Become a feudal king from today - #935 - Chapter 947: Sword Points at Australia

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Governor’s Palace.

When Qu Sheng saw Zhao Xu, he bowed and smiled.

Zhao Xu smiled and said, “The attraction of this rubber forest is really extraordinary. I didn’t expect you to come here in person.”

Qu Sheng was a little helpless and said: “Originally, it was not a problem. Although I was happy, I didn’t want to come. However, Wang Chong was even happier than I was. He urged me to come and transport a batch of rubber back as soon as possible. He said it was The commissioning of thermal power plants cannot be delayed.”

Zhao Xu nodded.

During his war, various plans were not affected and were implemented step by step.

The prime minister Liu Fu was responsible for supervising this matter.

If he doesn’t do it right, he will scold them when he gets back.

“That’s right, this rubber involves the production of goods in many industries.” Zhao Xu said, “After you go back, you will refine this batch of raw rubber into mature rubber.”

Before the war in the Southern Territory started, he told Qu Sheng in advance to establish a rubber workshop.

The process of turning raw rubber into mature rubber is very simple, which is to mix sulfur and raw rubber and heat it.

For Qu Sheng, a top talent in chemistry, this process is familiar to him.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Qu Sheng responded.

After a brief chat, Zhao Xu asked Qu Sheng some questions about the chemical industry.

Zhao Xu smiled happily when he learned that a small electrolysis workshop was currently under construction under the guidance of students from the Chemistry Laboratory of the Ru0026D Institute and with the assistance of students from the Electric Power Laboratory.

The pure hydrogen and oxygen obtained in the last electrolysis experiment, as well as elemental metals such as magnesium and aluminum, are only a very small part of the commodities in the electrolysis industry.

In fact, almost all elemental metals and gases, as well as a large proportion of chemical compounds, can be obtained by electrolysis.

For example, by electrolyzing brine, you can not only obtain hydrogen and chlorine, but also caustic soda.

In the future, the way for soap workshops to obtain caustic soda will no longer be as complicated and inefficient as before to obtain large amounts of cheap caustic soda.

And this is the difference between the second industrial revolution and the first industry. It can be said to be an earth-shaking change.

With the products produced by the second revolution, Dasong can beat the Western World even in the fair competition of products.

“Very good, the development of Dasong Industry will be left to you and Wang Chong, and I will be responsible for escorting you and providing all the raw materials you want.” Zhao Xu smiled.

Qu Sheng showed a shy smile and said, “I will live up to His Highness’s expectations.”

After that, Qu Sheng said goodbye and went to the plantation.

He will collect the raw rubber from the plantation and transport it back to Yancheng.

During this period, order in Manila was basically restored.

The plantation workers also returned, which would be beneficial to Qu Sheng’s work.

Three days later, Qu Sheng returned on a commercial steamer loaded with raw rubber.

Another ten days passed, and with the help of the Marine Corps, Battelle took control of Manila and all cities in the north.

Cebu Island and Cotton Island are also under the jurisdiction of the Protectorate, and the whole of Luzon is basically on track.

At this time, Zhao Xu set his sights on Australia, which is two thousand kilometers away from Luzon.

“More than two thousand kilometers, which is basically the distance from Luzon to Yanzhou, so the last general ordered the navy to establish three supply points from north to south.”

Governor’s Office.

Zhao Xu and Zhou Yi compared the charts and finally determined the next action.

To the south of Luzon is a group of broken islands.

This island group is the contemporary Indonesian region, spanning more than 3,000 kilometers from east to west.

Dasong calls it the Kingdom of Java.

Now, it is controlled by the Sterdams.

However, during this period, the main area controlled by the Stedams was western Indonesia near Malacca.

Because it has the largest population.

The current East Indonesia region is very desolate, and Stedam’s military strength is very weak.

It can be said that it can be won easily.

The only thing they need to do is to stock up on supplies at the three supply points from north to south.

After that, you can use the southernmost supply point as a springboard to land in Australia.

And this was something the navy had already been doing after they captured Manila.

For more than a month, the navy has penetrated a line from north to south in eastern Indonesia.

Three supply points were established along this route.

The southernmost point is contemporary East Timor.

It is only 500 kilometers away from the Australian mainland.

It only takes a day for a naval fleet to cross.

The Marines can rest here and then easily set foot on the Australian mainland.

“Well, in addition to the line in southern Luzon, it is necessary to open up a route eastward.” Zhao Xu’s finger wandered eastward from Luzon on the map to the direction due north of the Australian continent.

There is also a large island here, which the British call the Solomon Islands.

Now, since the Westerners have chosen to strategically retreat and defend Malacca.

Then he had no choice but to eat all the area east of Malacca first.

After that, he used the east of the southern region as his base to compete with the Western-Turkish coalition forces in Malacca.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Zhou Yi said, “I will give Gong Ying an order to go east and capture Moro Island, and then control the Solomon Islands.”

The Western-Turkish navy shrunk to Malacca, and the warships remaining in the north no longer needed to guard the island chain.

It can completely cooperate with the warships heading south.

They only need to monitor Malacca and adjust their strategies according to the situation.

At the same time, the Marine Corps has a total strength of 60,000. In addition to the 10,000 troops stationed in Japan and Ryukyu, and the 30,000 troops in Luzon, Gong Ying can also dispatch 20,000 Marines.

He was able to take on the task of opening a route.

At that time, one of them will land from the west of the Australian continent and penetrate the west coast, the other will land from the east of the Australian continent, penetrate the east coast, and then make another circle to meet on the south coast of Australia.

By attacking from both sides, the entire Australian continent can be captured as quickly as possible.

“Well, without further ado, let Gong Ying take action immediately.” Zhao Xu said.

He couldn’t wait to take over the Australian continent.

Because he knew that the focus of the Western-Turkish coalition attack was Jiaozhi, Piaoman, Tubo and the entire northern border.

As for the Southern Region, it was a surprise to them.

Originally, they thought that their navy could defeat the Dasong Navy, and even at worst, they would be evenly matched. However, they never expected that their defeat would be so sudden, and they would fall into a passive position in the Southern Region.

But the more this happens, the more eager they will be to open up another battlefield, surround Wei and rescue Zhao, and alleviate the crisis in the southern region.

And this battlefield is a full-scale invasion of Dasong on the C-shaped encirclement.

Therefore, he hopes to capture the Australian mainland as soon as possible.

In this way, if a war breaks out on the second battlefield, he can return to Dasong in time, work with Chang Wei to resolve the siege, and eliminate the forces besieging Dasong one by one.

During this period, the navy in the southern region can establish supply points westward.

Get ready for the final decisive battle in the East.