Chapter 723 Strategic Objectives in East Africa
After all, the East African government and the Hechingen Foundation are two different systems, and it is not easy to publicize Ernst's construction of a "fake" university, so the East African government, which was unaware of the situation, was fooled.
Of course, Ernst was so good at cheating in college that he completed all the "formal" procedures, which led to a flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple.
After thinking for a while, Ernst said, "Later, I will have someone from Europe check the list of schools. You can send someone to investigate to prevent our students from being 'scammed'."
International students in East Africa are happy because the East African government has paved the way for them. This is also related to the connections of the Hexingen royal family. Perhaps the only one who can deceive East Africa is the Hexingen Group.
Of course, although the Heixingen Group has built dozens of fake universities, it has also done some "real work". For example, the Heixingen Schools of the East African Talent Training Base are managed by the Heixingen Group.
That is, a group of schools left by Ernst in the Principality of Hechingen in the Hohenzollern Province of Prussia, including the former site of the Hechingen Military Academy, have now become important bases for international students in East Africa.
The biggest difference between this school and those fake schools is that the land on which this school is located is actually owned by the Hechingen royal family, and the teachers are all hired from Europe. There are more than 500 international students studying here every year.
Of course, in addition to international students, there is also the "orphanage-style school" left by Ernst. Every year, orphans are sent directly from Germany to study. This is also the top component of immigrants in East Africa. After completing their studies in Germany, they will go directly to East Africa to develop.
Like most teachers in language schools, they originally came here in this way, but now East Africa can provide them with a stable learning environment, and they no longer need the so-called "crash course" learning.
The question of the future of the language school teachers has also been decided, which is mainly to reshape them and then return to East African society.
"Your Highness, the next question is about our southern strategy. So far, our troops in the central, southern and eastern regions of East Africa have been deployed in place, and the defense lines have been basically completed. They are the Zambezi River Defense Line (the lower reaches of the Zambezi River in Mozambique), the Eastern Defense Line (Matabele Province, the eastern border of Hechingen Province), and the Southern Defense Line (also known as the Orange River Defense Line). There are three major sections in total, with a total length of more than 3,000 kilometers."
East Africa's military defense line is mainly composed of three major sections, which also shows the huge national defense pressure in East Africa. The existence of the Mozambique colony alone will add more than 1,800 kilometers of national borders to East Africa. Without Mozambique, East Africa's land border defense and security expenditures can be reduced by one-eighth.
As for the Orange Free State (called the Boer Republic by the British and the Transvaal people), East Africa also wanted to drive them completely to the south bank of the Orange River, which is the Eastern Cape area of the former South African Republic.
Here we have to mention the regional divisions of the Republic of South Africa. In addition to the city of Cape Town, there are three large provinces named after Cape Town in the southernmost part of South Africa, namely Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and Western Cape.
The capital of the Western Cape is now Cape Town, the capital of the Northern Cape is Kimberley, and the Eastern Cape is located in the south of the Boer forces, on the south bank of the Orange River.
Apart from these Cape Towns, other areas in the administrative territory of the former South African Republic were the sphere of influence of the former Boers and Zulus.
In other words, East Africa was to be "divided by the river" with Britain, incorporating the original sphere of influence of the Boers and Zulus into the territory, while using the Orange River as a natural geographical boundary.
As for taking over the Cape Town area, East Africa had no such plan. Even if the British lost the war on the front line, they would not give up the Cape Town area.
Moreover, East Africa has no intention of completely breaking off relations with Britain. This situation will only allow countries such as Germany, France, Russia, Austria and the United States to reap the benefits, which is not in the interests of East Africa and Britain.
Therefore, although East Africa and Britain have irreconcilable conflicts with each other, neither of them will choose to fight to the death for the South African region.
This actually illustrates the current helplessness of East Africa. Britain's military presence in South Africa alone is enough to overwhelm East Africa with all its strength. Even if East Africa wins, it will only make Britain lose its strategic tentacles in the south to threaten East Africa.
Therefore, choosing to quit while the going is good is the decision that best serves the interests of East Africa. Otherwise, with the current strength of the Royal Navy, if it only deals with East Africa, East Africa’s international trade will be ruined.
Although East Africa can also be tougher and choose to fight to the end, but if it plays well on the African continent, it will only be a non-African, and it may also let Germany or the United States reap the benefits in advance.
This involves East Africa's post-war "big industry" blueprint. Currently, East Africa has only built the most basic industries, and the goal of industrialization is still a long way off.
If East Africa had achieved industrialization before the war, it could have attempted to challenge Britain's world hegemony in advance, or even gain hegemony over the Indian Ocean.
However, the problem is that East Africa has not completed industrialization, which is similar to the situation that Tsarist Russia is currently facing.
If Tsarist Russia had achieved industrialization, its Eurasian hegemony could have ended earlier than expected, so East Africa needed the British ship to avoid suddenly disintegrating.
This kind of conflicted mentality is the same as the attitude of European and American countries towards the Soviet Union in the previous life. Of course, they hope that the Soviet Union will die, but not too quickly.
Just like the European Union was established just two years after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Although the EU is an economic union, European integration is definitely not what Americans want to see.
Of course, this is considered from the perspective of East Africa's victory. If the outcome is a defeat, East Africa will definitely be very uncomfortable. The better scenario is that East Africa continues to resist and gets into a protracted war with countries like Britain, with Britain dragging other countries into the war to divide East Africa together.
The worse case scenario is that East Africa will directly lose its central and southern regions, nearly half of its industrial investment, and one-third of its agriculture to other countries.
This is the imbalance in the outcome of the war caused by the huge gap between the current national strength of East Africa and that of Britain.
Of course, if either side wins this war, the benefits to the victorious side will be enormous. For example, if Britain can seize the Matabele Province in East Africa, its hegemony will be greatly consolidated in the future. The population of Matabele Province alone is over one million, and it is closest to realizing industry. Coupled with the various resources of Hechingen Province, I am afraid that the British will be very happy. The gold income from Hechingen Province alone can make the British pay back.
If East Africa wins, it will bring decades of peaceful development opportunities to the local area, and completely secure its status as a world power. It will also gain the two important regions of Mozambique and Angola, make up for East Africa's oil energy shortcomings, and become a country with two oceans in the world. It will open up the land route between the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, and form a two-ocean economic belt with the central region and the central railway as the core.
It looks like a replica of the Boer War, but in fact it is an enhanced version. However, in terms of international impact, it may not be as damaging to Britain's international image as the Boers in the previous life.
Because East Africa itself is one of the (pseudo) great powers. Of course, if Britain were defeated, they would definitely immediately give East Africa the title of a great power and consolidate East Africa's status as the largest country in Africa.
After all, losing to the world powers and losing to the "peasants" of a tiny country like the Boers are two different concepts.
Therefore, once this war breaks out, it will be a war that changes the world pattern, and the winner takes all. Of course, the most important person for East Africa is not Britain, but the Portuguese. If East Africa can annex the two Portuguese colonies in Central and South Africa, it will make a huge profit. Being able to capture the Transvaal Republic will be a pleasant surprise.
(End of this chapter)
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