On the second day of Ernst's arrival in the first town, there was nothing special to do, the main thing was to preside over the war against the Boers, which had to be fought for no other reason than purely for strategic considerations in East Africa.

If you don't swallow up the land of the Boers at this time, you will not only face the Boers but the British in the future.

Secondly, East Africa also had to use force against the Boers, there was nothing to talk about on both sides, the Boers could surrender to the British, and they would never surrender to East Africa, unless East Africa gave the Boers great privileges, and the East African government would not agree to this matter.

At the Swaite Palace, the army generals, Ernst discussed the issue of war against the Boers.

Ernst: "This war is different, in addition to the fact that our opponents have changed from black to white, we also have to face a very prominent problem, that is, the Transvaal Republic is too far away from the current core of East Africa, and the last Ndebele rebellion can be suppressed by the transfer of troops from the province of South Salzburg, but this time against the Boers does not have this advantage."

So the war against the Boers must be fast, with a thunderous blow, and we will take the land of the Transvaal Republic in one go, and it is even possible to face forces outside the Transvaal Republic, such as Orange, Zulu, and even the British colony of Natal.

So the Southern Route Army is not just facing the Boers as an enemy, but also a potential enemy, and if this war drags on a little, it is likely that the Zulus and the British on the side will take advantage of it, which is not what I want to see. ”

In fact, as long as there was a slight delay in the war against the Boers in East Africa, the Zulu Kingdom and the British Natal colony would never give up this great opportunity to expand into the Transvaal Republic.

On the sand table, Si Te pointed to the area in the lower right corner of the Kingdom of Eswatini and said: "Your Highness, according to the news sent back by our intelligence officers a few days ago, the main force of the Transvaal Republic is still facing the Zulu Kingdom in the east of the Transvaal Republic, although the Zulu Kingdom is small and the population is not large, but it is extremely warlike, almost reaching the level of all the soldiers, although it was once defeated by the Boers, but since the arrival of the British, their king Mpanda has chosen to improve relations with the British and jointly exclude the Boers. ”

In the past, the Zulu Kingdom actually had a good relationship with the Boers, but it was only a good relationship on the surface, and the hatred of the Zulu Kingdom towards the Boers could be said to have reached the extreme, so as soon as the British came, the Zulu people approached the British like the British.

Witt continued: "At present, the Boers have few troops on the south bank of the Limpopo River, this is our opportunity, as long as we take a multi-pronged approach, it will not be difficult for us to quickly sweep through most of the territory of the Transvaal Republic, the main resistance to the war must be in the later stage, on the one hand, the main Boer force will come back, on the other hand, the relationship between the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic, they will definitely not sit idly by, and even the Boers in the British Natal colony will support the Transvaal Republic, And there is a high probability that it will attract the attention of the British. ”

In addition to the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State, the Boer countries and regions actually included New Grigualand, as well as the British colony of Natal and West Gurgaraland, whose inhabitants were still mostly Boers, and there was also a large Boer presence in Cape Town.

Nest nodded and said: "So we must be prepared for a multi-faceted battle, this war is not only against the Boers, the Zulu Kingdom does not seem to me to exist, we can't afford to provoke the British, but we are not afraid of the British forces in South Africa, if they want to intervene in this territorial expansion in East Africa, then send them back to me!" ”

Ernst almost gritted his teeth and said the last sentence, if there were no British in this Africa, then East Africa would not have to restrain its ambitions all the time, even if the size of the East African Kingdom is not afraid of any challenges in Africa, but it still lives in the shadow of Britain.

Ernst did not look up to Britain, but the strength of Britain was like this, and Britain in this era was to East Africa what the Far East faced the United States in the previous life, and this pressure can be imagined for the Kingdom of East Africa.

Even Britain in this era is even more difficult to deal with than the United States in the previous life, because there is no so-called benevolence, righteousness and morality in this era, and the British can really do whatever they want outside the control areas of other powers, even if they engage in genocide, no one will say anything nonsense.

If East Africa does not rely on its own strength and wants to survive in this era, it can only hold on to the thighs of Austria-Hungary and Germany. But East Africa must not do this unless it is absolutely necessary, the so-called invitation to God is easy to send God, and if you want to rely on other countries to help resolve the crisis, you must pay the price, and Franz and Wilhelm I are extremely realistic monarchs, not fools like Peter III.

Ernst's words also brought a hint of psychological gloom to the army generals, O England! After all, it is an unavoidable mountain in front of East Africa, and if Ernst is only worried that the British blockade will cause the development of East Africa to stagnate, then the generals are simply a little afraid of Britain.

That's the world hegemon, those land powers in Europe can laugh at the British lobster soldiers, countries outside Europe don't have this qualification, the United States wanted to try whether the old father can still eat, but was burned out of the White House.

In recent years, the British have also made remarkable achievements in the world, especially after the expedition to the Far East, there is basically no enemy in the world except Europe and the United States.

However, in order not to affect morale, Ernst said: "Of course, we don't have to worry too much about the possible intervention of the British, in the land of Africa, our strength in East Africa is one of the best, and the British are not as terrible as advertised in public opinion, the British collapsed in Afghanistan more than ten years ago, and this is still the case that Britain is backed by the Indian colony, and the British Cape Town colony is far worse than India." ”

Ernst's words still have some effect, over the years in Africa one after another, in fact, the East African generals are not only not modest, but even a little arrogant, it is good to use Britain to suppress their sharpness, and then the East African generals will only be more cautious about Britain, a potential opponent, which is not only respect for the enemy, but also responsible for themselves.

In Ernst's initial plan, East Africa should at least control all the land on the north bank of the Farr River, a tributary of the north of the Orange River, so that East Africa could control most of South Africa's coal and iron mines, which are essential for industrial development, and gold was a giveaway in Ernst's eyes.

The Fall River is the dividing line between the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State, and across the Fall River, Orange's minerals are dominated by diamonds, which are also high-value minerals, but there is no shortage in East Africa.

The Zulu kingdom has a large number of coal mines, which is why Ernst included the Zulu kingdom in this battle plan.

(End of chapter)