African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1217: Sending Troops to Sudan
Even though Britain's naval power far exceeds that of East Africa, the British Navy does not have the ability to cross the ocean to control the East African Navy. If it were ten years ago, the British might still have a chance.

But now, unless the East African Navy sends most of its forces to the North Atlantic, Britain will have no other way to completely destroy the East African Navy.

East Africa's advantages in the Indian Ocean and the South Atlantic are even more obvious, especially in the Indian Ocean. East Africa is not afraid of any challenge.

This is also the reason why the East African governments are now taking action from both sides to seize the rich raw material production areas and markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Oceania.

After the war, no matter whether the victor is Germany or Britain, the East African Navy will automatically be promoted to one of the three major naval powers in the world. After all, the loser of the European war will inevitably have its naval power taken away by the victor.

As a loser in the past, Germany's naval power was divided up by several countries. The countries currently ranked ahead of the East African Navy are Britain, Germany and the United States.

So no matter what the final outcome of the fight between the two tigers, Britain and Germany, the ultimate beneficiaries will still be the United States and East Africa. Of course, if it is a draw, that's another matter, but the probability of this happening is very small.

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1916 1 Month 23 Day.

Andafok town.

It is located at the northernmost tip of East Azande Province in East Africa, and is also the border intersection between East Africa and Darfur region.

Darfur was the western region of Sudan in the past, and is now an autonomous region under the British Sudanese colony.

Today, this small border town in East Africa is home to a regiment of troops from the Northwest Military Region of East Africa.

"Darfur's Sultan Ali Dinar took advantage of Britain's busy war in Europe last year to declare war on the British colonial army. Now the situation in Darfur is turbulent. If we take advantage of this opportunity to attack Darfur from the south, our chances of winning are quite high."

"According to our informants, the Darfur army is now at the end of its strength and is unable to organize an army to fight against us."

East African Colonel Farsen and his subordinates analyzed the situation in Darfur and said.

Yes, in 1916, East Africa was preparing to launch a major attack in Sudan, armed occupation of the Darfur region in western Sudan, and formally incorporating it into East Africa’s sphere of influence.

Hera, the regiment's staff officer, said: "Although the Empire has always regarded itself as the strongest country in Africa, our influence on North Africa has always been limited. This war also means that the Empire has officially intervened in the situation in North Africa."

"What we should worry about now is whether we can complete this military mission. You know, Darfur is not a small area, more than 200,000 square kilometers."

Captain Farsen said with great vigor: "Hera, you are too worried. We are fighting at our doorstep this time. There is no possibility of failure."

"Besides, Ali Dinar couldn't even defeat the British colonial army in Sudan. Our regiment alone is more than enough to deal with such a small character."

There is no doubt that at the end of the last century, after the British and Egyptian coalition forces beat up the tribes in the Darfur region, the area became part of Sudan.

However, the British government did not establish effective rule in the area at that time. The main reason was that Darfur's location might be isolated. After all, it was not easy to expand the sphere of influence into Sudan, and there was still the Nile River to provide water.

Darfur is located deep inland, and if Britain wants to conquer it, it has to cross the vast desert, but the input and output are completely disproportionate. This means that after the British-Egyptian coalition defeated Darfur, they could only allow Darfur to continue to join Sudan in the form of an autonomous region.

Sudan, or more precisely, the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, is actually a strategic buffer zone between East Africa and the United Kingdom. East Africa has no intention of advancing northward, and the United Kingdom is unable to advance southward. Sudan’s role for the United Kingdom is to isolate the possible threat from East Africa to Egypt. Of course, this is a different time. The reason why East Africa is actively invading the Darfur region is related to the strategic problems encountered by East Africa last year.

That is the lack of land access to the Mediterranean, so East Africa finally set its sights on North Africa, and without involving Egypt. The East African government believes that Darfur is a good breakthrough point.

Through Darfur, we can directly border with the former Libya, which is also the best railway route in North Africa after the Nile River.

One thing that needs to be mentioned here is that the climate in Darfur is not very bad. Of course, this is only relative to Sudan. Darfur is one of the few rainy areas in Sudan. It should be the last area where the Atlantic water vapor can radiate.

The fact that Darfur in the past relied on this little rainfall to support a population of nearly six million is very telling. You should know that the entire Sudan's population in the past was only more than 40 million, and most of them lived on both sides of the Nile River like Egypt.

This is mainly due to the Darfur Plateau and several large oases in northeastern Darfur. East Africa wants to use these three places to realize the future construction of the North African railway.

It then connects to the Jawf Oasis in southern Libya and eventually enters the Mediterranean Sea from the coast of Libya.

When East Africa did not obtain the Suez Canal or the Strait of Gibraltar, it would naturally attach great importance to this land route.

Hera said: "If we capture Darfur, it means that there will only be Libya between us and the Mediterranean Sea, which will greatly save the political cost of the empire building railways or roads in North Africa in the future."

Farsen: "But intervening in Darfur at this time may cause the anger of the British. This is the biggest problem. In comparison, the Darfur Sultanate Ali Dinar is not worth mentioning at all."

Hera said, "Don't worry about that. We just need to complete our military mission. After all, our superiors must know about the problem you are worried about. This means that the Empire has already had a plan for this matter. We just need to do our own thing."

Farsen said: "That's true. I don't have much hope for the next war. I'm afraid we will just have to eat sand in Darfur in the next few months."

Hera: "The valuable targets in Darfur are a few oases. If we occupy these oases, we can effectively control the area, which is much more practical than the British. In addition, Darfur is not far from our military zone, and other troops can provide support here at any time."

"And Darfur's military strength is even more insignificant. Our strength is enough to deal with any local armed forces. In fact, our biggest enemy is not people, but the harsh local climate."

The climate and terrain within the jurisdiction of the Northwest Military Region are quite diverse, with plateaus, mountains and basins, as well as rainforests, grasslands and deserts, so routine combat training is also quite diverse.

The climate in Darfur is not uncommon in the Northwest Military Region. Moreover, this time the battle is being fought on East Africa's doorstep, so Hera and Farsen are very confident that they can successfully complete the mission.

Of course, East Africa's occupation of Darfur does not intend to incorporate it into its territory, but rather intends to build a puppet regime similar to the Kingdom of South Germany here.

After all, Darfur is of little use other than its strategic value, and East Africa does not want to pay too much governance costs here. It only wants to ensure that the area is always under the control and manipulation of East Africa.

Of course, for an extreme country like East Africa, the indigenous people of Darfur are obviously not worth preserving, and replacing old with new has become an old tradition in East Africa.

Darfur is inhabited by blacks and Arabs, both of which are naturally in conflict with East Africa, so subsequent supporting measures are certainly necessary, which is also in line with the population moat plan originally planned by the East African government.

1916 2 Month 3 Day.

The East African Army officially launched the invasion of Darfur, while the local Darfur army was busy fighting the British Army in the east. The East African Army successfully occupied many areas in southwestern Darfur, including the Darfur Plateau, with little resistance.

(End of this chapter)