"》   The establishment of the Imperial Army Chariot Corps is just a microcosm of the innovation of the army's equipment.

In the 11th year of Guanghua, the Army Department of the Imperial Empire reported to the General Staff’s General Staff’s Army Innovation Outline, showing that the Chinese Empire’s local divisions were divided into 10 military regions, namely the Royal Guard Military Region, Zhili Military Region, Fengtian Military Region, Lanzhou Military Region, Chengdu Military Region, Guangzhou Military Region, Nanjing Military Region, and Shandong Military Region.

Overseas territories are under the jurisdiction of 11 overseas military regions, including the North Korean Military Region (located to Ulsan Fortress Base), Ryukyu Military Region (located to Baitan Base), Pacific Military Region (located to Guam Base), Australian Military Region (located to Sydney), Southeast Asian Military Region (located to Singapore Fortress), Mediterranean Military Region (located to Cyprus), Indian Ocean Military Region (located to Maldives), Caribbean Military Region (located to Bo Do Rico Base), Panama Military Region (located to Panama City), Atlantic Military Region (located to Bermuda Base, Bos Bay Military Region (located to Kuwait).

With the increase of the empire's territory and the expansion of overseas territories, the Imperial Army must expand its scale. The standing army increased from the original 54 divisions to 60 armies, totaling 2.4 million. Each army has two divisions, with a standard 20,000 people per division. Another is equipped with a military direct military source supplementary area, a reserve brigade, and 10,000 reserves. The total army's total strength during wartime was 50,000.

The local army was deployed 2 million and overseas troops were 400,000, of which the island chain used to block the United States was as high as 200,000, with the largest number of troops in the Panama Military Region, with a maximum of 100,000 troops. In addition, the largest number of troops was the Kuwait base in the Bay of Bos, with a force of 100,000, mainly used to control oil in Kuwait and Baghdad. In addition, it was also for the prevention of Tsarist Russia. The second was the Cyprus base, with 60,000 troops stationed, with an important strategic position. It can interfere with the Ottoman Empire to the east, suppress the Balkans to the north, control the Suez Canal conflicts to the south, and deter countries around the Mediterranean to the west.

The total number of troops in the Imperial Army has increased, but it does not mean that the quality will decline. On the contrary, the defense power of the Imperial Empire still attaches great importance to the army. After all, the navy is an expansionary type, and the army is the one who truly guards the last national defense line of the empire.

Taking the First Army of the Imperial Empire as an example, the army is stationed in the Military Grain City Base of Tianjin City, Zhili Military Region. The first town of the new army trained by Emperor Chenhao of the Imperial Empire, is a founding veteran in the Imperial Empire's army system and an elite force among the well-deserved elite.

As the direct unit of Wang Chenhao's direct line, its highest commander naturally had to come from the most trusted people around Wang Chenhao. The current commander is Wang Wenqing, the third captain of the Shigu Guard, Wang Chenhao. He was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Zhili Military Region, the rank of lieutenant general, and the first-class baron. He was the youngest lieutenant general officer in the empire.

The First Army has the 8th Regiment of the Fourth Brigade and the Eighth Regiment of the Two Divisions, and is also the only unit in the Imperial Army's combat sequence that has been on duty all year round. The total force is 50,000 troops in the wartime organization.

In terms of equipment, the First Army took the lead in completing the 10-type dressing in 1910. An ordinary second-class private equipped Browning with round m10 steel helmets, combat boots and mi color uniforms that match the oriental human head. Among them, the overall shell of the m10 steel helmet is formed by a metal alloy steel plate after multiple stampings. Its circumference is different, including six sizes: 60, 64, 66, 68 and 70 cm. The inside of the shell is installed with two different leather pads according to the different sizes of the wearer's head. The pad belt of the steel helmet is made of metal and divided into two inner and outer pads, which are placed inside to connect the leather lining and shell. The leather pads of the steel helmet are fixed with metal lining rings, which tighten the pads on the two inner and outer pads through rivets.

At the same time, European and American countries did not have this kind of steel helmet. The Chinese Empire had a vision and famous emperor, Wang Chenhao, tried his best to promote the steel helmet equipment for the troops. Because the most lethal force on the battlefield was the flying shrapnel and sharp fragments, using helmets to protect the head, can effectively avoid such damage. For bullets, as long as they do not hit the front of the steel helmet vertically, the arc-shaped surface of the steel helmet will basically bounce the bullets away to protect personnel safety.

In addition, Wang Chenhao also asked the Army Department to develop military bulletproof vests. If the current technology level was not compared with the 21st century, every soldier of the Chinese Empire would wear bulletproof vests. However, the idea proposed by Wang Chenhao has already taken root in the Army Department, and materials experts in this field have been researched, but it has not been successful yet.

The other various individual equipment is basically the same as before, without much change. The only thing that the army soldiers don’t understand is that when they receive the equipment, they have an additional set of gas masks. Since the poison gas battle has been strictly blocked by senior executives of the Imperial Army, ordinary officers and soldiers have no idea that there is still a saying of poison gas battles in the world. However, they were all warned that once they find abnormal air or breathing, they should wear gas masks in time.

In terms of weapons, the rifle used by the Imperial soldiers has been replaced with the m1 Garland semi-automatic rifle. The rifle was successfully developed by Garland, an American gun expert from Beiyang Weapon Heavy Industry, and was favored by the Army Department, making it a standard rifle in the Ten-year Army Weapon Replacement Plan of the Chinese Empire Guanghua Ten-Year Army Weapon Replacement Plan. The M10 automatic rifle, the chief gun designer of Beiyang Weapon Heavy Industry, who competed with him, was eliminated.

Since the soldiers of the Chinese Empire were weaker as Easterners than Westerners, the soldiers of the Chinese Empire had to sweat a lot from the beginning when they used the Mauser 95 rifle. At that time, the ordinary rifle bullets used in the world made the automatic rifle recoil when shooting continuously, and it was difficult to control the accuracy, and it was heavy, so it was difficult to carry the Orientals. Therefore, the first requirement for weapons in the ten-year military replacement of Guanghua in the Chinese Empire was that the weight must be light, followed by strong firepower, and then cost control.

The m10 automatic rifle developed by Browning for Imperial Army soldiers weighs 9 kilograms. Although the firepower is quite strong and can fire 20 bullets in a row, it is too difficult for infantry to carry it and is not suitable for individual weapons.

At this time, Garland, who had just been poached by Beiyang Technology from the Springfield Arsenal in the United States, was aware of the urgent demands of the Chinese Emperor's side for light rifles, so he immediately took out a rifle that he had carefully developed for a long time. This was the Garland M1 rifle, a semi-automatic rifle that weighed less than 4 kilograms.

The m1 rifle designed by Garland initially used the air conductor device that did not have air conductor holes on the barrel but installed a sleeve-type muzzle mask at the muzzle. When the bullet is pushed out of the bore, part of the gunpowder gas enters the piston barrel through the gap between the end face of the barrel and the muzzle mask, pushing the piston backwards. The disadvantage of this air conductor method is that the piston barrel and the muzzle mask are not connected firmly, the bayonet is not assembled stably, and the sight movement affects the accuracy.

After testing by the Army Department, Galand was asked to redesign. He improved the air guide device of the rifle and changed it to an air guide device that opens a vent hole under the barrel. After the hammer strikes the bullet, part of the gunpowder gas enters a small piston barrel from a vent hole near the end below the barrel, pushing the piston and the frame backwards. The guide projection on the bolt slides along the guide groove of the frame. When the frame is seated back, the two locking spikes on the bolt are lifted out of the locking groove of the receiver, and the rotation is achieved.

Unlocking, the bullet casting action is completed during the recoil recoil during the recoil, and the overturn hammer is pressed into a state of waiting for attack. The tail end of the bolt frame hits the rear end of the receiver, and the return is driven by the recoil spring. The guide groove of the frame guides the guide protrusion on the bolt drives the bolt to rotate until the two locking spurs enter the locking position. The bullet is loaded during the recoil and locks the bolt. The frame continues to return to position, and the gun becomes waiting for attack again. Compared with the contemporary rear-pull bolt rifle, the shooting speed of the m1 Garland rifle has been qualitatively improved.

Especially for the soldiers of the Imperial Army of China, they experienced many large-scale battles in modern times on the battlefield and deeply realized the huge advantages brought by continuous rifles. On the battlefield, their firepower advantages can effectively suppress rifles that manually load bullets.

The m1 rifle's ammunition supply method is quite special. The steel leaky magazine loaded with double rows of 8 rounds of bullets is pressed into the magazine chamber from above the receiver. When the last bullet is shot, the gun is empty and the magazine will be automatically ejected from the magazine chamber by the retractor, which will make a sound, reminding the soldiers to reload the bullet.

As a semi-automatic rifle, the Imperial Army Department of the Imperial Army Department still thinks that its ammunition capacity is too small and requires improvement to 10 rounds. At the same time, when Duan Qirui, the Imperial Army Department of the Imperial Army Department, talked about rifle ammunition with the Imperial Emperor Chenhao, he proposed to build rifle ammunition with the independent caliber of the Chinese Empire to distinguish the mainstream ammunition caliber of European and American countries.

In the past, the Chinese Empire did not have this industrial capacity and could not produce ** models of ammunition by itself. Now the Chinese Empire's industrial system is sound and its process technology has reached the international advanced level, so it is indeed necessary to have a new ammunition caliber standard representing China.

In this regard, Duan Qirui was naturally black in his eyes and could not find the caliber of the rifle suitable for the Chinese Army. But Wang Chenhao was different. He knew the future development direction of rifles too much.

During World War I in history, the army of various countries used large-power rifle bullets such as 7.92. This bullet caused the rifle to be heavy, the recoil was too strong, it was difficult to control the accuracy, and it was too heavy to carry. After World War I, the army of various countries believed that the actual combat distance between the two sides during World War I was not more than 500 meters, and using large-power rifle bullets was a waste, because the soldiers could not see the targets 500 meters away at the naked eye and could not achieve accurate shooting. Basically, they were blind shots. If one of 100 rounds could hit, it would burn the incense. Therefore, after World War I,

, countries began to use rifle bullets with medium power of about 6.5. However, after World War II, the army of various countries discovered that the medium power of bullets was also a waste, because when fighting, it was basically difficult for soldiers to calm down and aim and shoot. They basically estimated the enemy's direction and fired, and the real effective gunfight distance between the two sides was actually between 200 and 50 meters. For this reason, after World War II, the army of European and American countries reduced the power of bullets again and changed to small-power close-range killing bullets, which represents NT$5.56mm rifle bullets.

Wang Chenhao believes that since he knows the future direction of gun bullet development, it is necessary to develop in this direction. But he dare not go too far. If the rifle bullet caliber is too much to a small force bullet, it will be very unacceptable to the Imperial Army and cause the battlefield failure.

Therefore, Wang Chenhao decided to carry out reforms step by step, just lead the European and American army.

Therefore, at the suggestion of Wang Chenhao, the first standard rifle bullet in the Chinese Empire was 6.5mm intermediate power bullet. As the difference and characteristics of the Chinese Empire Army from the European and American Army, it was swearing the Chinese Empire's special sè.

At the same time, Wang Chenhao's consideration was also in line with the current development speed of the Imperial Army, because a group of gun experts such as Browning and Garland have designed semi-automatic rifles and light machine guns, and this automatic firepower is the necessary equipment for the Imperial Army. As automatic firepower, it is obvious that high-power rifle bullets are not suitable, and the medium-power rifle bullets are just right. Therefore, Wang Chenhao was going to the Imperial Army to use medium-power rifle bullets at this time, which is actually preparing for the Imperial Army to equip submachine guns soon.

Of course, Wang Chenhao would not directly express many things. He hoped that as an emperor, he would give his subordinates a sense of mystery and admiration. Only after the civil and military officials of the empire themselves had found that the imperial emperor had already pointed out many years ago, so that they would worship Wang Chenhao more fanatically, which would be more conducive to Wang Chenhao's rule.

For Duan Qirui, he never considered whether what Wang Chenhao said was correct. In his eyes and heart, what Wang Chenhao said was always correct and must be implemented. Therefore, after Duan Qirui won Wang Chenhao's opinion, he returned to the Army Department and immediately issued an order to change the Imperial Standard Ring Bullet to 6.5x56mm, and the calibers of other candidate rifle bullets were all cancelled.

Since the caliber of 6.5 is not without state use, Sweden was barely called a European power as early as 1894. As a symbol of a strong country, the Swedish military imitated the Mauser 6.5x78mm rifle bullet. But soon Sweden's status as a powerful country plummeted and was suppressed by the standard rifle bullet caliber of major European and American powers, and has since been unknown.

The Chinese Empire launched a 6.5mm caliber rifle bullet, of course, it cannot be the same as Sweden. It needs to have the special features of the Chinese Empire. Therefore, the Chinese Empire's 6.5mm rifle bullet was shortened to 56 mm, and the radius of the warhead arc was increased to 50 and 2 mm to improve the shape of the elastic and increase the length of the warhead to 23mm, to increase the mass coefficient of the warhead and improve the speed storage ability, reduce the linear rifle distance, and shorten the 305 mm of the original Mauser bullet to 178mm to improve flight stability.

The bullet is a pointed head, cone bottom, steel/lead core composite structure, and the copper cladding shell is flange-free, bottle-shaped. The base fire is Bodan-shaped. The charge is double-base flat ball medicine.

In addition, the strong steel production of the Chinese Empire significantly reduced the cost of steel-core warheads, and it was possible to replace copper-core warheads. Therefore, the Chinese Empire's standard 6.5mm rifle bullets used steel/lead core composite structure cores, and placed 0.8 grams of hard steel cores directly into the arc part of the bullet shell, and placed the columnar lead cores behind them.

The advantages of this structure are: processing and assembly are simpler than steel core/lead sleeves. The steel core of the warhead is not embedded in the rifle, which can reduce wear on the barrel. The center of gravity is moved backward and the equatorial moment of inertia is reduced, which is conducive to improving flight stability. It takes into account the dual effects of invasion and killing. When hitting the target, the steel core is not easy to upset and is accelerated by the inertia force of the lead center, so the lead core is penetrating effect is better than the m98-type Mauser's lead core warhead.

The Chinese Empire's standard 6.5mm caliber rifle bullet has very good distribution accuracy, with a distance of 100m (r50m, r10m, and 300m distance of r5:

Because of the use of steel cores, its armor-piercing energy is very high. It can penetrate the previous generation of the Chinese Empire's standard steel helmets at a distance of 200 meters, and can penetrate 3,5 mm thick steel plates at a distance of 750 meters.

The caliber bullet design was very successful, becoming the first domestically produced and self-developed standard rifle bullet in the Chinese Empire, which is consistent with the status of a great power and power of the Chinese Empire at this moment.

After the caliber of the Chinese Empire was changed to 6.5 mm, in this way, in addition to changing the caliber of the m1 semi-automatic rifle designed by Garland, it also had to reduce the caliber and use 6.5x55 mm.

The key impact of the significant reduction in the diameter and length of the bullet is that the weight of the rifle is greatly reduced.

The improved m1 rifle adopts an air-guided, rotary locking bolt, the barrel length is reduced to 610 mm, the weight of the empty gun is only 3.2 kilograms, and it fires the Chinese Empire standard 6.5x55 mm rifle bullet, the magazine capacity is 10 rounds, and the interlaced type of bomb pressing. The initial velocity of the bullet reaches 865 meters/sec, and the effective range is: 750 meters, sheet-shaped sight, and eye-hole-type door.

The bayonet has not changed, and the triangular bayonets are still used, because the triangular bayonet has become one of the important signs that distinguish the Chinese Empire's army from the armies of other countries.

After the army test, the m1 rifle finally passed the comprehensive test of plains, mountains, islands, jungles, deserts and other environments. It has high reliability, high shooting accuracy, and is easy to decompose and clean. It has proven to be a reliable, durable and effective rifle.

Therefore, the Army Department finally approved the replacement of rifles, mainly the m1 Garland rifle, and ordered 3 million of this type of rifles. Among them, the First Army of the Imperial Army and the Royal Guard were the first to be equipped, and other troops will be replaced in the next three to five years.

Rifles are the life of soldiers, and the ability to obtain advanced m1 rifles is a blessing for the soldiers of the Imperial Army. The soldiers of the First Army took the lead in replacing the m1 rifle, which highlighted its superiority.

As the chief gun designer of Beiyang Ordnance Heavy Industry, Browning's M10 automatic rifle was defeated, which made him very upset. So Browning learned from his M10 automatic rifle based on the M10 automatic rifle he designed, and after the design was improved, it was improved into an M10 light machine gun.

Originally, as an automatic rifle, the m10 type weighed 9 kilograms, which obviously could not be favored by the army. However, if used as a light machine gun, this weight would be fully in line with the requirements of the upgraded light machine gun outline stipulated in the Imperial Army's new reform outline.

The original caliber of the m10 type light machine gun was 0.30 inches, but later changed to 6.5 mm caliber, and the weight was reduced to 6.8 kg. Semi-automatic or fully automatic shooting can be carried out, with a rate of fire of about 550 rounds per minute. The capacity of 30 rounds installed under the receiver can be detached and the magazine can be supplied with ammunition. Using the air-guided principle, semi-automatic or fully automatic shooting can be selected.

As an automated firearm, the air cooling technology has matured since the m10 type, which has since kicked off the future development of the Chinese Empire in the field of submachine guns.

m10 is strong and durable. All metal parts are processed by blueization. The bolt receiver is made of a whole piece of steel, so it looks thick and sturdy in appearance. The non-reciprocating loading handle is located on the left side of the receiver. The watch scale is upright. The barrel is 610 mm long and a cylindrical flame suppressor is installed in the barrel bore, which can be hidden well, greatly improving the survival rate of the machine gunner.

The m10 is also equipped with a special bullet belt, with a metal "cups" on the right to insert the bottom of the stock into it, so that it can be used in the combat mode of "fire between the marches" envisioned by Browning.

The improved Browning automatic rifle has a simple structure and is easy to decompose and combine. It can be carried by individual soldiers and fired during the march with the assistance of the deputy shooter, conduct assault operations, suppress the enemy's firepower, and provide firepower support to one's own side.

The Browning M10 light machine gun has also won the favor of the Army Department, and plans to purchase 30,000 tings within three to five years to equip each infantry squad with light machine gun firepower for each Imperial Army infantry squad.

Although Browning failed to compete with Garland in rifles, he achieved the success of light machine guns. Earlier, he had developed an m2 heavy machine gun with 12.7x99 mm bullets for army tanks and naval submarines, which was extremely powerful. In terms of heavy machine guns, the Imperial Army plans to eliminate the Maxim water-cooled heavy machine gun and replace it with the m2 heavy machine gun.

As the first equipped unit, each infantry battalion of the First Army will be equipped with a 3tingm2 heavy machine gun to form a heavy machine gun platoon, which will be distributed to company-level units according to the situation during wartime and used as company-level heavy fire support.

In terms of artillery, the First Army still equipped with 75mm infantry guns, 105mm mountain guns and 155mm heavy howitzers. In addition to improving the back-up system, which makes the recoil of the artillery smaller, there is no major change in other aspects.

There are two calibers of lightning cannons, one is a 60mm lightning cannon, and the other is an 80mm lightning cannon, which is used as artillery fire support for the regiment unit. In addition to further improving the aiming equipment, it is also necessary to develop safer and more reliable lightning cannon shells for easy carrying by individual soldiers and enhance the battlefield fire support capabilities.

In addition, the biggest change of the First Army of the Army was the realization of wireless communication reform. The army directly belonged to a wireless communication battalion. During wartime, radio stations could be arranged to each battalion department to facilitate unified operation and dispatch of the entire army and realize the first step in the informatization reform of the Chinese Empire Army.

Of course, mechanized reform is the top priority in the reform of the Imperial Army of China.

As the Chinese Empire gradually completed the large-scale construction of the national railway network and highway network, the developed transportation network system put forward a new test for the Imperial Army, that is, the mobility of quickly reaching the war zone was necessary.

Trains are the top priority, but only lead to various cities in the Empire, and most local villages and towns only have roads, so it is inevitable that motor vehicles will enter the Imperial Army.

In the eleventh year of Guanghua, there were more than 200 domestic automobile companies in the Chinese Empire, including more than 10 large automobile companies. This is due to the implementation of the economic stimulus policy of the Chinese Empire. The national financial subsidies provide more than 70% of the cost of purchasing cars for individuals. Anyone with a job can afford cars. Of course, most people can afford it but cannot afford it.

Despite this, as long as one thousandth of the empire's population is willing to pay for cars, it will be a huge cake. More than 200 cars are not enough to share this big cake. Of course, foreign car companies also participate, but the Chinese Empire's government refused to give financial subsidies to those who buy foreign cars, and even imposes 200% tariffs and car purchase taxes.

The domineering policy of the Chinese Empire greatly protected a large number of emerging small and medium-sized enterprises in China, allowing them to support themselves after this round of national fiscal stimulus and surpass large foreign automobile companies. The imperial government is full of confidence in this regard, because the Chinese Empire monopolizes 80% of the world's automobile production and sales. The Chinese Empire's automobile technology is advanced and has advanced design, and is very popular among car buyers around the world.

In this regard, Imperial Royal Automobile Company's car sales have always been the first in the world, and the price is also the most expensive. More than 4 million cars of various types are exported around the world every year, and the domestic sales have reached 6 million, which has firmly established its leading position in the automotive industry.

The reason is that the Royal Automobile Company belongs to the Imperial Emperor Wang Chenhao, which is a personal SI product. Wang Chenhao has applied for international patents for more than 500 models of various types of car designs in later generations. Every year, he will produce more than ten beautiful car designs with super-sense feels on the market. Every time, it will cause crazy buying of car enthusiasts around the world. Especially in China, the beautiful cars designed by the Imperial Emperor are deeply loved by the people, and all cars are named Royal XXX cars, which strongly attracts the hearts of the people. They are proud of cars used in the words Royal, and they also feel proud in front of relatives and friends.

Whether it is due to the style, advanced energy, or the emperor's face, the official cars of the imperial government units basically choose Royal Automobile Company's products, with a purchase of more than 1 million vehicles per year. Other domestic automobile companies are not willing to be outdone, imitating the design of Royal Automobile Company, taking their own routes, and selling cars to ordinary factorial people with the advantage of price ratio, which also achieved considerable sales.

The Imperial Army has a huge demand for military jeeps and transport trucks. The 2.4 million troops, 1 million National Guards, 3 million law enforcement policemen in the country, and the vehicles required by the General Logistics Department alone exceed 10 million vehicles of various types. These will be allocated to more than 200 domestic automobile companies, because one or several large automobile companies cannot complete the task.

The increasing demand for automobiles in the Chinese Empire and even the whole world has caused the automobile industry of the Chinese Empire to flourish and grow at an astonishing rate.

On the Beiyang Stock Exchange, the Beiyang Index, which opened on August 12, 1911, hit a new high, reaching 176 points. The automobile industry stock index soared for five consecutive years, with a contribution of more than 20%, becoming the second 38% contribution of Imperial Industry after the shipbuilding industry. More and more people invest in stocks in the automobile industry, causing the stocks of the entire industry to expand rapidly like a snowball. Stocks in various industries related to the automobile industry also grew, especially the rubber industry, which grew the largest.

Since there was no industrial synthetic rubber production technology in this era, although some scientists had synthesized rubber components, it was impossible to achieve industrial production, and the cost was too high. Therefore, all rubber comes from the ru juice grown in the tropical rubber trees and rubber grass.

Obviously, the yield of crops such as rubber trees and rubber grass is too low and requires a growth cycle. For the Chinese Empire rubber industry, which requires large-scale rubber, it is a drop in the bucket.

The price of rubber is rising every day, and rubber companies in European and American countries have also begun to intervene in competition, resulting in a surge in international rubber prices, leading to an increase in the cost of rubber products, and the automobile industry related to rubber demand has also been affected.

What made the Chinese Empire government most unhappy was that, as the main production area of ​​international rubber, rubber plantations in Southeast Asia were disturbed by local European and American colonial governments, restricting their exports to China, intending to weaken the rubber industry of the Chinese Empire and then attack the Chinese Empire's automobile industry and aircraft industry.

They only have one purpose for this, because the Chinese Empire had a large trade surplus with various countries, especially the monopoly of the automobile and aircraft industries. Both of these are profitable industries, causing huge trade deficits between Europe and the United States. More than a dozen large-scale trade wars are set off every year, and the governments are quarreling over this.

Southeast Asia has suffered a hurricane and tsunami this year, and the rubber plantation industry has suffered a heavy blow. The large-scale production cuts have made rubber, which is already insufficient, making the prices of major rubber products such as tires soar, and the prices of four tires have even risen to the level of half a car.

In response to this situation, the European and American colonial governments in Southeast Asia further controlled plantations, requiring plantations to export rubber only to the suzerain countries, and in disguise banned exports to China. Even the plantations of Chinese and overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia were restricted from exporting rubber to the Chinese Empire. Even the rubber plantations invested by the Chinese Empire in the region were restricted by various excuses.

Faced with this situation, the Chinese Empire's capitalists in the rubber industry were very dissatisfied. They joined forces with a large number of chaebols and consortiums in this field, including the automobile industry, aviation industry, etc. to protest to the colonial authorities in Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, and then asked the imperial government to come forward to resolve the issue.

Every senator or member of the Imperial Congress, or even members of the local provincial council, has a shadow of one or several capitalists behind it. Because all political parties in the Imperial Empire are not allowed to have their own businesses, and their funds for their election have to be raised from capitalists everywhere, so they have to speak for capitalists.

Tens of thousands of domestic companies and enterprises related to the rubber industry were more or less affected. Their protests quickly turned into anger and then turned into hatred. On December 3, 1911, the Imperial Congress, which was influenced by them, unanimously passed condemnation and protest against the restrictions on rubber exports by the United States, led by the United States, but the effect was not obvious. The United States has regarded the Chinese Empire as a potential enemy. The US government will spare no effort to support any matter that may weaken the economic capabilities of the Chinese Empire.

The largest rubber-producing areas in Southeast Asia are the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies. The production of the Malayan Peninsula controlled by the Chinese Empire is less than one-twentieth. However, the Dutch and indigenous people on the Dutch East Indies have excluded Chinese from the very beginning, so that the rubber plantations there are basically foreigners, especially the most Americans.

Therefore, when the imperial government saw that political means could not solve the rubber problem, it could only use other methods.

On December 13, something sensationalized the Chinese Empire and the whole world.

On this day, a Southeast Asian overseas Chinese named Li Yunlong arrived in Beijing with his wife and children, and made a report on the bloody and tears of the Lanfang Republic's invasion by the Netherlands in the Imperial Congress.

It turned out that a month ago, Li Yunlong's family's rubber plantation outside Batavia, the Dutch East India was seized by the Dutch authorities, with the only reason that Li Yunlong refused to export rubber to the United States at a low price. Li Youyi argued that he was a Chinese and wanted to sell the rubber to his motherland's businessman. Moreover, the domestic rubber price in the Chinese Empire has reached 150 yuan per barrel, and the United States only gave 120 US dollars, which is too cheap and will not be sold.
To be continued...