Chapter 273: Multinational interference

In early April, the impact of the Argentine war has gradually spread throughout Europe, and governments have successively expressed their views on the Argentine war. "→ お ℃. ．

On April 1st, the British government issued a public announcement stating that it would send troops to support the Argentine government. At the same time, the British government also encouraged other European countries and called on France, Germany, Italy, Austria and other European powers to deploy troops with the United Kingdom to join forces. The Han Dynasty carried out military strikes.

The British government ’s declaration of war is like a stone thrown into boiling water, which has made European public opinion more intense.

Encouraged by the British government, non-governmental figures from France, Germany and other countries have announced that they have joined the operation to support the white people of Argentina because of their ethnic feelings. Then, Italy and Belgium, which have other plans, took the lead in responding to the British government ’s The call, promised to give money, people, and support the just actions of the British government.

Of course, Italy and Belgium are two things. Their economic strength is far lower than that of the British Empire. Long-distance expeditions sending regular troops of tens of thousands or even thousands of people are a great test for the Italian and Belgian governments.

The distance from Europe to Argentina is much longer than the distance to North America. In the La Plata area near Argentina, Argentines take care of themselves and it is difficult to provide sufficient logistical support for European reinforcements and occupy the La Plata plains. Part of the territory's Brazilian empire is busy domestically suppressing domestic black rebellions, and it cannot provide too much material to European reinforcements.

Except for the objective economic conditions of the empires of Argentina and Brazil, the relatively backward military industrial systems of the two governments cannot provide a perfect supply of weapons to the coalition forces.

It must be known that although the Brazilian Empire has abundant mineral resources, most of the large-scale mines are in the hands of the United Kingdom. A small number of newly explored mines have also been mortgaged or mortgaged by the Brazilian government because of Pedro II's expansion of military power. It was sold to the United States, France and other European and American countries at a low price.

Although the South American countries represented by Brazil have on the surface military equipment not inferior to those of European countries, the military power of South American countries is built on a large amount of outsourcing, such as iron armored ships, heavy artillery, and Gatling machine guns. Such weapons were all purchased from European powers, but the types of weapons actually produced locally were very limited.

There are two main reasons for the backwardness of the military industry in South American countries. One aspect is the internal factors of South American countries. South America's independence time was more than half a century later than that of the United States. At the same time, after independence, the complex races of South American countries The economic, political, and political situation makes it impossible for the ruling party to continuously implement an industrial plan that is beneficial to the country.

And those countries with relatively stable political situations, such as Brazil and Chile, have abundant mineral resources. The governments of the two countries can use the mineral resources with great benefits to exchange the latest mineral resources from European countries without vigorously developing slow-acting industrial systems. Military equipment. Therefore, there is no external pressure to urgently build an industrial system. The levels of military industry in Brazil and Chile have long stagnated in the early stages of independent nation-building. The demand for heavy weapons and supporting ammunition mainly depends on the sale of European powers such as Britain and France. .

On the other hand, the independence of the South American colonies benefited from the strategic purpose of the British and French dismembering the Spanish colonial system. After this goal was achieved, Britain, which had swallowed the interests of South America, was reluctant to see another batch of South American countries with great development potential to be complete. The industrial system has become their economic competitors. Therefore, suppressing the industrial development of South American countries and turning South American countries into resource supply producing areas has become a strategic plan that the United Kingdom has been pursuing.

In the context of Britain, France, and Germany dominating the European continent, Italy and Belgium can only fight against sauces and wines, and gain a small amount of interest behind the three major powers. Therefore, after the influence of the Argentine war in Europe gradually fermented, economic and military strength Italy and Belgium, which are lagging behind the major European powers, are targeting Han, hoping to take advantage of Britain ’s favorable opportunity to launch a military strike against Han to seize Han's colonial strongholds in Europe.

The Han country originally had three scattered colonies in Africa. Later, after an agreement with Germany, the Han country exchanged the colonial strongholds in Cameroon to the Germans, and the Cameroon colonial strongholds that had been handed over to the Germans were removed. The Han country remained in Africa. Congo, Kismayo and Mtwara.

Of the three colonies, Mtwara is located in Tanzania surrounded by British and German colonial forces. Italy and Belgium cannot intervene.

基 Kismayo is located in the south of Somalia. Italy had been defeated by the Chinese troops in the stronghold because of its capture of Kismayo's stronghold. Therefore, with an eye on the opportunity to report the fate of the original defeat, Italy rushed to participate.

Compared with the two small colonial strongholds of Kismayo and Mtwara, the Congo is a colony that the Han country really values. In the areas along the Congo River, the National Defense Forces use the conquered black indigenous people as pioneers and continue to strengthen the Han country. Military strength in the Congo.

Han ’s silent development of the Congo colony did not attract the attention of the British and French colonial powers. However, as the Belgian king Leopold II, who intends to make Congo a colony, he saw it in the recent situation in Europe. Hope has come to occupy the Congo from the Han country.

It must be said that in recent years, Leopold II ’s transportation was really not good. After sending an expedition to explore the interior of the Congo, Leopold II switched directions and tried to establish in the coastal areas of Nigeria and Namibia. Colonial strongholds ended in failure.

Finally thinking about the lessons of the two previous failures, Leopold II decided to bypass Britain and France in areas with strong colonial power in Africa, and chose the location of the colony in Liberia.

Liberia originally existed as a settlement for black Americans. In 1847, due to the intensified domestic banditry movement and the economic pressure to maintain the operation of the Liberia colony, the US government agreed to its independence as a sovereign state. Subsequently, the Civil War broke out in the United States. As black people gained freedom in the legal sense, black people in the United States got rid of their slave status in the past. Therefore, the repatriation of black people was completely terminated, and Liberia also lost its role as a place for resettlement of black people.

Without the intervention of the United States, the newly released African Americans soon took over the role of master, launched a continuous attack on the indigenous blacks of Liberia, and then divided the indigenous blacks in the occupied area into a slave class, enjoying the joy of oppressing the native blacks. .

黑人 The actual actions of African Americans in Liberia are very different from their performance in the United States, and the information block with the United States for nearly half a century has also cut off the original relationship between the two countries.

In March 1878, carefully planned Leopold II took out a personal pocket and formed a colonial pioneer team of six hundred people. He planned to establish a colonial stronghold in Liberia, but the idea was good, but the final result was not. Desirable.

After all, the Liberian blacks were a means of meeting the white masters. After the colonial pioneering team of Leopold II landed, the Liberian blacks pretended to be defeated, and then lured the pioneering team to the ambush site. Defeat each other.

The performance of the Liberian blacks exceeded the expectations of Leopold II. He was still considering whether he would be protested by the Americans after the occupation of Liberia. Now, not only has the goal of occupying Liberia not been achieved, but the six hundred sent out Almost half of the lives were lost.

After repeated setbacks, Leopold II had a clearer understanding of his own strength. It was impossible to obtain a colony by the strength of the Belgian kingdom itself. To obtain a suitable colony from the vast Africa, we must tightly Hugging the thigh of Britain, the world's largest power, followed the British. Use British military and political strength to achieve your ambitions.

Compared with Italy and Belgium, who shoved flags for the British, France, Germany, and the United States performed differently. France and Germany shrugged off domestic affairs, and the government did not have the energy and financial resources to support large-scale expeditions. The government expresses its deep sympathy.

Although the United Kingdom did not invite the United States to participate in the Argentine War ~ EbookFREE.me ~, the U.S. President vowed to support the Argentine, but the U.S. President was just talking. Not only was the United Kingdom unwilling to expand its influence in South America, The U.S. Parliament also rejected the president's application for war.

The European public opinion that has been disturbed has continued to be hot. On April 7, 1879, two days after the National Defense Force captured Rosario, the main force advanced to the outskirts of Buenos Aires. At this time, the countries interested in participating in the Argentine war took the lead in Britain. Several agreements have also been reached.

First: Britain provides Brazil with 2 million low-interest pound loans to support the Brazilian government ’s expansion of arms and preparations.

Second: According to the provisions of the agreement, Britain sent 10,000 troops, Brazil sent 30,000 troops, Italy sent 1,000 troops, Belgium sent 400 troops, and the Chilean Army stationed in the country to respond to the threats of Peru and Bolivia. The Navy dispatched two iron armored ships to cooperate with the British Expeditionary Fleet to block La Plata. Coastal areas,

Third: After the war, Britain supported Italy and Belgium to acquire Kismayo and Congo as colonies, while Brazil and Chile obtained part of their territories from Argentina as compensation for sending troops.

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