Southern Ryukyu Islands.

The first batch of ships departed from the Zhuhai Trade Zone and arrived at the Southern Ryukyu Islands in a few days.

Even so, East Africa dispatched five of its own armed merchant ships from the Zhuhai Trade Zone to the Southern Ryukyu Islands, accompanied by more than 300 armed men, ready to be stationed in the Southern Ryukyu Islands.

The Southern Ryukyu Islands are actually not far from the Zhuhai Trade Zone, because the Southern Ryukyu Islands are just on the east side of Egg Bay Island.

Therefore, East Africa has prepared a large amount of material supplies, weapons and ammunition, and since it is going to be colonized, it will be in place at one time and arrange the troops first.

The total population of the South Ryukyu Islands is only more than 10,000, so 300 East African soldiers are enough to deal with most of the threats, in the Far East Empire, the identity of these armed personnel is the security personnel of the Black Ringen Foundation, out of the Far East Empire itself, it will restore its true identity, and the follow-up East Africa will continue to increase troops, Ernst intends to invest at least 3,000 troops in the South Ryukyu Islands in advance, of which Miyako Island and Ishigaki Island are the key defense areas.

"This place is already the best place to live on the island, and it has been requisitioned by us, but it is completely insufficient for us, so we must quickly build a shack and make do with it first, in addition to the islanders, there are some pirates and Japanese on the island that are worth noting."

There were a lot of pirates in the 19th century, especially in the South Seas and the Caribbean, and there were also pirates in the waters near East Africa, but there were not many of them, because there were not many islands around East Africa, and most of them were still controlled in East Africa.

In recent years, the East African Navy has become stronger, and the living space of pirates has become even smaller, and they can only use Madagascar and Mozambique as bases, which has greatly improved the security of the eastern routes of East Africa.

However, the number of pirates in the Red Sea has risen sharply, after all, most ships choose to use the Suez Canal after the opening of the Suez Canal.

"The Japanese don't care about it for now, wait until we have a firm foothold on Miyako Island, and then drive them away, as for the pirates, when the troops settle down, we will immediately clean them up, but considering that some islands are also islanders, a public announcement will be issued in a few days to persuade some conscientious islanders to surrender."

At the same time as the landing on Miyakojima in East Africa, the Japanese intelligence officers on Miyakojima also discovered this fleet, and the same was true of the Far Eastern Empire's people in the Southern Ryukyu Islands, and the personnel stationed by the Far Eastern Empire in the Southern Ryukyu Islands were mainly military instructors to organize the local people to resist the Japanese invasion.

A Japanese-style house on Miyamoto Island.

"Ohara Masa-kun, I know the origin of the people on the other side, they are not from the Far Eastern Empire, but Germans."

"Nanny, are you sure?"

"I'm definitely not mistaken, they are flying the flag of the lion of the West, I don't know which country it is, but there is the flag of the German Far Eastern Chamber of Commerce on board, and there are five ships."

"The Germans, it could be Germany, it could be Austria-Hungary, it could be the East African kingdom, but what did they do when they came to the Sakishima Islands (Southern Ryukyu Islands)?"

As mentioned before, the Southern Ryukyu Islands were only of great strategic value to the Far Eastern Empire and Japan, and as for economic benefits, it was not to be considered, and if there was not much land, it would be possible to grow some rice, other tropical fruits and vegetables.

The East-West trade route mainly takes the Egg Bay Island Strait, and ordinary people will not go to the South Ryukyu Islands to engage in trade, and the population of the entire South Ryukyu Islands is only 20,000, even in the previous life, it barely reached 100,000, so you can imagine how remote it is.

There are no large tracts of land to grow and no developed trade, so the population of the Southern Ryukyu Islands is not large.

The Southern Ryukyu Islands are next to Eggwan Island, so in the previous life, it was also a springboard for Japan to occupy Eggwan Island, and it was also an important chain to blockade the Far Eastern Empire.

As for the occupation of the Southern Ryukyu Islands by East Africa, it is really purely for the purpose of connecting Alaska, and at the same time it can be supplemented by the convenience of East African ships in the Far East.

This can be regarded as indirectly blocking Japan's plan for Eggwan Island, but now East Africa is not something that Japan can touch at all, and I can only hold it if I am not happy.

Moreover, East Africa is not the United States, there is no barrier between Japan and the United States, and there is a Malacca between East Africa and Japan, and Japan cannot pose any threat to East Africa itself. Of course, if Japan really has access to the Nanyang region as it did in its previous life, then it is another matter, and the nature of the overseas province of Lanfang seems to be similar to that of Hawaii.

"Nonogi, we have to hurry back to China now, these Germans must not be happy here."

"Hi. But Ohara Masa-kun, after all, they are Germans, if they really have thoughts about the Ssenshima Islands, then what about our Great Japanese Empire. ”

"It's not up to you and me to decide, but it's a variable, and I just hope that the Germans are only going to stay here for a short time."

Nonoki shook his head and said: "I think it's difficult, they came with about two or three thousand people, all of them are fully armed, and they are now unloading from the ship, and they have already met with the local Ryukyu local officials, according to our informants, that group of Germans seems to have received permission from the Far Eastern Empire, so they want to develop here." ”

"Development?"

"It should be economic, but I don't think it's possible, and the islands of Xiandao don't have any resources, even if they colonize, it's not very cost-effective here."

"Then it could be a strategic need!" Ohara said.

"Strategy?"

"There are very few German colonies, and the good ones have long been carved up by other countries, so the Germans can only pick up some of the remaining colonies of Britain and France, and the islands of the first island may be in this ranks."

"There are still few German colonies? The kingdom of East Africa was told that it had enclosed most of Africa, and even the British and Portuguese coveted it. ”

"Hehe, Nonogi-kun, East Africa is not a colony, but the same country as when the United States became independent, if East Africa is really a colony of Germany or Austria-Hungary, then there will be one more superpower at the same level as Britain and France in the world, but it is precisely because of this that East Africa has escaped, and no country wants to see Germany or Austria-Hungary have such a large overseas colony."

"Hmph, it's really cheap Germans, then the area of Africa is not small, why didn't Britain and France take a fancy to it back then!"

"It's not because of malaria, the emergence of quinine made it possible to colonize Africa, and traditional colonial powers such as Britain and France did not seize this window, allowing East Africa to take advantage of the loophole."

"Masakun Ohara, in my opinion, the Germans must have other wonderful ways to establish a state in Africa, although East Africa has taken advantage of the convenience of quinine, but the Kingdom of East Africa has not seen such rapid progress in other European countries in other regions of Africa for so many years."

Of course, East Africa has its own stunt, but this stunt is not learned by ordinary people, that is, crazy immigration, and the German region and the Far Eastern Empire happen to be areas where the population exploded and grew savagely.

In East Africa, immigrants represent farmers, workers, and armies, and there are enough immigrants to have East Africa today, and East Africa is currently enjoying the national dividends brought by the large number of people.

(End of chapter)