Chapter 3484
Qian Tiandun is eager to advance the construction progress of Hambantota Port on Ceylon Island. There is another invisible but cannot be ignored reason. After the spring, the attention of the Executive Committee will not stay in the direction of the Indian Ocean. Attracted by the dramatic changes in the situation in another region.
According to the information he learned from the internal briefings of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Shi Diwen spent a lot of resources and carefully laid out the chess game in Japan, which will probably be launched when winter turns to spring. At that time, a large-scale civil war is very likely to break out in Japan, and this is exactly what the Executive Committee is happy to see.
If compared to occupying the unclaimed continent and establishing Indian Ocean trade routes, the Executive Committee would probably prefer to see the day when civil war breaks out in Japan first.
It is said that many high-ranking officials from time travel have already booked a trip to Japan. The name is to provide support for the Kyushu vassals' "raising the flag and bringing down the curtain", but the actual purpose is of course to watch the excitement.
Even Qian Tiandun himself was eager to witness this historic moment with his own eyes. As long as he can get closer, he will probably put down the work at hand and join the ranks of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight.
Qian Tiandun did not hide this idea from the people around him. Takahashi Minami, who was loyal to him, had no objection to this. He hoped that Haihan could spread the practice of taking over Sasebo Bay and delineate more territories in Japan. Even directly replacing the dominance of the Tokugawa Shogunate is not unacceptable.
In Takahashi Minami's words, if you can attach yourself to Kaihan, or even obtain nationality and become a Kaihan citizen, it will definitely be a great blessing for the Japanese people. In any case, it is far better than being squeezed by the shogunate and local daimyo.
Qian Shaobao did not fully understand the obsession of his father's generation. In his opinion, although Japan, a neighboring country, had been quite bellicose in history, it did not seem to have posed a real threat to Haihan. Why? The executive committee always has an attitude of wanting to get rid of it quickly.
"You don't understand, we are trying to eliminate hidden dangers for future generations. If this disease is not eliminated, there will be negative consequences in the future!"
Qian Tiandun couldn't tell Qian Shaobao about the cause and effect that had not happened in this time and space, so he could only vaguely pass this section and turn the topic back to business.
Qian Tiandun said: "With the Japanese Civil War, no matter how big a movement we make here, we will not be able to grab the limelight, so we need to seize this period, try our best to promote the construction progress, and obtain more resources from the Executive Committee. ”
Qian Shaobao asked in confusion: "But our country will not directly send troops to participate in the war. Even if we fight life and death there, how will it affect our resource acquisition here?"
Qian Tiandun patiently explained to him: "Before the civil war broke out over there, shipbuilding orders had been flooding into our country. Now almost all shipyards in the country have received orders and are building warships for all Japanese forces day and night. , which is why our domestic shipping prices and delivery times have changed.”
"The impact is far beyond the shipbuilding industry. Similar situations should occur in all industries related to the military industry. If Japan's civil war continues for a long time, it is difficult to say who will be given priority in domestic military production capacity in the next few years."
Qian Shaobao said: "You mean, in order to make greater profits, our country's military factories will give priority to supplying foreign needs? The Executive Committee should not agree with this approach, right?"
Qian Tiandun said: "Other countries certainly do not have such influence, but if it is to supply the needs of Japan's civil war... it is hard to say."
Qian Shaobao was secretly frightened when he heard this. He did not expect that a civil war that broke out in another country thousands of miles away might actually affect the expansion process of the special operations division in the Indian Ocean. Qian Shaobao couldn't help but ask: "Then if the military factory supplies a large amount of arms to Japan, will it lead to technology leakage and let them steal our country's military technology?"
Qian Tiandun said: "This is unlikely, because the arms we sold in the past were basically old models that were eliminated by the Haihan Army, and they did not have the corresponding production lines and processing equipment. Even if they knew how to make them, they could only make them. If it can be copied by hand, the cost and production capacity cannot reach the level of our country.”
"For our country's military factories, there is not much oil and water to make new weapons for the Haihan Army. The profits from manufacturing and selling these old weapons and equipment are the highest. It is not easy to seize such an arms market with almost no restrictions. The military factories We must adjust our production capacity and take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune!”
Qian Tiandun's prediction was not very different from the actual situation. When the shogunate and the Kyushu vassals arrived with large arms orders, the executive committee carefully set an order limit at the beginning to avoid over-arming these forces and fostering their external aggression. Ambition to expand.
But later, the internal disputes in Japan gradually became clear, and the outbreak of civil war was inevitable under Shi Diwen's operation. Therefore, the Executive Committee gradually relaxed restrictions, allowing domestic shipyards and military factories to receive orders from Japan, and build a civil war for them. The vast amount of weaponry required.
To this end, several military factories in Hainan Island have even restarted closed old equipment production lines to ensure that production capacity can meet the needs of the Japanese "market" in the next few years.
Such a situation will definitely have a certain impact on the equipment procurement of the Haihan Army. However, after the special warfare division went south the year before last, Qian Tiandun has successively placed multiple orders with various military factories, and even reserved a part of the amount. As needed for military expansion in the next few years.
Many of these orders have not yet entered the delivery period, but because the orders were placed early, they will basically not be affected by the Japanese Civil War.
But the situation of warships is different. Qian Tiandun did not expect a sudden burst of orders for warships in the past two years. In addition, the delivery period of shipbuilding orders is often as long as one and a half years. Considering the operation needs of limited funds, , so there were no large orders for the construction of new warships.
But now a considerable part of the production capacity of major shipyards is taken up by orders from Japan. If Qian Tiandun wants to place an order at this time, he can only be patient and schedule it slowly. As far as the delivery time of existing orders is concerned, it is definitely difficult to meet the current rapid expansion needs.
After Qian Shaobao listened to his father's analysis of the international situation, he was also quite frustrated that the Japanese civil war might steal the limelight.
"It seems we can only hope that the civil war in Japan will end soon!"
Hearing Qian Shaobao's muttering, Qian Tiandun smiled and shook his head and said: "It's impossible. As long as fighting breaks out over there, the executive committee will definitely find ways to make the civil war continue for a long time."
Qian Shaobao said: "Shouldn't the goal of the Executive Committee be to filter out a local regime that will obey our country through this civil war?"
Qian Tiandun shook his head and said: "The real ultimate goal is to keep the Japanese archipelago in a state of civil war and division for a long time."