Since the Great Economic Crisis of 1929, totalitarian forces around the world had expanded rapidly, manifested specifically in Extreme Nationalist Parties across Europe taking power one after another, the militarization of South American governments, and so on.
All this showed that the global colonial system built by Britain and France since the end of the nineteenth century had already reached the brink of collapse.
This world order encompassed many fields, including the military, economy, ideology, and culture. The rise of totalitarian forces indicated that the opportunity for the old international order to crumble in the ideological sphere had arrived.
Among these fields, the economy was the first to collapse. Since the end of the nineteenth century, countries such as Germany, the United States, East Africa, and the Soviet Union had risen one after another in economic and industrial strength, shattering the original world economic order.
The collapse of the economic order had strengthened and awakened national consciousness in late-developing countries and backward regions. Late-developing countries demanded a new division of the spoils, while countries and peoples in backward regions demanded independence.
To completely overturn the old international order, only the final step remained: breaking the military hegemony of the old international order led by Britain and France.
In short, the footsteps of war were slowly drawing near. Before the next grand conference to divide the spoils, whoever gained the greater military advantage would seize the initiative.
This was also why East Africa valued Austro-Hungarian military talents. It was an excellent opportunity for East Africa to study the development of modern European warfare.
July 5, 1934.
East Africa, lower reaches of the Zambezi River.
Since construction began on the Kabrasabasa Reservoir, the entire lower Zambezi region had become exceptionally bustling and busy. The project itself carried the strategic intent of