Galaxy Technology Empire

The location proposed by Mitsui Hiroo was the Isthmus of Kra on the Malay Peninsula.

The Isthmus of Kra is a narrow strip of land in southern Siam. It connects the Indochina Peninsula to the north and the Malay Peninsula to the south. The area about 400 kilometers south of the isthmus (between 7 degrees and 10 degrees north latitude) is Siamese territory. The narrowest point is more than 50 kilometers Kilometers, about 190 kilometers at its widest point, it borders the Gulf of Siam to the east, the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean to the east; the Andaman Sea to the west, and the Indian Ocean to the west; and borders Malay to the south.

There is no doubt that if the canal is built in the Kra Isthmus, it will not only have huge benefits for Siam, but also will be a great economic benefit to Northeast Asian countries including Dongtang.

By then, ships will not have to pass through the Strait of Malacca and detour through Malaya and the Lion City, but can directly enter the Gulf of Siam in the Pacific from the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean.

Compared with taking the Strait of Malacca, the voyage is shortened by at least about 1,200 kilometers, which can save 2-5 days of shipping time.

Of course, compared to pure economics, the Kra Isthmus Canal plays a particularly obvious role in geography. If this canal is built, it will directly change the current geopolitical structure of East Asia.

It will add a vital weight to the plans of Dongtang and the Galaxy Consortium to establish a new order in East Asia.

In fact, Huang Haojie's idea about the Strait of Malacca is very simple and crude. It is either under my control. If I can't control it, then this place will be destroyed.

The Strait of Malacca is the only way for sea routes between East Asia and the Tianzhu Ocean, and it is also the only way for West Asian oil to be imported into East Asia.

But even on such a maritime artery that is crucial to East Asia, Dongtang and the Galaxy Consortium have little influence at all.

On the contrary, the MiLi family has achieved de facto control over this maritime lifeline through in-depth cooperation with Lion City and the establishment of a security base.

This is undoubtedly extremely unfavorable and intolerable for Dongtang and the Galaxy Consortium, especially as the overall power of East Asia increases day by day, the game between the East and the West becomes increasingly fierce.

To establish a new order in East Asia led by oneself, this disadvantageous situation of being controlled by others must be changed. Although with the promotion of electric vehicles, the energy status of oil has declined. Nowadays, oil is mainly used as a chemical raw material domestically.

However, this vital maritime artery is controlled by hostile forces, which is something Huang Junjie cannot tolerate.

Given the Lion City's key position in the Straits of Malacca, if we can convince them to remain neutral in this game, the pressure we face will be greatly reduced.

But this is impossible. The reason why Lion City can achieve today's achievements is ultimately determined by its special geographical location.

Precisely because they guard the throat of the Strait of Malacca and are a natural port, the Lion City can vigorously develop entrepot trade, and on this basis, high-end industries such as finance can be derived, making the country leap into modernization.

However, the expansion of geographical influence of Dongtang and Galaxy Technology has caused a fundamental impact on their existence value.

Today's Southeast Asia has become a key area in the East-West game.

Western countries are a typical maritime civilization country, with deep-rooted maritime hegemony; domestic countries have been typical continental civilization countries since ancient times. Although they have been undergoing transformation in modern times, they are still unable to compete with the West on the sea.

Therefore, the country relies on Yunnan, Guizhou and Lingnan to gradually expand its geographical influence on the Indo-China Peninsula through land advancement. This is difficult to stop the Mi Li family, whose homeland is far away on the other side of the Pacific.

Through construction projects such as the Pan-Asia High-Speed ​​Railway and the Myanmar-Miandian Pipeline, the geographical connection with the Indochina Peninsula has been continuously strengthened.

Economically, Dongtang and Galaxy Consortium also consciously transferred some low-end industries to Indochina countries such as Annan and Jianpu Village to build an economic cooperation circle led by themselves.

With the closer connection with Indochina, especially the successive construction of various transportation facilities, the status of the Malacca Strait in international trade will inevitably decline significantly.

We can transport oil, gas and ores from West Asia and Heizhou to Myanmar and Siam, and then transport them to China via railways, pipelines, etc. In terms of distance, this is much shorter than shipping via Malacca; the same was true for the Eastern Tang Dynasty's transportation of industrial products to the West.

The close geographical relationship between the Eastern Tang Dynasty and the Indochina Peninsula determined that the control of these land routes was much stronger than the Strait of Malacca, which was located at the farthest end of the Indochina Peninsula.

Therefore, using the Indochina Peninsula as the fulcrum to weaken the status of the Malacca Strait is not just a phased approach in the East-West game, but a long-term strategy that is in line with national interests.

This strategy is certainly unacceptable to the Lion City, which relies on the Strait of Malacca for survival.

But if the East Asian order is dominated by the Mi Li family, as a maritime civilization country on the other side of the Pacific, they will certainly not promote replacing the sea with land in Southeast Asia, and the status of the Malacca Strait will be guaranteed.

Different ways of expanding geographical influence determine that the contradictions are difficult to reconcile.

Even if the plan to build the Kra Canal fails this time, Dongtang and the Galaxy Consortium will still try their best to replace Malacca's trade hub status with railways, roads, etc.

Once the Kra Isthmus Canal is connected, the chokepoint and convenience of the Strait of Malacca will no longer exist, and the Mi Li family's control of Malacca will lose its practical significance.

Compared with Malacca, sea-going ships sailing through the Kra Isthmus Canal have great advantages in time and cost.

Under such circumstances, the allocation of canal and waterway resources has become an important factor in determining the future and destiny of industrial countries in East Asia, especially Northeast Asia.

If Dongtang and the Galaxy Consortium were involved in the construction and management of this canal, then with their own strength and voice, they would be able to intervene in the distribution of canal channel resources to a considerable extent.

This means that ships from Dongtang and countries friendly to Dongtang can enjoy more benefits of cheap and priority passage through the canal.

East Asian countries are basically export-oriented economies, and the Tianzhu Ocean route is crucial to them.

Of course, the Kra Isthmus Canal is not the only waterway. All ships can still pass through the Strait of Malacca unimpeded.

The problem is that the extra 1,200 kilometers of voyage and 2-5 days will significantly increase the efficiency and cost of these ships.

Of course, the benefits of the Kra Isthmus Canal to the Eastern Tang Dynasty were not limited to Northeast Asia and the northern part of the South China Sea.

In the southern part of the South China Sea, huge benefits can also be obtained from this.

The domestic way of expanding geopolitical influence seriously threatens the status of the Strait of Malacca. Therefore, for the three Malacca beneficiary forces, namely Malay State, India and Lion City, they are of course very wary of us.

At the same time, these three regions are located in the southern part of the South China Sea and are relatively geographically isolated from the East Asian continent. Domestic influence here also appears to be insufficient.

However, once the Kra Isthmus Canal is completed, this situation will be greatly changed. The Kra Isthmus Canal will alienate the actual relations between the two parties.

However, the emergence of this canal will greatly reduce the status of the Malacca Strait, thereby seriously weakening Malacca's geographical value and development space.

With the passage of the canal, the pattern of the southern South China Sea will change. Dongtang and the Galaxy Consortium will gain the power and possibility to suppress these three areas and force them to submit.

In the north, they use both kindness and power, and in the south, they bully each other. They use different means to establish a new new order in East Asia.

If the Kra Isthmus Canal is built, this strategy will have a wider scope for implementation.

Of course, the construction process of the canal will not be smooth. Private enterprises previously cooperated with this project, but the progress has been delayed on paper.

Now that the Galaxy Consortium wants to get involved, it is conceivable that in the future construction process, it will be obstructed and sabotaged by forces from all sides.

However, in view of the important strategic significance of this project, coupled with the power of two big gangsters, Dongtang and Galaxy Consortium, it is enough to resist interference from all parties and allow this project to be carried out smoothly.