After the shelling, the old port of Mogadishu was in shambles, and the merchant ships operating here suffered considerable losses.

Alex, who escaped back to the port area, was lucky enough to save his life, but his command ship and another gunboat were seriously injured to varying degrees, and he was afraid that he would have to return to the factory for overhaul.

At the same time, the "Andres", which was sunk in the open sea, only more than two dozen survivors watched the lifeboat escape back to Mogadishu, and the remaining more than a hundred people are missing.

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Just four minutes after the Battle of Somalia, the East African Navy and the central government received the news that although the outcome of the Somali Battle was reasonable, it still caused an uproar in East Africa.

Especially in the naval department, Archduke Ferdinand was furious, and then Archduke Ferdinand was not in the mood to probe the losses of the Mogadishu navy, and now the British fleet was obviously coming towards East Africa, and if nothing else, it was very likely that it would take advantage of the night to touch the eastern coast of East Africa.

This meant that the first battle of the war began with the navy, and then the East African navy began to face a tough battle.

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First Town City.

"The British have not declared war, and the losses in Mogadishu are still being counted, but the navy in Mogadishu has been declared scrapped, and then we will face a more severe situation, the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff immediately began to deploy for a full-scale war, and the whole of East Africa entered a state of war, and the embassy directly submitted a declaration of war, and we must win this war."

With the issuance of the military order, the East African army began to officially take over the railways, road transportation hubs, and the East African arsenal began to enter a wartime state to expand production capacity.

Before there was a big move in East Africa, at the Allied Command in Maputo, Count Roberts also officially issued an order for battle.

Britain, Portugal and the Republic of Boer declared war on East Africa at the same time, and the military forces of various countries began to gather on the land of South Africa.

At the same time, the eyes of the world were attracted by this "abrupt" war in South Africa.

Originally, South Africa did not have much international popularity, but once the British were gone, the eyes of the whole world were focused on African soil.

Britain is the world's number one power, its every move will be watched, and this time Portugal is obviously going to join the British war in East Africa, so the South African war is destined to attract the attention of the world, as for the Boers because of their strength is "too weak", it is not worthy of the attention of all countries.

Berlin, Paris, Washington, Peking...... Countries outside the region are thinking about why this war happened and how big it was.

The first town, Dar es Salaam, and the embassies of Zanzibar transmitted news of the war to the country in real time by telegraph.

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Austro-Hungarian Empire.

"What's wrong with the British, why are they waging such a war in South Africa?" This was the question that Franz was pondering at this time.

As an ally of East Africa, now Austria is very embarrassed, and the silent East Africa is at war with Britain, so will it join or not?

And why didn't the East Africans disclose the relevant information to the Austrian government in advance, this is directly pulling the Austro-Hungarian Empire into the water!

For the war between East Africa and Britain, the Austro-Hungarian government was neutral, although East Africa was weak, but it had the advantage of fighting at home, and the strength of East Africa was not bad, so it should not be instantly defeated by Britain.

Yes, no one, including Franz, believed that East Africa had an advantage in the war, and even if it could repel the combined forces of Britain and Portugal, it would be a heavy price, so Austria-Hungary did not want to intervene in the war between the two countries now.

But after all, allies still have to be concerned, Franz said: "Ask the East African government what's going on?" Why did they go to war with Britain directly? I didn't even reveal a little bit of wind about such a big thing before! ”

There were many people who were just as confused as Franz, but although most countries were surprised by the sudden war and did not even know the location of East Africa, it must be hard stubble that could bring Britain and Portugal together.

However, everyone still treats this war with an attitude of "watching the show", because Africa's position on the world map is "not important", except for North Africa and West Africa, which was previously divided by various countries, East Africa and South Africa are very unfamiliar to everyone, and there are people who can cause trouble for Britain, which is really ...... That's great!

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Berlin.

Frederick III, the new successor, did not expect that as soon as he ascended the throne, the East Africans would send him a great gift.

Frederick III was not familiar with East Africa compared to Wilhelm I, so he called Bismarck to help him advise him on the reasons for the outbreak of the war, and what could lead to the alliance between England and Portugal.

Bismarck: "The East Africans are too extreme, I am afraid that this war has been planned for a long time from the beginning, Britain and East Africa have their own calculations, and they have been ready from the beginning to determine the hegemony of South Africa. ”

Although the name of East Africa has been fixed because of the early national and regional problems, as far as the African continent as a whole, East Africa is actually South Africa, and in the south of the African continent, including several forces in this war, the war is also called the South African War.

Moreover, in contrast to the blind eyes of other countries to the war in South Africa, Germany immediately guessed the intentions of East Africa and Great Britain.

This was largely due to the efficiency of the German intelligence system, which had been aware of the British redeployment to South Africa three years earlier.

However, at that time, Germany did not think that Britain was preparing for this war, but mistakenly believed that it was necessary for colonization, after all, Germany was not very active in colonization, and the intelligence system was more focused on Europe.

Therefore, there is no in-depth analysis of British troop movements in South Africa, and if Germany had investigated carefully at that time, it would have been possible to find that British military power in South Africa could fully support a large-scale war, which was obviously not something that the natives could afford.

As for East Africa, which is also ruled by the Hohenzollern family, Germany is more optimistic, and no matter whether it wins or loses, East Africa will continue to have closer relations with Germany in the future.

Bismarck: "The strength of East Africa is not weak, their army is completely trained in the way of our army, and they have their own industrial system, which is probably an important reason why the Hashingen royal family dared to face the challenge of the British and Portuguese alone." ”

Frederick III, who had served in the army for many years before his accession to the throne, did not know much about East Africa, so he asked: "Can East Africa ensure its own production capacity in the war?" Moreover, their country has been established for such a short time, and the situation of industrial construction is probably not very good, so it is difficult to have a good result in such a rash war with a world power like Britain. ”

"That's not what we should be concerned about, we just need to pay attention to the direction of the war, if East Africa withstands the pressure, it is worth our co-optation, Germany and Austria-Hungary are in an awkward position, if there is a strong ally outside the territory, it is a good thing for us to deal with the situation on the European continent, and the economic strength of East Africa is not weak, and many of our raw materials are imported from East Africa, so it is necessary for us to pull East Africa during the critical period of the war, and we don't need to do it ourselves to test the strength of the British." Bismarck said.

Bismarck's attitude can be summed up as "wait and see", but Germany must play a role, East Africa is an important German country, but the cooperation between the two countries is still not close enough, if Britain can teach East Africa a lesson, let East Africa know the importance of "allies", it will save Germany a lot of things, of course, if Britain wants to directly destroy East Africa, Germany can not stand idly by, "necessary" time, Bismarck intends to mediate the war.

(End of chapter)