Ernst also knew the situation of the Orange people now, that is, it was quite bad, after all, the two sides had been fighting for more than a year, and the Orange Free State did not have any complicated terrain, basically a flat horse, and the territory was not large, and the only nearby mountain area was still in the hands of East Africa, and it could not deal with the British army like Afghanistan.

It was not easy to hold on until now, and even for Ernst, the Orange people were overdone.

"Now that the Oranges are no longer in the mood, the most they can do is to make a little move to make some small troubles for the British and the Transvaals, and then the British will be freed up." Ernst said.

"Your Highness, what instructions do you have?" Witt asked after hearing Ernst say this.

"We can now identify countries and regions that are hostile or threatening to East Africa, mainly in the south, the Transvaals, the Portuguese, the British, and the northeast, British Somaliland, the Sudan region of Egypt, which is now also colonized by the British, these areas should be monitored more to prevent the British from making small moves, and your military should also be ready to deal with the plan at any time, and the army has not fought for a long time, let them move and see if there is a problem with long-distance transfers, In particular, railways and roads are more developed this time than they were a few years ago. ”

Ernst was a fairly steady man, so even if there was only a one percent probability, he had to be on his guard.

Because he substituted himself into the British, he would never let go of East Africa, and now Britain still has hands and allies in Africa, and if he does not contain East Africa at this time, there will be basically no chance in the future.

And the confrontation with East Africa is nothing more than a redemption, Britain fails, at most at the expense of the Cape Town colony, and this is the worst plan, except for the United States, so far, no country has let Britain lose a large territory, but if it succeeds, it can divide the southern part of East Africa, it will be quite cost-effective.

This is the same as playing chess, you can't pay attention to temporary gains and losses, the final result still depends on whether you win, if you can take out the south of East Africa (Rhodesia), then East Africa can only become Brazil, and even the raw materials for industrial development are not ready.

At the same time, if the south is captured, East Africa's control over southwest Africa will be broken, and Portugal will be able to recover the lost territory, so that half of East Africa's effective territory will be lost.

And Britain's African colonies can be as beautiful as they were in the past, instead of grabbing an acre of land in West Africa with a bunch of countries as it is now.

Moreover, the area controlled by East Africa is very different from that of Africa in the previous life, and the construction of Africa by East Africa is even more exaggerated than that of many African countries in the 21st century.

Not to mention other regions, the development of the east seaboard, as a window of contact between East Africa and the world, has already undergone earth-shaking changes in recent years.

The British ship is not blind, in terms of the development speed of the East African coast, the inland can not be too bad, after all, there is no inland development as an economic hinterland, the coastal development cannot be so good, because East Africa mainly depends on the export of bulk commodities, a shipload of cargo can not hide from the British guarding the Suez Canal, which even led to the beginning of the East African route that declined after the opening of the Suez Canal.

Of course, with East Africa, the Suez Canal has also become busier, because the Atlantic coast of East Africa is basically furnished, and almost all the trade of North America and Europe passes through the Suez Canal.

The trade between South America and East Africa, except for the slave trade, is not frequent, and the commodity trade is even more so, after all, it is impossible for East Africa to export rubber, coffee and other tropical agricultural products to South America, everyone is a competitor, and East Africa's industrial products are not very competitive in South America.

As for minerals, everyone is also export-oriented, and the industrial level of South America is not as good as that of East Africa, so you can't use so many minerals yourself, but export them to Europe and the United States to make money.

All in all, East Africa is now a major departure from the traditional concept of Africa, especially in the context of West Africa.

Of course, other countries only look at East Africa to eat meat, but do not see East Africa being beaten, and East Africa can not achieve its current achievements without the efforts of every East African, including those slaves.

At present, West Africa is still rampant with diseases, natural disasters are frequent, and the colonizers are fighting in West Africa, which embodies the word "chaos", which is very much in line with the world's perception of Africa.

But it cannot be said that there is no progress in West Africa, although the colonizers are bad, but they do build a lot of plantations in West Africa, even if the plantations are reactionary and backward, it is much more advanced than the previous indigenous system, of course, from the perspective of African natives, this is certainly not the case.

The colonizers in West Africa were much more ruthless than those in East Africa, and they were a mixed bag, armed privately, and entirely focused on economic interests.

Ernst remembered that in the past life, an important reason why Africans did not like to work was that they were too exploited during the colonial era.

More work can motivate people, and the productivity of slaves in West Africa is entirely based on the whipping and punishment of the colonizers, Belgium did the most in the previous life, of course, Ernst believes that the United States is not much better, after all, the dentures made of black teeth are no more "noble" than the black Congolese who have their hands cut off.

Blacks are used to being plundered by colonizers, so ordinary low-level blacks have no enthusiasm to work at all, and no matter how much they produce, they have nothing to do with themselves.

This situation will not change even after the independence of African countries, because African countries are not the same as those in Asia, and the colonizers here have left too many backhands when they leave.

For example, the ruling class, which is actually the eagle dog of the colonizers, has not changed at all in African society, except that the exploiters have changed from whites to blacks.

And black rulers may not be as good as white people, white people are just bad, but not stupid, and many black rulers are bad and stupid, which makes independent Africa very prone to tyrants.

The colonizers were more experienced than the black eagle dogs in governing the country, and many black compradors still maintained the same governance methods of the tribal era, so the industrial base left by the colonists in the colonial era was completely abandoned, and many countries were even more chaotic than before independence.

The most typical is South Africa, where the black ruling class in South Africa is typically good and does not learn, and the shortcomings of the white people are self-taught, and South Africa is governed like that.

However, this is the case in many British colonies, which has to say that one of the advantages of the British is that they are decisive and can more calmly bury mines in the colonies by taking the initiative to evacuate, and such an independent area is far less independent and thorough than the armed struggle.

"There is nothing wrong with being careful, especially between countries, where there is uncertainty at any time, and we don't have the ability to predict the future, so it's best to be well prepared in advance, so as not to be caught off guard."

Ernst himself used to like to be a gambler anyway, but now he doesn't have to be careful everywhere, and now all East Africa can do is to keep falling, wait for the situation to change, and then make sure that East Africa is completely settled.

As for the greater ambitions, there is no such idea, after all, it is still a bit far away to consider these now, and it is better to develop the industry of East Africa.

(End of chapter)