Chapter 510: Find something to do for Britain
As soon as Ernst's mind changed, he started to set traps for his victims. East Africa had a natural advantage in this regard.
Picked up the phone on the table and called directly: "Get me the National Defense and Security Bureau, go and call the director of the National Defense and Security Bureau... Yes, you report to the palace immediately, I will wait for you in the office."
After a while, the director of the East African Defense and Security Bureau heard the summons and rushed over. For Gro, if His Highness personally summoned him, then something big must have happened.
ˆ As a new department just established a few years ago, the National Defense and Security Service does not have much influence in East Africa and is an unknown organization.
Although it has the name of national defense, it has nothing to do with the military. The military has its own intelligence department, which is mainly used to collect military-related intelligence. The East African Defense and Security Agency is an out-and-out spy organization. Conduct some espionage activities targeting foreign countries.
Soon, a rather young officer came to the Chewit Palace. Since it was a "defense department", he was also wearing a military uniform.
“Gero, you’re here, sit down first.”
“Yes, Principal!”
Gero performed a military salute and then sat down. He said with a stern face: "Principal, if you have any instructions this time, just give them!"
Ernst took a sip of tea and then said: "It's not a big deal. I think you know about the recent British suppression of us."
“Yes, Principal, according to your instructions, our department has been focusing on the intelligence work of the United Kingdom and the United States. Therefore, I personally monitor the progress of the British sanctions bill and the situation of connecting our surrounding forces to prevent the omission of important information.”
"Then you should also know the purpose of why I came to you this time, right?"
“Is the principal planning to give Britain back?”
"That's not the case. We don't have the ability to fall out with the UK, so that's why I came to you. Some things cannot be solved openly."
Grotto sat on the sofa sternly, thinking about Ernst's words: "Does the principal mean to secretly cause trouble to the British so that they have no time to take care of East Africa?"
"Very good, it seems you already know what I mean. I plan to ask the UK not to always focus on East Africa. There are many more important areas for the UK than East Africa. The British are too idle."
“So that’s what happened! Principal, I don’t know how you plan to intervene and what effect you want to achieve. Do you need us to use British personnel?”
"No, it's not easy to put some chess pieces in. They can't be wasted. They have to be effective at critical moments. We may not be able to use them in the past few years. This time we are mainly thinking of ways from the perspective of public opinion, so we can just use the most peripheral personnel. Now, I need you to find a few MPs in the UK who attach great importance to regions other than East Africa, and let them speak out. It is best to start with the war in Afghanistan, or South America, express their opinions, and find something to do for the UK. Do, distract the British government.”
“I’m afraid this is not enough to make the UK turn its guns, and the words of a few MPs are not enough to change the British government’s mind.”
"Well, what you said makes sense, so I will ask the newspaper to follow up on your actions and build momentum for them. After you arrange the list of members, remember to send a copy, and I will publish their remarks through the media."
“Principal, is this not enough to achieve our goal?”
Ernst nodded and said: "Of course, this is only one aspect. What I want to say next is the key point. Since I just mentioned Afghanistan and South America, it is naturally related to these two regions." "The principal is talking about two things. war?"
In 1879, there were two major wars related to the British, one was the Second Anglo-Afghan War, and the other was the South Pacific War, also known as the Guano War and the Saltpeter War.
"Yes, the British attention is now focused on these two wars, but Afghanistan is obviously more important to the British. After all, the British personally ended the war. The South Pacific War also had a good influence. It was the same as the last time the British instigated Portugal to fight against us. , this time the UK is behind Chile.”
From this point of view, Britain can be said to have its own strategic deployment in the three regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. However, after all, East Africa is so large that the Portuguese cannot attack it at all, so Britain failed.
As for Afghanistan and South America, things were even worse. The early British military operations in Afghanistan were quite smooth, but Ernst knew that the people of Afghanistan would let the British experience the feeling of being surrounded by soldiers. The idea of occupying cities would not work in Afghanistan.
In the direction of South America, three small countries fought fiercely for saltpeter. The armies of the three countries even used cold weapons such as bows and crossbows to fight. Just like the Paraguay War, it was another way for Britain to try to strengthen its control over South America.
"So you have to make full use of these two wars and let the UK turn its attention to these two places. South America is currently undergoing fierce fighting, but Afghanistan is currently calm, so I will allocate a sum of money to you and give me the situation in Afghanistan. Stir it up.”
Ernst’s ultimate goal is Afghanistan. As for the South Pacific War, that is incidental. Anyway, it is good material and can add some entertainment to British citizens.
There is more news about the two wars, and naturally there is less news about East Africa. The British government will also be affected by public opinion and give priority to the two wars.
“Principal, you mean we intervene in the war in Afghanistan?”
Ernst shook his head and said: "It's not us, it's Tsarist Russia, Persia or Afghanistan. It has nothing to do with us. Do you understand?"
“Yes, principal, but after all, we don’t have much power in Afghanistan, so this matter may be quite difficult.”
"I know this is not an easy matter, but many things can be solved with money. We happened to have a lot of weapons left over from the last war, so just donate them to the people of Afghanistan! Your department is responsible for delivering this batch of weapons to the British, but We must find a way to cleanse the relationship between this batch of weapons and East Africa, and we must not let others take advantage of it."
"I understand, Your Highness, we can use Arab merchants to do this. As for the weapons, we don't need to send them all. We can choose some general versions so that the enemy cannot find out that they are related to Germany, and finally leave the blame around Afghanistan." On top of the country.”
Gro said his thoughts, and Ernst added: "It is best for our people to do this in Russian. They must not do it all in German. Anyway, Russia originally planned to intervene in the war. This seems inappropriate." It’s natural.”
“I understand, principal. This operation was planned entirely by the Russians and has nothing to do with other countries. Other countries naturally include East Africa, especially East Africa.”
"Well, that's right. One more thing to remember is that you have to figure out a way for the transportation yourself. We can't interfere. You can think of a way from Zanzibar so that no one discovers that the weapons are flowing out of East Africa."
Without Ernst's intervention, the Afghans would still have launched a rebellion against the British in a few months. However, Ernst wanted to move the matter forward. As long as Afghanistan was in chaos, Britain's attention would only be focused on Afghanistan. , after all, it is the real British army fighting in Afghanistan, not agents like Portugal and Chile.
Thinking of this, Ernst finally warned: "The sooner this matter is done, the better. Of course, you can't be impatient. The first goal is to be safe. Even if the mission fails, it cannot have anything to do with East Africa."
(End of this chapter)