Abyssinia is today's Ethiopia. Before 1869, they had territorial waters. Later, the coast was occupied by the Italians, and they became a landlocked country.
In 1869, the Italian Rubatinoe Shipping Company purchased a small piece of land in the Gulf of Assab and several small islands in the Red Sea from Egypt as a coaling station. In 1879, on behalf of Prime Minister Crispi
The government bought the company's territory and declared Assab an Italian colony. With the support of Britain, the Italians pushed inland from the Gulf of Assab, and took advantage of the disputes between Emperor Johannes IV and the independent kingdoms to send troops.
It occupied Massawa, the best natural port on the Red Sea, and gradually established a foothold along the Ethiopian coast. After the death of Emperor Johannes IV, Italy tried to gain something more from the disintegrating Abyssinian Empire, so in 1889
The Treaty of Uchari was signed with its traditional ally Menelik II in 2001, in exchange for providing financial support, weapons and ammunition, declaring that the entire Ethiopian coast would accept its "protection" and naming it "Eritrea".
This is the country of Eritrea across from Yemen today.
Today's Abyssinian territory is partly taken from Somalia, which was ceded to them by the French. After the Battle of Adua, European countries immediately recognized Menelik's Abyssinia as a very realistic idea.
Political forces, foreign advisers, ambassadors, envoys and even pure adventurers flocked to the scene after this battle. Menelik skillfully used Byzantine diplomacy to win over and care for each country. For the French, he promised to secretly support them.
The ambition for the Nile Basin was obtained in exchange for a piece of territory in French Somalia.
At the same time, Abyssinia has embarked on the road to modernization since him. By the time of Selassie I's generation, great achievements have been made, and now with the support of Qin, all aspects are better than the same period in history.
Too powerful
Italy has been watching Abyssinia's every modern reform achievement with uneasiness. On August 2, 1928, it signed a 20-year friendship treaty with Abyssinia, which stipulated that all relations between the two countries
The dispute was submitted to international arbitration. However, this treaty was meaningless to fascist Italy. In 1925, the exchange of notes with the British on the two countries' interests in Abyssinia was much more realistic: Britain supported Italy in building a road on the Ethiopian plateau.
A railway connecting Eritrea and Italian Somalia and obtaining commercial privileges on both sides of the railway; in return, Italy supported the British construction of a dam at Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile, and the construction of an extraterritorial road between the dam and the Sudanese border.
Said, the economic victory may well have been the first step towards territorial expansion. But despite British support, Italy made no real progress in establishing economic privileges; just as despite Italian support, the British made no progress.
This failure was another setback for Mussolini's colonial ambitions. When the Italian team was hesitant about whether to side with the Allies to participate in World War I, Britain and France had made many attractive and attractive promises to Italy;
However, they were extremely slow and stingy in fulfilling their promises after the war. Italy saw that Britain and France were already so rich and obtained more resources from their huge possessions in Africa. Italy couldn't help but feel angry that although Italy had sufficient manpower,
But raw materials were scarce, and all it had were dry desert areas like Libya, Somalia and Eritrea, which could neither accommodate Italy's surplus population nor supply its minimum needs. Italy paid a huge price to acquire and keep these places.
However, these fragmented colonies located in the corners of the African continent can only barely play the role of "maintaining prestige". After Mussolini's fascist regime came to power, he promised to carry out imperialist expansion on a large scale. Therefore, since the United Kingdom and France
If the Italians are unwilling to help, then the Italians will have no choice but to do it themselves. In 1933, Mussolini began to prepare his invasion plan. There is not only indirect evidence, but also clear evidence from the then colonial minister Emilio de Bono.
Judging from the testimony given by the Italian government later on in the pretext that it was waging a "war of self-defense," it is important to remember that from the autumn of 1933 to December 1934, Mussolini and de Bono were actively engaged in preparations for war.
To work, the Politburo and the Intelligence Bureau were established to create dissatisfaction and chaos in Abyssinia. Chief of General Staff Badoglio (lio) and the heads of the army, navy and air force formulated combat plans. The Ministry of Finance allocated funds to the Eritrean colonial authorities for
Renovating military roads and bribing local nobles in Abyssinia, Italy opened 40 consulates in Abyssinia, and placed a group of honorary consuls and business representatives in places where there were no Italians. There were many of these people.
Local agents, mainly local princes harboring dissatisfaction with the Shoa court, vigorously promoted pro-Italian propaganda, distributed weapons and bribes, and incited sentiment against the central government in various regions
However, due to the strong support of Wang Jiuling, the Italians did not take any advantage. Later, the Italians wanted to please the British team and Qin declared war. This period gave Abyssinia valuable development time.
Wang Jiuling's victory deeply stimulated everyone in Abyssinia, including the emperor. In the past, most people always thought that the yellow race could not compete with the white race, but the Qin army defeated the most powerful in the world.
The most powerful country is unable to fight back
Some Abyssinians who used to look down on the training methods and tactics of Qin army officers have corrected their attitude. Now Qin's military and political talents surpass those of all other countries in Abyssinia. Abyssinians are full of Qin people.
At the same time, in order to let the Abyssinians help him attract the attention of European countries, Wang Jiuling also strongly supported him and set a national defense policy for them. As long as Abyssinians did not make principled mistakes, according to the
Regardless of the national defense policy formulated by Qin State, Wang Jiuling believed that the Italians did not have the ability to destroy Abyssinia.
Abyssinia has strong combat effectiveness and national strength against the Qin army. At the same time, Emperor Haile Selassie also met Wang Jiuling. Although he was very young, he established his own country in just two or three years.
After defeating the British, the land area is now twice that of the city of Abyssinia, which makes him feel a little ashamed of himself.