Chapter 770 Cancer
The defeat of Britain in Persia marked Russia's formal entry into the Indian Ocean. The strategy that Peter the Great formulated for Russia was finally realized two hundred years later.
On February 17, the Amur Army Academy welcomed a group of special students. These students are not from Germany, but from Africa.
Africa has always been considered the back garden of Europe. Not only Britain and France have large colonies in Africa, but even small countries like Belgium and Portugal also have colonies in Africa that are hundreds of times the size of their own land. .
There are currently only two independent countries in Africa, South Africa and the Abyssinian Empire.
Abyssinia is Ethiopia.
In 1890, Italy invaded Abyssinia and was defeated by Menelik II. Italy was forced to recognize the independence of the Abyssinian Empire and became the laughing stock of Europe.
After repelling the Italian invasion, European countries flocked to increase investment in the Abyssinian Empire, and the Russian Empire was no exception.
In Addis Ababa, the capital of the Abyssinian Empire, the Russian Empire built some bridges, and the first modern hospital of the Abyssinian Empire, and the Abyssinian Empire established good relationship.
Menelik II died in 1913, and the throne was inherited by Menelik II's grandson Ejasu. Ejasu was raised by a German nanny and had a good impression of Germany since childhood.
On September 12, 1916, the ministers of Britain, France and Italy jointly submitted an ultimatum to the Foreign Minister of Abyssinia, stating that if Abyssinia continued to take actions to support the Allies, the three countries would take joint military action against Abyssinia. The Xinian Empire intervened.
On September 27, Minister of War Habta Georges deposed Ejasu, and Zoditu, daughter of Emperor Menelik II and stepmother of Ejasu, became empress, son of the late Duke Maconnan Tafari Maconnan became regent and crown prince of the empire.
With Tafari's efforts, the Abyssinian Empire officially joined the League of Nations last year.
After Tafari joined the League of Nations, he took the initiative to ask Nicholas Jr. to send some officers to Russia for training.
Due to the British pursuit of Russia in the last century, Russia is almost the only European country that has not interfered with Africa.
Even Belgium and Portugal have millions of square kilometers of colonies in Africa, but Russia has nothing. This is obviously inconsistent with Russia's international status.
After opening up the Indian Ocean, Russia has no more desires in Eurasia, and Africa has entered Russia's sight.
Nicholas Jr. hopes that Russia’s influence on the African continent will be the same as that of the United States on the American continent, turning Africa into Russia’s back garden.
Felix agrees with Nicholas Jr.'s proposal, but neither Felix nor Nicholas has a clue how to achieve this goal.
In Russia, it has become a consensus to ask George when everything is undecided.
George cannot say that he has no idea about Africa. He can only say that the time is not right. If he rashly intervenes in Africa, he may arouse unanimous opposition from European countries.
As far as the current situation is concerned, a single European country, whether it is France or the United Kingdom, is unable to confront Russia.
So when facing Russia, European countries also joined forces to keep warm.
Vasili suggested picking up the weak persimmons, starting with Belgium and Portugal.
Belgium’s mainland area is only 30,000 square kilometers, and its colony in Africa, the Belgian Congo, covers an area of 2.345 million square kilometers.
During the Paris Peace Conference, the German colonies of Rwanda and Burundi in central Africa were placed under Belgian mandate, and Belgium's sphere of influence further expanded.
Portugal has a mainland area of 92,000 square kilometers and has two colonies in Africa, one in East Africa and one in West Africa, with a total area of 2.05 million square kilometers.
This is really something you don’t know until you see it, and you will be shocked when you see it.
Looking at the Belgian Congo and Portuguese East and West Africa on the map, Vasily’s mouth watered.
“I have a report here about the Belgian Congo——”
Felix took out a German newspaper published during the World War, which detailed the crimes committed by King Leopold II of Belgium in the Belgian Congo.
The picture published in the newspaper showed a father sitting helplessly on the floor, looking at a pair of hands and a foot in front of him. These were the stumps of his 5-year-old daughter.
Newspaper introduction: Because the man named Nsala failed to complete the task of collecting rubber that day, the supervisor killed his daughter and wife and gave the daughter's stumps to Nsala. During the reign of Leopold II, a total of 10 million Congolese died.
"This bastard! It's a disgrace to civilization! How could he do this? How dare he do this?"
Vasily was furious. He could not imagine that human nature could be so dark.
George has already had an in-depth understanding of the crimes committed by European countries in Africa from the 21st century Internet.
So George has no mercy at all for the so-called illegal immigrants in Europe. Everything is a cycle of cause and effect.
"We should rescue Africans from the clutches of colonizers. This is our responsibility!"
Felix speaks righteously and becomes a messenger of justice.
"It's impossible to send troops, but we can use some more covert methods."
George likes Felix and Vasily like this.
Felix, who evaded responsibilities during the imperial era, and Vasily, who had been confused for half his life, were not liked by George.
It is said that after the fall of the empire, Russia entered a new era.
George hopes that not only the system but also the spiritual world of Russians will enter a new era.
George hoped to continue to penetrate Africa and induce Africans to actively resist the colonial rule of European countries.
Vasily did not understand immediately, and looked at George with confusion.
Felix looked at George thoughtfully.
“Don’t look at me, this is what the European countries did to us before the World War broke out.”
George responded in kind.
Before the outbreak of the World War, European countries, mainly Britain and Germany, exported to Russia one after another, which became one of the main reasons for the demise of the Russian Empire.
George will not send Russians to Africa, at least not in an official capacity.
It is wise to bring some Africans who are interested in overthrowing the colonial rule of European countries to Russia for training.
Not to mention the United Kingdom and France, countries like Belgium and Portugal are not worth mentioning in terms of their own strength. They rely entirely on the overall advantages of Europe to maintain colonial rule in Africa.
In fact, before this, Russian companies had gone to Africa in the name of mining mineral resources and tried to make commercial investments.
The results were not satisfactory. European countries were very wary of the Russians. Not only did they refuse to cooperate with Russian companies, they even did not allow Russian companies to send people to Africa for exploration.
This is too much.
George did not say that Africa is Europe's Africa, and it is always possible to open the door and share benefits.
Africa is very rich in mineral resources. Landlocked countries like the Belgian Congo, for example, are not only rich in mineral resources, but also have huge potential in forests, oil and gas, and hydraulic power.
Under the rule of the Belgians, the Belgian Congo was just a plantation for the Belgians. Even if mineral resources were discovered, the Belgians turned a blind eye because of the need to invest in infrastructure.
So for the world we live in, such countries are the real cancer.
(End of this chapter)