Chapter 3552
Li Zhi's abacus was very good. He saw that the Kyushu Allied Forces did not have enough strength to defeat the shogunate. If the civil war continued until the later stages, the Korean army would probably need help. Since the Kyushu Allied Forces did not have the ability to defeat the shogunate, they would be divided after North Korea's contribution. Taking a piece of the pie is also a reasonable request.
If the Kanmon Strait can be used as the boundary and the Kyushu Allied Forces can carve up Honshu Island, the largest island in the Japanese archipelago, it will allow North Korea to enter an unprecedented stage of strength.
From the Kanmon Strait at the western end of Honshu Island to the Tsugaru Strait at the other end, the coast is more than 3,000 miles long, almost as long as the entire coastline of the Korean Peninsula. If it can occupy such a large area after the war, North Korea's national strength will be It will undoubtedly be greatly improved.
Even if the Kyushu Allied Forces defeat the shogunate, they may fall into a new round of civil war due to uneven distribution of benefits.
In Li Zhi's view, the strength of any one of them is far inferior to that of North Korea, so there may be opportunities to further annex Japan.
Of course, the strength of the aborigines on the north coast of Honshu Island was not even considered by Li Xie.
In his opinion, the tens of thousands of troops assembled by the shogunate from all over the country were just a mob, so how could he look down on the fragmented troops that made up the shogunate's army. After defeating the shogunate, these local forces will be in disarray, and their troops will surely push forward wherever they go.
Li Zhi was determined to use the Japanese archipelago as a chessboard to realize his ambitions, but he did not know that he was not a chess player, but just a chess piece on the chessboard like the Kyushu vassals and the shogunate.
At this stage of the war, both warring parties have incurred considerable losses. They have entered into a state of truce with a tacit understanding and no longer organize large-scale attacks.
The Kyushu Allied Forces are secretly seeking North Korea to send troops to assist in defense in order to concentrate the armed forces on hand as much as possible on the front line.
The shogunate army was also seizing the time to organize troops to rest and recuperate, and at the same time quietly received arms assistance from Portugal and the Netherlands to prepare for the next round of offensive.
After the pace of the battle slowed down, the spectators of the inspection team gradually lost interest in continuing to watch the battle and left one after another.
There are still a few time travelers who choose to stay in Kitakyushu and wait patiently to watch the next round of confrontation. For them, watching this war is a kind of fun that cannot be obtained elsewhere, which is far more interesting than the boring life of walking dogs and fighting cocks after retirement.
The senior officials of the Executive Committee have returned home one after another, with only Shi Diwen staying temporarily to ensure that the warring parties will not negotiate a ceasefire due to the stalemate in the war. He spent a lot of effort to bring about this civil war and would never allow the warring parties to give up halfway.
Under Haihan's deliberate operation, the Japanese Civil War successfully attracted widespread attention from the international community. However, in Haihan's country, the relevant news did not arouse much enthusiasm.
After all, Haihan only organized a large inspection group to watch the war locally and did not directly send troops to participate in the war. Ordinary people have limited understanding of the root causes of the civil war in Japan, so few people can realize what impact this war will have on the future of East Asia. a profound impact.
Of course, many people have made considerable profits from Japan's civil war. Haihan's military industry and shipbuilding industry have recently received a large number of orders from Japan.
Several shipyards in Fujian only held an exhibition during the Zhoushan Forum, and they received shipbuilding orders from both sides of the Japanese Civil War at the same time. In the next one or two years, their production capacity was almost fully occupied.
Similar situations include many shipyards in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. The Japanese orders they have recently received have even exceeded those of the Haihan military. Some large shipyards with sources in the military have begun to expand production capacity, build new slipways and docks, and recruit a large number of technicians, preparing to seize the great opportunities in the next few years and earn more money from the Japanese Civil War.
With the outbreak of the Japanese Civil War, a new round of shipbuilding orders from abroad also came like a snowflake.
Dignitaries from various countries who went to Japan to inspect the war easily discovered that the main battlefield of this civil war was not actually on land, but revolved around maritime games. In particular, the ability to project troops remotely has become the key to the war situation.
Both sides are trying their best to launch attacks on the enemy's rear route through the sea, and such attacks are often very effective. After all, it is much more difficult to set up defenses on the vast sea than to defend on land.
Many countries have also realized the importance of establishing a strong maritime armed force.
As for the most advanced warships at present, apart from Western-style sailing ships, the only option seems to be the standard warships sold by Haihan.
Moreover, compared with Western-style sailing ships, which are extremely limited in supply and difficult to maintain and repair, the supply of Haihan warships is obviously superior, and the follow-up supporting services are better. Buyers can carry out maintenance and repairs at any Haihan shipyard, and Equipment upgrades.
Haihan can even provide corresponding naval training services and help buyers build a combat-capable armed fleet. It is said that the naval forces of both sides in the Japanese Civil War were trained with the help of Haihan.
Countries with slightly sufficient budgets, of course, immediately contacted the Haihan Executive Committee and agreed on a contract to purchase warships.
Although the shipyards in Fuguang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have entered a state of bursting with orders, Haihan also has multiple shipyards in various overseas regions, and can also separately undertake these orders from abroad.
As a result, Haihan Shipbuilding industry has experienced an influx of funds and an explosion of orders in a very short period of time, and has also led to the simultaneous prosperity of related industries.
Students majoring in shipbuilding and navigation related majors at major vocational colleges in Danzhou, Hainan, who have not yet graduated, have also been booked by major shipyards with preferential treatment.
Even students majoring in shipbuilding at the Sanya Naval Academy were approached by people asking if they were willing to quit the military and work in a shipyard.
The family of shipbuilding expert Zhang Tiangui was even more overwhelmed by lobbyists sent by major shipyards.
Zhang Tiangui has countless disciples and grandchildren, and almost all the technical directors of major shipyards are his disciples. Although Zhang Tiangui has retired now and only retains his status as a consultant to the Shengli Port Shipyard, everyone in the industry knows that his influence extends beyond the shipyard.
As long as Zhang Tiangui can open his mouth to the executive committee and ask for more funding for a certain shipyard or the allocation of more technical elites, there is a great possibility that it will happen.
With such a shortcut available, major shipyards would naturally rush to seek help from Zhang Tiangui's connections.
Another group of people who came to see Zhang Tiangui were businesses that provided supporting products to major shipyards, such as workshops that produced cables, sails, nails, paint, anchor chains and other items. They also hope that once Zhang Tiangui opens his mouth, they can become a supplier to more shipyards.