Although Germany and Russia were already at war, because Britain had not yet entered the war, southern Africa could not attack South-West Africa and Tanganyika.

On August 2, the world war really began, a detachment of German cavalry entered Luxembourg in an attempt to control Luxembourg's railway system, and Germany issued an ultimatum to Belgium at the same time, demanding that Belgium open its borders so that German troops could launch an attack on France through Belgium.

The sorrow of the small country and the widow was evident at this time, when Belgium had cried out for revenge since it had lost control of the Congo Free State, and now there were only seven divisions at its disposal, with a total strength of less than 120,000 men.

At this time, within 24 hours of the issuance of the mobilization order, the standing army had increased from 760,000 to 2 million, and the new troops totaled 87 infantry divisions and 11 cavalry divisions, forming eight army groups, seven of which were deployed on the German-French border.

Most of these newly mobilized troops are still only under one name, and it will take about a month to fully assemble, but this has fully demonstrated Germany's ability to mobilize, and compared with the inefficient Russia, Germany can be called a god.

In Belgium at this time, the king was the young Albert I, the nephew of Leopold II and the son of Philip, Count of Flanders.

Faced with the German ultimatum, Albert I did not give in, he ordered his troops to blow up the bridges and roads on the Derby border, appointing the elderly but experienced General Gerard Lehmann to hold the fortress of Liège.

The fortress of Liège is a city composed of twelve giant fortresses, each battery has 8 120 mm fortress guns and 8 210 mm howitzers, all turrets are protected by steel turrets, can rotate 360 degrees, and can also be automatically lifted, the perimeter of the fort is up to three meters thick reinforced concrete, each battery has an independent power supply system and a complete underground transportation network, known as the strongest fortress in the world.

Although Southern Africa had not yet entered the war, the atmosphere in the streets of Pretoria had suddenly become tense, with all the police on duty, the secret police and detectives from Bullard's office all over the streets, the city squares and major intersections with armoured vehicles, traffic restrictions in some important areas, no access except for the vehicles of the military and police services, and a curfew in Bloemfontein, which was in more dangerous situations.

When the world war broke out, Orange was undoubtedly the biggest unstable factor, and intelligence from Brad's office indicated that in the west of Orange, several militia units that had not been registered with the Ministry of Defense were being assembled, with a total number of nearly 6,000 men, and that officers from the Ministry of Defense were in contact with Southwest Africa, which was lured by the restoration of the Boer Republic in the hope that Boer officers in southern Africa would no longer serve the British Empire.

After James Herzog and de Wittvofa, the remnants of the "old republicans" had sunk and now regained their roots with a new leader, Tillman Ruth, an ambitious lawyer who had always wanted to restore the independence of the Transvaal and Orange.

In the southernmost Cape, Dr. Malan, a priest of the Dutch Reform Church, who is the leader of the Afrikanerica Party and is not a "republican" but is fighting for the rights of the Boers in the Cape.

These situations are all under Roque's control, and Roque is now waiting for all the bulls, snakes, ghosts and gods to take the initiative to jump out, and then he can catch them all.

"Locke, get ready, if Germany declares war on France, then the British Empire will go to war." Ade greets Roque in advance and tells Roque to get ready.

Roque nodded silently, he has been preparing for so many years, whether he succeeds or not, for the sake of the Chinese in southern Africa, Roque will also do his best.

Roque is also ready, while mobilizing the Northern Rhodesia Division and the 1st Cavalry Division to prepare for an attack on Tanganyika, Roque has mobilized two African divisions to Walvis Bay, and four more African divisions are assembled on the border of Southwest Africa, as long as Britain enters the war, Southern Africa can launch an attack on Tanganyika and Southwest Africa at the same time as soon as possible, and then quickly send troops to Europe through Walvis Bay to brush DKP.

"Cheer up, the moment we've been waiting for has arrived, and since we've decided to do something, we're going to do it with all our might!" Roque's silence seemed a little apprehensive to Ade, who was scrappy and private, and both in public and private, and that he wanted southern Africa to play a greater role.

The "gong" here refers to the contribution that Ade should make as a British subject; "Private" is Ade's responsibility as the prime minister of southern Africa to fight for the rights of southern Africa.

"I understand that the Northern Rhodesia Division and the 1st Cavalry Division have repeatedly asked for battle, and I have ordered that the weapons stored in the combat readiness warehouses be brought out and sent to the homeland, at least until the outbreak of war, so that the troops on the territory have one shot." Roque must be worried, but not worried, this feeling is similar to Roque's mood on the eve of the college entrance examination in another time and space.

For fateful exams, even a top student with excellent grades will inevitably be nervous.

"France rejected Germany's ultimatum, and it was probably in the next two days that Germany would declare war on France." Ade is not in a hurry, Germany's attacks are in order, before defeating France, the British mainland is temporarily safe, and Germany is not capable of launching a large-scale cross-sea landing operation, after all, the dozens of battleships built by the Royal Navy are not vegetarian: "However, the order of the War Department is in conflict with our previous plan, this is a telegram just sent to me by Field Marshal Kitchener, he hopes that we will launch an attack on Southwest Africa as soon as possible after entering the war, cut off the support of Southwest Africa to the German mainland, for our plan to attack Tanganyika, The War Department did not agree. ”

Southwest Africa exported more than imported for the first time last year, and successfully fed back to the German mainland, which gave the German government a taste of the sweetness of the colony, although the harvest is still relatively small.

After the outbreak of war, any small force could become a decisive factor in changing the situation of the war, and the first thing that the War Department wanted to cut off was the support of the colonies to Germany itself, which was mainly the responsibility of the Royal Navy, but also required the cooperation of southern Africa.

Compared with Southwest Africa, Tanganyika is now half-dead, with the troops of Fort Glory ready to move, and there is great pressure from Southern Africa and Sudan to send supplies to the mainland either by bypassing Cape Town or through the Suez Canal, both of which are controlled by the British, and German ships will definitely be blockaded during the war, so the problem of Tanganyika is not important.

Another important reason why the British government does not agree with the southern African attack on Tanganyika is the restriction on southern Africa, which now covers an area of more than 3 million square kilometers, and once it annexes Southwest Africa and Tanganyika, the territory of southern Africa will swell to about 5 million square kilometers, and it will become the seventh largest country in the world in terms of territorial area, which makes the British government very worried.

Canada and Australia, both of which are now British dominions of more than five million square kilometres, don't look like one more southern Africa.

However, the situation in southern Africa is different from that of Canada and Australia, which are both standard sparsely populated areas with millions of square kilometers of empty areas, population density of less than one person per square kilometer, and limited development prospects.

Southern Africa is different, in the past, southern Africa was also vast and sparsely populated, but since a large number of Chinese immigrated to southern Africa, the population of southern Africa has been rising, and even the federal government of southern Africa does not know the specific number of Africans, if southern Africa unites all forces, then southern Africa is the next United States.

When it comes to the United States, it is definitely an eternal pain in the hearts of the British.

"I didn't expect the Ministry of War to agree, but we don't need the consent of the War Department whether we attack Tanganyika, once the homeland declares war on Germany, then we will be in a state of war at the same time as Southwest Africa and Tanganyika, and even if we don't attack first, the Germans will attack us." Roque, unlike Ade, has limited loyalty to the British, and will not serve the British wholeheartedly, and if there are no conditions, then create conditions, so that Roque will not be restrained by a telegram from Kitchiner.

"You want to?" Ade was unsure of Roque's purpose, and his expression was complicated.

"Tanganyika has made a plan to launch an attack on southern Africa with South-West Africa once the war breaks out, we can't stand still, unless Sudan has the ability to destroy the German army in Tanganyika before Tanganyika launches an offensive, otherwise we must launch an attack in advance to prevent trouble, Tanganyika is too close to Nyasaland, only a lake away, we can't afford the losses caused by the attack on Nyasaland, and the mainland can't afford it now." What Roque said is the truth, Nyasaland concentrates most of the heavy industries such as military industry, aviation, and shipbuilding in southern Africa, and once Nyasaland is damaged, it will definitely affect southern Africa's support for the mainland.

As for the offensive plans for Tanganyika and South-West Africa, there could be an infinite number of such plans as long as Roque needed, and each one seemed to be very aggressive, and the Ministry of Defense and the Army Academy did not know how many military exercises were to be carried out each year, and the materials of the General Staff were piled up in two reference rooms, each of which was complete.

"Nyasaland—" Ade was speechless, Nyasaland is Roque's territory, and most of the heavy industry in the territory is Roque's industry, and if these industries are not placed in Nyasaland, where can they be placed.

As for Sudan, it is still under the joint administration of Britain and Egypt, and Egypt itself is difficult to defend itself, and needs troops from southern Africa to support, and it is not capable of launching an attack on Tanganyika.

So it's too late to restrict southern Africa.

(End of chapter)