Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Portugal has always had colonies in Mozambique and Angola.

For more than 100 years, a management system that systematically ruled and colonized has been formed here.

Angola, in particular, is also a stronghold of exchanges between Portugal and Brazil.

Therefore, Portugal has been longing for South Africa for a long time and has great ambitions.

However, there was a Netherlands that was not weaker than them, or even stronger than them.

Then came the United Kingdom, which made Portugal's desire to dominate southern Africa, which has never been realized.

As a result, the Lisbon side changed its attention, giving up its extravagant hopes for the Cape of Good Hope, and instead wanted to get through Mozambique and Angola, in order to avoid British surveillance.

In particular, I want to use the Zambezi River that traverses the east and west as a link between Mozambique and Angola, taking advantage of the convenient location.

However, the premise is that the Kingdom of Portugal needs to win Rhodesia between these two places.

However, Rhodesia is not so easy to get, because the southern part of Rhodesia is close to the former Republic of Transvaal, known as Southern Rhodesia.

The Transvaal Republic has always been very wary of Portugal, fearing that Portugal will cooperate with the British to encircle and suppress them, so Portugal has always dared not move, fearing that these people of Dutch descent who like to work hard will attack Portugal's Mozambique.

So Rhodesia has been free and savage for decades.

Except for the natives, become unowned.

Originally thought that the Transvaal Republic had finally left, and wanted to take advantage of the fact that the United Kingdom had not yet freed up its hands, like other countries, to strike first, but what Portugal did not expect was that the Netherlands turned out to be so cunning.

The route to leave was so tricky.

It turned out that when the Dutch left, the old, the weak, the sick, the disabled, etc., along with part of the army, were left from the normal route. The leader of the team was George Nash, the leader of the Orange Free State.

But there was another army, more than 10,000 soldiers, who crossed the northern border of the Transvaal Republic and headed north, from Southern Rhodesia to the north, and after reaching the Zambezi River, some of them went north quietly.

It then fully began to occupy Northern Rhodesia, north of the Zambezi River, and established a new army residence in Lusaka, forming a military base.

Maramba in the southwest built a comprehensive defense body, which made it difficult for opponents to easily face the threat of a powerful Dutch garrison after crossing Zambezi.

It took root in Northern Rhodesia and quickly conquered the natives. It turned out that this time the team was led by Martinas, the new deputy army minister of the Netherlands and the leader of the Transvaal Republic.

Martinas's reputation has been implemented throughout Africa south of central China, especially with his anti-British banner over the years, which has played very loudly. Therefore, he is vaguely one of the well-known figures that the indigenous Africans want to make friends with.

He was very familiar with his ferocity, so when he arrived in Northern Rhodesia, all the natives in the area did not dare to resist at all, not to mention the 10,000-strong Transvaal army that accompanied him.

In addition, he even left a large team stationed in the northern town of Chinoi, southern Rhodesia, south of the Zambezi River.

By this time, whether it was Portugal, Prussia, or the United Kingdom, all understood the purpose of the Netherlands.

It turned out that the Netherlands actually wanted to take the Congo, Northern Rhodesia, Tanzania and Kenya. The purpose was the same as Portugal. They wanted to cut off the whole of Africa. Unfortunately, Portugal fell into the hands of the Netherlands because of Northern Rhodesia. , so the idea was cut off.

Therefore, it can only look southward and prepare for the idea of ​​others eating meat and drinking soup, but it is also unlucky.

Because, when it was about to march west from the south, it encountered the oncoming Prussian and British troops, plus the Dutch Transvaal army in the north, and the four armies met in Salisbury. .

Prussia occupied Bulawayo, Britain occupied Guanda and Masvingo, Portugal occupied Mutare, Harare and Bindura from south to north, and the Netherlands occupied Chinoi and Victoria Falls city.

The armies of the four countries all had ambitions to occupy the central town of Kuilu, but they did not act first, because once they did, they were afraid that the other three parties would join forces to attack.

So, the situation was settled.

Southern Africa is developing vigorously, and Central Africa is not letting anyone down.

Since the Austrian Empire occupied Nigeria, it was still not satisfied after seeing Prussia occupied Cameroon. It even took Somalia and Namisia one after another, and even now confronts the British in Bechuana, and then in the western and southern parts of Southern Rhodesia. Britain, Portugal in the east, and the Netherlands in the north face off.

The four countries also divided up new colonies in Northern Rhodesia (that is, Zimbabwe), and their emperor Franz Joseph I was naturally dissatisfied, because in his opinion, it is okay to lose to anyone, but not Lost to Prussia, the two-fifty boy.

As a result, the situation in Africa began to undergo major changes.

The Austrian Empire suddenly increased its troops to 50,000 in Nigeria, leaving 10,000 permanent residents in Benin City and 10,000 outside Port Harcourt in the southeast, and the remaining 10,000 deployed in Abuja City, where the central governor's palace is located, and the rest. 21,000 to the west, and in just one month, Benin in the west was conquered, occupying Cotonou.

The other 10,000 people marched north to Niger, but he encountered two old rivals.

It turned out that there, the French and Italians had already begun to act.

Even Niamey, Tava and Ajadez in northwestern Niger have been taken by the French Empire.

In the northeast, the Jado Plateau and the Kaval Oasis fell into the hands of the Italian kingdom that occupied Libya.

However, Austria still occupied Zinder in the south, all the way east to the north of Lake Chad.

The Three Kingdoms in Niger became the default demarcation of the territory, and everyone had a tacit understanding, and not even a single bullet was wasted.

However, in the south, Austria will not be polite.

The Prussian army in Cameroon is stationed at 20,000 people, and the Austrian Empire has long known it, while the Austrian army here is 50,000. The huge disparity makes the Austrian Empire feel arrogant, and some do not take the Prussian army seriously.

Therefore, there are often conflicts in the border towns of the two sides, such as La Roconcha, especially in the huge deep forest of Mount Fogel. Soldiers of the two countries have often died inexplicably, and they are accusing each other of being the murderer.

So the disputes between the two countries on the African border were repeatedly fed back to the German Confederation Parliament, where the two German Confederations were often noisy, and their allies even cheered for their allies.

Their tension in Africa is like adding fuel to the fire, attracting everyone's ideas in the European continent, and the struggle within the German Confederation has also triggered various member states to have a pessimistic view of the future of the German Confederation. .

In short, everything that happens in Africa has a spillover effect on the European continent and has a profound impact on the European landscape.