Chapter 1333 1919
When East Africa occupied Qatar, Britain, the nominal sovereign state of Qatar, chose to turn a blind eye as East Africa expected.
In fact, the process and results of East Africa's invasion of Qatar have long been spread around, especially those third-party personnel who left Qatar, mainly businessmen and diplomats from various countries, including the British in Qatar. Diplomats, after the capture of Bayda in East Africa, all retreated to Bahrain and other countries in a tacit understanding.
Previously, the Ottoman Empire actually had a small-scale garrison in Qatar, only two to three hundred people. However, they returned home after the war between the Ottoman Empire and the British broke out. Therefore, when East Africa invaded Qatar, the island There are no military personnel from other countries present.
So, the process of East Africa’s annexation of Qatar can be described as uneventful. However, this does not mean that Qatar is unimportant. As long as East Africa’s series of military and strategic deployments in Qatar are completed, East Africa will become the most influential in the Persian Gulf region. One of the most powerful countries.
Although East Africa itself is a world power with strong military strength, and its previous possession of the Beibu Gulf territory, a wedge embedded in the Middle East, its influence in the Persian Gulf is growing day by day.
However, this influence is not enough for East Africa to be on an equal footing with Britain and Russia in the Persian Gulf region. The most direct reason is that East Africa lacks military deterrence in the Persian Gulf region.
This kind of military deterrence is similar to the situation in the Middle East that is not conducive to the Americans in the previous life. As long as the aircraft carrier formation is sailed into the Persian Gulf, it can form a strong psychology towards the countries in the Persian Gulf. Pressure, for example, during the Iraq War, the number of aircraft carriers in the US Fifth Fleet was directly increased to five.
Converted to this era, the most frightening naval weapon is the battleship. However, the Third Fleet does not have a large home port to dock the battleships. The deterrent power of the East African Navy in the Persian Gulf will naturally drop by one level.
The British, who are sitting on important Persian Gulf naval bases such as Bahrain, do not have this trouble. The Qatar Peninsula makes up for the shortcomings in East Africa.
Although battleships do not necessarily completely represent naval battles, in this era, as long as the country is not lonely, the most powerful naval battleships are most recognized.
Just like in previous lives, Iranian missiles can pose a threat to US aircraft carriers, but the deterrent power of aircraft carriers is more concrete and has greater deterrence.
As for the army, Russia's deterrent power in the Middle East was obviously greater than that in East Africa. After all, Russia directly borders the Middle East, forming a overwhelming momentum.
Of course, this kind of land-based deterrence is smaller than that of the navy, especially against the countries along the Persian Gulf. Therefore, although Russia’s influence in the Persian Gulf previously ranked second, it was still far behind the United Kingdom. Very big.
As East Africa and the Persian Gulf are separated by the Indian Ocean, the ultimate local deterrence still relies on the navy to play a leading role.
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Time flies to 1919.
In the previous life, the First World War had been over for a long time at this time, but now even though the United States has entered the war, the war is still raging in Europe and the Middle East.
In the second half of 1918, the Allied Powers and the Entente Powers each had their own victories and defeats. Because of the participation of the United States, Britain and France stabilized the situation on the Western Front and successfully withstood the offensives of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
But on the southern battlefield, the situation of the Allied Powers was not optimistic, especially under the leadership of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Allied camp achieved a series of military victories in the Balkans and the Middle East.
The Allies successfully opened up and further consolidated the land passage between the Balkans and Asia Minor (Anatolian Peninsula), so that the railway from Berlin to Baghdad was once again open. As long as the Allied forces along the Persian Gulf were defeated, the Persian Gulf route will be restored again.
The two countries of Greece and Albania were finally defeated at the end of 1918, which caused the power of the Allied Powers to shrink from the Balkan Peninsula to the Mediterranean line. While East Africa occupied Qatar, the Austro-Hungarian, Bulgarian, and Romanian coalition forces also arrived in Iraq, which greatly boosted the morale of the Ottoman Empire.
This also means that the focus of the southern battlefield has shifted to the battle for the Red Sea coast and the Persian Gulf coast. The importance of the Persian Gulf to the current Allies is far greater than that of the Red Sea coast.
On the one hand, the Allies have no large ports available in the Red Sea. On the other hand, transportation from the Red Sea to the core area of the Allies is not convenient, and may be harassed by the British and French navies in the Mediterranean direction.
The war on the Western Front and the Southern Front made it difficult to break the balance between the Entente and the Central Powers. In this case, the only country that benefited was the Russian Labor Party, which was actively consolidating its power.
With the arrival of 1919, the East African government is one step closer to 1920, which also means that a new round of government statistical work must be fully launched.
Data including population, industry, economy and other aspects have begun to be aggregated to the Rhine City, providing various data support for the formulation of government policies for the next economic cycle in East Africa.
At a government meeting in the Rhine City, Ernst emphasized: "The world is now at a turning point, and the next twenty to thirty years will most likely determine our country's position in the world. ”
“Therefore, this census and economic census must be rigorous and detailed, especially to eliminate the falsification of past performance data, and all departments must seek truth from facts. ”
"The central government will dispatch a supervision team to conduct random checks and supervise the authenticity of data statistics and errors across the country. These conditions will also be included in the files and affect personal resumes and future official promotions."
It can be said. High-level officials of the East African government, including Ernst, attach great importance to this national data statistics work.
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In addition to catching up with the important time point of 1920, according to the usual practice, East Africa will collect statistics on its own population and other important data, but also with the rapid changes in the international situation, as well as the overall outbreak of the European war and the East African economy, etc. factors are closely related.
In fact, some of the government's statistical work has been officially launched since mid-1918, which means that the statistical time this time will be more than a year. Before the arrival of 1920, all All statistical results must be released.
Ernst continued: "In addition, this time we need to open up our voices, especially through the National Assembly and other forms, to accept private input and suggestions on some government decisions, and to correct some of the problems in our economic development in the past. Solve our problems The shortcomings of the past that were not taken seriously or were accumulated over time.”
“The accountability of some officials with bad conduct or inactivity in the past economic development will have a negative impact on the market. Under the market economy, some officials will review the economic issues, summarize the market and social atmosphere issues, and further promote the development of healthy markets. ”
East Africa is a government that emphasizes the role of the government in the economy, so a market economy is inevitable. Manual error correction and rectification, after all, in a market economy, it is impossible to avoid problems such as corruption of power agencies and departments, vicious competition in the market, and monopoly.
Of course Ernst does not expect to be able to solve all these problems. After all, no country in the world can do this. Even countries like the Russian Labor Party that completely abandon the market cannot prevent the existence of the black market. .
For the East African government, it would be good as long as it can solve most of the problems, and this "majority" is obviously a vague term. What proportion counts as the majority? Ernst believes that more than a hundred Fifty percent is enough.
As Ernst finished speaking, some officials of the East African government suddenly fell into a state of nervousness. After all, over the years, the East African government has accumulated a lot of problems. No one can guarantee that they will not have any problems. Of course, it is just a small problem. Fortunately, some people who are too outrageous will definitely be selected as models and then killed to scare the monkeys, so naturally some people will have a guilty conscience.
(End of this chapter)