Chapter 1340 Preparing to Intervene in the European War

And this is just within East Africa. You must know that when Punta Arenas was first established, East Africa and Chile did not have close contacts. On the contrary, Chile and the British were very close. After the First World War, will the British return to Chile? This should also be taken into consideration.

In addition to the support of the Chilean government, most of the industries in Punta Arenas were built in the United Kingdom. What Luanda needs to do now is to eliminate these industries and replace them with its own equipment and industries to obtain more Economic orders, thus making Punta Arenas economically dependent on the city of Luanda.

However, in order to convince the Punta Arenas Municipal Government to agree or take the bait, it is obvious that Luanda City needs to pay some price or bait first.

Therefore, Mayor Horngren said: "In the next few days, we must arrange for you to visit our city's companies. In terms of industrial strength and technology, we are not inferior to other cities in the world, and Luanda The industrial equipment and products are considered to be of high quality and low price in the world.”

At this stage, other major powers are basically at war, which has increased East Africa's industrial production capacity to a terrifying level. The expansion of industrial production scale has also contributed to the reduction of production costs. In normal times, this may have triggered an economic crisis long ago. .

But now, East Africa can take advantage of this advantage and continuously conduct large-scale dumping to other parts of the world, thus injecting blood and vitality into the industrial development of East Africa while increasing East Africa's influence.

Mayor Baltimore responded: "Of course, Mayor Horngren, my friend, we have also brought a lot of local specialties this time, especially woolen fabrics and handicrafts. I hope you like it."

Horngren wants to turn Punta Arenas into a market for Luanda, and Baltividja naturally wants to profit from East Africa. For a typical resource country and agricultural country like Chile, that is Obtain more export orders for minerals and agricultural products.

For Chileans, there is not much difference between selling their copper ore, saltpeter and other products to the United Kingdom, the United States or East Africa.

As for the city of Punta Arenas, even if East Africa really has ulterior motives, it doesn't matter. The location of Punta Arenas is destined to benefit the city of Punta Arenas from the trade between Chile and East Africa. Therefore, for the business cooperation with the city of Luanda, the city government members represented by the mayor of Balti Videja not only do not oppose, but also strongly support it, and the local enterprises in Punta Arenas have strong support for investment and investment in East Africa. Trade is more interesting.

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When East Africa and Chile were having friendly exchanges and meetings in Luanda, the Rhine City, the political center of East Africa, was also very concerned about this exchange.

Defense Minister Pripyat held a baton and pointed at the world map with the tip of the baton and said: "If we can bind Chile to the imperial chariot, it means that we have completed the final step of global strategy." The navy can sail and shuttle freely in any ocean in the world."

He moved his baton to the Strait of Magellan and said: "Before and now, we have not had a solid stronghold in the entire Americas for communicating between the Pacific and the Atlantic."

“We have a powerful navy in the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, and we also have many colonies and spheres of influence in the Pacific Ocean. We even have Alaska on the coast of the Arctic Ocean to ensure the navy’s need to enter the Arctic Ocean from the Pacific Ocean, even if this need may not wait until a long time in the future. "

Even in the 21st century, the shipping value of the Arctic Ocean is almost negligible. Except for aviation and Russia's strategic nuclear submarines, there is almost no attention.

However, the East African Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff are relatively optimistic about the strategic value of the Arctic Ocean in the future. Of course, they are optimistic, not to mention the word "future" is added.

Therefore, the reason why Minister of Defense Pripyat mentioned the Arctic Ocean was just to further illustrate the importance of controlling the Strait of Magellan.

He said: "This also means that our navy can enter the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, or it can enter the Pacific Ocean through the Sunda Strait or detour elsewhere, and even enter the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait. We have our navy in these three oceans. Military support base."

"However, we do not have a direct sea lane from the Atlantic to the Pacific, so the Strait of Magellan can be seen as the last piece of the puzzle for our navy to become a truly global navy."

"With the Panama Canal in the hands of the Americans, the Strait of Magellan has become our only option, unless we are willing to take the risk of crossing the more dangerous Drake Strait."

"However, this risk is something we cannot bear, and the Strait of Magellan is very different. Even if we pass through here, unless Chile becomes our enemy, security is still very reliable."

"If there is an emergency in the Pacific, especially in the Eastern Pacific, the Strait of Magellan is the fastest and most convenient channel for our navy to support the Eastern Pacific from the Atlantic or even the Indian Ocean."

The main force of the East African navy is basically deployed in the Indian Ocean and Atlantic areas. If a war breaks out, troops and generals will naturally be dispatched from these two areas for reinforcements.

And if it involves Alaska or East Africa's colonial interests in the South Pacific, it may be much closer to go through the Strait of Magellan than to go through the Indian Ocean first and then enter the Pacific Ocean.

This is mainly because the area of ​​the Pacific Ocean is so vast. The area of ​​the Pacific Ocean alone accounts for one-third of the entire world. Even the other three oceans combined can be compared with the Pacific Ocean.

A large area means a long range, so even if the main force of the East African Pacific Fleet is located in the Southeast Asian region, it is difficult to support Alaska and other areas nearby, and it may also have to pass through islands controlled by the enemy. , such as Japan, or the American colony of Hawaii.

Therefore, from the perspective of strategic security, the East African Navy will also actively support the acquisition of access rights to the Strait of Magellan, which is equivalent to adding a layer of insurance to the East African Navy's Pacific strategy.

Cristiano said: "We want to strengthen our control over Chile. The economy is the anchor. By binding interests with Chile, we can cultivate our own spokesperson. At this point, we should take advantage of this gap to speed up the control of Chile, the United States and Chile." The exclusion of British-background businesses.”

“We will be able to complete the military use of the Strait of Magellan only if we sign a military agreement with a pro-East African government in the future.”

"Of course, the Strait of Magellan is controlled by the Chileans after all, so we cannot give up the study of the Drake Strait. We should also pay attention to Argentina. The eastern outlet of the Strait of Magellan is sandwiched by Argentine territory, and the relationship between Chile and Argentina It’s never good.”

"If, in the future, Chile makes a decision that is not conducive to the empire, then we can teach the Chilean government a lesson by supporting Argentina."

The East African military clearly listed the arrangements for the Strait of Magellan, and this was approved by Ernst.

Ernst said: "Then let's do it. No matter what, we must obtain a stable shipping lane from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Only in this way can we effectively protect the empire's interests on the west coast of Central and South America."

In the final analysis, military strength is the key to free trade. Free trade without the support of military strength is nothing but a ridiculous joke.

Britain was able to become a world hegemon by defeating a series of competitors, such as the Netherlands in the past. When the Netherlands was still a sea coachman, didn't the Dutch trade more freely than the British later?

However, the Netherlands, which failed in the Anglo-Dutch naval battle, could only consciously give up its maritime hegemony in the end. Secondly, what really saddened the Dutch was the rich economic interests represented behind their maritime hegemony.

After all, even when the Netherlands was at its most powerful, its ambitions could not match those of the imperialist countries in the world today.

This is why East Africa attaches great importance to the route through the Strait of Magellan. With this route, East Africa can radiate its military influence to the west coast of Central and South America and further expand East Africa's overseas markets and raw material origins.

Pripyat said: “In addition to the progress related to the Strait of Magellan, our construction activities in Qatar are now also advancing steadily.”

"At the same time, according to our intelligence, the situation between the United Kingdom and the Allied Powers in the Persian Gulf is very bad. After the Austro-Hungarian Empire entered Iraq, the situation faced by the United Kingdom deteriorated sharply."

"Although Britain has more than one million troops, the Indian army cannot be reused at all. Let alone the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Bulgarian army, even the Ottoman and Romanian soldiers have a great advantage against the Indian army."

"Currently, under the command of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Allied forces have begun to help the Ottoman Empire regain lost territory. If the current progress is followed, it will only be a matter of time before Basra and other Persian Gulf ports return to the hands of the Ottoman Empire."

East Africa has always been paying attention to the changes in the southern battlefield. After all, the southern battlefield is the closest to East Africa, especially the Gulf of Tonkin and the colony of Qatar in East Africa are right next to the battlefield.

Ernst asked: "How do you think the war in the Middle East will develop?"

Pripyat replied: "Personally, I am not optimistic about the progress of the Allied Powers in the Middle East. Ever since the British failed to successfully seize the Dardanelles Strait, the balance of the war has tilted towards the Allies. Now the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Allies, with the remaining resources to continuously support the Ottoman Empire.”

"In the previous stage, the Allies successfully stabilized the decline along the Red Sea and Persian Gulf coasts, and even turned defeat into victory in the Persian Gulf region."

"And the Entente's center of gravity is in western Europe, so if the situation on the southern battlefield really deteriorates to a certain extent, I'm afraid the Entente's previous blockade of the Allies will become completely nonsense."

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Cristiano also said: "On the Southern Front battlefield, there is basically no possibility of the Allies coming back. In order to conquer the Southern Front battlefield, even the Austro-Hungarian Empire relaxed its offensive on the Western Front battlefield."

"Currently, Germany and Austria-Hungary have clearly realized the importance of empire, and the theory of quick victory in war has become a joke."

"With the intervention of the Americans, Britain and France could still continue to fight the Allies even if they lost the southern battlefield."

After hearing this, Ernst understood that if East Africa did not intervene, the Allies and the Entente would still be fighting. Now it depends on how East Africa chooses to end this war.

Ernst asked: "What's the news about Russia and Japan?"

Cristiano said: "As for Russia, it is basically certain that the Russian Labor Party is in control. Unexpectedly, their fighting capacity, especially their tenacious will to fight, is very strong. According to our information, the Russian Labor Party has basically stabilized their control areas in Europe. , and other Russian forces have now retreated to the Far East. "

"This means that they are not far from defeat. They can continue to resist stubbornly now, relying entirely on Japan's support."

"Japan is very concerned about the situation in the Soviet Union, and according to our intelligence, Japan is currently the only country that interferes in the Russian Civil War and provides weapons and other substantial support to the enemies of the Labor Party."

"Even the Russian White Forces in the Far East have replaced most of their weapons with Japanese standards, and Japan has also sent some troops to try to control Russia's sphere of influence in the Far East."

It can be said that the delay of World War I has led to a great change in the situation of the Russian Labor Party today.

In the previous life, World War I ended completely as early as 1918, and then the United Kingdom and other powerful countries could not wait to send troops to interfere in the Russian Civil War, which directly led to the three-year Soviet-Russian Civil War.

Although this war lasted only three years, it caused great damage to Russia's population and industry, with a population loss of nearly 10 million, a large number of production facilities destroyed, and nearly 3,500 railway bridges alone were blown up, countless livestock and raw materials were looted, mines were flooded, and machines were destroyed.

It can be said that the purpose of the great powers' interference in Soviet Russia is very clear, which is very similar to the war launched by the Far Eastern Empire against a country in the south in the previous life. If the expected effect cannot be achieved, the enemy's production facilities will be destroyed, so that it will fall into economic difficulties and cut off its future development potential.

However, the Allies and the Entente are still fighting fiercely, and the situation faced by the Russian Labor Party is very different from that in the previous life.

The only two great powers that have the energy and ability to interfere in Russia are East Africa and Japan. In the case of East Africa's lack of effort, Japan's support for the Russian White Army is not enough to change the situation in Russia.

Ernst asked, "When do you think the Russian Civil War will end?"

Cristiano replied, "If nothing unexpected happens, the Russian Civil War will basically end before the end of this year. Of course, according to the current progress of the Russian army, the war may be completely ended in a few months."

"Although the Russian White Army in the Far East has the support of Japan, the Russian Labor Party has inherited the deep foundation of the Tsarist Russia era after all, and its industrial strength is completely incomparable to Japan. At present, the Russian Labor Party has resumed production activities in Europe."

From Cristiano's words, we can see how comfortable the Russian Labor Party is now. In the absence of external funding, the Russian Labor Party can more smoothly eliminate the Russian reactionaries and take over state assets.

Although a lot of territory was lost due to the Treaty of Kiev, Russia's basic base still exists, especially the important industrial bases such as the St. Petersburg Industrial Zone, the Central Industrial Zone or the Moscow Industrial Zone, which are still controlled by the Russian Labor Party.

With the strong military-industrial base left by the Tsarist government and the army with a strong will to fight after initial ideological transformation, it is not difficult for the Russian Labor Party to quickly spread across the country. In fact, if there were no interference from other countries in the past, other Russian forces would not have spread across Russia and caused great damage to the Russian economy.

Ernst said: "It seems that we can't wait any longer. If the war in Russia ends quickly, a terrible regime will be born in Europe. If we continue to let European countries fight, the Russian Labor Party will really control Europe in the future."

Ernst said this is not an exaggeration. Europe itself is an active area of ​​the Labor Party. After such a long war, the lives of European people can be said to be very difficult, which makes it easier for the European Labor Party to incite more people. If Europe continues to fight, it may repeat the same mistakes in the future and repeat the old events of Tsarist Russia. However, Russia, under the leadership of the Labor Party, took the opportunity to develop and is likely to successfully reap the fruits of the whole Europe. Then the United States and East Africa will completely become jumping clowns.