Chapter 357: Disaster in Africa

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China's documentaries on "exposing the atrocities of bandits" and "rescuing immigrants from the civilized world" have been well received in Europe and the United States, not to mention their prestige, and by the way, they have also put on a warm moral aura for their annexation of the Dutch East Indies. Moreover, China is also filming a special effects blockbuster called "Hurricane Rescue", based on several rescue operations.

But there are also a lot of smart people in the world, and it is not only in China, and the propaganda behavior of putting gold on their faces and setting up archways for themselves will be engaged in as long as the IQ is above the average line. Needless to say, even if it is a president with an IQ below average, the predators behind it will not be too stupid to think of it. As for the Japanese government, although there are more secondary two, it is only in the strategic aspect, and on these detailed issues, I still want to get it.

At a time when China is making money and making face, the United States and Japan, which are vying for territory in Africa, have also carried out similar public relations activities. In the process of quelling the riots in the Black Shu Dynasty, they also dispatched a large number of reporters to take a large number of photos and videos on the front line, on the one hand, to reveal how cruel and unscrupulous those thugs were, how ************ they were, and on the other hand to publicize how great and righteous they were, and how humanitarian.

Of course, they didn't expect to arrange a feature documentary at the beginning, and they didn't make a series, and the effect was much worse. But this kind of thing is not complicated, even if you don't think of it at first, you will always follow behind and draw cats and tigers. Seeing that China is playing like this, they immediately follow suit. Some people may ask, how can you shoot after the matter has passed? Dear, don't you know how to pose for a photo? It's not difficult to find a group of actors to play the victims. Well, it may be a little difficult in Japan, it's not convenient for them to find so many Caucasian actors there, and the cost is much higher.

Soon, the corresponding documentaries shot in the United States and Japan came out, and their respective films were also in preparation. China, the United States, and Japan, which have communicated for a long time, have supported each other on this issue, touted each other, and claimed that they have "safeguarded world harmony and defended the civilized world."

Of course, they weren't exactly bragging, but they still saved a lot of people, after all, they were invited by the Entente to quell the Black Shu riot, even if they were pretending, they had to save a few of them. These are really not a good thing, except for the survivors of the trapped settlements, most of the white captive survivors who were rescued by the American and Japanese forces are women. The men were basically killed by the, and the women were all used by them as O urinals, X slaves or something, and most of the women who were rescued had big bellies and died.

Naturally, the propaganda of the United States and Japan has also been very effective, and their actions to suppress the riots have also been supported by mainstream public opinion. According to the mainstream view at that time, the colony was originally earned by ability, and if a country could not even handle the natives in the colony and could not hold the territory, it was incompetent, and it was no wonder that others robbed it.

Besides, the old imperialists in Europe have all turned their brains into dog brains, and they can't manage it even if they want to. What can they do if they are unhappy with the small countries of Portugal, Spain, and Belgium? And they also have the same grievances as the Dutch, not to mention losing their territory, and they have to thank others for rescuing their immigrants.

Among these unlucky eggs, Portugal still wants to open the most, since they don't have the ability to grab it back, then they simply sell it for a good price. So they sold the sovereignty of Portuguese West Africa (Angola) and Sao Tome to the United States for $40 million, and Angola was the most economically valuable and wealthy place in the Portuguese colonies, and it was indeed worth the price. It also sold the sovereignty of Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique) to Japan for $25 million.

Immediately after, Spain followed the example of its neighbors and sold the Muni River area to the United States for $2 million. Although Belgium is very reluctant, they have even fallen to the mainland, is there any qualification to bargain with the United States, and the United States sent 10 million US dollars casually, and the Belgian Congo, also called Zaire or the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), this piece 234. 50,000 square kilometers of land have been "bought".

So far, the United States has eaten the sovereignty of Cameroon, Angola, Sao Tome, Equatorial Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), totaling 4.1 million square kilometers. And Japan is not bad, they have eaten the whole of Mozambique, an additional 800,000 square kilometers of territory, which is more than twice the size of their homeland. Of course, now they have only gained sovereignty over these areas, and there are still a large number of rebels who have not been cleared, and they also have to deal with the Germans here.

Now that they already have the aura of great glory, it will be much more convenient for the United States and Japan to move in Africa, anyway, the black corn in these places has become a model of evil, how to fight how to be reasonable, so what is polite?

The United States itself is not short of land, and it has no intention of making it a colony. The United States had a very different view of the colonies than the old Europeans, and they had little interest in running the colonies. In addition to their own lack of land, another important factor is that the Philippine situation has dealt them a big blow.

In the past few years, because of the continuous rebellion of the indigenous Filipinos, they have to lose a lot of money and resources every year to maintain stability, and the benefits obtained in the Philippines are not enough for them to recover their capital. As the saying goes, there are people who do the business of killing heads, but no one does the business of losing money, and this is exactly the psychology of the United States at this time. It is precisely because of the long-term losses in running the Philippines that they will sell this "chicken rib" to China. Because of the experience of the Philippines, the Americans are not interested in colonies at all. In their view, it would be better for Liberia to be self-sustaining.

Therefore, they did not seize Africa to establish colonies, but to expand their sphere of influence and increase their markets. The second purpose is to prepare to use these territories to settle the of their own country, so that they can become countries under their own control under the banner of independence and statehood. The reason for this is that the history of the United States is so short, and they have not yet learned enough imperialism to run the land outside the Americas.

But Japan is different, they are very hungry for land, they now have a population of 54 million, but the land is only 370,000 square kilometers, whether it is arable land or mineral resources are very scarce, not only can not meet the basic industrial raw materials, even food can not be self-sufficient. Therefore, it was not enough for them to rob North Korea, and they reached out to China, and they still succeeded for a while in the original time and space, occupying half of China.

However, because of the strong rise of Wen Desi and the Science and Technology Socialist Party, the national fortunes of China were completely reversed, and before they could launch a large-scale operation, they were fiercely pulled back, and they were photographed out in a few months. Instead of taking advantage, they stole chickens and rice, and even lost money on Korea, Taiwan, the Liaodong Peninsula, South Huatai Island (South Sakhalin), and several islands on the mainland.

In the following years, with the support of Britain and France, and taking advantage of the spring breeze of the European war, they recovered some of their vitality. But they were also completely frightened by China, and they did not dare to play the "mainland policy" against China, but their desire to expand their territory became even stronger. However, at this time, the surrounding land was owned, and Japan, which had just recovered from serious injuries, did not dare to compete with the foreign powers for food, and just when they were struggling to find a target, the opportunity finally came.

The large-scale uprisings that broke out in Africa (known as the "mass riots" in mainstream public opinion) made it impossible for the great powers who were fighting hard to take action, and third-rate countries such as Portugal were able to do so, so they came up with the method of "borrowing teachers to help suppress" and let the United States and Japan help suppress them. For Japan, it's like giving a pillow to a dozing off.

Isn't this the best goal for expansion? Therefore, the overjoyed Japanese responded very positively to the request of the Entente powers, and after striking a hard "aid," they entered Africa in a big way to suppress the rebellion. Of course, once they come, it won't be so easy to leave.

Of course, they did not dare to touch the territory of Britain and France, and in the British and French colonies such as Madagascar and South Africa, they honestly suppressed riots. But Portugal is different, in the eyes of the Japanese: such a third-rate country is a ball, and it is a complete waste for them to have such a good land in Mozambique, and they can't hold it anyway, so we're welcome.

The Japanese in Mozambique really laughed at the rebellion while quelling the rebellion. In spite of Portugal's reluctance, what could it say with its national strength? Moreover, Britain and France were both prepared to sacrifice their interests to win over Japan, and the unfortunate Portugal could only knock out its front teeth and swallow it in its stomach. In the blink of an eye, Portugal's overseas colonies were almost completely lost, leaving only a few colonies such as Guinea-Bissau and Goa. Portugal, a country that was once a sea power in the Age of Discovery, was completely reduced to a third-rate country.

For the Japanese, taking Mozambique into their pockets is undoubtedly a treasure.

But Mozambique is also a treasure trove of 35 million hectares of arable land, mostly of fertile black soil, which in the words of a professor at the University of Tokyo in Japan, "even if you throw a stone into it, you can grow flowers". In addition, the terrain is flat, the sunshine is abundant, and the fresh water resources are abundant, which is very suitable for the growth of crops, and the agricultural conditions are not much better than those in Japan. However, due to the lack of national strength of Portugal, the local black corn millet will not be able to plant no matter how good the land is, so a lot of land here is undeveloped.

Mozambique is also rich in forests and oceans, and tuna, which is a favorite of the Japanese, is abundant here. In addition, there are 15 billion tons of coal and iron resources in the area, which are scarce in Japan, and there are several hundred million tons of iron ore. Other important minerals are: gold, titanium, tantalum, niobium, aluminum, copper, diamond, all kinds of gemstones (aquamarine, blueline, tourmaline, garnet, cesioberyl, etc.), diatomaceous earth, salt, graphite, natural gas, oil and uranium. Of course, the information on these mineral resources is always known, but the Japanese do not know much about it. But even then, the known resources alone were enough for them to burst into tears, raise their heads, and dance in ecstasy.

The Japanese take Mozambique very seriously, and they are not going to treat it as a colony, but are prepared to operate it as a local one. After the signing of the transfer agreement in Portugal, the name of the place was changed to "モザン", which is written as "Moshan", and the capital of the place, Maputo, was renamed "Magu" ("込" is pronounced the same as "迂").

There were more than 3.2 million local natives before the war, and since the Japanese were preparing to build this place as a local building, there were too many of them. Not only are there too many Japanese, but so are the Americans, who occupy 23 million. It's hard to manage when there are too many people, and they don't have Mr. Wen's black technology biochips, so it's not easy to manage so many black corns.

What should I do? If it is a few decades from now, in the era when the big hooligans talk about eating and eating, there is really no good way to solve it. But it's different now, anyway, the mainstream society in the world doesn't treat as people, not to mention that now these guys are still labeled as "****** demons", and it's not a pity to die, even if they die, I'm afraid they will applaud the majority, and no one will say anything bad.

And so the catastrophe of Africa struck. In the history of the original time and space, Africa was a secondary battlefield, and there were not many casualties in the First World War, because Europe and the United States did not take the black corn of course, and the accurate number was not counted, according to the estimates of experts in later generations, about 500,000 to 600,000 people died and millions were injured.

But Africa in this plane is completely different, and it has really become hell. At the beginning of the war between the Central and Entente powers, although fierce, the density of firepower was far less than that of Europe, and there were not many cities in Africa, and there were not many civilian casualties. After last year's great uprising in Africa, the brutal repression of the great powers began, not to mention conventional weapons, poison gas and other things were used unscrupulously, and there was no distinction between thugs and civilians, as long as they saw black-skinned bipedal creatures, they opened fire.

Everyone knows what kind of virtue the Japanese are, anyway, the means that they did not have the opportunity to use against the Chinese in this plane are all used on the black Shu millet. Anyway, up to now, a large number of indigenous blacks in Rhodesia, Mozambique and other regions they are responsible for have died, and many tribes have been completely destroyed, creating a large number of no-man's land.

However, the Japanese are not the most ruthless, because compared to the black troops in the United States, they can be called "benevolent and righteous divisions". Don't look at those black Americans who are also black, but they have no pity for their African counterparts, which can be called "where they pass, chickens and dogs are not left". Wherever black American forces occupied, there was hardly a single black indigenous population left.

The reason why it is so ruthless is because of the promise given to them by the US government that as long as the land they grabbed is theirs, the land in these areas will be divided according to the head in the future. It was natural for these black Americans to think that if the local natives died, wouldn't we have a bigger share. Of course, the African natives refused to die, so it was better for the black Americans to do it themselves......