"Mediation?" Ernst was only slightly surprised, but immediately said as expected: "Things have turned out as we expected, but now the war situation is not yet clear, and the British cannot sit still." ”

Konstantin asked with some concern: "Are we really going to have a truce with Portugal?" ”

In Konstantin's opinion, Angola and Mozambique are now meat to the mouth, and it would be too uncomfortable to spit it out at this time.

Ernst knew that Constantine was careful and did not want to take the two Portuguese colonies in one go, but now was obviously not the time.

"We definitely can't swallow the two colonies of Portugal in one go this time, if it's just a dispute between us and Portugal, it naturally doesn't matter, but behind this war is actually the contradiction between us and the British, so the British will definitely keep the two colonies of Portugal, and they need to use the Portuguese to contain the development of our East Africa."

Konstantin saw his son say this, and he also knew the logic behind this question, but he was indeed a little unwilling in his heart: "We can't let the Portuguese go this time, we must let them bleed fiercely, and let other countries know that the fate of provoking us is not good even if the British cover us." ”

Ernst agrees with this very much, the British want to stop the war at this time, it is not impossible, East Africa does not matter anyway, but if the Portuguese do not give themselves a satisfactory compensation, then it is impossible for the British to say whatever they want.

"Two colonies, we should at least cut off a large piece of land, and we can't favor one over the other, so that the territory of East Africa looks more even." Ernst made up his mind to clean up Portugal.

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Soon, East Africa agreed to war mediation, which surprised the British, and they were used to being tyrannical, according to the British thinking, they must first talk about the conditions, and then accept mediation, and East Africa as the dominant party really has no own demands?

That is naturally impossible, but the initiative is in the hands of East Africa, whether to stop the war completely depends on East Africa's mind, and what cannot be obtained on the battlefield is not wanted to be obtained at the negotiating table, so East Africa is ready to talk about the conditions during the negotiations, which is completely a sign of fearlessness.

Soon, negotiations began in the city of Dar es Salaam between East Africa and Portugal, under the supervision of Britain, France, Germany and Austria.

The venue for the negotiations was the former royal palace of Zanzibar, but it has long been converted into a reception for foreign guests in Dar es Salaam.

"We want the whole of Angola and half of Mozambique!" The Chief of Staff of the East African Army, Sith, came up and gave Portugal a dismount.

In fact, according to the progress of the war in East Africa, most of Angola is still in the hands of Portugal, but important areas including the capital Luanda have fallen into the hands of East Africa, except for Cabinda, most of the rest are Portuguese plantation owners and mine owners in Angola, these remnants of the forces are completely out of the table in the eyes of East Africa, after all, the Angolan government has fled to Cabinda, and these civil forces do not want to confront East Africa.

"General Witt, you East Africa is too much, we can't agree to your East African conditions, Angola is an integral part of the Kingdom of Portugal." Portugal's representative, Addis, protested.

In his opinion, East Africa's demands are completely unacceptable, Angola and Mozambique can be said to be the two most important parts of Portugal's current colonies, and one is indispensable.

The British representative Hull also partially said at this time: "East Africa's demands are indeed excessive, and now that the war is not over, it is not yet known who will die, maybe the Portuguese can turn defeat into victory." ”

The representatives of the countries participating in the negotiations have a new understanding of the shamelessness of the British, and they still want to turn the tables on the half-dead state of Portugal? Unless Napoleon is reincarnated.

Ignoring Hull's outrageous remarks, Witt said: "The power of East Africa, everyone here is actually very clear that if we want to wipe the two Portuguese colonies off the map by force, it is only a matter of time, and it is only for the sake of the international community to participate in the negotiations." ”

Without the intervention of Britain and France, East Africa would not be in the mood to play this game with Portugal, and would have sent regular troops to take two colonies in one fell swoop.

"Angola and Mozambique are at fault, but they don't treat Portugal so harshly, and it's better for both sides to go back to their pre-war form," Hull said. ”

Okay, you big-headed ghost! Si Te said with a smile: "If you make a mistake, you have to bear the price, not to mention that the Portuguese have obviously premeditated the territory of East Africa, this time the Portuguese army is obviously beyond the range of what it can bear, as far as I know, the Mozambican army was only a few thousand people at most, but before this war, it suddenly swelled to sixty or seventy thousand in size, obviously receiving assistance from foreign forces." ”

If the thinking is deliberately pointed, it makes Britain and France very faceless, and the foreign forces are not talking about them?

However, Britain and France are thick-skinned, they will not say that they interfered in the war between East Portugal, Hull said: "Portugal is also an old power, and its strength is still there, as for the Portuguese colonies to strengthen their own armed forces, it is completely understandable, after all, there are people next to them who are eyeing the two colonies of Portugal." ”

Listening to Hull's words, the corners of Witt's mouth twitched, East Africa did have bad intentions towards the two Portuguese colonies, but this war was not provoked by East Africa, but Mozambique personally sent the pretext of war to East Africa.

"East Africa is a peace-loving country, and we have always developed friendly relations with neighboring countries, but this time it was Portugal that provoked first, and some countries did not declare war and did not deserve the label of civilized countries at all, and this kind of behavior will only make people laugh."

Witt's words made the Portuguese representative very faceless, but this time Portugal is really embarrassed, the sneak attack has not fought in East Africa, if this war is not handled well, I am afraid that Portugal will replace Italy as a new international fun.

Addis spoke: "This war is indeed what we did wrong, but this is all a misunderstanding...... Ardis didn't know how to make it up, so he could only use the misunderstanding to cover up his embarrassment.

"Okay, this time everyone takes a step back, Portugal made mistakes first, of course it will be punished, but it will not be too harsh on Portugal, everyone will synthesize their opinions, and then decide on compensation." The Frenchman said as a peacemaker.

Naturally, the representatives of Germany and Austria spoke to East Africa, believing that Portugal should bear the consequences of its mistakes, otherwise what was the international justice? I don't know if there is a national axiom in East Africa, but the strength is tough enough, so what is said is naturally an international axiom.

In the end, after several rounds of bargaining, East Africa received a third of the territory south of Angola and land north of the Zambezi River in Mozambique.

Although Britain and France wanted to preserve Portugal's two colonies, Portugal fought so much war that Britain and France could not negotiate with the Germans.

Moreover, during the negotiations, several large-scale war operations were carried out in East Africa, which put pressure on Portugal at all times, which made Portugal very uncomfortable, and finally had to cede land and sue for peace, otherwise the two colonies might really become history.

Having lost so much territory, Portugal's heart was bleeding and hated East Africa, although this time it was Portugal who provoked first, and it was more determined to stand on the side of Britain.

(End of chapter)