African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 1333 1919

When East Africa occupied Qatar, Britain, the nominal sovereign state of Qatar, chose to turn a blind eye as East Africa expected.

In fact, the process and results of East Africa's invasion of Qatar have long been spread around, especially those third-party personnel who left Qatar, mainly businessmen and diplomats from various countries, including British diplomats in Qatar. After al-Baida, they all retreated to Bahrain and other countries with a tacit understanding.

Previously, the Ottoman Empire actually had a small garrison in Qatar, with only two to three hundred people. However, they returned home after the war between the Ottoman Empire and the British broke out. Therefore, when East Africa invaded Qatar, there were no troops from other countries on the island. Military personnel are present.

Therefore, the process of East Africa's annexation of Qatar can be described as uneventful. However, this does not mean that Qatar is unimportant. As long as East Africa's series of military and strategic deployments in Qatar are completed, East Africa will become one of the most influential countries in the Persian Gulf region.

Although East Africa itself is a world power with strong military strength, and its previous possession of the Beibu Gulf territory, a wedge embedded in the Middle East, its influence in the Persian Gulf is growing day by day.

However, this influence is not enough for East Africa to be on an equal footing with Britain and Russia in the Persian Gulf region. The most direct reason is that East Africa lacks military deterrence in the Persian Gulf region.

This kind of military deterrence is similar to that in previous lives. If a situation was unfavorable to the Americans in the Middle East, as long as the aircraft carrier formation was sent into the Persian Gulf, it could form a strong psychological pressure on the countries in the Persian Gulf, such as the Iraq War. During this period, the number of aircraft carriers in the U.S. Fifth Fleet increased directly to five.

Translated to this era, the most shocking naval weapon is the battleship. However, the Third Fleet does not have a large home port for the battleships. The deterrent power of the East African Navy in the Persian Gulf will naturally drop by one level.

The British, who have important naval bases in the Persian Gulf such as Bahrain, do not have this trouble. The Qatar Peninsula makes up for the shortcomings in East Africa.

Although battleships do not necessarily completely represent naval battles, in this era, as long as the country is not lonely, the most powerful naval battleships are most recognized.

Just like in previous lives, Iranian missiles can pose a threat to US aircraft carriers, but the deterrent power of aircraft carriers is more concrete and has greater deterrence.

As for the army, Russia's deterrent power in the Middle East was obviously greater than that in East Africa. After all, Russia directly borders the Middle East, forming a overwhelming momentum.

Of course, this kind of land-based deterrence is smaller than that of the navy, especially for the countries along the Persian Gulf. Therefore, although Russia's influence in the Persian Gulf previously ranked second, there was a big gap with the United Kingdom.

Since East Africa and the Persian Gulf are separated by the Indian Ocean, the final deterrent to the region will depend on the navy to play a leading role.

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Time flies to 1919.

In previous lives, the First World War had ended long ago at this time, but now even though the United States has entered the war, wars are still raging in Europe and the Middle East.

In the second half of 1918, the Allies and the Entente had their own victories and defeats. Because of the participation of the United States, Britain and France stabilized the situation on the Western Front and successfully withstood the offensives of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

However, on the southern battlefield, the situation of the Allied Powers was not optimistic, especially under the leadership of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Allied camp achieved a series of military victories in the Balkans and the Middle East.

The Allies successfully opened up and further consolidated the land passage between the Balkans and Asia Minor (Anatolian Peninsula), so that the railway from Berlin to Baghdad was once again open. As long as the Allied forces along the Persian Gulf were defeated, the Persian Gulf route will be restored again.

Greece and Albania were finally defeated at the end of 1918, which caused the Allied power to shrink from the Balkans to the Mediterranean. While East Africa occupied Qatar, the Austro-Hungarian, Bulgarian, and Romanian coalition forces also arrived in Iraq, which greatly boosted the morale of the Ottoman Empire.

This also means that the focus of the southern battlefield has shifted to the battle for the Red Sea coast and the Persian Gulf coast. The importance of the Persian Gulf to the current Allies is far greater than that of the Red Sea coast.

On the one hand, the Allies have no large ports available in the Red Sea. On the other hand, transportation from the Red Sea to the core areas of the Allies is not convenient, and may be harassed by the British and French navies in the Mediterranean direction.

The war on the Western Front and the Southern Front made it difficult to break the balance between the Entente and the Central Powers. In this case, the only country that benefited was the Russian Labor Party, which was actively consolidating its power.

With the arrival of 1919, the East African government is one step closer to 1920, which also means that a new round of government statistical work will be fully launched.

Data including population, industry, economy and other aspects have begun to be aggregated to the Rhine City, providing various data support for the formulation of government policies for the next economic cycle in East Africa.

At a government meeting in the Rhine City, Ernst emphasized: "The world is now at the cusp of a turning point, and the next 20 to 30 years will most likely determine our country's position in the world."

"Therefore, this census and economic census must be rigorous and detailed, especially to eliminate the falsification of past performance data. All departments must seek truth from facts."

"The central government will dispatch a supervision team to randomly check and supervise the authenticity of data statistics and errors across the country. These conditions will also be included in the files, affecting personal resumes and future official promotions."

It can be said that senior officials of the East African government, including Ernst, attach great importance to this national data statistics work.

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In addition to catching up with the important time node of 1920, according to the convention, East Africa will collect statistics on its own population and other important data. It is also closely related to the rapid changes in the international situation, as well as the overall outbreak of the European war and the East African economy.

In fact, some of the government's statistical work has been officially launched since mid-1918, which means that the statistical time this time will take more than a year, and all statistical results must be released before the arrival of 1920.

Ernst continued: "In addition, this time we need to open up our voices, especially through the National Assembly and other forms, to accept private input and suggestions on some government decisions, and to correct some of the problems in our economic development in the past. Solve our problems Disadvantages that were ignored or accumulated in the past.”

"In the past economic development, some officials with bad conduct or inactive work were held accountable, and under the market economy, the economic problems of some officials were reviewed, and market and social atmosphere issues were summarized to further promote the development of a healthy market."

East Africa is a government that emphasizes the role of the government in the economy, so manual correction and rectification must be carried out for the market economy. After all, in a market economy, it is impossible to avoid corruption of power agencies and departments, vicious market competition, monopoly and other problems.

Ernst certainly does not expect to be able to solve all these problems. After all, no country in the world can do this. Even countries like the Russian Labor Party that completely abandon the market cannot prevent the existence of the black market.

For the East African government, it would be good as long as it can solve most of the problems, and this "majority" is obviously a vague term. What proportion counts as the majority? Ernst believes that more than 50% is enough. Calculate.

As Ernst finished speaking, some officials of the East African government suddenly fell into a state of nervousness. After all, over the years, the East African government has accumulated a lot of problems. No one can guarantee that they will not have any problems. Of course, it is just a small problem. Fortunately, some people who are too outrageous will definitely be selected as models and then killed to scare the monkeys, so naturally some people will have a guilty conscience.

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