Head of State Xiao Letian left Naha on the heavy cruiser Monsoon in early March as scheduled and headed to the distant southern Indian Ocean for a 'state visit'!
The trip of the head of state is naturally earth-shattering, and he must make full use of every minute!
After leaving Naha, the warship did not sail directly south through the Taiwan Strait, but sailed directly towards the eastern Pacific!
Nowadays, the Chinese navy has built a series of naval bases on the Ogasawara Islands and Mariana Islands. In this era, the Pacific Ocean belongs to the unclaimed land.
The power of the United States has no time to care about the Western Pacific. The sovereignty issue of the Ogasawara Islands has always been confusing. Japan claims that this is their territory, but there are only more than 100 Japanese households on it, and most of them are seasonal fishermen.
The United Kingdom and the United States also claim to have sovereignty over this archipelago, but the so-called ownership is nothing more than the discovery of it by expedition ships in history and drawing it on the charts!
Until now, this archipelago has been undeveloped. Xiao Letian doesn't care so much. Since it is an uninhabited island, the Chinese navy must occupy it first!
There are three large naval bases in the Ogasawara Islands from north to south, with more than 1,500 permanent soldiers currently stationed!
The Navy does not have warships stationed for a long time, but a Navy ocean-going training ship comes here every other month to provide supplies and declare the existence of sovereignty!
By controlling the Ogasawara Islands, you will have the necessary supply center leading to Hawaii and Midway Islands!
The Kingdom of Hawaii still exists today. The Chinese were the first to recognize the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Hawaii and sent a large number of envoys and businessmen to help the development of the Kingdom of Hawaii!
As for the United States? In real history, the United States would not annex Hawaii until 1898! The Chinese still have about twenty years of strategic opportunities!
If the United States wants to penetrate deep into the Pacific Ocean, it must first develop the western region. It must develop Pacific coast cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle.
The east-west railway in the United States was only completed in 1869. The construction of the east-west railway network has just been completed. It still takes time to truly develop the economy!
The strategic opportunity period passes in an instant. It wants to control Hawaii, but it is very sensitive. The United States has long been holding back this piece of fat!
Xiao Letian can directly annex the Ogasawara Islands, but if you directly annex Hawaii, the United States will immediately protest and even cause a conflict!
At this time, we have to go through a curve to save the country. The Chinese's strategy is to absolutely recognize the sovereign status of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and use the Chinese as an endorsement to get all countries to recognize Hawaii!
After that, through economic and diplomatic means, the Kingdom of Hawaii was gradually integrated into the Chinese Federation!
Anyway, the native people of Hawaii also have yellow skin, and are racially closer to the Chinese! Before and after the war in the future, mankind will enter an era of very crazy nationalist ideas!
At this time, having the same skin color and close racial genes is a miracle of integration, and the resistance between the people on both sides will be much less!
But to annex Hawaii, the first step is to manage the Ogasawara Islands! Therefore, personal inspection is essential, and infrastructure construction will continue to increase in the future.
After inspecting the Ogasawara Islands, the cruiser Monsoon will go directly south to another newly added territory, Guam!
Guam was first discovered by Magellan. After Magellan discovered Guam in 1521, he classified it as Spanish territory on the map.
Until 1563, Spanish forces colonized Luzon and the Philippines, and Guam became an inconspicuous little island under the governance of the Spanish Governor!
The Pacific has never been Europe's main source of interest, especially not the sphere of influence of the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets!
The British's core interests are in the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. There are really not many golden shipping lanes in the Pacific. The limited trade routes have always been under the control of the Spanish, but the trade volume is not very large.
Therefore, Guam’s geographical location is very important, but since there is no maritime hegemony competing for hegemony, no Europeans have come to militarize it!
After the Luzon War between the Chinese and Spanish, Luzon Island and most of the territory of the Philippines were placed under Chinese territory, while Spain retained only a small piece of territory in southern Mindanao.
This is because the Chinese want to save some face for Spain, an established power, and do not want to make the conflict worse!
Guam, Saipan, Palau, and the Micronesia Islands have all become legal territories of the Chinese people, directly ceded by Spain.
At this point, the Chinese have controlled the first and second island chains facing the mainland. The first island chain has long been the core economic circle. The second island chain is accelerating its armed forces at the moment. Many bases are being built. In the future, the Chinese navy will A series of supply areas are about to take shape.
After the inspection from Guam, the Monsoon will go to Luzon for repairs and to add coal and water. This stop is even more important!
The birthplace of the Chinese internal combustion engine industry and petroleum industry! The mother machine of Machine Zero is here. In the latest experiment, the evolved model of Machine Zero has been able to run non-stop for 276 hours without any downtime!
This is the hope for the future of the Chinese nation, and this is the top priority!
Petroleum industry, internal combustion engine industry...and then this time I went to the Indian Ocean to meet the father of alternating current from Sissi!
In the end, the Chinese economy will form a troika of oil, internal combustion engines, and electricity... all of which are the latest technologies, all of which are cutting-edge technologies that have not been invented in Europe!
How many new inventions can be derived from these three blocks?
Propeller aircraft, gas turbine battleships, aircraft carriers, tanks, cars, submarines... there are so many cards that can be played in the future!
Xiao Letian is very ambitious, but such a patrol does not take a day or two. The Monsoon cruiser is expected to take more than a month to reach the southern Indian Ocean!
After meeting Princess Sissi and cutting the ribbon for the reserve, you can’t just leave! We haven’t seen each other for many years. Let’s be gentle for a few more days. We must stay for about twenty days!
It will take three months before we start back to Naha!
Departing in March, we won’t be back until June at the earliest!
Emperor Tongzhi in the Forbidden City had no idea how terrifying these three months were. His only strong supporter in Asia who really wanted to help him left Asia!
He could only rely on his young body to resist the continuous wind and thunder!
"Beautiful! Xiao Letian is really gone, he is really gone... The vast sea, it will be several months once you go out! Hahaha..."
Prince Gong's face was flushed with the still-drunk wine in front of him, and his whole body was in high spirits!
"The British have investigated clearly. Xiao Letian will leave the Strait of Malacca after February 20th... As long as he enters the Indian Ocean, he will never come back!"
"Today is February 5th, there is still half a month left! Let the disaster in the north be more severe!"
"When Xiao Letian gets out of Asia, we will immediately raise troops to overthrow that foolish emperor Zai Chun!"
