Chapter 566 Comparison
In short, Japan's national conditions are inherently deficient. If it only relies on local resources for development, the level it can reach is quite limited.
However, this is not absolute. A country's development has a great relationship with its own resource endowment, but national governance ultimately depends on the governance of people.
However, Japan has great potential in the area of human governance. Firstly, it knows its shame and then becomes brave, and is good at learning from the strong. Secondly, Japan has a large enough population. There is always an advantage in having more people. It depends on how to transform it and turn the population from a burden into a burden. become wealth.
For example, Japan's raw silk industry is very competitive in the world. That's because the labor cost is too low, and the Japanese can endure hardships and work hard. The government does not hold back and strongly supports the development of industry and commerce. Therefore, Britain and the United States are naturally willing to Investing in such a country can also contain the Far Eastern Empire.
Similarly, a large number of Japanese work abroad, bringing a large amount of remittances to Japan.
Overseas remittances are important to national development, especially in countries with extremely overpopulated populations, such as Egypt, the Philippines, and Bangladesh in the past. Overseas remittances are one of the important sources of national income. If the country only relies on its own country to provide jobs, it will inevitably create a large number of jobs. Refugees.
In addition to low-end industries, especially labor-intensive industries, Japan has innate advantages. Japan also attaches great importance to education and science, which is extremely rare in this era. This provides a basis for Japan's future industrial upgrading, so Japan has become a The only major power in Asia in the next 20 years will be the result of our own efforts.
"General Glaish, I would like to ask, if Japan really goes to war with you, what are your chances of winning as the top commander in East Africa?" Luo Yijun asked curiously.
Although there are many Chinese in East Africa, it can only be regarded as a half-foreign country, but it is also a Western country. Now the West is more powerful. East Africa is not the top among Western countries, but it is not weak either. So Luo Yijun wants to know this "mediocre country". What kind of sparks will there be when comparing the "strange" Western countries with Japan, the second most powerful country in the Far East?
Glaish is not arrogant. He knows the Japanese navy relatively well. Although it is not strong, if the whole country uses its strength, it can still have a chance to compete with its own fleet.
So he said a little modestly, or conservatively: "About four or six! Of course, our side is six, and the Japanese Navy is four, but the navy is the most unpredictable service, and it is easy for accidents that subvert common sense to occur. After all, the sea is Quite dangerous.
According to your Far Eastern Empire, fighting depends on timing, location, and people. I can be sure that timing and location are not on our side. Our East African navy has just arrived, and naturally we are not very familiar with the sea here.
So the only thing that can compare between the East African Navy and the Japanese Navy is people and people. Our side has some advantages in terms of people and people, but I don't know much about Japan. "
Hearing a German from Glaish talk about Eastern culture made Luo Yijun quite proud. It is always a happy thing for one's own country's culture to be recognized by other countries.
He said: "I didn't expect the general to have a lot of research on Far Eastern culture. What you said is right. Our Eastern sages summed up the three aspects of time, location, and people, and summarized the three decisive factors for the war. I just don't know how precious it is. What are the advantages of the People's Liberation Army Navy?"
Grace did not mince words and said bluntly: "This involves three aspects. First of all, it is generally recognized that the ships and equipment of our navy are one level better than Japan's.
Secondly, we have to talk about the officers. Our advantage in East Africa is that the commander-in-chief is Archduke Ferdinand, who was the former commander-in-chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The other officers are either from the Austro-Hungarian Navy, or like me, they are in the Austrian Navy. Studied in school.
In addition to officers, we have to talk about sailors. Our sailors have a higher level of education than Japan, which is of great benefit to the control and command of ships. After so many years of development, the minimum requirement in the navy now is a primary school degree. " ˆ ˆ In the previous life, the Japanese did not universalize compulsory education until 1907. This is completely incomparable with East Africa today. East Africa also took advantage of Germany's universal compulsory education. There were not many professional teachers, but teachers who followed the textbooks could easily popularize it.
This is easy to understand. There are many pure Germans in East Africa, and almost all Germans have gone to school. East African immigrants are mainly young people, so most Germans have not returned their knowledge.
Speaking of this, Ernst was quite grateful for the kindness of various German countries. It is self-evident how effective compulsory education has been for Germany. Historically, the United States has reaped this part of Germany's dividends, with so many educated immigrants coming to Germany. If the United States develops, it will be difficult for the United States not to develop.
Now with Ernst's intervention, these people have benefited from East Africa and contributed to the construction of East Africa.
Although most of them are just primary school students, there are at least five to six million pure German immigrants in East Africa. That is several million primary school students. Coupled with the literacy movement and the popularization of education in East Africa, as long as it develops step by step, East Africa will have a bright future. .
In this regard, the United States is a little worried. It has intercepted so many high-quality immigrants from East Africa and has filled it with so many black people. Ernst shudders just thinking about it. Although there are many black people in East Africa, the average life expectancy is not In the age of thirty-five, if we wait thirty or forty years, this problem will not exist in East Africa.
In the past, Ernst had some conscience and thought of finding a way out for black people and sending them out after a few years. Now he is completely immune. Once the bottom line is exceeded, there will be no bottom line.
Black people represent economic interests, especially for East Africa. Black people account for half of the nearly 50 million people. Therefore, at least half of the national economy in East Africa is created by black people.
Especially the tropical cash crops in East Africa, such as coffee, cotton, rubber, etc., many of which require black people to complete, saving a lot of labor costs in East Africa.
Facing huge economic benefits, the East African government even wanted to introduce more black people, but this was vetoed by Ernst.
The huge number of primary school students in East Africa means that both the navy and the army are short of high-quality soldiers, especially the navy, a high-tech branch.
Even middle school education is common in the East African navy, and there are also a lot of college students. In this regard, the Japanese navy is far from being comparable to that of East Africa.
After all, even if compulsory education is universalized in Japan, it will inevitably be difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. The knowledge of compulsory education needs to be learned in Europe. A large amount of education funds are invested in international students, and studying abroad is relatively expensive. East Africa does not have this problem, because black people The Hingen royal family has its own schools and fiefdoms in Europe, which can save a lot of costs. In addition, there are enough people in East Africa with primary school education.
Furthermore, as a militaristic country, Japan invests a lot of money in the industrial and military fields. Compared with other countries, Japan's education funding is actually very limited. Therefore, Japan's universal compulsory education will not show results for half a century.
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