The patrol boat quickly approached the side of the light cruiser, and three officers came up along the rope ladder lowered from the ship, three officers in army uniforms, all typical of the Oriental face, one lieutenant and two ensigns.

"Hello, commanders of the French Navy, I am Lieutenant Hu Acai, an officer of the Queensland National Guard stationed on the island of Great Hanish, these are my two deputies, your ship has entered the waters of our defense area, if it passes through harmlessly, please do not stay here too long, so as not to miscalculate."

Queensland National Guard?

What is the sea area of my defense zone?

Hu Acai spoke English, which every French officer could understand alone, but when they were connected, they were blindfolded, and they felt a little like a myth.

It was Colonel Payette who was the first to react, his light blue eyes blinked twice, and he asked with some confusion; "Where is Queensland?"

"Oh, we belong to Queensland, the Dominion of Australia."

Colonel Payette suddenly realized, nodded and said; "Yes, now I understand, but I feel more confused, Australia is still in the southeast of the East Indies, from the westernmost part of Australia to the nearest African land, Madagascar Island is also more than 6,000 kilometers, about 8,000 kilometers from South Africa, at least 12,000 kilometers from here, I want to ask...... What are you doing here? ”

"It's simple, colonizing Africa!" Hu Acai replied with confidence.

"You ...... Queenslanders want to colonize Africa, isn't it an April Fool's joke? ”

"What's so strange about this, Queensland is also a territory under the rule of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, we have just defeated the Dutch in the war, since the little Dutch can go all the way to the East Indies to colonize, why can't we colonize Africa?"

Belch......

Colonel Payette was speechless, this belongs to the thinking of arrogant Europeans, I didn't expect that Asians would also come to Africa to join in the fun, by the way, it is Queensland, the territory of the Queen of England.

He didn't know how deep the water was or what the specific situation was, so it was not good to express his opinion rashly, so he thought about it and said; "Given the sensitive nature of the region, which is a necessary point for the ocean trade routes connecting Europe and the Far East, I hope you will join me at the Suez Canal Authority to explain this, and rest assured that we will treat each other with courtesy."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Colonel, I'm afraid I'll have to refuse your invitation, because my mission is to guard the island of Great Hanish, and I'm not obligated to say anything for you."

"I'm afraid this is not up to you, Mr. Lieutenant, for not anyone can refuse an invitation from France." Colonel Payette said menacingly.

"Does that include the British Empire?"

"Uh...... We have no ill will. It was not a good question to answer, and Colonel Payette deliberately diverted from the subject.

"Hmph...... Whether you have malicious intentions or not, it doesn't matter if you say it, there are 15 white Dutch people I slaughtered with my own hands, don't perform this threatening little trick in front of me, it's ridiculous and weak. "Hu Acai, an officer who has experienced bloody battles, has a lot of unstinting energy in his character, and his eyes radiate a strong murderous aura, and he pointed back without showing weakness and said;" My soldiers are pointing their guns at you, and I don't care if the French or anyone dares to make trouble on this territory, and if they dare to make trouble on this territory, it will be regarded as a provocation, and they will be responsible for any serious consequences. ”

This strong momentum made the French officer stunned, Hu Acai sneered, waved his hand and said; "Let's go, I'll see who dares to stop us and shoot us directly."

The group of three swaggered back to the side of the ship, and returned to the more than 300-ton Mosquito-class patrol boat along the rope ladder.

Colonel Payette, having reacted, hurried to the side of the ship and asked in a loud voice; "Mr. Lieutenant, I can't tell for sure whether you have the right to occupy this place, whether you have bad intentions, I need more information."

"Don't be sentimental, Mr. Colonel, you don't count, leave this sea area as soon as possible, so as not to cause unnecessary conflicts."

"Wait a minute, maybe I don't really have that right, but Paris certainly does, you don't want to see a conflict due to a miscalculation, we just need to know more about it."

"Then you can write to Queensland, I am only a soldier, and I am not obligated to answer for you."

"Oh God, I don't even know where Queensland is?" Colonel Payette looked a little frustrated.

"Then you can also go to Downing Street to find the answer, if they are willing to deal with the French, anyway, it's none of my business, now all you have to do is leave as soon as possible, don't make trouble for me here."

Hu Acai waved his hand back domineeringly, and the speedboat left with black smoke "suddenly", the diesel engine of this era was inefficient, the black smoke coming out of the chimney was overwhelming, and there were even incomplete oil stars splashing out.

Black smoke drifted in the wind and spilled onto the surface of the light cruiser.

There was a miserable scream from the French officers behind them, and after the black smoke, their white naval uniforms were sprinkled with a layer of black oil stars, which were particularly ugly, and a greasy black ash was wiped with their hands, and this straight uniform was finished.

Colonel Payette stood on the deck with a gloomy expression, and knew nothing other than that it was the National Guard from Queensland who occupied Great Hanish Island, and that it belonged to Her Majesty's Dominion.

What the hell is the National Guard?

Why do they occupy the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to rush to the island of Great Hanish?

It is said to be the colonization of Africa, but whose idea was this?

Did you know that Downing Street was part of the British strategy to colonize Africa?

If you send a letter to ask, will Queenslanders answer positively?

Colonel Payette knew that Downing Street would definitely ignore the inquiries from Paris, and even if a formal diplomatic letter was issued, it would be a wasteland, a desert island, who would have nothing to do to investigate for you?

Those bureaucrats are more than less, this is a small matter, is London obliged to respond to Paris?

Will Paris be boring?

I'm afraid that this kind of thing will eventually come to an end, and I will send a formal letter to ask Queensland, even if Queensland responds immediately, it will take two months, and if the official letter is exchanged several times, then a year will pass unconsciously.

This is still the best-case scenario, and if Queensland ignores the Suez Canal Authority, there really is nothing to be done.

We're all colonizers, so why do you care about me? What a big joke, is Africa your French family?

The French light cruiser circled and finally left helplessly, leaving a long snow-white trail slowly drifting away.

Related circumstances

The second company of the garrison on Great Hanish Island quickly reported, which attracted the attention of Lei Xiaopeng, the leader of the expeditionary task force, and he said with a long sigh; "Hey, it's still coming......

A few days later

A light cruiser flying the French tricolor flag finally found the town of Xi'an along the coast of Djibouti, and signaled from a distance to enter the port, but did not force its way in, and it seemed that it still understood the rules.