African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1007: Prepare to Intervene
However, Russia's performance in recent years can only be described as unsatisfactory. There has not been much development in both the diplomatic and military fields. Although there are millions of gray beasts, gray beasts are still beasts after all, and cannot be compared with other well-equipped European armies.

Looking at the history of Russia's military development, there are almost no outstanding achievements. They all rely on piling up cannon fodder and consuming the enemy. When it comes to the details of the war, it is even more tragic. It means that the country has too much blood to support this kind of gameplay.

Even though Russia had defeated France in history, the enemy still captured its capital, set fire to Moscow, and then used the weather to force Napoleon back to Western Europe.

Although this style of fighting ultimately achieved victory in the war, it was not worthy of praise in Ernst's view. On the one hand, the British were clamping down on France in the east, and on the other hand, there were a large number of feudal aristocratic forces causing trouble within France (including the occupied areas). The fall of Moscow, the capital of Russia, was itself very telling.

If the Russian army's combat level and military literacy were a little higher, they would not have relied on the lives of gray animals to fill the victory. It can be said that it was a victory of killing 400 enemies and losing 1,000 of their own. It was because Russia had a large population and a fertile population at that time that it could support such a war situation.

Therefore, in Ernst's opinion, Russia's military capabilities are not as strong as the "fighting nation" boasted by some self-media in the past.

Of course, it is undeniable that the resilience of the Russians is worthy of recognition. Every time the enemy thought they could strangle Russia, the Russians were able to turn defeat into victory. To a certain extent, this shows that within Russia, especially at the highest level, the majority of people are non-surrenderers who take a tough attitude towards foreign enemies. At least according to the history that Ernst learned in his previous life, this is the basic fact.

As for Russia's diplomacy, it is even more miserable. Whether it is Russia, the Soviet Union, or later Russia, the level of diplomacy is a mess. If there had been a Bismarck-like figure, Russia would not always be the one besieged by the "whole world".

Of course, the fundamental reason for the country’s failure in military and diplomatic fields is that its national strength is not strong enough, and the economic level occupies an important position in national strength.

The highlight of the Russian economy was the Soviet era, which was also the time when Russia was closest to world hegemony. It's a pity that the "stupid, clumsy" Russians were ultimately no match for the Americans.

Thinking of this, Ernst said: "When our First Five-Year Plan is completed, there is a high probability that Japan and Russia will go to war. Now Britain is giving Japan a blood transfusion so that it can fight against Russia instead of Britain."

Morin, director of the National Defense Security Bureau, frowned and said, "With Japan's national strength, it should be unlikely that they can challenge Russia!"

Morin thought that the idea of ​​His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was somewhat shocking. Although the National Defense Security Agency had a lot of dealings with Japan, it was hard to imagine how Japan's national strength could compete with a world-class power like Russia.

Ernst understood his subordinates' thoughts very well, as this was also the view of most countries in the world on Japan. In Ernst's view, Japan's status as a great power in the past was truly achieved through its victory over Russia.

Although Japan has defeated a world power like the Far Eastern Empire, no one would think that Japan is strong, but rather that the Far Eastern Empire was too weak at that time. However, defeating Russia is a different matter. Although Russia's level is not too high, there are only a handful of countries in the world that can say that they have definitely defeated Russia.

"You have been dealing with Japan for many years, so you should know that Japan is a country that cannot be underestimated. Their culture has a kind of madness, and it is this madness that makes all Japanese people like machines that never sleep, eat little, and work hard. The mental state of the Japanese is not that of normal humans at all."

Morin pondered Ernst's words for a moment, and then thought carefully about the social conditions in Japan. He had to admit that what the Crown Prince said made a lot of sense.

"As Your Highness said, the Japanese are indeed a bunch of lunatics. It is difficult to find a group of people in the world today who are hardworking and superstitious about the Japanese imperial government."

"Members of our Japanese branch said that although the Japanese are short and thin, they work just as well as anyone else in the world, and their military also has a spirit of not fearing death, which may be due to Japan's deformed Bushido culture, which is more extreme than the militaristic Germany." "Japan has become the fastest-growing country in Asia in recent years despite its lack of resources and poverty, which has a lot to do with Japan's extreme national character."

"If the people of our Rhine Empire also have this kind of character, then I'm afraid that East Africa's current economic size can double again, or even start a war around the world, at least there will be no problem in the entire sub-Saharan Africa."

Although East Africa was also considered a typical militaristic country and aggressive by nature in the eyes of the international community in the early days, Japan was much more extreme than East Africa. After all, East Africa had hardly challenged any opponents across its level. Although Britain had suffered setbacks at the hands of East Africa, that was because it had a vague understanding of East Africa's national strength.

Japan is not like East Africa. Any country that pays a little attention can have a clearer understanding of Japan's national conditions, including information such as population, industry, and military.

Take the Far Eastern War for example. Both sides had their cards open, but the Far Eastern Empire did very poorly in its intelligence on Japan, or did not take it seriously at all. On the contrary, Japan conducted in-depth research on the Far Eastern Empire, and this detail greatly affected the course of the war.

Therefore, the South African War was not a real cross-level challenge, but the Far East War was. Ernst judged that Japan would continue to challenge opponents in the world that were much stronger than itself, starting with Tsarist Russia, and then Britain and the United States.

It is only a matter of time. As long as Japan continues to develop, it will inevitably continue to expand outward and then conflict with various interest countries in the Far East.

East Africa is also included in this possibility. After all, many of East Africa’s military bases and colonies in the Pacific are also very important, especially the South Ryukyu Islands and the North Hawaiian Kingdom. These two (groups of) islands can even be said to be the gateway to Japan’s lifeline.

"Pay close attention to the developments of Britain, Russia and Japan. If a war really breaks out between Japan and Russia, we cannot be unprepared, especially Russia. Russia is the key country to intervene." Ernst ordered Morin.

As always, every time there is a war that affects the world situation, Ernst will make a fortune from the war, and the Russo-Japanese War is likely to be the first war between major powers in the 20th century.

Although Japan's national strength is not up to the level of the great powers, and is even much worse than the same period in history, Japan has the support of Britain and the United States. Coupled with Japan's crazy military policy, the possibility of the Russo-Japanese War breaking out is very high.

Without the 200 million taels of silver indemnity from the previous life, Japan's industrial development was relatively difficult, but it still extorted a few sums from the Far Eastern Empire.

Ernst was completely powerless to do anything about this, mainly because after the Far Eastern War, the feudal government of the Far Eastern Empire became even weaker, and Japan did not get a completely satisfactory result in the Far Eastern War, so Japan made several threats to the Far Eastern Empire government after the Far Eastern War.

But this time no one stood up to confront Japan. After all, the person in charge of the Far East naval war was still liquidated after the war, and the country had lost its future in the war. Therefore, the internal power struggle made no one dare to take responsibility for the outbreak of the war.

However, Ernst estimated that the current government of the Far Eastern Empire would not be long away from its demise, and by then East Africa would have to change its foreign policy towards the new government of the Far Eastern Empire.

After all, East Africa's interests in the Far East Empire cannot be lost. It's not that Ernst is cruel, but if he doesn't take these interests for himself, they may be sold to other countries by the Far East Empire government. It would be better to use them to enhance East Africa's national strength.

(End of this chapter)