Chapter 1071 End of the Plan
The importance of East Africa to Germany is self-evident. As Germany’s mortal enemy, France can be said to be the country that understands Germany best at present. This understanding goes deep into Germany’s economic, military, political and other fields.
As East Africa is Germany’s main supplier of cotton, rubber, sugar, and various mineral resources, if the relationship between East Africa and Germany can undergo negative changes, it will severely damage Germany’s economy and industry.
Of course, it is obviously impossible to destroy the relationship between East Africa and Germany easily, and the French government can only try to do it slowly.
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Time flies to the beginning of 1910, which also means that the East Africa Plan has officially come to an end.
At a time when countries around the world, especially Germany and France, are paying special attention to East Africa, the East African government is also speeding up its review of the construction achievements of its own national plans.
East Africa is eager for Germany, France and other countries to win over East Africa and give them more chips that are beneficial to the development of East Africa. Therefore, they are happy to see the competition between Germany, France and other countries. From the beginning, Ernst and the East African government have been stable. Sit on the Diaoyutai.
Hence, East Africa pays more attention to the development of its own industry and economy than international disputes.
Like the First Five-Year Plan, most of the projects in the East Africa Plan were basically completed ahead of schedule, and some projects exceeded the plan, while only a few projects were not completed.
At present, the plan has been completed more than 97%, and East Africa will make corresponding adjustments to its domestic industry according to specific conditions and start preparing for the third five-year plan.
Luo Song said: "Currently, our country's annual steel production has exceeded 10 million tons, second only to the United States and Germany in the world. The specific figure of steel production last year was 10.87 million tons, which has achieved the goal of steel production during the planned period. production goals.”
In 1909, U.S. steel production reached more than 25 million tons, ranking first in the world. In fact, U.S. steel production was even higher in 1908, reaching more than 26 million tons. However, affected by the economic crisis, it is now has declined.
In 1909, Germany's steel production reached more than 13 million tons, ranking second in the world. In 1909, the combined steel production of East Africa and Germany was not as much as that of the United States.
British steel production continues to remain at a level of more than 6 million tons. As early as the beginning of the East Africa Plan, the annual British steel production was more than 6 million tons, and there has been basically no progress in recent years.
France and the Austro-Hungarian Empire have made greater progress, with steel production exceeding three million tons and two million tons respectively. France has successfully pushed Russia down and is in the fifth position in the world. Russia's current annual steel output is slightly lower than France, but It is also around three million tons.
Austro-Hungary edged out Belgium to rank seventh in the world, also winning by a slim margin. Belgium's steel production has reached nearly two million tons, which has a lot to do with the iron ore resources in Belgium's Congo colony.
In addition to the iron ore imported from the colonies, Belgium also established steel plants in the Belgian Congo. A large part of the orders came from East Africa and were exported to the western and northwest regions of East Africa.
There are many colonies similar to the Belgian Congo, especially Canada, a British colony. India's steel production has developed greatly. In fact, there was also South Africa in history. After all, South Africa had rich coal and iron ore resources in its previous life, and now these Resources mainly serve East African countries.
However, even if Britain's colonial steel production is included, it will not exceed 8 million tons. Except for Canada and India, the steel production of other colonies is almost negligible.
At present, there is not much gap between the steel production in East Africa and Germany. During the Third Five-Year Plan period, the East African government is very confident that it will surpass Germany in steel production.
"my country's steel industry not only achieves breakthroughs in production, but also formed a multi -core development advantage. Many steel production bases have formed in the central, east, west and south, northeast, and northeast." The emerging steel industry city provides a basic guarantee for the construction of our country’s industry and infrastructure.”
“The output of special steel has increased significantly, providing basic conditions for my country’s military manufacturing, shipbuilding, etc., and at the same time, it has greatly increased the international market for my country’s steel, forming multiple competitive steel varieties for export.”
“In the same period, my country’s coal production increased by nearly 200 million tons, reaching the world’s top level.”
At the same time, East Africa’s domestic coal production ranked fourth in the world, behind the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
One of the notable ones is the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom’s domestic coal production ranks second in the world, surpassing Germany and East Africa, but its steel production is far behind Germany and East Africa.
The reason for this difference is not only the relatively backward steel smelting technology in the UK, but also the higher proportion of domestic coal energy in the UK.
Especially in Germany, the United States and East Africa, which have begun to use electricity to replace coal as factory power on a large scale, East Africa has gone further, with oil, natural gas and electricity all increasing significantly.
Many factories in the UK still use steam engines as power, and European and American countries have heating and fuel needs in winter, so coal plays a higher role in their country's energy than in East Africa.
As a tropical country, East Africa has no winter in most areas of the country, so there is no need for winter heating. In terms of fuel, East Africa is also relatively diversified. In addition to coal, it also includes plant straw, electricity, natural gas and other methods.
Plant straw is mainly used in rural areas, while electricity is mainly used in some household appliances, the most typical ones being rice cookers and water heaters. Natural gas is also widely used in many cities.
Hence, the status of coal in East African energy sources is declining faster than in other countries. The most important of these is the popularization and promotion of electricity and natural gas.
At the same time, fuel also involves areas such as travel and agriculture, such as railway locomotives. European and American countries still mainly use steam locomotives, while East Africa already uses diesel locomotives.
Of course, the coal mining volume in East Africa has not been greatly negatively affected by the decline in the status of coal. The coal mining volume is still rising year by year, and is expected to completely exceed the 200 million tons mark this year. The demand for metal smelting, power generation, etc. is relatively strong. In addition, East Africa itself We are in a stage of rapid population growth, so the demand cannot be small.
“my country’s steel industry and coal mining industry are closely related. The breakthroughs in both steel and coal output indicate that East Africa’s industrial strength has further improved among the world’s major countries. From a total perspective, my country’s industrial volume is already second only to the United States and Germany.”
"This also reflects the problem of low industrial output value in our country. Based on the inference of my country's steel output, our country's industrial volume should not be weaker than that of the United Kingdom and France. However, the industrial output value is far less than expected, especially in light industry. Although gains were made during the plan period Huge progress, but the gap with European and American countries is still quite obvious.”
Not only East Africa is facing this problem, but the United States and Germany are also facing this problem. However, the United States has a large economy and the most complete industrial system, so the problem is not serious. However, East Africa and Germany are different. The industrial scale of Germany and East Africa must exceed that of the United Kingdom. , legal, but there is still a lot of room for improvement in terms of profits.
Germany's main response is to develop the financial industry. After all, German industry is restricted by local conditions compared to the United States and East Africa. The types of mineral resources are certainly not as rich as those in East Africa and the United States, and the total mineral output is not as large as those of the two countries. Although the United Kingdom and France do not count their native areas, It’s too big, but they have overseas colonies.
As for East Africa, it should continue to intensify its efforts to transform and upgrade its light industry, and at the same time develop mid- to high-end products to increase industrial added value, thereby increasing the country's overall industrial output value.
(End of this chapter)