Chapter 665: There must be a battle in East Britain
When the Berlin Conference was held, the resistance movement in the Orange Free State completely subsided, and it was declared over with the last batch of the northern Orange Free Resistance Army fleeing to East Africa.
“The Orange Free Resistance Army was doomed to fail from the beginning. Their strength was limited, and their territory was too small, let alone the Transvaal and the British. If they wanted to win, Unless we take over the Orange battlefield, which is obviously impossible, being able to provide considerable assistance to the Orange people is already an act of kindness by the East African government," Felix said.
In fact, East African officials agree that it is not easy for the Orange Free Resistance Army to persist for such a long time. The main factor is that the current depth of the Orange Free State is too narrow.
As long as the British and Transvaal blockade the Orange people, they will soon achieve results. However, it is impossible for the Orange people to ensure production and confront the British and Transvaal at the same time.
And the aid from East Africa is a drop in the bucket. After all, East Africa is not a charity, and the Orange people need to exchange supplies for aid from East Africa.
"Then how do we deal with these Orange people who have fled to East Africa? There are currently more than 2,000 people. There is no possibility of reconciliation between these people and the British, but I am afraid that they are willing to be driven by us. An unknown number!" asked Merk, commander of the Southern Military Region.
The Orange Free Resistance Army is indeed a trouble, because the Orange people have their own claims, rather than merging with East Africa. This must be clearly distinguished, but East Africa has interests in the entire Orange Free State. own ambitions.
It would be self-defeating if it had the same consequences as the United States and the Soviet Union entering Afghanistan in the previous life. Therefore, it is not easy for East Africa to deal with these Orange people who fled across the river to East Africa.
“The Orange people are destined not to be owned by me. The best way is to scatter them, integrate them into East Africa, and erase their national character, or give them a free aid and let them continue to Orange. To cause destruction in the Free State, they will eventually be allowed to return to the Netherlands.”
Ernst said: "Strong is not sweet. If you are willing to become an East African citizen, you must obey the arrangements of the East African government. I don't think all Orange people want to keep fighting. A stable life is for the ordinary people. pursuit, as for wanting to continue to fight against the British, And for the Orange people who have strong nationalist tendencies, we will send them back to the Orange Free State. Let the British have a headache! As for the last option, we will not stop it. After all, the Netherlands was once Orange. Rule the (Boer) people's suzerainty, return to It’s justifiable to go to the Netherlands to develop again.”
“Your Highness, after the Orangemen are dealt with, I’m afraid the British energy will fall on us. After such a long war, the Germans will. The Landsvaal Restoration Army has expanded to more than 60,000 people. The United States also has more than 20,000 troops on the border in Cape Town, and our East African Southern Military District now has a total of more than 60,000 troops. After integrating the Orange Free State, will the Transvaal and the British Will we take action in East Africa?" Felix said.
After a long war, the Transvaal Restoration Army grew in size, and with the destruction of the Orange Free Resistance Army, a large number of Orange soldiers were recruited, which made the Transvaal The power of the Nationalist Army cannot be underestimated.
Besides, there is Britain behind the Transvaal, plus two colonies of Portugal. These are two agents, and judging from the explicit data, now the Transvaal plus African Portugal The human power is not much weaker than that in East Africa, and it can completely act as an agent of Britain.
Of course, this does not weakly refer to the number of troops in active service. Just like in the previous life, a country as small as Korea had more than one million troops. The number of troops of the Portuguese and Transvaal people also obviously exceeded the standard. , the two parties add up to around 300,000.
Although there are many East African troops, the defense pressure in East Africa is also greater, especially on the eastern coast. There is military pressure in the north, and it is impossible to guard against the Transvaal and the Portuguese in the south.
East Africa’s advantages lie in a sound defense industrial system, developed railway transportation (in Africa), and a strong navy. This is East Africa’s most important achievement throughout the 1970s, and it is also the UK’s greatest contribution to East Africa’s rise in Africa. An important reason for constant hostility. The population of East Africa is more than 30 million (excluding black people), but a closer look at the population structure shows that the number of adults (the age of adulthood in East Africa is seventeen years old) only reaches more than 10 million, excluding nearly half of the female immigrants and adult males. The population is just over five million.
And many adult men may be over forty years old, because East Africa has a history of twenty years from the founding of the country, and many of the earliest immigrant groups are already quite old.
However, people in this era are generally more precocious. If East Africa lowers the recruitment age, it can still realize the terrifying war potential. And as the war progresses, East Africa will have a new adult population every year.
"We in East Africa are the strongest in Africa, but we are not able to sit back and relax. What East Africa actually lacks most is time, so it must be treated with caution in the face of any danger. This is also the fundamental reason for the previous nationwide military mobilization, and East Africa lacks a national foundation. "We have never really fought against a world power that went all out," Ernst said.
As for Portugal, in the eyes of East Africa, it is not a powerful country at all, and Portugal’s strength is mainly reflected in its homeland. The victory over Portugal’s two colonies does not mean that East Africa’s military armed forces are strong.
Judging from the course of the last East-Portugal War, the situation of the Portuguese army is not much different from that of the indigenous countries with strong resistance consciousness.
This can be compared with the Abyssinian Empire. The Abyssinian Empire is an old "power" in Africa and is currently in a stalemate with Italy.
The military strength of Italy is stronger than that of the Portuguese in Africa. Italy is also an industrial country, and the core industry of the former Kingdom of Sardinia is much stronger than that of Portugal itself.
Therefore, it turns out that the strength of the Portuguese in Africa may not be able to compete with indigenous countries like the Abyssinian Empire. Not to mention the Abyssinian Empire, even the original Sultanate of Zanzibar can compete with Portugal. As for now It's really hard to determine the strength of the Portuguese colonial army in East Africa. This mainly depends on the strength of Britain's support for Portugal.
“Know your enemy and yourself, and you can win a hundred battles. However, wars are often uncertain. In the face of competition, we must not take it lightly. Moreover, there will definitely be a war between Dongying. Even if this time does not happen in the 1980s, it will happen in the 1980s. It broke out in the 1990s, because if Britain did not contain East Africa at this time, then they would completely If this opportunity is lost, East Africa will inevitably become a global power after the arrival of the 20th century and change the geopolitical structure of the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. "
As a maritime hegemon, Britain will inevitably suppress East Africa and have illusions about central and southern East Africa. , and East Africa also covets Cape Town’s geographical location and land.
The contradiction between the two sides is irreconcilable. In other words, even if the United Kingdom does not take action, it will inevitably take action against the British South African colony after East Africa fully develops.
This is the same as when the United States attacked Canada, except that the United States lost, so it could only choose to remain dormant under the international system established by the United Kingdom.
(End of this chapter)