Chapter 230

"According to the current territory, there is suddenly so much more land, and at the same time, it is also for the needs of the rule of the newly occupied land, I think the existing administrative divisions should be reformed." Konstantin said.

There are currently 18 administrative regions in East Africa, and two regions are not administratively divided and are under military occupation, namely the south-west (Zambia) and the north-east (Somalia).

Of the 18 administrative regions, 17 are in the east, and only one of the 18 administrative regions in East Katanga is in the southwest.

Of the 17 administrative districts, the Central Region and the Northern Omolat Special Region are excluded, while the remaining 15 are located in the former Tanzania, Kenya and the Great Lakes region.

Constantine had long wanted to reform the administrative divisions of East Africa, which was a waste of administrative resources.

The most important thing is that the regional changes in East Africa due to expansion have made the original region a little unsightly, especially in terms of defense.

For example, in the southern part of the border with Portugal, the Rufuma River is divided into the East Malawi Lake District and the Lower Coastal District, and the two administrative districts should be merged into one.

It can better deal with the potential threat of the Portuguese colony, and the sense of existence of the East Malawi Lake District is too weak, with Songaa as the center, it is obvious that the competition is not enough for Mbeya, but the Lower Coastal Area has a good port Mtwara, and the capital Ron Roda is developing well, and Mtwara was built to serve the East Malawi Lake District and the Lower Coastal Area, so the two areas should be merged in terms of defense, economy, complementarity and administrative costs.

There is also the central coastal area, the sense of existence is weaker, there is no port of its own, completely dependent on the central area, in fact, the central coastal area is not without a good harbor, its eastern Kilwa Kisiwani Island was the strongest city in East Africa in the Middle Ages, and its farthest radiation area even reached Zimbabwe, but then it declined, and only a group of ancient ruins remained.

Now there is no idea of developing new ports in East Africa, the current ports are completely sufficient, and there are redundancy. However, the Central Coastal District could be merged into the Central District, which would have its own two excellent ports.

East Africa also has a savannah region, deep in the heart of East Africa, and Ernst established it as an independent region because it is so large that it can be said to be a paradise for wild animals.

There is also the Upper Lake Malawi District, where the city of Mbeya is located, and now looking at the potential of the city of Mbeya, the area of the Upper Lake Malawi District is too small.

In addition to the above problems, the most prominent ones are the newly occupied northeast and southwest regions, which are completely blank land.

In order to establish rule in the region, it is certainly not enough to rely on military suppression, it is necessary to establish government departments, and there are not many administrative personnel in East Africa, so if you want to use the few administrative personnel, the easiest way is to merge the administrative regions in the east, so that half of the original government personnel can be allocated to the newly occupied areas, and the internal administrative adjustment can free up more administrative personnel to invest in the newly developed land, which is actually similar to the Meiji government's plan for Japan.

But Japan was more extreme than East Africa, where there was a large amount of new land to house the whereabouts of these officials, and there was a need for centralization in Japan (the daimyo domains), which was not in East Africa.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed necessary for us to divide some regions that are not clearly defined, such as the Omolat Special Zone (the Omo River basin and the vast land of northern Kenya), which used to be the northernmost region, and now after the Sultanate of Gradi is annexed, our national border will advance to the middle of Somalia, north of the Shabelle River, in addition to the Somali countries and tribes, and not too far from the British and French colonies on the Red Sea coast, no matter how it changes, the north of the Shabelle River should be integrated to deal with the indigenous and British and French forces."

"Well, the Abyssinian Empire too, with its size, population, and long history, is a potential threat." Felix spoke.

"My opinion is the complete opposite, the Abyssinian Empire poses almost no threat to us, both in terms of strength and interests. Even if we assume that the Abyssinian Empire is as powerful as our East Africans, they will not clash with us, and now that we have taken advantage of the time and place, and the German nation is a human being, the Abyssinian Empire will not fight us for a pile of rotten land in the southern part of the Ethiopian plateau. Von der Leyen objected.

The core area of the Abyssinian Empire was in the northern part of the Ethiopian Plateau, and the Omolat Special Region in East Africa gradually completed the war against the Oromo, the Luo, and the Cushites in the southern Ethiopian Plateau through years of infiltration.

These are all indigenous tribes, so the combat effectiveness is not very strong, but some tribes still have some connection with the Abyssinian Empire, similar to its vassal states, but after seeing the East African armament, the Abyssinian Empire, which has been educated by the British, chose to play dead for the expansion of East Africa, and these subordinate black forces were easily wiped out by East Africa.

There was no need for further northward expansion in East Africa, where the black race was completely eradicated, and the skin color crisis in the north was 80 percent resolved.

Moreover, the Ethiopian Plateau is not an ideal area for expansion in East Africa, and the Ethiopian Plateau is more than a thousand meters above sea level than the East African Plateau.

The altitude of the East African Plateau is the most habitable altitude for human beings (scientific experiments have proved that the most habitable altitude for human beings is between 500 and 2,000 meters), and the environment of the Ethiopian Plateau, with an average altitude of more than 2,500 meters, especially the oxygen content, is not suitable for East African immigrants to live, which is easy to cause high reaction and make people feel uncomfortable.

This is also the reason why East Africa chose to expand to the southwest, where the altitude is not much different from the East African plateau, and the immigrants have almost no altitude sickness, but are very livable, and the East African army, accustomed to fighting in the environment of the East African plateau, expands there, it is almost like returning home.

German immigrants, in particular, do not feel any difference from Europe in East Africa, where most of them come from Austria or South Germany.

And that area is considered to be a relatively high altitude in Europe, the Alps, the Bavarian Plateau, the average altitude is about 500 meters.

"Well, now that it's almost cheap, we can occupy some more areas that are easy to defend, and we can stop in the north, the Abyssinian Empire is sandwiched between Britain and France, Egypt and our East Africa, obviously Britain and France, and even Egypt are more threatening to him, they will not be stupid enough to offend us again." Thinker agreed.

In fact, Abyssinia really can't be so stupid, the Omo River valley occupied by East Africa and the southern part of the Ethiopian plateau, surrounded by mountains and steep terrain, are not a good place for marching at all, and East Africa can only take this area with the convenience of thermal weapons.

At present, as long as some improvised fortresses are arranged on some transportation arteries, East Africa is basically not afraid of the threat of the Abyssinian Empire.

Moreover, there was no reason for the Abyssinian Empire to expand to the south, just as East Africa was to protect the upper reaches of the Omo River from threat, and the southern part of the Ethiopian Plateau had little economic value, even if it was the least populous and economically developed region of Ethiopia in the previous life.

"Look at the territory of Egypt, which happens to semi-surround the Ethiopian plateau in the south, and now is the age of the sea, and the Abyssinian Empire does not even have an outlet to the sea, and the future development can be imagined."

It was already backward, and now even the window for foreign exchange has been blocked, and if there was no Italian colonization in the previous life, I am afraid that Ethiopia would be even more backward.