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Chapter 770 Cancer
Britain's defeat in Persia marked Russia's official entry into the Indian Ocean. The strategy formulated by Peter the Great for Russia was finally realized two hundred years later.

On February 2, the Amur Army Academy welcomed a group of special students. These students were not from Germany, but from Africa.

Africa has always been considered as Europe's backyard. Not only do Britain and France have large colonies in Africa, but even small countries like Belgium and Portugal have colonies in Africa that are hundreds of times larger than their own land.

There are currently only two independent countries in the whole of Africa: South Africa and the Abyssinian Empire.

Abyssinia is Ethiopia.

In 1890, Italy invaded Abyssinia but was defeated by Menelik II. Italy was forced to recognize the independence of the Abyssinian Empire and became the laughing stock of Europe.

After repelling the Italian invasion, European countries flocked to increase their investment in the Abyssinian Empire, and the Russian Empire was no exception.

In Addis Ababa, the capital of the Abyssinian Empire, the Russian Empire built some bridges and the first modern hospital of the Abyssinian Empire, and established good relations with the Abyssinian Empire.

Menelik II died in 1913 and the throne was inherited by his grandson Ayasu. Ayasu was raised by a German nanny and had a good impression of Germany since childhood.

On September 1916, 9, the British, French and Italian envoys jointly submitted an ultimatum to the Abyssinian Foreign Minister, stating that if Abyssinia continued to take actions in support of the Allies, the three countries would take joint military action to intervene in the Abyssinian Empire.

On September 9, Army Minister Habta Georges deposed Iyasu, and Emperor Menelik II's daughter and Iyasu's stepmother Zoditu became empress. Tafari Makonnen, the son of the late Duke of Makonnen, became regent and crown prince of the empire.

Thanks to Tafari's efforts, the Abyssinian Empire officially joined the League of Nations last year.

After Tafari joined the League of Nations, he took the initiative to propose to Nicholas the Younger that he hope to send some officers to Russia for training.

Due to Britain's pursuit and blockade of Russia in the last century, Russia is almost the only European country that has not interfered in Africa.

Even Belgium and Portugal have colonies of millions of square kilometers in Africa, but Russia has nothing. This is obviously inconsistent with Russia's international status.

After opening up the Indian Ocean, Russia no longer had any desires in Eurasia, and Africa thus came into Russia's sight.

Little Nicholas hopes that Russia's influence on the African continent can be the same as the United States' influence on the American continent, turning Africa into Russia's back garden.

Felix agreed with Little Nicola's proposal, but neither Felix nor Little Nicola had any idea how to achieve this goal.

In Russia, it has become a consensus to ask George for help when in trouble.

It cannot be said that George has no ideas about Africa, but that the time is not right. If he rashly intervenes in Africa, it may arouse unanimous opposition from European countries.

Given the current situation, no single European country, whether France or Britain, is able to confront Russia.

Therefore, when facing Russia, European countries also band together for warmth.

Vasily suggested picking the weak ones, starting with Belgium and Portugal.

The land area of ​​Belgium is only 3 square kilometers, and its colony in Africa, the Belgian Congo, covers an area of ​​234.5 million square kilometers.

At the Paris Peace Conference, Germany's colonies of Rwanda and Burundi in central Africa were placed under the trusteeship of Belgium, further expanding Belgium's sphere of influence.

The Portuguese mainland has an area of ​​9.2 square kilometers, and it has two colonies in Africa, located in East Africa and West Africa, with a total area of ​​205 million square kilometers.

This is really something you don’t know until you see it, and you will be shocked when you see it.

Looking at the Belgian Congo and Portuguese East and West Africa on the map, Vasily's saliva was watering.

"I have a report here about the Belgian Congo—"

Felix pulled out a German newspaper published during the World War that detailed the crimes committed by Belgian King Leopold II in the Belgian Congo.

The picture published in the newspaper showed a father sitting helplessly on the floor, looking at a pair of hands and a foot in front of him, which were the remains of his 5-year-old daughter.

Newspaper introduction: Because the man named Nsala did not complete the rubber collection task for the day, the supervisor killed his daughter and wife and gave Nsala the remains of his daughter. During the reign of Leopold II, a total of 1000 million Congolese people died.

"This bastard! He's a disgrace to civilization! How could he do this? How dare he do this?"

Vasily was furious. He couldn't imagine that human nature could be so dark.

George had already had in-depth knowledge of the crimes committed by European countries in Africa from the Internet in the 21st century.

So George has no mercy on the so-called illegal immigrants in Europe. Everything is a cycle of cause and effect.

“We should rescue Africans from the clutches of the colonizers. This is our responsibility!”

Felix spoke righteously and became the messenger of justice.

"It's impossible to send troops, but we can use some more covert methods."

George liked Felix and Vasily like this.

Felix, who evaded responsibility during the imperial era, and Vasily, who lived in a daze for half his life, were not people George liked.

It is said that after the fall of the empire, Russia entered a new era.

George hopes that not only the system will be "new", but the spiritual world of the Russians will also enter a new era.

George hoped to continue to infiltrate Africa and lead Africans to actively resist the colonial rule of European countries.

Vasily didn't understand at first, and looked at George with confusion.

Felix looked at George thoughtfully.

"Don't look at me, this is what European countries did to us before the world war broke out."

George gave people a taste of their own medicine.

Before the outbreak of World War I, European countries, mainly Britain and Germany, exported to Russia, which became one of the main reasons for the demise of the Russian Empire.

George would not send Russians to Africa, at least not in an official capacity.

The best approach would be to bring some Africans who are determined to overthrow the colonial rule of European countries to Russia for training.

Not to mention Britain and France, countries like Belgium and Portugal have little strength of their own and they rely entirely on the overall advantages of Europe to maintain their colonial rule over Africa.

In fact, before this, some Russian companies had gone to Africa in the name of mining mineral resources and tried to make commercial investments.

The results were not satisfactory. European countries were very wary of the Russians. Not only did they refuse to cooperate with Russian companies, they even did not allow Russian companies to send people to Africa for exploration.

This is too much.

George didn't say that Africa is Europe's Africa. It's always okay to open the door and share the benefits.

Africa is very rich in mineral resources. For example, a landlocked country like the Belgian Congo not only has rich mineral resources, but also has huge potential in forests, oil and gas, hydropower and other areas.

Under Belgian rule, Belgian Congo was just a Belgian plantation. Even if mineral resources were discovered, the Belgians would turn a blind eye because they had to invest in infrastructure.

So for the world we live in, such countries are the real cancer.

(End of this chapter)