Naha City, north of the Miyako Strait.

Naha was the political center of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and today it is the seat of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan, and the sea route connects Manila, Honshu, and Hawaii as a maritime hub.

Therefore, Naha City's economy and business are not bad, of course, this is also compared to the entire Ryukyu Islands, compared to other cities in the region, Naha City is far worse.

Recently, there have been many more ships in the harbor of Naha City, and every once in a while, they have been heading south to the Miyako Strait to raid East African ships.

Early in the morning, a Japanese officer lectured at armed men dressed as fishermen.

"The empire should not be humiliated, the moment you board the boat, you still have to remember that you are fighting for the empire and for His Majesty the Emperor."

At present, Japan does not want to completely offend East Africa, but it cannot let go of it, and it is not willing to lose the opportunity to invade and occupy the South Ryukyu Islands in vain, so it has the navy disguised itself as fishermen to intercept ships in East Africa.

Although the sea was rough and the ships in East Africa were larger, and if ordinary small fishing boats collided, they might be in danger of capsizing at any time and die on the sea, but under the influence of the idea of "loyalty to the monarch and patriotism," no one flinched.

These people shouted loudly with excited expressions: "Imperial board! His Majesty the Emperor onboard! ”

The naval officer was very satisfied with the results of his education, and he waved his hand: "Go!" ”

The Pacific Ocean is clear and the Miyako Strait is very vast, and a large group of fishing boats from Naha City to the south is a spectacular sight.

"The armed fishing boats of the Japanese are here again!" The sharp-eyed East African garrison had spotted the Japanese fishing boats through telescopes.

Seeing the Japanese armed fishing boats flaunting their might and domineering in the waters of the South Ryukyu Islands, the East African defenders had no way to deal with them for the time being, and the main reason was the lack of boats in their hands.

However, the Japanese did not dare to approach the land, and the coastal defense artillery in East Africa had already been arranged, so relying on the land, the East African army was not afraid of these Japanese going ashore, and if these Japanese abandoned the ship and went ashore, it would be a good thing.

But now everyone knows that the Japanese are besieging but not attacking, after all, the Southern Ryukyu Islands are so big and the grain production is also very low, so as long as the siege lasts for a long time, sooner or later the food and materials on the island will be exhausted.

While the garrison on the island of East Africa was wary of the Japanese petty moves, the island's laborers were also discussing the recent changes in their lives.

As mentioned earlier, the South Ryukyu Islands are sparsely populated, so many of the labor required for East African projects on the islands is directly hired from the Far East.

Now that Japan is besieging the Southern Ryukyu Islands, these laborers are stranded on the islands and are accompanied by East African troops.

"This group of devils, they come really punctually every day, so they pinch the meal, I hope they will move quickly today and delay Lao Tzu's mood to eat."

It was not East African soldiers who said this, but Liu Dazhuang, a laborer hired from the Far East in East Africa, who is now helping to build a military camp on the South Ryukyu Islands.

"Da Zhuang, what are you eating today?"

"How do I know, aren't you quite familiar with Captain Wang? He definitely knows what to eat today. ”

"Hehe, Brother Wang and I also made friends through the relationship between fellow villagers, but in fact, it is far away! None of them are from the same house. ”

"If you want me to say what to eat, it's nothing more than those few things, sweet potatoes, soybeans, seafood, I now miss the vegetables and beef a little bit before, these days the little devil has stopped the supply ship outside, all supported by the previous inventory of the island, the food level has dropped a lot, and they have begun to be limited." Rowan complained.

"Made, little devil, it's really not a thing, it was so comfortable to come here as a worker, since they appeared, the good days are gone."

"Don't worry too much about this, I heard Brother Wang say, Japan is not to be afraid, East Africa is a Western country, and the Japanese devils have engaged in a 'leaving Asia and joining Europe', just to be Westerners, because Westerners are stronger than them, and East Africa is born to be the West, so the strength is naturally above Japan."

"Ah San, what kind of official did you say Captain Wang was in East Africa? And how can he still be a foreigner's official? I heard that he used to be a farmer in our country. ”

"I've asked this before, what about East Africa! Although it is also a Western country, it is not a Western country. ”

"Well, so around? Is this East Africa after all? ”

"Hehe, you then listen to me, East Africa is indeed Westerners, no, according to Brother Wang's words, it was established by Germans, and these Germans are also part of Westerners, but this Westerner is just a big concept, not a gang."

"Da Zhuang, aren't they in the same group of Westerners? I thought they all came from the same place! ”

"I explain to you this, you should understand, for example, in the Far East, there are a lot of countries such as our Far Eastern Empire, Korea, Ryukyu, Japan, etc., and the Germans almost mean the same in the West, such as Tsarist Russia, France and England in the Far East, they are all Western countries, but they do not deal with each other."

"Is this German as good as England and France?"

"Of course, Captain Wang told me that the Germans have established many countries, but the three most famous ones are Germany, Austria-Hungary, and finally our employer, the Kingdom of East Africa. These three countries are quite impressive, especially the first two, which are the top powers in the world, and East Africa should not be bad, but the strength is not as strong as the first two. ”

"Da Zhuang, what is the top power?"

"The top powers are the most powerful countries in the world, and they decide the fate of the whole world."

"Then our Far Eastern Empire is not a great power?"

"The size of the Far Eastern Empire must be considered a great power, but its military strength is too poor, so it is not much use to have this name."

"The whole world listens to them? But we haven't even heard of the name of Germany or Austria-Hungary before, are they so powerful? ”

"That's because people's influence is not on us, but in Europe, and Europe knows it, right? Westerners are considered to have come out of that place, Germany and Austria-Hungary are strong in Europe, so they are also strong in the world, because Europe is the most powerful continent in modern times. ”

"Didn't you say that the great powers decided the fate of the world?"

"Yes! I haven't denied it, don't you see that England, France and Tsarist Russia are all bullying us? Brother Wang said, the strength of our Far Eastern Empire is much stronger than many countries, but its strength cannot be compared with the top powers, so whether it is a great power or not depends mainly on its strength, and when it comes to strength, it can naturally become a great power. ”

"What about East Africa?"

"East Africa should be counted as well, right? Brother Wang didn't tell me, but when I heard that East Africa's military strength can rank among the top ten in the world, it is much worse in other aspects. ”

"If we have this strength, how can we let the Westerners bully us!"

"Hehe, this is also what Brother Wang told me, East Africa is watching its military strength become a strong country step by step, but we have a word in the East called reckless military force, and it is easy to have problems if only a country with military strength develops, and the top powers are the world's top in the world in all aspects of development, including economy, military strength, population, etc., and a lot of conditions are gathered together to form the world powers."

(End of chapter)