super god warlord

Cheng Biguang, the commander of the fleet of the Lanfang Republic, had his eyes brightened: "Could it be..."

Zhao Shouhong smiled slightly: "You think I spared no effort to expand the naval shipyards in Melbourne and Jakarta for what? Now that Hualan has no naval tonnage quota, the construction site of the Nakagawa-class battleship will be allocated to the two countries. .Please listen carefully, this time it is a battleship and not a battlecruiser."

"Great." Cheng Biguang was so excited that he couldn't describe his feelings.From now on, Lan Fangguo will have a fleet that will lead anyone to fear.

After the meeting, the Navy's shipbuilding plan was greatly adjusted. Among them, the displacement of the Jinzhou-class light cruisers was strictly limited to less than 24 tons, and the number of construction was doubled to 80 ships.The Zhenhai-class destroyer has also been upgraded to [-] ships. Of course, some of them will be "exported" to the Republic of Lanfang and the Republic of the Southern Cross, because the shipyards of the two countries are working hard to build the Nakagawa-class battleship. Shipyard four.

The twenty Seawolf 3 submarines of the two major fleets were assembled, and Chen Tao, who had been promoted to major general in previous battles, served as the commander of the submarine force.At the same time, Zhao Shouhong secretly ordered to increase the size of the submarine force from 45 to [-], and at the same time began the development of new submarines.

After the signing of the naval treaty and the implementation of the huge naval plan, the orientation of domestic public opinion is increasingly biased towards Zhao Shouhong.Even the report, which has always been harsh on the government and likes to report on the dark side, has changed its direction.Shi Liangcai felt more and more that the Western Special Zone was the future of Hualan Kingdom, so the most influential declaration in the country opened a separate page to introduce various economic policies and people's livelihood conditions of the Special Zone.

All the major newspapers have permanent reporters in the SAR, who specialize in reporting new things in the SAR, and if conditions permit, they also include pictures.The prosperity and development of the Western Special Zone has gradually been understood by the people in the coastal provinces.In the past, the way they learned about the SAR was mostly rumors or letters from relatives. They have never known so clearly that life in the SAR is so beautiful.Soon there was another wave of immigrants from the coastal provinces. Whether it was people living in poverty or businessmen seeking business opportunities, they flocked to the border areas of the Western Special Zone.

The major warlords are more and more aware of the crisis, and the population is decreasing. Not only is it difficult to capture strong men to join the army, but the bigger problem is the decline of commerce, the desertion of agriculture, and the decreasing tax revenue.Zhao Shouhong is happy to see this point, the weaker the warlord's power, the lower the intensity of the civil war.What's more, the coastal provinces have always been the concentration areas of Hualan people, and the relocation of most of them will help reduce the population density there and make room for future development.

Chapter 9 Concerns about Autonomy

As for the population who moved into the Western Special Zone, they must obey the arrangements of the Special Zone. Filling these people into the sparsely populated border areas can greatly expand the living space of the Hualan nation.Relying on this method, Zhao Shouhong completed the large-scale immigration of the Hualan people and the expansion of living space at the lowest cost.Seeing that the Western Special Zone is getting stronger and stronger, all the warlords feel bad, even Sun Wenhai is the same.

Although in contact with Zhao Shouhong, Sun Wenhai knew that he was a true selfless revolutionary, but he still yearned for a democratic republic, thinking that that was the only way to make Hualan Kingdom truly strong.Now Huang Bin retired to the Western Special Economic Zone for recuperation due to illness, while Song Jiaochu joined the Special Economic Zone Government and became the Minister of Infrastructure.The three leaders of the National Congress Party have left the second one. Sun Wenhai felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavier. Under the strong pressure from all sides in the country, he began to look for foreign aid.

At this time, the Hongluo country announced the five-year outline of electrification construction, and the country began a vigorous industrialization construction.For this emerging country, Sun Wenhai sees a glimmer of hope.At the beginning, they defeated the Rakshasa Empire and the intervention armies of various countries under extremely difficult circumstances, and only then did they gain a firm foothold in the Western Continent.If you cooperate with such a country, it seems that you can learn the secret of making the army stronger, so Sun Weihua specially sent his disciple Jiang Ruiyuan to Moscow, hoping to reach a cooperation intention.

Since Bunin brought together the establishment of the Hualan Communist Party, he has been paying attention to this small party.But in the early days of its establishment, the development of the party was very difficult, not to mention that they did not have the support of any forces.Such a party that often provokes movements and opposes the government is naturally suppressed by warlords everywhere, so the development of the Communist Party has not been ideal.

Just when Bunin was anxious about this and didn't know when he could attack the Western Special Zone, the appearance of Jiang Ruiyuan gave him another idea, to cooperate with the warlords in Hualan.Nowadays, apart from the Western Special Zone, the warlords in Hualan are divided into five factions. Among them, the Jiaozhi Clan and the Guangxi Clan are closely related to the Special Zone and are obviously their invisible allies. It is the Cantonese department that no one pays attention to.

Sun Wenhai is an idealist. He does not want his power to be controlled by the big powers, so he always disagrees with many big powers. This is what Zhao Shouhong admires most about him.But this time, Sun Wenhai went against the norm and chose the weakest Red Luo country.

In fact, Sun Wenhai has two considerations in doing this. The first is that the Cantonese faction is relatively rich. All they want is a way to make the army stronger, and financial support is not necessary.The second is because of the weakness of the Red Luo Kingdom, only when the other party is weak can it be possible to form an equal cooperative relationship, so that the Cantonese will not become the puppet of other countries because they are controlled by others.

The current Hongluo country does not have the energy to manage foreign puppets. It is definitely an unexpected surprise that Sun Wen can cooperate on an equal footing and let Bunin achieve the goal of containing the Western Special Zone.Bunin immediately sent Marin as a representative to meet with Sun Wenhai in East Guangdong City in person.Just after New Year's Day, the travel-stained Ma Lin met Sun Wenhai in the presidential palace in Dongdong City.

The two had an hour-long private talk, and both sides analyzed the domestic situation and future development, and Sun Wenhai also agreed with the other party's opinion that the Guangdong Army's combat power is not strong.The solution given by Marin is very simple, change to Red Luo weapons, and at the same time establish a military academy with the help of the Red Luo Army, train new officers, and the Red Luo Army will send experienced commanders to serve as military advisors.Only in this way can the combat effectiveness of the Cantonese army be rapidly improved, and eventually surpass most of the domestic warlords.

Marin's proposal made Sun Wenhai's eyes shine, and he immediately appointed Jiang Ruiyuan, his most trusted man, to be in charge of organizing the Hualan National Congress Army Officer Academy.Because the military academy was placed on Changzhou Island, Huangpu District, Dongdong City, Guangdong, it was called Huangpu Military Academy by later generations.This military academy, which was originally of great significance in history and could be called an epoch-making product, seemed superfluous at this time.

The Zhongchuan Military Academy, established more than ten years ago, has already attracted talents from all over the country. At this time, the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy cannot guarantee the quality of the students.In desperation, Sun Wenhai had no choice but to hire Hongluo people to teach, and the students were composed of young officers from the Guangdong Army.A formal military academy that was originally magnificent and has cultivated countless talents, did not expect to be reduced to an officer training class from the very beginning.

Just when Sun Wenhai was rectifying his military equipment and using military schools to train talents, an earth-shattering event happened in Nanyuan Province.Since the warlord Zhang Jingyao was expelled by the people of Nanyuan, it has become a land without an owner.The Nanyuan people quickly elected some local gentry and established an autonomous committee.According to the original plan, the Nanyuan people should elect a parliament and establish their own self-government.However, half of the land in Nanyuan Province is always in the Western Special Zone, which is unacceptable to them.

Once half of Nanyuan Province implements self-government, it will completely separate the two places, which were already relatively unrelated, and become two unrelated provinces, which is emotionally unacceptable for Nanyuan people.Therefore, the Nanyuan people sent representatives to boldly go to Shudu to petition, hoping that the Western Special Zone can return half of Nanyuan Province to this province, so that they can exercise self-government in the whole province.

It stands to reason that the huge Three Gorges Hydropower Station is being built in Namwon Province. With such a strategic project, it is absolutely impossible to return the site.But Zhao Shouhong didn't want to give himself a bad reputation of being greedy because of this matter, so he met these representatives in person.

"Hello, Commander-in-Chief, I am Xiao Nan, the representative of the Nanyuan Provincial Autonomous Committee. The purpose of my visit today is to ask you to let Nanyuan Province merge into one and establish its own autonomous government." Xiao Nan, the representative of Nanyuan Province, first bowed to Zhao Shouhong, and explained his purpose of coming.He knew that there was almost no possibility of success in this matter, but he still wanted to try hard, because it was related to the integrity of Nanyuan Province.

Looking at Xiao Nan, Zhao Shouhong thought for a while and replied, "Who are you representing this time?"

"Of course all the people of Nanyuan." Xiao Nan blurted out.

Zhao Shouhong shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, you can only represent half of the people in Nanyuan Province at most."

"This..." Xiao Nan was at a loss for words.

Zhao Shouhong said loudly: "You have the right to democratic self-government, and now half of Nanyuan Province in the Western Special Zone also has this right. You should ask them if they are willing to leave the Western Special Zone and join the self-government .”

Chapter 9 Seamen's Strike

Xiao Nan's face became cloudy and uncertain, and he replied after a while: "But Chief Zhao can't represent the aspirations of the people of Nanyuan."

"Of course not." Zhao Shouhong said: "I think this is good. A referendum will be held in several prefectures of Namwon Province under the jurisdiction of the Western Special Zone. If they want to leave the Western Special Zone, of course I have nothing to say. Of course, for the sake of fairness , the local governments of these prefectures will select some gentry to serve as supervisors together with your representatives to supervise the fairness of this vote."

"Your Excellency is serious?" Xiao Nan's eyes lit up.

"Of course." Zhao Shouhong smiled slightly: "However, I request that the several prefectures under your control also hold a vote."

"What vote?" Xiao Nan was a little confused.

Zhao Shouhong smiled slightly: "The vote to join the Western Special Zone will also be supervised by both parties to see what the people's wishes are."

"This..." Xiao Nan thought for a while and gritted his teeth: "Okay, let's have a vote to see what the people want." In Xiao Nan's view, the people of Namwon Province are united, as long as they can be democratic Self-government, no one would choose to be suppressed by the Consulate General.

Such a vote quickly took place in the entire Nanyuan Province, because the governments below the county level in the Western Special Zone have been selected by voting for many years, and the Special Zone has a complete set of mature voting systems and teams.Zhao Shouhong directly allocated these people to Namwon Province to help them prepare for voting.

For this vote, the Self-Government Committee of Namwon Province carried out a week of publicity. They publicized the importance and content of voting, and mobilized the people to vote enthusiastically.As for the Western Special Zone, [-]% of the wealthy people have radios, and they only need to use the radio station to report a few times.

On January 1922, 1, the unprecedented voting began. On the ground of Nanyuan Province, all the people voted to join the Western Special Zone or establish an independent self-government.Because the propaganda is in place, the people’s enthusiasm for voting is very high. In Namwon Province, which has a population of 5 million, there are more than 500 million valid voters (more than) and [-]% of these people participated in the vote. .

This vote can be regarded as another grand event in Hualan's democratic history. Not only did the various provinces in the province send supervisors to each other, but all major newspapers across the country sent reporters.This kind of voting can be called transparent, and no one can cheat for personal gain, otherwise they will soon become the target of the people of the whole country.

The counting of votes was also carried out under the full supervision of supervisors and reporters, and the final results were not counted until three days later.Among the more than 700 million valid ballots put into the ballot box, more than 600 million voted to join the Western Special Zone, and according to statistics, there was not a single vote in the several prefectures that were originally under the jurisdiction of the Western Special Zone It was voted for self-government.

Such a vote result shocked the people of the whole country. They never expected that the South Plains people would announce their determination to join the Western Special Zone in such a dramatic way.In fact, such a situation is very easy to understand. Under the loose commercial system of the Western Special Zone and the effective protection of various laws, the people have always lived and worked in peace and contentment, and their political and economic development is not inferior to the powers of the Western Continent.

There are several other prefectures in Namwon Province that are close to the Western Special Zone. Because of the close distance and good news, the people have long been envious of the life in the Special Zone.The so-called near-water buildings first get the moon. In recent years, many people have left their hometowns and moved to live in several prefectures that are close to the special zone.Because of the ebb and flow of this situation, although the total population of Namwon Province has not changed, the population in several prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Western Special Zone has reached about [-]% of the total population.

These people have already lived a happy life, which is the ultimate goal pursued by the people.In this case, even if liberal democracy is hyped up, they will not gamble with their happy life once.

Several small revolutionary parties in Nanyuan Province originally hoped to take advantage of the opportunity of Nanyuan Province's self-government to control part of the power, but they did not expect to become someone else's wedding dress.These people deliberately do not recognize the election results, but this election is so transparent that they can't even find an excuse.What's more, even if they want to repent, no one in the whole Nanyuan Province will listen to them.

Nanyuan Province, which originally wanted to seek self-government for the whole province, unexpectedly joined the Western Special Zone. This news is extremely explosive.The surrounding warlords were all nervous, and they believed that this was the beginning of the Western Special Zone's domestic expansion.Not only the small warlords everywhere were nervous, but even Cao Kun, who was directly related, was taken aback.

Although Nanyuan Province has never been under his control, such dangerous signs indicate that there is not much time left for him.Cao Kun decided to speed up the reorganization of armaments, and was about to be attacked by the Feng Department.

Just when the warlords were nervous about the new trend of the Western Special Zone, the actions of the Hualan Communist Party once again attracted everyone's attention. Under the leadership of Su Zhaozheng, Hong Kong seafarers went on strike.This is the second strike in the western special zone since the strike in Guanghai City, and Zhao Shouhong attaches great importance to this.

The Saar Empire has just been handed over to Hong Kong for more than a month, because Governor Saar let go of it, resulting in the loss of a lot of information, and the SAR has not yet formally straightened out the local situation.At this time, a general strike broke out, and the timing was obviously very accurate.

At the beginning of the strike, Zhao Shouhong thought it was the Saar people who were tripping him up, but after the General Intelligence Bureau collected information from all parties, he discovered that it was not the Saar people who were behind the scenes this time, but Hualan. Behavior of the Communist Party.In the history books, Zhao Shouhong also found the strike.The general strike led by Su Zhaozheng once caused the tragic Shatian tragedy because the Saar army stationed in Hong Kong suddenly shot and attacked the striking workers.

Zhao Shouhong never expected that he took back Hong Kong ahead of time, but failed to stop the general strike.However, after investigation, he discovered that the strike was not aimed at himself, but was caused by the extreme exploitation of workers by local capitalists, who lowered their wages and extended working hours, making it impossible for workers to survive.The culprit is still those greedy capitalists, who have worked together to squeeze the remaining profits to the maximum, making the lives of the local people very difficult.

Oppression is a hotbed of resistance. Under such a difficult situation, the development of the Hualan Communist Party is reasonable.Regarding Su Zhaozheng's approach, Zhao Shouhong did not intend to use violence to resist. Instead, he put aside all his work and rushed to Hong Kong by boat, intending to solve the matter himself.

Chapter 9 Nineteen Parade

Yun Daiying, who had just taken over the job of the Hong Kong government, felt that it was very difficult. Facing the situation in the region that he had not yet figured out and the workers who were excited, he felt that it was difficult for him to control the overall situation.

As a high-achieving student who graduated from Zhongchuan Comprehensive University, 25-year-old Yun Daiying has worked in the government for several years and has rich work experience, but it is the first time to take the lead alone.Just as Yun Daiying was busy assigning manpower to maintain order, the door of the office suddenly opened, and a person walked in.

"Lord Chief." Yun Daiying exclaimed, and quickly got up to greet him.Because Zhao Shouhong had been discussing the naval expansion plan with the engineers in Guanghai City, Zhao Shouhong was not far from Hong Kong. After receiving the news, he immediately rushed to the Hong Kong area under the escort of the Eastern Ocean Fleet.

"I heard that you are very nervous in this situation?" Zhao Shouhong nodded as an answer, and then asked another question.

Yun Daiying didn't dare to hide anything, and immediately told the current situation.Zhao Shouhong nodded and said, "Do you have any measures?"

Yun Daiying said: "I have dispatched police to monitor the strikers, direct traffic on the road where they marched to maintain order, and forbid anyone to shoot and evict them. At the same time, I also sent people to distribute some food for them and informed the workers that the government is Communicate with capitalists."