Tasmania, the royal territory

The island is located 240 kilometers south of Victoria. It is the smallest of the six local states in Australia. It is known as the "end of the world". It has a beautiful natural wonder and original appearance. The more than 2,500 kilometers of the ring road under construction on the island are all derived from funds from the Royal Interior Office.

The fishery resources here are extremely rich, producing huge Australian lobsters and have beautiful natural landscapes. They are known as "Little New Zealand". Painted cliffs, sprinkler caves, peeling trees, clear lake water and towering peaks together form a primitive and beautiful picture.

The last Tasmanian native on the island died in 1876. The only government agency was the prison where the prisoners were exiled. It was completely abandoned in 1883. Originally, only some white people and hundreds of Chinese people settled here, engaged in farming and pastoralism, but were all moved out to resettlement.

There are about 29,000 people on the island today, of which 16,500 are strong prisoners from the Luzon Islands. They are responsible for building roads, bridges, houses, marinas, airports and grain warehouses and more than 5,000 coolies in the seven quarries alone.

Once these lifelong hard labor are sent to the island, they will never leave.

The island is stationed on the island with a strengthening regiment of the Royal Imperial Guards, with about 2,300 troops, and a 4th battalion. One shore artillery battalion is equipped with four 152mm shore artillery, eight 95mm shore artillery, and a cavalry battalion and two infantry battalions.

The regiment headquarters and the shore artillery battalion are located in Linhai Town, which is also the only port and terminal location on Tasmania. It is the core of the island, so it is additionally equipped with a cavalry company and an infantry company to strengthen defense.

In addition, Linhai Town also has a company-level water police force equipped with four 420-ton "Mosquito" type logic boats, with 4 days of self-sustaining at sea, each boat has 11 crew members, and the bow is equipped with a 20mm rapid-fire gun and a Maxim heavy machine gun.

All of them are counted. There are more than a thousand troops in Linhai Town, and other troops are scattered everywhere in companies and platoons. The farthest company base is more than 800 kilometers away from Linhai Town (non-line distance).

Many officers and soldiers met once when they retired. That is, when they arrived in Linhai Town on a personnel delivery boat, in addition to the people who stayed in the town, the other recruits followed the commander further and further away, becoming more and more desolate, and then they felt cold and had no intention of appreciating the beautiful scenery.

In addition to soldiers and lifelong hard labor, the island is equipped with less than 10,000 Chinese immigrants, scientific and technological personnel and their families who have been screened.

Among them, Linhai Town has a population of more than 7,000, while other townships have five or six hundred residents, while the few are only more than 100.

The indigenous laborers in the Luzon Islands are not included. They are not residents of the island, but prisoners who want to atone for their sins with labor.

On this isolated island, there is no need to worry that prisoners will escape. The only way to leave the island is to board the regular ships in Linhai Town, otherwise they would have to swim through the 240 kilometers of Bass Strait by themselves.

If the direction is reversed in the vast ocean, the fun will be great. You have to swim south to Antarctica before you can see land. To the east and west are dead ends. There are no islands within seven or eight thousand kilometers, and it is all vast ocean.

One day in mid-March 1899

The imperial emperor Li Fushou took the cruise ship "Voyager" and arrived at the port of Linhai Town under the escort of the cruise ship "Justice", which welcomed a warm welcome from the residents of the town.

This is a seaside town full of Chinese architecture. It is located in a valley, or there are some Western villas and Western buildings in the town to meet the different requirements of experts and scholars.

Every household here has an independent courtyard, almost every family has horses, and a small number of families have cars. The living environment is beautiful and the atmosphere is peaceful and quiet. It is a wealthy and peaceful town.

Most of the residents in the town are the families of scientific and technological personnel or the families of officers and soldiers. The income is stable and rich, the relationship between neighbors is harmonious, and they are strongly wary of strange faces. Most of the residents in the town know each other well, and even if they can't call their names, they are familiar with each other. It is difficult for outsiders to get in.

Li Fushou's arrival caused a huge sensation. He personally came to the crowd to ask about his well-being, shook hands with technical experts and greeted him. Happiness filled the hearts of the residents in the town, and many women shed tears of excitement.

After a great show, Li Fushou and a group of senior officials took a bus to the scientific research base to learn about the research and development progress of many projects.

40% of the entire Tasmania area is covered by mountain forests. From Linhai Town, three secret scientific research bases can be passed, one is the military weapons research base, one is the royal-sponsored aircraft research base, and the other is the biochemical research base of the Ministry of the Interior.

The Hague Convention, which prohibits the use of biological and chemical weapons, adopted in 1899, is a positive response from the international community to the poisonous gas bombs that are often encountered on small-scale battlefields in Europe.

Chemical weapons are extremely cruel and contrary to human nature. The use of the war was unanimously condemned by the international community. The signing of the Hague Convention demonstrates the formal attitude of the international community and firmly opposes and condemns the use of this weapon that violates the moral bottom line of human beings.

The main purpose of the Biochemical Laboratory under the Ministry of the Interior is to conduct in-depth scientific research and exploration in the field, strengthen the defense measures and understanding of humans corresponding to biochemical weapon attacks, and develop chemical weapon defense equipment.

in this regard

The rubber resources of the Ocean Kingdom will play a leading role. Rubber-made masks and protective clothing have a strong role in isolating toxic gases and are the best choice among known materials, no doubt about them.

The convoy travels on the forest road

Li Fushou sat in the wide back seat, smoking a cigar leisurely, and looked at the view outside the window from time to time. On the opposite side was Secretary-General Zhang Li, holding the official letter in his hand to report the situation;

“…

The Fusang government recently stated;

Respect and recognize the fact that the empire owns the Luzon Islands and do not object to this. We welcome the Ocean Empire to play an increasingly important role in the Western Pacific region. We look forward to gaining the understanding and support of the Ocean Empire on issues such as abolishing the unequal treaty between the two countries and the situation in Northeast Asia.

The Ryukyu Kingdom, Yue Kingdom, Lanfang Kingdom, Hawaii Kingdom, Thailand Kingdom and others all submitted their congratulations, and Gan was a vassal state of the empire and requested to be attached.

Earlier this year

Colonel Mahan commented on the situation after the Spanish-American War. He believed that he should learn from Britain's colonial rule experience, "guided by British experience", and oppose "brutalized oppression of inferior races" like the Ocean Kingdom and Spanish colonists.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has officially protested on this. The US responded that this is just Colonel Mahan's personal opinion and does not mean that the Citi government will carefully consider the imperial protests and instruct Colonel Mahan to make a public apology statement in the newspaper.

US White House Chief of Staff Kahn said at a briefing recently;

This Citi Government attaches great importance to and is committed to developing bilateral friendly relations with the Ocean Empire, promotes Congress to abolish the bill to discriminate against Chinese, and passes the heavyweight US-US Friendship Relations Act, hoping that the Ocean Empire can move with the Citi Government and jointly create a sincere friendship across the Pacific Ocean.

Recently, the situation in South Africa has continued to be tense.

Sir Alfred Milner, Prime Minister of the British Cape Colonial, instructed the British diaspora in Transvaal to write a letter of injustice to Queen Victoria, asking her to protect the interests of British subjects.

In fact

Britain has dispatched thousands of troops from India and the Mediterranean, Canada to arrive in southern Africa one after another. A war in the making seems inevitable.

The Department of the Army has officially received an inquiry letter from London;

Once a local war breaks out in southern Africa, can African expeditionary divisions stationed in Mozambique be drawn nearby to participate in the war and obtain sufficient food and various supplies?

Follow Your Majesty’s instructions; we responded to the four words “happy to serve”.”

Happy to serve?

Li Fushou chewed these four words without hesitation, looking out the window with a faint expression. The thrilling green mountains and undulating mountains seemed to be beating irregularly.

Regardless of whether or not

The Ocean Empire was marked with a distinct British mark, either to be a 25-year-old or to follow the road to the black.

How to choose is more beneficial to the country and nation is self-evident.

That's true

London is nicknamed "European Stumbling Sticker" full of maliciousness. England is an arrogant and difficult to approach. It is polite but keeps people away thousands of miles away. It pursues the "continental balance" policy, the "glorious isolation" policy, and the "interest first" policy.

If you follow him, you may get a "back stab" at any time.

But you cannot deny that compared to the Spanish, French and even Citi people, the English are still very caring for their own people. This attitude can be reflected in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa and even India in the past.

Later South Africa implemented a segregationist policy, which caused a lot of condemnation in the world. When Citigroup also left, the United Kingdom was the last one who stood by South Africa to support it.

Apartheid policy is undoubtedly a policy of unfairness that violates human nature and equality and freedom. There is no need to discuss this.

It can be seen from the fact that Britain has always been with it that England is still a responsible and affectionate nation, not as cold as it shows.

Therefore, once the Second British-British War broke out in history, the answer to whether the Ocean Empire Gang would help is obvious.

Help, you must help. This is not just a war of conquest, but also a huge business opportunity worth up to 400 million Jinyang.

Once World War I broke out in history, would the Ocean Empire Gang still not help?

If you help, you must help, but how to help is worth discussing.

Li Fushou looked into the distance with a deep look, showing a firm look in his expression. For the rise of the empire, he would sacrifice even the lives of 100,000 soldiers.

In this world, there has never been a free lunch.

During World War 1, Citigroup came late as the last participating country. At the Paris Peace Conference in the post-war period, they tried to share a pill, but were kicked away by Britain and France, and covered their faces in humiliation, returning to North America to implement "glorious isolation". For a time, "Monroeism" rekindled.

The Citi Kingdom led by the merchants was too smart to plot. After they almost finished fighting, they went down the mountain to pick peaches. How could those old imperialists in Europe have many different ways?

During the Paris peace talks, the European powers did not take the China Flag State seriously at all. The proposals proposed were thrown into the pile of waste paper and slapped in the face without any discussion. The President of Citi was angry and left with a look of shame.

After returning to North America for decades of dormant and learning from the heavy lessons of World War I, Citigroup joined the battlefield at a critical moment in World War II, made great sacrifices and rose again, and was widely accepted by European countries. From then on, it was out of control.
Chapter completed!