Chapter 917: East-French border conflict
April 1896.
Madagascar.
As early as 1893, the French government intensified its invasion of the Kingdom of Immerina, and at that time forced the Kingdom of Immerina to cede the Gulf of Diaz-Sole to France.
In 1895, the French government was determined to annex the entire Kingdom of Immerina, and launched another war, conquering Antananarivo, and finally achieved its victory over Immerina in April 1896. Total military occupation of the kingdom.
Of course, in the French perception, the Kingdom of Imerina, as the main country on the island of Madagascar, is basically equal to the island of Madagascar.
However, when the French completely defeated the British and took control of the Kingdom of Imerina, they finally discovered that the Kingdom of Imerina had been divided by East Africa in the northeast of Madagascar.< br>
From the Mahevaranu River Basin in the north to the Manambasi River Basin in the south, they have become the sphere of influence in East Africa. In the process of pursuing the remnants of the Kingdom of Imerina, the French army will inevitably encounter conflicts with the East African Defense Forces. We met and had some minor misunderstandings.
"Colonel Silvis, right? Why do you want to cross the border to our East African territory? As a Frenchman, I think you should know the Westphalian system, so you should respect our East African territory and sovereignty.”
The East African Lieutenant Masers came up and taught the French a lesson. The Westphalian system is the basis of the concept of modern national territorial sovereignty, and this system was originally founded by The French led the deconstruction of Habsburg rule, thus turning Germany into a complete geographical concept.
Of course, Silvis was not afraid of Masers' question. Is your non-chief civilization in the corner of East Africa now a "human"?
Of course, although the East African National Defense Force is not large in number, it is clear at a glance that its weapons and equipment are not comparable to the backward civilization of the Kingdom of Imerina. Plus, who knows how many people are behind this Lieutenant Masers? He is an East African, so Silvis should be more restrained, otherwise he would have to teach these young people a lesson just because the other party speaks fluent German.
"Lieutenant Masers, your East Africa is also an emerging country in the colonial dividend. I think Madagascar was not originally your East Africa, right? Now the Kingdom of Imerina has become our French sphere of influence. As the original overlord of the island of Madagascar, France has natural reasons to intervene in the control of the entire island of Madagascar."
Masers: "What does that have to do with East Africa recognizing Imerina? The Kingdom is an independent country, and it also recognizes that the Kingdom of Imerina has become a de facto French colony. However, the Kingdom of Imerina cannot represent the island of Madagascar. Before, the Kingdom of Imerina had never had a de facto united state of Madagascar, so our East African The territory naturally does not include the territory of the Kingdom of Imerina, but the area outside its territory. What you are standing on now is our land in East Africa.”
Good guy! Silvis was overjoyed to be beaten down. If it was true as the East African side said, France would have recognized it. But in fact, when France was fighting the Kingdom of Immerina, how dare you swear to God that you did not invade Immerina? The land of Na Kingdom?
Well...obviously East Africa has done this, but the French are allowed to invade the Kingdom of Immerina, and we in East Africa are not allowed to profit from it, right? The East African side is naturally confident. Everyone is not a good person and they are pretending to be saints.
"Lieutenant Masers, is your name of East Africa written on this land? We are just regaining the territory of the Kingdom of Immerina. After all, they have been fleeing here."
The remaining forces of the Kingdom of Imerina, who were named by Colonel Silvis, were trembling on the sidelines. After all, although they were afraid of France, the East Africans nearby were not easy to mess with.
In fact, the Kingdom of Imerina also knew that East Africa was encroaching on its own territory. However, in order to deal with France, the main threat at that time, who could care about the leftovers that East Africa had embezzled. After all, East Africa only wanted to cut meat, and France was It's for their lives.
Mars glanced at this group of remnants of the Immerina Kingdom. This group of people was actually intercepted by himself. In order to evade French sanctions, the Immerina people naturally went to East Africa. They were running around in the territory, no matter where they were in East Africa, but they were blocked at the border between the "two countries" by the East African border guards and French pursuers.
"Colonel Silvis, this doesn't mean anything. When the Belgians ran to German soil, can you say that the place where the Belgians went is Belgian territory? This is completely unreasonable. As for the ownership of the land, of course we are If there is evidence, look at the stone tablet in the distance, which is a good proof. "Following where Masers pointed, Silvis actually found a prismatic stone tablet buried in the soil, and he saw writing on it in German. Author: "Heixinggen Kingdom Boundary".
The Kingdom of Hechingen is the official name of East Africa. Of course, according to the respective habits of countries around the world, most countries still call it the Kingdom of East Africa. Just like the Netherlands, it is actually the Kingdom of Nigeria. Same as Teresa, Deutschland and Germania are similar.
Seeing the so-called evidence of Masers, Silvius was really speechless. If a stone monument can solve the problem, then the stone monuments erected by France in Lorraine and Alsace should be able to prevent it. Franco-Prussian War.
Of course, although Silvis was dissatisfied, East Africa was a local snake after all, so he said: "I will not argue with you on this topic. At the same time, we do not want to conflict with East Africa, but you must first These remnants of the kingdom of Immerina are left to us.”
Marsrs naturally did not pay attention to the so-called remnants of the Kingdom of Immerina. After all, the reason why he appeared here was to block the remnants of the Kingdom of Immerina from entering East Africa.
"Of course, but the premise is that you withdraw from our country first, then we can hand over the people to you."
Hearing Masers' words, Silvis gritted his teeth in displeasure. But he finally did as he said, so the French side withdrew behind the stone monument, and Masers also handed over the remaining forces of the Kingdom of Immerina to the French as agreed.
"Colonel, these East Africans are too arrogant and domineering! Are we just going to admit it?" On the way back, a subordinate asked dissatisfiedly.
Colonel Silvis said unhappily: "What, you want to fight with East Africa? Do you know the strength of East Africa's troops in Madagascar? Even though the East African officer does not have many people, East Africa has The overall military strength of Madagascar is definitely far greater than that of our country. If a conflict breaks out in this situation, the South African War will be our end.”
"Do you expect that the mainland will travel thousands of miles to invest more troops in this useless place, and then recreate the 'glory' of the British..."
After Colonel Silvis cursed angrily , no one mentioned the conflict just now.
After a moment of silence, Silvis said: "It's definitely not possible to be tough. This matter can only be interfered by the government and this group of bumpkins in East Africa. This is not within the scope of our consideration."
After Silvis and his party went to the meeting, they naturally reported today's encounter to the French government with added jealousy.
As a major power, France has never suffered this injustice, so the government's attitude towards this matter is naturally... to negotiate with East Africa.
In addition to the dispute over the island of Madagascar, France actually has two colonies bordering East Africa, including the colony of Gabon and French Somaliland (Djibouti).
Of course, there is actually no connection between French Somaliland and East Africa. Although there is a small border, it is not a desert area that people pay attention to.
The focus is on the issue of the division of sovereignty between the Gabon colony and the Madagascar island colony and East Africa. Taking into account the lessons learned from the South African War, the French naturally cannot be so stubborn about starting an African war with East Africa.
At that time, the British, with the help of Portugal and tens of thousands of Boer cannon fodder, could not take advantage of East Africa. Therefore, when communicating with East Africa, they still had to convince people with "reason" and not be "rude".
(End of this chapter)