Chapter 1529 Windfall
The largest war in Europe in 1916 ended here. Millions of damage are not unprecedented, but they are also painful. All the Allies are licking their wounds, especially the United States, who must make choices about the current situation, but Japan is excited at this time.
It is not easy to communicate across the Pacific Ocean without undersea optical cables, but when China showed Japan radio, Japan realized that the combat opportunities they thought were made on purpose by the Chinese. China could use radio to contact any battalion of troops, how could it give them a chance? With China's magical speed of transporting troops, the opportunity they saw was actually not an opportunity. Just like this, Japan is no longer an opponent.
Now it is Japan's turn to enjoy such benefits. In Alaska, the 600,000 Japanese troops were divided into different parts, and their respective attacks were carried out. With the help of radio, they were able to implement orders. Whether it was division or encirclement, they could easily do it. Radio was popularized at the wing level, which allowed them to feel this kind of command. The most important thing is that more than 5,000 kilometers apart, anything can be supported by the rear. After passing through China, it is much more convenient than the cable telegraph in the past. It is not necessary to be in the city. As long as there is radio, they can directly contact the rear through large transits, and truly achieve the highest level command to the front line, with all kinds of conveniences.
After the first batch of immigrants arrived, Japan, with the help of China, comprehensively investigated the situation in Alaska. Alaska's basic resources and minerals were transmitted to Tokyo via radio. Japan, which has been waiting for news from Alaska, was full of joy. A 1.7 million square kilometers of land, the land itself alone, contains great value, not to mention that the underground is rich in huge resources, gold, silver, precious metals, and non-ferrous metals. These are all necessary resources for industrial development, as well as numerous other resources, a large amount of coal, huge forest resources, animal and plant resources, and even arable land. These are the most basic resources and can be exchanged for cash at any time.
These resources that Japanese dream of lying on the land of Alaska made Japan a little panic. The United States does not care about Alaska because the United States is already rich enough, and the United States' resources occupy an important position in the world. With the strength of the United States, the United States sealed up some important resources, relying on purchases from outside to serve as reserves at critical moments to support the development of industrialization. In this case, it is relatively remote and inconvenient for transportation. In addition, Alaska, which has extremely harsh climate conditions in the northern region, is of course the last choice. Purchasing and developing its own resources is enough to support the development of the United States. It can be used as a strategic reserve.
Now this rich territory belongs to Japan, which is a huge stimulus for Japan. Just like a beggar who suddenly gained a lot of gold, he was at a loss and had no idea how to do it. He just had the wealth plundered from the occupied American cities, mines, and the people, hundreds of millions and billions of dollars. The United States is a capitalist country. One foundation is that private property is sacred and inviolable. Official property is official property, and private property is private property. These are two completely different systems.
The impact of confusing public and private property is far-reaching. Alaska is a barren land with only more than 1 million people. It seems to be relatively backward in all aspects, which does not mean that the total amount of wealth is small. The minerals and industries opened here are all profitable, and each of the mine owners is rich. In Juneau, in some big cities in Alaska, these people settle their homes here and store a lot of wealth at home, which is directly obtained by the Japanese.
In addition to minerals, there is also a large vegetable garden that is US dollars. The senior executives left with the guards and could only take away a portion of the gold at most, but the money could not be taken away. Juno's Bank of America reserved a total of US$170 million, plus private ones, Alaska had at least US$1 billion in cash.
There seem to be many, but in fact, each person is less than 1,000 on average. Alaska is a rich place because of its advantages in minerals and taxation. I'm afraid the United States did not expect that it would have lost so much cash at once.
This is the war on the enemy's territory, occupying the other party's cities and plundering the other party's wealth. Germany is like this against France. After France lost a large area of territory, lost a large amount of population and cash, it directly devalued the francs to prevent Germany from embezzling France's wealth in this regard. The United States used the lease bill to control the arms transactions of the entire Allied countries. The debt rights of each country were over 5 billion US dollars. In this case, if 1 billion is compared with 1 billion, the Americans could only take the consequences helplessly.
In Hawaii, there were also a lot of US dollars stored. The United States prepared well at that time, and China's deliberate relaxation did not stop the Americans from transporting wealth. In China's view, Hawaii and Guam were more wealthier than the United States. It really took a chance to get US dollars. It would not be easy for China to spend it.
Japan doesn't care about this. It's really a big deal. How much money has been spent during the attack from Japan to Alaska? Adding to the purchase of Chinese machinery and equipment is nothing. Japan is also a powerful power that has risen for more than ten years. They have some foundations all over the world, with 1 billion US dollars. This number is very large, and it's not too difficult to send it out in scattered ways. Japan now lacks everything. Buying things or exchanging some expensive raw materials is also a great supplement to Japan.
The investment in this battle was completely recovered, especially the first-hand information sent by the commanders in front. This Alaska is not as barren as they thought. At least in the southwest coastal area, close to the Pacific Ocean, the oceanic climate is similar to that of Japan. The temperature is not too low all year round. Even in winter, there will be no extreme climate like Northeast China, which is below minus 20 degrees Celsius. In this case, for the Japanese, providing food for the first year, people can survive.
Is it difficult to make food? China occupies Southeast Asia and is cultivated scientifically across the country. Even if it ensures a certain number of forests, China's average land area has reached a new high. In terms of scientific planting and two types of cultivation, China's grain self-sufficiency rate has reached more than 250%. This proportion is quite terrible. That is, the annual grain produced is not only enough to eat by itself, but also enough to eat for more than one and a half years. The grain is not easy to preserve, but China can use a large number of methods to store them, and most of them are stored as grain reserves and stored in cold storage methods.
When stored, there is too much food left. Especially after Southeast Asia and Siberia were controlled and the first batch of grain was produced, China has completely solved the problem of food. It was still stored in the first few years, but there were too many later, so it was impossible to store it anymore. Otherwise, the country would not have enough haste to establish a whole country. If one year of storage, two years of storage, and three or four years of storage, it would be troublesome.
Among the grain produced every year, half of the grain is exported and half is used for feed to increase meat output to ensure the reasonable protein and intake level of the whole of China. Since 1910, China's protein intake level has been increasing. By 1916, it had exceeded the world's highest level. Europe in this era was still poor and backward. They have established giant battleships of more than 30,000 tons in terms of technology. There is no obvious difference between basic people's livelihood and more than 100 years ago, and there is no way to give the people the best life. The bourgeoisie of this era has not yet realized this.
Japan may also be confused whether there will be enough money for buying large quantities of grain. The money owed to the Chinese people is already enough. If you continue to owe interest, interest and other things will be a problem. They must consider their repayment ability and use the most economical method to complete the occupation of Alaska. In this case, the people who are traveling may have a hard life, as long as they are suffering for the rise of Japan, there is no problem.
Now, the cash income in Alaska alone is as high as US$1 billion, and there are also a large number of gold, non-ferrous metals, copper, molybdenum and other precious metals, as well as a large number of wood resources. These are all needed by China. After Chinese merchant ships transported immigration, they transported a large amount of materials back. Although they may not occupy much, they transported them all back directly. Not only did they repay the loans from China, they obtained a large amount of funds and purchased a large amount of machinery and equipment from China. This harvest alone was enough to complete about half of Alaska's urban construction and industrialization, let alone food.
Food is an important material. Without food, some heavy physical labor will cause problems. The top Japanese leaders do not care much about the lives of civilians, but to a certain extent, if they can keep the names of these people under the premise of small efforts, it is just a slight effort for Japan, and of course they are willing to do it.
Japan is quite abundant in terms of materials and money. If China is willing to collect US dollars, it will give China US dollars. If it is unwilling to collect, it will give various basic information. This is what everyone is willing to collect. After simple mediation, Japan finally, when China promised to provide resources and food, even Alaska's investment in early construction can be provided to Japan through bonds or loans. Now, Japan broke out in unimaginable madness. In order to build Alaska, it will give all its strength. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!