The Central Asia Highway had to pass through Soviet territory, so East Africa could not use this road to bypass the Soviet Union and directly establish deeper ties with the Far East Empire.
As for using this road to compete with the Soviet Union in Central Asia, East Africa clearly had no such intention at present. The entire Central Asian region, apart from a worthless Afghanistan, was part of the Soviet Union.
East Africa certainly had the ability to exploit this to sow discord between the Central Asian peoples and the Soviet Union, but there was absolutely no need for it.
If East Africa truly wanted to target Central Asia under Soviet rule, it could achieve that through Persia. After all, East Africa had built a railway from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea.
Whether in speed, security, or carrying capacity, this railway was vastly superior to the Central Asia Highway.
Crown Prince Friedrich said, "Under the Soviet Union's ideology, it is hardly surprising that they remain highly vigilant and guarded against us."
"If the Germans' threat to the Soviet Union had not been pressing down upon them, they might never have agreed to the construction of the Central Asia Highway."
East Africa had taken in the Tsarist Russian government-in-exile. Although this organization had now largely fallen into disuse, as long as it continued to exist, it would inevitably remain a thorn between the Soviet Union and East Africa.
Not to mention that East Africa itself was also a member of the imperialist camp, making it naturally incompatible with the Soviet Union.
Ernst said, "Forget it. As long as the Soviets can continue building the Central Asia Highway, allowing us to eventually make use of our strategic arrangements in the Pacific direction and intervene in the Far East war