This time East African Founding Ceremony has attracted the attention of diplomats from various countries, but that's all. When today's situation spreads throughout East Africa, the popularity will probably dissipate.
This kind of enthusiasm can only spread within a small area in Europe, and it can be spread to high-level officials of other countries through diplomats participating in the military parade. This is inevitable.
But this is also in the interest of East Africa. Popular sentiment can also affect government decisions, such as Portugal. Without the active opposition of the Portugal people, the influence of South African War would have ended long ago. Now Portuguese Government might even have established diplomatic relations with East Africa.
Diplomats from various countries have a deeper understanding of the East African Army through this military parade. Judging from the military parade alone, East African Army's organizational capabilities, discipline, and weapons and equipment are all in line with the characteristics of the world's strongest military.
Therefore, East Africa, which is sitting on the East African National Defense Army, has no rivals in the entire African continent, and it is impossible for countries outside the region to have the idea of fighting a ground war across the sea with East Africa.
As for the data of East African Navy, it has always been very reassuring, but East African Navy follows the route of elite troops, which cannot be underestimated. At least it still has the strength to maintain the offshore waters of East Africa.
After the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, many thoughtful diplomats have begun to describe to the country the military intelligence revealed in this East African military parade.
German Ambassador Burs wrote in the letter, "Based on the current military parade and the expired data of South African War, it can be inferred that the national standing military force in East Africa is maintained at least around 200,000 all year round. Its land area is huge, so the size of the army must be above United States, and the number of people in this military parade has reached eight or nine thousand. Such mobilization capabilities are obviously very easy for East Africa to achieve."
Eight or nine thousand people is not too many, but it is enough to reach about one-fortieth of the German Army. Therefore, in Burs's view, it is reasonable for the East African Standby Army to be at least two to three hundred thousand in size.
He dipped his pen in water and then wrote, "But the defense pressure in East Africa is obviously smaller than that of European countries, so the number of troops cannot reach the standards of various European army powers. This can be reflected in the weapons and equipment of East Africa. The number of guns and equipment is not inferior to the Imperial Army. East Africa is not a very wealthy country, so its military configuration is not too sophisticated."
As for what Burs said, the argument that East Africa is not very wealthy is not a big problem. As a whole, East Africa is still an agricultural country, and its income level cannot be compared with that of industrialized countries in Europe and the United States.
But the East African government is obviously different from the governments of European and American countries. The East African government holds a large amount of resources and industries. Therefore, in terms of the wealth of the government, the East African government is probably still higher than other governments. This also means that the East African government's resource integration capabilities are stronger than those of traditional countries.
Resource integration is conducive to improving efficiency and reducing costs, especially in the field of promoting the development of military industry. Therefore, although the size of the army in East Africa is similar to that of Germany and France, the actual military expenditure is not inferior to other countries.
"East African soldiers are in good condition. Judging from this military parade and the daily life of East African people, East African Army is definitely not bad in terms of catering. In addition, the compulsory education system in East Africa is very complete, so it can be inferred that the quality of East African soldiers may even reach or even exceed the level of our country."
Burs's idea is likely to come from the fact that compulsory education in East Africa is longer, so in theory the quality of soldiers in East Africa is higher than that in Germany.
There is certainly no problem with this, but although the compulsory education system in East Africa is larger and the education time is longer, the quality of compulsory education in East Africa is very poor. At least at the same level of education, East Africa is not as good as Germany. However, East Africa can also offset part of the gap in education quality by relying on the tactics of the sea of people.
For East Africa, there is no big problem if the lower limit of education quality is low, but it must be rich in the talents that East Africa needs.
"... In my opinion, in the future, East Africa, as an important country for economic, commercial, cultural, and political exchanges with our country, should strengthen its cooperation at the military level, especially at the army level. If it can become our country's arm, it will be greatly beneficial to compete for world power in the future."
At this point, Burs's letter ended. He took a sip of tea and said to his servant, "Send the letter to the country!"
To be honest, the military strength displayed in this military parade in East Africa has not changed much from the South African War period, but it is not surprising that it has attracted Burs's attention.
After all, although military development will undergo major changes over time, stability within the cycle is also common.
Since Franco-Prussian War to today, especially in the field of army equipment, except for the privately owned East Africa, other countries have not changed much. They are nothing more than making subtle adjustments to traditional weapons such as guns and cannons. The real military equipment competition is concentrated on the navy.
Of course, this is for countries in the first echelon. Like many backward countries and regions, there is indeed a lot of room for improvement. For example, the indigenous Africans in the hinterland of West Africa are still using cold weapons or even primitive weapons.
The focus of Burs is on the changes in the East African National Defense Army in the past ten years. After all, ten years have passed since South African War. Ten years is enough time for a country's military to corrupt.
This military parade is an important reference to examine whether East African Army still maintains its combat effectiveness. At least on the surface, East African Army still maintains a good mental outlook and discipline, which is enough for Germany who wants to win over East Africa.
After all, everyone is afraid that their teammates will be held back in the future, such as the Austro-Hungarian Army. Germany has always known that the Austro-Hungarian Army has many problems, but they never thought that in another time and space, the Austro-Hungarian Army would be so stretched that even a small country like Serbia could not easily deal with it.
In the previous life, Germany's ability to find teammates was indeed worrying, but this does not mean that they will not examine teammates and enemies. For example, in the previous life, an important basis for Germany to judge the decline of the British military was the poor performance of the British in Boer War.
Now due to reasons in East Africa, Boer War, who was supposed to be there during this time period, is gone. British will not make a bigger fool of himself, and it is not known what impact it will have on German government's judgment.
Therefore, British, who suffered a big loss among South African War, should "thank" East Africa. No matter how weak East Africa is, it is also a big country with a population of tens of millions. It would be really shameful if it was a country like Boers with only a few hundred thousand people, and even a British army with the same number of troops, but could not achieve a good record.
If South African War reduced British prestige by five, then Boer War in the previous life reduced British prestige by fifty, or even higher, which is equivalent to East Africa extending a certain life for British hegemony.
The struggle for power between major powers often starts from secondary areas. By considering the other side's reality and falsehood, they finally launch a fatal blow. In the previous life, Germany used Second Boer War to test the United Kingdom, while Moroccan crisis was used to test France.
Just like the foreplay carried out by several major countries in the Middle East, Europe, Dawan Island, Philippines and other regions in the 21st century, whichever country exposes more flaws will be at a disadvantage in international competition.
Therefore, this military parade in East Africa also has a similar purpose. It is definitely impossible for East African Navy to compete with other countries overseas, because East African Navy is not strong enough and prone to problems. Once it overturns, it will easily trigger a chain reaction, which is detrimental to East Africa, which already has many overseas colonies.
Therefore, flexing muscles through the army is a relatively peaceful method. After all, no country dares to fight a war with East Africa in African continent. The army can also reflect that East African Army is still sharp and cut off the bad ideas of some countries.
At the turn of the century, East Africa also needs to constantly send signals to the outside world that East African Army is still capable of fighting, so that it can maintain neutrality in an increasingly bad and harsh international environment. Without war, this purpose can only be achieved through military parades or exercises.