Chapter 30: Fearless of Battle
Wells was not surprised by Adelis's remarks about the war, and even took it for granted, which was related to the long-term low-intensity wars in East Africa.
East Africa has been fighting for almost a dozen years, and a new generation like Wells has spent almost every year in East Africa, even the villages of East Africa used to have to clash with tribes and beasts from time to time.
But for Mary, the German, it didn't feel so good!
"Wells, is there a lot of war in East Africa?"
The Germans actually have a strong sense of reverence for war, especially for German civilians, every war in Europe is extremely tragic, because the two warring sides are not far apart, so they can only rely on a large number of cannon fodder to consume each other.
As for the prevalence of militarism, in fact, they were all forced out, and if they did not develop the military, they could only be beaten, and the German countries in the past felt it the most, Germany was actually the Central Plains of Europe, and it was a natural battlefield for various forces, and if the Germans themselves did not struggle, they could not escape the fate of being beaten by others, so it was better to integrate and take the initiative to fight others.
"Hehe, Mary don't worry, the war in Africa is not as tragic as on the European continent, because the opponents in East Africa are not strong, and we in East Africa used to fight against the natives, which is not unusual."
The wolf will not be afraid of the flock, this is the current situation of East Africa's development in Africa, in the past, the first military power in Africa was Egypt, and East Africa was a little more restrained, but now East Africa has confirmed the status of the first military power in Africa, so it should be the surrounding forces of East Africa that are afraid of East Africa.
Adelis also said on the side: "War is no stranger to East Africans, but in most cases, we East Africa invade other countries and tribes, whether in terms of population, military strength, or economic and political strength, East Africa has an overwhelming advantage over its neighbors. ”
"And over the years, the development of the East African Navy and Army has been more rapid than before, there is no generation gap between weapons and equipment and Europe, and at the same time, it has its own arsenal, so there will be no war and no impact on civilians."
Mary didn't believe a word about either, because she grew up in the environment in which she exaggerated the horrors of war, after all, before the reunification of Germany, most of Germany was the one who was beaten.
Similarly, in addition to the description of war, the same is true of the description of Africa, and while the continent under East African rule has changed dramatically, the European stereotype of Africa has not changed.
Before that, Marie was actually reluctant to leave Germany, but her husband was an East African, so the family had to go to East Africa to develop, but fortunately East Africa was not a barren land as described in Europe.
In fact, it is easy to understand that although East Africa actively promotes East Africa and fools immigrants, this has hindered positive public opinion in East Africa in Germany.
After all, East Africa is quite far away from Europe, and there is more slander than praise, and ordinary people cannot have a deep understanding of the development of East Africa if they do not leave Europe.
This is the same as the natural "filter" of the Western world to the rest of the world in the previous life, it is the same reason, Europe is the center of civilization, this is political correctness, even the United States, which has a history of 100 years, is not a good thing in European public opinion now, let alone East Africa, which has a history of just a few decades.
"Don't worry about the war, the Bulawayo you are going to is actually in the rear of East Africa, even if the war is unfavorable, it will not have much impact there, in other words, the area of a province in East Africa is about the same size as a country in Europe, and there is a natural buffer zone between these provinces." Adlis said,
The city of Bulawayo is still in the western part of the province of Matabele, far from the border, and of course, not as safe as Adlis says.
However, East Africa is strategically advantageous because the province of Matabele is located on a separate plateau, separated by the Limpopo River and the South African Plateau to the south, and Mozambique to the east.
The plains of Mozambique are rare in Africa in the true sense of the word, and this is also the biggest disadvantage of Mozambique, because the plateau naturally has a military advantage over the plains.
Moreover, at the junction of East Africa and Mozambique, Mozambique is very poorly developed, many of them are rainforests and swamps, and the traffic is very poor, only the north-south transportation is relatively convenient, which is also the reason for the long and narrow distribution of the north-south border of Mozambique in the previous life.
The South African plateau in the south is indeed more accessible, but it is landlocked, while in Africa, with the exception of East Africa, transportation is basically a mess.
After all, other colonies, including the Portuguese, who have colonized Africa for hundreds of years, do not have any concept of construction, and among the many colonies in the world, I am afraid that only the British have the highest degree of construction of India, and East Africa has been separated from the colonial category, so it is natural to be very concerned about national construction.
"However, after so many years of war in East Africa, the country's territory should have expanded to the limit, and if there is another war, then our opponent should not be the native!" Wells had a key question in mind.
"There is a high probability that it is the Portuguese, but Portugal's military strength is not outstanding in Europe, and even our East Africa has let it cede land and pay reparations, so I think the Portuguese are probably a level higher than the indigenous in the eyes of East Africa." Adlis said.
"Of course, it is also possible that the Transvaals, after all, the hostility between East Africa and the Transvaals is the greatest."
Adlis didn't think about Britain, although Britain and East Africa are not very good, but there should not be much hatred, of course, even if there is a threat, the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff should have a plan.
Marie: "I thought that without Germany there would be no war, but I didn't expect it to be the same in other parts of the world. ”
"The difference is big, the war in Eurasia is the normal form of war, and the intensity of war in other regions is not comparable to that of Europe, take East Africa as an example, unless there is a civil war like the United States in East Africa, otherwise any form of war is a local war for East Africa."
East Africa has not yet enjoyed the German situation in which enemies come from all sides. In the future, it may be difficult to enjoy it, because East Africa has few neighbors and is not very strong.
Of course, if the British can pull France and other European countries to form an army of intervention in East Africa, but the possibility of such a situation is basically zero, at least it is certain that Germany and Austria-Hungary will definitely oppose it, and other countries will definitely be ambiguous, and this is the advantage of the great powers.
Of course, the status of a great power is not necessarily useful, which the Ottoman Empire and the Far Eastern Empire should feel the most, but because of the threat of these two countries, they have been suppressed by other countries.
Just as Europeans could not imagine that in Ernst's previous life, the Americans ruled Europe across the Atlantic, the so-called center of civilization first became a bargaining chip between the United States and the Soviet Union, and finally completely became a puppet of the United States.
However, the United States is not like a king, and after thoroughly establishing its global hegemony, its positive image is far less than the negative image, and as a world "leader", it should lead by example and set an example for the development of other countries.
However, the United States has not made an inch of success in domestic construction, and has become a "gun", "drug", "race", "homeless", "gender", ...... The source of all kinds of problems in the international community.
As for the merits of the United States, of course, it cannot be denied, but its international order and achievements are basically the product of competition with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and the United States quickly corrupted after the death of the Soviet Union.
If you enter, you will not be able to go home, and if you go out, you will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country will die.
(End of chapter)