Then the King of Zanzibar, the Sultan, took refuge in the German embassy. After countries around the world received such news, everyone understood one thing, that is, the Far East had begun to break up with the world's number one overlord, the United Kingdom.
However, at this time when the United Kingdom was already launching countermeasures, the United States and France simultaneously announced their neutrality on the Zanzibar issue.
Suddenly, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom felt unprecedented pressure, because such a situation was something she did not want to see, but the problem had arisen and she had to solve the problem. As an empire on which the sun never sets, Britain is definitely not someone who can bully anyone who wants to.
As the world's most powerful country and hegemon, how could they be slapped so hard on their face?
At 11 o'clock, the British military and diplomatic spokesman announced that Zanzibar belongs to the British Protectorate and does not allow any force to interfere in the affairs of the region without authorization.
At 11:30, the German diplomatic statement also announced that the King of Zanzibar requested German protection and signed a protection agreement. Germany strongly demanded that the British navy and army evacuate Zanzibar immediately.
At 12:00, the British Mediterranean Fleet and Atlantic Fleet weighed anchor and headed for the Zanzibar Sea. The Allied Powers Portuguese Mediterranean Fleet and Atlantic Fleet also weighed anchor at the same time and sailed to the Indian Ocean along with the British fleet.
At 13:00, the German High Seas Fleet arrived in the waters of Zanzibar to be on alert. Germany issued another statement. An hour later, if the British and other fleets entered the waters of Zanzibar, it would be a provocation to the German Empire.
At 14:00, the Far East announced that it would send more troops to German Tanzania by land and use the British route to pass through. The British subsequently issued a statement of rejection.
In the next quiet hour, telegrams from various countries came frequently, and groups of high-level officials from various countries began to analyze the next trend. But at this time, 30 people from the Sixth and Seventh Field Army of the Far East were dispatched. At this mobilization meeting
, Li Ningyu did not go, but Zhang Dahu, commander-in-chief of the Far East African Army, personally ordered the dispatch of troops. Within the next few hours, two field armies in the Far East divided into four groups and entered the British-controlled Kenya area from southern Somalia at lightning speed. It seemed that
Prepare to build a passage through Somalia and German Tanzania.
As early as after taking control of Somalia in the Far East, Britain deployed an army of about 30,000 people at the junction of Kenya and Somalia in southern Somalia. However, because the territory controlled by Britain in Africa was too large, the strength of the army was not as strong as that of the navy.
outstanding, so the 6th and 7th Far East Field Armies opened the passage to Tanzania in less than 3 hours.
But at this time, a secret radio message from the Far East Africa Operations Command Room was sent to Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom. There was a sentence on it, that is, a happy cooperation. Then the British side sent a secret message to Far East Li Ningyu, which clearly stated
The land is divided equally.
At 9:00 on the 28th, the United Kingdom and the Far East announced the severance of diplomatic relations at the same time. At 16:00 on the 28th, the Sixth and Seventh Far East Field Armies entered Tanzania to station troops, and then divided their troops to garrison in multiple places. At 22:00 on the 29th, the Far East Field Army immediately launched a surprise attack after entering Tanzania.
At 16:00 on the 30th, the Far East Field Army controlled 50% of Tanzania. At 23:00 on the 30th, the Far East controlled the entire territory of Tanzania.
At 6 o'clock on the 31st, Britain, Portugal, the Mediterranean Fleet, and the Atlantic Fleet arrived in the Zanzibar Sea, and then launched a naval battle with the German High Seas Fleet. The German High Seas Fleet withdrew within 3 hours, and neither side suffered much loss.
Just one day later, when all the countries in the world thought that the war between Germany and Britain in the Far East was about to break out, the 6th and 7th Far East Field Armies made a surprise attack on the German Army in Tanzania. As the four armies in the Far East made a surprise attack, Germany
The army had no time to take any measures to counterattack, and in just two days Tanzania, which was originally owned by Germany, was fully controlled by the Far East.
After receiving the news, countries all over the world came to their senses and exclaimed that Li Ningyu was a military genius. Why?
Because Li Ningyu used the trick of making something out of nothing, which means to use imagination to deceive the enemy, but it is not a complete deception, but to cleverly change from false to real, from false to real, to cover up the truth with various assumptions and create the enemy's illusion.
Strike the enemy by surprise.
The first time that countries were confused was the issue of Portugal, when countries felt that Britain was relying on its strength to bully and coerce the Far East into compromising with Portugal. Then, on the issue of Italy belonging to Libya, Britain refused to lend to the Far East, and then offered extremely high prices.
Part of the land in the southern province of Sri Lanka was leased, and then new submarines in the Far East were introduced but not sold to Britain. Naturally, there was a gap between the two countries. Then, in less than a month, the Zanzibar issue broke out between Britain and Germany.
Then the Far East directly announced an alliance with Germany, challenged the United Kingdom, and then sent troops to forcibly pass through the British Kenya area. These were enough to make Germany completely believe that the Far East was on its side and had completely broken with the United Kingdom, but they would never have thought of this.
Everything was something that Li Ningyu had conspired with the British a long time ago, because their purpose was to flush out the power card in Africa.
In the following days, William II of the German Empire was preparing to issue a harsh diplomatic statement, declaring that it would formally break off diplomatic relations with the Far East. However, he then received a telegram stating that he had agreed to purchase 5 Z-2 submarines for 3 million in the Far East.
The deposit of pounds has already been sent to the Far East. If he makes such a diplomatic statement, it is very likely that the military expenditure for a battleship will be gone.
In the following days, Britain and the Far East held a new round of talks, with only one purpose, which was how to divide Tanzania.
According to Li Ningyu's initial idea, he was to directly take away the coastal areas of Kenya and Tanzania. However, such a thin strip of land also caused problems for the Far East in defense, but this was also the best plan. However, such a proposal from the Far East made
Britain was overjoyed, because in this way, Britain could also consolidate the land of Africa from the north into one piece. Then, with all countries watching, the Far East and Britain obtained a large amount of land at the same time.
And it once again stirred up wars across the African continent, but the Far East did not suffer any losses, because the Far East was only a small corner, while Britain and Germany were at war in many parts of Africa.
For example, the British Gold Coast and German Togo, German Cameroon and British Nigeria, British South Africa and other places subsequently experienced Anglo-German wars, while the Far East continued to recuperate in new territories and lay a solid foundation for the future.
basis, and what was originally just a fight for a small island turned into a declaration of war between Germany and Britain in Africa.
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