Chapter 978 Subsequent Impact

This East African founding ceremony has attracted the attention of diplomats from various countries, but that's all. When today's situation spreads throughout East Africa, the heat will probably dissipate.

This heat can only spread in a small range in Europe, and it is inevitable that it will be spread to senior officials of other countries through diplomats who participated in the military parade.

But this is also in the interests of East Africa. Civil sentiment can also affect government decision-making. For example, in Portugal, if there was no active opposition from the Portuguese people, the impact of the South African War would have ended long ago. Now the Portuguese government may have established diplomatic relations with East Africa.

Diplomats from various countries have a deeper understanding of the East African Army through this military parade. Judging from the military parade alone, the East African Army's organizational ability, discipline, and weapons and equipment meet the characteristics of a world-class strong army.

Therefore, East Africa, which has the East African National Defense Force, has no rivals in the entire African continent, and foreign countries cannot have the idea of ​​fighting a ground war across the sea with East Africa.

As for the data of the East African Navy, it has always been reassuring, but the East African Navy is on the elite route, which should not be underestimated. At least it still has the strength to maintain the coastal waters of East Africa.

After the founding ceremony, many diplomats have begun to describe the military intelligence revealed by the East African military parade to the country.

German Ambassador Boers wrote in a letter: "Through the outdated data from this round of military parades and the South African War, it can be inferred that the standing military force of East Africa is at least maintained at around 200,000 all year round. Its land area is huge, so the size of the army must be larger than that of the United States. The number of people in this parade reached 8,000 to 9,000. Such mobilization capabilities are obviously very easy for East Africa to achieve."

8,000 to 9,000 people are not too many, but they are enough to reach about one-fortieth of the German Army. Therefore, in Boers's view, the East African standing army should be at least 200,000 to 300,000 in size.

He dipped his pen in ink and continued to write: "But the defense pressure in East Africa is obviously less than that in European countries, so the number of troops cannot reach the standards of various European army powers. This can be reflected in East Africa's weapons and equipment. The number of its guns and artillery equipment is not inferior to that of the Imperial Army. East Africa is not a very wealthy country, so its military configuration is more refined than numerous."

There is no big problem with Boers's argument that East Africa is not very wealthy. As a whole, East Africa is still an agricultural country, and its income level is naturally not comparable to that of industrialized countries in Europe and the United States.

But the East African government is obviously different from the governments of European and American countries. The East African government has a lot of resources and industries, so in terms of the wealth of the government, the East African government is probably above the governments of various countries, which also means that the East African government's ability to integrate resources is stronger than that of traditional countries.

And resource integration is conducive to improving efficiency and reducing costs, especially in the field of promoting the development of military industry. Therefore, although the size of the army in East Africa is similar to that of Germany and France, the actual expenditure of the army is not inferior to that of other countries.

"East African soldiers are in good condition. Judging from this military parade and the daily life of East African people, the East African army will definitely not be bad in terms of catering. In addition, the compulsory education system in East Africa is very complete, so it can be inferred that the quality of East African soldiers may even reach or exceed the level of our country."

Burs's idea is probably due to the longer compulsory education time in East Africa, so in theory, the quality of East African soldiers is higher than that of Germany.

There is definitely no problem with this, but although the East African compulsory education system is larger in scale and the education time is longer, the quality of East African compulsory education is very poor. At least at the same level of education, East Africa is not as good as Germany. However, East Africa can offset part of the gap in education quality by relying on the human sea tactics.

For East Africa, the low lower limit of education quality is not a big problem, but the talents needed in East Africa must be rich.

"...In my opinion, East Africa, as an important country for economic, commercial, cultural and political exchanges with my country in the future, should strengthen its military, especially the army level cooperation. If it can become our arm, it will be very beneficial to compete for world power in the future."

At this point, Boers' letter ended. He took a sip of tea and said to his servant: "Send the letter to the country!"

To be honest, the military strength demonstrated by East Africa in this military parade has not changed much from the South African War period, but it is not surprising that it has attracted Boers' attention.

After all, although military development will undergo major changes over time, stability within the cycle is also common.

Since the Franco-Prussian War to today, especially in the field of army equipment, except for the private collection of East Africa, other countries have not changed much. It is nothing more than making minor adjustments to traditional weapons such as guns and cannons. The real military equipment competition is concentrated on the navy.

Of course, this is for countries in the first echelon. Like many backward countries and regions, there is indeed a lot of room for improvement, such as the African natives in the hinterland of West Africa who are still using cold weapons or even primitive weapons.

Boers' focus is on the changes in the East African National Defense Force in the past decade. After all, it has been ten years since the South African War, and ten years is enough for a country's army to become corrupt.

This military parade is an important reference to examine whether the East African Army still maintains its combat effectiveness. At least on the surface, the East African Army still maintains a good spirit and discipline, which is enough for Germany, which wants to win over East Africa.

After all, everyone is afraid that their teammates will drag them down in the future, such as the Austro-Hungarian army. Germany has always known that the Austro-Hungarian army has many problems, but they never thought that the Austro-Hungarian army would be so weak in another time and space, and even a small country like Serbia could not easily deal with it.

In the past, Germany's ability to find teammates was indeed worrying, but this does not mean that they would not investigate their teammates and enemies. For example, an important basis for Germany to judge the decline of the British military in the past was the poor performance of Britain in the Boer War.

Now because of East Africa, the Boer War that was supposed to take place during this period is gone, and the British will not make a bigger fool of themselves, and it is unknown what impact it will have on the judgment of the German government.

Therefore, the British who suffered a great loss in the South African War should "thank" East Africa. No matter how weak East Africa is, it is also a big country with a population of tens of millions. If it is a country like the Boers with only hundreds of thousands of people, or even the number of British troops is equal to that of the Boers, but it can't play a good record, it is really shameful.

If the South African War reduced Britain's prestige by five, then the Boer War in the previous life weakened Britain's prestige by fifty, or even higher, which means that East Africa has extended a certain life for British hegemony.

The struggle for power between major powers often starts from secondary regions, and finally launches a fatal blow by considering the opponent's strengths and weaknesses. In the previous life, Germany tested Britain through the Second Boer War, and the Moroccan crisis was a test of France.

Just like the foreplay of several major powers in the 21st century through the Middle East, Europe, Egg Bay Island, the Philippines and other regions, the more flaws a country reveals, the more disadvantaged it is in international competition.

Therefore, the East African military parade also has some similar purposes. The East African Navy will definitely not compete with other countries overseas, because the East African Navy is not strong enough and is prone to problems. Once it overturns, it is easy to trigger a chain reaction, which is not good for East Africa, which already has many overseas colonies.

Therefore, showing off muscles through the army is a relatively peaceful means. After all, no country dares to fight a war with East Africa on the African continent. Through the army, it can also reflect that the East African army is still sharp and cut off the bad ideas of some countries.

At the turn of the century, East Africa also needed to constantly send signals to the outside world that the East African army was still capable of fighting, so that it could maintain neutrality in an increasingly deteriorating and harsh international environment. Without going to war, this goal could only be achieved through military parades or exercises.