Chapter 1333 1919

When East Africa occupied Qatar, Britain, Qatar's nominal sovereign, chose to turn a blind eye as East Africa had expected.

In fact, the process and results of East Africa's invasion of Qatar had long been spread around, especially those third-party personnel who left Qatar, mainly businessmen and diplomats from various countries, including British diplomats in Qatar. After East Africa captured Beida, they all tacitly retreated to Bahrain and other countries.

Before that, the Ottoman Empire actually had a small-scale garrison in Qatar, only two or three hundred people, but they returned home as early as the outbreak of the war between the Ottoman Empire and Britain. Therefore, when East Africa invaded Qatar, there were no military personnel from other countries on the island.

Therefore, the process of East Africa's annexation of Qatar can be described as calm, but this does not mean that Qatar is not important. As long as East Africa completes a series of military and strategic deployments in Qatar, East Africa will become one of the most influential countries in the Persian Gulf region.

Although East Africa itself is a world power with strong military strength, coupled with the previous possession of the Beibu Gulf territory, a wedge embedded in the Middle East, its influence in the Persian Gulf is increasing day by day.

However, this influence is not enough to make East Africa equal to Britain and Russia in the Persian Gulf region, and the most direct reason is that East Africa lacks military deterrence in the Persian Gulf region.

This military deterrence is similar to the situation in the Middle East in the past. If there is a situation that is not favorable to the Americans, as long as the aircraft carrier formation enters the Persian Gulf, it can form a strong psychological pressure on the countries of the Persian Gulf. For example, during the Iraq War, the number of aircraft carriers of the US Fifth Fleet directly increased to five.

In this era, the most shocking naval weapon is the battleship, but the Third Fleet does not have a large home port for battleships, so the deterrence of the East African Navy in the Persian Gulf will naturally drop to a lower level.

The British, who have important Persian Gulf naval bases such as Bahrain, do not have this worry, and the Qatar Peninsula makes up for East Africa's shortcomings in this regard.

Although battleships do not necessarily represent naval battles, in this era, as long as the country is not isolated and widowed, the most recognized is this most powerful naval warship.

Just like in the past, Iran's missiles can pose a threat to US aircraft carriers, but the deterrence of aircraft carriers is more concrete and has greater deterrence.

As for the army, Russia's deterrence on the Middle East was obviously greater than that on East Africa. After all, Russia borders the Middle East directly, forming a kind of overwhelming momentum.

Of course, this land deterrence is smaller than that of the navy, especially for the countries along the Persian Gulf. Therefore, although Russia's influence in the Persian Gulf ranked second before, it was far behind Britain.

East Africa and the Persian Gulf are separated by the Indian Ocean, and the navy still plays a leading role in the final deterrence of the local area.

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Time has come to 1919.

In the past, World War I had ended a long time ago, but now even after the United States joined the war, the war in continental Europe and the Middle East is still fierce.

In the second half of 1918, the Allies and the Allies had their own victories and defeats. Because of the participation of the United States, Britain and France stabilized the situation on the Western Front and successfully withstood the offensive of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

However, the situation of the Allies in the southern battlefield was not optimistic, especially under the leadership of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Allied camp achieved a series of military victories in the Balkan Peninsula and the Middle East.

The Allies successfully opened up and further consolidated the land route between the Balkan Peninsula and the Anatolian Peninsula (Anatolian Peninsula), so that the railway from Berlin to Baghdad was unblocked again. As long as the Allied forces on the Persian Gulf coast were defeated, the Persian Gulf route would be restored.

Greece and Albania were finally defeated at the end of 1918, which caused the Allied forces to shrink from the Balkan Peninsula to the Mediterranean line.

While occupying Qatar in East Africa, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, and Romania also arrived in Iraq, which greatly boosted the morale of the Ottoman Empire.

This also means that the focus of the southern battlefield has shifted to the competition for the Red Sea coast and the Persian Gulf coast, and the importance of the Persian Gulf to the Allies at present is far greater than the Red Sea coast.

On the one hand, the Allies had no large ports available in the Red Sea. On the other hand, the transportation from the Red Sea to the core areas of the Allies was not convenient, and it might be harassed by the British and French navies in the Mediterranean.

The wars on the Western and Southern Fronts made it difficult to break the balance between the Allies and the Allies. In this case, the only country that benefited was the Russian Labor Party, which was actively consolidating its regime.

With the arrival of 1919, the East African government was one step closer to 1920, which also meant that a new round of government statistics should be fully launched.

Data on population, industry, economy and other aspects began to be summarized in Rhine City, providing data support for the formulation of government policies in the next economic cycle in East Africa.

At the government meeting in Rhine City, Ernst emphasized: "The world is now at the turning point, and the next two or three decades will most likely determine our country's position in the world."

"Therefore, this population census and economic census must be rigorous and meticulous, especially to prevent the falsification of past performance data, and all departments must be realistic."

"The central government will dispatch a supervision team to randomly check and supervise the authenticity of data statistics and errors across the country. These conditions will also be included in the files, affecting personal resumes and future official promotions."

It can be said that senior officials of the East African government, including Ernst, attach great importance to this national data statistics work.

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In addition to catching up with the important time node of 1920, according to the practice, East Africa will collect statistics on its own population and other important data. It is also closely related to the rapid changes in the international situation, as well as the overall outbreak of the European war and the East African economy.

In fact, some of the government's statistical work has been officially launched since mid-1918, which means that the statistical time this time will take more than a year, and all statistical results must be released before the arrival of 1920.

Ernst continued: "In addition, this time we need to open up our voices, especially through the National Assembly and other forms, to accept private input and suggestions on some government decisions, and to correct some of the problems in our economic development in the past. Solve our problems Disadvantages that were ignored or accumulated in the past.”

"In the past economic development, some officials with bad conduct or inactivity should be held accountable, and under the market economy, the economic problems of some officials should be reviewed, and market and social atmosphere issues should be summarized to further promote the development of a healthy market."

East Africa is a government that emphasizes the role of the government in the economy, so manual correction and rectification must be carried out for the market economy. After all, in a market economy, it is impossible to avoid corruption of power agencies and departments, vicious market competition, monopoly and other problems.

Ernst certainly does not expect to be able to solve all these problems. After all, no country in the world can do this. Even countries like the Russian Labor Party that completely abandon the market cannot prevent the existence of the black market.

For the East African government, it would be good as long as it can solve most of the problems, and this "majority" is obviously a vague term. What proportion counts as the majority? Ernst believes that more than 50% is enough. Calculate.

As Ernst finished speaking, some officials of the East African government suddenly fell into a state of nervousness. After all, over the years, the East African government has accumulated a lot of problems. No one can guarantee that they will not have any problems. Of course, it is just a small problem. Fortunately, some people who are too outrageous will definitely be selected as models and then killed to scare the monkeys, so naturally some people will have a guilty conscience.