Chapter 1083: Siege

"Does the emperor mean that the industry that uses steam engines can be transferred overseas?"
　　
　　 There was a flash of light in Yang Chengye's mind, and suddenly he thought of something.
　　
　　 Xiao Ming smiled and nodded. He said: "In fact, some merchants in the Empire have brought steam engine technology to the colony. This is the mine in the colony. Mining without a steam engine is very inefficient."
　　
　　 "This is true. Relatively speaking, a thermal power plant must be built to use electricity. The steam engine only needs coal and water wherever it goes, which is very convenient." Yang Chengye said.
　　
Pang Yukun pondered for a while, and said,
The factories dominated by steam engines will slowly withdraw from the imperial market. These idle machines are indeed wasteful. Moreover, compared with the cheap labor in the colonies, the salaries of imperial workers are much higher, and the factory owners will also Gradually they can't bear it, but they can continue to make profits by moving to the colony, which is also a waste use for the empire."
　　
"This is what I mean. The merchants of the empire are merchants of the empire wherever they go, and their output is the output of the empire. Therefore, the steam engine industry is completely abandoned and huge waste is caused. It is better to transfer to various The colonies squeeze surplus value."
　　
　　 "Sage of the emperor!" When everyone heard the words, they were all in awe.
　　
　　 The speed of the empire's development over the years is so fast that the people of the empire can't keep up with the speed of factory machinery upgrading.
　　
　　 After the emergence of electricity, this contradiction has become more prominent. If you still use steam engines, you will face low efficiency and high labor costs. If you use electricity, all steam engines that have only been purchased for a few years will be idle.
　　
　　 After the empire successively occupied the Japanese and Southeast Asian colonies, there were already some smart businessmen preparing to move the steam engine factory to the colony, so that they could continue to produce in the colony, so that they would have money to buy electric machinery.
　　
　　 It's just that the empire has extremely strict technical control, except for the mining industry, it has been extremely strict in other aspects.
　　
　　 Because of this, businessmen complained when they contacted officials. Now that the emperor has set a tone, there is no problem with this matter.
　　
　　 The report on economics and technology is basically over here, and then Xiao Ming listened to the political and military reforms in the past two days.
　　
　　According to the report provided by the Cabinet and the General Staff, the restructuring of all provinces has now been completed, and officials in all positions are doing their own things.
　　
　　 And the top-down position of the military area is basically completed.
　　
　　 These two reforms were successfully completed, Xiao Ming also breathed a sigh of relief, because it means that the empire has now officially become a modernized country, no matter in terms of business, government, culture, or business.
　　
　　 In the coming hundreds of years, the order he created with his own hands will not lag behind, enough to ensure the stable operation of the empire. After all, these systems themselves come from the contemporary era.
　　
　　 The end of the year, the court meeting lasted from morning to noon. After receiving the ministers in the palace, the meeting continued in the afternoon, but the content of the afternoon meeting became a meeting for drawing up a specific plan for next year.
　　
　　 "If something happens, retreat if nothing happens!"
　　
　　 In the evening, amidst Qian Dafu’s shrill voice, the curtain came to an end. The ministers called for a long time and withdrew from the main hall. Tomorrow is the 30th anniversary of the year.
　　
　　 Standing up from the dragon chair, Xiao Ming and Qian Dafu first withdrew from the Zhengda Guangming Hall.
　　
　　 Coming to the outside of the hall, Xiao Ming looked up at the flying goose feathers and asked: "The war in Nanyang seems to be delayed until next year."
　　
　　 "I am afraid that is the case, but at least the Southeast Army has taken Jakarta, and now I don't know that Yue Yun's fleet is enough to control the maritime trade routes." Qian Dafu is responsible for receiving the telegrams, and he is naturally clear about these wars.
　　
　　Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed. In fact, he had a foreboding that the war in Nanyang would not be as easy as the Japanese and Goryeos. After all, although Western weapons were backward, they were truly modernized troops.
　　
　　 And the soldiers who lined up to be shot in the era were the most disciplined era, because they had to face the enemy's guns directly in every war.
　　
　　 So in Jakarta, the thunderous offensive resulted in two thousand casualties of soldiers, and in India there were more Western soldiers, and they would also lose a large number of soldiers if they headed against each other.
　　
　　 What he needs most now is oil. The occupation of India is not the first one, so he is also considering India's offensive plan.
　　
　　 Since the Imperial Navy can control the sea routes, the coalition soldiers besieged in India are a good choice.
　　
　　 At the same time, let Luo Xin’s Southwest Army attack East Indochina from the land, the British-controlled Burma, and surround India from the east of India. As a result, the Indian coalition forces will be more uncomfortable.
　　
　　 Soon, his idea was verified on the tenth day of the new year, and the telegram of the Imperial Navy was sent to him.
　　
"In the First Battle of the Ganges Estuary, the Imperial Navy sank 96 enemy warships, but more than 3,000 people were killed or injured. This is the most serious battle damage suffered by the Imperial Navy so far. According to Liu Chen, the coalition forces were built in Kolkata, India. With stronger fortifications, the Southeast Army alone may not be able to gnaw off this hard bone."
　　
　　 Cui Shangan in the Imperial Study is analyzing the battle reports from Nanyang.
　　
"How many people are there in the Southeast Army now?" Xiao Ming asked ~EbookFREE.me~ Back to the emperor, the total number of registered soldiers in the Southeast Army is 64,000, of which 57,000 are combat soldiers, and the remaining 7 Thousands of people are logistic and civilian personnel. "Cui Shangan said.
　　
　　 Xiao Ming nodded when he heard the words. Because of the modernization of the army, the logistics of the army is now his own business, because the logistics soldiers in the army account for a very small proportion.
　　
　　 "According to Liu Chen's statement, if we want to capture Kolkata, we are afraid that we will have to pay 20,000 soldiers casualties, which is equivalent to half of the combat personnel of the Southeast Army?"
　　
　　 "I'm afraid this is true, and the Southeast Army now has troops stationed in the colony in order to control the colony. The actual number of soldiers participating in the attack may only be about 40,000."
　　
Xiao Ming frowned, "It is not worth paying the lives of 20,000 soldiers for a Calcutta. If this is the case, then it will be consumed slowly. Anyway, the empire now has time. The more we wait for our advanced equipment, the more they separate from their own country. Too long will eventually lose the will to fight."
　　
　　 "The idea of ​​subordinate officials is also the same. Taking advantage of this time, the empire is able to digest the occupied colonies, and at the same time let the Southwest Army go south to attack the city, so that it can't look at each other."
　　
When he got up and walked to the map, Xiao Ming circled India in a red circle. He said, "Let’s do it. Also, expand the empire’s army to 600,000 people. I’m afraid we have to deal with things in the future. Not a lot."
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