During this period, Archduke Ferdinand was very confident in the East African Navy, and the Middle African Navy was under the greatest pressure during the South African War.

"Now in the naval department, after the baptism of war, it can be said that except for the powerful navy of Britain, we dare to show our sword against any navy, so we are fully confident that we will win the island of Madagascar, which is close at hand." Archduke Ferdinand said confidently to Ernst.

"Madagascar Island is not a small place, if you want to control the vast area except for the Imerina Kingdom, it will definitely not work if there are fewer troops, so this time the army should be stationed on the island of Madagascar for a long time after the Navy captures the target, and the strength cannot be less than one brigade, it is best to equip cavalry, and at the same time, in order to guard against the private expansion of the Imerina Kingdom, we must knock on the mountain and let them stay in the eastern plateau region in peace." General Staff Thinker said.

At present, the Kingdom of Imerina is the biggest obstacle to the expansion of East Africa to the island of Madagascar, because the Kingdom of Imerina is the most civilized on the island of Madagascar, so they also have the heart to annex the entire island of Madagascar.

This is obviously not in the interests of East Africa, so the Kingdom of Imerina must be dealt with with a heavy blow to restrain its people from migrating to the East African region in the future, until the population base of East Africa on the island of Madagascar is sufficient to prevent the expansion of the two southwestern parts of Madagascar.

This is also a typical "immigration real border" policy, which in turn can also be called a "migration invasion" plan, and East Africa can develop from a small land in East Africa to a large country spanning the three regions of southeast, central and northern Africa, relying on a steady stream of migration activities.

This kind of rogue style of play is something that the traditional colonizers simply cannot resist, and once they confront East Africa, there will be a shortage of manpower.

However, it is unlikely that East Africa will have too many people on the island of Madagascar for a long time to come, and in this case, the beating of the kingdom of Emmerina is particularly important.

At present, the population distribution of East Africa is very uneven, especially in Angola and Mozambique, the population base is basically zero, and even the most densely populated east of East Africa is actually relatively large and sparsely populated.

For a long time to come, the priority development direction of East Africa will definitely be the west and south, as well as the developing center, and there is not much remaining population to consider the island of Madagascar for the time being.

"The territorial expansion of the island of Madagascar must be completed within a year, otherwise we will miss the best time when the French or British have completely colonized the kingdom of Imerina, so we must complete the conquest of the western and southern parts of the island of Madagascar before the end of 1890." Ernst spoke: "As for the troops, let the Southern Military District put a brigade on the island of Madagascar, and the Northern Military District provide a cavalry brigade, especially in the arid areas of the southern island of Madagascar." ”

This is basically equivalent to putting a division on the island of Madagascar, which is more than enough to deal with the kingdom of Imerina, which has a population of just over two million.

That is, the island of Madagascar is close to the mainland of East Africa, otherwise it is difficult to support the scale of this garrison, but on the contrary, because the island of Madagascar is close to East Africa, East Africa cannot turn a blind eye to this place.

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September 21, 1889.

Shortly after the end of the South African War, East Africa launched another war to colonize the island of Madagascar, and more than 12,000 East African naval and army troops landed on the island.

This also taught a painful lesson to all the Malagasy peoples except the Imerina, because the Imerina are of the yellow race, and most of the rest of the forces except for the Imerina Kingdom belong to the Bantu, that is, the black people who lived in West Africa in ancient times.

Of course, this is a pure coincidence, they happened to live in the area of East Africa that was to be expanded, and East Africa has always been unkind to blacks, and the lack of population to develop the island of Madagascar has led to a large number of Bantu people being enslaved.

However, the black population in the East African control area is not large, because of the reason that they live in the savannah area, these black people are no different from the black tribes living in the East African steppe, and the black population of the entire island of Madagascar is only more than 100,000, including some black and yellow mixed races.

As for the rapid increase in the black population of Madagascar in the previous life, it was entirely due to the introduction of black slaves by France in order to expand the plantations, and the French introduced at least more than 500,000 black people into the island of Madagascar.

In addition, the island of Madagascar is too close to the African continent, and even the low-tech race of blacks can come across the sea, so there are naturally more and more blacks on the island of Madagascar.

However, since the founding of East Africa, even if the French occupy the island of Madagascar, it is impossible for the French to introduce cheap slave resources, unless the population is imported from West Africa at any cost, and it is obvious that the island of Madagascar is not worth the French to do.

Of course, the French are still confined to the north and east coasts, and even the kingdom of Emmerina has not yet settled, so the history of Madagascar has been completely unrecognizable.

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"What are East Africans trying to do? Our two countries have just signed an armistice, and now you are going too far to take action against the island of Madagascar, do you want to rekindle the war in South Africa? Bruce, the first British minister to East Africa, protested to the East African government.

No wonder Minister Bruce was nervous, when the East African cavalry appeared on the border of the Kingdom of Imorina, he was almost scared to death.

It is not superfluous to even think that East Africa will "make a comeback" and start a new war, after all, Britain did not gain an advantage in the South African war.

So they were worried that the victorious East Africa would become inflated, which would be detrimental to the stability of South Africa, and the ensuing military operation on the island of Madagascar confirmed Minister Bruce's suspicions, which is why he actively contacted the East African government.

"Minister Bruce, don't be impatient, of course we respect your country's interests on the island of Madagascar, but as far as we know, the British influence on the island of Madagascar is limited to the Kingdom of Imerina, and there is not even a deployment of troops, and the western and southern parts of the island of Madagascar have been 'terra nullius' since ancient times, so our East African activities on the island of Madagascar are completely reasonable and legal." The reception staff of the East African embassy replied.

Hearing this, Minister Bruce asked, "So you won't invade the Kingdom of Imerina?" ”

"Naturally, East Africa has never had an idea of the Kingdom of Imerina, and our military operations in the west and south of the island of Madagascar are aimed solely at securing the western Indian Ocean route."

In response to the outrageous remarks in East Africa, Minister Bruce scoffed and said: "On the island of Madagascar, the Kingdom of Imerina is the core interest of our Britain, so no matter what East Africa does, it cannot enter the territory of the Kingdom of Imerina, and at the same time, in order to determine the sphere of influence of the two countries, we must make a detailed border demarcation of the island of Madagascar." ”

The East African government easily accepted Bruce's request, after all, it could not "deceive people too much", and East Africa was happy to see the issue of the island of Madagascar resolved peacefully.

However, even if the trouble of East Africa is solved, it is not easy for Britain to control the Kingdom of Imerina, because France is the main force that really expands to the Kingdom of Imerina, and it is still the kind that the British can't stop.

(End of chapter)