Chapter 3454
The weapons in the hands of time travelers are not only various technologies that transcend the times, but also insights into the future development trends of the world. This is also an important reference for the executive committee to formulate various long-term plans.
The goal of Haihan's founding of the country is to avoid the detours that may be taken in the next few hundred years, directly enter industrial civilization in one step, and crush all countries of the same era with absolute advantage in national strength.
To achieve such a goal, the efforts of one generation alone are of course far from enough. However, we know that we cannot pass on all the knowledge we have to the next generation, so we can only strive to do as much as possible while we are still alive. When the next generation takes over the country, all they have to do is go with the flow and allow Haihan to continue to grow and prosper.
As a general with powerful armed forces, Qian Tiandun believes that his mission is to seize the time and try his best to expand Haihan's sphere of influence and include all areas that will have important strategic significance in a few centuries into Haihan territory in advance. within.
People of Qian Shaobao's generation may not be able to fully understand the good intentions of their fathers, but after a few generations, these far-sighted arrangements will naturally gradually show their great effect.
It was difficult for Qian Tiandun to explain the real reason to Qian Shaobao. He could only convince Qian Shaobao that his plan was consistent with the goals of the Executive Committee, and he would definitely get long-term and long-term support from the Executive Committee. Solid support.
Although this explanation cannot completely dispel Qian Shaobao's doubts, it is at least an acceptable statement.
Qian Shaobao then raised another question that had troubled him for many days: "Since the long-term plans of the Executive Committee and the overseas generals are consistent, why has the next step of the cooperation between my father and General Roger not been clear yet? Target? ”
Qian Tiandun asked: "Why do you think General Luo and I have not determined the next action goal?"
Qian Shaobao said: "This is a question that two brothers, Luo Shenghuai and Luo Shengding, took the initiative to ask me during my stay in Xingdao. They were also confused. It was already scheduled that there would be a large-scale military operation at the beginning of the year. Why was it so late? No specific action plan has been announced.”
Qian Tiandun continued to ask noncommittally: "Then what do you think?"
Qian Shaobao said: "The child thought that if his father and General Luo had the same goal, he would have announced the action plan to the combat troops long ago. But now that there is no movement, it is most likely that... you and General Luo were in a certain situation There are differences in the details of these actions, and they may even have chosen different action targets.”
After hearing this answer, Qian Tiandun showed a slight smile on his face: "Although it's not all right, the difference is not big. General Luo and I do have big differences about the next move."< br>
"Roger and I have the same view on the strategy of marching westward into the Indian Ocean. This is a move that Haihan must and must take. There are some places on the coast of the Indian Ocean that we must win! We send troops to occupy Phuket The main purpose of the three islands of Langkawi and Penang is to use them as a springboard and bridgehead for the next step into the Indian Ocean.”
"However, Roger and I have different ideas about the urgency of marching westward into the Indian Ocean. I think that at this stage, we should seize the time to expand our actual control range in the Indian Ocean and capture some key areas as soon as possible."
"But Roger doesn't think so. He feels that there is another more urgent target at the moment, which requires the Xingdao Region to send troops to occupy. And this target happens to be not in the west." Qian Shaobao suddenly remembered what he had done when he was in Xingdao. Some thoughts blurted out: "Could General Roger's target be in the southeast of Star Island?"
Qian Tiandun nodded slightly and said: "It seems that you have really thought of it."
Qian Shaobao said: "My child has seen the world map before. Thousands of miles southeast of Star Island, there is indeed a large unclaimed land marked. General Roger is so interested in that place. Could it be that there is some treasure there? ?”
Qian Tiandun said slowly: "That unclaimed land is much larger than the total land area of our country. As for the treasures... there are really countless, including coal, Iron, gold, silver, lead, aluminum, and oil all have extremely rich reserves that cannot be exhausted even if they are mined for hundreds of years!”
Qian Shaobao was surprised: "Is there such a place? Isn't it a huge cornucopia? Why hasn't our country sent troops to this place before?"
Qian Tiandun said: "Because that place is too far away from us. Whether it is from Manila or Xingdao, the voyage to the mainland there is more than six thousand miles. Moreover, the country's development focus has always been on the north, and there is not enough With limited resource support, we are simply unable to develop places so far away from the mainland.”
Qian Shaobao said: "But didn't General Wang Tom lead his troops to the other side of the ocean? Isn't the North American region developing quite smoothly now?"
Qian Tiandun said: "According to the plan of the Executive Committee, with our country as the center, the four directions of southeast, northwest and northwest are our goals for expansion. Of course, there is no need to say more about the north, we have already established a firm foothold. To the east is The reason why Tom Wang’s group traveled thousands of miles to North America is because the Europeans have already settled there. If we don’t go there, sooner or later it will become someone else’s territory.”
"Going west is what we are doing right now. Going south is less urgent than the other three directions. After all, it has always been unclaimed land. Moreover, the local indigenous population is extremely sparse and they are living in a very primitive way. The state is difficult to use as a labor force, and it is even more difficult to obtain people than Wang Tom. In addition to the native Indians in North America, he can at least capture some European immigrants there. "
Qian Shaobao frowned and said: "Then I don't understand. Since the area is unclaimed and difficult to develop, and it has not been touched for so many years, why is General Roger so eager to intervene at this time? Ming Mingxi We are ready to enter the Indian Ocean and can start taking action immediately!”
Qian Tiandun said: "The reason is actually very simple. No one can compete with Roger for the task of marching westward to the Indian Ocean. But if we don't take the first step in occupying that land, others will probably be ahead of us."< br>
Qian Shaobao asked in confusion: "Is there anyone else who wants to attack that place?"
Qian Tiandun nodded and said, "As I said just now, the voyage from Manila to that place is similar to that of Star Island. General Xiao Liang, the commander of the Luzon Region, is also very interested in that cornucopia-like continent. .”
Qian Shaobao said: "But I remember that the Luzon region and that continent seem to be separated by the Spanish-controlled Sulawesi Island and the Banda Sea, right?"
Qian Tiandun said: "This is true for the time being, but the strength of the Spaniards has long been different from what it used to be, and they are simply unable to stop the Haihan Army in the Luzon Region from going south."