"The Danube province has always been in an awkward position, but in fact the climate conditions of the Danube province are among the best in the whole East African province."

"There is the main road of the Congo River, and there are large tributaries of the Congo River such as the Kuango River, the terrain is flat, the aquatic grass forests are abundant, and the ancient Congo kingdom has been active in this area."

"Actually, the Portuguese knew this, but they did it too late, so that the entire basin east of the Cuango River was occupied by us."

"The biggest problem in the Danube Province right now is that it is in the west, and at the same time it is a border, so there is very little distribution of immigrants, which is stronger than that of Southwest Africa, but we are not very developed in the Danube Province."

Ernst said a lot in succession, highlighting the importance of the Danube Province, but the importance of the Danube Province also hides high risks, and if the risks are not ruled out, it is naturally impossible to talk about the development of the Danube Province in East Africa.

"Now the Portuguese in the Angolan colony, they are sure that they have not been busy in the past few years, so the next time our army enters the Angolan colony again, it will not be easy, and the same Mozambique may be even more so, after all, there are British people supervising on the side, and the Portuguese in Mozambique do not dare to be perfunctory."

"Your Highness, Mozambique is indeed as you said it is now, the British actually forcibly tied the Portuguese colony of Mozambique to their chariots through our objective threat, and according to the information sent back by the spies, the British basically obtained the military command of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique. ”

"Moreover, most of the weapons that Mozambique is armed with are now supplied by the British, and the Portuguese are not as good as our East African in terms of weaponry."

"As for Angola, unlike Mozambique, Angola is more independent than Mozambique, basically not under the control of the British, with local civilian forces and the Portuguese army, jointly building Angola's military defense system."

"However, the results of our analysis show that these Angolan civil society organizations may be more difficult to deal with than the Portuguese regular army."

"First of all, in terms of weapons and equipment, these big plantation owners, as well as mine owners, are richer than the other, and they are not stingy in investing in weapons and equipment, and they are even better than the Portuguese native troops."

"Secondly, these local forces, which have taken root in Angola, are even more hostile to East Africa than Portugal itself, because our last operation in South Angola also makes our next attempt to win over these civil forces come to naught."

Throughout each time, East Africa's external expansion means that the original local power has been crushed into powder, and the most important thing is that the land ownership has been deprived of East Africa, and the original local power has been wiped out.

So the attitude of the big planters and mine owners in South Angola towards East Africa can be said to be long-willed to eat its flesh, and the Portuguese in the north were also frightened by the policies of East Africa.

If East Africa does not confiscate land and respect "private property", they may not need to be urged by East Africa, and they will take the initiative to betray Portugal and throw themselves into the arms of East Africa.

Of course, such a person who took refuge in him, Ernst didn't dare to use it, it was not the business that caught up, this group of guys chose to give in temporarily for the sake of interests, and they would jump back at any time for the sake of interests in the future.

Moreover, according to the commonality of such regions with obvious ethnic differences, they will naturally be hostile to the policies of the central government, and even if they are beneficial to them, they will probably not appreciate them, and they will have to concoct conspiracy theories.

This is most obvious in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, don't look at Hungary has always said that Austria squeezes itself, in fact, Hungary has been a relatively fast-growing region in Europe over the years, the development of railways and industry is not slower than other regions, and it can also enjoy the treatment of foreign powers, but Hungary does not appreciate it, and Austria can only be dumb and can't say it.

In this way, the Habsburgs were really an example of benevolence, and Ernst was obviously not suitable for such a path, so his aim was to force these foreigners who wanted to rely on the "East African soil".

And this group of Angolan people, they are not without a way out, they have to fight to the end with East Africa, as evidenced by the last reception of South Angola.

Colonies like this with overlords, unlike Africans, who have no way out, and these Angolan Portuguese can return to Portugal proper.

"In the end, it is Portugal's native army, the combat effectiveness is very suspicious, the local political situation in Portugal is chaotic, the capitalists and the aristocracy, the local forces and the central government, the people and the government, etc., can be said to be a variety of contradictions superimposed, which also makes the Portuguese economy has been on the verge of collapse, so it is impossible for the Portuguese native army to form combat effectiveness."

The last point that Witt said was actually that Portugal's military spending was too low, after all, as a leading powerhouse, it could not produce an ironclad ship, and it had to be purchased from Britain, which was in stark contrast to the Portuguese Navy a hundred years ago, the navy was still so shabby, not to mention the army.

And the military budget is already low, and the management is poor, so you can imagine the current situation of the Portuguese army.

Of course, Ernst did not doubt the fighting power of the Portuguese, and if it was not good, Spain would have swallowed Portugal long ago.

This brings us to the Portuguese aristocracy, whose private armed forces are likely to be the mainstay of Portuguese military power, according to European aristocratic tradition.

"So the next time war breaks out, we have to provide sufficient support for the troops in terms of firepower, these local powers, who are not concerned with the others, but will certainly be solid in their own spheres of influence, so the army may encounter a large number of private fortifications, and at the same time there are passes built by the Portuguese army in dangerous places," Ernst said. ”

"Also, try not to let this group of people and the army fight head-on, even if they are like shrinking turtles, relying on pillboxes and cities to operate defense, we are not afraid, but guerrilla tactics are the most troublesome, so the troops should advance steadily and uproot local forces without leaving any trouble."

The enemy can't hold out, so East Africa is indeed a headache, but East Africa has the time and energy to consume with the enemy, plus the heavy fire support of artillery, a little bit can eat the enemy, and in this way, the arrogance of the enemy behind will also be consumed.

Ernst's greatest concern was that the war would be fought quickly, but these local forces were not convinced, after all, the war was fought too quickly, and the East African government did not have time to send officials to take over the grassroots level, control and run the localities, which could cause turmoil in the rear.

The most important thing is to prevent the enemy in these areas from thinking about guerrilla warfare, if they engage in guerrilla tactics, then the armies of all countries in the world will have a headache, slow work and meticulous work, and the initiative has always been in East Africa, so East Africa has always sat firmly in the Diaoyu Tai.

(End of chapter)