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Chapter 1089 Final Plot - Persian Gulf

In short, the area near the Red Sea route, now Britain cannot allow East Africa any chance to expand in the Red Sea region. This is one of Britain's bottom lines, because East Africa originally has a certain advantage because of its location and proximity to the Red Sea. If East Africa goes further, the Red Sea route controlled by the British will be really dangerous.

In this way, India and Australia must not be moved, the South Sea cannot be moved because of the Strait of Malacca, and the area around the Red Sea cannot be moved. The only feasible area is the coast of the Persian Gulf.

Ernst affirmed Soft's judgment: "Yes, if Britain really gives up an area, it is likely to be near the Persian Gulf. Of course, if Britain really wants to give us this kind of "rotten land", then we can accept it."

Although the Persian Gulf has an extremely important position in Britain's national strategy, the situation is stronger than people. At present, the British government's idea is no longer how to expand its hegemony, but also how to delay the decline of its hegemony.

This is not aimed at East Africa, but at the United States, the world's largest economic power. The development of the United States has made the British government realize that it is not realistic for Britain to monopolize world hegemony, and with the size and industrial capacity of the United States, as time goes by, Britain has no way to deal with the United States.

Now that Japan and East Africa have joined, Britain's situation is even more difficult. Why does Britain support Japan? In essence, it is also a manifestation of the decline of hegemony. Japan's role is not only to balance Russia and the Far East Empire. The United States and East Africa are also the reasons for Britain to support Japan.

This has shown to a certain extent that Britain cannot stand alone in the competition in the Far East, and must find agents and allies to share Britain's pressure. After all, Britain is naturally aware of the wolfish ambitions of Japan, the white-eyed wolf, but Britain has no other choice except Japan.

East Africa, like the United States, is a component that cannot be removed. Britain has not implemented suppression of East Africa in the past, but just like the United States at the beginning of its independence, due to geographical reasons, Britain can't find a fulcrum to contain East Africa.

For this reason, Britain even went to the extent of personally fighting a war with East Africa in the 1980s, but the result was naturally unsatisfactory. After joining forces with Portugal and the Boers, they were finally defeated by East Africa.

However, Britain's greatest advantage is that it knows how to make choices, which is the most important point that distinguishes Britain from many irrational countries. This also delayed Britain's hegemony in the past until the end of World War II.

Today, Britain actually adopts similar measures against East Africa, Japan and the United States, that is, to be brave enough to compromise. This is undoubtedly a wise choice for Britain, which is still the world hegemon. Ordinary governments cannot do this at all. No wonder Britain can sit in the position of world hegemon for so long.

Ernst said: "For us, if the British government can take out a piece of land as our operating area on the coast of the Indian Ocean, it will be a pleasant surprise, so no matter how valuable this piece of land is, even if it is a desert, we can accept it. Of course, the premise is that this desert is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf."

Ernst finally spoke out his thoughts, which also gave East African government officials a shot of prevention, that is, the crown prince is optimistic about the land along the coast of the Persian Gulf.

In the eyes of East African officials, although the land near the Persian Gulf, except for the Mesopotamian Basin, is almost all bad land, the Persian Gulf is also an important strategic location in the world. If East Africa can occupy a place near the Persian Gulf, it is already a very good start.

In this era, more people still cannot see the value of the land along the coast of the Persian Gulf. Of course, for countries such as Britain and Russia, it is not wrong that the Persian Gulf has great strategic value. Russia needs an outlet to the sea, and Britain wants to open up a land passage to India.

As for the economic value, it can be almost ignored. Those oil-rich countries in the past did not exist at all. The locals almost existed in the form of nomadic tribes, and eating was a big problem.

And this is also the point where Ernst planned to use the land along the coast of the Persian Gulf. Taking advantage of this time, the oil and gas resources along the coast of the Persian Gulf have not been discovered on a large scale. Finding a stable "oil barrel" for East Africa is particularly important for the future economic and industrial development of East Africa.

With the development of the automobile industry and the oil industry, the oil consumption in East Africa has reached a rather alarming level. At present, the development of domestic oil and gas resources in East Africa is not going smoothly. Although it can meet the needs of the country, in the face of the rapidly increasing consumption, East Africa must find a stable, large-volume, and low-cost oil production area.

The Persian Gulf coast is undoubtedly the easiest area in East Africa to plot, which is why Ernst made great efforts to disrupt the local situation before. Everything is to pave the way for the industrial development of East Africa.

Ernst said: "At present, regarding the Persian Gulf region, my idea is to get a piece of land from the British. If the British only give us the rotten land like the desert, it is not unacceptable, but the area must not be too small, and it must be matched with the corresponding coastline. Of course, we must not drag out our trump cards during the negotiation."

"Britain itself cannot give us land of great value, so we should not have too much hope for this. We can interfere with Britain's sight by making some excessive demands, and then guide the final result to the result we want."

"To put it simply, our bottom line is to obtain a large area of ​​land along the Persian Gulf. Even the desert must be large enough. As for which piece of land the UK is willing to give, that is not what we consider, but depends on the sincerity of the UK."

For Ernst, no matter where the Persian Gulf coast ends up, it will be of great benefit to East Africa. As the most oil-rich area in the world, the Persian Gulf will inevitably have oil resources as long as it occupies a large enough area, even if it is The bottom of the Persian Gulf has the same result.

As for what Ernst said, East African officials did not find it surprising. Just as Ernst said, unless the British are crazy, they will allocate good land to East Africa. The British will definitely give away bad land to East Africa. , on this basis, it is not too much to ask for a larger area in East Africa.

As for the coastline issue, it is easy to explain. Without a coastline, according to the coastal environment of the Persian Gulf, even if East Africa gets these areas, it can only eat sand without transporting food from the mainland.

"That's it! During the negotiations, we chose a few areas that the British would never agree to, such as the Red Sea coast or places near the Strait of Malacca as a test. In the end, the British will definitely return to the Persian Gulf coast. After all, there are only It’s barely acceptable to the British here.”

Although the Persian Gulf is very important to India, it is not worth mentioning compared with the Red Sea route. The Persian Gulf is only a link in the British plan to control India from land, while the Red Sea route and the Cape of Good Hope route are the basis for Britain to control India.

In addition to preventing East Africa from moving north along the Red Sea, Britain itself also has a huge demand for the Red Sea route. Taking the experience of the First World War in its previous life as an example, in order to deal with the European battlefield, the United Kingdom needs to obtain troops and a large amount of supplies from India, and these supplies are absolutely Most of them were achieved through the Red Sea route and the Cape of Good Hope route. After all, the Ottoman Empire belonged to the Allied camp at that time, so-called land passages were simply impossible to achieve, and the cost of land transportation was too high.

As for the Strait of Malacca, Malacca can be said to have monopolized most of the trade between the Far East and Europe, and Britain cannot make fun of it, so in the end only the Persian Gulf coast is within the range that Britain can bear.

Of course, if Britain really agrees to give up part of its sphere of influence along the Persian Gulf coast to East Africa, it will play into Ernst's hands. Years later, when East Africa exploits oil from the Persian Gulf, Britain's thighs may be bruised when they review the situation.