Chapter 917: Eastern-French border conflict

April 1896.

Madagascar.

As early as 1893, the French government intensified its invasion of the Kingdom of Immerina, and at that time forced the Kingdom of Imerina to cede the Gulf of Diaz-Sole to France.

In 1895, the French government was determined to annex the entire Kingdom of Immerina, and launched another war, conquering Antananarivo, and finally achieved full military occupation of the Kingdom of Imerina in April 1896.

Of course, in the French perception, the Kingdom of Imerina, as the main country on the island of Madagascar, is basically equal to the island of Madagascar.

However, when the French completely defeated the British and took control of the Kingdom of Imerina, they finally discovered that the Kingdom of Imerina at this time had been divided by East Africa in the northeast of Madagascar.

From the Mahevaranu River Basin in the north to the Manambasi River Basin in the south, they have become the sphere of influence of East Africa. In the process of pursuing the remaining forces of the Kingdom of Immerina, the French army will inevitably encounter the East African Defense Forces, resulting in some minor conflicts. Misunderstand.

"Colonel Silvis, right? Why do you want to cross the border to our East African territory? As a Frenchman, I think you should know the Westphalian system, so you should respect our East African territory and sovereignty."

East African Lieutenant Masers taught the French a lesson when he came up. The Westphalian system is the basis of the concept of territorial sovereignty of modern countries, and this system was originally led by the French, thus realizing the control of Kazakhstan. The deconstruction of Busburg's rule turned Germany completely into a geographical concept.

Of course, Silvis was not cowed by Masers' question. Is your non-chief civilization in the corner of East Africa now a "human"?

Of course, although the East African Defense Force is small in number, it is clear at a glance that the weapons and equipment are not comparable to the backward civilization of the Kingdom of Immerina. Plus, who knows how many East Africans are behind Lieutenant Masers, so Sylvie Si was relatively restrained, otherwise he would have to teach these young people a lesson just because the other party spoke fluent German.

"Lieutenant Masers, your East Africa is also an emerging country in the colonial dividend. I don't think Madagascar originally belonged to your East Africa, right? Now the Kingdom of Imerina has become our French sphere of influence. The Kingdom of Imerina as The original overlord of Madagascar, we France naturally have reasons to intervene in the control of the entire island of Madagascar.”

Masers: "What does that have to do with us in East Africa? East Africa recognizes the Kingdom of Imerina as an independent country, and also recognizes that the Kingdom of Imerina has become a French colony, but the Kingdom of Imerina cannot represent the island of Madagascar. The Kingdom of Imerina has never had the de facto united state of Madagascar before, so our territory in East Africa naturally does not include the territory of the Kingdom of Imerina, but the area outside its territory. What you are standing on now is our land in East Africa. ”

Good guy! Silvis was overjoyed to be beaten down. If it was true as the East African side said, France would have recognized it. But in fact, when France was fighting the Kingdom of Immerina, how dare you swear to God that you did not invade Immerina? The land of Na Kingdom?

Well...obviously East Africa has done this, but the French are allowed to invade the Kingdom of Immerina, and we in East Africa are not allowed to profit from it, right? The East African side is naturally confident. Everyone is not a good person and they are pretending to be saints.

"Lieutenant Masers, is your name of East Africa written on this land? We are just recovering the territory of the Kingdom of Immerina. After all, they have been fleeing here."

The remaining forces of the Kingdom of Imerina, who were named by Colonel Silvis, were trembling on the sidelines. After all, although they were afraid of France, the East Africans nearby were not easy to mess with.

In fact, the Kingdom of Immerina also knew that East Africa was encroaching on its territory, but in order to deal with France, the main threat, who could care about the leftovers that East Africa had embezzled. After all, East Africa only wanted to cut meat, and France came here for their lives. .

Masers glanced at this group of remnants of the Immerina Kingdom. This group of people was actually intercepted by him. In order to evade French sanctions, the Imerina people naturally ran to East Africa. Where to care? went to East Africa, but was blocked at the border between the "two countries" by the East African border guards and French pursuers.

"Colonel Silvis, this doesn't mean anything. When the Belgians ran to German soil, can you say that the place where the Belgians went is Belgian territory? This is completely unreasonable. As for the ownership of the land, of course we are If you have evidence, look at the stone tablet in the distance for proof."

Following the place pointed by Masers, Silvis actually found a prismatic stone tablet buried in the soil, with the words "Boundary of the Kingdom of Hechingen" written in German on it.

The Kingdom of Hechingen is the official name of East Africa. Of course, according to the respective habits of various countries in the world, most countries still call it the Kingdom of East Africa, just like the Netherlands, which is actually the Netherlands, and Germany and Germany are similar.

Seeing Masers' so-called evidence, Silvius was really speechless. If a stone monument could solve the problem, then the stone monuments erected by France in Lorraine and Alsace should have been able to prevent the Franco-Prussian War.

Of course, although Silvis was dissatisfied, East Africa was a local snake after all, so he said: "I won't argue with you on this topic. At the same time, we don't want to have a conflict with East Africa, but you must first remove these Immerina Kingdoms." Leave the rest to us.”

Masers naturally did not pay much attention to the so-called remnants of the Imerina Kingdom. After all, the reason why he appeared here was to block the remnants of the Imerina Kingdom from entering the East African territory.

"Of course, but the premise is that you withdraw from our territory first, and then we can hand the people over to you."

Hearing Masers' words, Silves was so upset that he gritted his teeth, but he did what he said after all, so the French side withdrew behind the stone tablet, and Masers also handed over the remnants of the Imerina Kingdom to the French as agreed.

"Colonel, these East Africans are too arrogant! Are we just going to accept them like this?" On the way back, a subordinate asked dissatisfiedly.

Colonel Silves said unhappily: "Why, you want to fight with East Africa? Do you know the strength of East Africa in Madagascar? Although the East African officer has few people, the overall strength of East Africa in Madagascar is definitely far greater than that of our country. If a conflict occurs rashly under such circumstances, the South African War will be our fate."

"Do you expect the mainland to send more troops to this remote place and then replicate the British'glory'..."

In the midst of Colonel Silves's angry scolding, no one mentioned the conflict just now.

After a moment of silence, Silves said: "It is definitely not possible to force it. This matter can only be interfered by the government and these country bumpkins in East Africa. This is not within our consideration."

After Silves and his party went there, they naturally reported today's experience to the French government with exaggeration.

As a great power, when has France ever suffered such grievances, so the government's attitude towards this matter is naturally... to negotiate with East Africa.

In addition to the dispute over Madagascar, France actually has two colonies bordering East Africa, including Gabon and French Somaliland (Djibouti).

Of course, there is actually no connection between French Somaliland and East Africa. Although there is a small border, it is not a desert area that people pay attention to.

The focus is on the division of sovereignty between the Gabon colony and the Madagascar colony and East Africa. With the lessons learned from the South African War, the French naturally cannot be so stubborn as to have an African war with East Africa.

At that time, the British, with Portugal and tens of thousands of Boer cannon fodder, did not gain any advantage in East Africa, so when communicating with East Africa, it is still necessary to convince people with "reason" and not "rudeness".