Chapter 482 Friedrich's Fantastic Journey (2)

In the Indian Ocean, in order to show weakness to the enemy, Friedrich chose to use only steam engines to boil water all the way; the propellers of his warships were not even started, and they were drifting everywhere relying on the wind.

The British who were traveling with him had originally developed a strong interest in the Austrian fleet, after all, the latter's record was acceptable.

Although the means were a bit despicable, the winner should not be condemned, which is the consensus of the Western military.

As for showing weakness to the enemy, it was naturally Franz who proposed it. He didn't want Friedrich to show all his cards to the other side when he was too proud.

In the eyes of the British, the performance of the Austrian Navy along the way was shocking. At first, this fleet left the British fleet far behind.

But soon the British discovered that the Austrian fleet was seriously out of touch. The frigates and cruisers that were supposed to lead the way were left behind, and the troop transports and baggage ships were actually running faster than the frigates. In the front were three super-class battleships.

Then the British discovered something even more incredible, that is, the Austrian fleet slowed down as a whole, and the British commander, Lieutenant General Raven Hoback, thought that the other side was waiting for him.

But soon the British ships surpassed the Austrian side and left the latter far behind.

In desperation, Lieutenant General Raven Hoback had to ask the fleet to slow down and wait for the Austrians to come up.

After a period of communication between the two sides, they found out that the steam engines of the Austrian Navy had all broken down.

The British laughed for almost a month because of this, but they couldn't laugh after a month because the sailing speed was too slow.

Every time the Austrians arrived at a colony, they had to rest for a while and even launched several battles.

There was really no viewing value in the frontal battle between the modern regular army and the indigenous troops on the plains. Lieutenant General Raven Hoback politely asked Marshal Friedrich if he needed help, and the former decisively agreed.

Then the British army had to organize people to help the Austrians dig canals for several weeks. Although the reward was good, it always felt weird.

Finally, the two fleets arrived at the Cape of Good Hope. Vice Admiral Raven Hoback even thought about what to say at Friedrich's memorial service. After all, the stability of the Austrian warships was too poor, and 99% of them could not pass the Killing Bay.

The result was that the steam power of the Austrian Navy suddenly recovered, and then disappeared from Vice Admiral Raven Hoback's sight at lightning speed.

Two weeks later, Vice Admiral Raven Hoback finally met Friedrich again in Bagamoyo. However, the latter had already fought a war in East Africa.

When Friedrich suddenly appeared on the coast of East Africa with the Austrian Navy, Benny Erbin and Said were frightened.

The former, the Governor of Tanzania, played too much and trusted his black brother too much, which led to his excessive expansion. He wanted to kill his big brother and become a chief himself, and contacted the Oman Empire to offer Bagamoyo to Said in exchange for support.

The latter was considering whether to break up with Austria. After all, he had been keeping a low profile for so long, purchasing warships from Britain, France, Spain and Austria, and retraining sailors, and his strength had recovered by 70% or 80%.

In fact, the fleet of the Oman Empire was stronger than before, but it lost too many excellent generals and sailors in the naval battle with Austria, which made it difficult to recover. Letting inexperienced sailors fight pirates was tantamount to sending themselves to death.

In Said's mind, the Austrian navy was much more powerful than the wandering pirates. He still remembered his city and palace that had turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Then the sudden appearance of the Austrian fleet directly broke the tranquility. Friedrich's first stop was Zanzibar, not Bagamoyo.

This shocked the entire Oman Empire. Some ministers proposed to let Sultan Said escape immediately, while others advocated fighting to the death.

At this time, an eunuch ran into the palace with a rolling and crawling movement.

"The Austrian fleet has arrived outside the port, and Jabri Pasha is negotiating with them. This time the fleet brought by the Austrians is even larger than the last time."

This news made the princes and ministers of Oman look pale, because now it was too late to fight or escape.

Because the Omani navy was scattered everywhere and still mainly powered by sails, they expected that the Austrians would take at least three days to arrive, but they arrived in one day. This speed was really incredible.

However, Emperor Said the Great was worthy of being the man who pushed the Oman Empire to the peak. He immediately stopped the noisy officials.

"Go and bring the Tanzanian envoy, and take more gold, silver and jewelry. We will go to the dock to welcome our distinguished guests."

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Emperor Said's eyes, and a eunuch immediately disappeared into the crowd.

Emperor Said the Great, with the princes and nobles of Oman, received the Austrian fleet with the highest etiquette.

Friedrich, who was only 1.58 meters tall, stood in front of Said. Before the former spoke, the latter presented a gift and pushed out the black Tanzanian envoy, and told the whole story again.

Finally, he reiterated that the Oman Empire would always be a good friend of the Austrian Empire and a trustworthy partner. As long as Friedrich said a word, he would immediately send troops to help the Tanzanian governor quell the rebellion.

Friedrich just opened a book, flipped through it, and asked the other party about his well-being.

He came this time just to deter the other party. After all, Franz said that keeping the Oman Empire was actually beneficial to the Austrian side.

After all, this East African overlord is cruel enough to scare away many competitors. If this guy is gone, Austria will have to deal with a lot more troubles and may face more terrible opponents.

In that case, the East African colonies will no longer be valuable, but a burden.

Moreover, Emperor Said was really generous. Each gift was worth more than one million pounds. Even people like Frederick who never cared about money would be moved.

But this was a different scene in Said's eyes. He only took a look at so many gold, silver and jewelry and retracted his gaze. You know, his sons couldn't walk when they saw so many treasures.

Then there are only two possibilities. One is that the other party doesn't care about money at all, and the other is that the other party is a very loyal general and he will not keep these private gifts.

Thinking of this, Said couldn't help but sweat. He was wondering what kind of opponent he was facing.

But no matter what, he would try, even if there was only 1% hope.

"Marshal, would you honor me by coming to my palace for dinner?"

Friedrich flipped through the book in his hand, and he suddenly frowned.

"You want to kill me?"

Just a simple sentence frightened Sayid to the ground.

"I dare not, absolutely not! I just think that you have worked hard all the way, you are of noble status and you are not married yet, I want to offer my daughter to you. The Oman Empire and the Austrian Empire will form a marriage, so that our two countries can be together forever."

The book in Friedrich's hand was written by Franz, and it was full of some common strategies in the East. After all, the former family seemed to have problems in dealing with human relationships, and the cultural differences between the East and the West were also relatively large.

For example, it is not necessarily a good thing for the weak to invite the strong to dinner, especially when the two may be in a hostile relationship.