Chapter 1124 Military Family
Compared with Germany and Japan, East Africa does not deserve its name of imperialism at the diplomatic level, but this also shows that East Africa is becoming increasingly mature politically.
Germany and Japan are typical militarist countries, and East Africa was also a militarist country at the beginning. In order to deal with the indigenous people and other colonists on the African continent, they passively chose the organizational form of all-people soldiers. However, after the founding of East Africa, , national security was initially guaranteed, and national politics also underwent major changes.
Of course, all European countries are currently expanding their armaments. Germany’s military construction is not unusual in Europe, because Russia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and France are not far behind. As for the United Kingdom and Japan, they are overdrafting their national power. Building a huge navy. At the beginning of the 20th century, many countries did not develop a strong military. That was a real rarity.
So in the context of the times, the construction of the German army seems extraordinarily normal, but Germany's radicalism is what really makes Ernst feel terrible. After all, Germany has planned one-to-many from the beginning of its military plan. It's really not wise.
So Ernst advised Carmon: "Germany is facing an extremely severe situation in Europe. Your enemy is not only France, but also Russia and the United Kingdom. Even if you can defeat France, it will be very difficult under the intervention of Russia and the United Kingdom. It is difficult to digest the results of the victory. The lessons of the collapse of Napoleon's regime must be learned. Sometimes you have too many enemies, and your enemies can exhaust all your advantages just by relying on their deep family background."
In Ernst's view, France in the Napoleonic era was even more outrageous than Germany today. At least Ernst did not believe that Germany could invade Moscow as easily as Napoleon. Napoleon's military achievements even exceeded those of Germany during World War II.
However, Russia is an unsolvable existence. With its deep territory and poor transportation conditions, it is difficult for any country to defeat Russia unless Russia collapses internally first.
Camon did not take Ernst's advice seriously. He said with some pride: "We in Germany are fully capable of repeating the glory of the First Franco-Prussian War, as long as we can defeat the British before they can react like last time. France and other countries are not a concern. As for Russia, it is too backward and the Austro-Hungarian Empire will be able to contain Russia in Eastern Europe. After we defeat France, we will turn around and join forces with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Russia's intervention will inevitably fail."
This is obviously an ideal state and cannot convince Ernst at all. The main reason is that Germany’s ability to select allies is really poor. In fact, it is also Germany’s helplessness. Latecomers have no choice in forming alliances.
This was true for Germany, the Soviet Union, and later the Far Eastern Empire. When the world's second largest nation faced the world's largest empire, it was difficult to find good allies.
This is also an advantage after the hegemony is established. When the Far Eastern Empire was glorious, a group of young men in East Asia were proud to be their horses, from the northern grasslands, to the eastern island countries, to the countries in Southeast Asia. Being proud of the civilization of the Far Eastern Empire, even the tough bandits on the grasslands will have a cultural inferiority complex when facing the Far Eastern Empire.
Under the current world system constructed by the United Kingdom, Germany and East Africa are both "barbaric countries" that are highlighted, which is a kind of political and cultural isolation and bullying.
Although Germany and East Africa have many shortcomings, Britain's butt is not white. Instead, it has done many evil things because it controls huge colonies and world hegemony.
Of course, countries like Germany that dare to challenge the current world system naturally have their admirers. On the contrary, countries in East Africa and the United States that pretend to be ostriches are easy to despise.
Ernst said to Carmon: "Let's stop here. We in East Africa are in the southern part of the African continent, separated from Europe by the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea. It is difficult to coordinate with Germany. Although we cannot support Germany militarily, in other aspects, We can still make some efforts.”
Although Carmon is used to Ernst’s rejection, he still feels a little uncomfortable, but fortunately it is not without results.
So Kamon said politely: "Then on behalf of our government, I would like to thank His Majesty the Emperor for his support."
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After sending Kamon away, With Ernst's acquiescence, the East African government tried its best to give Germany some preferential treatment in trade. This was actually a support for Germany's development, but for a country of Germany's size, it was only better than nothing. After successive "cordial" exchanges with government missions from various countries, the East African government's attitude is relatively clear, that is, it will choose neutrality as much as possible in the subsequent disputes.
In this way, among the world's generally recognized powers, the United States and East Africa are temporarily considered neutral countries. This gives European countries the confidence to challenge each other, and this is what East Africa and the United States both want to see. of.
At the same time, Ernst also began to calculate the current financial situation of East Africa. Strong military strength is the confidence that East Africa can guarantee the status of a neutral country.
Merkel: "In terms of military strength alone, our current total military strength is 460,000, ranking above the Austro-Hungarian Empire with a slight advantage, and second only to Russia, Germany, and France. , ranking fourth in the world.”
Of course, this obviously cannot be simply regarded as the military strength of each country. Take Russia, which has the largest military strength, it is definitely impossible to rank first in the world. .
Apart from the large number of people, Russia basically has nothing to offer, and Russia's population is not much larger than that of East Africa. There is only a population gap of 20 to 30 million between the two countries, but East Africa has many advantages in artillery, machine guns, military vehicles, railways, etc. It is much stronger than Russia in other aspects.
However, military strength is indeed a good reference. From the perspective of military strength alone, East Africa currently ranks fourth in the world, and East Africa’s mobilization potential ranks among the top three. The mobilization potential must be considered. There are many factors, including population, logistics, transportation, material reserves, etc., and with the advantages of East Africa’s railways, which are almost twice as many as Russia’s, and millions of kilometers of roads, if East Africa really carries out national mobilization, I am afraid it will not be inferior to Russia. According to the With Russia's current military standards, it would not be difficult to mobilize five million people in East Africa.
East Africa is in the middle and upper reaches of the world in terms of military strength. In comparison, maritime powers such as the United States and the United Kingdom are far behind East Africa. Of course, if the British colonial army is included, the overall situation is almost the same as that of East Africa. , the colonies were many and scattered, and the corresponding defense pressure was also great.
Of course, the expenditure of the British colonial army is far from that of the East African Defense Force. After all, the main task of the colonial army is to prevent colonial rebellions, not to fight other military powers.
“In terms of army weapons and equipment, we have reached the level of all European powers. The number of rifles, machine guns, and artillery is not inferior to any country. In some areas, we are even ahead of European countries, such as the number of military vehicles, armored forces, and army aviation. Troops and so on.”
Now the East African Air Force has become independent from the Army, and the Army has also retained some aviation arms to exercise coordination capabilities. Only the Naval Aviation has not been established for the time being.
The main reason is that the navy is deployed around the coastline. Now the formation of naval aviation is too conspicuous, and without an aircraft carrier as a carrier, it is difficult for naval aviation to play its role.
And at this stage, the East African Air Force is already considered the most powerful in the world. Many countries do not even have aircraft. This also means that East Africa has no need for this for the time being.
From the current situation in East Africa In terms of army equipment, the East African Army is half an era ahead of its peers, but this advantage is not obvious. The main reason is that the performance of the current tanks and aircraft is not up to standard, and it is still unable to handle cross-regional operations.
As Ernst said to Carmon, East Africa is a country on the African continent, which ensures the national security of East Africa to a certain extent, but in turn can easily limit the performance of the East African army.
As the largest military power on the African continent, East Africa has no rivals around it. To participate in extraterritorial wars, it has to travel far across the ocean. This obviously requires the support of the navy and its own shipping capabilities. Therefore, it is currently difficult for the East African army to support overseas operations.
(End of this chapter)