"Since that was the case, first provide the Kingdom of Southern Germany with two thousand rifles and ammunition. That would already be enough for them to sweep across the entire Komadugu Yobe River Basin!" Ernst said.
By this point, the Kingdom of Southern Germany had already assembled a force of five thousand men. For a nation with a population of one million, that was still relatively easy.
And it was precisely by relying on this army, which seemed exceedingly weak in East Africa's eyes, that the Kingdom of Southern Germany had gained an overwhelming advantage over the surrounding native forces. After all, Libya lay to the north of the Kingdom of Southern Germany, Egyptian Sudan lay to the east, and its core territory was essentially separated from them by the Sahara Desert.
Even though Egypt appeared far stronger than the Kingdom of Southern Germany, it was impossible for it to cross the Sahara Desert and launch an attack on the Kingdom of Southern Germany. Not to mention that East Africa, a colossal giant, stood behind the Kingdom of Southern Germany.
In other words, apart from East Africa to the south, every other direction around the Kingdom of Southern Germany was either desert or inhabited by extremely backward nomadic peoples. The west was somewhat special, with British and German colonies, but the territories bordering it were still native powers.
October 4, 1904.
Luanda.
Japan's continuous military victories in the Far East had caused Russia, which had gravely underestimated Japan before the war, to swing toward excessively exaggerating Japan's strength.
And the Second Fleet, reorganized from the Baltic Fleet that had been preparing since the beginning of the year, had finally arrived in East Africa.
Escorted by East African warships, the Russian Navy's vessels sailed in orderly fashion into East Africa's