Chapter 1096 Beibu Gulf Territory
After obtaining the suzerainty of the Pirate Coast, what does the East African government or Ernst want to do most? The answer is naturally to cleanse the local indigenous forces. As typical colonial countries, East Africa and the United States can be said to have no difference in this regard.
“Now we must first steadily transfer power on the Pirate Coast from the British, build a strong foundation for rule on the Pirate Coast, and then look for opportunities to assimilate the local area.” Ernst told the members of the government.
The expression here is very euphemistic. East African blacks have deep feelings about the "assimilation" of East African standards. There are only two situations, either get out or be enslaved to death.
The situation in the Persian Gulf is far more complicated than that in East Africa, which makes the East African government unable to act rashly now. After all, black people are not a mute political force like the Arabs.
If it is not handled carefully, East Africa may be attacked by political forces from the entire Arab world, so harsh methods such as massacres must not be used.
Of course, there is no Pan-Arabism in this era, but based on Ernst’s understanding of local religious forces, if East Africa does this, the Arab countries will settle old scores in the future and really turn East Africa into a colony in the Persian Gulf. If the existence of Israel is the same, then the gains outweigh the losses.
After all, the existence of Israel was a thorn in the side of the United States and the Soviet Union in order to disrupt the situation in the Middle East. Ernst planned to build a stable oil and gas production base in the Persian Gulf colonies. There is a fundamental difference between the two. .
So Ernst said: "The name of the Pirate Coast is temporarily called the Beibu Gulf Territory, which is directly led by the central government. At this stage, military control is implemented, and the central government directly dispatches a governor to manage it."
The Pirate Coast definitely cannot be used as a regional name. After all, the area has been included in the territory of East Africa. It is neither civilized nor auspicious to call it the Pirate Coast. The reason why it is called the Beibu Gulf Territory is also very simple. The Persian Gulf is in the northwest of East Africa, and its latitude higher than the native latitude of the northern hemisphere in East Africa.
And Ernst did not want to use the Persian Gulf territory as a title, mainly because he did not want to be involved with the surrounding Arab countries.
As for the name having the same name as a certain bay in the Far Eastern Empire in the previous life, it is not a big problem. At this time, the French colonial government of Vietnam called the Beibu Gulf in the previous life "Tokyo Bay". It is not wrong, it is the same as Tokyo Bay in Japan. These are mainly translation issues.
Of course, given that the current translation of many German place names in the Far Eastern Empire is dominated by East Africa, the Beibu Gulf of the previous Far Eastern Empire may return to its ancient name of "Qiongzhou Sea" in the future, and maybe "Qiongzhou Bay".
In short, Ernst renamed the pirate coast the "Torrent of the Gulf of Tonkin" mainly to de-Arabize it, which can also be said to be de-Persianization.
Ernst said: "At this stage, we should not take too big actions in the Beibu Gulf territory. After all, international public opinion and the regional situation are not conducive to us doing so. Of course, some early eviction policies have already It can be carried out only after the complete implementation of military control in our country.”
"The Arab population in the Beibu Gulf territory is not large. There are only a few slightly larger tribes, large and small. We will first use the Al Ain Oasis as a base to gradually establish a military management framework for the entire Beibu Gulf territory."
"Speaking of Alley Green Al Ain Oasis, renamed New Rhine Oasis, serves as the military garrison and political center of the Beibu Gulf Territory at the current stage. "
Al Ain Oasis, just from the name, you can see the fate of this land and East Africa. Of course, Al Ain is an Arabic place name after all. So Ernst still wanted to change the name of this oasis to German.
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It is obviously not an easy task for East Africa to completely transform the Beibu Gulf Territory (UAE) into its own territory.
Although a consensus has been reached with the United Kingdom, this does not mean that East Africa and the local indigenous political forces have reached an agreement. After the British government signs an agreement with East Africa, it will no longer care about this mess.
In other words, there was actually a power vacuum on the pirate coast. After the British left directly, several local tribal forces took over the local power.
The East African government is obviously not as easy to talk to as the British government. After all, East Africa essentially wants to annex this place and does not need these indigenous regimes. Therefore, in a short period of time, East Africa had military conflicts with several local tribes, which was also expected by the East African government.
In order to completely conquer the Beibu Gulf territory, East Africa not only dispatched a powerful naval force to escort it, but also dispatched the elite of the Northeast Military Region to directly fight with several local tribal forces. .
The Northeast Military Region, which is the military region with the Somali region of East Africa as its core, operates in arid areas such as the Somali Desert in northeastern East Africa all year round, so it has the most abundant desert combat experience in East Africa.
In order to support the invasion of the pirate coast, the Northwest Military Region dispatched more than 3,000 troops, including a main cavalry regiment composed of camels.
In fact, with the population size of the Pirate Coast, if they just want to simply conquer the local area and learn from the British governance model, the East African government does not need to dispatch such a "large-scale" combat force.
However, considering that East Africa needs to carry out detailed management here, and the pirate coast area is relatively large, the East African army is not familiar with the terrain, population, and water source distribution here, so for reasons of stability, East Africa directly The main force of the country mobilized troops to carry out invasion activities on the pirate coast.
Of course, the East African army is not completely blind. On the pirate coast, East Africa also possesses a large amount of intelligence and is supported by the Leading Party.
Yes, it is the Omanis who serve as the leading party in East Africa, or the former Zanzibaris who have long-term interests in East Africa.
With the support of East Africa, the Zanzibar Consortium is a relatively large non-governmental force in the entire Arab region. It is mainly composed of the original Zanzibar people. They are based in Oman and their trade Activities occur throughout the Middle East and Central Asia, and even in South Asia and North Africa.
Even with the leading party and powerful military power, East Africa’s conquest of the entire pirate coast lasted nearly half a year before it ended.
After all, it is not easy to completely clear away hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land where local indigenous forces are roaming around to commit crimes.
What's more, out of fear of the new player in East Africa, many surrounding Arab forces have extended a helping hand to the natives of the Pirate Coast.
Therefore, in order to end this war, East Africa began to exert pressure on the surrounding Arab countries and at the same time completely expel the natives of the original pirate coast, which had a population of only tens of thousands.
After occupying the main local oases, water sources, villages and towns in East Africa, these indigenous people did not know what is good and what is good, and still secretly supported the guerrilla activities of the resistance organization. Therefore, in order to completely cut off the living space of these guerrillas, at the same time, in order to achieve “Purge” campaigns by East African governments.
The East African government stopped acting and directly deported all the men, women, and children from the pirate coast to the surrounding Arab countries. These Arab countries had a population of tens of thousands and it was relatively easy to accept them. Among them, the largest number fled to the Ottoman Empire, and a small number Escape to Oman.
The British watched the whole show, and the East African government also saw the main reason why the British assigned the pirate coast to East Africa. Originally, the British rule here was only nominal, so The British had long anticipated that the takeover of the pirate coast in East Africa would not go smoothly.
Moreover, the situation around the Pirate Coast is complicated. If you want to completely conquer the Pirate Coast, you will inevitably be interfered by external forces.
The war that lasted for half a year can be said to be the most troublesome war event that East Africa has encountered since the South African War.
The number of casualties alone was as high as 300, mainly caused by guerrilla and sneak attack activities on the original pirate coast. However, with the end of the war and the aborigines of the pirate coast being emptied by East Africa, the East African government also reached achieve one's own purpose.
As for those political forces that secretly provided assistance to the pirate coast resistance organizations during the war, in addition to the United Kingdom, East Africa also responded accordingly. This also opened the door for East Africa's first military and political cooperation in the Middle East. level of interference.
(End of this chapter)