After the Portuguese War, East Africa seemed to be back on track, but it was obviously not in line with the British style of the British prime minister, Benjamin felt that Britain was defeated by East Africa this time, which was unbearable for him who was arrogant.

"The climate in East Africa has been established, and it seems that it is not possible to solve East Africa by force, or even to weaken East Africa, but to make East Africa go further." Benjamin said with some depression.

After the Portuguese War, the momentum of East Africa seems to have risen, and many countries have begun to communicate with East Africa, which the British also see in their eyes.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, we are still one step behind the Germans in Africa, and if the previous government could contain East Africa before it annexes the Transvaal Republic, the situation in Africa may not have deteriorated to this point."

"Hmph, after all, no one would have thought that our British Empire would one day set its sights on Africa, and after the invention of quinine, we should take advantage of the situation to intervene in Africa."

"This is caused by the inertia of history, before the invention of quinine, only the Portuguese colonized Africa, and for hundreds of years, malaria has hindered our exploration of the interior of Africa, perhaps because it has been so long that everyone has ignored Africa, and the Germans have picked up the leak."

The time of quinine's invention was in 1826, and Britain or other countries did not need to be too early, even if it entered Africa on a large scale in the mid-19th century, there would be nothing to do with Ernst.

Of course, Britain would not have imagined that one day it would fight Africa, and the earlier Portuguese colonial empire could not have imagined that future generations would decline to this point.

But for Ernst, all this is still due to greed, there are so many British colonies, and it is really unkind to still stare at this rotten land in Africa, it is better to bear these pains yourself.

Benjamin: "Now you're trying to figure out how to deal with East Africa?" We will not have much effect in the short term of the war, can we contain the development of East Africa by other means? ”

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, if we remove the means of war, our way to contain East Africa is nothing more than political and economic means, politically to isolate East Africa, cut off the ties between East Africa and other countries, no matter how bad it is, we must pull in the neighboring countries of East Africa to prevent East Africa from becoming bigger, and economically it is to impose sanctions on East Africa, cut off East Africa's foreign trade and exchanges, and hinder the development of East Africa, but these means can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, East Africa is too large, if you only rely on the mainland, I am afraid you can live well."

Benjamin nodded and said: "Your thoughts coincide with mine, and I can see that we can't directly take East Africa this time, after all, they are not colonies like India, so now we can only restrict the further development of East Africa, and wait until we are ready to do anything about East Africa." ”

Benjamin's idea is to weaken the strength of East Africa as much as possible, and then take military action against East Africa at the end, although East Africa's record against Portugal this time looks good, but it will not make Benjamin die.

With India as a backing, then Britain can continue to strengthen Cape Town's military strength, the East African army has Germans, and Britain can also gather troops from the mainland, so the mainland plus India, Britain can also play explosive troops, and Britain can send 400,000 troops in the Boer War in history, and this time and space can still do this, so Britain is not worried about not being able to defeat East Africa militarily, but the price it needs to pay is a bit high.

Benjamin: "That's it! First of all, we will get in touch with the countries around East Africa to form an anti-East African alliance, and at the same time, we will impose economic sanctions on East Africa and cut off its foreign trade. ”

With the consensus reached by the British government, the British Foreign Office also began to investigate and liaise with the neighboring countries in East Africa.

However, there are actually only a few forces around East Africa, and it is certain that Portugal is tied to Britain, so Britain decided to further strengthen Portugal's strength.

In fact, Portugal had already come to the door, and this war with East Africa was completely instigated by the British, which resulted in Portugal ceding land and paying reparations, and Portugal believed that Britain was very responsible.

"Ambassador Williams, you can't let it go, we Portugal have lost a lot this time! We have completely waded through the muddy waters for you, and your pre-war guarantees have not been put in place, which has made us lose face internationally. ”

"Your Excellency Archduke Varus, you have wronged us too much in this matter, we said before the war to ensure the existence of the two colonies of Portugal and Africa, but we did not say to guarantee the integrity of the two colonies of Portugal and Africa, and if we did not stop the war in time, I am afraid that you will not be able to keep even the remaining half of the colonies."

"Ambassador Williams, you obviously misled us and set a language trap for us before, and now you don't admit it, then you are too unkind, are all the diplomats of your country doing things like this?"

"Ahem, Your Excellency Grand Duke Varus, you'd better pay attention to your words, our country's diplomats are all qualified, as for your misunderstanding of our intentions, it can only show that the professionalism of your country's diplomats needs to be improved."

Seeing that Varus was obviously unconvinced, Williams, who was a thief, had no choice but to reassure: "Although the strength of the war this time has caused you some trouble, but with the help of our country, don't you still retain the elite colony!" Anyway, the losses are not too big, as far as I know, southern Angola and northern Mozambique, you have not developed much in the first place, and there are not many people, and besides, on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly, East Africa will sooner or later have crooked thoughts about your colonies, we just exposed the wolf ambitions of East Africa in advance. ”

What does it mean to be troubled? The corners of Archduke Varus's mouth twitched, the previous government fell directly because of this incident, and the negative impact of the Portuguese War on Portugal was too great.

"Mr. Ambassador, in any case, we in Portugal are all victims and inseparable from your country, and you must be responsible for us."

"Alas! Don't say it, Your Excellency Archduke Varus, the British Empire, as a responsible and responsible country, will not give up Portugal, and I have come with the instructions of Prime Minister Benjamin to discuss with you about dealing with East Africa. ”

Hearing about dealing with East Africa, Varus immediately had an alarm bell in his heart: "You still want us to fight a war with East Africa!" ”

"How is this possible, we don't have this idea in the short term......"

Varus interrupted, "Then it is impossible for us to face the East Africans alone. ”

"Of course, we are friends with you! It was our miscalculation of the strength of East Africa that led to the defeat of the war, so this time we are here with sincerity, not only to fight alongside you in the future, but also to provide you with the best weapons. ”

In the final analysis, the British still want to pull Portugal back into their chariots, as for the provision of advanced equipment, it is based on the fact that Britain believes that the last military aid to Portugal is not enough, so it led to the defeat of the war, this time Britain intends to provide its allies in Africa with advanced military weapons including artillery, machine guns and so on.

In the eyes of the British, the last war was just a test for East Africa, and the British Military Observer Mission thought that it fully understood the military strength of East Africa, so it was ready to defeat East Africa next time.

The combat effectiveness of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique is also remarkable, and if it were not for the emergency in Angola, Mozambique could continue to fight, at least for a few months.

(End of chapter)