Chapter 1190: Occupy the Indochina Peninsula
In the north, Siberia is already full of snow and ice. The lowest temperature after nightfall has dropped to below minus 10 degrees Celsius. However, in the Indian Ocean in the south, it is the hottest time of the year. The temperature has always been above 26 degrees, and some days it is as high as 30 degrees. The hot and dull weather makes people feel very uncomfortable.
The north raided Chita and took down an important node against Siberia, but the south was not idle either. With the help of Lan Fang's army, the Sher fleet attacked most of India and grabbed a large amount of resources. After processing it to China, it received generous rewards. After a brief rest, the fleet was dispatched again.
This time, I did not choose India again. On the one hand, India was ready. Although Britain could not add warships to India, it was impossible to withdraw from the port city and go deep into the inland. After snatching it once, it was impossible to get more. They did not choose India, but attacked France's cities in the Indochina Peninsula.
The Indochina Peninsula has been operated by France for many years and is also the richest place in France except for Africa's colonies. However, France's warships in Asia have basically been almost beaten and have no way to resist the offensive of the German fleet and Borneo army. With the cooperation of the two sides, they have already taken most of the ports on the Indochina Peninsula.
Unlike India, India is too far from Borneo and is quite far from China. At most, it will be a snatch. However, in the Indochina Peninsula, located in the middle of the attack between China and Lan Fang, it is only a matter of time to take them down. Lan Fang cannot let go of this huge and rich territory.
After Lan Fang was founded, it took several months to solve internal problems and use the help of the Northwest. Currently, Lan Fang has a total of 17 million Chinese people, of which about 60% of them were newly immigrated from China, and this part of the immigrants were close to 10 million. Under the coordination of China, some remote places or particularly poor will encourage them to go to Southeast Asia.
However, what made Lan Fang happy was that in addition to the millions of immigrants, some were Chinese. They came from Southeast Asia. Chinese in the south had been immigrating here hundreds of years ago. Some were hidden deep under the multiple suppression. Even the big families had some powers hidden in the dark. The entire islands and mountains in Southeast Asia were densely populated by Southeast Asia, and small villages of Chinese people.
Now Lan Fang has been restored to the country, and it has become a benchmark in Southeast Asia. Chinese people who lack security have come to invest. When the Chinese in these villages come down the mountain and gather together, the number of Chinese people has steadily exceeded 5 million. This is also the fundamental reason for the surge in the number of Chinese people. In addition, Lan Fang's population has quickly risen to a very high level.
Relatively speaking, natives with a larger population were purposely reduced by the Chinese. The natives themselves were not a complete system. They were divided into various parts, and there were deep hatreds between them. Some were eliminated, some became labor service, and the other part was thrown into harsh islands and fled. Finally, Lan Fang's household registration statistics were made in mid-1916. The entire Lan Fang had a total population of 100 million, of which more than 19 million Chinese were Chinese, and the remaining natives were less than 4 million, and they were divided into more than 30 races of different sizes, which really became ethnic minorities.
From summer to winter, the war was constantly going on. With the support of the Scher fleet, the occupation of major ports on the Indochina Peninsula was quickly completed. This time, Lan Fangguo did not just take it away, but took it completely, which was different from India's development. France operated the Indochina Peninsula for many years, but the biggest essence was still on the ports. After all, in this era, maritime shipping was the mainstream. Ports have natural advantages over cities. Not only are they easy to develop, but their profits are guaranteed. Even if they occupy other regions, they will not develop strongly. Once the port is captured, they don't even have foreign aid.
The French have resisted, but the Sher fleet is too powerful compared to Asia. Under the bombardment of 15-inch artillery, the defense of any port is like paper, not local. The French have always been relatively strong and never expected that someone would come to attack him. Even if there is defense in the port, it is simple and miniaturized defense. Perhaps it is OK to deal with a fleet like China in the past. When the Sher fleet is like the Sher fleet, with perfect classification and powerful artillery fire, it is no match at all. When the defenders were suppressed by heavy artillery and the army of Lan Fangguo rushed ashore bravely, everything was over.
The French army in its own colony had poor combat effectiveness and was transferred to the local area. The remaining power could not resist the wolf-like tiger-like Lanfang army. It almost suffered a small casualty and occupied strategic goals. More and more French people were squeezed into the middle, but they had no choice but to fight. There was no way to protest. Lanfang was already part of the allies and had declared war on Britain, France, the United States and Russia. The French mainland was beyond the reach, and the Far East was too far away. They were determined to go to China and escape from India. However, on the Chinese border, a large number of legions gathered together and did not attack them, but they did not airtight their territory and did not allow the French to pass through, that is, they would trap them here.
Lan Fangguo did not rush to achieve success, and steadily occupied one port city after another. He took a month or two to stabilize the defense line before continuing to attack the French. This time, the attack no longer pursued land, but consumed and attacked France's vitality.
Faced with the attack of Lan Fang's army, the French were ready to block the attack at first, but the huge gap between strength and weapons and equipment could not be compensated by just one courage. From the beginning, they had lost consecutive battles and lost another colonial division in November, the number of French troops in the entire Indochina Peninsula was reduced to about 30,000 people. Most of the soldiers were just recruited and insisted on fighting to the limit. They even had insufficient guns for a man, weapons, ammunition, logistics supplies, etc., which were reduced to the lowest level. In the end, the French army, led by the governor and general, surrendered to Lan Fang.
The French also surrendered. Following the Dutch in Indonesia and the British in the Strait of Malacca, this is the third one. The complex situation in Southeast Asia has become clear with Lan Fang's efforts. The fall of the Indochina Peninsula has combined Indonesia, Indonesia, and most of the Southeast Asian territory of the Indochina Peninsula into a whole. The only one that is still in the hands of the Allies is the Philippines.
The US troops stationed in the Philippines were also a little anxious. The combined German fleet and Lan Fangguo Army had a huge common power. This can be seen from the attack on the Indochina Peninsula. The entire war was unstoppable. It took several months to clean up the French army on the Indochina Peninsula. According to the previous rhythm, as long as the power of the Indochina Peninsula was cleared, they would definitely attack the Philippines after the stable Indochina Peninsula, because Lan Fang had joined the camp of the Allies and had declared war on the United States. There was no problem with the two sides going to war.
The US troops stationed in the Philippines had only three divisions, two of which were the troops mobilized from Guam after Lan Fang joined the Allies. However, the US troops of the three divisions could not be compared with the British troops in Malacca and India, nor with the French troops. The United States began to be anxious. Their main fleet had increased its troops in Europe. Even if there was no reinforcement, it would be impossible to send to Asia, a place where birds could not shit. In this case, they could only rely on the army.
In the World War Europe, they had realized that their strength was different from the British and French army and even the German army. According to the draw between Britain and France, the army of Lan Fangguo would not be much worse than their elite regular army. In this case, even if the regular army was used, they might not be able to get it, let alone the colonial army. Could it be that the Philippines would lose a bridgehead to control Asia?
Asia, where the core of the Allies is not in Asia, but they are still concerned about the situation in Asia. After reading the map, if the entire Southeast Asia falls into the hands of Lan Fangguo, then China will no longer have any weaknesses.
That's right, it's China. Although Lan Fangguo covers up as much as possible, they have no direct evidence, but Lan Fangguo suddenly has tens of millions of Chinese, as well as their weapons, equipment, industrial system, and even education levels. These require a lot of investment and a long time to have them. Now Lan Fang has them overnight. What does this represent? It represents the close connection between them and China.
Another point is that during Lan Fang's activities to the Indochina Peninsula, China has helped it with vague help. Although it is very secretive, some places cannot be concealed by people with discerning eyes and those who can become world powers. They are not blind. How could they not beware of China and encourage Japan and Russia to attack China. Not to mention the victory or defeat, in short, they have to hold back China's footsteps. Russia has lost a million troops and is occupied by China's important city Chita. East and West Siberia is almost in danger of being divided into two halves. At that time, China will occupy a huge sea border from Southeast Asia to the Arctic Ocean. As long as the strength of the shipbuilding industry is turned on the fleet and with the support of Germany, it may be another naval power. At that time, it will be even more unstoppable.
Everyone has seen this result, but it cannot restrict it. China is far away from East Asia, from the United States and Europe, and has thousands of miles of sea boundaries. This gives China the best conditions. Unless it is crossing the ocean, it will not threaten China at all.
Such unique conditions were once possessed by the United States. If you think about it carefully, when China became stronger, it only relied on its own to suppress the surrounding countries, and it also had such strength.
We can't wait any longer, especially in Europe. The increasingly hot European wars have made France and Britain miserable. We must find a breakthrough. Britain, France and the United States have begun to discuss European issues. The content of the meeting is kept confidential, but there are more large-scale mobilizations afterwards. (To be continued.)
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