If Li Ningyu just wants to gain a foothold in Africa, Henry has no objection. He will take the initiative to help Li Ningyu with limited ability. However, if Li Ningyu wants to control Madagascar by driving away the French, Henry would not dare to do so.
Because the minimum standard of belief for a person is to be patriotic, so while cooperating with Li Ningyu's behavior in Madagascar, Henry also expressed his thoughts, and Li Ningyu also said that he would never embarrass him.
Quietly, four infantry divisions and one cavalry division of Li Ningyu's Second Expeditionary Army landed at Tamatave Port and began to extend for 20 kilometers in two directions, and then began to garrison Madagascar. Just when everything quietly changed
, the time points to the last month of 1888, that is, on the last day of December, Li Ningyu's expeditionary force started the first battle in Africa.
The 1885 Berlin Conference was a conference organized by Germany to carve up Africa. It was attended by 15 countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Denmark, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, and Sweden.
Norway, Turkey and the United States, because several major powers were quite wary of British expansion, and Belgium's Leopold II conducted a lot of political activities outside the conference. In the end, Belgium was an insignificant country in the conference.
He caught the biggest piece of fat and became the controller of the Congo River Basin.
This made Li Ningyu realize that in such an era, many things can be solved without relying on war. If a powerful negotiation is used well, a smooth tongue can be worth an army. In Berlin
After the meeting, European countries set off a frenzy to carve up Africa. In just a few years, the major powers divided their own spheres of influence. At that time, African countries had to make good use of this meeting, otherwise they would be in danger in a few years.
Finding itself besieged by the colonies of European countries in a corner of Africa, it would then have to rely on war to expand its territory.
For Africa, this conference is very important. If it is used well, African countries will not only gain tangible benefits, but also be recognized by European countries in one fell swoop, becoming a country that can negotiate with them on an equal footing, and officially enter the international stage.
, but in the end, contrary to what many people imagined, the Berlin Conference further complicated the Balkans issue and laid the foundation for new conflicts among major European countries in the future.
After a month of preparation time, the Second Army of the Expeditionary Force had already begun large-scale penetration into the African continent. Li Ningyu adopted a small team of individual operations, with each company as a combat unit. After landing on the beach, he immediately
He hid and used radio to feed back intelligence from various places to the command center in Madagascar. If the African continent was divided into six strategic sections at this time, they would be one island, one mountain, one basin, one valley, one bay and one peninsula.
They are Madagascar Island, Mount Kilimanjaro, the Congo Basin and the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, the Gulf of Guinea, and the Somali Peninsula. However, all these strategic locations have been seized by European powers. Although Li Ningyu is in Madagascar Island, he is also
After all, this is the territory of the French. However, if troops are sent to Africa, there will be two dangers: the interference of the two major forces, Britain and France. However, after more than a month of secret discussions with Germany,
Li Ningyu reached a top-secret agreement with Germany and announced the occupation of Togo and Cameroon in 1884. In this way, Britain, France and Germany had many conflicts around the Niger River and Lake Chad. Lake Chad is the fourth largest freshwater lake in Africa.
The Niger River is the river of life besides the Nile.
In fact, the German Empire had very few allies on the European continent, but had many enemies and dependants. Therefore, after Li Ningyu reminded William I for the first time that someone was assassinating him, he had an appreciative attitude towards this oriental boy, and Li Ningyu was
Judging from the results of the two wars between France and Japan, William I had great praise for Li Ningyu. However, William I died of illness in March, and was succeeded by Frederick III. He died of illness again only 99 days later, and was succeeded by William II.
, but at this time power was mainly in Bismarck's hands.
Although Wilhelm II admired Bismarck before becoming emperor, he immediately clashed with the iron-blooded prime minister after he came to the throne. In fact, this young emperor was just like every emperor with great ideals.
He was willing to be controlled by others and wanted to control the supreme power of the empire by himself, so he would dismiss Bismarck as prime minister in 1890, but at this time the prime minister was still Bismarck, and he had already been Li Ningyu's loyal subordinate, because a few years ago
When Li Ningyu came to Europe for the first time, he began to use Baifen to feed the main European leaders and later useful people indirectly. After long-term smoking, he faced Baifen, who was highly dependent on him.
, the iron-blooded prime minister can only secretly serve the people of the East.
The first battle in Africa chose a major location, Somalia.
Somalia is located on the Somali Peninsula in the easternmost part of the African continent. It has the longest coastline in Africa. Somalia has always been a major battleground for major powers. Originally, Somalia had long been divided and was in a state of anarchy. Its geographical location is between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.
South of the Gulf of Aden is the only sea route to and from the Suez Canal. At this time, Somalia had France, Britain and Italy. France and the United Kingdom were very small areas, so Li Ningyu had no interest in quarreling with them and would not start a war first.
So he will attack Italy.
And he is preparing to turn the original three-part world into a four-part world situation here. As the first battle in Africa, Li Ningyu has already issued a fatal order to the expeditionary army commander Zhang Dahu, that is, only success is allowed and no failure is allowed.
In order for the Germans to cooperate with the expeditionary force, Li Ningyu promised that the German fleet could dock in Somalia in the future. However, this time it was only a war between Italy and the expeditionary force. Germany also made a promise, that is, it would not come forward.
Mediation, will not send troops to help, will not choose opposition.
They only needed to cooperate with Li Ningyu to create conflicts in the Niger River and Lake Chad areas, so that the British and French had no time to deal with Li Ningyu. In the following time, everything went smoothly. On December 15, 1888, the Italian Colony
A violent incident occurred in Somalia. Three Chinese workers were brutally murdered by Italian mine owners.
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