1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Carry out the second batch of mobilization, increase the existing 65 infantry divisions to 90, and increase the total infantry strength to about 1.4 million."

"The newly formed 25 infantry divisions will cancel the brigade organization and adopt the 1 division 3 regiment system to strengthen the firepower composition. In addition, each division will be equipped with a tank battalion."

"If the number of tanks is insufficient, we can take our time. Build the frame first. In the next few months, we will not have too many combat missions. Take this opportunity to prepare."

"Of these 25 divisions, 10 will be sent to Arabia, stay in Mesopotamia, and the remaining 15 will be sent to Thailand for training." Liu Ming tapped the table lightly, and every tap seemed to hit everyone's heart in conjunction with his words.

Put it in Thailand? Why put it in Thailand? Thailand is a protectorate of the Huaxia Empire. Unlike Japan, Thailand is a country officially recognized as a protectorate of the Huaxia Empire internationally, but its presence has never been very strong.

The Huaxia Empire has a garrison in Thailand, with a large number of people, nearly 20,000, and a fleet stationed in the Gulf of Thailand, but there are only a few old ships that are more than ten years old, and the total weight is less than 10,000 tons.

However, unlike other countries that station garrisons and protectorates mainly for the purpose of bullying, the Huaxia Empire's troops stationed in Thailand have been staying in the southeast of Thailand, not moving much, and not allowing people to approach the camp.

In the past few years, the South China Empire also built infrastructure in this area. At present, Thailand has only 11 standard hardened roads and railways, which are the roads from here to the dock, but that's all. The Huaxia Empire has not taken further action to develop Thailand.

Whether internationally or within the empire, Thailand and this garrison are very low-key and in an insignificant position.

There are two reasons. First, Thailand is sandwiched between the British Burma region and French Indochina, and its location is relatively sensitive-this is for others to hear.

Second, this is Liu Yiming's nuclear test base, and currently a prototype reactor and two verification reactors have been built.

They all successfully carried out chain reactions, but since they were all reactors for research, their power was not large. The output energy of the prototype reactor was less than 5 watts, and the No. 2 verification reactor was upgraded to less than 100 watts, and they already had a lot of equipment and parts.

Ernest and others are leading hundreds of students to study this magical "future energy" day and night. At present, many basic topics have achieved breakthroughs and the basic structure is close to completion.

Only a few people like Liu Ming and Xu Hui, as well as participants, know about these things. Liu Ming has been keeping a close eye on these news all along.

Because of this, no one has intervened too much in Thailand's affairs. Anyway, it's just a small Thailand, and no one thinks it's a big deal for Liu Ming to play with it.

Now suddenly send 15 divisions over? Even if it is a 3-regiment division, the standard structure of a division is not less than 12,000 people, and 15 divisions are at least 110,000 people.

110,000 people are not many in Arabia or Europe, but in Thailand, it is a bit eye-catching.

"It is claimed that these 15 divisions need to be reorganized and trained locally before they can be put into battle."

"In the future, the British may cause trouble in the local area. No matter what method you use to make the Thais obedient, there must not be any opposition or unrest in Thailand."

Liu Ming said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, we will expand the army by 25 divisions. Junior officers can be promoted temporarily. Light weapons are also okay. The weapons in reserve are enough, but heavy weapons, trucks and motorcycles may not be enough."

"Except for the trucks used for engineering in the north, most of the remaining trucks this year have been exported to Europe."

"Even if we add more production lines, steel production capacity cannot provide enough raw materials, and our automobile production capacity is also difficult to provide tens of thousands of trucks and corresponding motorcycles within a few months."

"In addition, heavy weapons, such as heavy machine guns and rocket launchers, can be pieced together with inventory, but barreled artillery is not. We still have many orders from Europe, and we have provided a lot of raw materials to the Germans, and we will continue to provide more raw materials in the future."

"It is almost impossible to produce enough artillery within a few months."

"As for tanks, we have ordered more than 500 chassis to supplement the losses of the armored division and prepare for the new armored division. With the production capacity of the tractor manufacturing plant, it is no problem to equip the tank battalion."

Xie Hui silently calculated the number of equipment needed for the expansion of the army and quickly stood up to speak.

The Empire's Sixth Army has a tradition of storing munitions, and the scale is not small. The standard is to prepare for the current Sixth Army's one-year battle.

However, before the war, that is, before the establishment of the Huaxia Empire, in the South China era, the total number of the Sixth Army was maintained at 3.4 million. After the South China-Japan War, the European War followed. The Huaxia Empire was established, and the Sixth Army conducted large-scale military training, and the scale was expanded to the current million.

The weapons originally in stock have long been distributed, and many soldiers are holding weapons that have just left the factory.

Although production is gradually expanding, Europe's demand is also increasing. In addition, the Huaxia Empire has joined the war, and its own consumption is not small. Xie Hui has tried his best to accumulate a little wealth.

There is still room for expansion, of course, no problem. The steel production transformed in the Huaxia region has gradually been put into production, but it takes time to go from steel to weapons. It is far from enough to manufacture an additional 25 divisions of heavy equipment in a few months.

"Your Majesty, the situation in the Arab theater is currently good. The resistance of the Arabs has gradually become weak. Zheng Lei will soon be able to concentrate on the front line."

"The Arabs have already concentrated 300,000 troops, which are fully capable of dealing with the Ottomans. Even if the Ottomans come with their entire army, it will be no problem to hold on."

"If the goal is only the Ottomans, there is no need to continue to send troops to the Arabs." Wang Xu saw Liu Ming thinking, so he stood up and said.

Wang Xu was pointing at Xie Hui, because Liu Ming deployed his troops in Mesopotamia, which was obviously not to deal with the Ottomans.

As he said, Zheng Lei fought well. The Ottomans had no money or weapons to continue fighting. Zheng Lei's progress was slow. First, it was Liu Ming's request, and second, it was to reduce casualties. When dealing with cities, it was mainly to slowly besiege.

Just like Damascus, Zheng Lei should have left two divisions there to slowly grind with the Ottomans, but it seemed that the situation was about to change. The morale of the Ottomans had dropped to the freezing point, and the defeat and surrender were imminent.

The longer the time dragged on, the more troops and supplies Zheng Lei could mobilize, but the Ottomans' ability to resist would be lower and lower, and defeat was a matter of time.

"The power structure of the Russian Empire determines that the government has no way to refuse the Tsar's request. The naive Nicholas II will definitely launch an attack at the request of the British brothers."

"This winter's attack will definitely fail. After more than two years of war, Russia is exhausted. The action in the northern theater may be launched at any time. I need a force to deter the British."

Liu Ming said bluntly, although it sounds a bit unbelievable. After all, it is really unbelievable that such a big country can collapse at any time.

However, as an emperor, he could have said his strategic intentions. He didn't say it before because he didn't notice that everyone was not paying attention to the situation in the Russian Empire.

In fact, many senior generals, including Yang Tao, even if they heard Liu Ming's theory of the collapse of the Russian Empire, only simply understood their own arrangements, and then there was no more.

In their view, the two sides will eventually have to fight, but not now. The Huaxia Empire does not have the energy to deal with multiple fronts.

"To form a pincer attack on British Persia, India, and Burma? I think that the Great Six Bridge plan is not as good as going through Persia to India, and then connecting the Gulf of Thailand and southern Yunnan through Myanmar, rather than going through the Caspian Sea." Xie Hui glanced at the map and spoke without hesitation.

This railway has a longer total mileage. Although the terrain along the way is complex, the construction difficulty will not be much higher than the original plan, and the population along the line is ten times or even dozens of times that of the original plan.

India alone has a population of 320 million. With Persia and Burma, the population exceeds 350 million. It can further connect the Malay Peninsula and southern Yunnan, and the population will exceed 400 million.

In the original plan, after crossing the Caspian Sea, the population along the line was less than 10 million, Afghanistan had only 34 million people, and Kazakhstan was about the same number. The economic benefits and influence were completely incomparable.

"In that case, Britain would immediately end the war with the Germans and attack us directly, and it would not stop until death." Liu Yiming said unhappily.

Liu Yiming grabbed territory everywhere. He could still get a bite on the British table, but he would not touch the British plate.

If nothing else, it is because the UK currently has a huge fleet of more than 800 ships with a total tonnage of more than 3 million tons.

Germany is shrinking on the shore, and the warships cannot land, so the UK can't do anything about it.

But the Huaxia Empire and Arabia are currently isolated overseas, and Southeast Asia is tens of thousands of islands, and the 6th is in the north, far away.

India is the lifeblood of the British and the basis for it to maintain its great power.

Maybe the Huaxia Empire Navy can make Britain pay a heavy price and defend several important islands, but what about after that? How to end?

Moreover, the development has been interrupted, and it is unclear where the future will go.

"Okay, expand the army as soon as possible, set up the framework first, and slowly replenish heavy equipment."

"Pay close attention to the situation in Russia, and speed up the storage of supplies. Food and cold-resistant supplies must be stored in sufficient quantities, otherwise you will go to Siberia to eat snow."

Seeing that everyone had reacted, Liu Ming made a decision.

"Wang Xu, you stay for a while, and the others will disperse." Liu Ming waved his hand and left Wang Xu.

Everyone dispersed with frowns, wondering how to create a large amount of resources without interfering with the war and exports.

"The Arab Governorate is too large at present, and it is still fighting, so it is too difficult to manage. I plan to change the division and divide the existing Arab into four major regions."

"I hope you can handle this matter." Liu Ming looked at Wang Xu.

"Don't know the target? There is a possibility that the news will leak out." Wang Xu frowned a little. After all, there are still tens of millions of people in these areas. It is impossible not to leak the news if you want to kill them all.

"No, continue to maintain the original policy towards Islam, only target the upper class, and force secularization."

"The most important thing is that many Jews have entered the country recently..."

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