African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1151 The East Africans are attacking!
Ernst always chooses population based on the principle of “better to have fewer people than to have too many”. This does not depend on the immigrants’ abilities but on their future loyalty.

When the population immigration activity was carried out in East Africa, the German economy had not yet developed and the people of the Far Eastern Empire were living in poverty. At that time, the immigrants who chose East Africa were basically poor people, who were the easiest to be influenced and bribed.

At the same time, East Africa has actively implemented a population integration policy, allowing ethnic groups other than blacks to truly become a unified big family in East Africa, which is more thorough than other immigration countries.

In fact, this has led to a complete change in the East African nation today. Although they still fly the banner of Germany, they can gain recognition in the world because East Africa has developed. If East Africa had not developed, Germany and Austria would definitely kick East Africa out of "Germany".

Just as Rhodes and Pol were thinking about how to further expand the company's business in the office, deafening artillery fire rang out on the La Plata River outside Buenos Aires.

Rhodes' train of thought was interrupted, and he said in a somewhat upset tone: "Damn, what happened outside?"

Because it is engaged in overseas trade, Rhodes Company is very close to the Port of Buenos Aires, and sounds from the port can easily be transmitted here.

Bol looked out the window, towards the direction of the Port of Buenos Aires, and saw a huge fleet docked on the wide surface of the La Plata River. This made Bol suddenly realize.

He said to Rhodes, "It's East African! This noise must be related to East Africa."

Because he was not sitting by the window, Rhodes did not know what was going on. He asked Boll, "How can you be sure that they are East Africans? And if you didn't know, you would think that they were East Africans calling!"

Rhodes said this, obviously jokingly.

But Rhodes seemed to have thought of something, and he could no longer laugh. He said to Boll in horror: "Could it be that the East Africans are really attacking us?"

Why Rhodes had such an amazing idea was actually not completely illogical. Under normal circumstances, he would definitely not have such wild thoughts.

But what time is it now? Now is the time when war has broken out throughout Europe. Britain, France, Russia and Germany are all involved in Europe and are unable to take care of other parts of the world.

Rhodes put himself in their shoes and thought that if East Africa took advantage of this time to expand into other parts of the world, it would not be impossible but would have a high probability of success.

After all, if a country of East Africa's size really chooses this time to launch a war against other countries, no one can stop it, unless the United States is willing to "meddle in other people's business."

Does East Africa have any motive to annex Argentina? Obviously, there is. Argentina has fertile land and is not very powerful. East Africa and Argentina are only separated by the South Atlantic Ocean, so transportation is quite convenient.

If Argentina could be swallowed up, it would undoubtedly be a huge temptation, because Argentina at that time was extremely rich.

So Rhodes' malicious speculation is not entirely unreasonable. If Rhodes were the ruler of East Africa, he would be willing to test Argentina's strength.

Of course, Rhodes was overthinking it. Although Argentina's population of eight million was not large, it was definitely not a small number. Moreover, Argentines were not indigenous to Africa, and the East African government would not seek trouble for itself.

Looking at the pale Rhodes, not knowing what was in his mind, Secretary Boll said speechlessly: "Boss, haven't you been paying attention to the news recently?"

"What news?" Rhodes asked in confusion, "I've been busy reconciling accounts recently, so I don't have the time to care about other things." Boll said, "The East African Navy's visit to various American countries was reported a month ago. At that time, the East African Navy had just arrived in Mexico. I didn't expect that it has already arrived in Argentina."

Rhodes suddenly realized: "So that's what happened. At that time, the newspaper only mentioned a visit to America, so I ignored the news."

America is not equal to Argentina, so it is not possible to predict which countries the East African Navy might visit. The Argentine authorities naturally reported the news, but Rhodes did not care about the specific content at the time and only read the title.

After confirming that East Africa did not intend to take advantage of the European war to launch a "sneak attack" on Argentina, Rhodes felt relieved. He stood up and walked to the window with interest, looking at the vast surface of the La Plata River.

The estuary of the Rio de la Plata is quite peculiar because its width is more than 200 kilometers, which has caused controversy in the academic community.

Some people think this is a bay because its area and width exceed the limits of a normal river. Others think it is part of the La Plata River, after all, the mouth of the La Plata River is full of fresh water.

The upper reaches of the La Plata River is the Paraná River. The abundant rainfall in the entire southern Central America, covering Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, and Bolivia, converges here through the La Plata-Paraná River. The amount of water is very huge, so although the La Plata River estuary has a huge interface with the Atlantic Ocean, there is still fresh water in the estuary.

It is somewhat similar to the Amazon River, whose huge volume of water has led to the formation of large freshwater areas along its coast.

The East African Navy was conducting live-fire exercises on the wide river of La Plata. The continuous and powerful firepower gave Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay a complete shock.

Yes, East Africa chose the La Plata River as the location for the exercise because it is also the seaport of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Conducting a large-scale military exercise here can effectively deter the three countries.

"Why would the East African barbarians choose to conduct live-fire exercises so close to Buenos Aires? They are a bunch of lunatics!" Rhodes complained.

Boll: "It should be a display of strength. Now that Britain and France have been dragged down by Germany in East Africa, their control over Argentina and other South American countries has naturally been greatly weakened. So East Africa should use this action to let South American countries realize how powerful East Africa is, so as to further deepen East Africa's penetration here."

Boll's guess is absolutely correct. If it were in the Caribbean, East Africa would not do this. After all, the United States is not a dead person. It is the real backyard of the United States. Although East Africa flirts with Mexico and other countries, it will not overly stimulate the United States.

When it comes to Brazil and the countries further south of Brazil, East Africa naturally does not need to be as cautious as it is in the Caribbean Sea. At this time, the East African Navy will naturally demonstrate East Africa's strong military strength.

In simple terms, East Africa is threatening the southern countries of South America. The British have already left, so those with foresight should quickly change their destination and pay their respects.

The mouth of the La Plata River is the best display platform, which involves three countries: Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. After the visits to Argentina and Uruguay, the East African Navy will go upstream to visit its younger brother Paraguay in South America.

Before this, Paraguay was a thorn in East Africa and the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s path in South America. Now that the Austro-Hungarian Empire is unable to extricate itself, the visit to East Africa could make Paraguay sink deeper and deeper into the path of becoming East Africa’s pawn.

After all, Paraguay is just a small country compared to Argentina and Brazil. Especially in recent years, when the strength of Brazil and Argentina has grown rapidly, Paraguay no longer has the courage to take on three countries at once. Moreover, Paraguay not only has historical grudges with Argentina and Brazil, but also has territorial disputes with Bolivia.

Therefore, Paraguay has always been clinging to East Africa, especially since the South African War. East Africa is now completely different from what it used to be. The west coast of East Africa has been developed, which has rapidly increased East Africa's influence and military presence in the South Atlantic. In fact, East Africa is the most powerful country in the South Atlantic. At least it has the British Empire (India) to contain it in the Indian Ocean. Except for Brazil, East Africa can ignore most countries and colonies in the South Atlantic. In fact, Brazil's weak military strength is unlikely to have much impact on East Africa.

(End of this chapter)