Chapter 125 Warmonger
Humanitarian relief? Immediately there were sneers from the crowd sitting below. This Wang Tom really grew up in the Lighthouse Country and was deeply poisoned by imperialism! As everyone knows, when powerful countries propose humanitarian relief, it is often because they want to directly intervene in the affairs of a certain region and do not have a more reasonable excuse. Before time travel, the Lighthouse Country, known as the world's policeman, had carried out "humanitarian rescue" in many places. Wherever it was, it became more and more chaotic. From Kosovo to Syria, from Europe to Asia, all places were disturbed by the Lighthouse. Almost all places where the country has intervened in the name of "humanitarianism" have been turned into scorched earth.
Any bystander with a correct outlook will clearly realize that "humanitarianism" is nothing more than a stick used by lighthouse countries to interfere in other countries' internal affairs. Using the slogan of "humanitarianism" to safeguard human rights is a common tactic of lighthouse countries. As long as the lighthouse country needs it, it can use various sanctions and even military strikes against other countries in the name of "human rights above sovereignty" at any time. When it needs to use " When spying on the world with spying methods like "Prism" that have no humanitarian spirit and completely ignore human rights, they will swallow back all the words they spit out without hesitation and pretend to be "I have always upheld sovereignty above all else". "Human rights" in the face of criticism from others. Of course, at times like this, slogans like "humanitarianism" will immediately be reduced to the status of bullshit.
A considerable proportion of people in the travel group have no favorable impressions of either the Lighthouse Country or Vietnam. The only difference is that one is a shameless hooligan and the other is a nasty monkey, and now a former Lighthouse Country national claims that the Executive Committee should treat monkeys It seems quite unflattering to say that the citizens of the country have resorted to "humanitarian relief".
Yan Chujie immediately took offense to Wang Tom's tone: "Tom, the way you phrased your words is open to question. Regardless of whether it is Vietnam or Annan, the immigration operation we are going to carry out has nothing to do with humanitarianism." Contact us, those people need a stable environment to survive, and we need a large amount of labor. At best, we just take what we need. It's that simple. We don't need to find a high-sounding reason to convince anyone or cover up anything, and neither do you. You need to use this very official way of speaking to deal with us.”
Tom Wang couldn't help feeling hot on his face. Fortunately, he had lived at sea for a long time, and his skin had already been tanned by ultraviolet rays, so others couldn't tell his embarrassment. However, Tom Wang was not persuaded by Yan Chujie's words and still defended: "The humanitarian relief I mentioned is not a political excuse. I am just expressing my views from the perspective of universal values."
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Yan Chujie was still about to argue, but Tao Donglai had already ended the conversation in a hurry: "Okay, there is no need for our internal debates to rise to the level of ideology. Even if we want to be politically correct, we will only talk internally. Not to the outside world. There is only one criterion for any actions or measures we take externally, and that is in the interests of our transnational group! Under this premise, it is not a big deal to use the banner of various doctrines externally, just for propaganda purposes. OK. Okay, let others ask questions!”
Yan Chujie immediately said: "I have a question. Tom, based on the results of your on-the-spot investigation, how big do you think the external threat that place is facing? I mean what kind of defense strength do we need to ensure local security? ”
The defense plan previously formulated by the Military and Police Department was basically based on the fortress-style defense that they could not fully implement in the base camp. The most criticized thing about this plan is that it consumes a lot of manpower and material resources. The Military and Police Department has never had enough factual basis to support its views. At this time, the opinions of the inspection team are particularly important.
Tom Wang nodded, re-called the satellite image, pointed to the area where Xingang is located, and began to explain: "To consider the defense strength of Xingang, we must first understand the specific situation of external threats. Everyone, please take a look, the west and north of Xingang, They are all cut off from land access by large mountains stretching for tens of miles, and to the east and south are the seas. According to what we have observed, within a radius of fifty kilometers from Xingang as the origin, it can be said that it is basically inaccessible. In the inhabited area, the only connection between Xingang and the outside world is by sea, and the nearest population center is 40 nautical miles away from Xingang. I believe that there is currently no force that can threaten Xingang within a day's travel around it. ”
"If this range continues to be enlarged, then the biggest threat to the surrounding areas should still come from Hanoi." Wang Tom pointed out the location of Hanoi on the map: "But it is a hundred kilometers from Hanoi to the sea. In this era Calculating the speed of the infantry troops, it would take at least three to four days to march from Hanoi to the seaside, and another day to cross the sea by boat... In fact, I don't think the leaders of the Le Dynasty in Hanoi would do such a laborious task. It’s a good thing, because there is really nothing to grab in Xingang. If you send few troops, you may not be able to defeat it. If you send too many troops, the gains will outweigh the losses.”
"Another reason is that the current North-South confrontation in Vietnam will help us draw the attention of those in power. Their domestic troops are constantly concentrating towards Hue, and they will not be able to take care of our existence for at least one or two years. And one or two Years later... I think the situation in Xingang will be much better than it is now, and at least a paramilitary force capable of threatening the northern coastal areas of Vietnam will be established."
"Given that there will be no real threatening forces in the area around New Port in the short term, I don't think we need to make external defense a military priority at the beginning of New Port construction. Compared with defense, I think we should pay more attention to the introduction of a large number of immigrants into the local area. Regarding future security issues, if we want to develop large-scale coal mines, we will have to bring in at least two to three thousand immigrants from Vietnam, and the number of managers we can send to the local area will only be two digits at most. In this case, We clearly need a security force to assist us with internal management.”
"It seems that the top priority of our military and police department is to expand the security company." Yan Chujie responded somewhat bitterly. Wang Tom's opinion has obviously overturned the original plan of the Military and Police Department. Of course, a port that does not pose a major external threat does not need to carry out military construction in the direction of a fortress-like stronghold from the beginning. And what Tom Wang said is indeed very reasonable. Instead of paying attention to the external enemies whose whereabouts are unknown, it is better to first manage the large number of immigrants introduced in the short term.
"The proportion of military personnel stationed overseas must be readjusted, and the proportion of security personnel should be appropriately increased." Tao Donglai also agreed with Wang Tom's opinion. "Do you still want the few army cannons ordered by your military and police department?" Liu Xingli from the metallurgical workshop asked the crowd: "If there is no rush, the iron will be used to make tools first."
"Let's make tools first." Yan Chujie responded listlessly.
"You can slow down the artillery, but don't stop making guns." A rare scene occurred in the conference room. Ning Qi actually expressed his opinions on the affairs of the Military and Police Department.
"Why?" Yan Chujie asked casually, forgetting that Ning Qi was speaking for the Military and Police Department.
"Don't forget that Vietnam is in a state of civil war at this time. In addition to training and equipping naturalized civilian troops, the matchlock guns we made can also be used for sale." Ning Qi turned to Schneider and said: "Didn't your Ministry of Commerce always want to cooperate with the Military and Police Ministry? Should we join forces to sell arms? If Ming Dynasty is temporarily unable to find a way, I think Vietnam is also a good choice. The number of firearms they need may not be less than Ming Dynasty.”
"At this time, the Vietnamese were also using firearms in war?" Yan Chujie asked doubtfully: "I don't have enough education, so don't lie to me."
"Don't think that we scream 'monkey monkey' all day long. The people living there are really just a group of monkeys. In fact, the Vietnamese's history of using matchlock guns is not later than that of the Ming Dynasty. It is recorded in the Fourth Military Chronicle of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di sent troops to level Jiaozhi and obtained the divine machine guns, so he set up the divine machine battalion and began to equip the Ming army with firearms. That was at the beginning of the fifteenth century, two hundred years ago. , the Portuguese have sold a lot of firearms to Vietnam, it can be said that there is already a relatively mature arms market." Ning Qi seized the opportunity to teach Yan Chujie another lesson.
After hearing this, Schneider's eyes immediately lit up: "Our production costs and transportation costs are much lower than those of the Portuguese, and the quality is much higher than theirs. If you don't grab this market, you won't be able to grab it! Even with Judging from the current production capacity, this is a business worth one or two thousand taels per month.”
"You can't make much money selling guns. A musket only costs about ten taels of silver. If you can survive it, you can make eight or nine taels. Selling cannons is a big deal. A cannon can easily sell for thousands of taels!" Ning Qi continued to enlighten Schneider, a profiteer: "When necessary, we can also exchange weapons for food, weapons for population, weapons for minerals..."
"Good things must be shared! After we sell the north side, we will sell the south side, sell both sides, and let them kill each other!" Yan Chujie said through gritted teeth. The ferocious tone made the onlookers involuntarily think of North and South Vietnam starting in the 1950s. Great war. In the civil war that lasted for nearly two decades, nearly four million people died in Vietnam.
Looking at the excited warmongers, the corners of Tom Wang's mouth couldn't help but twitch, but he didn't say anything. No matter how blank his eyes were, he knew that if he brought up any topic of "humanitarianism" at this juncture, he would probably be sprayed with blood by the people present.
(End of chapter)