At the beginning of April, the effects of the war in Argentina gradually spread throughout Europe, and governments began to express their views on the war in Argentina.

On 1 April, the British government issued a public announcement, clearly stating that it would send troops to support the Argentine government, and at the same time, the British government also made an agitation to other European countries, calling on France, Germany, Italy, Austria and other European powers to draw troops to form an alliance with Britain to jointly carry out a military attack on Han.

The British government's declaration of war was like a stone thrown into boiling water, which made public opinion in Europe more intense.

At the instigation of the British government, people from France, Germany, and other countries announced that they would join the action of supporting the Argentine white race out of racial feelings, and then Italy and Belgium, which had other plans, took the lead in responding to the call of the British government and promised to contribute money, people, and strength to support the British government's just actions.

Of course, the military and economic strength of Italy and Belgium was much lower than that of the British Empire, and the dispatch of regular troops of 10,000 or even several thousand men on a long-distance expedition was a great test for the Italian and Belgian governments.

The distance from Europe to Argentina was much greater than that of North America, and in the region of La Plata, which was close to Argentina, the Argentines were too busy to provide sufficient logistical support for European reinforcements, while the Brazilian Empire, which occupied part of the territory of the Rio de la Plata, was too busy suppressing the black rebellion at home to provide too much material supply to European reinforcements.

In addition to the objective economic situation of the Argentine and Brazilian empires, the relatively backward military industrial systems of the two governments were also unable to provide a perfect supply of weapons to the coalition forces.

You must know that although the Brazilian Empire has rich mineral resources, most of those large mines are controlled by the British, and a small number of newly explored mines have also been mortgaged or sold to the United States, France and other European and American countries by the Brazilian government or at a low price because of Pedro II's expansion of military power.

Although the South American countries represented by Brazil have military equipment that is not inferior to that of ordinary European countries on the surface, the military strength of South American countries is based on a huge amount of foreign purchases, such as ironclad ships, heavy artillery, Gatling guns, and other weapons are all purchased from European powers, while the types of weapons that are really produced in the country are very limited.

There are two main reasons for the backwardness of the military industry of South American countries, one is the internal factors of South American countries, the independence of South America is more than half a century later than that of the United States, and at the same time, after independence, the complex ethnic, economic, and political situation of South American countries makes it impossible for the ruling party to continue to implement a certain industrial plan that is beneficial to the country.

Those countries with relatively stable political situations, such as Brazil and Chile, are because they have rich mineral resources, and the governments of the two countries do not need to vigorously develop the industrial system with slow results, but can use the huge mineral resources to exchange the latest military equipment from European countries, so there is no external pressure to urgently build an industrial system, and the military industry level of Brazil and Chile has been stagnant for a long time in the initial stage of independent statehood, and the demand for heavy weapons and supporting ammunition mainly depends on the sale of European powers such as Britain and France.

On the other hand, the independence of the South American colonies benefited from the strategic purpose of Britain and France to dismember the Spanish colonial system, and after achieving this goal, Britain, which monopolized the interests of South America, was unwilling to see another group of South American countries with great development potential establish a complete industrial system, and then become their economic competitors.

Italy and Belgium could only fight against the background of Britain, France, and Germany dominating the affairs of the European continent, and follow the three major powers to make some small profits, so when the impact of the Argentine war in Europe gradually fermented, Italy and Belgium, which lagged behind the major European powers in economic and military strength, aimed at the Han State, hoping to take advantage of the favorable opportunity for Britain to launch a military attack on the Han State to seize several colonial strongholds of the Han State in Europe.

Han originally had three scattered colonies in Africa, but later through an agreement with Germany, Han exchanged the colonial strongholds in Cameroon to the Germans, and removed the Cameroonian colonial strongholds that had been handed over to the Germans, leaving the Han in Africa with three colonies in the Congo, Kismayo and Mtwara.

Of the three colonies, Mtewara was located in Tanzania, surrounded by British and German colonial powers, and Italy and Belgium could not intervene.

Kismayo is located in the south of Somalia, and Italy was once defeated by the Han troops in the stronghold because of the capture of Kismayo's stronghold, so seeing the opportunity to avenge the defeat at the beginning, Italy rushed to participate.

Compared with the two small colonial strongholds of Kismayo and Mtwara, the Congo is the real colony of the Han State, and in the area along the Congo River, the National Defense Forces have used the conquered black natives as pioneers to continuously enhance the military strength of the Han State in the Congo.

Han's quiet efforts to colonize the Congo did not attract the attention of the two colonial powers, Britain and France, but King Leopold II of Belgium, who was most interested in colonizing the Congo, saw hope in the recent situation in Europe to occupy the Congo from the Han State.

In recent years, Leopold II's fortunes have really not been good, and after the failure of sending expeditions to explore the interior of the Congo, Leopold II changed direction and tried to establish colonial bases in the coastal areas of Nigeria and Namibia, but all ended in failure.

Reflecting on the lessons of the previous two failures, Leopold II decided to bypass the British and French colonial powers in Africa, and chose Liberia as the site for establishing his colony.

Liberia originally existed as a settlement place for black Americans, in 1847, under the economic pressure of the growing slave movement in the country and the operation of the Liberian colony, the United States government agreed to its independence as a sovereign state, and then, the Civil War broke out in the United States, after the war, blacks were freed in the legal sense, and blacks in the United States were freed from their former slave status, so the repatriation of blacks was completely terminated, and Liberia also lost its role as a settlement for blacks.

Without the intervention of the United States, the newly liberated black Americans quickly assumed the role of masters, launched a continuous attack on the indigenous blacks of Liberia, and then divided the indigenous blacks in the occupied area into a slaved class, enjoying the joy of oppressing the native blacks from above.

The actual actions of black Americans in Liberia are very different from their performance in the United States, and the information barrier with the United States for nearly half a century has also severed the initial relationship between the two countries.

In March 1878, the well-planned Leopold II took out his personal pocket and formed a colonization team of 600 people, intending to establish a colonial base in Liberia, but the idea was good, but the final result was not satisfactory.

After Leopold II's colonial pioneer team landed, the Liberian blacks first pretended to be invincible and defeated, and then lured the pioneer team to the ambush site and defeated the other party in one fell swoop.

The black Liberians behaved beyond Leopold II's expectations, and he was still thinking about whether the occupation of Liberia would be protested by the Americans, but now it is good that not only did the goal of occupying Liberia not be achieved, but nearly half of the 600 people sent out were killed or wounded.

After repeated defeats, Leopold II had a clearer understanding of his own strength, that it was impossible to obtain a colony by the Kingdom of Belgium itself, and that in order to obtain a suitable colony from the vast expanse of Africa, it was necessary to cling to the thigh of the world's first power, Great Britain, and follow behind the British. With the help of British military-political power to achieve their ambitions.

In contrast to Italy and Belgium, which were desperately raising the flag for the British, France, Germany, and the United States behaved differently, with France and Germany all shirking the burden of domestic affairs, and the government not having the energy and financial resources to support large-scale expeditions, and expressing deep sympathy for the plight of white Argentines.

Although Britain did not invite the United States to participate in the Argentine war, the US president vowed to fully support the Argentines, but the US president only paid lip service, not only did Britain not want the United States to expand its influence in South America, but the US Congress also rejected the president's application to join the war.

On 7 April 1879, two days after the Wehrmacht's capture of Rosario, the main forces advanced to the outskirts of Buenos Aires, at a time when several agreements were reached between countries interested in the Argentine war and at the instigation of the British.

First: Britain provided Brazil with a low-interest loan of 2 million pounds to support the Brazilian government's military expansion.

Second: In accordance with the provisions of the agreement, Britain will send 10,000 troops, Brazil will send 30,000 troops, Italy will send 1,000 troops, Belgium will send 400 troops, the Chilean Army will be stationed in China to deal with the threat of Peru and Bolivia, and the Navy will send two ironclad ships to cooperate with the British expeditionary fleet to blockade the coastal area of La Plata.

Third, after the end of the war, Britain supported Italy and Belgium to acquire Kismayo and Congo as colonies of the two countries, while Brazil and Chile received part of their territories from Argentina as compensation for sending troops.

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