The world is driven by countless accidents. In another time and space, the Italian-Turkish War did not break out until next year. In this world, it was directly a year ahead of schedule.
In fact, it cannot be said that it is ahead of schedule. The Italian-Turkish War only reached the level of war after decades of accumulation of conflicts. Since Italy immigrated to North Africa thirty years ago, the foreshadowing of the war has been laid.
If you push it a little further, the weakening of the Ottoman Empire was the reason for the outbreak of the Italian-Turkish War. If the Ottoman Empire was still the powerful Ottoman Empire, then Italy, which had just been unified for just a few decades, would not dare to attack the Ottoman Empire. It is precisely because
The decline of the Ottoman Empire gave other countries opportunities. Otherwise, North Africa would still be the North African province of the Ottoman Empire, and France and Italy would have no chance at all.
If we go a little deeper, the internal conflicts of the Allied Powers are also the reason why Italy dares to attack Tripoli and Cyrenaica. If you look at the map, you will know that the current North Africa, except for Morocco, Tripoli and Cyrenaica, has almost been completely controlled by France.
It was precisely out of fear of France that Britain acquiesced in Italy's invasion of Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
Southern Africa is also a part of the United Kingdom. Although southern Africa has no position in the Italian-Turkish War, the British have a position in the Italian-Turkish War. Before the war broke out, the British did not allow the Ottoman Empire to send reinforcements to Tripoli and Cyrenaica through Egypt, so the Italian-Turkish War
The outbreak of the war meant that southern Africa could no longer sell military supplies to the Ottoman Empire, which made Rock a little sad.
"There is no other way. We are only autonomous, not independent, so we must obey the overall interests of the empire." Anton's mood was the same as Roque's, as if he saw countless rands growing wings and flying away from his wallet.
Through trade with Italy and the Ottoman Empire, the Nyasaland state government and the federal government of Southern Africa have benefited a lot. Anton is now used to sitting on the ground and collecting money. Without the income from trade, the Nyasaland state government has benefited a lot.
The government has a great influence.
"You can't sell it directly. You can also sell it to a trading company. Just be careful not to make too much noise." Luo Ke has many methods. He builds plank roads openly and secretly builds warehouses. His ancestors are full of wisdom.
"Sell to the Rhodesian Company." Anton is also very insidious. The Rhodesian Company has Neville and Winston's shares, so Nyasaland is not afraid of anything going wrong.
When the Rhodesia Company was first established, it was only for the purpose of developing mineral resources in southern Africa. Now it has gradually transformed into a trade-focused one. Many commodities sold from southern Africa to the British mainland are carried out through the Rhodesia Company. Neville and Wins
Dun only takes dividends and does not participate in the management of the company.
"No, no, no, go to the United States to establish a new company. The Rhodesian company has greater value." Rock disagreed. Anton's structure is still a bit low, and he can't see the future value of Neville and Winston. Just this year, Neville was elected as a Birmingham City Councilor and began his political career.
Not long after, Neville would marry Anne Weir Curle and be elected Mayor of Birmingham.
In a few years, Neville will become Director of National Services, recruiting labor for military industrial enterprises.
In the original history, Neville made Prime Minister Lloyd George very dissatisfied because of his poor work. Later, Neville would successively serve as Director of National Service, Member of the House of Commons, Director of the Post Office, Minister of Health, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and then become Prime Minister of the Empire. p>
Not to mention Winston, Rock is investing in the future, not the present.
Therefore, Rock will not affect the reputations of Neville and Winston because of his current interests. It would be more than worth the loss.
Going to the United States to establish a new company is in the best interest of southern Africa. Everyone knows that Americans are obsessed with interests and have no bottom line. The United States can play both sides between the Allies and the Central Powers. It is natural for the United States to make a lot of war profits in the Italian-Turkish War.
You don’t make money, you bastard. Anyway, the Italians and Ottomans beating their brains out in North Africa has nothing to do with Southern Africa.
This is actually wrong. The war in North Africa is of course related to southern Africa.
The longer the war lasts, the more supplies Italy and the Ottoman Empire will need. However, the situation of Italy and the Ottoman Empire cannot support these two countries in a long-term war. Italy is not strong enough. Although its ambitions are great, its strength is not
It is not enough to annex Tripoli and Cyrenaica. The problem of the Ottoman Empire is that there are too many internal conflicts. The Balkans are a powder keg. As the war goes on, the conflicts in the Balkans will intensify, and the Ottoman Empire will be forced to abandon North Africa. Today's Italy has actually exposed its weak character as a noodle country. At the end of the last century, in 1894, Italy took the initiative to send troops to invade Ethiopia, the only independent country in Africa at the time.
In order to conquer Ethiopia, Italy sent 17,000 troops. As a result, 11,000 troops were killed or injured and 4,000 were captured. Italy became the laughing stock of Europe.
It was precisely because of the failure to conquer Ethiopia that Italy turned its attention to the declining Ottoman Empire.
It is a pity that during the Italian-Turkish War, the performance of the Italian army was also weak. From the end of the war to the outbreak of World War I, Italy never completely conquered Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
"A few of our pilots have accepted employment from the Ottoman Empire. Should we recall them?" Anton provided a new situation.
This kind of thing is inevitable. When Nyasaland sold aircraft to Italy and the Ottoman Empire, both Italy and the Ottoman Empire hoped to hire pilots from Nyasaland.
Because there were very few pilots in Nyasaland at that time, Roque rejected the requests of Italy and the Ottoman Empire.
In order to train more pilots, Nyasaland encouraged private citizens to establish flying clubs, which also gave Italy and the Ottoman Empire opportunities.
"Pilot?" Anton's news surprised Rock. The number of pilots is still very small. Nyasaland's management of pilots is very strict. Almost all pilots with flying qualifications have been recruited into the newly established Nyasaland.
Saran Air Force, it is impossible for these people to accept employment from the Ottoman Empire.
"Actually, I'm not a pilot, I can be considered a flying enthusiast." Anton corrected.
This is reasonable. You have a certain understanding of flying through flying clubs, but there are many pilots who are not yet qualified to fly. There will always be some young people who can’t calm down. They just understand a little bit about flying and can’t wait to cash in. p>
"Then let them go -" Rock felt a little heavy. War is really not that fun. Nyasaland has been stirring up troubles these years, relying on mercenaries and Africans. He really wants to take the lives of Chinese people.
Fill in, Rock won’t do it.
For Rock, every Chinese in southern Africa is precious. Rock worked hard to immigrate to southern Africa not to serve as cannon fodder for white people, but to expand the future living space of Chinese people. Therefore, the war pitted white people and Africans
Let the people fight. The Chinese should just farm and go to school honestly. This is in line with Rock's positioning of the Chinese.
Of course, if war really comes, the Chinese will also take up arms to defend southern Africa. There is no conflict between the two.
In the next few days, Rock was extremely busy.
When the Italian-Turkish war broke out, in addition to setting up a military observation team in southern Africa to go to North Africa, Roque also organized nearly a hundred medical staff to go to North Africa to form a field hospital to provide medical services to both warring parties.
This can be regarded as a tradition in southern Africa. During the Russo-Japanese War, Rock once sent medical personnel to the Far East in the name of a military observation group to provide medical services. This is how the most famous Department of Surgery and Nursing of the Johannesburg Medical College was established. p>
Now this tradition must be carried forward. During the Russo-Japanese War, Roque tried his best, but he could only organize more than a dozen medical personnel to go to the Far East. Now these dozen people have become the core backbone of the medical school, training several students for southern Africa.
There are hundreds of qualified doctors and nurses, so Roque can now easily organize nearly a hundred people to go to North Africa.
Unlike the military observation group, although medical personnel are not in much danger in North Africa, Roque still has to provide security personnel for the medical personnel.
The mercenaries of the Umbrella Company finally had a reason to go to North Africa openly. This job was taken care of by Tang En in Port Elizabeth.
Tang En was also very busy during this period. As the Umbrella Company's sphere of influence in the peninsula grew larger and larger, the manpower of the Umbrella Company became increasingly stretched. Tang En also inevitably accepted some Persians to become mercenaries of the Umbrella Company. "It's not bad. These mercenaries don't have the problems that the Lord mentioned. They work when they should work and sleep when they should sleep. No one prays four or five times a day." Tang En was very satisfied with the Arab mercenaries. These Persians
People are very loyal, and the Mamluks were once famous in history, but they gradually declined in modern times.
"How can you still think about worshiping God even if you don't have enough food?" The tea Li De drank was traditional Chinese tea, which was different from the improved British afternoon tea.
Today's Port Elizabeth has nothing to do with Britain except its name, but its architecture and living habits have almost nothing to do with Britain, and the number of white people is even rarer.
In another time and space, after oil was discovered on the peninsula, the country established by the Persians became rich, and then the status of religion gradually improved.
The oil in this time and space peninsula belongs to southern Africa and has basically nothing to do with the Persians. Persians also work in the oil fields in Port Elizabeth, but those Persians are also very obedient. If anyone dares to suddenly go to pray during work, he will be killed immediately.
Fired.
Between faith and life, the Persians chose life very realistically. Their stomachs were not full, and they were really not in the mood to worship gods.