African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1251 Second-hand Fleet
The East African military has basically confirmed its policy of clearing out the local population as much as possible, but it would be better if it could use "gentle" means and less killing.

Rumors are a relatively "mild" method. By spreading the bad reputation of East Africa through rumors, a considerable number of people can voluntarily leave the Kra Isthmus territory, reducing the workload of the subsequent East African army.

Songkhla Province.

After the negotiations with the Siamese government ended, Official Ande did not return to Lan Fang, but went directly to Songkhla Province with a group of people.

"Currently, the military is spreading rumors throughout the Isthmus of Kra territory. I believe that in the near future, a large-scale population migration will occur in the Isthmus of Kra region." The secretary reported to Ander.

Many of the so-called rumors are actually facts. After all, the crimes committed by East Africa in Southeast Asia are too numerous to list. However, it is naturally impossible for the East African authorities to admit them to the outside world, so these facts have become so-called "rumors."

Ander said, "Very good. There are obviously a lot more ships in Songkhla these days. It can be seen that a large number of Siamese people are leaving the area. This also saves us a lot of effort."

Songkhla Port, the military port selected by the Pacific Fleet, is currently undergoing a large-scale migration. Many local residents have booked boat tickets to northern Siam, but many people still choose to stay here.

Ander said: "Those who are still staying in Songkhla may not be able to imagine what kind of results they will face in the future. Once the Pacific Fleet arrives, this place will become the empire's military bridgehead."

"Especially those pagans with ulterior motives. If they regard the empire as the same as the Siamese government, they will suffer a great loss."

Although the Lan Fang Overseas Province is a remote area compared to the East African mainland, as one of the provinces of the empire, even if the Lan Fang Overseas Province has a relatively low status in the empire, it does not affect the status of Ande, a senior official of the Lan Fang Overseas Province, as a member of the empire's senior leadership.

After all, there are only more than 40 provinces in the whole of East Africa, and there are less than 60 colonial governors. Ander can be said to be a real frontier official.

At present, East Africa has not yet established an administrative framework in the Isthmus of Kra, so Ander is temporarily stationed in Songkhla, in charge of the affairs here until the governor sent by the central government arrives.

In fact, the governor has obviously greater power in his jurisdiction. However, because the colonies where these governors are located have backward economies and small populations, their political status is not as high as that of normal senior officials. Of course, on the surface, the two are at the same level.

The highest leader of the Kra Isthmus Territory will obviously still be the governor. After all, fighting against the local indigenous people is a long and bloody task.

Ander said, "I don't know which unlucky guy the central government will send here to take up the post next. After all, the difficulty of thoroughly governing the Kra Isthmus is no less difficult than that of East Kalimantan, and may even be more difficult."

And the reason why Ander came to this conclusion is based on two aspects. One is that although the local land area is much smaller than that of East Kalimantan, the population is almost the same as that of East Kalimantan.

Another reason is that the Arab religious forces here are difficult to deal with, because East Africa’s previous actions in East Kalimantan have already spread, and it is almost impossible for East Africa to trick these pagan forces onto the ship and then kill them.

One of the important strategies that enabled East Africa to quickly settle East Kalimantan was to deceive local forces, making them think that East Africa would adopt a colonial approach similar to that of other powers, thus making them give up resistance. As a result, East Africa broke its word and immediately raised its butcher knife after the local forces laid down their arms.

After learning from their mistakes, the Arab religious forces in the Isthmus of Kra will certainly not accept the "amnesty" from the East African government again.

This means that East Africa will adopt more extreme ruling methods in the Kra Isthmus than in East Kalimantan.

Of course, from Ander's words, we can know that the East African government has always regarded the local Arab religious forces as a major threat.

On the contrary, there was not much hostility towards the Siamese. After all, the Siamese in the Isthmus of Kra could be "integrated" in the eyes of East Africa. Of course, the premise was that there were not too many of them.

Of course, the Siamese here only refer to those Siamese of the lowest level. As for the Siamese who originally belonged to the ruling class, it is better for them to return to Siam. Otherwise, East Africa would not mind cleaning them up.

"Sir, our navy's fleet has already arrived from Pontianak to Wangka." At this time, a subordinate came into the office to report to Ander. Ander stood up from the sofa and said, "Very good, it seems that the new governor should be here soon. Let's go and contact the navy first."

Ande couldn't stay in Songkhla forever. After all, he was first and foremost a high-ranking official in the overseas province of Lan Fang and he had to return to Lan Fang.

At this time, from the window you can see that more than a dozen ships of the Pacific Fleet are already anchored at sea.

Pontianak Port is the home port of the Pacific Fleet. The strength of the fleet sent to Songkhla this time cannot be underestimated. There is even a battleship. The other main ships are two cruisers and a frigate, and finally small warships such as torpedo boats.

There is no doubt that just a part of the Pacific Fleet is enough to defeat other naval forces in the entire South China Sea region.

Currently, the total tonnage of the East African Pacific Fleet is nearly 200,000 tons, of which nearly 160,000 tons are deployed in the South Pacific region. With 200,000 tons, it is second only to the United States and Japan in the Pacific region.

The main reason for the expansion of the Pacific Fleet is the crazy expansion of the East African Navy in recent years.

The strength of the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet is obviously more exaggerated than that of the Pacific Fleet. The total tonnage of the East African Navy has now risen to more than 1.3 million tons.

It has surpassed the United States and ranks third in the world. The total tonnage of the US Navy is about one million tons. The United Kingdom, Germany, East Africa and the United States are also the only countries in the world whose total naval ship tonnage exceeds one million tons.

Among them, the United Kingdom is far ahead and ranks first with a scale of nearly three million tons, still maintaining the "two-strong standard".

After all, the total naval tonnage of Germany and East Africa, which rank second and third in the world, is still some distance away from three million tons.

Of course, the current size of the navy is affordable for East Africa and will not have a negative impact on economic development, and the Pacific Fleet is the beneficiary.

However, many of the ships in the Pacific Fleet are old ships eliminated from the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet.

For example, the two battleships of the Pacific Fleet are both pre-dreadnought-class battleships. The battleships are in such a state, and the other warships are even more terrible. Some of them are even in service from the 1980s. However, they are completely sufficient for use in the South China Sea.

However, this also means that the Pacific Fleet cannot get rid of the internal name of the "second-hand fleet". In fact, the situation of the Alaska Navy, which also belongs to East Africa, is even more miserable.

However, the Alaska Navy is not on the same level as the three major fleets. Its main battleship is even an ironclad ship from the 1970s.

Although the Pacific Fleet, a "second-hand fleet", claims to be second only to the United States and Japan in the Pacific region, in fact the US and Japanese navies are far ahead in the Pacific Ocean.

If the East African Pacific Fleet retreats to the South China Sea, it may still be able to dominate the world, but once it leaves the South China Sea and enters the North Pacific, it will never be a match for the navies of the United States and Japan.

Moreover, although the total tonnage of the East African Pacific Fleet is nearly 200,000 tons, it is relatively scattered. In addition to the South Pacific, it is also divided into three small parts, such as the Hawaiian Islands Division, the South Ryukyu Islands Division, and the Oceania Division.

Except for the relatively compact East African colonies in the South Pacific, other colonies in the Pacific region were too scattered, especially the cluster of islands around Oceania.

In fact, if the Alaskan Navy is included, it will better reflect the complexity and difficulty of East Africa's colonial system in the Pacific Ocean.

At least, if the United States or Japan targets the East African and Pacific colonies, there will be basically no resistance except in the South Pacific region.

(End of this chapter)