Throughout May, Eurasian continent had been thrown completely into chaos, with war raging everywhere. Most of the world's nations had focused their attention on Britain and France, while East Africa was watching Japan's next move closely.
Southern Ryukyu Islands.
Since East Africa had snatched food from Japan's tiger jaws and occupied the Southern Ryukyu Islands, it had built quite a few military facilities there. The islands had also become the foremost base from which East Africa monitored Japan's military movements.
However, in recent years, as East Africa deliberately neglected the Pacific direction, the military bases in the Southern Ryukyu Islands had also fallen into a state of lax armaments.
Still, it had to be said that the Southern Ryukyu Islands' economy and infrastructure had undergone earth-shaking changes over the years.
In 1939, the Southern Ryukyu Islands had a total population of more than sixty thousand. Over half were mainland immigrants from Fujian and elsewhere, while some were descendants of laborers East Africa had originally recruited from the Far East. Of course, the original Ryukyu people of the Southern Ryukyu Islands still remained, but after so many years, they had been diluted by the massive influx of immigrants.
At the same time, East Africa's policies of building schools on the islands and promoting German education and East African culture had given the Southern Ryukyu Islands a distinctive culture and social atmosphere utterly different from East Asia's.
Rows upon rows of East African-style buildings had been constructed across the islands. The roads were neatly planned, the houses stood in orderly ranks, and the place looked like a paradise beyond the world.
Fishing boats of all sizes lay moored along the white beaches. Fishing was an important foundational industry there.
The ports mostly housed large vessels. Besides warships, ferries and merchant ships were