In other words, East Africa and the United States had checked each other. With East Africa as an additional potential rival, the United States could no longer perfectly reenact the outcome of the snipe and clam fighting while the fisherman reaped the profit. Still, the two fishermen, East Africa and the United States, had both gained until their hands went soft.
Naturally, other non-belligerent nations had also harvested richly, such as the Far East Empire and Japan, as well as the Ottoman Empire, which had yet to enter the war, and neutral countries like the Netherlands.
July 1916.
Port of Odessa.
A merchant vessel flying the Greek flag slowly sailed into this major Russian port on the Black Sea.
Since the late nineteenth century, with the completion of railways leading to Kiev and Lvov, Odessa's port throughput had expanded. Odessa had become Russia's second-largest port, surpassed only by Saint Petersburg.
At the same time, Odessa's economic strength had long ranked among the top four Russian cities, standing alongside Saint Petersburg, Moscow, and Warsaw.
As the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Bulgaria entered the Moldova region, Russia's pressure in the south abruptly intensified. Thus, beginning last month, Russia had increased its orders from East Africa.
Odessa and Moldova were closely linked. In the previous life, Odessa Oblast had been one of the three oblasts where Ukraine bordered Moldova, and Odessa shared the largest border area with Moldova.
"Looks like the Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian allied forces have put enormous pressure on Russia. Otherwise, the Russians would not have been so eager to place additional orders." The captain of the Rollingen looked over the bustling Port of Odessa and sighed.
Throughout the war, Odessa had become a crucial hub for trade between East Africa and Russia. Thus, from 1914 onward, a thousand sails had