The East African military campaign against the western and southern islands of Madagascar was going very well, and the British government did not want to make a fuss at this time, because they were under serious threat from the French.

During the South African War, France took advantage of the fact that Britain had no time to take care of the fact that the Kingdom of Emmerina occupied a lot of territory and expanded its colonies to the plateau of the Kingdom of Emmerina.

So at this time, in order to concentrate more on the threat of the French, the only way for the British government to do so was to stabilize East Africa and keep it from taking sides in the struggle between Britain and France.

To be honest, there is no need to take sides in East Africa as far as the strength of the East African forces on the island of Madagascar is concerned, and it can even directly change the pattern of the island of Madagascar, but Britain and France, as the leaders of the current world order, there is no need for East Africa to turn its face for the sake of an Imerina kingdom and the two countries.

In fact, France is just as nervous about East Africa's military activities on the island of Madagascar, but the Kingdom of Imerina has always moved closer to the British, and before the Kingdom of Imerina is completely colonized, France does not need to talk to East Africa, and can only watch East Africans occupy the western and southern parts of Madagascar.

However, this also made the Kingdom of Immerina even more important in the eyes of Britain and France, as East Africa expanded, there was less room for Britain and France to intervene in southern Africa, Britain still had the support of the Cape Town colony, and France was now in the southern Indian Ocean region only the French island of Reunion was completely under French control.

The competition between Britain and France for the Kingdom of Emmerina will only become more fierce in the future, but in terms of investment, France will eventually gain the upper hand.

The main reason is that the Kingdom of Emmerina is not a British colony, so Britain cannot fully support the Kingdom of Emmerina against the French invasion.

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It took only three months for East Africa to basically determine the sphere of influence of East Africa on the island of Madagascar, and signed security agreements with Britain and France to guarantee the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Imerina.

The next step in East Africa on the island of Madagascar is to sit back and watch the tiger fight, and as for who ultimately takes control of the kingdom of Imerina, the East African government does not care.

Throughout the 19th century, the Kingdom of Imerina actively learned from the advanced countries of Europe through the rule of several generations of monarchs, and actually formed a more advanced civilization.

Antananarivo, the capital of the Kingdom of Emmerina, has actually become a completely European-style city, and even Christianity has become the state religion of the Kingdom of Emerina.

And the population of Antananarivo is not small in Europe, in the 18th century the population of Antananarivo exceeded 80,000, and now it has reached more than 100,000, which is one of the rare large cities in the whole of Africa.

Even before East Africa, there was no city in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, apart from the British and Portuguese colonial heads, comparable to Antananarivo.

In the previous life, even France spent thirteen years colonizing the Kingdom of Emmerina, which shows that the Kingdom of Emmerina is not a simple indigenous country.

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November 27, 1889.

With the end of East Africa's military operation against Madagascar, East Africa established a zone of military control over the island of Madagascar as a transitional administrative region.

The two brigade headquarters are stationed in Mahajanga in the north and Turaiar in the south, respectively, and control the western steppe zone and the southern arid steppe zone, respectively.

Although they both belong to the savannah climate, the savannah climate varies greatly within the country, with rainfall in the south of Madagascar similar to that of Dodoma, less than 600 mm, while the west is much better, almost the same as Mozambique on the other side.

Therefore, the main economic model of the southern part of the island of Madagascar, such as the black people, was dominated by nomadic pastoralism, while the western part was dominated by hunting and gathering.

East Africa is in no hurry to develop the island of Madagascar, and grain can be transported from the east to the island of Madagascar by sea.

As for the local blacks, they were controlled by East Africa, and military camps, roads and other infrastructure were built to ensure the control of the East African Defense Forces over the military-controlled area of the island of Madagascar.

And for this sudden neighbor, the most nervous is actually the Kingdom of Imerina, and the Kingdom of Immerina is also aware of the fierce record of East Africa in South Africa.

Therefore, the Kingdom of Imerina was extremely nervous about this "evil neighbor" at first, but it was only under the assurance of the British government and two months of observation that the Kingdom of Imerina accepted the military presence of East Africa on the island of Madagascar.

At the same time, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Imerina, Reinile Yarivoni, sent a diplomatic mission to East Africa to seek the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Today, the kingdom of Emmerina is under the rule of Queen Ranavalona III, but most of the country's major policies are set by his second husband, Reinile Yarivoni, and it was also during the time of Reinile Yarivoni that the Kingdom of Imerina became more open and civilized.

However, it was too late for the Kingdom of Emmerina to transform at this time, and its strength was too weak to get rid of the control and aggression of Britain and France.

The accession of East Africa allowed the Kingdom of Emmerina to see a new breakthrough, and they pinned their hopes on balancing the relationship between Britain, France, and East Africa, so as to achieve the security of the Kingdom of Imerina.

November 6, 1889

At a time when East Africa had not yet fully completed its military operations on the island of Madagascar, the mission of the Kingdom of Imerina arrived in the city of Dar es Salaam and was received by the East African government.

East African officials did not show much interest in this African "power", which has been hiding on the island of Madagascar.

However, East Africa has naturally welcomed countries that have taken the initiative to establish diplomatic relations with East Africa, in fact, since the war in South Africa.

The diplomatic environment in East Africa has changed dramatically, and more and more countries have chosen to make friends with East Africa, a new world power.

The United States, which had previously deteriorated relations between the two countries because of racial issues, has also renewed its diplomatic relations with East Africa.

The Far Eastern Empire and other Asian countries completely put East Africa in the same position as Britain, France, and Germany, and Japan was once again lurking.

Japan has always had illusions about the South Ryukyu Islands, and after the start of the South African War, it was even more imminent, but the outcome of the South African War was unexpected by Japan, which made Japan, which had always been "strong", have to continue to "bow its head and be small."

At this time, Japan had not yet shaken off its inferiority complex, especially after the baptism of war, and although it had achieved many advantages in Korea, it had not fought against the world's major powers.

At the same time, the national power was slightly weaker than in history, but Ernst knew that Japan at this time was actually qualified to fight against any power other than the great powers.

Of course, this is also limited to this, the booster of Japan's development is the war reparations obtained after the First Sino-Japanese War, and before that, even if Japan tried its best to save money, it could not be an opponent of the world powers.

Of course, like the Ottoman Empire or the Far Eastern Empire, although it belongs to the great powers, it can only be regarded as a pseudo-power, and don't look at the small size of Japan, in fact, Japan is already the first maritime power in East Asia.

Although the strength of the Far Eastern Imperial Navy is good, it is inferior to Japan in terms of maritime economy, civil shipbuilding, etc., which is also the advantage of Japan as an island country.

Of course, the real gap between the two countries is actually mainly a matter of mentality, the Far Eastern Empire has always been wary of the sea, many open ports are forced to open, until now, the difference in attitude towards the sea, naturally led to Japan in the western Pacific region to become bigger, but if you are decisive and deal with Japan a few years in advance, Japan's fragile economy will have no chance to rise again.

(End of chapter)