Chapter 889: War in the Far East

So Bells could only write down the Crown Prince's requirements, and then go back to discuss with everyone. After all, if one person is short-sighted, everyone will have a headache together, and he can't suffer alone.

So after finalizing the specific location of Rhine City, Bells and his team's main task shifted to urban planning and design, and finally built a new city of moderate size, alternating old and new cultures, full of fireworks, and overall regularity, reasonable zoning, meeting the positioning of the capital's political, cultural, and diplomatic center, and also having some economic and transportation functions.

Of course, Ernst, the client, is not too worried about the construction of Rhine City. After all, even if East Africa wants to build a new capital, it will take time, and various problems can be corrected during this period. After all, Rhine City is a high-rise building built on flat ground, and it can be completely overthrown and rebuilt. The location of Rhine City is destined to not encounter too many problems, at most some minor troubles.

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“Your Highness, just yesterday, the Far East Government applied to our country to mediate the interest dispute between it and Japan on the Korean Peninsula.”

The East African Foreign Minister urgently took the telegram sent by the East African Embassy in the Far East Empire to the Sweet Palace to report to Ernst.

What is coming is coming, Ernst thought to himself, and read the telegram carefully.

On July 6, after the Far East Empire failed to seek help from the British government, it had to pin its hopes on other major powers such as Germany, the United States and East Africa.

Prior to this, a large-scale peasant uprising occurred in Korea, and the Japanese government took advantage of this to send troops to Korea, thus triggering a new round of Far East political crisis.

The last Far East crisis was when Japan invaded the Ryukyu Kingdom, which ended with East Africa intervening and dividing the South Ryukyu Islands.

And with the end of the South African War, the status of East African countries has been significantly improved, so this time the Far East Empire obviously also regards East Africa as a great power.

After a while, after making sure that Ernst had finished reading the telegram, Hermann asked, "Your Highness, Crown Prince, should we accept the request of the Far Eastern Empire?"

Ernst frowned and said, "Of course, after all, we have had some unpleasant experiences with Japan. Japan is still reluctant to part with the South Ryukyu Islands. Last time, it was quite resentful of our occupation of the Kingdom of North Hawaii. Moreover, according to the intelligence department, Japan has been conducting espionage activities in Jiaozhou, and Jiaozhou is known to be the interest of East Africa in the Far East. It can be seen that Japan has always been a great threat to our East Africa, so when necessary, of course, we have to make trouble for the Japanese."

For various reasons, East Africa wants to make trouble for Japan, but that's all. After all, the Far East is too far away from East Africa. Although East Africa has two fulcrums, the South Ryukyu Islands and the Kingdom of North Hawaii, it is limited to maintaining East Africa's interests in the Far East.

And Japan actually has the support of Britain and the United States behind it, one to curb the expansion of Tsarist Russia in the Far East, and the other to further open up the Far East market, so East Africa can't prevent the outbreak of this war at all.

Ernst had a clear understanding of this, so he said to Hermann: "We should show our attitude to the two countries. East Africa opposes the turmoil in the Far East. At the same time, we should strive for the support of Germany and Austria-Hungary in public opinion. After all, if the war occurs in the northern waters, it will inevitably affect the interests of our three countries. Britain and the United States will not be so kind to help Japan."

So, under Ernst's instructions, Hermann showed the attitude of the East African government to Richard, the ambassador to the Far East Empire.

Of course, the final result was naturally a failure. Although East Africa firmly opposed it and affected the attitudes of Germany and Austria to a certain extent, the three countries could not directly threaten Japan. After all, the most powerful of the three countries in the Far East is East Africa, and the so-called Pacific Fleet of East Africa is insignificant in the Far East. It is also divided into two parts because of the new incorporation into the Kingdom of North Hawaii, and it cannot influence the situation in the Far East.

East Africa naturally could not give up on this. Three days later, on July 10, the East African government signed a number of military agreements with the Far East Empire. Of course, the main one was an arms sales agreement, including more than 70,000 pieces of British and Portuguese equipment seized by the East African Army after the last South African War, and naval warships that had already signed an agreement and were being repaired in the East African shipyard. The agreement was accelerated to deliver them to the Far East Empire government. This was hardware support for the Far East Empire.

In addition, East Africa and the public opinion agencies under the Hexingen Consortium also responded, and a large number of reporters flocked to the Far East to report on the war in real time.

This was a very necessary move, because in the previous life, the Far East Empire’s war with Japan, the public opinion in the Far East was unfavorable, just as the evil deeds of the Jews in the previous life were covered up in the Western world.

The Japanese massacre in Lushun was also automatically ignored by Britain and the United States, especially the American public opinion completely sided with Japan and called this war a victory of "civilization" over ignorance.

It can be seen from this that the United States’ favoritism towards the Jews in the 21st century is completely a traditional skill, and is essentially a synonym for "evil".

The public opinion organizations in East Africa can only influence domestic affairs, but the news newspaper consortium under the Hexingen Group is quite different. It covers European countries such as Germany, Austria, France, and Russia. Although it is not mainstream in some countries, it is also quite influential.

Under the deterrence of public opinion, Japan naturally cannot ignore the international impact. It would be great if it could prevent some tragedies from happening.

After all, even though it is a colonial country in East Africa, it has never blatantly carried out purposeful massacres against black people.

It is worth mentioning that with the development of East African technology, the news agencies under East Africa and the Hexingen Group have also upgraded their guns. Some reporters are equipped with portable film cameras, and the three major international giants that produce portable cameras are Kodak in the United States, the state-owned Mbeya Optical Factory in East Africa, and Pfizer under the Hexingen Group.

Pfizer is an enterprise invested by the Hexingen Group, mainly responsible for the business of the European market, with its headquarters in Berlin, while the Mbeya Optical Factory in East Africa is a semi-military enterprise in East Africa.

With the support of new technologies, the public opinion agencies controlled by East Africa can also better "monitor" the development of the Far East War.

In addition to these supports, East Africa has achieved some results in diplomacy. Under the insistence of East Africa, Tsarist Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary, the scope of this war can only occur on the Korean Peninsula, with the "two rivers" on the border as the boundary, and the two sides of the land war are not allowed to fight on this line.

Although Tsarist Russia was not "well-intentioned", it also caused some changes in the international attitude towards this war.

As for the sea, it is another matter. Under Ernst's deliberate strengthening, if the Far Eastern Empire Navy can still lose the war, it means that the government is incompetent and no one can save it.

Subsequently, the war between the Far Eastern Empire and Japan finally broke out in late July. Although Japan is weak, because of the gambler's mentality, plus the connivance and support of Britain and the United States behind the scenes, and the development of militarism, the national strength is difficult to support its exaggerated army, especially the naval expenditure, so it must also take "Korea" as a knife to recover blood.

As for East Africa, this troublemaker... I really can't afford to provoke it for the time being. In short, it is better to get Korea first. This is the most determined point of the Japanese government.