There are many people who have the same idea as Burs. Among them, the French ambassador Lawrence wrote in a report to French government, "We are determined not to allow East Africa and Germany to reach an agreement. We must prevent East African government from siding with Germans no matter what, even if they remain neutral."
Far East Empire Ambassador Zhang Heng also the Daily Report the Daily Report the situation of this East African military parade. He pointed out. "East Africa is a relatively friendly country among the great powers. It has a strong military strength, a territory larger than the empire, and a population no less than that of European countries. At this time of crisis for the survival of the empire, it is particularly important for our country to maintain friendly exchanges with East Africa."
After the Battle of the Yellow Sea, Far East Empire encountered more troubles. Although it was much better than the same period in history, the improvement was limited. Therefore, in the international community, Far East Empire did not have many fair-weather friends. Everyone was a vampire who wanted to take a bite. Under this situation, Far East Empire naturally became closer and closer to East Africa in diplomatic relations.
Of course, with such a close distance, it is impossible for East Africa to help Far East Empire take refuge. After all, it depends on everyone, and East Africa's reputation is only a deterrent to some small countries. Far East Empire can solve this kind of small trouble by himself.
The British ambassador Wilson did not pay much attention to the situation in East Africa. He said to his subordinates, "Britain's interests have always been in the ocean. No matter how powerful East African Army is, as long as they do not expand their navy, there is no threat. On the contrary, we will not allow any changes in the navy in East Africa."
According to Wilson, it is estimated that there will not be much conflict between Britain and East Africa in the next five years. After all, East Africa has no idea of expanding its navy in the past few years, and does not plan to go to sea to occupy more colonies. In this way, there will be basically no major events in East Africa overseas.
Of course, what will happen in five years is not something East Africa has to consider. By then Ernst must strengthen its maritime power, and the United Kingdom may not have the energy to find trouble in East Africa.
After the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, Rheinland Imperial Government continued to work without much impact. In the new century, the East African government Planning Commission also began the preparation of the first formal national industrial plan.
Svit: "In the past few years, we have made preliminary attempts. The five-year industrial plan is generally feasible. In the past five years, East African industry has grown at a very high rate, and the industrial scale has more than doubled. Especially the southeastern coastal areas have been vigorously developed."
"A new hotspot for economic development in the south has been formed with Bella City as the core, and this area is already close to the east and Bohemia (Zimbabwe) and other more industrially developed areas, so the construction speed is the fastest."
"The construction of multiple railways has opened up the Rendu and Duren lines of Mozambique Region's development. It can be said that Mozambique Region is an extension of the eastern coastal economic belt and the two industrial provinces of Bohemia and Lorraine in the middle."
"Bella City, Tete City, Pemba City, Nacala City, Quelimane City, Xindai city, in Mozambique Maputo City, Shaokui City, Inhambane City, etc. have all developed rapidly, and their population, infrastructure, industry, and agriculture have all achieved leapfrog growth, filling the gap in development between New Hamburg City and Mtwara cities."
"In the new five-year plan, it is also the first time that our Planning Committee has formally formulated a five-year plan. I decided to focus on West Coast with Angola Region as the core."
"Although the development of West Coast was not weak in the past, it did not receive much support compared to Mozambique. We only optimized and partially expanded on the basis of integrating the legacy assets of Portuguese. The location advantage of Angola is obviously more important than that of Mozambique Region, so the development of Angola should be taken seriously to make it one of the most economically developed regions in East Africa in the future."
Svit's words are obviously very courageous. You must know that in the previous life of Angola, due to long-term wars, the industry left over from the colonial era was almost destroyed, making it one of the countries with the weakest industrial base in the world.
If there were no oil resources to support it, Angola would probably have become one of the poorest countries in its previous life. It is estimated that the economy would not be much better than Tanzania.
Therefore, East Africa's goals for Angola Region are obviously quite high. Of course, Angola's current situation can be said to be much better than in its previous life, at least the foundation is much better.
In the 1990s of the last century (19th century), East Africa made massive investments in the Angola coastal areas, including energy, minerals, agriculture, and fisheries as the main contents.
East African government's direct investment in the energy field includes three refineries, two of which are in Cabinda and one in Luanda. It is worth mentioning that the main raw materials for the current oil industry in both places come from United States on the other side of the ocean.
Although Angola is rich in oil resources, it has not yet been developed and explored. Therefore, in order to lay out the local oil industry in advance, Ernst specially positioned Cabinda and Luanda as the oil industry center in East Africa.
The advantage of this is that in the future development of Angola oil in East Africa, the local area already has a certain industrial foundation and accumulated considerable experience, so there will be no rush. Secondly, East Africa West Coast itself is forming a large market. Sooner or later, the demand for oil will be in line with the central and eastern regions, so there is no harm in deploying it early.
In the field of minerals, Angola Region is also relatively rich in resources, especially local diamond minerals, which are the main export minerals. East Africa has integrated Portugal's colonial-era mines and workshops, making West Coast East Africa's diamond processing and sales center in the Atlantic Ocean region.
In addition, iron, copper, manganese, lead, tin, zinc, tungsten, gold and other resources are also distributed in Angola. However, because East Africa occupied Angola late, the development of these resources requires survey and analysis.
In terms of agriculture, the crops grown by Angola mainly include sugar cane, cotton, peanuts, corn, cassava, rice, wheat, Beans, etc. These crops are basically the continuation of Angola agriculture under the Portugal colonial system.
Relying on the local agricultural characteristics, East Africa has built a number of sugar mills, oil mills, textile mills, etc. in West Coast.
During the Portugal colonial period, Angola was the nearest source of raw materials to Portuguese homeland. These agricultural products would basically be transported to Portuguese homeland, processed again, and sold after increasing their added value.
After East Africa invested in the local area, these agricultural products completed various processing procedures locally and directly became commodities, and were finally sold to Western Europe, North America and South American Countries through Atlantic shipping routes.
The development of fishery resources ranks at the forefront in East Africa. Of course, due to the influence of Benguela Current, the best quality fishing grounds are along the coast of Southwest Province (Namibia), so Walvis Bay Port will most likely become one of the future fishery centers in East Africa, especially after the completion of the Walvis Bay Port railway.
So the conditions for Angola Region that East Africa is facing now are not too bad. Although it was affected by South African War in the early days, it has experienced ten years of stable and rapid development.
Of course, the focus of this development, in addition to Angola, also includes Southwest Province, Ubangi Province and East, West Azande Province and other regions (mainly including Angola, Namibia, Congo, Central Africa), that is, the entire western part of East Africa.
Southwest Province is subject to terrain and climate factors and does not require much investment. Ubangi Province is second only to Angola Region provinces. Although it is inland, Ubangi Province borders Belgium, France and German colony. This is its location advantage.
But the most important thing is the development of Angola Region. East African government hopes that it can become a competitive economically developed region in central and eastern China in a relatively short period of time. After all, East Africa has already moved its capital to Rhine City. If West Coast cannot develop, it will not be able to form the core economic zone connecting the two oceans in East Africa as envisioned by Ernst.