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"Old Zhao, I think we can open a few more rubber plantations, not limited to the Philippines." Zhou Hao suggested.

"I think so too." Zhao Zhenzhong nodded in agreement, "My idea is to make a multi-pronged approach: next spring we will first strive to develop large rubber plantations in the Philippines through the activities of Coutman; at the same time, through Mr. Situ, the Zhigong Party will mobilize the power of the Chiagora Party in the South Ocean to develop large rubber plantations in Sumatra, Java, Borneo and other places under the name of American Huamei Company; in addition, the area of ​​rubber plantations on the Malaysian Peninsula can be expanded through the Nanyang Chen family."

"In this way, after 6 or 7 years, these new rubber plants will not only bring a lot of benefits to us and the China Democratic League, but also leverage the relationship between the great powers through strategic resources such as rubber. Although natural rubber is not as great as oil in the Western world, we can also refer to the historical practice of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to use oil as a weapon to achieve some of our goals. At least, we can use natural rubber, an indispensable strategic material, to obtain some of the things we want from countries that are urgently needed, especially Germany."

"Of course, with so many large rubber gardens in Nanyang, it will definitely attract the Japanese. In addition, the other resources we have developed in the Nanyang area are enough to allow the Japanese army to invest more troops in Nanyang after the outbreak of the Pacific War, and can also alleviate the situation on the domestic battlefield to a certain extent."

"However, Lao Zhao, this seems to have both advantages and disadvantages." Zhou Hao scratched his head and thought: "If the Japanese army draws more troops from the Chinese battlefield in the future, it will certainly help alleviate the situation on the domestic battlefield, but it seems to be able to relieve a lot of pressure from the Russians in the north, and may even transfer their troops in the Far East to the West to fight against Xiaowang. In this way, the forces of Britain, the United States, France and other countries in Southeast Asia will definitely be torn off a few more pieces of meat by the Japanese, which seems to be unfavorable to restrain the Russians."

"Not bad! Not bad! Xiaohao is considering the problem more and more comprehensively." Zhao Zhenzhong laughed, "However, judging from the events that have happened in history, I think that even if we add these attractive enough chips in Nanyang, it will not reduce the Japanese's restraint on the Russians too much."

Zhao Zhenzhong's words have historical basis. Since the September 18th Incident, the Japanese army has always had two different ideas about going north and south in terms of overall strategy, and has been arguing until the outbreak of the Pacific War. The reason is that the Japanese army and the navy compete for dominance over the Japanese army. If they implement the northward strategy and conquer the Soviet Far East and Mongolia, the army will definitely be in a dominant position; if they go south to compete for resources in South China, they will definitely be the navy. Although Japan is an island country and the navy was ranked first in Asia at that time, the Japanese army has a deep historical tradition, and they have successively taken

A series of brilliant results such as the Russo-Japanese War, the September 18th Incident, and the July 7th Incident were not willing to bow to the navy to become a supporting role in the southward strategy. In history, after the outbreak of the full-scale aggression of China, the Japanese Kwantung Army successively provoked the Zhang Gufeng Incident and the Nomenkan Incident in 1938 and 1939, which was a manifestation of its northward strategy and the southward strategy confrontation. However, the Japanese army's overly rigid tactics and some disadvantages in equipment made these two tests of the Russians ended in failure. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, it became the consensus of the Japanese army to go south to obtain strategic resources.

However, even though the elite of the Japanese Kwantung Army were successively transferred to the Pacific battlefield and became garrison troops on various islands, facing the weak Kwantung Army inside, the Russians on the opposite side did not dare to take it lightly, and still maintained about one million troops in the Far East to guard against it. The Japanese were afraid that the Russians would take advantage of their troops to send troops to the northeast when they were transferred to the south, and the Russians were also worried that the Japanese would take the opportunity to attack the Far East after their troops were transferred to the west. This is a typical fear of beating both wolves.

After analyzing, Zhao Zhenzhong added: "Besides, our domestic power will definitely grow and grow. If we give the Japanese and Russians some eye drops from time to time, they will definitely be even more disagreeable with each other. If we handle it properly and make Japan's northward and southward strategies achieve certain results, with the Japanese's greed, they will definitely invest the whole country's strength into these two strategies earlier, and they will consume their own strength faster. Of course, this is just a preliminary idea of ​​mine, and the specific plan depends on the future situation."

"Haha, Lao Zhao, this is already very good, at least I would never think of these." Zhou Hao said excitedly, "If these things are done, it will be happy just to think about them!"

"Don't be happy so early. These ideas are nothing to the present." Zhao Zhenzhong reminded, "Let's continue to talk about resources."

"In addition to copper ore and rubber resources, we can also establish steel plants and aluminum smelting plants in the Philippines to develop and utilize various related resources." Zhao Zhenzhong stood up and walked to the map hanging on the wall, pointing out: "There are more than 100 million tons of iron ore in the Bike area of ​​the Philippines and more than 200 million tons of bauxite in the Sama area of ​​East Visaya. These two things alone are enough to enable us to open a mining company locally. Moreover, due to the lack of coal in the Philippines, we can also take advantage of the opportunity to develop local minerals to open a channel for transporting coal from northern my country or the Indochina Peninsula to the Philippines, and use this channel to speed up the transportation of materials."

Zhou Hao looked at Zhao Zhenzhong's finger painting on the map and thought, "Old Zhao, if this is the case, the Philippines will have several major strategic resource industries such as steel, fine copper, aluminum and natural rubber, and only one oil is missing."

"We will also develop oil resources in the Southeast Asian Ocean, but they are not in the Philippines." Zhao Zhenzhong continued to point out the central part of Sumatra on the map and said, "According to the original plan, we will let the Minas oil field here be launched in advance. With the reserves of more than 1 billion tons of oil fields, it is Mobil's largest crude oil production in Asia. We can fully promote Rockefeller to establish a complete oil extraction and smelting and processing industry on Sumatra. In this way, we can not only provide us and the ChiDPR to develop the necessary oil materials for development nearby, but also attract the Japanese."

The advance development of Minas Oilfield was decided by Zhao Zhenzhong after comprehensive consideration. Now, there are at least four benefits: First, it is conducive to removing Chinese workers to the South Ocean and learning experience in oil field development and oil smelting nearby; second, it is possible to transport Chinese workers as an excuse to secretly increase the number of Chinese to Borneo; third, it can provide oil products to Borneo and the nearby Chigong Party and the forces led by Zhao Zhenzhong and others in China; fourth, it can better attract the attention of the Japanese in the future. Zhao Zhenzhong believes that with the attraction of the Minas Oilfield on Sumatra Island and the Brunei oilfield developed by the British-Dutch Company in northern Borneo, it can completely encourage the Japanese army to firmly move south. In addition, if the steel, fine copper, aluminum, rubber and other industries built by Huamei Company in Nanyang, it can even increase the efforts of the Japanese army to draw troops from the Chinese battlefield to the South Ocean after the outbreak of the Pacific War.

"Old Zhao, why do I think you have laid so many baits in Southeast Asia to dig a huge deep pit for the Japanese?" Zhou Hao said thinking, "If the Japanese completely occupy our industries after the outbreak of the Pacific War, it will increase its overall combat effectiveness and will definitely increase the intensity of the Pacific War. However, aren't you worried that the Japanese will strengthen their offensive on the Chinese battlefield with this? If the Japanese expand their results in China, then we will shoot ourselves in the foot."

"These are not just baits. From next year to the outbreak of the Pacific War, if history has not been changed, we will have at least 8 or 9 years of profits except for construction time. Moreover, although this situation you are worried about may exist, it can basically be ruled out." Zhao Zhenzhong explained, "In history, after the outbreak of the Pacific War, until the Japanese army launched the Henan, Hunan and Guangxi Battle in 1944, there was basically no large-scale combat operation between China and Japan. In the Chinese and Japanese army were busy consolidating public security, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party also accumulated their own strength and continued friction. In other words, the shooting of their own feet basically will not happen. Moreover, with the strength we develop at that time, there is no need to worry about it. Of course, after the Japanese seized these industries as a helping force, the Pacific War may be more cruel and may last longer. However, that is basically the matter between Japan and the United States."

"But Lao Zhao, why do I think something is wrong?" Zhou Hao looked at the map and said, "Look, there is the Brunei oil field developed by the British-Dutch company in the north of Borneo, and a Minas oil field appeared on Sumatra Island to the west. In addition, we built various industries on the Philippine territory to the north, as well as large rubber parks on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java Island, and Borneo. These will attract the Japanese army to enter. If the Zhigong Party rebuilt the Lanfang Republic on the islands near Borneo, it will be surrounded by the Japanese army after the outbreak of the Pacific War."

"If we want the rebuilt Lanfang Republic to fight against Japan alone, it will definitely be unrealistic. But if there is a 4 or 5 years of construction and preparation before the outbreak of the Pacific War, it will be no problem to engage in jungle guerrilla warfare with the Japanese army with its terrain advantages and tropical rainforest climate." Zhao Zhenzhong sighed and continued: "If the situation is urgent, the situation we face in the country in the future will be even more serious. But if we want to rejuvenate our nation and become strong, and the Chinese will no longer be discriminated against in the world, we can only defeat all the enemies in front of us and fight a way out in the sea of ​​blood. Want to rise peacefully without paying a price, it is just a willing joke!"

"The ChiDong Party's action to rebuild the Lanfang Republic in Nanyang will definitely be opposed by all parties. Even if they defeated the Netherlands and gained de facto independence, Western powers and the indigenous people of the South China Sea may not necessarily buy their accounts. Only when the Pacific War broke out, the Japanese army defeated the colonial armies of Britain, the United States, France and other powerful powers in this area and encouraged the local indigenous people to fight against the West will it be the time for the Lanfang Republic to show its strength. As long as they do not compromise with the Japanese army and fight to the end, it will surely establish the strong position of the Lanfang Republic in Nanyang after the war."

"It can be said that the Netherlands and Japan are the two hurdles for the reconstruction and development of the Lanfang Republic, and are also two whetstones. After the test of the Netherlands, the Lanfang Republic was actually rebuilt; and after the test of Japan, the Lanfang Republic was recognized and respected by the great powers, and could shock the sluts in the South China Sea, so that they would not have other bad ideas. The Chinese in the South China Sea also had a real support and would no longer be slaughtered by others in history."

"Our dignity and the respect our enemies have never been exchanged for money and compromise, but were fought! The consequence of the horses being put into Nanshan and swords and guns entering the warehouse is that their embassy was bombed but could only protest! History has proved time and time again that peace without strong force is just a castle on the beach, which cannot withstand the impact of the waves."
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