August 1, 2764 (1923).

Today there is a big news from the British government, they announced that for various great reasons, the British Empire will give up its colonies in southern Africa, and sell Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and Nyasaland (Malawi) to Japan for 1. £200 million.

Bechuana (Botswana), Eswatini, Lesotho and the Union of South Africa were then merged and their independence was agreed. They also announced that they would buy Eritrea, which had been snatched from Italy, for £20 million to Ethiopia.

In addition, Britain recognized the independence of Egypt, but still retained the right to defend and foreign affairs in Egypt, and the Egyptian authorities were still a puppet dynasty under British control, and Britain could send troops to Egypt at any time to protect British interests in Egypt according to the Anglo-Egyptian intergovernmental agreement. Of course, the Suez Canal remained in British hands.

Two days later, before everyone had recovered from the British move to launch the satellite, France released the satellite again. The French government declared that Madagascar and French Equatorial Africa would be allowed independence.

In this way, there are four more new independent states on the planet, namely the Kingdom of Egypt, the Federation of South Africa, Madagascar, and the Central African Republic, which, although it is known that these countries are certainly still under the sphere of influence of Britain and France, are at least legally independent states.

To tell the truth, Britain and France, as old colonial empires, would definitely not have put satellites like this if they had not been forced to do anything. This is different from Germany, the second German son dared to put satellites in Africa because they had many colonies in the first place. The barefoot and those who don't wear shoes don't lose much if they put satellites, but they can block Britain and France, and they can put themselves on the moral high ground, no matter how you look at it, this business is cost-effective.

But Britain and France are different, they started from the colonies, and they have too many interests in the colonies. Once they release the satellite, the loss of benefits is secondary, and it is likely to trigger a chain reaction that will cause the collapse of the entire colonial system. This kind of thing is something that Britain and France absolutely do not want to see.

With the slightest solution, they would never want to do it. But isn't there no way now, the situation faced by Britain and France in this plane is much worse than that of the same period in the original time and space. The tragic World War not only killed them for a generation, but also consumed the family funds accumulated over the years. The most important thing is that the second dezi of the main plane is still there, and his strength is stronger than before the war. Although Austria-Hungary hit the street and was divided into three, but because of Wei Erfang's satellite, they also have a bunch of younger brothers.

To tell the truth, Erdezi's burst of combat effectiveness in World War I really frightened Britain and France. Just kidding, the capital and one-third of the mainland have been lost, can you not be afraid? For Britain and France, the Allied countries headed by Erdezi are the real henchmen.

Everyone knows that this war ended because of the Spanish flu, and neither of the warring sides was satisfied with the result. During the Geneva Peace Conference, it was pointed out that this war without a winner is not really over, and it is not really peace, but only a truce. The old imperialists like Britain and France naturally understand this, so for them, it is the last word to cleanly restore their local strength and quickly rebuild the country.

Coupled with the overt and covert support of the Allies, as well as China, the United States, Japan, the Soviet Union, Russia and other countries, the independence and liberation movements of the British and French colonies were much more violent than in the same period of the original time and space. So they can only pick one out of a bunch of bad results that is not so bad.

As far as Britain and France are concerned, it is now the best choice they can make now to throw out those colonies that have less oil and water, make the most trouble, and rule the weakest, and concentrate their forces on those colonies that have more oil and water and have a good ruling foundation. Although the loss of some of the colonies in Africa was painful, it was barely acceptable compared to the total collapse of the colonies because they could not hold on.

However, Britain and France, as old powers, have not been mixed in vain for so many years, and they have not been kind enough to deal with the colonies they have released.

First of all, those colonies will never give to China and the United States, and they already hate China and the United States, two emerging powers that have made a lot of war money and have their hands on them, and when did the opium cattle and the Gallic chickens suffer such a big loss? During the First World War, there was no choice but to let them extort money and give up so many benefits. But in this time of peace, do these two hooligans still want to take advantage of Lao Tzu? Don't even think about it!

At the same time, they are also afraid of China and the United States to the core, these two hooligans are the first and second industrial countries on the earth, and their strength is too strong, not to mention that Britain and France, which are now greatly injured, cannot hold it, even if it is the strength before the war, they are not as close as Germany.

Of course, Britain and France still have a clear distinction between priority and priority, and although the greedy faces of China and the United States are extremely hateful, they just want money and colonies, and Erdezi is fatal. To be honest, Britain and France can also see that if the next war breaks out, the situation may be more dangerous than World War I.

You ask why Soviet Russia didn't help? It would be nice if Soviet Russia could contain those little brothers in Poland, and how much more could it help?

However, Sino-US relations must be maintained, but they should not be allowed to take advantage of more, and they should also find an opponent who can contain them. As a result, Japan was chosen, and Japan's performance on the European battlefield was recognized by Britain and France, not to mention that they did not deal with China and the United States. Therefore, strengthening Japan's strength and raising and decorating this dog became the most basic idea of Britain and France.

If Japan is fattened a little, it can add blockage to China and the United States in peacetime, and if a major war breaks out again, it can also be pulled up to fight Erdezi. In addition, with the fact that the Japanese only eat urine and do not vomit, they have so many interests in Africa that they will inevitably have a conflict of interest with the United States next door and East Africa, which is supported by Germany, and Japan alone cannot compete with these countries, so they must rely on the support of Britain and France. Therefore, they are not afraid that Japan will turn against its master when it grows stronger, on the contrary, they can firmly control Japan.

Of course, only Japan was not insured, so the newly independent South Africa and Central Africa became their pawns to contain the United States and Germany. And the newly independent Egypt has also become a pawn for them to contend with the Republic of Turkey and the Arab Republic, and these little brothers of China have to guard against it. As for winning over Ethiopia, it is also to add blockage to China, and China did not win over Ethiopia in the first place to expand its influence in Africa, but the conditions that China can use to win over Ethiopia are nothing more than to provide a port for Ethiopia.

But no matter how good the ports of other countries are, can they compare with their own? Now we are going to give Ethiopia an outlet to the sea, and see who they will mix with? Can you still get greater benefits from China? Obviously, it can't, China has only a little bit of territory in Africa, so naturally it is impossible for China to cede to Ethiopia, and it is impossible to compare with Britain in this respect.

Once Ethiopia follows the bulls, then China's expansion route in Africa will be blocked to death. Now the situation in Africa is already very chaotic, the United States and Germany have always been thieves, if China, the big dinosaur, is added, it will not be able to cover it. As long as the route of China's giant dinosaur into Africa is cut off, the situation in Africa will be much easier.

Therefore, Britain and France will block China out of Africa no matter what. As for Asia, there is no way around it.

For South Africa, Britain's handling is also not good, it seems that their territory has increased by more than half, but South Africa is not only Boers, Bechuana (Botswana), Eswatini, Lesotho are all black-based, not to mention, even South Africa itself has a large number of blacks. Although they are now independent, will the Boers let the Black Silks share power?

So what kind of reaction will the black Shu millet who is empty and happy will be, that is something that you can know with your knees. And the black corn in South Africa in this plane is a fork, the weapons and equipment are not much worse than the Boers, and the population is even more overwhelming. As the saying goes, the murderous intent with a sharp weapon in hand arises, and the Black Shu millet may not have this sentence, but the truth is the same. I'm afraid that there will be no need for the British to provoke it then, and the Black Corn will themselves find trouble with the Boers.

At that time, what should have been a headache for the opium bull should have been enjoyed by the Boers.

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In this Anglo-French operation to release satellites, the Japanese were of course the happiest, and the cabinet of Yasuya Uchida was overjoyed by this big pie falling from the sky. Zambia covers an area of 750,000 square kilometers and Zimbabwe covers an area of 390,000 square kilometers, both of which are larger than the Japanese mainland, and Malawi is a little smaller with 11. 80,000 square kilometers, equivalent to one-third of Japan. Japan's mainland size is now only 37. 40,000 square kilometers, these three places add up to 125. 80,000 kilometers, which is almost equivalent to three and a half Japan.

And, most importantly, this 1. The 200 million pounds are not paid in cash by Japan, but by the army as thugs, and Japan is already familiar with this kind of thing. Isn't it just to deal with a few Ah San and Hei Shu Huang, it's too simple.

The second happiest are of course the Boers in South Africa, who have not only gained independence, but have also expanded their territory considerably. With the annexation of Bechuana (Botswana), Eswatini and Lesotho, their territory has now expanded by more than half compared to before, and the current federal area of South Africa has increased to 1.85 million square kilometers.

The third happiest is Ethiopia, they have been looking forward to the sea for many years, and this Eritrea is theirs. After the 2nd century AD, the central plateau of Eritrea gradually became the political, economic, and cultural center of the Aksumite Empire in present-day Ethiopia. By the 9th century AD, the Axum Empire had declined and the center had shifted south. However, successive Ethiopian kings have always had dominion over Eritrea. It was not until the 17th century that part of it was occupied by the Ottoman Empire. By the middle of the 19th century, Italian powers had entered, expelled the Ottoman Empire, and gradually encroached on the whole of Eritrea, forcing Ethiopia to cede the region.

Now that the British have returned this ancient territory to them, it is natural that the Ethiopians will be grateful. And the £20 million spent on land was not money, which, like the Japanese, was equivalent to the British using the money to hire Ethiopian troops to suppress neighboring British East Africa.

Happy again is the Central African Republic and Madagascar released by France, Madagascar has nothing to say, the territory has not changed, it is the entire island of Madagascar. But this Central African Republic is different, compared to the one in the original time and space, it is equivalent to the four countries of Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Chad in the later generations of the original time and space, with an area of 251. 570,000 square kilometers. The capital is located in Brazzaville.

Finally, there is Egypt, although it is still a puppet state, but its power has expanded a lot, and the most important thing is that the British have also annexed half of Libya to Egypt, which is also something to be happy about.

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The world is in a dilemma, since some people are happy, there must be people who are unhappy.

To say that the most unhappy is of course China, originally thought that Britain and France could pick up cheap when they couldn't hold it, but they didn't expect Britain and France to come to such a hand. All at once disrupted China's plans. The most hateful thing is that they actually threw Eritrea out and bought Ethiopia, which basically made the diplomatic work of the previous years yellow.

Of course, Britain also bought Japan to go to India to encircle and suppress the rebel army, which was also a ruthless move, and with the combat effectiveness of the third brother, it could not withstand the Japanese army. And once the Indian rebel army is defeated, China's previous preparations will also be in vain, and naturally it will not be able to take advantage. You can't go into battle shirtless, right? Even if you do, you have to have a good excuse.

"Hmph, this is worthy of the old imperialism, the skill of this thousand-year-old-stirring stick is really not covered, and it can turn the clouds and rain in this situation......" Although he suffered a loss, Cavour still expressed his appreciation for the clever tricks of Britain and France.

"Minister Ka, this move of Britain and France is too ruthless. In this way, we are very passive......" Gu Weijun said sullenly. Originally, he was in charge of Ethiopia's affairs, and he saw that he was about to succeed, but he was suddenly disrupted by Niu Niu.

"South Africa, Egypt, and Central Africa have gained their independence, and their resentment against Britain and France is gone. Coupled with the rule of Britain and France in the local area for many years, the influence is still very great, and it is difficult for them to fall to us......" Vice Minister Lu Zhengxiang also said helplessly.

The officials of the Chinese Foreign Ministry are not looking good now, but the British and French have confused them, and the most important thing is that these tricks are too great to be resolved in a short period of time.

The only one whose face remained unchanged was Minister Cavour, who smiled lightly: "Hehehe...... Look at you, is this discouraged? These tricks of Britain and France are just drinking to quench their thirst and dying and struggling. ”

"Minister, do we have any good idea now?" asked a diplomat.

"If you want to talk about resolution, it's useless for the time being. They can play this kind of trick, but we don't have the money to play it. But why should we follow their rhythm? They play theirs, we play ours. ”

Cavour stood up and walked over to the world map. Smiling slightly, he pointed to the map and said, "Look here, we'll play here." ”

"India!?" the crowd was puzzled.

Cavour smiled evilly: "Africa is too far away, we can't afford to play with a small amount of money, but India is on our doorstep......"

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