Hughes said to his brother with a chuckle, "There's absolutely no need to worry about that. To put it bluntly, if East Africa really came after us, Belgian Congo would have no choice but to surrender. A large-scale war like the one in Europe simply couldn't happen here."
"Our total population is only a few hundred thousand, and most of them are Far Eastern immigrants. If East Africa truly had designs on Belgian Congo, it could have done this more than a decade ago."
"After all, although East Africa is located in Africa, Africa as people imagine it cannot represent a country like East Africa. East Africa alone has a population exceeding one hundred million, formidable military strength, and industrial power no less than that of any European nation. Belgian Congo has no chance of winning against East Africa at all. Besides, the homeland has now become a battlefield and cannot spare any attention for Belgian Congo as a colony."
In Hughes's view, as long as Belgian Congo surrendered quickly enough, it was basically impossible for it to suffer any major blow. Besides, Hermann's thoughts did not necessarily represent the East African government's position.
He continued, "The war in the homeland is being fought by France and Germany, two great world powers. Belgium is caught between them and can only be trampled over and over again. Both sides casually send hundreds of thousands of troops to run wild across the Belgian homeland, causing enormous harm to the people."
"But such a situation could never happen in Belgian Congo. To put it bluntly, the entire population of our colony might only equal the East African National Defense Army. One charge from them, and all we could do would be raise the white flag. And that is assuming East Africa truly intends