On December 18, 1888, Li Ningyu, the Minister of the Qing Dynasty in Germany, issued a diplomatic note, strongly requesting the Italian government to severely punish the Somali mine owners and give a satisfactory explanation to the murdered Chinese workers. However, the Italian side did not give any reply. Subsequently, Li Ningyu issued successive
Several strong protests were made, but Italy received no response.
From December 19th to 20th, 1888, friction occurred at the junction of the Niger River and Lake Chad on the African continent, Germany, Britain and France, and subsequently the three countries entered a state of emergency.
On December 21, 1888, Liu Qinghui, the North Korean minister in Africa, sent a diplomatic note, hoping that Italy would give a reasonable explanation within 7 days. However, Italy only responded sarcastically, saying that North Korea is just a small place in the East, and things in Africa will take its turn.
Don't come to North Korea to give instructions and make arrangements.
At 7 o'clock in the morning on December 29, 1888, the First and Second Fleets of the Expeditionary Navy set sail from Madagascar. The destination was unknown. The Italian Navy immediately assembled in the waters of Somalia. Then the two fleets faced off in the Indian Ocean. Neither side opened fire first.
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At 1 a.m. on December 30, 1888, the Fourth Army of the Expeditionary Force and the Cavalry Division landed on the southeastern coastline of Somalia, which belongs to Italy. Under a rapid surprise attack, in just 11 hours, at 12 a.m. that day, the Korean Expeditionary Force took control of
It invaded 60% of the geographical area belonging to Italy in Somalia, killed more than 2,100 Italian soldiers, and captured more than 3,500 Italian governors and soldiers in Somalia. The remaining Italian soldiers withdrew to northern Somalia. In the following days, European countries were shocked.
At the same time, the Italian Second Fleet in the waters near Somalia only has two old cruisers and some coastal torpedo ships. Therefore, in front of several powerful battleships and heavy cruisers of the Far East Navy, the Italian Navy’s two cruisers and three torpedo ships
, was boarded and detained by the Far East Navy Fleet, and sank 6 small ships off the coast of Italy in a small-scale naval battle.
Italy is located in southern Europe, including the Apennine Peninsula and islands such as Sicily and Sardinia. It borders France to the west, Switzerland and Austria to the north, Slovenia to the east, and faces the Adriatic Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the east, west and south.
Subsea of the Mediterranean Sea), Italy was the birthplace of the Roman Empire. The 2nd to 3rd centuries were the heyday of the ancient Roman Empire. Its territory spread all along the Mediterranean coast. In the 14th to 15th centuries, literature and art flourished unprecedentedly and became the cradle of the European Renaissance. Since then, it has been divided and divided several times by foreign nations.
Invasion, the Kingdom was established in 1861, and unification was achieved in 1870, establishing the Kingdom of Italy. Prussia defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War that broke out in 1870. The Second German Empire was established on January 18 of the following year. The successive unification of Germany and Italy changed the Vienna System.
Continental balance of power.
Umberto I led Italy to form the Triple Alliance with the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Empire. He supported nationalist and imperialist policies, which brought some disasters to Italy. He was later assassinated by anarchists. He suffered a comprehensive military campaign.
Education, succeeded to the throne on January 9, 1879. He was very dissatisfied because France sent troops to rob Tunisia. On August 25, 1882, he made Italy join the Triple Alliance. The domestic economy was mainly led by Prime Ministers Crispi and Giowa.
Ni took turns taking control.
The tariff war with France in 1888 caused serious economic difficulties. Despite the limited national resources, he still promoted Italy to participate in the arms race. In 1882, the army expanded from 10 corps to 12 corps with 420,000 people, and the navy created the largest military force of that era.
By 1890, he ranked fourth in the world with 242,000 tons, second only to Britain, France, and Russia. He also encouraged participation in adventure activities in Africa, controlling Massawa on the Red Sea and carving up Zanzibar.
After Somalia, a territory of the Sultanate, turned its attention to Ethiopia, which also believed in Christianity. In 1896, the Italian army was defeated by the Ethiopian army in the Battle of Adwa, which declared the catastrophic bankruptcy of Italian colonialism. In the face of social
During the turmoil, he declared martial law and implemented ruthless suppression. In 1900, he was assassinated by an anarchist shortly after announcing his participation in the Eight-Nation Allied Forces.
Li Ningyu still knows a little bit about the situation in Italy. Although this is a risky move, Li Ningyu must make this move because he cannot wait for the opportunity on Tongchi Island. In the next few months, a huge chaos will occur on the African continent. Germany
Due to the renewed conflict with Britain and France over the Niger River and Lake Chad, Britain and France immediately sent fleets directly to the waters of Somalia. The United States and Tsarist Russia were not far behind and also sent fleets. Subsequently, as many as 10 national fleets assembled in the waters of Somalia.
But other countries only have navies, including Tsarist Russia, the United States, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
And this is the first major history Li Ningyu created when he came to the 19th century, the Eleven-nation Summit!
At this time, Italy had only three colonies in Africa, two of which were relatively large. One was Libya, which had a lot of resources, and the other was Somalia. After the crisis in Somalia, Italy immediately organized and assembled a huge army of combat power, and immediately united with Germany and Austria.
The Hungarian Empire was preparing to send troops to Somalia, but due to frictions between Germany and Britain and France at this time, the three countries had too much to take care of themselves.
At that time, the five major powers in Europe were the British Empire, the French Empire, the German Empire, the Russian Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, so Italy only united with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Britain and France, two of the three giants in Africa, also sent their own allies, so
With the emergence of the United States and Tsarist Russia, although the tonnage of the Far East Fleet at that time had reached 100,000 tons, it was still not enough in front of the world powers at this time. For a while, the sky over the Indian Ocean was filled with black smoke, and huge steel ships from various countries
The cannon jackets on all the guns on the giant ship were taken off, and it seemed that they were ready for a decisive battle at any time.
And at this time, as the supreme commander of the expeditionary army and the supreme commander of the Far East Navy, Zhang Dahu and Liu Qinghui were in a conference room on a small island, and a young and heroic boy was sitting in a conference room on a certain island.
In front of the huge map of Africa, he used his baton and pointed at the names on the map to start his speech. After Li Ningyu's arrangements in the first half, many senior military officers had already left the conference room, and then the conference room where dozens of people could sit was empty.
came down, and the remaining three people at this time were the core of the core figures in the Far East.
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