All of the Liberation Army's previous modes of warfare were basically useless north of Shenyang. There were many people inside the pass, and Shenyang and the south of Shenyang had at least hundreds of thousands of people. The Greater Khingan Mountains and the outer Khingan Mountains to the north of Shenyang were composed of high mountains, dense forests, swamps, and meadows. It was common for there to be no human habitation within a hundred miles. This kind of area was a logistical nightmare. The Liberation Army that swept the world from the south to the north of Guangdong attached great importance to logistics. The traditional logistical mode could not be used in this kind of uninhabited area.
Vézé's tough attitude toward the Russia envoy was just an attitude to show that China would never give up an inch of land. It was easy to make a statement, but it was not easy to carry it out.
The Northern Command's plan was divided into two parts. The eastern part was to build a series of military strongholds between Shenyang and Qiqihar. At the same time, they would open up a coastal route to the Republic of Prawn. At the same time, they would control Sakhalin Island and further control the estuary of the Heilongjiang River. After these preparations were completed, they would first create the Heilongjiang transportation line, using both sea routes and land advances.
As for the western part, they would first recover the Mongolian region. They would go north from the Mongolian region.
According to the current Liberation Army's tradition, the plan was to advance step by step steadily and steadily. Although China's adoption of such steady steps seemed inefficient, it was difficult to survive in the northern ice fields. This step-by-step approach could create a population advantage. More importantly, the Liberation Army never fought a battle unprepared. The Liberation Army really didn't have this kind of talent to really play that kind of long-distance raid. The General Staff Department didn't know how to make this kind of military plan.
Vézé also knew this situation. His concept of war was completely derived from the concept of people's war and mobile warfare. The other parts were very traditional China's thinking. When they arrived in a place, they occupied, farmed, developed, and expanded. This concept was quite different from China's ancestors thousands of years ago.
It was because he knew how many steamed buns he could eat and how many bowls of soup he could drink that Vézé decided to go south. The productivity revolution brought about by the Industrial Revolution had greatly expanded China's ability. In the 21st century, China could not have the problem of not being able to develop the Far East. In order to solve the Far East problem from the root, the most efficient way for Vézé was to return to Nanjing and continue to promote the Second Industrial Revolution.
After returning to Nanjing, Vézé immediately sent warships to transport radio sets to Borneo and other places. Since they agreed to use the radio in the Northeast, there was no reason to refuse the use of the radio in the South China Sea. Next, Vézé held a closed-door meeting with the SASAC.
The comrades of the SASAC frankly told Vézé about the internal thinking of the SASAC, from the development of several economic circles, to the improvement of productivity across the country, to the hope that the Military Governor Vaize could lead a new round of industrial technological breakthroughs. Vézé was relieved after confirming that the SASAC did not come up with a seemingly reliable plan by copying theories in a moment of desperation. Although the SASAC's proposal was ultimately a pie in the sky, Vézé would never reject any opportunity to serve China. What he was worried about was not having the opportunity to serve China. In Vézé's position, his own wishes were often meaningless. If there was no department in the national system that could cooperate with Vézé, then Vézé alone was nothing.
In the end, Vézé told the comrades of the SASAC about his plan to obtain a stable route to obtain oil and then fully develop gasoline and diesel engines. China was short of oil, and the Daqing oil field was not something that China could exploit with its current industrial capacity. Vézé did not want to say these words at all. He just told the excited comrades of the SASAC that China had begun to explore oil fields in the Dutch East Indies. If the exploration was successful, a large amount of oil from the Dutch East Indies would be transported back to China. At that time, China could use gasoline and diesel powered internal combustion engines. Cars and tractors entered China in large quantities, and the entire industrial development of China would immediately have a comprehensive breakthrough.
"Governor, you once said that you wanted to go to war with the United Kingdom for the Dutch East Indies. Was that your purpose at that time? "Pang Congcong was so excited that her face turned red. Vézé really did not let her down. Originally, the conclusion of a breakthrough in productivity was a conclusion that everyone came to when they had no other way out. If the existing path could solve the problem, then everyone would not have been forced to seek direction in the "unknown future." The people of the SASAC all admitted that Vézé was very powerful, but the SASAC's proposal was to smash an era on Vézé's shoulders and let Vézé bear the burden. It was not easy to say whether Vézé could bear the burden, at least not everyone in the SASAC could bear it. Now that she knew that Vézé had made arrangements for this matter, Pang Congcong was extremely excited.
"This matter involves the war, so I can't leak the secret." Vézé was not excited. He had an unparalleled responsibility. The war could not be fought, but it could not be lost. All of Vézé's prestige was built on the victory and success he led. As long as the real decision maker was Vézé, even a small failure would cause a major blow to Vézé's credibility.
"Governor, if we really go to war with the United Kingdom because of oil, we firmly support you. If we can't win once, we will fight twice. If we can't win twice, we will fight thrice. As long as you lead us, we will definitely be able to take back the oil production area. "Zhou Gaoming, the deputy director of the NDRC, expressed his position sonorously.
"We firmly support the governor's war against the United Kingdom!" The other members of the NDRC also expressed their positions excitedly.
Vézé knew that the most belligerent group in the United States was not necessarily the military, but the military-industrial complex behind it. War for soldiers was to personally fight on the front line. If it was not a war to protect the country, it was difficult to gather the determination of soldiers to fight without fear of death. Just like the United States during World War II, at the beginning, the domestic isolationist sentiment was high, and the United States would not allow the United States to go to Europe again to die. Even though Roosevelt tried his best to persuade the consortiums and tried his best to advocate war in public opinion. It was only after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that the entire United States was mobilized. Historians gradually came to a more unified view that the United States had long known of Japan's plan to attack Pearl Harbor, so they condoned Japan's attack. This was the only way to drag the United States into the war.
Of course, this did not mean that Vézé thought the United States had no justice in fighting Japan. Even if the United States did play some tricks, the United States did not instruct Japan to launch the attack on Pearl Harbor. Since Japan was determined to fight this war, the United States could not be blamed for using Japan.
Seeing these guys from the NDRC become hardliners based on his position, Vézé had to reconfirm the phrase "there is no class that betrays interests." Empires and industrial countries all had one characteristic, which was to try to plunder as many cheap raw materials as possible. From the current point of view, this had little to do with the degree of industrialization. As long as it was an industrial country, there was no one who did not desire cheap raw materials.
As soon as Vézé returned to Nanjing, the NDRC quickly had a core. Since Vézé promised future development, everyone felt that there was no need for Vézé to personally direct the specific work.
Although Shanghai was an emerging industrial and commercial city in China, Nanjing was also a very important industrial center in China. The iron mine on Maanshan was next to it. For this iron mine supply destination, Nanjing and Shanghai had fought many lawsuits. In the past two years, the gas internal combustion engine developed in order to generate electricity had been divided into two groups. One group was developed towards large-scale development, and the other group was represented by the small internal combustion engine used in gas-powered buses. Although the current budget was almost exhausted, the funds to invest in the expansion of the Nanjing Internal Combustion Engine Plant were more than enough.
The development of the matter was far beyond everyone's imagination. On the day the radio was sent to Luzon, a telegram was sent from Luzon. "Oil fields have been discovered in the Dutch East Indies. Now the oil storage pool is full of oil. The China Petroleum Company of the Dutch East Indies is mobilizing freighters from Lanfang province to transport it. The steel company in Lanfang province is producing oil barrels as fast as possible. Because there is no time, they directly transferred oil barrels to transport palm oil and coconut oil. "
In the 21st century, the international unit of measurement of crude oil was not tons or pounds, but barrels. The original crude oil was transported in oil barrels, and this unit of dosage has been used.
After Vézé received the news, he had nothing to say. He could only immediately approve the funds to start the construction of the refinery. The refinery was very polluting, but at this stage, Vézé could not take care of that much. The refinery was located in the area north of the Yangtze River opposite Nanjing.
As soon as this procedure was completed, the radio station in Lanfang province was installed. Lanfang province sent the information about Luzon to the central government. However, there was also the latest information. The China Petroleum Company seemed to have a small conflict with the authorities of the Dutch East Indies. The Netherlands was originally very unhappy with China's pressure. China felt that it had paid money for the development rights of a large amount of land. However, the Dutch felt that this was an "unequal treaty," so they wanted to tax China more. In particular, China had developed several tin mines in the Dutch East Indies. The original signed contract was to be paid in full for a certain period of time.
At that time, China bought a tin mine. In the eyes of the Dutch colonists, it was a mine with no future. As a result, after the Chinese arrived in the Dutch East Indies, they set up a camp, set up a generator, lit an electric light, and dug day and night. The Dutch originally thought that the Chinese were crazy, but when China figured out the vein, they shipped tin ore out by ship. It was the Dutch turn to go crazy.
The colonialists had a strong purpose in colonization, and it was the same for the minerals in the colonies. It had to be of high quality, easy to mine, and profitable to make them feel that it was worthwhile. However, a country like China, with a large population and a lack of resources, did not see the problem this way. In China's view, there was no such thing as a colony. As long as a piece of land belonged to the Chinese, it was China's territory. As for the tin mines that the colonists looked down on, in the eyes of China, it was of high quality and easy to mine good ore. Shipping it back to China would immediately make a huge profit.
There was a saying in China that no one plowed the thin land, but when it was plowed, there would be competition. The authorities of the Dutch East Indies also viewed the development of the Dutch East Indies by China with this mentality. They began to argue with China companies, asking China companies to pay extra taxes.
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