The United States joining the Entente Powers camp would inevitably reshape the world order to come, forcing East Africa to make new judgments and plans for its future development.
Minister of Defense Pripriate said, "With the United States joining, the Entente Powers have grown immensely stronger. Even if Russia withdraws from the war, it will still place enormous pressure on the Central Powers."
"According to our projections, the war between the two camps will further descend into a war of attrition, a contest of reserves. Unless the Central Powers can achieve victory after victory militarily as they did on the Eastern Front battlefield, they will ultimately be at a disadvantage in a war of consumption against the Entente Powers in terms of supplies and national strength."
If industry alone were considered, the Central Powers were not actually weak. However, Britain and France within the Entente Powers controlled more overseas colonies and possessed ample supplies and energy resources. Once the United States joined the Entente Powers, their industrial disadvantage was completely reversed as well.
Thus, only one path remained for the Central Powers: rapidly opening up the situation through military means. Whether on the Western Front or the Eastern Front battlefield, as long as they could break through the Entente Powers' blockade, the pressure on the Central Powers would be greatly reduced.
Although Russia had withdrawn from the war, that did not mean the Eastern Front battlefield had come to an end. The Eastern Front had now shifted further south, changing from the regions where the Central Powers bordered Russia into a line stretching from the Balkan Peninsula to the Persian Gulf.
The main force along this line was Britain. Since the end of last year, Britain had attacked the Ottoman Empire from several directions, which was also why trade between