After the Central Group Army got a vacation and replenished the losses caused by the previous battle in the Qinggu area from the new barracks, it set off for the eastern provinces.
They move very smoothly.
The connection between the eastern provinces, the three central provinces, and Fuxing City is very close.
The situation there is completely different from that in the Qinggu area.
The grain production capacity of the eastern provinces is very weak, even worse than that of the three central provinces.
That is mainly because the eastern provinces were the core urban areas on the main continent of the Raging Owl Star in the pre-war era, especially as they went to the coastal areas. In the three central provinces, there is only one urban ruin, the ruins of high towers, which can be said to be everywhere in the eastern provinces.
Although there is still a certain amount of flat wilderness soil that can be used for agricultural production, the overall amount is not enough.
The main food supply for the five to six million people living in the eastern provinces actually also relies on the Qinggu area.
After the turmoil in the Qinggu area, the eastern provinces also unexpectedly experienced the spread of famine and became turbulent.
The Alliance still has good intentions.
Gu Hang has always attached great importance to population. He does not want the eastern provinces to get into chaos and starve to death a lot of people, and then kill a lot of people to compete with each other for food.
Serious famine may even be more terrifying than the population reduction caused by war.
In this case, under Gu Hang's instruction, Bradford, who is currently in charge of the Union's Department of Commerce, continued to supply the eastern provinces in accordance with the Governor's ideas. food.
At the beginning, according to Bradford's businessman characteristics, he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to sell the grain at a high price, and he would definitely make a lot of money.
But this businessman’s instinct was severely criticized by Prime Minister Oceana.
Amidst the criticism, Bradford finally remembered that he was no longer a businessman. It is true that he is running the Ministry of Commerce, but he is a politician and he has to do things according to political logic rather than business logic.
For a long time in the past, the supply of grain to the eastern provinces was maintained by large orders imported from the Western Desert; recently, more grain has been imported from the Northern Qinggu Province.
The Qinggu region held an autumn harvest a few months ago. Although the output is still far behind compared to previous years, it is not a big problem to at least feed the 14 million people in the alliance.
A large number of cleared jungles and trees, as well as a large number of aberrant monsters that were killed in previous wars, were put into the synthetic starch factory.
The alliance conquered the self-developed technology of synthetic starch almost half a year ago. For related industrial lines, every time a set is produced, one set will be sent to Beiqinggu.
At present, many large and small synthetic starch factories have been put into operation in the Beiqinggu area.
The output of these synthetic starches is increasing.
Including these things that don’t taste very good, but if you eat them, you will definitely not starve to death. Then the Qinggu area can export more food than in the original high-yield years.
That's enough.
The large quantities of various foods exported from the alliance to the eastern provinces are mainly exchanged for various industrial raw materials in commercial terms.
Industrial raw materials are the most important basic output and traditional output of the eastern provinces.
To put it bluntly, it is similar to the production mechanism in the ruins of the tower, which relies on picking up garbage.
Exporting food at low prices in exchange for industrial raw materials is a basic business. It makes no money, or in other words, makes normal money.
But since I said it, this matter has political considerations, it is essentially a political business.
The political goal of this matter is not only to prevent millions of people in the eastern provinces from uncontrollable large-scale famine and war, but also to earn excess profits from business. Make money in other ways.
Through increased trade operations, the Alliance has established a very deep influence in many settlements in the eastern provinces.
The only one with sufficient food supply is the Alliance. This forces many settlements to sell raw materials to the alliance at normal prices. Of course, this is not forced in the strict sense. After all, the grain is not sold at a high price and the raw materials are not sold at low prices. It is a reasonable transaction.
But there are some accompanying conditions, such as promoting the alliance's system and reaffirming that one's settlement is a member of the alliance, which are necessary.
Don’t underestimate these, people’s minds will change.
In my own settlement, I don’t have enough food and clothing, I have to pick up garbage every day, I have to face mutant beasts in the wasteland, and I have to worry about marauders; in the Alliance, as long as I go there, I will become If you become a citizen of the Alliance and have a certain rank, you will at least have enough food and clothing. As for work, it can be more strenuous than picking up garbage. According to the league's propaganda, each rank has basic medical care and vacations.
Compare and you will know what is good and what is bad.
In conjunction with the second promotion, our settlement is also a member of the alliance.
Then don’t the residents at the bottom, or even the middle class, think about why we are all in the alliance and our lives are not good?
Then if one day, the alliance comes , saying that the entire settlement would be brought under the direct management of the alliance. So, how strong can the resistance of the entire settlement be?
Let alone resistance, I'm afraid it's not the leading party everywhere.
In addition to the minimum requirement to let the alliance's merchants promote the alliance, there are also other more in-depth cooperations.
For example, they began to gradually accept the guidance of some expatriate officials from various alliance ministries. The name is to help these settlements, build their homes, and bring the advanced experience of the alliance. Expatriate officials do not directly lead and manage each settlement, but act like consultants, providing reasonable advice to the leaders of the settlements.
That's what they say, but in fact
It's actually the same.
But in this process, the alliance's influence has naturally been further strengthened.
What strategies will those in power in the settlements who constantly listen to the advice of the alliance’s expatriate officials and yearn for the alliance system adopt when the alliance’s troops arrive?
In other words, the alliance’s long-standing food trade strategy and value export have brought about a strong expansion of political influence. In the past six months, a good situation has been established in the eastern provinces.
In fact, if the governor, Gu Hang, hadn’t urged him so hastily, the alliance might not have needed military action. It would just have to fan the flames when the time comes in the future, and a war would sweep across the entire eastern provinces. The revolutionary wave can safely take over this area with millions of square kilometers and a population of 6 million.
Military operations are a double-edged sword.
Of course, this can speed up the process of bringing the entire eastern provinces under the rule of the alliance, and there is no need to wait for the so-called time to mature. But correspondingly, some of the people who might have been fought over may now be on the opposite side of the alliance.
It’s harmless.
At present, the new troops that the Alliance Army has planned to form have not yet been reorganized, and the corresponding weapons and equipment are still in production. The Central Army Group that is leaving now has only seven divisions and more than 70,000 people.
But they still have good news.
The land in the eastern provinces is too large, and because many urban ruins stand on the wasteland, the terrain is widely separated, and it is difficult for various settlements to form a joint force. In addition, there are quite a few places , itself does not have a strong will to resist.
As a result, when faced with the actions of Army Group Center, many places simply surrendered directly.
The alliance also has corresponding policies in this regard.
Those who do not resist are not considered enemies. From the people to the original ruling class, they will receive relatively good treatment.
As for resistance
It is equivalent to using a mantis' arm as a chariot.
To put it bluntly, even if all the six million people in the entire eastern provinces were gathered together, they could form an army of hundreds of thousands, with rubbish armaments, rubbish logistics, and an alliance that would cut off the food supply immediately. If most of them could starve to death, they wouldn't be able to resist.
Not to mention, they can't unite.
Yan Fangxu's army made rapid progress in the east.
Often within a few hours, we would say we had captured one or two settlements.
Later, Yan Fangxu himself felt embarrassed when the good news came out.
If you have anything good to say, send a regiment and stand next to a settlement. If you don’t fire a shot, they will attack you in three minutes. If you are more aggressive, pull out the regiment’s artillery and fire twice. , the infantry fired a few shots that were more intimidating than attacking, and they only took fifteen minutes.
ReallyThose who resist to the end will be killed.
Destroy all the rebels and arrest all the leaders. There is no need to escort them back to Fuxing City. The verdict will be pronounced on the spot. Local people will be divided into other camps depending on the situation.
It can be considered a thunderous method.
After this entire battle is fought, even if only one group is separated, it usually takes less than a day to complete it.
In short, no matter what the situation is, there are corresponding and mature ways to deal with it.
In this way, when they regained the two million people in the central province, they only played with the remaining things. It was nothing more than trying it again in the eastern provinces, which were larger and more dispersed in population. .
This kind of good news really has no intention of passing it forward.
In the future, Yan Fangxu would just make a summary battle report every other week and be done with it.
Gu Hang was too lazy to read more of Yan Fangxu’s reports.
It is nothing more than conquering a city today and a town tomorrow, which is not interesting.
To be honest, he had no doubt at all that the Central Army Group could easily defeat the entire eastern provinces.
The only thing you need to worry about is that there should be no more ghosts and monsters popping up in the east.
It is just a local survivor force that does not pose any threat.
He is still tossing around the remaining gift points in his hand.
The new blood of the Phoenix, the construction of the 10th Special Forces Brigade, and the expansion of the Alliance Army. In these aspects, Gu Hang spent a total of about 5,500 points of gifts.
He still has more than 12,000 points in his hand.
As for these gift points, he plans to invest them all in the construction of the territory.
This is divided into two parts: technology and architecture.
Let’s talk about architecture first.
After the war in the Qinggu area was settled, Gu Hang discovered that three new buildings had appeared in the building interface.
They are farm i, state church, and trial court.
Gu Hang estimated that the farm buildings were because after he captured the Qinggu area, the area of agricultural production land increased significantly, reaching a certain goal built into the system, thus achieving the goal of unlocking farm buildings. achievements.
The farm i building has the same properties as the civilian factory i and military factory i that Gu Hang has unlocked before. Spending 100 gift points and loading it onto a farm that has been built and put into production can increase production to a certain extent.
Before, there were no extra gift points to use for these production-increasing buildings, but now he has quite a lot of gift points, so he can use them.
After thinking about it, he didn’t exchange any farm buildings.
No need.
According to a rough report recently sent back by Beiqinggu Province, it mentioned the production plan for the next year.
According to optimistic estimates, throughout next year, Beiqinggu willThe region's food production, from agricultural products plus synthetic starch, can reach a total value of about six million tax dollars.
Coupled with the food output imported from the West Desert and the three central provinces, the total must be food worth about three million tax coins.
This batch of food is enough to feed a well-off society, which is the alliance's e9 food supply standard, and can feed a population of more than 18 million; pay a little attention to food rationing and supply, and meet the food and clothing standard. That is, the alliance's e5 level standard, which can feed a population of more than 27 million; if it is a little more harsh, taking the standard of not starving to death, which is the alliance's e3 level, it can feed a population of 45 million.
Even if the six million people in the entire eastern provinces are included, the total population of the alliance is only 20 million.
Nothing is enough.
On the contrary, industrial production is never enough.
Especially the military industry.
Civilian factories produce mainly various types of consumer goods. If you use these things to pay taxes, the empire will recognize them; if you go out to do interstellar trade, others will also want them. But overall, demand is relatively small. If you engage in commerce and trade, you can't sell it at a high price, so you can give tax credits to the empire, and the tax amount assessed is generally lower than its true production value.
But on the contrary, arms are hard currency in the interstellar world and are a hot spot for trade. The empire will give them enough tax coins to pay taxes.
In this case, Gu Hang redeemed 16 military factories and 4 civilian factories in one go.
The former have all been added to various military industries in Wei Xing City.
The latter will also be put into the metal smelting industry of basic heavy industries such as ceramic steel and plastic steel, as well as the metal processing industry.
Don’t say anything. Now the alliance’s production of wind falcons has increased to ten per month.
After redeeming these twenty factory bonus cards, it is estimated that the annual industrial output value of Weixing City will increase by 400,000 tax coins.
The price is only 2000 gift points.
He still has ten thousand points.
Gu Hang no longer used these 10,000 gifts for other purposes, but used them all to draw technology cards
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