Young Generation

Franz had guessed correctly. Domestic Austrian forces were indeed involved behind the Mahdi Rebel Army. Friedrich had barely begun plotting before he immediately made contact with the rebels.

The facts proved that patrons were always the most welcome. As a pioneer of Africa's independence movement, Mahdi welcomed the Austrian military mission with the grandest of ceremonies.

The two sides talked merrily, and the only regret was that the British had also appeared here, leaving Huthier and the others deeply displeased.

Fortunately, everyone now shared the same position: they were all here to make trouble for the French. No unpleasantness arose.

After the welcome banquet ended, someone could no longer hold back. "Leader, aren't the Austrians being far too perfunctory?"

There was no doubt that everyone was deeply dissatisfied with this Austrian military mission.

As the saying went, "No hair on the mouth, no reliability in handling affairs." They truly had no confidence in military students fresh out of school.

Mahdi waved a hand and smiled. "That doesn't matter. So long as Austrian aid arrives, even if they send us a troop of gorillas, we must put them on a pedestal.

"Besides, don't you think this is best? If they really sent a pack of old foxes, we would have to worry about driving out a tiger through the front door only to let a wolf in through the back."

The United Kingdom and Austria were different. Britain was weak on the African Continent; it could make trouble for the French, but seizing French colonies was simply impossible.

Austria was different. They were the overlords of the African Continent. If the major colonial empires in Africa had not joined forces, Austria would have swallowed the entire continent whole.

Against this backdrop, Mahdi naturally had to remain wary of the Austrian threat.