Chapter 1146 The Springboard to March into Africa (Second update, please subscribe)
“Perhaps, this is the future...”
Being on this farm, Kalijevic used a Complex eyes looked at this plantation - this land that nominally belonged to Marshal Tito was given to Marshal Tito by Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia when he visited Yugoslavia a few years ago in gratitude for the large amount of aid Tito provided. Although it was nominally presented to the Marshal, it was actually run by Yugoslavia.
Since then, these 15,000 hectares of land have become Yugoslavia’s overseas farms. Agricultural experts and farm workers from Yugoslavia have planned and cultivated this land in the past few years.
A few years ago, this was a desolate grassland, but what about now?
It has developed into a plantation producing sisal, coffee and other tropical crops, although coffee, cocoa and other tropical crops have not yet been produced here.
But modern irrigation facilities and mechanized operations are pointing to a future - if this country can follow their suggestions and build water conservancy projects, divert water for irrigation or extract groundwater for irrigation, then this country will Become a country with extremely developed agriculture.
This is a well-known fact. After all, the land here is so fertile. With appropriate inputs and modern agricultural technology, this land will definitely become a farmland with high yields.
But... sometimes imagination is so beautiful.
“You only have to implement half of it…”
Kalijevich pointed to the farm and said to the brigadier general beside him:
“The whole of Ethiopia will undergo earth-shaking changes, and your people will never starve again.
Not only You can harvest more food, and you can also export a large amount of food, coffee and other agricultural products.
You will also be able to obtain sufficient funds for industrial construction, construction of railways, roads and ports. By that time, Ethiopia will In the future, he will become the most dazzling presence in Africa.”
Listening to the words of the Yugoslav agricultural expert next to him, Brigadier General Mengistu Newey, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Guard, whispered softly:
"The most dazzling existence...Ethiopia?"
With a slight sarcasm on his lips, Brigadier General Mengistu Newey cast his gaze into the distance, and then pointed at this farm. Outside, those desolate lands covered with weeds, he said.
"Ethiopia is like that. That land belongs to the Duke of Irum. It is hundreds of thousands of hectares. This is just a piece of his land."
Menges Brigadier General Tu Newey pointed his finger into the distance again and continued.
“The nobles and the church own the vast majority of the land in Ethiopia. They have no interest in the modernization of agriculture. For them, all this may even affect their rule!”
Different from those nobles, Brigadier General Mengistu Newey was a typical "small town problem solver". He was born in an ordinary citizen family. After graduating from middle school, like other outstanding middle school graduates, he entered the Harbin Institute of Technology. Attended Lal Military Academy.
Then he participated in the Peninsular War with the Ethiopian Cagnew Force as a company commander. During the Peninsular War, he was promoted for his outstanding performance. When he evacuated from the Peninsula, he had become a commander of the Cagnew Force. Battalion Commander - This is Ethiopia's most elite and most combat-effective unit.
It is precisely because he has been out of the world that, unlike other nobles and old officers who reject progress, Brigadier General Mengistu Newey is eager to change this land. He hopes that this country can be like Along the way he saw countries like those moving towards modernization.
This is not only his wish, but also the wish of others. The entire Royal Guard, including other young officers, all have this wish.
But this is just a wish, with no possibility of realization.
Because those conservative nobles control everything, and in the army, patriots who participated in the "War against Italy" hold high positions. Although young officers like them have noticed the changes in the world, what can they do?
Nothing can be done!
Nothing can be done!
Brigadier General Mengistu Newey stared into the distance for a long time before saying:
“However, we can do nothing but watch this country being changed day by day. The world is far behind..."
Mengistu walked to a coffee tree and said.
“We have the best coffee in the world, but there are not many modern coffee plantations here.
Although Ethiopia is now left with agriculture, whether in terms of absolute output or In terms of per capita output, Ethiopia's agricultural scale ranks last among African countries.
Sudan's population is 1/2 that of Ethiopia, but its foreign trade volume is twice that; Ethiopia's cement. The annual output is only 1% of Egypt's. In addition, the national illiteracy rate is as high as 95% to 99%. This is Ethiopia under their rule..."
Pursing his lips, Mengistu frowned. He frowned and said.
"A country without any hope of modernization!"
Karijevich looked at Mengistu. Although Mengistu's face was full of helplessness, his eyes were full of hope. Dissatisfaction with the emperor's rule.
“At least under the emperor’s rule, there is no hope!”
Karijevich’s words fell into Mengistu’s ears, and he looked at him, There was silence for a moment, and then he spoke.
“Yes, under the emperor’s rule there will be no hope for Ethiopia!”
Listening to Mengistu's words, Kalijevich did not speak. In fact, the wind of change in Africa had long blown to the Ethiopian plateau. Some officers here had long noticed the experience of Egyptian officers in deposing King Farouk. And they kept it deep in their hearts, the opportunity they had been waiting for.
Mengistu was the core figure among them, as well as his brother Gemame Newey and many officers who had participated in the Peninsular War.
They had formed a secret group for a long time, and the engineer found them a few months ago.
After a while, Kalijevich said:
"If that's the case, then knock it down!"
Listening to the agricultural engineer's words, Mengistu did not answer immediately. He just smoked silently. After a while, he said:
"This is very difficult. The king is supported by many parties." , and the church’s influence on this country is also very profound.”
“General, I said, you can trust us!”
Karijevich looked at Mengistu. said.
“In this country, it is not just the generals who want to change all this, there are many people. However, they have not had the opportunity to make their voices heard. General, now, what they need is to make their voices heard. "Will you really support us?"
Mengistu looked at the other person and asked.
“Just like you support Egypt!”
Faced with Mengistu’s question, Kalijevich said:
“General, when the time comes, you You will understand that the support the Soviet Union will give you will far exceed your imagination!”
Who would have thought that Kalijevich, who was Yugoslavia's technical adviser to aid Egypt, also had another identity - a KGB spy. In the past year, he has been working hard to complete the tasks assigned by Moscow.
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“We have been in contact with all parties in Ethiopia. Now, in addition to Brigadier General Mengistu Neway, we have also established a large number of underground organizations and songs locally.
They spread rumors slandering the royal family and the emperor himself through various channels. Although many people could not understand those leaflets, the activities of these people made the Ethiopian Empire become more and more reactionary and aroused more and more dissatisfaction.
Many people have moved towards imperialism. On the opposite side of the church, we began to seriously study our thoughts and ideas
Even Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" and "Hamlet" were banned locally due to their germ-containing plots in an effort to curb the growing trend of dangerous ideas.
Even the Encyclopedia Britannica was banned because it contained words like "republic" and was considered harmful to the country.
The Yugoslav-trained secret police monitored all domestic and international phone calls, and many people were arrested for expressing dissatisfaction on the phone..."
As Brezhnev reported all this At that time, Khrushchev was looking at the report in front of him.
After he finished his report, Khrushchev slowly pushed the file containing the documents away from his eyes and slowly moved from the table. He stood up and walked around the office
Occasionally he would look at Brezhnev, and the guy did a great job.
After Brezhnev was put in charge of this matter last year, he and the KGB chose a target-Ethiopia, which is a rare independent country in Africa.
Brezhnev chose Ethiopia because it was an independent country. By reaching out there, at least you don't have to face the direct intervention of the British military after doing this kind of thing in other British colonies.
This way the difficulty is lower and the effect is better.
“Now the time is getting more and more mature, and many local people are already inclined to overthrow the emperor’s rule!”
There was a sense of triumph in Brezhnev's tone. How could he not be proud?
Just when everyone thought he was going to compete with the British in the British colonies, he did the opposite and chose Ethiopia.
Compared to colonies...the biggest advantage of an independent country is that it is independent.
There is no need to consider the possibility of British and American intervention. Even if they wanted to intervene, they had to ask the Soviet Union if they were willing.
“All we need now is to wait for the opportunity. Once Mengistu and others launch a military coup to seize power, we can support him by providing them with aid, help him, and enter Ethiopia to Use Ethiopia as a base to expand our power to other countries in Africa.”
Taking a deep breath, Brezhnev said in a serious tone:
"Ethiopia now is the springboard for our future expansion into Africa."
Listening to Brezhnev's words , Khrushchev, who had been thinking about the problem, was silent for a while, and then said To:
"Very good, you did a great job on this. Comrade Brezhnev, I hope to hear your good news as soon as possible."
Then, Khrushchev walked to the desk again, pulled the report in front of him, browsed it again, and said:
"Your idea is very good. We will use Ethiopia as a base to liberate all of Africa!"
Smiling slightly, Khrushchev said:
"The whole world will see it then. How Africa is achieving real change with our help "Reform."
After a pause, Khrushchev looked back at Brezhnev and said:
"But we have to speed up our work. We must do it this year or next year at the latest." Let the Soviet people eat food from Africa.”
Then Khrushchev said:
“I really envy those Nanyang people, they have been eating African food for so many years, cheap and endless African food.”
said When he said these words, Khrushchev's eyes were full of envy. This envy comes from the bottom of his heart. Even when he visited Nanyang last time, he specifically asked about the source of the feed, which came from Africa.
Why can Nanyang people eat so much meat and drink so much milk? In the final analysis, it is because they own large farms in Africa.
Those guys just enslaved Africans, exploited Africa's resources, and then fed their own people. They could say that, and the Soviet Union could certainly do that.
It's just that the Soviet Union went there to help and liberate, which was completely different from the purpose of those capitalists.
Well, it will soon be the Soviet Union’s turn, and it will be the Soviet people’s turn to eat African food.
(End of this chapter)