Chapter 3031
Chapter 3031
Chapter 3031
While Roger was dealing with the special envoys of the other three countries, Qian Tiandun was studying the charts in another tent not far from the venue.
Qian Tiandun did not attend the meeting with the special envoys of the three countries with Luo Jie, because he was not familiar with the international situation in this region, and he would not be able to help if he went there. It is better for Luo Jie to negotiate.
And he can just use this rest time to study the next action plan.
Thanks to the careful planning in advance, the Haihan army captured three islands in a row without bloodshed, and the operation can be described as very smooth.But Qian Tiandun did not relax because of this. In his opinion, this was only the first step for Haihan to break through the South China Sea and expand westward.
So far, this operation has successfully penetrated Haihan's sphere of influence through the Strait of Malacca.However, the northern end of the strait is an inverted trumpet-shaped terrain. The distance between Phuket and Banda Aceh is more than [-] miles, which is eight times the width of the strait near the southern end of Xingdao.
With such a wide sea area, Qian Tiandun believes that it is difficult to fully control the trade routes here only with a few small islands adjacent to the coast of the Malay Peninsula on the east side.
Moreover, if Haihan will enter the Myanmar Sea in the north and the vast Bay of Bengal in the west, it will still need more ports as springboards.
As for the target area, there are actually not many options. In this vast sea area with an area of several million square kilometers, there are not many islands that can be used, mainly concentrated in the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands.
In fact, these two archipelagos are more appropriately called the Andaman-Nicobar Island Chain. This arc-shaped island chain spanning two thousand miles from north to south is the natural boundary between the Burmese Sea and the Bay of Bengal.If a transshipment supply port is to be built between the Strait of Malacca and the east coast of the Indian Peninsula, then only this island chain can provide an alternative location.
"If you want to choose a place on this island chain to build a port, what do you think are the pros and cons?"
Qian Tiandun didn't make a decision directly, but wanted to test the officers standing beside him.
Gao Qiaonan didn't make a sound, because he knew that this question was not thrown to him.If Qian Tiandun needs to answer by himself, he will call the names directly instead of using "you" to refer to him. This is a tacit understanding formed between the two over the years.
For military officers with certain overseas combat experience, this question is not difficult, and everyone quickly gave the answer.
The benefits are obvious. The geographical environment determines the importance of these islands. Ships passing through these waters will not have many choices if they want to get supplies.
Moreover, these islands are almost unowned. It is said that except for some natives who settled on the island, no country has built a port on this island chain so far. trouble.
But when it comes to disadvantages, everyone's opinions are not very unified.
Some people think that these islands are far away from the land, and there is not enough population to implement various infrastructure projects.Even if you want to increase the population of the island through immigration, because the local area lacks other natural resources with development value, it is difficult for such an environment to attract foreign population to settle on the island.
Some people think that the local area lacks a good natural port. Even if Haihan invests in resources for development, the completed port will not be able to carry out trade functions.
Qian Tiandun saw that Li Yuande was standing beside him looking eager to try, so he named him and said, "Yuande, what do you think?"
Li Yuande quickly responded: "The villain thinks that building a port in this island chain is not a good idea. In addition to the reasons mentioned by the adults just now, the villain would like to add one more point."
Qian Tiandun nodded and said, "But it's okay to say."
Li Yuande continued: "As we all know, Westerners entered this sea area much earlier than us. If this island chain really has a place suitable for building a trading port, I think they have already started and will not leave it to us. to develop."
Someone retorted: "Is there a possibility that Westerners gave up occupying this island chain because the investment in building the port was too high and the Westerners could not afford such expenses?"
Li Yuande said: "Of course there is such a possibility, but there are many merchant ships traveling to and from this sea area, and there are no naturally formed settlements on this island chain. I think this is also a clear signal. As for the real I think I should consult someone who knows about those islands.”
Qian Tiandun didn't comment on Li Yuande's opinion, but looked at Gao Qiaonan.
Takahashi Minami knew that it was time for him to express his opinion, so he immediately took up the conversation: "As far as I know, there is a team of Xingdao mercenary regiments that have been active in the waters where this island chain is located, maybe You can get more accurate information from them."
The team Gao Qiaonan mentioned was naturally the first battalion of the mercenary regiment who played pirates in this sea area some time ago.However, because the mission was too sensitive, the first battalion did not join them. After evacuating from Phuket, it is still operating in the Burma Sea.
As for the current specific location, probably only Roger knows.
"General, Lord Roger is here."
Said that Cao Cao arrived, Luo Jie entered the tent, and was not surprised to see so many people gathered around the chart, he nodded to Qian Tiandun and said, "Are you in a meeting?"
Qian Tiandun said: "You came at a good time. We are discussing whether the island chain in the Burma Sea is worth developing. I heard that your mercenaries are familiar with the situation here. Could you please come and answer our questions? Confused?"
Roger smiled and said: "You are asking the right person about this matter. I don't need to call others, I can answer your questions. If this island chain is so easy to develop, then why should I waste time and effort to occupy these three islands?" To play this play?"
Obviously, in Roger's opinion, he would rather take the risk of occupying several islands belonging to other countries than develop the island chain belonging to No Man's Land.
As for the reason for making this choice, Roger didn't hide anything, and said it out very quickly.
First, the island chain is far away from the mainland, making it difficult to develop.The only bay that has the conditions to build a large port is on Central Andaman Island, [-] miles away from the nearest big city, Banda Aceh.It is also more than a thousand miles away from Siam in the east and Burma in the north.
For such an isolated overseas island, whether it is transporting materials or moving immigrants, it will face very high costs.
Second, the aborigines living in this island chain, because they were captured by slave traders in the early years, are extremely hostile to outsiders. They will definitely kill strangers when they see strangers. They are completely unable to coexist with immigrants, let alone Use it as a labor force to develop the island.
Third, the land on the island is extremely barren and it is difficult to grow crops. The aborigines make a living by hunting, fishing, and picking wild fruits and vegetables.This basically cut off the possibility of immigrants being self-sufficient by reclaiming farmland, making it difficult to maintain large-scale immigrant settlements.
So although the geographical location of this island chain is very important, it has been in a primitive state for thousands of years.
(End of this chapter)
While Roger was dealing with the special envoys of the other three countries, Qian Tiandun was studying the charts in another tent not far from the venue.
Qian Tiandun did not attend the meeting with the special envoys of the three countries with Luo Jie, because he was not familiar with the international situation in this region, and he would not be able to help if he went there. It is better for Luo Jie to negotiate.
And he can just use this rest time to study the next action plan.
Thanks to the careful planning in advance, the Haihan army captured three islands in a row without bloodshed, and the operation can be described as very smooth.But Qian Tiandun did not relax because of this. In his opinion, this was only the first step for Haihan to break through the South China Sea and expand westward.
So far, this operation has successfully penetrated Haihan's sphere of influence through the Strait of Malacca.However, the northern end of the strait is an inverted trumpet-shaped terrain. The distance between Phuket and Banda Aceh is more than [-] miles, which is eight times the width of the strait near the southern end of Xingdao.
With such a wide sea area, Qian Tiandun believes that it is difficult to fully control the trade routes here only with a few small islands adjacent to the coast of the Malay Peninsula on the east side.
Moreover, if Haihan will enter the Myanmar Sea in the north and the vast Bay of Bengal in the west, it will still need more ports as springboards.
As for the target area, there are actually not many options. In this vast sea area with an area of several million square kilometers, there are not many islands that can be used, mainly concentrated in the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands.
In fact, these two archipelagos are more appropriately called the Andaman-Nicobar Island Chain. This arc-shaped island chain spanning two thousand miles from north to south is the natural boundary between the Burmese Sea and the Bay of Bengal.If a transshipment supply port is to be built between the Strait of Malacca and the east coast of the Indian Peninsula, then only this island chain can provide an alternative location.
"If you want to choose a place on this island chain to build a port, what do you think are the pros and cons?"
Qian Tiandun didn't make a decision directly, but wanted to test the officers standing beside him.
Gao Qiaonan didn't make a sound, because he knew that this question was not thrown to him.If Qian Tiandun needs to answer by himself, he will call the names directly instead of using "you" to refer to him. This is a tacit understanding formed between the two over the years.
For military officers with certain overseas combat experience, this question is not difficult, and everyone quickly gave the answer.
The benefits are obvious. The geographical environment determines the importance of these islands. Ships passing through these waters will not have many choices if they want to get supplies.
Moreover, these islands are almost unowned. It is said that except for some natives who settled on the island, no country has built a port on this island chain so far. trouble.
But when it comes to disadvantages, everyone's opinions are not very unified.
Some people think that these islands are far away from the land, and there is not enough population to implement various infrastructure projects.Even if you want to increase the population of the island through immigration, because the local area lacks other natural resources with development value, it is difficult for such an environment to attract foreign population to settle on the island.
Some people think that the local area lacks a good natural port. Even if Haihan invests in resources for development, the completed port will not be able to carry out trade functions.
Qian Tiandun saw that Li Yuande was standing beside him looking eager to try, so he named him and said, "Yuande, what do you think?"
Li Yuande quickly responded: "The villain thinks that building a port in this island chain is not a good idea. In addition to the reasons mentioned by the adults just now, the villain would like to add one more point."
Qian Tiandun nodded and said, "But it's okay to say."
Li Yuande continued: "As we all know, Westerners entered this sea area much earlier than us. If this island chain really has a place suitable for building a trading port, I think they have already started and will not leave it to us. to develop."
Someone retorted: "Is there a possibility that Westerners gave up occupying this island chain because the investment in building the port was too high and the Westerners could not afford such expenses?"
Li Yuande said: "Of course there is such a possibility, but there are many merchant ships traveling to and from this sea area, and there are no naturally formed settlements on this island chain. I think this is also a clear signal. As for the real I think I should consult someone who knows about those islands.”
Qian Tiandun didn't comment on Li Yuande's opinion, but looked at Gao Qiaonan.
Takahashi Minami knew that it was time for him to express his opinion, so he immediately took up the conversation: "As far as I know, there is a team of Xingdao mercenary regiments that have been active in the waters where this island chain is located, maybe You can get more accurate information from them."
The team Gao Qiaonan mentioned was naturally the first battalion of the mercenary regiment who played pirates in this sea area some time ago.However, because the mission was too sensitive, the first battalion did not join them. After evacuating from Phuket, it is still operating in the Burma Sea.
As for the current specific location, probably only Roger knows.
"General, Lord Roger is here."
Said that Cao Cao arrived, Luo Jie entered the tent, and was not surprised to see so many people gathered around the chart, he nodded to Qian Tiandun and said, "Are you in a meeting?"
Qian Tiandun said: "You came at a good time. We are discussing whether the island chain in the Burma Sea is worth developing. I heard that your mercenaries are familiar with the situation here. Could you please come and answer our questions? Confused?"
Roger smiled and said: "You are asking the right person about this matter. I don't need to call others, I can answer your questions. If this island chain is so easy to develop, then why should I waste time and effort to occupy these three islands?" To play this play?"
Obviously, in Roger's opinion, he would rather take the risk of occupying several islands belonging to other countries than develop the island chain belonging to No Man's Land.
As for the reason for making this choice, Roger didn't hide anything, and said it out very quickly.
First, the island chain is far away from the mainland, making it difficult to develop.The only bay that has the conditions to build a large port is on Central Andaman Island, [-] miles away from the nearest big city, Banda Aceh.It is also more than a thousand miles away from Siam in the east and Burma in the north.
For such an isolated overseas island, whether it is transporting materials or moving immigrants, it will face very high costs.
Second, the aborigines living in this island chain, because they were captured by slave traders in the early years, are extremely hostile to outsiders. They will definitely kill strangers when they see strangers. They are completely unable to coexist with immigrants, let alone Use it as a labor force to develop the island.
Third, the land on the island is extremely barren and it is difficult to grow crops. The aborigines make a living by hunting, fishing, and picking wild fruits and vegetables.This basically cut off the possibility of immigrants being self-sufficient by reclaiming farmland, making it difficult to maintain large-scale immigrant settlements.
So although the geographical location of this island chain is very important, it has been in a primitive state for thousands of years.
(End of this chapter)