Chapter 44: The Fleet

This is also a modest contribution made by East Africa to world peace, but the evil consequences of the easing of social contradictions in Europe have not disappeared, but have been transferred to Africa.

In South Africa in particular, East Africa has introduced a large number of people, and as a result, East Africa's national power has risen sharply, and there is fierce competition with other South African powers.

With the advantage of population, East Africa is invincible, which is also the fundamental reason for the outbreak of this war, East Africa is too strong, so other forces must unite to eliminate this "heresy" in East Africa.

If East Africa is not stopped, then in the future, other countries on the entire African continent will have to survive under the snort of East Africa, and the worst result will be the emergence of an African version of the United States.

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The city of Dre Dawa at the northern tip of East Africa.

British Somaliland is one of the neighbours of the city of Dire Dawa in East Africa, although the two sides have little contact.

Not so much because of the hostile relations between the two countries, but because of the vast desert area that runs between them, and only Arab caravans occasionally carry camels through this "dangerous" area, maintaining the commercial trade routes for thousands of years.

However, the city of Dreva was now under the control of East Africa, so it did not affect them much.

Since the opening of the city of Dredeva, the trade route, which had been interrupted for several years, has regained its former glory.

From a stopover for trade, it has become a thriving commercial market, where Somaliland, East Africa, Italy's Red Sea colonies, and French Somalia (Djibouti) form a meeting place.

Although British Somalia is now a British colony, the local residents are not British, but native-born Arabs, so commercial trade has never been interrupted, and the poor relationship between Britain and East Africa has not changed the way of life of the locals.

Of course, a few years ago, the Dredeva was a military fortress, and the Arabs had to change to the north of Dareeva to maintain the trade routes, and the Arabs of Somaliland in those years had great grievances about East Africa, only a little less bitter than the British who colonized Somaliland and the French next door.

British Somaliland, the Maguiltine Sultanate in the northeast (the last traditionally independent Somali kingdom in eastern British Somaliland), French Somalia, or the Somali region of East Africa, were originally inhabited by Somalis.

Britain, France, and East Africa are all invaders to them, but the Somalis in East Africa have long since "disappeared", while the main inhabitants of the British and French colonies are still Somalis.

Fortunately, there is no rise of nationalism in the pan-Somali region, otherwise there would have been many foreign Somali forces who would have become enemies of East Africa under the banner of "national revivalism".

Now there is only one Magirtine Sultanate hiding in the corner of the Horn of East Africa trembling, with this position, sooner or later it will be colonized or annexed by other countries, it is only a matter of time, in history it was Italy that ended the life of this country, but now Italy is far less powerful than in the previous life, and itself is dominated by the Red Sea colonies (Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia), I think it is unable to annex this real Horn of Africa country.

Britain and East Africa are not very interested in the Magirtin Sultanate, or because the two sides contain each other, so they cannot concentrate on dealing with the Magirtine Sultanate, the Magirtin Sultanate is a blessing in disguise, but as long as the balance between East Africa and Britain in Africa is broken, the victor will wipe out this "eye-catching" country from the map.

Of course, these contradictions and conflicts do not affect the trade activities of the local Arabs, and the Somalis also belong to the Arabs, because the Arabs are a religious and cultural force, as long as there is a strong core, they can live together in a country.

This is much more effective than "white supremacy", because the Arab cultural sphere is much more inclusive than Europe, with a variety of races and nationalities.

Of course, this will not offset East Africa's hostility towards the "black" Arabs in Somalia, and for now, most of the black indigenous people have been wiped out by East Africa.

Countries with a high degree of mixed ancestry such as the Abyssinian Empire and the Magirtine Sultanate are still barely acceptable in East Africa.

Today, the Arab caravan brought news to the East African garrison in the city of Dire Dawa: a convoy of British warships had entered British Somaliland to recuperate.

Morse, the top military governor of East Africa in the city of Dre Dawa, believes that this grapevine should be taken seriously.

"The Royal Navy docked in British Somaliland is likely to be part of the Mediterranean Fleet or may be from India, but it's definitely not good news for us, because they have never been to Somaliland."

"British Somaliland, which is an important military base for Britain to maintain in the Red Sea region, to contain the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, geographically, I prefer that they come from the Mediterranean Fleet, if it is the British Royal Navy in the Indian region, they should go to the Seychelles, rather than detour to British Somaliland, of course, provided that Britain is prepared to go to war with us." Morse's adjutant said.

"Anyway, it is unlikely that they are coming for our city of Dredeva, which has no effect on the British, unless they want to penetrate deep into the hinterland of East Africa by land, but with Egypt as an option, there is no possibility at all, even if Egypt is not involved, these lobster soldiers will only attack from the northeast coast of East Africa."

"It's the navy here, so there is a high probability that it has nothing to do with us, but this news should be notified to the General Staff in time, after all, in the current situation, any disturbance may involve national defense and security issues."

Ordinary people in East Africa did not know about it, but it was already known within the East African army that there could be a war between East Africa and the British.

The troops on the four directions of East Africa, on the southeast, north, and west borders, were informed, and the garrison of the city of Dredeva, which was a neighbor of British Somaliland, was no exception.

So Colonel Morse said: "Whatever the purpose of the British fleet, we should not take it lightly, let us be vigilant, especially the patrols, to search carefully along the edge of the desert in the north-west, and report any emergencies in time, from now on, all garrisons in the city of Dre Dawa must be put into combat readiness, and guns and artillery must be inspected and maintained, and the combat posture must be ensured at all times." ”

"At the same time, a report was sent to the Northern Military District informing about the large-scale presence of the British Navy in British Somalia."

The Northern Military Region basically includes most of the former Somalia, Kenya and parts of Ethiopia, that is, the five provinces of Juba, North and Turkana, South Prussia and East Africa in East Africa.

In fact, according to the current location and area of the map of East Africa, it is more appropriate to call it the Northeast Military Region, which corresponds to the Nile Military Region in the northwest of East Africa, which is also five provinces.

However, the strength of the Northern Military Region is even stronger, including the two newly formed "dragoon" divisions in East Africa, which belong to the army establishment of the Northern Military Region.

At the same time, Mogadishu is also the home port of the North of the East African Navy, although the coastline of Somalia is long, but there are only a few ports that can be used, so Mogadishu City has become the only choice with the best conditions.

(End of chapter)