Chapter 978： subsequent impact

Chapter 978 Subsequent Impact

The founding ceremony of East Africa has attracted the attention of diplomats from various countries, but that's all. When today's situation spreads throughout East Africa, the heat will probably dissipate.

This kind of enthusiasm will at best spread within a small area in Europe, and will be spread to high-level officials of other countries through diplomats participating in the military parade. This is inevitable.

But this is also in the interest of East Africa. Popular sentiment can also affect government decisions. Take Portugal, for example. Without the active opposition of the Portuguese people, the impact of the South African War would have ended long ago. Now the Portuguese government might have established diplomatic relations with East Africa. Not even sure.

Diplomats from various countries have a deeper understanding of the East African Army through this military parade. Judging from the military parade alone, the organizational capabilities, discipline, and weapons and equipment of the East African Army are in line with the characteristics of the world's strongest military.

Therefore, East Africa, which has the East African National Defense Force, has no rivals on the entire African continent, and it is impossible for countries outside the region to think of fighting a ground war across the sea and East Africa.

As for the data of the East African Navy, it has always been very reassuring. However, the East African Navy follows the route of elite troops and cannot be underestimated. At least it still has the strength to maintain the offshore waters of East Africa.

After the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, many thoughtful diplomats have begun to describe to the country the military intelligence revealed in this East African military parade.

German Ambassador Boers wrote in the letter: "Based on the current military parade and the expired data from the South African War, it can be inferred that the national standing military force in East Africa is maintained at least around 200,000 all year round. Its land area is huge, so the size of the army must be second to that of the United States. "The number of people in this military parade has reached eight to nine thousand. Such mobilization capabilities are obviously very easy for East Africa to achieve."

Eight to nine thousand men is not too many, but it is enough to reach about one-fortieth of the German Army. Therefore, in Boers' view, it is reasonable for the East African reserve army to be at least two to three hundred thousand.

He dipped his pen in water and then wrote: "But the defense pressure in East Africa is obviously smaller than that of European countries, so the number of troops cannot reach the standards of various European army powers. This can be reflected in the weapons and equipment of East Africa. Its guns The number of artillery equipment is not inferior to that of the Imperial Army, and East Africa is not a very wealthy country, so its military configuration is not very sophisticated. "

ˆ As for Burse’s argument that East Africa is not very wealthy, there is not much of a problem. As a whole, East Africa is still an agricultural country, and its income level is naturally not comparable to that of industrialized countries in Europe and the United States.

But the East African government is obviously different from the governments of European and American countries. The East African government holds a large amount of resources and industries. Therefore, in terms of the wealth of the government, the East African government is probably still higher than other governments. This also means that the East African government has stronger resource integration capabilities. in traditional countries.

Resource integration is conducive to improving efficiency and reducing costs, especially in the field of promoting the development of military industry. Therefore, although the size of the army in East Africa is similar to that of Germany and France, the actual military expenditure is not inferior to other countries.

"East African soldiers are in good condition. Judging from this military parade and the daily life of East African people, the East African army is definitely not bad in catering. In addition, the compulsory education system in East Africa is very complete, so it can be inferred that the quality of East African soldiers may even reach or even exceed that of our country. level."

Boers's idea is likely to come from the fact that compulsory education in East Africa is longer, so theoretically the quality of soldiers in East Africa is higher than that in Germany.

There is certainly no problem with this, but although the compulsory education system in East Africa is larger and the education time is longer, the quality of compulsory education in East Africa is very poor. At least at the same level of education, East Africa is not as good as Germany. However, East Africa relies on the sea of ​​​​people Tactics can also offset part of the gap in education quality.

For East Africa, there is no big problem if the lower limit of education quality is low, but it must be rich in the talents that East Africa needs.

"...In my opinion, in the future, East Africa, as an important economic, commercial, cultural, and political exchange country for our country, should strengthen its cooperation at the military level, especially at the army level. If it can become our country's arm, it will be greatly beneficial to compete for world power in the future. of."

At this point, Burse's letter came to an end. He took a sip of tea and said to his servant: "Send the letter to the country!" To be honest, the military strength displayed in this military parade in East Africa is not much different from that during the South African War. It's a big change, but it's not surprising that it can arouse Burles' attention.

After all, although military development will undergo major changes over time, stability within the cycle is also common.

Since the Franco-Prussian War to today, especially in the field of army equipment, except for the privately held East Africa, other countries have not changed much. They are nothing more than making subtle adjustments to traditional weapons such as guns and artillery. The real military equipment competition has instead focused on On the naval side.

Of course, this is for countries in the first echelon. Like many backward countries and regions, there is indeed a lot of room for improvement. For example, the indigenous Africans in the hinterland of West Africa are still using cold weapons or even primitive weapons.

Burse’s focus is on the changes in the East African Defense Forces in the past ten years. After all, ten years have passed since the South African War. Ten years is enough time for a country’s military to corrupt.

This military parade is an important reference for examining whether the East African Army still maintains its combat effectiveness. At least on the surface, the East African Army still maintains a good spirit and discipline, which is enough for Germany who wants to win over East Africa.

After all, everyone is afraid that their teammates will be held back in the future, such as the Austro-Hungarian Army. Germany has always known that the Austro-Hungarian Army has many problems, but they never thought that in another time and space, the Austro-Hungarian Army would be so stretched. Not even a small country like Serbia can handle it easily.

In the previous life, Germany's ability to find teammates was indeed worrying, but this does not mean that they will not examine teammates and enemies. For example, in the previous life, an important basis for Germany to judge the decline of the British military was the poor performance of the British in the Boer War.

Now due to reasons in East Africa, the Boer War that was supposed to take place during this period is no longer available. The British will not make a bigger fool of themselves, and they do not know what impact it will have on the judgment of the German government.

Therefore, the British who suffered great losses in the South African War should "thank" East Africa. No matter how weak East Africa is, it is also a big country with a population of tens of millions. If it is a country with only a few hundred thousand people like the Boers, even the British It's really shameful that the number of soldiers is comparable to that, but they can't achieve a good record.

If the South African War reduced British prestige by five, then the Boer War in the previous life reduced British prestige by fifty, or even higher, which is equivalent to East Africa extending a certain life for British hegemony.

The struggle for power between major powers often starts in secondary areas. By considering the opponent's true and false, they finally launch a fatal blow. In the previous life, Germany tested the United Kingdom through the Second Boer War, while the Moroccan crisis was a test against France. Test.

Just like the foreplay carried out by several big countries in the 21st century through the Middle East, Europe, Danwan Island, the Philippines and other regions, whichever country exposes more flaws will be at a disadvantage in international competition.

Therefore, this military parade in East Africa also has a similar purpose. The East African navy will definitely not be able to compete with other countries overseas, because the East African navy is not strong enough and is prone to problems. Once it overturns, it will easily trigger a chain reaction. For East Africa, which already has many overseas colonies, is disadvantageous.

So flexing muscles through the army is a relatively peaceful method. After all, no country dares to fight a war with East Africa on the African continent. The army can also reflect that the East African army is still sharp and cut off the bad ideas of some countries.

At the turn of the century, East Africa also needs to constantly send signals to the outside world that the East African army is still capable of fighting, so that it can maintain neutrality in an increasingly bad and harsh international environment. Without war, it can only be done through military parades or exercises. achieve this purpose.

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