Chapter 304 Tokyo Sunset (Third update, please subscribe)
The founding of the country is finally on the agenda. Different from the initial imagination, for the sake of profit, the founding of Borneo still has to make some adjustments to adapt to its special structure.
Everything is logical. No one is surprised by the founding of Borneo. In order to adapt to the times, Borneo in the future will implement three systems-company, kingdom and republic.
It must be said that it is also unique in the world.
And this is entirely because of profit!
In the relationship between countries, interests are eternal in the final analysis.
With a huge market of nearly 500 million people and basically no tariffs, no one would be willing to give it up.
This is especially true for Borneo, which has a small local market.
Therefore, this circle of friends of the British Empire cannot be withdrawn.
At least you can’t withdraw until you take advantage of all the benefits of this circle of friends. If you stay in this circle of friends, you can export goods with zero tariffs. That’s export, it’s obviously for domestic sales!
The circle of friends cannot be withdrawn, but the country still needs to be built. Therefore, only a mixed system can be implemented. But it also ensured Li Yian's interests to the greatest extent - whether it was the company or the kingdom, both could be inherited. Even this hybrid system provides some possibilities for Nanyang in the future.
At the end of the month, after the establishment of the Nanyang Republic was put on the agenda, Li Yi'an took a flight to Japan within a few days.
Before building a country, you might as well destroy it first.
Or to appreciate the surrender of a country.
Although the Nanyang Republic has not yet been established, Truman understood Li Yi'an. Under his instruction, Li Yi'an received an invitation from the Pacific Allied Forces Command as the commander of the Borneo Guard Force to participate in the upcoming Surrender ceremony held in Tokyo Bay.
The only regret is that I can't sign the surrender letter.
Although it is a bit regretful, I feel relieved when I think about it. After all, except France, the other countries that could sign the surrender document had shed their blood for several years.
“As long as it does not affect the post-war partition.”
With such emotion, the transport plane landed at Atsugi Airport, which was once the largest air base of the Japanese Naval Air Force. It is now completely under the control of the US military. In the past two days, senior Allied generals have continuously arrived at Atsugi Airport by plane, and then traveled to Tokyo in vehicles arranged by the military of various countries. Although the Allies have not yet reached a consensus on the partition and occupation of Tokyo, Today's Tokyo is not only filled with troops from the United States, China, the Soviet Union, Britain and France, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands have also sent troops. The number is not large, and most of them are one company or at most one battalion, mainly to show their presence. In comparison, the Borneo Expeditionary Force fielded a full regiment.
On the way from Atsugi Airport to Tokyo, a Chrysler sedan, escorted by several jeeps, crawled slowly along the bumpy road, kicking up bursts of flying dust from time to time.
Along the way, Li Yian only saw some people with yellow faces, hungry faces, dull expressions, and lack of energy. The Japan that passionately shouted for "100 million pieces of jade" disappeared.
Only a hungry, defeated Japan is left. Most of these post-war survivors are unkempt and slovenly. The faces of the men clearly show sadness and depression. The women were expressionlessly wrapped in those fat kimonos, which looked extremely unfit and devoid of feminine beauty. Only the children were still lively, waving their arms and shouting "Chocolate! Gum!" to the motorcade.
"The allies are still negotiating on the partition and occupation of Japan. The Russians not only want Hokkaido, but a few days ago, their airborne troops landed in northern Kanto and controlled some strategic locations. Even Tangshan has made demands on Kyushu and other places, and it’s all a mess..."
Sun Chendong, the commander of the expeditionary force, has been introducing the current situation in Japan to Li Yian along the way.
History has changed too much here. The flag of Tangshan is flying on Mount Fuji, and the Russians are coming.
As for Japan?
It is inevitable to be partitioned and occupied. In the end, I am afraid that there will be two Japans like Germany.
This is the best thing.
“How is our current demolition work?”
Compared with Japan’s future, Li Yian is more concerned about demolition.
"It's still ongoing, but it's more complicated than we thought, mainly because of the Allied bombings. Many factories have suffered devastating blows. What about the Japanese? They are not cooperating, and some even use foreign workers. We only have tens of thousands of people. "We don't have enough manpower."
After a pause, Sun Chendong said again.
"So, we plan to hire those laborers who were plundered by the Japanese. There are more than 30,000 people. Although they are malnourished, they can still work after being fed for a while." During the war, in order to To make up for the shortage of local labor force, Japan sent more than 40,000 Chinese workers to Japan. Most of them worked in mining, civil engineering and ports. While being enslaved and imprisoned, those compatriots suffered all kinds of inhuman torture, and tens of thousands died tragically in Japan. Now that they have been liberated, most of them are waiting to return home. For Sun Chendong, who is short of manpower, he naturally thinks of these compatriots. In fact, he has put his thoughts on another group of compatriots. After all, there are more than one million people, but People are also busy moving and can't spare their time for the time being.
“Well,”
Nodding, Li Yian said.
"Those workers were tortured by the Japanese, who asked them to identify the supervisors in the mine. As long as they were stained with the blood of their compatriots, they would not spare any one and kill them all."
Then Li Yi'an He also specifically asked about the demolition status of key factories, and even specifically asked about the demolition of equipment in cement plants.
"Cement plant, this is very important. Other countries look down on those equipments, but Borneo is different. The construction of Borneo requires a lot of cement. Before the war, Japan's cement output exceeded 8 million tons. If all these factories are demolished, it will not only speed up the construction of Borneo, but also restrict the reconstruction of Japan. After all, reconstruction is inseparable from cement.”
Even though cement is not very eye-catching, it even It is not a target of US military bombing, but in the process of post-war reconstruction, cement and steel are two indispensable basic materials. Without cement, not only would it be impossible to build high-rise buildings, but even factories would not be built.
In order to delay Japan's reconstruction speed and attack this competitor, demolishing the cement plant is a very necessary means. Moreover, cement is an indispensable basic material for the construction of Borneo.
"I understand, we now have two brigades of manpower dismantling cement factories in various places. The factories involved have an output of almost 3 million tons."
Sun Chendong's answer satisfied Li Yian nodded.
“Work harder and strive to demolish 6 million tons of production capacity and textile factories this year. This is also very important...”
In this way, the two people chatted about the demolition. Regarding the moving issue, after reporting all the demolition progress one by one, Sun Chendong lowered his voice and said.
"Mr. Li, we have reached an agreement with Tangshan. They will hand over the prisoners of war to us in the name of lack of manpower. There are almost more than one million people. Although they are of different ages, they are still part of the labor force. Even now The transportation capacity is insufficient, and the prisoners are trapped in Kyushu and cannot be transported back. I am worried that there will be long nights and many dreams.”
More than one million prisoners of war!
Who are these prisoners of war?
It is the group of people who were not broken into pieces when Jiuzhou fulfilled the 100 million pieces of jade. They range from teenagers to old people in their fifties and sixties. If they are not transported back as soon as possible, they may be killed. As soon as MacArthur went crazy that day, he ordered his release.
These people are all laborers!
Throw them into the rain forest, and before they die, they can at least cultivate hundreds of millions of acres of plantations!
Nodding, Li Yian said.
"I will negotiate with the Allied Forces to see if we can rent some landing ships and transport them back to China while they still want our lives."
Now Li Yian We can already understand why Steel transported millions of German prisoners of war and millions of Japanese prisoners of war to Siberia. It was because of the lack of people and labor force.
Russia is lacking, and Borneo is even more lacking.
Besides, people will die to reclaim the rainforest. This is the same as the Russians using prisoners of war to mine uranium ore and lead ore. The former is irradiated and the latter is poisoned. Anyway, as long as the people who die are not their own people, it will be fine.
"Chief Li, as for that matter, we are ready and can take action tonight."
When it came to the evening operation, Sun Chendong's voice became very quiet.
"Tonight..."
Li Yian nodded and looked out the window.
"Very well, then let's take this evening as a gift to commemorate little Japan..."
(End of this chapter)