize an army to regain their lost territory, so all parties had to sit down and negotiate peace, trying to find a way to peacefully end this civil war.
Since the capture of Tula, except for the capture of Moscow, the Foreign Legion did not participate in any offensives. Instead, they began to search on the spot in Tula Kaluga, Ryazan and other places, searching for anything they could see.
These items, including valuable calligraphy, paintings, gold, silver, jewelry, industrial machines and even locomotives, were all shipped back to Lanfang by the Foreign Legion as rewards for the expedition.
Liu Zizheng and Griev played a little too much, so much so that after the Foreign Legion troops defeated the main force of the Russian Bolsheviks outside Moscow, Kolchak refused the Foreign Legion's attempt to enter Moscow.
However, it is obvious that Kolchak's refusal did not have much effect. The powerful foreign legion broke into Moscow arrogantly, just like the Russians arrogantly broke into the capital of the Qing Empire.
It's true that the tides are turning, thirty years are in the east of the river and thirty are in the west of the river.
Kolchak and Denikin's troops suffered almost all casualties during the attack on Moscow, and finally had to ask for support from the Foreign Legion.
Liu Zizheng and Greif sent all their tanks to participate in the siege of Moscow.
The tank force impressed Kolchak and Denikin so much that Kolchak and Denikin requested the purchase of these tanks to enrich their own strength.
Liu Zizheng and Greif agreed to Kolchak and Denikin's request, and contacted Clemenceau to give him a large gift.
Clemenceau was worried about how to digest the tanks produced by France during the war. When he heard that Kolchak and Denikin wanted to buy them, he was naturally happy, so he came up with the compensation for the Foreign Legion.
While Kolchak and Denikin were busy doing business with Clemenceau, the Foreign Legion began to scrape territory in Moscow.
As a historical city renowned for thousands of years, Moscow has many more good things than Tula Ryazan. Although Peter the Great moved the capital of Russia to St. Petersburg, there are still enough things in Moscow to attract foreigners.
The legion was jealous.
State Historical Museum of Russia Kremlin Cathedral of the Holy Virgin
Any place you can name will become a holy place for foreign legionnaires to linger.
It is truly a holy land. Moscow gave the Foreign Legion soldiers a feeling of entering a treasure trove. Of course, the soldiers would not return empty-handed.
According to incomplete statistics, within half a month after the Foreign Legion captured Moscow, the Foreign Legion transported more than 500 trains of various supplies from Moscow, almost plundering Moscow. Just after the Foreign Legion withdrew from Moscow, Moscow
It almost became an empty city.
Of course, the Foreign Legion did not set fire to Moscow. The Kremlin and the Assumption Cathedral are still majestic. Unfortunately, almost all the contents inside have been emptied. Even the gold foil used for wall decoration was taken away by the all-pervasive Foreign Legion.
Also suffering from the misfortune is the Russian State Historical Museum. This museum, established in 1872, is now no longer worthy of its name. The empty hall may make the curator hang himself from the beam.
The curator did not commit suicide by hanging from the beam, but one day at the end of June, the director of the Russian State Historical Museum jumped from the spire of the Assumption Cathedral and died for the Russian State Historical Museum.
It is a very familiar scene. Just a dozen years ago, in the capital of the Qing Empire, there were officials who sacrificed their entire families for the fall of the capital.
whole family
It's much more heroic than jumping off a building alone.
Just a dozen years ago, the Russians inflicted the pain they are suffering today on the Chinese. Today, the Chinese are just returning it intact.
In terms of this kind of national interest, it is impossible to say who is worse. It only proves the eternal truth: if you fall behind, you will be beaten.
Yes, Russia is still nominally a member of the great powers, but compared to Lanfang, Russia is out-and-out backward.
