There are two old foxes staring at Britain and France, which also makes Ernst a little pressure, but East Africa is strong because of the two big brothers of Germany and Austria, so Britain and France can't go too far, of course, it is better to rely on others than on themselves, Germany and Austria favor East Africa, that is love, if East Africa can't stand up on its own, everything is in vain, so in the final analysis, it is still strength to speak.

However, East Africa has also entered the attention of the international community because of this war, although East Africa has existed for more than ten years, it has always kept a low profile, so it is like a transparent person.

This time the British and French targeting, coupled with the fact that East Africa singled out Portugal, suddenly shifted the attention of the rest of the world to Africa.

With the sudden increase in popularity, everyone suddenly found that there are still many countries targeting Africa? In addition to the gifted East Africa, even small countries such as Italy and Belgium have their own colonies in Africa.

Poor Italy, a great power in a previous life, was pitted by Ernst as a small regional country on the Apennine Peninsula in this life, but the relationship between East Africa and Italy turned out to be quite good.

This is all thanks to the help of Italy in the colonization of the Abyssinian Empire in East Africa, after all, Italy, like the original Heshingen royal family, is also engaged in colonization for the first time, so it lacks experience.

And the Abyssinian Empire is not a small country, although East Africa is not worth it, but the Abyssinian Empire is not small in the world, with a population of 10 million and a long history, but it has declined in modern times like the Far East and the Ottomans.

Ernst kept the Abyssinian Empire, that is because the Abyssinian Empire is lighter than the sub-Saharan Empire, and it is barely acceptable to itself, and it is not easy to annex the Abyssinian Empire, more than 10 million square kilometers of land in East Africa, only close to more than 30 million natives, more than 20 million in more than ten years, and the Abyssinian Empire has a population of more than 10 million people, and Abyssinian is not that kind of civilized desert, has its own culture and history, and has frequent foreign exchanges, Nor could East Africa be replicated in the Abyssinian Empire with the same methods used against pure blacks.

The main point is that the Abyssinian Empire became a British protectorate after the defeat of the British last time, and the new emperor was supported by the British, all in all, attacking the Abyssinian Empire was a thankless task.

Italy is different, Italy is actually pro-British, after the Italist-Austrian war was sandwiched between Austria and France, and lost more than half of the country, so it could only return to the arms of the British father.

The Italian colonization of the Abyssinian Empire, both of which were pro-British countries, and Britain did not interfere, after all, Italy was more important and intimate than the Abyssinian Empire.

However, the abandoned Abyssinian Empire itself was also angry, and it was not close to Britain, and the last time it became a British protectorate, it was pressed on the head as a son, and Britain left after a war, so there was still autonomy.

Britain chose to sit on the sidelines, and Abyssinian chose to develop relations with East Africa and Egypt to gain support, although Egypt and the Abyssinian Empire were feuding, but Egypt did not want to see the Abyssinian Empire occupied by Italy, an outsider, and the threat to European countries in the eyes of the Egyptians was far greater than that of the Abyssinian Empire.

As for East Africa, it is naturally a two-pronged affair, with the Abyssinian Empire on the one hand, and the grain trade with Italy on the other, and of course the weapons sold to the Abyssinian Empire are not advanced.

However, the Abyssinian Empire, with the support of East Africa and Egypt, resisted the attack of the industrial country of Italy, and the two sides formed a stalemate on the northern Ethiopian plateau.

Italy and Belgium have quietly occupied colonies in Africa, and other countries have also set up their minds, such as the Kingdom of Naples has its thoughts on Libya, and Germany has also set up colonial bases in Central and West Africa, but with France making trouble, Germany's colonial cause is not smooth.

Traditional colonial powers such as the Netherlands and Spain also began to defend their colonies, and through the Portuguese War, these old colonial powers soon realized that a new round of colonization was coming.

The Dutch colonies are mainly in the East Indies and South America, facing the competition of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain, Spain has to deal with the competition of the United States and other countries, but Spain is large, and it can also slap a swollen face and become fat, which has a great value of attracting people, Britain, France, Germany and Austria and other countries have a good relationship with Spain, only the United States is not dead, but it does not dare to act rashly.

Portugal on the Iberian Peninsula is miserable, with East Africa as its neighbor, it is destined not to be good, and Portugal's own strength is not good, and the colony is not in the eyes of East Africa.

Constantine had a rare look at the progress of the war, Constantine has been busy with the construction of water conservancy projects recently, so he does not know much about the progress of the war, and the East Portuguese War did not affect Constantine's enthusiasm for farming in the slightest, because he knew that the strength of East Africa was not something that a weak country like Portugal could shake.

Konstantin: "What is the situation of the war now?" Was the Portuguese attacking directionally determined? ”

Ernst: "Father, I've been keeping an eye on the war, and we've figured out the focus of the Portuguese's attack, and their forces are mainly concentrated in the Lake Malawi and Zambezi River valleys, and it seems that they want to cut us off from the interior. ”

Konstantin stared at the map, frowned, and said: "The area between Lake Malawi and Lake Solon (Lake Tanganyika) is indeed a weak point, is it possible to hold it with confidence?" ”

Ernst: "Don't worry, father, the army we have deployed here is the elite of the kingdom, and Lake Malawi is also under our control, and the Portuguese will have to advance from the west shore of Lake Malawi when they want to come here, and we have deployed heavy troops there, plus the terrain advantage, to ensure that the flies fly over." ”

"Well, but you can't be careless, by the way, you just said that the Portuguese still went all the way to the Zambezi River, and there was no carelessness there, right?" Konstantin reminded.

"As early as when the Portuguese arrived in Tete, we received information that with the help of the Central Railway, our troops had reached the front line of the Songo stronghold, and now they are resting there, and the results of the subsequent war will depend on the feedback from the front."

"Will it make a difference if it fails?" Konstantin asked.

"It's okay, our first wave of troops mainly relied on blacks, even if they didn't fight well, our regular troops could make up for it in time, and the 512th Division was already on standby in the rear and could take over the battlefield at any time."

Konstantin: "Do you really use the Black Army as cannon fodder?" ”

Ernst said lightly: "As long as it can be used to consume the Portuguese, I don't have high expectations and requirements for them." Now that the units are on the front lines, they are ready to start moving the war forward at our pace. ”

Having determined the direction and thinking of the Portuguese's attack, then East Africa could also counterattack the Portuguese.

"It is now certain that the Portuguese are lax in their combat preparations south of the Rufuma River, and we use blacks to drag the main Portuguese forces in the northwest direction, and the first-line army on the Rufuma River can now move south."

For the temporary border of the Rufuma River, Ernst did not want to keep it for a long time, and it seemed that the Portuguese were also planning to abandon it, so with the help of this war, Ernst planned to completely take the north of Mozambique, including the shores of Lake Malawi, so that East Africa could enjoy the three large lakes alone.

(End of chapter)