Chapter 1006: Actions of Britain and Japan

Someone has already taken the first step in the field of chemical fibers, and then someone will continue to make breakthroughs in this field. East Africa still has a certain level of scientific research capabilities. As long as we continue to try and make mistakes, we will eventually achieve remarkable results.

Ernst said: "Chemical fibers play a huge role in people's livelihood, military, and economic development. In the past, the textile industry used natural fibers as the main raw materials, and cotton, linen, silk, and wool dominated the textile industry. The characteristics of chemical fibers are richer. As long as technology continues to advance, more possibilities can be generated."

The director of the New Frankfurt Chemical Fiber Factory said: "It is indeed as your highness said. In the past ten years, a variety of chemical fibers have been produced. Although many technologies are immature, this also allows us to see the diversity of chemical fibers. With the development of the chemical industry, more products that replace traditional fibers will definitely be born in the future society."

In fact, he is not as optimistic as Ernst. After all, the textile industry is too large. As the world's largest industry, the textile industry occupies a pillar position in all industrial countries in the world. At present, the scale of chemical fiber production is too small, and it is difficult to imagine replacing traditional fabrics.

Ernst is naturally different. In the past, chemical fibers were very successful, exceeding traditional fabrics in production and applied to many fields. Therefore, East Africa must place a heavy bet on this technology tree.

So Ernst said: "We must pay attention to the research and production of chemical fibers, especially your factory, as the first chemical fiber production factory in East Africa, we must accumulate experience and continue to explore."

In fact, there are many chemical fiber factories in the same batch as New Frankfurt, but New Frankfurt is the fastest to build because it is close to Rhine City. Otherwise, the title of the first chemical fiber factory in East Africa would not be here.

During the First Five-Year Plan, East Africa's emphasis on the development of the chemical industry has been initially presented. Before that, East Africa could only focus on the two emerging fields of electricity and internal combustion engines.

Although basic industries such as textiles, steel, coal, and mechanical processing have developed, it can only be said that there is a gap with top industrial countries, and these fields are also easier to achieve results.

Any industrial country, even a country like the Far East Empire with a very small proportion of industry, or Japan with scarce resources, can make achievements. East Africa has supported these basic industries with sufficient industrial raw materials and population, but it is slightly lacking in international market competitiveness.

However, the development of these basic industries is impossible to avoid, no matter how strong or weak, especially for big countries. In the new century, the focus of East Africa's industry is still not the traditional industrial field, but rather emerging industries such as petroleum and chemicals. At the same time, industries related to electricity and internal combustion engines have begun to form huge value and flourish.

This does not mean that traditional industries in East Africa cannot be developed, but in big countries like East Africa, the resources obtained are relatively sufficient. Perhaps not as good as those in the United States and Germany, but still very considerable compared with other countries.

This is the positive effect of national size on industrial development. Big countries have sufficient resources and population to support more comprehensive industrial development, while many small countries are constrained by the above conditions and can only give up some industries.

For example, Japan's steel industry is constrained by the lack of local coal and iron ore, and its output is pitifully low compared with other industrial countries and semi-industrial countries. That is, other countries in the region where Japan is located have weak industrial foundations, otherwise it is difficult to form competitiveness.

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"Your Highness, as far as we know, the Japanese government may have reached certain conditions with the UK. The number of Japanese diplomats in London has increased significantly in the past few days, and the two countries should have reached an agreement on the Far East issue."

The intelligence department of East Africa has always attached importance to the UK and Japan, so when Japan and the UK interact, East Africa will soon be able to grasp part of the situation.

"Far East issue! Is the intelligence reliable?" Ernst asked directly.

"Yes, there are many participants in this kind of meeting, so it is easy for us to get relevant information from the British government."

It is relatively simple to get intelligence from the UK. As a "democratic" country, the UK can obtain some political trends of the British government as long as it is willing to spend money or build good relationships with certain government officials.

On the contrary, the work of the East African intelligence department in Japan is more difficult, because Japan's intelligence department developed earlier, but Japan's main focus is on dealing with the Far East Empire and Tsarist Russia, while they also focus on the intelligence of the UK and the United States, two countries that have important influence on Japan, so it is difficult to pay too much attention to East Africa.

Although East Africa and Japan have had some unpleasant experiences on territorial issues, except for the South Ryukyu Islands, East Africa is unlikely to arouse Japan's interest.

"According to the information we have learned, the most likely target of this round of British and Japanese political exchanges is Russia. In recent years, the influence of Tsarist Russia in the Far Eastern Empire has been growing, which has already posed a threat to the potential interests that Britain and Japan regard as their own."

After confirming that Britain and Japan are cooperating and may make big moves, Ernst can basically be sure that the British and Japanese governments are going after Tsarist Russia this time, and even the Anglo-Japanese Alliance Treaty may have been signed.

In recent years, Tsarist Russia's actions in the Far East have become more and more large, especially in the 1990s, when the Siberian Railway officially entered the construction stage. Now it has entered the final stage and it is estimated that it will be completely opened in two or three years.

It can be said that when the Siberian Railway was opened, it was the day when the war between Japan and Russia was approaching, and the attitude of the British government on this matter was naturally to unite with Japan to fight against Russia.

As a maritime power, Russia has always been the object of British vigilance. Russia is not comparable to the Russia in the previous life. The area alone is close to 23 million square kilometers, almost one Canada more than East Africa.

And another important factor that makes Russia more terrifying than East Africa is that it is a European country and occupies a large part of Asian territory.

In general, the weather in Russia in the previous life was very bad, mainly in its Asian territory, either in the arid Central Asia or in the freezing Siberia.

But the climate in the European part of Russia is obviously not like this. The European area of ​​Russia in the previous life was nearly 4 million square kilometers, so removing those marginal areas, Russia is still the top power in Europe.

And Russia's terror is far above Russia. Russia's territory includes Poland, Ukraine, the three Baltic countries and other regions in the previous life. With these regions, the European part of Russia is close to 10 million square kilometers.

That is to say, the entire Russia, at least 10 million square kilometers of the area, has quite good climate conditions, whether it is the development of industry or agriculture will not be too restricted. Although the climate conditions in other regions are too poor, they can provide Russia with more sufficient resources.

In other words, Eastern Europe in this era was almost completely occupied by Russia. If the European part of Russia could develop, it would be equivalent to the United States tying up Canada.

The good news is that Russia's industrial base is relatively weak, and the development of its European part of the territory is more difficult, and it is naturally suppressed by other European countries.

That is, after the Franco-Prussian War, the relationship between France and Tsarist Russia eased, otherwise Russia could be said to have no friends in Europe.

In fact, Russia's geographical advantage is too great. Whether it is military or diplomatic, as long as a breakthrough can be made, it can change the political landscape of Europe. Fortunately, Russia is not very good at military and diplomatic fields, so it can be fully suppressed by the West.

Ernst is not deliberately belittling Russia, but stating objective facts. After all, any one of Russia's military or diplomatic capabilities can reach the level of Germany during the Franco-Prussian War, which is enough to make Tsarist Russia return to the position of "European Gendarmerie".