The War of Resistance Against Japan: Special Operations Battalion Traverses Shanghai and Slaughters

Seeing that no one had any objections to expanding the army to three million, Long Fei then went on to explain his second plan.

"Next, I will explain to everyone why we need to take over Kangaroo Island and Christmas Island now."

"As everyone knows, China has always been a major agricultural country, but its industry lagged far behind that of Western countries. Otherwise, the Qing government would not have been so thoroughly defeated by these Western powers."

"That is why China's resistance against the Japanese invasion was so difficult."

"If China wants to rise rapidly and become strong in the future, the first priority is to revitalize its industry, as industry is the foundation of a country."

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, Long Fei continued.

"To revitalize industry, we must first vigorously develop the steel industry. Kangaroo Island and Christmas Island are rich in mineral resources, especially their iron ore, which is not only easy to mine but also has amazing reserves and is of very high quality, with an iron content of up to 60%."

"We all traveled from 2025. As you all know, Kangaroo Island sells iron ore to China for over a hundred US dollars per ton."

"These bastards are blatantly trying to strangle China and treating it like a sucker. So now I'm going to address the root cause of China's future iron ore demand."

At this point, everyone understood Long Fei's true intentions, except that both of these precious lands now belonged to the Lion Kingdom's colonies.

If the Dragon Flame Kingdom were to forcibly occupy it, it would be tantamount to snatching food from a lion's mouth. The Lion Kingdom would certainly not stand idly by, and the two sides would definitely clash.

Therefore, Liu Wei asked with some concern, "Commander Long, Kangaroo Island and Christmas Island are now colonies of the Lion Kingdom. If we seize them by force, you must be prepared to go to war with the Lion Kingdom."

Long Fei had already considered Liu Wei's reminder and was prepared for it, so he responded confidently.

"The political commissar's reminder is good. The Lion Country will definitely not give up easily. However, the Hans Country is sweeping across Europe. The Lion Country can only rely on the natural barrier of the English Channel to fight against and deal with the Hans Country."

"At present, the primary goal of the Lion Country is definitely to preserve the British Isles, so it is impossible to take care of these two colonies that are 20,000 kilometers away."

"Therefore, I predict that the Lion Country will only lodge protests and make verbal declarations of war, without taking any substantive action."

Liu Wei completely agreed with Long Fei's analysis and judgment, so he didn't say anything more.

However, Long Fei then posed another question to everyone.

"I want to ask everyone, why did Kangaroo Island and Christmas Island become overseas colonies of the Lion Kingdom?"

Long Fei's question was easy, and everyone answered, "That's because of the Age of Exploration. These Western countries sent powerful fleets, discovered many new continents and islands, then occupied and ruled them, and finally they became their colonies."

Long Fei then asked, "So you mean whoever finds it first gets to keep it?"

Everyone nodded in agreement, because that was the reality at the time.

Long Fei then lit a cigarette, took two deep drags, and sighed deeply.

"In fact, when these Western powers discovered these new continents, there were large indigenous peoples on them. According to their logic that whoever discovers it owns it, shouldn't it belong to these native people?"

"But because of the simple truth that backwardness invites aggression, the islands on which these natives had lived for generations became colonies of others, and they suffered genocide and segregation."

"I'm saying all this to reveal a cruel truth: the vast majority of colonies didn't become colonies after they were discovered, but rather after they were seized and massacred."

Long Fei's words immediately made the atmosphere heavy, and everyone's emotions were not as high as before.

Long Fei, of course, didn't want to spoil everyone's fun, so he quickly continued.

"However, since these Western powers like to find a high-sounding reason for their shameless behavior, I will grant their wish."

"I want to tell everyone that the first person to discover Kangaroo Island was actually Wang Dayuan, a navigator and traveler from the Yuan Dynasty of our Chinese nation."

"As early as 1330 to 1339 AD, Wang Dayuan made two voyages to the sea, traveling through Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, East Africa and Kangaroo Island."

"Wang Dayuan later wrote the book 'A Brief Account of the Island Barbarians'. According to the book, Wang Dayuan successfully reached Kangaroo Island during this period and called it 'Rosas' or 'Jue Island'. This was more than 300 years earlier than the discovery of Kangaroo Island by Western countries. Wang Dayuan was the first person, apart from the natives of Kangaroo Island, to have written records of discovering the route to Kangaroo Island."

"And then there's Christmas Island. Two years ago, we Chinese discovered this island and settled there. Archaeologists found the ruins of a Chinese-inhabited city on Christmas Island, as well as remains of a walled city, city walls, drainage channels, and other structures."

"Therefore, Kangaroo Island and Christmas Island have been the territory of China since ancient times."

"In conclusion, our occupation of Kangaroo Island and Christmas Island this time is not an invasion, but simply a matter of rightfully representing China in reclaiming its inherent territory."

"So here's the question: I'm going to take over these two islands now. Who's in favor and who's against it?"

Without a doubt, all eight hundred people raised their hands in unison to show their approval.

Long Fei then stood up, raised his head, and announced to everyone: "Taking Kangaroo Island and Christmas Island is only the first step in my overseas expansion. Southeast Asia, the Indochina Peninsula, Oceania, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America will be dealt with one by one."

"My ultimate goal is to make China rise again and stand tall in the world, and at the same time, I want to achieve the grand goal of global unification and world harmony."

"I hope our special operations battalion can reach a consensus first, and then everyone can work together to achieve this goal."

The eight hundred people erupted in cheers, each one raising their arms and shouting.

Next, Long Fei confirmed many things with everyone.

The hosts of the two newly added subsystems have been identified as Li Hongyu, political commissar of the Southwest Army, and Luo Jie, political commissar of the Central Army.

Long Fei intended to divide all the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops prisoners into two groups. One group would be taken to Korea and Liu Wei would arrange for them to carry out the construction of a secret project.

Long Fei didn't tell anyone about this. He only discussed it privately with Liu Wei. There were some things that Long Fei had to plan ahead of time to avoid any unforeseen circumstances.

The remaining prisoners were all taken to the Far East to work on building roads and railways.

Longfei believed that the existing transportation in the Far East was too backward, and that a developed transportation network must be established for future strategic needs.

As for personnel arrangements, Long Fei only assigned new positions and ranks to the resurrected personnel, while maintaining the status quo for the others for the time being, and making unified adjustments after the goal of expanding the army to three million is achieved.