Because of the delay in the western theater, Witt had to change the plan on the fly, and soon the plan of the General Staff was reported to Ernst.

After reading it patiently, Ernst said: "Is the southern battlefield now over?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince, the main forces of the Boers and the British army have withdrawn to the south bank of the Orange River, including Bloemfontein, Kimberley and other Boer cities and important villages are basically under the control of our army." replied.

However, this did not fully convince Ernst, because the Boers had performed very well in South Africa in the previous life, so the de facto supreme ruler of East Africa had always had a filter on the Boers.

Ernst said cautiously: "The plan can be implemented, but there are some details to be changed, especially the attack on the Boer guerrillas can not be interrupted, after the southern military district draws troops to the east, the rear will definitely be empty, and several southern provinces have always lacked population, so the armed forces also organized the militia in the east to support the southern military district, cut and exterminate the remnants of the Boers, and the most important thing is to solve the soil for the survival of the guerrillas." ”

Ernst did not care about the development of the Hexingen Province, or deliberately so, after all, the Hexingen Province was too close to the British, and if the gold and other minerals of the Hexingen Province were exposed to the British noses, I am afraid that the British would have let go of their arms in this South African War.

Not only the British, but also the Portuguese, whose fighting ability could be raised to a higher level, was extremely fanatical in the pursuit of gold in the 19th century, and was as strategically important as oil in the 20th century.

In the previous life, the British did it to the Boers for the sake of gold, naturally there were sufficient interests to consider, and if there was no South African gold mine to support the bottom, the British would not have gone all out to deal with the little Boers.

And in this life, not to mention the British, even East Africans other than Ernst do not know that the world's largest gold mining area is buried on both sides of the Fall River.

This also dampened the enthusiasm of Britain in the current war against South Africa, for the time being, although there were more than 300,000 British troops in South Africa, but more than 200,000 of them were Indians, and the intensity faced by the Boers in East Africa and in the previous life was completely different.

Of course, the British also sought help from the Portuguese and the Boers, which to a certain extent made the scale of the war larger than the Boer War in the previous life.

However, in terms of the quality of the war, the South African War was not necessarily more level than the Boer War, because the strength of the Boers in the previous life was much worse than that of the British.

The most important thing is that East Africa is fighting at the "doorstep", and although Britain and Portugal are not inferior in national strength, this force cannot effectively support the South African battlefield.

This is also the most troublesome point for the British, if East Africa is the kind of "dirt bun" that does not pay attention to coastal defense and has a limited field of vision, then it is easy to do.

But herein lies the problem: East Africa has no shortage of talents with broad horizons, and it also has rulers like Ernst who have received "nine years of compulsory education" and "useless" knowledge dividends in the Internet Big Bang era.

Therefore, when East Africa had no money, they were keen on coastal defense, and when they had money, they actively expanded their navy, so even if the British could spare no effort to kill the East African navy, it was unlikely that they would be like they did in the Far Eastern Empire, and they would recklessly enter and exit the coastal waters of the Far Eastern Empire, and even inland rivers.

Moreover, Ernst, although he acted very cautiously, did not have the "Anglophobia" of this era, so East Africa did not waver in the slightest in its attitude towards the British army.

Don't think that "Anglophobia" does not exist, like Germany, France, Tsarist Russia, Austria-Hungary, which of the United States is not stronger than East Africa? But all developed secretly under the maritime hegemony of the British Empire, like other countries in the world.

The one who really dared to openly challenge British hegemony belonged to "William II", but William II's challenge to British hegemony was more like a "rebellion" against his mother, and his mother Princess Victoria's childhood "tyranny" of William II made the monarch naturally disgusted with the British.

It is worth mentioning that Wilhelm II went online more than two months ago and officially became the ruler of the German Empire.

Frederick III finally did not get rid of the torture of illness and died, and the royal family of Heixingen could only send people to mourn the German emperor who had a good relationship with the royal family of Heixingen.

In fact, Germany had been one of Britain's close allies until Wilhelm II, which is an important reason why Germany did not intervene in the South African war until now.

And now Wilhelm II is still on shaky foundation, still fighting wits and courage with Bismarck, if the South African war is a few years later, about the same time as the Boer War in the previous life, then maybe Wilhelm II will come to help.

All in all, history has now changed beyond recognition, and it is not known whether Wilhelm II will continue to follow the same old path of fighting against England and France as he did in his previous life.

At the same time, the attitude of Tsarist Russia is also worthy of vigilance, because the relationship between Tsarist Russia and Austria-Hungary in this life has not yet been as rigid as in previous lives.

There have also been some "small" changes in the political landscape in Europe, for example, Italy, a "master" who has repeatedly jumped sideways, has lost the opportunity to become a "great power".

When Portugal waits until the end of this war, I am afraid that it will be completely reduced to one of the third-rate countries in Europe, and the situation in Portugal is even more miserable than that of Italy.

Italy would also be able to gain a colony in Africa, while Portugal would most likely be left with only small colonies in West Africa and the Far East, and the economy would be much inferior to that of Italy.

Although Italy's last reunification failed, Italy's economy has actually been improving in the past two years.

In the previous life, Italy may have been unified, and the expansion of national strength led to too high self-esteem in Africa, so it was beaten by the Ethiopians.

Italy's Red Sea colonies have greatly relieved the pressure on the domestic population, and at the same time, the presence of the colonies has stimulated the recovery of the domestic economy, which has been able to regenerate the local population.

There is also Belgium, a small European country, the change is not small, after all, the Belgian Congo and the previous life of the Belgian Congo are completely two concepts, although the current Belgian Congo is more concentrated, and at the same time has excellent ports as support, but the population and economic volume is far inferior to the previous life of the Belgian Congo.

Of course, the brutal rule of Leopold II, who had not changed, was treated more appallingly than the blacks of the Congo than in previous lives.

Although the French do not practice "benevolent government" in the Congo, they will not completely implement "tyranny" in the Belgian Congo like Belgium.

And the worst thing is that in the previous life, the Belgian Congolese people could still escape, but now the Belgian Congolese residents can't escape, and the surrounding land is divided in advance, anyway, East Africa will not let them run to the east bank of the Ubangi River, these blacks in the non-East African region are not even qualified to be East African "slaves".

Although the black people in East Africa are not doing well, they can still "survive", and after East Africa exports them abroad, they may still be able to gain "freedom".

In addition to Europe, East Africa has also made some changes to the Far East, except for a few colonies established in East Africa, the biggest achievement is that the Far Eastern Empire has avoided Japan's coveting of "Egg Bay Island", and without the South Ryukyu Islands as a springboard, the Japanese have not yet had this idea for the time being.

Of course, at the price, the Pacific Fleet in East Africa took on the pressure, and after the start of the South African War, Japan made several rounds of tests for the so-called recovery of the "Southern Ryukyu Islands".

However, although there is no way to teach "Japan" a lesson in East Africa now, and the South Ryukyu Islands are not easy to gnaw on, for East Africa, the South Ryukyu Islands are a strategic fulcrum used to contain the countries of the Far East, so from the very beginning the construction of the South Ryukyu Islands was aimed at "war".

For the time being, the Japanese navy is not ready to go head-to-head with East Africa, after all, the outcome of the war in South Africa is still unclear, and if it is "settled after the autumn", it will be more than worth the loss.

(End of chapter)