In the many secret sand table deductions held inside Red Fort, it took about three and a half months to completely conquer the southern states. The reason for such a large error is that the intensity of resistance set in advance is that the results are naturally very different.

If the Southern Prefectures unite and are not afraid of sacrifice, and fight fiercely with the north together, then it will cost a huge price to conquer every town and win every battle. In addition, the geographical distance will take at least half a year to achieve the final victory.

If the policy of differentiation and disintegration of the secret fronts in the setting takes effect, the southern states' vow to resist to the death will inevitably drop significantly, which is reflected in the war of conquest, and it is naturally unstoppable, greatly reducing the losses and difficulty of conquest.

The Civil War was a large-scale conquest war.

With Beilun City as the frontier position where heavy troops gather, it takes 900 kilometers to advance south to Melbourne. Continue to recover the entire territory in the southwest direction. This number must be multiplied by 2.

With such a long distance, in this era when long-distance marching can only rely on walking, even if the ultimate goal is Melbourne, it will take more than 40 days to march.

A large-scale conquest war has never been the few months of fighting on the battlefield. Pre-war preparations and training, public security investigation and post-war repression will last for a long time.

As for how long it will be, Li Fushou cannot give a positive answer.

This requires the cooperation of policies after the war, and the use of suppression and comforting is a skill of water grinding.

In this way, the 34 million pounds that I have worked hard to reserve is far from enough.

The landlord's family has no surplus food either!

Li Fushou sighed lightly. In order to prepare for this Civil War, he saved money for six or seven years. He dared not use such a huge sum of money there just to deal with the emergencies.

According to his original intention, he originally wanted to delay for a few more years.

By then, the coastal railway was built to the northern border of Victoria, and after Chinese immigrants carried out large-scale infiltration of New South Wales, they would have much greater confidence in resolving the war within two months.

The scale of war mobilization will also be reduced from 300,000 to 100,000 people, and the intensity and expenses of war will also drop by an order of magnitude.

The Southerner are not stupid either, they seem to have reacted.

The emergency submissions from Queensland, along with Western Australia and South Australia, have been on the desk of the London Colonial Department, but they have fallen into the sea and have no response.

According to the report of Tang Shaoyi, a diplomatic representative in Europe;

Sir Ferguson, the new Conservative Colonial Minister, has a stance that is biased towards the far right. He himself is optimistic about strengthening white armed forces in the southern states and strongly preventing the invasion of Chinese forces, and is not prepared to intervene more.

at the same time

Sir Ferguson was unwilling to see the Southern State completely intensify the conflict and trigger the great thunder of war, which would cause great trouble to the colonial department, so he did not respond to the demands of both sides and his attitude was very ambiguous.

The opinions of the ministers of the colonial ministry tend to affect the relevant decision-making, so no matter how many requests are submitted, it will be useless.

Li Fushou also obtained similar information from the channels of the Duke of Norfolk family, and Lieutenant General Philip Howard, the deputy government official of the Admiralty, made it clear at the same time;

I hope that the Earl of Queensland will restrain the Chinese forces from expanding south, not actively intensify conflicts between the north and the south, and restrain the Chinese immigrant impulse in a timely manner, at least in Australia, to take a eased attitude to avoid a complete detonation of war.

Faced with the warning of London's backer, Li Fushou had to issue relevant bills to abolish policy preferential policies to immigrate to Australia, and reduce immigration loans by half (only Australian locals). The missing part was supplemented by other private banks, so he could not control it.

No matter what, the surface posture still needs to be done.

This is equivalent to facing an arrogant madman, with his hands tied back step by step, and trying his best to ease the contradictions. From any angle, it is impeccable. This is not only for the ease of the Duke of Norfolk and the Duke of Victor, but also for the nobles of the Colonial Department and London.

If you do not consider the differences in skin color and race, you can almost say that you have done your best.

In this case

If the opponent hits him with one punch, he must fight back firmly until he kills the opponent completely. No one can find any fault.

If we say that the British are the masters of conspiracies and tricks, they have a long history of 5,000 years, and the Chinese nation is not inferior to them.

Let’s understand what “retreat as advance” means, what “defense as attack” means, what “construction is built openly and the Chencang is hidden” means, what “stealing the beam and changing the pillar” means, what “stealing the sky and changing the sun” means, what “transplanting flowers and connecting trees” means…

Chinese immigration is related to Li Fushou's fundamental plan for Australia's layout. Under no circumstances can we relax our progress. In order to meet London's demands, we just have to change our tricks.

Although the preferential immigration policy has been cancelled, Australia's reputation in the ancient Oriental continent has long been spreading. It is known as the "New Gold Mountain", "Dream Paradise" and "a paradise with milk and honey", which cannot stop the enthusiasm of Chinese immigrants.

The hard-working Chinese children are like dandelions. They take root and grow vigorously wherever they fly. They create a bright future with hard-working hands and diligent labor. They don’t need any preferential immigration policies at all. At worst, they can only work for one or two years.

Although Shangri-La Bank has cut huge bank loans, dozens or hundreds of private banks will quickly fill this gap without any damage to the overall situation.

Pan-Asian shipping companies have reduced flights, but relying on the power of the market itself, more Australian private shipping companies will quickly fill this demand. There must be supply when there is demand, and the market will inevitably find a balance point in the changes.

The desire of hundreds of millions of Chinese immigrants will not change with the will of Red Fort and the cancellation of several preferential policies.

As for restricting the entry of Chinese local Australians, it is easier to restrict the entry of Chinese people. Is it very complicated to immigrate to Shangri-La in the early stage? It can only be done in two steps.

This is actually a good thing. After raising the threshold, immigrants with stronger abilities can be screened out to enter Australia, which will improve the quality of local Chinese residents, which is beneficial from a long-term development perspective.

Li Fushou's path forward for Australia's local planning is an industrial society, and is vigorously developing scientific research and education forces to bring continuous impetus to Australia's scientific and technological innovation. A high-quality population is the high-quality labor required by a large number of factories.

"Sixian, prepare and go to the Blue Weapon Manufacturing Company tomorrow." Li Fushou ordered.

Li Sixian, deputy director of the Secretariat (promoted from assistant to deputy director), immediately appeared at the door of the study, bent down respectfully and saluted, and replied, "Yes, lord, do you have any other instructions?"

"You guys follow you, and then notify the General Staff of the Army and ask them to send someone to accompany you to talk about the reorganization of basic militias."

"I understand the humble vocation, and I will make arrangements immediately." Li Sixian bowed and took the order and hurriedly went out to do things.

Li Fushou smiled slightly as he looked at his departure. There were many people in Australia with the surname Li, and there were also many people with the same name. There were no less than a few thousand people with the name Li Sixian alone.

There are more than 10 people who have an impression of him. Not to mention Li Sixian, deputy director of the Secretariat, there is also Li Sixian, who was transferred from the mayor of Qingdao to the director of Koi Mining. He has been awarded for the examination for several years and has been promoted to a senior official in the western part of Shangri-La. He is also an outstanding official.

Another one is Colonel Li Sixian of the Navy (not long ago promoted) and was appointed as the captain of the cruiser "Kokang", which is the No. 9 ship in the construction plan of the "Courage" class cruiser.

Thinking of this, Li Fushou showed a confident look on his face, walked back to the desk with ease, picked up the coffee and took a leisurely sip.

After 14 years of hard work, the naval power under Hong Fort has developed into a strong maritime force in the South Pacific region. It has four heavy cruisers with displacement of more than 9,000 tons, namely the "Qinglong", "White Tiger", "Surf Bird" and "Xuanwu", supporting the strong backbone of the Queensland Navy.

Especially the latter two "White Tiger" and "Xuanwu" heavy cruisers, as the later improved versions of the Qinglong-class heavy cruiser, are equipped with 6 powerful 305mm main naval guns, with displacement of more than 10,000 tons, and the three elements of firepower, defense and speed are balanced, and their strength is even stronger.

besides

The "Yongshu Plan" for Naval Equipment, which was implemented at the end of 1885, has produced fruitful results so far.

By the end of 1889, all 12 "Courage Class" cruisers were built and put into service as planned, and they became the backbone of the three major naval fleets, which was enough for no one to dare to underestimate them.

Take time

When these 12 powerful cruisers form complete combat power, they will surely become an important weight in Li Fushou's hands and be qualified to sit on the world card table.

In the Navy's original "Yongshu Plan", 12 Brave" class ocean escort high-speed cruisers were built, and it was planned to be equipped with two dual-mounted 280mm long-barrel main guns, a double-mounted main gun at the bow and tail of the ship. The main guns were arranged along the central axis, and a high freeboard outward floating bow was set to deal with complex sea conditions, multiple compartments were used, armor belt design was strengthened, and the main battleship ships had a resistance to sinking.

This class of ships is equipped with 4 150mm secondary guns, 6 95mm Miss Australia sub-guns, 8 37mm legal Hakis rapid-fire cannons, two triple torpedo tubes, a designed speed of 26 knots, and the planned construction unit price is 245,500 pounds. The entire ship is planned to build a huge £3 million.

The expenditure is set for the 4-year plan period, with an annual expenditure of about 750,000 pounds, and construction began in early January 1886.

Later, after Li Fushou rejected the Navy's "Qingtian Plan" to build iron armored battleships, the Navy took advantage of the situation and revised the original design of the "Courage" class light cruiser, added protective armor, enhanced power configuration, and increased the displacement to a huge amount of 4,380 tons, and the final product was 4,400 tons.

It can also be used as a mobile turret. The most important thing is that it is cheap and good quality, which is simply a perfect match for Africa.
Chapter completed!