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Chapter 365 Borneo (5)

However, due to several accidents during the docking journey, the final cross-couple array was not neat. The assault boats that rushed to the shore were front and back, and some were 2,30 meters behind. There were also two companies of assault boats that were dislocated when they rushed to the shore. Therefore, after the soldiers got off the boat, the situation was once chaotic. It took nearly 10 minutes for each company to organize its teams and deploy it into an offensive formation, launching an attack on their respective targets until they occupied the targets.

Of course, since there were no troops guarding the beach in this training, the final offensive target was actually just a formality and had no substantial reference value.

After the entire training was over, Ma Xukun was quite embarrassed. In the past few days, each link had been conducted individual training, and the soldiers performed well, but Zhizhi put the whole process together and became like this. Therefore, Ma Xukun also looked ashamed and said to Luo Yue: "Commander, this time I really disappointed you."

Luo Yue waved his hand and said, "Don't blame yourself. When you first get into new tactics and new weapons, you must have a familiar process. At the beginning, some mistakes are inevitable. In the future, you must summarize carefully, strengthen training, and solve problems in training."

After hearing this, Ma Xukun felt at ease and said, "Yes, we will definitely summarize carefully and strengthen training in the future. Next time the drill will let the commander see a new result."

Luo Yue nodded and smiled, "There is no need to rush for a moment. New tactics and new weapons are so fast. Come step by step, go down and see the soldiers."

Then everyone walked down the viewing platform and came to the training ground. At this time, the soldiers of the battalion also lined up. Although almost everyone's military uniforms had not yet been done, they were standing with their pens straight and motionless.

Luo Yue came to the queue and gave some excuses to the soldiers, encouraging the soldiers not to be upset about the failure of this drill, but should continue to train hard, summarize carefully, and strive to master new tactics and the use of new weapons as soon as possible.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, the battalion immediately summarized. In response to the problems that arise during this training, we actively discussed the areas and methods for solving improvements. We first discussed them in platoons, then gathered them to the company, and then gathered them from the company to the battalion. The battalion department also studied the problems and methods raised by the lower-level troops, finally determined several improvement plans, and deduced them on the sand table, and then distributed them to the entire battalion. Another drill was conducted the next day, and the effect this time was much better.

Afterwards, two more drills were conducted, and they were basically very skillful. So Ma Xukun invited Luo Yue to watch the drill. Sure enough, the landing process was very smooth this time, basically no accidents happened, and the time was used very short. It took less than half an hour from the assault boat exiting the cabin to the landing to occupying the target. The efficiency was greatly improved, and Luo Yue was also very satisfied.

However, this is just the beginning. After all, there is only one battalion trained, and there are no defensive troops on the shore, so it is far from being a practical environment. Therefore, it is still far from enough to be well-trained. In addition, whether this login method is useful is not certain. There are also multiple login methods that need to be practiced, and ultimately, it must be tested in a similar way to the actual environment.

But these things must be resolved slowly in future training, so there is no need to worry about Luo Yue, because at this time there is news in Pontianak that Major General Spee, the German Governor to the Far East, arrived in Pontianak, and prepared to hold talks with Luo Yue. This is also another important task for Luo Yue to come to Borneo to investigate this time, which is to negotiate with Spee to discuss the ways for both sides to get along in Borneo.

At the beginning of last year, the East China Government and Germany reached an agreement on colonial replacement. Germany used about 300,000 square kilometers of land in southern Tanzania, Germany, about 147,000 square kilometers of land in northern Namibia, Southwest Germany, to exchange about 66,000 square kilometers of Sabah area in northern Borneo and about 37,000 square kilometers of land in the Lantao area in southern Germany.

After the agreement was signed, in October of that year, Major General Spey, the Governor of the Far East appointed by the German Emperor, led a fleet to Borneo and received the replaced land. In November, the East China Government also sent a fleet to Africa and received the land used for replacement by Germany. After Speyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

The German government always regarded these two colonies in Borneo, because before that, although Germany had not had few colonies in the Far East, it was mainly scattered in several archipelagos, with few larger islands, only German New Guinea and German Sulawesi was a little larger, but German New Guinea was relatively remote, so only German Sulawesi was considered a good place, but it was only the southern peninsula of Sulawesi, and the rest of the place was still in the Netherlands. And there was only one German Sulawesi, which was also a monofilament that could not form a line, making it difficult to form a large climate.

The two areas of Sabah and Lantao are not only large in area, but also very close to German Sulawesi. It is less than 500 kilometers from Lantao to German Sulawesi, and even from Sabah to German Sulawesi, it is only more than 1,000 kilometers from Sabah to German Sulawesi. Therefore, after Germany obtains these two regional areas, it can form a triangular linkage with German Sulawesi, which is of great strategic value. In addition, Sabah and Lantao are backed by Borneo, which is equivalent to being backed by the East China Government. During the war, it can receive support from the East China Government.

So Germany also decided to vigorously develop Sabah and Lantao, and built these two colonial areas into German bridgeheads in the Far East. Therefore, after receiving Sabah and Lantao, Germany transferred more than 1,500 workers from the local area and transported a large number of machinery and equipment. At the same time, it also spent money to hire more than 10,000 Russian prisoners from the East China Government to build ports and terminals and urban roads. In addition, a large amount of infrastructure materials were imported from the East China Government, such as cement, steel, wood, bricks and stones. These things are now produced in large quantities, and the quality is also good, which is much easier than transporting them from Germany all the way.

Thanks to the strong domestic investment, Germany's construction of Lantao in Sabah was faster than that of the East China Government. The Guda, Friedrich, Nadou, Tawau, Lantao, Kotabalu and other places in Sabah were built in the initial scale, and Friedrich had already vaguely looked like a modern city. Now Germany is stationed in Sabah, Lantao each with a regiment of troops, and the fleet is centered on four large Samoan-class cruisers. This type of warship is actually an improved design based on the Qingzhou-class protective cruiser of the People's Army Navy, and its combat effectiveness is better than that of the Qingzhou-class. Germany has built 8 warships of this type, and this time it has sent 4 ships to the Far East.

However, Germany still needs the support of the East China Government in Borneo, otherwise it is not a rival of Britain and France in the Far East. Moreover, the East China Government is also actively developing Borneo, so the two sides still have a lot of room for cooperation in Borneo. At the same time, when both sides get along in Borneo, there will inevitably be a meeting. Although the relationship between the two sides is right now, it is also necessary to formulate a set of rules for the two sides to get along. This time, Luo Yue came to Borneo, and the cause was that he was in response to the German requirements, so he checked the construction of the garrison and training base in Borneo.

So Luo Yue rushed back to Pontianak from the training base and met Spey with Yang Jianzhong.

After meeting, the two sides were polite to each other and soon got to the point. First, they determined the border line between the two sides, the management methods of several channels, the procedures for entry and exit, the system of cross-border services, the rules for military patroling the border, the scope of activities, the weapons they carry when patrolling, how to greet each other after meeting, greet each other when they have something to do, and the management of the indigenous people on the island, etc. Then there are rules for the maritime patrol encounter between the two sides. Most of these rules have ready-made regulations and only simple modifications can be used, so the two sides quickly reached an agreement.

Next is the trade exchanges between the two sides and the joint development agreement. With the development of Borneo, business in Borneo also developed greatly. Germany also opened many commercial banks in Sabah and Lantao, so trade exchanges became increasingly frequent. However, the East China Government occupied a large territory, with richer products, and vigorously developed agriculture. Therefore, it is much more beneficial than Germany in this regard. However, the cost of buying goods directly from the East China Government's merchants in Borneo is much lower than that from Germany.

In fact, the East China Government and Germany have very detailed trade rules, but the situation in Borneo has certain special characteristics after all, so it is necessary to formulate some special trade rules. However, these trade rules can only be limited to trade in Borneo, and also to commodities produced in Borneo. Other trades are still in accordance with the trade rules formulated by the East China Government and Germany earlier.

Finally, the cooperation between the two parties is divided into public and private two types, but no matter which one, it needs to be based on certain rules, including the final arbitration rules.
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