Ernst's words basically represent the attitude of East Africa towards war, and now it is how to start the war, as well as the impact of the war on all aspects of East Africa, and the final result that East Africa wants to achieve through war.

Of course, East Africa "welcomes" the war, it is necessary to "beautify" the war first, to be honest, many of the people of East Africa are old fritters from the Eurasian continent, although Ernst likes to use "honest and loyal" to describe it, but sometimes "honest and loyal" is the least honest and loyal.

However, after several military reforms, the image of the East African Defence Force has been greatly improved, at least in the same era, there should not be any military discipline that can surpass that of East Africa.

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Dodoma City, Hladydi Township.

"When one person joins the army, the whole family is glorious, and once he joins the army, he will benefit for life, protect the family and defend the country, and it is the responsibility to defend the land."

"It is the right and duty of every East African national to actively cooperate with the government in registering for Selective Service."

A new round of registration for Selective Service was carried out in the town of Hledi.

"Mayor Miledi, all adult males in your town who are over seventeen years old, have graduated from school, and have sound limbs, must be counted, especially those veterans who have served in the army, this time the central government attaches great importance to it, if it is found to be fraudulent, or it is reported, it will be a big matter."

"Don't worry, Second Lieutenant Yakidman, our Hledi Town has always been an advanced unit in the recruitment work, and we have never dared to cheat, it can be said that in the entire Dodoma City, our Hledi Town is the most active."

This is indeed the case, the enthusiasm of joining the army in agricultural areas is higher than that in industrial areas, such as the urban area of Dodoma, there is more than one way to solve the direction of employment, so there is more choice, there is no need to develop in the army, although the welfare of the army is good, but it is also quite hard.

"Ensign Akiedman, is war coming?"

"Who did you listen to?"

"This is my own observation, first of all, passing through the railway of Todoma, pulling some military supplies through, I have served in the army before, I am more familiar with those, and the number of trains in Todoma has also changed recently, combined with your conscription and reserve registration, and the negative reports in the newspapers about Portugal, England, the Transvaal, so I say this."

"Mayor Miledi, this is not a problem for you to worry about, since you have joined the army, it should be clear that a position like Dodoma is even safer than our capital, as for whether there are some small changes on the front line, it is also a very common thing, but you are indeed a careful observer, but I hope you rot what you know in your stomach, so as not to cause panic and delay the normal order of production and life."

"I'm also worried about national affairs, and the most important thing is public opinion, I've never seen an official newspaper publish all kinds of negative reports on three countries at the same time, which is obviously a way to stimulate emotions, so ......"

"Mayor Miledi, don't think too much, our relationship with the British has never been good, after all, until now, the British are still sanctioning us, which greatly restricts our development speed, and the hatred of the Transvaals towards East Africa has never been eliminated, I think you also know the attitude of the Transvaals towards East Africa, and finally the Portuguese have fought with us."

Second Lieutenant Akiedman continued: "So, you should understand that they were already enemies of our East African kingdom a long time ago, and this cannot be eliminated. ”

"I naturally know this, after all, I was one of the members of the Transvaal War, and later if I retired a year late, maybe I could join the East Portuguese War, but unfortunately I didn't see that war, I heard that the Portuguese were not as good as the Transvaals, and they were a little stronger than the black kingdom and tribes, and the newspapers also joked that they would fight a primitive war with modern weapons."

Mayor Miledi still has a lot of experience, in fact, many East African officials come from the military system, which is one of the reasons why Miledi became the mayor of the town.

Second Lieutenant Akiedman: "So there has never been peace in East Africa, although we have not fought in the past few years, but the clouds of war have never dissipated, and the tripartite forces of Portugal, Britain, and the Transvaal surround the whole of East Africa. ”

"And over the years, the Portuguese, the Transvaal, the British have been building up strength on the continent, especially since the end of last year, Cape Town has had the most frequent military movements, and it is clear that they have withdrawn from Asia and can focus more on Africa."

"So two major military blocs are being formed in southern Africa, one is our East Africa, and the other is Britain and its two allies, and that's probably not all, because the attitude towards Italy, the attitude of Egypt, is not yet known."

Miledi also said with a gloomy face: "I don't know when the war crisis will end, will the kingdom continue to expand until it annexes the entire African continent?" ”

"Then at least the three threats in front of us must be resolved, after all, a slap in the face does not make a sound, and there are irreconcilable contradictions between us and the other three hostile forces from the very beginning.

As for the expansion to the north, it should be unlikely, we have had the opportunity to do so before, like Italy was able to gain a foothold in the Ethiopian plateau, it was all the result of our backing water. Ensign Akiedman said

Ensign Akiedman did not mean to mock the Italians, but it was true, and so far the Italian Red Sea colonies (Eritrea, and parts of eastern Ethiopia) and the Abyssinian Empire were tied.

Italy's record is really touching, but the current Kingdom of Italy is only one of the countries on the Italian Peninsula, and if it was the Kingdom of Italy as one of the great powers in the previous life, it would be a shame to fight like this.

However, this also shows that the Abyssinian Empire is not easy to deal with, and when East Africa invaded the Ethiopian Plateau, it rarely had a direct conflict with the Abyssinian Empire, but picked up the surrounding tribes or subordinate forces, and it was also when the Abyssinian Empire was divided.

The Italian invasion directly threatened the core of the Abyssinian ruling class, especially the northwestern part of the country, which had been the economic wealth of Abyssinian since ancient times.

Now the Abyssinian Empire is united because of Italy, a foreign enemy, so East Africa can balance Italy through the Abyssinian Empire.

The two powers are currently in a state of equilibrium, and East Africa can upset this balance at any time, so the real threat to the northwest is Egypt and the British colony of Somaliland, both of which are under British control.

Although Egypt is only a semi-colony, Britain has military access here, and it is not impossible to choose a surprise attack by detour.

Of course, it is true that East Africa, as Second Lieutenant Ageedman said, is not very motivated to expand northward, because the remaining areas are either too harsh, or the opponents are too strong (mainly referring to France), or have little resources and strategic value.

In the case of West Africa, it is impossible for East Africa to bypass French Gabon to expand in West Africa, and now that East Africa already has Britain as its enemy, there is no need to add France.

(End of chapter)