Chapter 727 Fleet
This is also a small contribution that East Africa has made to world peace, but the adverse consequences of the easing of social contradictions in Europe have not disappeared, but have shifted to Africa.
Especially in South Africa, a large number of people were introduced into East Africa, resulting in a sharp increase in East Africa's national strength and fierce competition with other forces in South Africa.
Relying on its population advantage, East Africa is invincible. This is also the fundamental reason for the outbreak of this war. East Africa is too powerful, so other forces must unite to eliminate this "heretic" East Africa.
If East Africa is not stopped, other countries on the entire African continent will have to survive under the control of East Africa in the future. The worst result will be the emergence of an African version of the United States.
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Dire Dawa city in the northern tip of East Africa.
British Somaliland is one of the neighbors of the East African city of Dire Dawa, but the two sides rarely have any contact.
It is not because of the hostile relationship between the two countries, but because there is a large desert area between them. Only Arab caravans occasionally bring camels through this "dangerous" area, maintaining the commercial trade route for thousands of years.
But Dire Dawa was just a transit station for them to the former Abyssinian Empire. Now that the city of Dire Dawa was under the control of East Africa, it had little impact on them.
Since the opening of Dire Dawa City, this trade route, which had been interrupted for several years, has regained its former glory.
From being a stopover for trade in the past, this place has become a prosperous commercial market. Somaliland, East Africa, the Italian Red Sea colony, and French Somalia (Djibouti) have formed an intersection market here.
Although British Somalia is now a British colony, the local residents are not British but native Arabs, so commercial trade has never been interrupted. The poor relationship between Britain and East Africa cannot change the local people's lifestyle.
Of course, a few years ago, Dire Dawa was still a military fortress, and the Arabs could only move to places with worse climates in the north of Dire Dawa to maintain the operation of the trade route. In those years, the Arabs in Somaliland had great resentment towards East Africa, and their hatred was only slightly lower than that of the British who colonized Somaliland and the French next door.
Whether it is British Somaliland, the northeastern Magirtin Sultanate (located in the northern part of the Somalia region in East Africa, the last traditional independent Somali kingdom east of British Somaliland), French Somalia, or the Somali region in East Africa, they were originally inhabited by Somalis.
To them, Britain, France and East Africa were all invaders, except that the Somalis in East Africa had long since "disappeared", while the majority of residents in the colonies of Britain and France were still Somalis.
Fortunately, nationalism has not risen in the pan-Somali region, otherwise there would be many overseas Somali forces who would become enemies of East Africa under the banner of "national revivalism".
Now there is only the Majirtine Sultanate hiding and trembling on the tip of the Horn of East Africa. Given this location, it will be colonized or annexed by other countries sooner or later. It is only a matter of time. Historically, it was Italy that ended the life of this country, but now Italy is far less powerful than in the past, and it is mainly composed of Red Sea colonies (Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia). It seems that it is unable to annex this country in the true sense of the Horn of Africa.
Neither Britain nor East Africa had much interest in the Maguirtine Sultanate, or perhaps it was because the two sides were restrained by each other that they could not concentrate on dealing with the Maguirtine Sultanate. The Maguirtine Sultanate was a blessing in disguise, but as long as the balance between East Africa and Britain in Africa was broken, the winner would eliminate this "eyesore" country from the map.
Of course, these contradictions and conflicts do not affect the local Arabs' trade activities. Somalis are also a kind of Arabs. Since Arabs are a religious and cultural force, as long as there is a strong core, they can live together in one country.
This is much more effective than "white supremacy". There are various races and nationalities within the Arab cultural circle, and its inclusiveness is actually much stronger than that of Europe.
Of course, this will not offset East Africa's hostility towards the "black" Arabs in the Somali region. At present, most of the pure black natives have been eliminated by East Africa.
East Africa can still barely accept countries with a high degree of mixed blood, such as the Abyssinian Empire and the Magirtin Sultanate.
Today, the Arab caravan brought a piece of news to the East African garrison in Dire Dawa: a team of British warships entered British Somaliland for rest and recuperation.
Morse, the highest military commander in East Africa in Dire Dawa, believes that this rumor should be taken seriously.
"The Royal Navy docked in British Somaliland is likely to be part of the Mediterranean Fleet, or it may be from India, but it is definitely not good news for us, after all, they have never been to Somaliland."
"British Somaliland is an important military base for Britain to maintain its presence in the Red Sea region, guarding the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. From a geographical point of view, I am more inclined to believe that they are from the Mediterranean Fleet. If they are the Royal Navy in India, they should go to Seychelles instead of going through British Somaliland. Of course, this is based on the assumption that Britain is ready to go to war with us." said Morse's adjutant.
"Anyway, they are unlikely to come for our city of Dire Dawa. Dire Dawa is of no use to Britain unless they want to penetrate deep into the heart of East Africa via land. However, with Egypt as an option, this is totally impossible. Even if Egypt is not involved, these lobster soldiers will only attack from the northeast coast of East Africa."
"They are the navy, so it is highly likely that this has nothing to do with us. However, this news should be reported to the General Staff Headquarters in a timely manner. After all, under the current situation, any disturbance may involve national defense and security issues."
Ordinary people in East Africa don’t know it yet, but the East African military already knows that there might be a war between East Africa and Britain.
The troops on the four borders of East Africa, namely the southeast, northwest, and northeast, received the news, and the garrison in Dire Dawa, which is a neighbor of British Somaliland, was naturally no exception.
So Colonel Morse said: "No matter what the purpose of the British fleet is, we should not take it lightly. Let our people be alert, especially the patrol team, to search carefully along the edge of the desert in the northwest direction, and report any emergencies in time. From now on, all garrisons in Dire Dawa must enter a state of combat readiness, and guns and artillery must be inspected and maintained to ensure combat posture at all times."
"At the same time, send a message to the Northern Military Region to inform them of the large-scale presence of the British Navy in British Somalia."
The Northern Military Region basically covers most of Somalia in the previous life, parts of Kenya and Ethiopia, namely the five provinces of Juba, Northern Province, Turkana Province, South Prussia Province and Eastern Province in East Africa.
In fact, according to the current location and area on the East African map, it is more appropriate to call it the Northeast Military Region. Corresponding to it is the Nile Military Region in the northwest of East Africa, which also has five provinces.
However, the Northern Military Region is stronger, including the two newly formed "Dragoon" divisions in East Africa, which belong to the Northern Military Region's military organization.
At the same time, Mogadishu is also the northern home port of the East African Navy. Although the Somalia region has a long coastline, there are only a few usable ports, so Mogadishu, with the best conditions, has become the only choice.
(End of this chapter)
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