Chapter 1251 Second-hand Fleet
The East African military has basically confirmed the policy of clearing out the original local population as much as possible, but it would be better to use "mild" methods as much as possible and less killing.
Rumors are a relatively "mild" method. By spreading the evil reputation of East Africa through rumors, a considerable number of people can voluntarily leave the Kra Isthmus territory and reduce the workload of the subsequent East African troops.
Songkhla Province.
After the negotiations with the Siamese government ended, senior official Ande did not return to Lanfang, but went directly to Songkhla with a group of people.
"Currently, the military is spreading rumors throughout the Kra Isthmus territory. It is believed that there will be a large-scale population migration in the Kra Isthmus area in the near future." The secretary reported to Ande Hui.
Many of the so-called rumors are actually facts. After all, the crimes committed by East Africa in Southeast Asia are countless, but it is naturally impossible for East African officials to admit them to the outside world. These facts have become so-called "rumors."
Ander said: "Very good. There have been obviously a lot more ships in Songkhla in the past few days. It can be seen that a large number of Siamese are leaving the area, which also saves us a lot of time."
Songkhla Port, the military port selected by the Pacific Fleet, is currently undergoing large-scale relocation activities. Many local residents have already booked tickets to go to northern Siam. However, many people still choose to stay here.
Ander said: "Those who are still staying in Songkhla now may not be able to imagine what kind of results they will face in the future. Once the Pacific Fleet arrives, this place will become the military bridgehead of the empire."
"Especially those pagans with ulterior motives. If they regard the empire as the Siamese government, they will suffer a big loss."
Although Lanfang Overseas Province is a remote area compared to the mainland of East Africa, as one of the provinces of the empire, even though Lanfang Overseas Province has a low status within the empire, it does not affect the performance of Ande, a senior official of Lanfang Overseas Province. The status of a member of the empire's upper echelons.
After all, there are only more than forty provinces in East Africa, and there are less than sixty colonial governors. Ander can be said to be a proper frontier official.
At present, East Africa has not yet established an administrative framework in the Kra Isthmus, so Ande temporarily sits in Songkhla to direct the affairs here until the governor sent by the central government arrives.
In fact, governors have obviously greater power in the areas under their jurisdiction. However, because the colonies where these governors are located have a backward economy and a small population, their political status is inferior to that of normal high-ranking officials. Of course, from a superficial perspective, the two are the same. level.
The top leader of the Kra Isthmus territory will obviously still be the governor. After all, fighting the local indigenous people is a long-term and bloody job.
Ander said: "I don't know if the central government will send that unlucky guy to take up a post here. After all, the difficulty of thoroughly governing the Kra Isthmus territory is no less difficult than that of East Kalimantan, and it may even be more difficult."
The reason Ander came to this conclusion is based on two aspects. One is that although the local land area is much smaller than that of East Kalimantan, the population is almost the same as that of East Kalimantan.
The other is that the Arab religious forces here are difficult to deal with, because East Africa's previous actions in East Kalimantan have spread. It is almost impossible for East Africa to deceive these pagan forces onto the ship and then kill them.
When East Africa was able to quickly settle East Kalimantan, an important strategy was to deceive local forces and make them think that East Africa would adopt a colonial method similar to other colonial powers, so that they would give up their resistance. As a result, East Africa broke its promise and laid down its weapons when local forces After that, he immediately raised the butcher knife.
After suffering a hardship and gaining wisdom, the Arab religious forces in the Kra Isthmus territory will definitely no longer accept the "Edict" of the East African government.
This also means that East Africa will adopt more extreme governance methods in the Kra Isthmus territory than East Kalimantan.
Of course, we can know from Ander's words that the East African government has always regarded the local Arab religious forces as a serious problem.
On the contrary, there is not much hostility towards the Siamese. After all, the Siamese in the Kra Isthmus can be "integrated" in the eyes of East Africa. Of course, the premise is not too many.
Of course, the Siamese here only refer to the Siamese at the bottom. As for the Siamese who originally belonged to the ruling class, it is naturally better to return to Siam, otherwise East Africa will not mind cleaning them up.
"Senior officer, our navy's fleet has arrived from Pontianak to Wanka." At this time, a subordinate entered the office and reported to Ande. Ender stood up from the sofa and said: "Very good, it seems that the new governor will be arriving soon. Let's go and contact the navy first."
Ande couldn't stay in Songkhla forever. After all, he was a senior official of Lanfang Overseas Province first and he had to return to Lanfang.
At this time, more than a dozen Pacific Fleet ships could be seen outside the window anchored at sea.
Pontianak Port is the home port of the Pacific Fleet. The strength of the fleet sent to Songkhla this time cannot be underestimated. There is actually a battleship. The other main ships are two cruisers and a frigate, and finally there are small battleships such as torpedo boats.
There is no doubt that just a part of the Pacific Fleet is enough to defeat other naval forces in the entire Southeast Asia region.
At present, the total tonnage of the East African Pacific Fleet is nearly 200,000 tons, of which nearly 160,000 tons are deployed in the Southeast Asia region. As for the 200,000 tons, it is only behind the United States and Japan in the Pacific region.
The main reason for the expansion of the Pacific Fleet is the crazy expansion of the East African Navy in recent years.
The strength of the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet is obviously more exaggerated than that of the Pacific Fleet. The current total tonnage of the East African Navy has risen to about 1.3 million tons.
It has surpassed the United States and ranks third in the world. The total tonnage of the U.S. Navy is about one million tons. The United Kingdom, Germany, East Africa and the United States are also the only countries in the world with a total naval tonnage of more than one million tons.
Among them, the United Kingdom leads the way, ranking first with a scale of nearly 3 million tons, and still maintains the "top two standard".
After all, the combined total naval tonnage of Germany and East Africa, ranked second and third in the world, is still far from three million tons.
Of course, the current size of the navy is affordable for East Africa and will not have a negative impact on economic development, and the Pacific Fleet is the beneficiary.
However, many of the ships in the Pacific Fleet are old ships that have been eliminated from the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet.
For example, the two battleships of the Pacific Fleet are both former Dreadnought-class battleships. The battleships are like this, but the other warships are even more terrible. There are even ships from the 1980s in service, but they are completely sufficient in Southeast Asia.
However, this also makes it impossible for the Pacific Fleet to get rid of the internal name of "second-hand fleet". In fact, the situation of the Alaska Navy, which also belongs to East Africa, is even more terrible.
However, the Alaska Navy is not at the same level as the three major fleets. Its main ship is even an ironclad ship from the 1970s.
Although the Pacific Fleet, the "second-hand fleet", is claimed to be second only to the United States and Japan in the Pacific region, in fact, the U.S. and Japanese navies are far ahead in the Pacific waters.
If the East African Pacific Fleet huddles in the South China Sea, it may still be able to dominate the South China Sea, but once it leaves the South China Sea and enters the North Pacific, it is impossible to rival the navies of the United States and Japan.
Moreover, although the East African Pacific Fleet has a total tonnage of nearly 200,000 tons, it is relatively scattered. In addition to the Southeast Asia, it is also divided into three small parts, such as the Hawaiian Islands Division, the Southern Ryukyu Islands Division, and the Oceania Division.
Except for the relatively compact East African colonies in the Southeast Asia region, other colonies in the Pacific region were too scattered, especially the bunch of islands around Oceania.
In fact, if the Alaska Navy is included, it can better reflect the complexity and difficulties of East Africa's colonial system in the Pacific Ocean.
At least, if the United States or Japan targets the East African Pacific colonies, except for the Southeast Asia region, other places will basically have no resistance.
(End of chapter)