Chapter 442 If you don't fight, it doesn't mean you can't flirt with it!

@@@@@@@@@@@@ According to the later statistics of the Prime Minister's Office, because it is free, since it was officially launched on the National Day on October 1st, and using the method of air broadcasting in the evening, about 20 million people across the country watched the world's first naval battle record movie during the three-day National Day holiday, two of which Chengdu is a student from all over the world.

This is an extremely huge number, and even hundreds of broadcasters have been tired of it. Although the country has resumed the busy pace of work again, Li Enfu seems to be determined to increase his influence. In addition to making a lot of film with words again according to Li Mo's idea, he is also ready to use this thousand copies to go to the small town. According to his idea, at least half of the people in the country should be able to watch it at least once in the next year.

In three days, 10 million people watched it. Although everyone knows that most of them are curious and ignorant, as long as one-tenth of them understand and understand the meaning of it, there will be millions of fire, especially those students who watch it, which are the hope of national rejuvenation.

Such a large-scale movie broadcast naturally attracted strong attention from all over the world. Newspaper comments began to ferment slowly. Many reporters used the relationship to visit some naval officers, not only asking in detail about the original engagement, but also the specific number, range, model and tonnage of Russian [***] ships. The bits have been dug out. If all the descriptions of the naval battle in the newspapers during this period are gathered together, it will definitely be a million-word masterpiece of the naval battle.

Any new thing has side effects, especially movies. After the real documentary known as "Sea Soul" was seen by businessmen, some film companies appeared everywhere. Although it was mainly a small story farce, it also attracted a lot of fresh people, but the three days of "Sea Soul" The record watched by 10 million people did not last long. It was broadcast on the National Day of the following year. The documentary Blood-stained Land collected from the Army's northern battlefield was broken with a record of 15 million in three days. It was not until 30 years later that the record was broken again.

The most surprising thing is that many businessmen, including the United States, have become interested in Sea Soul and ask if they can sell copies. Naturally, Li Mo will not refuse this kind of beauty. The price of each copy of 10,000 US dollars not only made a lot of money, but also inadvertently implemented a cultural output.

As the publicity of the film became wider and wider, some intentional people gradually noticed the carefully described one-to-two battle of the Fengtian, and the subtitles said that the two warships were sold to Russia by Ecuador, so that half of the enemies of the soldiers who died on the Fengtian were remembered in this small country that had never heard of. Some people even went to the store to stare at the map for a long time to find Ecuador there.

Under the guidance, the newspapers also began to send signals that Ecuador's doing so was a contempt and challenge to Xinhua. Soon, some more radical newspapers even shouted that they should learn from Banda Aceh, giving Ecuador a profound lesson.

In a blink of an eye, this small country, which is located in South America and far away, suddenly became the hottest topic in newspapers. Even newspapers in Europe and the United States have noticed the abnormal situation and reprinted it one after another. However, everyone does not think that Li Mo will not make a big fight, because even from the nearest Hawaii, there are nearly 5,000 nautical miles, and Ergua Dole has nothing to make people jealous at all.

The most important thing is that South American countries have just overthrown colonial rule and have a deep preconcept for colonization, so even if Li Mo is really crazy to occupy, they will fall into endless resistance, just like the previous Anglo-Poland War. At that time, as long as countries exported weapons Yes, a deep wound will appear on Xinhua.

So Li Mo is also very clear about this. The way of colonial rule has begun to grow old, and it is even more impossible for him to attack Ecuador, and offend the whole South American world. He only looks at the Cologne Islands, which are located off the coast of Ecuador, less than a thousand nautical miles from the Pacific exit of the Panama Canal.

The Colon Islands, also known as the Galapagos Islands, have a unique biological and reproductive process. There are many strange plants on the island, and giant turtles and lizards are unique. In addition, Darwin has stayed there for a long time and is known as the most precious natural heritage of mankind and the birthplace of evolution.

However, Emperor Li is not a biologist. Although he does not want to destroy the environment there, compared with Panama, this kind of destruction is insignificant, and what he likes is not the largest island of Isabella, but the only island in the archipelago that has a relatively good deep-water berth, Hebakriso. The port is the largest seaport of the islands in later generations and the only livable area on the islands. However, the current Cologne Islands are still a wilderness. In addition to the occasional visit of scholars from various countries, there are less than 2,000 locals living on the island.

In 1835, the 26-year-old Darwin arrived there with the British naval survey ship Beagle. At that time, it was completely deserted. In addition to Darwin's strong interest in it, the British naval observation ship gave up after several months of continuous surveying, because the Cologne Islands had the most A big disadvantage.

Lack of fresh water!

The Cologne Islands are basically an enlarged Midway island. Freshwater is extremely scarce. The animals and plants on the island basically rely on rain, so the vegetation is very low. If there are people living there, perhaps 4,000 to 5,000 people can be satisfied with fresh water through deep wells and filtration, but it is far from enough to station the fleet. Any warship, in fact It all needs to consume a large amount of fresh water, so the military port needs to rely on overseas, and it also needs to have better freshwater resources, but it is not available in the Cologne Islands.

Whether it is geography or distance, the Cologne Islands are not the best choice, but the problem is that the Panama Pacific exit location is only suitable for berthing warships with large tonnage. Of course, there is another way, which is to station troops in Colombia, but now stationing troops on the South American continent is undoubtedly a challenge to the world.

So we must mainly focus on isolated islands overseas. On the one hand, it will not cause a strong reaction from South America, and on the other hand, it is impossible for countries to fight for an island with nothing but turtles and giant lizards.

As long as the Colon Islands are taken, the long-coveted Panama Canal of the United States will be directly scrapped even after it is built. A distance of 1,000 nautical miles means that as long as several destroyers are stationed there, they will have the opportunity to block the narrow canal outlet and force the strait to paralyze.

Of course, it is impossible to rob directly, because it is aggression and will arouse public indignation.

Li Mo stared at the map for a long time. After turning around, he found that Zhao Long and Chen Ping had come and asked with a smile, "How's it going?" Isn't the winter in Siberia uncomfortable?

"It's a little difficult, especially from December to March. Basically, I can't even go out. Almost half of the soldiers who died this time fell ill and were frozen to death during that period." Thinking of the severe cold in Siberia, especially the soldiers who died during that time, Zhao Long couldn't help sighing.

"It's going to be winter again soon. I guess it's snowing over there, right?"

"Well, it snowed for the first time when I came back, but this time we were ready, and the Siberian railway connecting from Yanjing through Jilin has been completely repaired. In addition to the need to change the carriage in the middle, the supply is also much more convenient." Zhao Long took the initiative to go to the map and pointed to Angarsk and said, "At present, we have two regiments stationed in Angarsk, Irkutsk, Minusinsk and Lower Utinsk, both within the supply range of the railway. In addition, the Marines are stationed in the port of Anhai (the former Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula). Two battalions."

"At present, the Russians in the ten newly divided Siberian provinces have basically been expelled. The main forces have been withdrawn to winter, and the reserve divisions are ready to be disbanded before the New Year."

Li Mo nodded, expelled nearly two million Russians, and divided Eastern and Central Siberia into ten provinces, which became the largest primitive blank area in the interior of Xinhua. In addition, the immigrants had not yet gone, and even the political axe framework was not built, so there was no need for a garrison at all, so he turned to Chen Ping and asked, "The garrison troops Maintenance and transportation must be guaranteed, but last year's situation can no longer happen, and we should make good use of the hundreds of thousands of prisoners in Russia and strive to change the Siberian railway to our rail system as soon as possible, so that there is no need to change cars back and forth.

"Your Majesty, you can rest assured that the Russian prisoners have been dispersed. The three withdrawn divisions are guarding and supervising the work at the same time. At most, the railway track can be completely changed in the first half of the next year."

"The navy on the other side of the Kamchatka Peninsula is rushing up its transportation before freezing. At present, it has hoarded 300,000 tons of coal there. The reserve of food and medicine can be completed by the end of the month at the latest, and the communication station has also been built. Ten days ago, the first radio contact was made, and we also installed a fax machine there for easy contact."

Hearing that he had made full preparations, Li Mo was also relieved.

The threat in the north has basically been eliminated. This winter will be particularly cold for Russia, so let alone disturb it. If I have learned that Nicholas II doesn't want their soldiers to return their guns, it is estimated that Nicholas II will cry, because the riots in Russia are still going on, although However, all countries have provided a large number of loans and weapons support, but Russia has been rotten, and no matter how much money is thrown down, it is also a bottomless pit. Unless he is really willing to give up his rights, but the Tsar is a believer of "royal power", which is an irreconcilable contradiction at all.

So from now on, it will be the best development period for Xinhua. After several years of efforts, the basic framework of the domestic economy has been completed. With the formal laying of the railway line into Hunan and Zhejiang provinces, the busy Jiangnan waterway is connected with the Central Plains for the first time, and the mainland and even Siberian specialties. It can quickly go to the southeast sea along the railway line, and goods in the bustling coastal areas can also quickly enter the Central Plains and the northeast.

Since sweeping the land in the north, the Ministry of Railways has swept through the land of China like a hurricane with the efforts of millions of construction corps. The railway tracks are being extended and roads are being built. The whole country is advancing rapidly under this boom.

This is the benefit of transportation construction. When hundreds of millions of people are no longer limited by transportation and are not separated by each other for a hundred miles, resources and specialties in various places can flow.

Just like the development of the West by the United States in those years, if the vigorous development of the West had not brought a large number of resources to the east, perhaps the United States would not be as troublesome as it is today. When the volume of commodity transactions begins to increase, the country's tax revenue will also rise, from October 1, 1898 to the founding of the country with 80 million blue coins. By the end of last year, the official statistics of the Ministry of Finance were 1 billion, and the total gross national product was 7 billion blue coins. In the past seven years, it has been growing almost at a rate of doubling every year, of which 40% were rubber, sugar, tobacco leaves, raw silk and other raw materials were exported, 20% were agriculture, and the rest were all industrial and commerce. It is brought by the industry.

During the Qing Dynasty, it was not that there was no money, but to curb the lack of circulation of goods after industry and commerce. In addition, industry was almost equal to zero, and they all expected to dig food in the ground. Therefore, hundreds of years of accumulation in the Ming and Qing Dynasties led to the country's large amount of wealth into silver and precipitation in the people, that is to say, it became dead money.

So after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Mo did not say anything about the abolition of the silver standard, which made silver become an industrial raw material. A large amount of backlog of silver had to enter the banking system and exchange it into paper money, and paper money could not be saved. If you deposit it in the bank, there is basically no interest these days. It's okay for small households, it's empty for large households. In addition, the land begins to be scattered. Don't think about it if you expect the land to make money. In the end, there is only one way to spend money and invest to make money.

Tens of billions of national investment, improved infrastructure construction, stable recovery of national political situation, population advantages of up to 400 million, and the industrial and commercial stimulus plan implemented by Finance Minister Liang Dunyan all provide a guarantee for leapfrog development.

In particular, the electrification revolution in Xinhua Land has begun to emerge. From the perspective of the most important power generation volume and power plant construction in electrification, Xinhua is currently the country with the largest number of rebuilt power plants in the world. There are eight 500,000 kilowatt hydropower projects built. The earliest Yalu River Hydropower Station and Tumenjiang Hydropower Station has even begun to export to North Korea after meeting the electricity needs of the three northeastern provinces. According to Li Mo's calculation, by the completion of the first phase of electrical construction in 1915, the national power generation will reach between 80 and 100 billion degrees!

This means that at that time, Xinhua will dominate the world for the first time on a single data that can reflect the strength of the country.

However, although the country has 1 billion yuan a year on paper, it is only a little looser, which is much worse than the United States and the United Kingdom. Especially the United States, last year's fiscal revenue was 5 billion US dollars, and the gross national product was close to 30 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to nearly 40 billion blue coins. The gap is still far away.

Fortunately, the United States is a private investment model. The capital flow is relatively scattered, and it is a state centralized system. It can use prophetic foresight to seize the commanding heights in some key areas.

So Li Mo knows one thing better than anyone else that from the beginning of his return, he has never thought about relying on the economy and the conventional development model to suppress the United States, which is impossible.

Although the international status of the United States at this time is not much better than that of Xinhua, it has a white man's skin. His goods can enter any country in the world unimpeded, but he can't do it. Everyone wants the raw materials of Nanyang, but the goods are hard to say, with the suffocating army. The competition has officially begun, and the world has entered the imperial era. The free economy is gone forever. Trade restrictions and technical barriers will appear one after another, just like high-walled dams. Even if you produce the best and cheap goods, white people will not easily open the door for you to dumping.

Xinhua has the world's largest human resources, coupled with financial support. It only takes a few more years, and the output of light industry with low technical requirements will reach a scary point, so it's time to find a pre-ordered buyer for the goods first.

Seeing that Li Mo stared at the map for a long time and didn't say anything, Chen Ping couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty, about the expansion of the army?"

"Oh, I have recently said hello to Mr. Li. The parliament is reviewing this matter. The territory is large, and the army will naturally expand. At present, the economy is relatively better, so it should be approved in the next two days." Li Mo knocked on the table beside him with his fingers and said, "But you still have to be psychologically prepared. The army will not increase a lot at once. Li Enfu and I will tell you that he can only give another 15 main infantry divisions and 10 National Guard divisions, and it is not in place at one time. It must be divided into five years, so you must improve your troops. The proportion of non-commissioned officers should be left with more veterans, so that they can be quickly expanded when they are in urgent need.

"Okay, this number is enough. The army will not fight a big war in the past few years. I will let people jump out of the reserve division first, otherwise it will be difficult to find such a good soldier when it is disbanded." Hearing that a quota of 400,000 yuan was given at once, Chen Ping couldn't help but frown.

"Is Sun Jiugong back?"

"I'm back." Chen Ping replied, "I have told him about the formation of a new armored division. He is very interested and has accepted the task."

Li Mo smiled. The army is always like this. After a battle, we must sum up experience, train the troops, and then prepare for the next war. But the problem is that the next war is really too big!

It must be reserved from now on. Now the economic pressure has finally eased a little, and it's time to start again, so he looks back to the Cologne Islands: "Is there any news about the Bohai and the Beifeng?"

"The news five days ago is that a new water source is being sought. In addition, the survey of the port of Black Bakriso has been completed." Chen Ping knew Li Mo's thoughts and smiled bitterly: "The situation is not very good. At least none of our capital ships can be stationed, and only light patrols can be used reluctantly." At this point, he paused for a moment. After thinking about it, he whispered, "Your Majesty, do you want to slow down again?"

"slow? How to slow down? Will you wait for the United States to grow up to challenge us? Li Mo waved his arm and asked, "How is Long Guozhang's warship selling?"

"With 50 sets of radios, Chile promised to buy two Arctic stars, but only willing to pay 300,000 pounds each." Chen Ping smiled bitterly. The North Star is only 300,000, and the worse Russian [***] ships don't know what the price is.

"Don't care about the price. It's much more cost-effective than being scrap iron. The main thing is to speed up the elimination and recover the funds. In a while, a large number of such classic goods will appear in the international market." Li Mo said, and his eyes flashed: "In addition, you tell him that if you want to sell weapons, you must muddy the water first!"

"Contact Simmons. At the beginning of next month, we will send two Jilin-class, two Dalian-class and two Jinghai-class ships to visit Chile and escort two battleships back to Chile." Before Chen Ping could respond, Li Mo stretched out and said with a smile, "Remember, we are developing, and our opponents are also developing. It is impossible to catch up with the United States, so we must try our best to make the United States can't concentrate!"

"If you don't fight, it doesn't mean you can't flirt with it!"

(to be continued)