America 1869: A Doppelganger Every Day

Chapter 110 Far East Colonialism Part 3

The bright future described by Bickley made the general's eyes light up, but as the head of the Far East for so long, the general could still see many problems in it.

"Your ideas are indeed quite good. In fact, if we can actually accomplish this, the strength of the Far East will increase rapidly, and we won't even be afraid of Brother Mao's side."

"We are not afraid even when facing countries like Britain and France."

"However, there are quite a few problems here."

"First is the Ryukyu Kingdom. If I remember correctly, this country was a vassal state of both the Qing Empire and the Ryukyu Kingdom."

"If we colonize Ryukyu, we will face a joint attack from both the Japanese and the Qing Empire."

"Unbeknownst to us, our Far East is still nominally under Russian control, and Britain, France, and other countries would never allow the Russian bear's influence to expand to Okinawa or even Southeast Asia."

"If we take action against Ryukyu, then Britain, France and other countries will definitely come out to stop us immediately."

"In that case, we will be under tremendous pressure."

"Although the Far East is powerful now, it is still difficult to confront so many countries."

"This first place was difficult to colonize, let alone Jiaozhi and Southeast Asia."

Bickley had already thought of a plan for this, so he remained calm and composed.

"Now that I've come to find the general, I must have already come up with a solution for him."

Bikri pointed towards the European continent, pointing to the area where Russia borders other European countries.

"The Russians are currently focusing their main efforts on Europe, which is why their Far East has been able to develop!"

"By the same token, as long as our existence can restrict or impact the development of countries like Britain and France in Europe, that's definitely what the Russian bear wants to see most."

"The simplest reason why our colonization of Ryukyu and even Southeast Asia was that it disrupted the colonial plans of countries like Britain and France, damaged their interests, and required them to devote more energy to Southeast Asia."

"As long as Britain, France, and other countries invest more energy in Southeast Asia and acquire fewer resources, their advantages in Europe will decrease, while Russia's advantages will increase."

"So, given this situation, if the people on the Russian side aren't fools, they will agree to our Far East colonization plan."

"As the general just said, Britain, France and other countries will absolutely not allow the Russian bear to continue its expansion in Southeast Asia."

"But what if the Far East and Russia are no longer one country?"

The general was startled.

"You want the Far East to break away from the Russian bear? That's absolutely unacceptable."

He waved his hand as he spoke.

The Far East General wasn't stupid. If the Far East really broke away from the Soviet Union, his position would be very difficult to keep, to say the least.

He is able to sit in the position of Far East General because of the Russian bear.

If he chooses to split with the Russian bear for the sake of a future where he might be ousted, then he might not be able to keep his position now.

He's not stupid; he definitely won't agree.

Moreover, once separated from the Russian bear, his importance would be greatly reduced.

Unless the colonization of Ryukyu, Cochinchina, and other countries has been completed, these warlords will not take action against him in order to maintain the stability of the Far East, even if he has broken away from the Russian bear.

To break away from Mao now would be suicide. When he dies, these people will elect a new person to take charge of everything, the Far East will remain the Far East, and his title as the Far East General will become history.

His gaze toward Bickley held a hint of scrutiny.

Bickley quickly smiled and said to the Far East General.

"General, you don't need to doubt me."

"From the very beginning, I was the one who gave you advice. Everyone knows that our interests are intertwined. I would never betray you, much less do anything that would harm the general's interests."

"Since I say that, I naturally have my reasons."

"I know what the general is worried about. Even if the Far East wants independence, the Russians will absolutely not agree."

"If the Far East really wants to become independent, then the Russian bear will definitely do everything in its power to take it back."

"If we really did that, our colonization plan would never even begin."

"So what we need to do is not to make the Far East independent, but to let the world know that although the Far East still belongs to the Russian bear, it is already independent of the Russian bear."

The Far East General was completely dumbfounded!

That's ridiculous. How can the Far East be independent of Russia?

Seeing the puzzled look on the Far East General's face, Bickley silently thanked his homeland in the parallel world before smiling and handing a document to the Far East General.

"General, please take a look."

"This is the most basic policy I formulated for the Far East colonization plan."

"It's like we've formed an alliance with them."

"If we want to expand our colonies in the Far East at this time, then Britain, France and other countries can no longer use the Soviet Union as a pretext."

"This laid the foundation for our Far East to colonize Southeast Asia together with countries like Britain and France, provided we had sufficient strength."

"But I did not suggest that the general colonize Borneo first, but rather colonize Ryukyu first. The fundamental reason is that after this basic approach is established, we still need to demonstrate the true strength of the Far East."

"We must use a war to let the world, the Qing Empire, Britain, France and other countries know that our Far East has now reached the forefront of the world."

"We need to gain their recognition of our place in the world so that we can have an equal footing in this wave of global colonization and avoid future troubles."

The Far East General slapped Bickley hard on the shoulder twice!

"You're really something."

33

You're right.

"As I just said, there are still some fundamental issues that haven't been resolved."