Djibouti area faces the Gulf of Aden, only a few dozen kilometers away from the Red Sea to the Mande Strait. There are several small oasis along the coast of the region, with more than a dozen rivers and lakes, providing the water source that humans need most for survival and reproduction.

If Djibouti Bay is a wide mouth, then Xi'an Town is at the deepest throat tonsil position, with a seasonal dry riverbed passing here, backing against the largest Lake Asar in the region, the natural conditions are very favorable.

This oasis has been operated by China's immigration for several years, with canals and diversion ditches everywhere. It has now become a land of fish and rice with more than 100,000 acres of fertile land.

From November to March of the following year, the rainy season is the rainy season, which is commonly known as the "cool season". Most of the precipitation throughout the year is concentrated during this period, and the weather is relatively cool.

It's the end of December now

After a heavy rain, the grass and trees were fresh, and the wilderness moistened by rain and the Gobi Desert grew lushly. The seasonal dry riverbed that originally led to the Gulf of Aden was blocked by dams. The flood caused by heavy rain had nowhere to leak in Lake Amur, so it spread towards the surrounding Gobi Deserts and deserts.

Standing on the plateau platform of the coastal area, you can see a huge white lake in the southwest direction. The lake surface spreads far to the skyline. The lake surface soars more than 10 times than when the dry season was at least, flooding large wastelands and Gobi Deserts.

Under the nourishment of a large amount of water vapor, the weeds along the lake grew wildly, presenting a green scene, which is extremely rare in the arid Horn of Africa.

The west coast base fortress inspected by Huo Xiaohu and Li Shuanzhu was built on the plateau platform.

This is a continuous mountainous hilly area with an altitude of about 200 to 300 meters. The mountains suddenly fall to the edge of the bay, forming a nearly vertical platform terrain. The long-body shore cannon is set up at a high place, so it can be shot far and accurately, which is very beneficial to the defense side.

The shore artillery position is located at a height of the platform about 10 kilometers away from Xi'an Town. There is a shore artillery group along the east and west wings of the bay, which tightly blocks the bay, which is less than 20 kilometers wide, forming a terrifying cross-fire.

The turret on the east side is called Dongfang Fort, and the turret on the west side is called Western Fort.

Deputy division commander Huo Xiaohu was inspecting the Western Fort, which was equipped with 8 280mm Krupp long-body shore cannons, and 4 reinforced concrete artillery positions that can be equipped with heavy artillery above 305mm, which is temporarily vacant.

In addition, the Western Fort is also equipped with some 95mm Miss Australia artillery and 60mm field infantry cannons, concrete machine gun towers and walls of heavy rocks to form a small fortress with extremely strong defensiveness.

During wartime, you can get support from Xi'an Town to prevent the enemy from crossing the desert and touching it from behind. This is also the only feasible combat plan.

Xi'an Town is guarded by a fortress. For any fleet, it is an absolute suicide act to rush into the depths of the bay with the firepower of the shore cannons, which is really undesirable.

The shore guns set up at a height of more than 300 meters have an amazing range and have a geographical advantage. The shore gun fire accuracy is much higher than that of the naval gun. They can use a larger body weight to increase the shooting stability, and the advantages are obvious compared to naval guns of the same caliber.

In addition, the thick reinforced concrete fortifications have excellent defensiveness, and almost no one is willing to do this when both sides hit the battleship and suffered losses.

After inspecting the game, Deputy Division Commander Huo Xiaohu expressed overall satisfaction. The Western Fort is still under construction. The small fortress is planned to be built to 4.2 meters high, with shooting holes densely covered with fire holes. Small cannons can be installed on the top platform. Now it has only been half of the repairs.

There can be more than a thousand troops stationed in the small fortress, and the barracks and facilities have not yet been built and it will take some time for them to be officially put into use.

Thousands of black slave workers cut mountains and carved stones, and worked hard under the scorching sun.

"The situation looks very good. Xi'an Town is an important base to support the front-line deployment of Great Hanish Island in Mande Strait. If it can be stabilized, Great Hanish Island will have a continuous stream of resource guarantees. The two are one main and one auxiliary, complement each other, forming a complete system of military existence in the Horn of Africa, with a good overall situation."

"What the master said is that Xi'an Town is our foundation in the Horn of Africa, with its influence spread across the Somalia region and is also a base for advancing Africa!"

"Hahaha... This time the African Expeditionary Force Command arranged for you to take the lead. Is there any pressure?"

"There is no such thing as a rapporteur."

Li Shuanzhu has been walking along the way for many years, and has gone through life and death cycles, exuding a perseverance that ordinary people cannot possess. He raised his hand and said, "After experiencing the bloody battle of Moresby, our generation of soldiers have grown up and are not afraid of European troops at all, let alone these Portuguese... Hehehe, I guess they dare not attack us, otherwise they will teach them to be human beings in minutes."

"Hahaha... OK, it's very good to have the confidence to win, but you have to be careful. There is no simpler country in Europe with big boozes. The Belgians just acquired more than 2 million square kilometers of land in the Congo River Basin, so they can't underestimate them."

"I understand, teacher."

The international situation is unpredictable today. After losing the general election, the British Liberal Cabinet stepped down in disgrace and turned to the Conservative Party, who won the general election, to form a cabinet. The various government policies are very different from before.

Not to mention anything else, just taking the African strategy as an example, the Conservative Cabinet policy has become more radical, hoping to occupy more places in Africa.

Queensland has a mail in the colonial department, and the operation to guide Madagascar has been in full swing. At this time, most of the British Army's troops were involved in Egypt, South Africa, India, Myanmar and Afghanistan. The troops that can be used in other parts of Africa are extremely limited, and there may be only one infantry regiment with less than 2,000 people.

This little force is scattered in the vast Africa, like a bottle of pepper poured into the river and there is no trace of it.

Therefore, Sir Robert, the new Minister of Colonial Affairs, took his mind to the Queensland army, knowing that there was a unit of tens of thousands of people stationed in the Horn of Africa, and that the troops could attack at any time.

Compared with Madagascar, isolated on the African continent, Sir Robert attaches more importance to the Portuguese-occupied area opposite the strait. In this era, Portuguese occupation of the Kan area was not widely recognized by the Berlin Conference, and the British Empire did not sign a contract.

If history has not changed

In 1891, through years of bargaining, Portugal finally signed an agreement to recognize that the entire Mozambique was assigned to Portugal. At this point, the Portuguese East was officially formed, and the Portuguese set up a governor to manage the region, which was widely recognized internationally.

In 1891, Mozambique was officially delimited and was called Portuguese East Africa.

In 1898, the Portuguese colonial governor moved the capital from Mozambique to Lorenzo-Maguis, and officially began colonial rule over the Zambezi River Basin.

None of this happened now!

The British always stretched three feet to the Zambezi River Basin, which was rich in rainfall. It is rich in gold, diamonds and ivory, and has endless tropical forests and pastures. There are many tributaries of the Zambezi River Basin, with developed water systems, suitable for agriculture and herdsmen. The natural conditions are many times stronger than other arid desert areas in Africa.

Overall

Africa has several treasure lands with a long history. Egypt, where ancient civilizations were born, is located, has abundant resources and profound cultural accumulation. Of course, it can be ranked first. It has always been the greedy and coveted target of emerging empires that rose in Asia, Africa and Europe.

Since the discovery of diamond gold, southern Africa has become a hot land, followed by the Congo River Basin in central West Africa and the Zambezi River Basin in central East Africa. These two places are also the green lungs of Africa, with rich resources and superior natural conditions, and are one of the treasures.

The former was just obtained by the Kingdom of Belgium, and most of the latter belonged to the Portuguese. They built colonization strongholds in the Zambezi River Basin and strongly drove out other European countries to intervene in the region, including the British a few years ago.

In addition, the African continent also has the famous Ivory Coast, which is the Ivory Coast. In addition to the Ivory Coast, there are also the Gold Coast (Ghana), the Pepper Coast (Liberia), and the Slave Coast (Benin). However, these places are not as good as the four treasure lands, one south and one north, one east and one west.

According to the request from the British Colonial Department of Queensland, the troops stationed in the Horn of Africa were expected to land in the Mozambique first, creating a fait accompli for the occupation.

After receiving the official letter from London, Red Fort stopped the conquest and prepared to bargain with the Colonial Department before talking about it.

If the conditions are not set at this time, are you even stupid?

Of course, Li Fushou would not go to London in person. The matter was handed over to the diplomatic representative to Europe, Tang Shaoyi, who was negotiating in London at this time, trying to seek more benefits.

The British Empire is very fat today. It is enough for Queensland to have enough food and clothing to live a leisurely and prosperous life.

The African Expeditionary Force stationed in Xi'an Town has received news that it is preparing to land in the Zambezi River Basin. The specific location has not been decided yet, it depends on the final result.

The current situation is that Queensland has the ability and conditions to expand, and London is fully supporting it to conquer cities and territory in Africa. Anyway, what they occupy are the territory of the British Empire, and the place where Her Majesty the Queen shines brilliantly.

According to the complex colonial system of the British Empire, there are first-class colonies, second-class colonies, protectors, major interest areas and trusteeship places to which the colonies belong. Anyway, there is no need to worry about finding a good reason.

The only real homeland in Britain is the British Isles, strictly speaking, only England and Scotland. As for Ireland, hahahaha...

Hongbao is now like a young wife waiting to marry. She was originally willing to go out and got into the sedan chair, but seeing that the British colonial department was so urgent, she became more and more distorted. Perhaps this was the case.
Chapter completed!