Chapter 506: The Thief Will Not Die
After the East-Portugal War, East Africa seemed to be back on track, but allowing East Africa to escape smoothly in this way obviously did not fit in with the British sinister style. The Prime Minister of the British Government, Benjamin, felt This time Britain was defeated by East Africa, which was intolerable for his arrogance.
"The climate in East Africa has become established. It seems that it will not be possible to solve East Africa by force or even weaken East Africa. Instead, it will make East Africa go further." Benjamin said somewhat depressedly.
After the East-Portuguese War, the momentum of East Africa seems to have increased. Many countries have begun to communicate with East Africa. The British have also noticed this. This is considered stealing the chicken but losing the rice!
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, our intervention in Africa was still a step too late for the Germans. If the previous government could contain East Africa before it annexed the Transvaal Republic, the situation in Africa might not have deteriorated to this point."
"Humph, after all, no one would have thought that our British Empire would one day focus on Africa. After the invention of quinine, we should take advantage of the opportunity to intervene in Africa."
"This is caused by historical inertia. Before the invention of quinine, , only the Portuguese colonized Africa. For hundreds of years, malaria has hindered our exploration of the interior of Africa. Perhaps it was because it took so long that everyone ignored Africa, and the Germans missed it."
Quinine was invented in 1826, and there was no need for it in Britain or other countries. It was too early. Even if they entered Africa on a large scale in the mid-19th century, Ernst would not have anything to do with him later.
Of course, Britain, which was at its peak, would not have imagined that one day it would have an idea of in Africa. The earlier Portuguese colonial empire could not have imagined that its descendants would decline to this point.
But for Ernst, all this is still due to greed. There are so many British colonies, and it is really unkind to still focus on the rotten land of Africa. It is better to bear the pain by yourself.
Benjamin: "Now you guys think about how to deal with East Africa? We won't have much effect in the short term of the war. Can we contain the development of East Africa through other means."
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, if Apart from war, our approach to containing East Africa is nothing more than political Political and economic means should be used to isolate East Africa politically and cut off the connections between East Africa and other countries. Even if it fails, we should draw in the neighboring countries of East Africa to prevent East Africa from becoming bigger. Economically, we should impose sanctions on East Africa and cut off East Africa's foreign trade and cooperation. exchanges, hindering the development of East Africa, but these methods can only treat the symptoms but not the cure. Ben, the territory of East Africa is too big. I’m afraid we can live well if we only rely on the local people.”
Benjamin nodded and said: “Your idea coincides with mine, and I can see it. This time we can live well.” It is impossible to take over East Africa directly. After all, they are not a colony like India, so now they can only restrict East Africa develops further, and we will wait until we are ready before taking action against East Africa."
Benjamin's idea is to weaken East Africa's strength as much as possible, and finally take military action against East Africa, although East Africa has defeated Portugal this time. It looks pretty good, not that it would make Benjamin give up.
With India as its support, Britain can continue to strengthen its military strength in Cape Town. The East African army has Germans, and Britain can also recruit troops from the mainland. Therefore, if India is added to the mainland, the UK can also use explosives. History In the Boer War, Britain could send 400,000 troops, and it can still do so in this time and space, so Britain is not worried at all about not being able to defeat East Africa militarily, but the price it needs to pay is a bit high.
Benjamin: "That's it! First get in touch with the countries around East Africa and form an anti-East Africa alliance. At the same time, we will impose economic sanctions on East Africa and cut off its foreign trade."
As the British government reached a consensus, the United Kingdom The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also began to investigate and contact neighboring countries in East Africa.
However, there are actually only a few forces around East Africa. It is certain that Portugal is tied to the United Kingdom, so the United Kingdom decided to further strengthen Portugal's strength.
In fact, Portugal has come to the door a long time ago. This war with East Africa was entirely instigated by the British. As a result, Portugal ceded territory and paid compensation. Portugal believed that the United Kingdom bore a great responsibility. "Ambassador Williams, you can't just let it go. Portugal will suffer a big loss this time! We have completely waded through troubled waters for you. Your guarantees before the war were not implemented, which made Portugal lose its reputation internationally. Lost face.”
"Your Excellency, Archduke Varus, you have wronged us in this matter. What we said before the war was to ensure the existence of the two Portuguese colonies in Africa, but we did not say that we would ensure the integrity of the two Portuguese colonies in Africa. Moreover, we did not stop it in time. I'm afraid you won't even be able to save more than half of the remaining colonies in the war."
"Big Williams. Yes, you were clearly misleading us before and set a language trap for us, but now you refuse to admit it, then you are too unkind. Are the diplomats of your country just such villains?"
< br>"Ahem, His Excellency Archduke Verus, you'd better pay attention to your words. Our country's diplomats are all qualified. As for you, They misunderstood our intentions, which only shows that the professionalism of your country's diplomats needs to be improved."
Seeing that Varus was obviously unconvinced, Williams, who had a guilty conscience, could only comfort him: "This time, although there is a war. Strength has caused you some trouble, but with the help of our country, haven't you still retained the elite colonies? The loss is not too big. As far as I know, you have not developed much in southern Angola and northern Mozambique, and there are not many people there. Furthermore, how can you allow others to sleep soundly beside the bed? Sooner or later, East Africa will make moves on your colonies. Wrong thinking, we just exposed East Africa’s wolf ambitions in advance.”
What does it mean to be troubled? The corners of Archduke Varus' mouth twitched. The previous government collapsed directly because of this incident. The East-Portugal War had a too great negative impact on Portugal.
"Mr. Ambassador, no matter what, we in Portugal are all victims, and we are inseparable from your country. You must be responsible for us."
"Oh! Don't say it, Varus Your Excellency, the British Empire, as a responsible and responsible country, will not give up on Portugal. This time, I will come with Prime Minister Benjamin’s instructions to discuss dealing with East Africa.”
When he heard about dealing with East Africa, Varus immediately raised alarm bells in his heart: "You still want us to fight a war with East Africa!"
"How is this possible? We have no such idea in the short term..."
Varus interrupted: "It is impossible for us to face the East Africans alone."
"Of course, are we friends with you? We misjudged the strength of East Africa, and our intelligence errors led to the failure of the war. So this time we come with sincerity. Not only will we be with you in the future Fight side by side, and will provide you with the best weapons."
said. At the end of the day, the British still want to put Portugal back on their war chariot. As for providing advanced equipment, this is because the British believe that the military assistance to Portugal was not strong enough last time, which led to the failure of the war. This time, the British plan to provide themselves with this Allies in Africa provide advanced military weapons including artillery, machine guns and other weapons.
In the eyes of the British, the last war was just a test of East Africa. The British Military Observer Group believed that it fully understood the military strength of East Africa, so it was well prepared and could definitely defeat East Africa next time.
The combat effectiveness of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique is also remarkable. If Angola were not in a hurry, Mozambique could continue to fight, at least for a few months.
(End of this chapter)