Chapter 135： take a rest

Chapter 135 Rest

The war ended temporarily, and the East African colony resumed its normal operation process in the past.

During the war, it was a huge challenge for East Africa to send immigrants to the front line.

So the war machine in East Africa has to slow down. The whole of East Africa is an agricultural colony, so the ability to support large-scale military is stronger than those traditional agricultural countries.

Fortunately, the East African colony was first established, with a large land area and a large per capita arable land area, so the total grain output was high, self-sufficient, and it strongly supported the actions of new immigrants and the army.

The army needs to rest and reorganize, and the new immigrants to the west must work quickly to plant the land as soon as possible to create value, while other regions in East Africa must also pay close attention to the reclamation work of the fields.

In the past two months, East Africa has received 170,000 immigrants (this data is not an exaggeration, referring to the slave trade, and the ability of British ships to transport blacks, so what East Africa lacks is not transportation capacity, but immigrants, especially German immigrants source.), all of which were taken over by the New Northwest Occupation Area, West Kenya District and Omorat Town.

If these 170,000 immigrants are distributed among the established colonial strongholds, all parts of East Africa will definitely be able to develop to a higher level.

In the first half of 1868, East Africa imported more than 500,000 immigrants. In the first half of the year alone, Ernst's estimate of 600,000 immigrants a year at the end of last year was almost completed.

At present, the population of East Africa has reached 1.2 million, and the land area is about 1.5 million square kilometers, and Uganda in the previous life has also been regarded as a Chinese meal, with an area of ​​more than 200,000 square kilometers.

It is estimated that before the end of the year, it can definitely be swallowed. If the anti-time immigration activities go smoothly, it can reach at least 1.7 million.

The population exceeded one million, which made Ernst not panic at all now. A million is not only a unit, but also a tranquilizer. In this era, a country with a population of more than one million.

In the 17th century, the population of the Netherlands was one million when it rose; in the 19th century, the population of the United Kingdom was tens of millions;

Breaking through one million people, the East African colony can gain a foothold in Africa, and on one-third of an acre of land in Africa, its strength can at least rank fourth.

The first is naturally the Muhammad Ali dynasty of Egypt under the nominal territory of the Ottoman Empire.

Anyone who is familiar with history knows that Muhammad Ali's reforms allowed Egypt to enter a stage of prosperity and military strength for a period of time, and even defeated its suzerain Ottoman Empire.

Later, the intervention of Britain and France saved the dying Ottoman Empire, and Egypt was reduced to a semi-colonial state again.

Although Egypt’s reform failed, after the reform, half of Egypt has stepped into industrialization, and its army has also completed modernization. Therefore, Egypt’s comprehensive strength should be the most well-deserved number one in Africa.

The current Egyptian territory also includes Sudan (including South Sudan), which actually borders the Omo River Basin colony in the northwest of East Africa.

The East African colonies may not be afraid of Egypt militarily, but the East African colonies are not as comprehensive as Egypt. They have both industry and agriculture, as well as a navy, and even achieved self-sufficiency in some weapons and equipment.

The second is France. France has nothing to say. As far as the distance between the French North African colony (Algeria) and the French mainland is concerned, it is no problem to say that France is the most powerful force in Africa.

Anyway, the French mainly expanded in North Africa and West Africa, and could not touch East Africa. The closest French colonies to East Africa are the Comoros Islands and French Madagascar, which are separated from East Africa by the Indian Ocean.

The third is the United Kingdom. Like France, its navy is too strong, so there is no other country in the world that can compare with these two countries.

Why not put Britain and France before Egypt, that is because these two countries are not purely African countries.

So the mainland, excluding some colonists, the first is Egypt, the second is the Abyssinian Empire, and the third Ernst himself does not know.

British and French colonies have national support, so East Africa naturally does not dare to feel uncomfortable in front of the two countries, but it is not at all cowardly when facing the Boers and Portuguese.

Because of offending Britain and France, East Africa can only be beaten. If you want to fight back, you can’t get out of the Indian Ocean. But facing the remaining forces, it’s different. Get people (maybe thousands).

The East African colonies are at the same level as them. As for the Kingdom of Portugal supporting Mozambique, just listen to it. Ernst will not look straight if he does not bring hundreds of thousands of troops over.

Don’t charge into battle by yourself when fighting a war. As long as there are more immigrants in the territory, there will be more troops, and the army is Ernst’s confidence to gain a foothold in East Africa.

Of course, there is absolutely no need to conflict with the above-mentioned forces in East Africa at present, and there is still a lot of open space in Africa that can be developed.

So before the big powers set their sights on Africa, the East African colonies can expand as much as they want, and the opponents are only indigenous forces.

In the absence of the support of external forces, it is basically impossible for the aborigines to be opponents of the East African colonies.

Don't look at the smooth sailing and rapid expansion of the East African colony, which is based on Ernst's daily fears.

The East African colony was just Ernst’s use of the identity of the Hohenzollern family to give the outside world an illusion. The East African colony was an attempt by Prussia to colonize overseas.

Compared with Prussia's energy in developing colonies, countries are more worried about Prussia's unification of Germany, so the expansion of East African colonies can be acquiesced by countries such as Britain and France.

And Prussia itself does not have the energy to pay attention to overseas affairs. Now the high-level officials of the kingdom are making various preparations for the unification of Germany. As for the royal family of Hexingen to develop Africa, as long as Prussia contributes money and effort, it will be fine, and the royal family of Hexingen counts. My own people, in the development of colonies in Africa, finally have to move closer to themselves.

Needless to say, Tsarist Russia's interests are all in Eurasia.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire supported Ernst. The Austro-Hungarian Empire did not have the energy to expand overseas, and the relationship between Habsburg and Ernst was so good that they almost became a family. Ernst recruited immigrants in Austria-Hungary, not only It is good for Austria, and it is also good for Hungary, stabilizing its rule. Many factors caused the Austro-Hungarian Empire to support Ernst's colonization.

But the support is the support, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire just sold Ernst. Except for the relaxation on the immigration issue, it has no practical benefits at all.

In summary, there is no country that can be relied on in the East African colonies, and it may be impossible to recover if it completely falls to either side.

So only by relying on immigrants and forming an army can we protect ourselves. Of course, there must be a threshold for immigrants.

This is also the reason for the slow immigration in East Africa. If the quality is not considered, two or three million immigrants per year are easy, and it took two and a half years for the East African colonies to reach a population of 1.2 million, which is Ernst's reverse The result of raising immigration standards.

(end of this chapter)