It was not an easy task to form an expeditionary force, as powerful as the British, and it was only three months after the outbreak of the Boer War that troops from the mainland and the colonies were mobilized to form an expeditionary force to southern Africa.

The troops mobilized by the British at that time were ready-made, and they could set off after being assembled at the first order, which took three months.

Belgium is starting from scratch, and the Belgian government can only set off after the recruitment of civilian personnel is trained, even if Leopold II's funds are in place in one step, and the expeditionary force can set off within half a year, even if the Belgian government is efficient.

As for the efficiency of the Belgian government, given the performance of the Belgian government after the outbreak of the rebellion in the Congo Free State, it is estimated that the expeditionary force will take more than twice the time to set out.

After the Congo Free State declared independence, it immediately attacked Boma, which was also besieged by rebels, and the result was another war, and while rescuing Boma, the Congolese Party successfully controlled the access to the sea in the Congo Free State.

Large quantities of armaments, including weapons and ammunition, quickly arrived in Boma, along with various necessities urgently needed in the Congo Free State, and the nascent Congo Party was immediately embraced by all Congolese white people.

Home and country?

It doesn't exist at all, and the group unconscious is the norm.

The unconscious here refers to the lack of rational thinking, advocating rights, superstitious authority figures, translated into Mandarin is not to engage in feudal superstition.

For the current Congo Free State, Isaiah Chamberlain is the savior, after the rebellion broke out, the previous Congo Free State dignitaries and nobles ran away, and Isaiah Chamberlain will definitely have a chance to escape, but Isaiah Chamberlain still remains in the Congo Free State to resist, at this time, if anyone doubts Isaiah Chamberlain's motives will be beaten to death by the angry crowd, without Isaiah Chamberlain's efforts, Boma and Leopoldville will be broken by the rebels sooner or later, At that time, the fate of the white people in the city can be imagined.

For those who have survived the catastrophe, being alive is the greatest kindness.

Just three days after the occupation of Boma, the Provisional Government of the Congo Free State was proclaimed, Isaiah Chamberlain was elected president without dispute, and Isaac Pansy was appointed Prime Minister by Isaiah Chamberlain.

At this time, no one cared about the mood of Leopold II and the Belgian government, and Britain, France and Germany all said in just a few days that if the provisional government of the Congo Free State needed it, it could send troops to help restore stability in the Congo Free State.

These three countries all have colonies bordering the Congo Free State, and Portugal, which has no sense of existence, does not dare to speak, and Portugal is difficult to protect its strength and is really unable to help the Congo Free State.

Going a little deeper, there is probably the factor of cold lips and teeth, and the situation in Portuguese West Africa is also surrounded by wolves, and there is no one in the surrounding countries and regions to mess with, and if it is not good, the city gate will catch fire and affect the pond fish.

Although southern Africa has no diplomatic rights and no right to engage with the Congo Free State at the political level, it is the only country deeply involved in the Congo Free State rebellion, and it has no intention of returning Bukavu and Lake Kivu, which are still occupied by the Congo Free State.

Of course, the new Congo Free State did not want to ask for it, but signed a lease contract with Salisbury-based Ronigon Company, which was the same as the previous contract signed by Leopold II with the large enterprises of the Congo Free State, to lease the copper mining area in the southeast of the Congo Free State to Ronigon for 99 years.

The full name of Ronigon is the United Mining Company of Rhodesia-Nyasaland and the Free State of the Congo, and the name shows how complex the structure of this company is.

In fact, the composition of shareholders is more complicated, and only two companies are South African companies and Adan companies that are disclosed, and I don't know how many are not disclosed.

The contract was also strongly opposed by Leopold II and the Belgian government, but the objections were invalid, and the Ronny company had just paid the first lease fee, and the provisional government of the Congo Free State had purchased a large amount of weapons and equipment, including aircraft and armored vehicles.

The planes and armoured vehicles were all produced in Nyasaland, but the Congo Free State did not give the order directly to Nyasaland, but purchased it through a French trading company, which was actually owned by a German, and this situation finally made Leopold II and the Belgian government feel troubled, and they did not know who to oppose when they wanted to routinely oppose it.

Nyasaland's performance at this time is very in line with the true meaning of free trade, when the Ottoman Empire and Italy bought planes from Nyasaland could not hire pilots, to the Congo Free State here, the Nyasaland military industrial group directly to deliver to the Southern African Ministry of Defense aircraft and armored vehicles to the Congo Free State, want to hire pilots is even more casual hiring, now there are more and more flying clubs in Nyasaland, pilots are no longer a resource that needs to be strictly controlled.

Of course, if the Ottoman Empire and Italy wanted to, they would not be able to hire them, and who would have made North Africa too far from Nyasaland.

After another half a month, an airport was built outside Boma, strong wind fighters were successfully stationed, pilots began to train every day, and armored vehicles were also parked outside the airport. Every day, there are so many Boma residents who gather around the airport to watch the bustle of the city, and every plane attracts a lot of cheers as it takes off and lands.

In early July, the Provisional Government of the Congo Free State decided to build a hydroelectric power station on the Congo River, ushering the Congo Free State into the electric age, and Isaiah Chamberlain's personal popularity reached its peak.

While the Congolese were cheering for a brighter future, Henry, 2,500 kilometres away, was worried.

"Locke, you have to be careful of raising tigers." Henry feared that the Congo Free State would become the next southern Africa.

From the perspective of the natural environment, the Congo Free State does have the potential to become the next southern Africa, and there are deserts in southern Africa, and the territory of the Congo Free State is almost entirely tropical rainforest, and the proportion of available land is more than that of southern Africa.

In terms of mineral resources, the Congo Free State is no less than southern Africa, which is known for its abundant resources, and the Congo Free State is known as the "world's raw material warehouse", "Central African gem" and "geological miracle", with 15 percent of the world's copper reserves, one-half of the world's cobalt reserves, 80 percent of the world's niobium-tantalum reserves, and 23 percent of the world's diamond reserves.

And the Congo Free State also has oil, although compared with the peninsula, the Congo Free State does not have much oil reserves, but the Congo Free State is next to Nyasaland, and the geographical advantage is unparalleled.

More importantly, the fatal shortcoming of the population of southern Africa is an advantage in the Congo Free State, where there are 10 million Africans in the Congo Free State and less than 5 million Africans in the more than 3 million square kilometers of Southern Africa.

"Don't worry about this question Henry, the Congo Free State will never be a threat to us." Roque is still sure, everything is under control, Leopold II used to make money from plantations, and he didn't know how much mineral resources there were in the Congo Free State, and now Roque preemptively established Ronny Gang Company in order to control the resources of the Congo Free State, as long as the Congo Free State does not develop industry, then no matter when, in front of Southern Africa, the Congo Free State is a younger brother.

"I don't mean threats, you don't really want to support the Congo Free State, do you?" Henry didn't understand Roque's routine, and according to Henry's understanding of Roque, Roque should directly annex the Congo Free State at this time, just like Portuguese East Africa before.

In Henry's view, now is the best time to annex the Congo Free State, and once the interim government of the Congo Free State has gained a foothold, Southern Africa will have to face greater resistance to annexing the Congo Free State.

"It must be cultivated, otherwise what should I do?" Roque didn't want to go through a lot of trouble, but he couldn't do it without support, and now is indeed the weakest time for the Congo Free State, but it is not the best time to annex the Congo Free State.

After the annexation of Portuguese East Africa by southern Africa, the total land area has reached 3.4 million square kilometers, accounting for more than 11 percent of the total area of Africa, if it is still the southern Africa that was poor and weak before, then the area of southern Africa will not be eye-catching, now with the continuous improvement of the strength of southern Africa, southern Africa has attracted more and more attention, if the Congo Free State is annexed now, then after the end of World War I, southern Africa will lose the opportunity to annex southwest Africa and Tanganyika, No matter how great Southern Africa's contribution during World War I was, not to mention France, Britain would not allow such a huge and powerful country as Southern Africa to emerge.

In another time and space, after the end of World War I, southern Africa only annexed southwest Africa, and Tanganyika was directly administered by the British, and southern Africa achieved limited expansion.

In this time and space, Roque is bound to Southwest Africa and Tanganyika, and the Congo Free State can be put first, and it will not run on its own with long legs anyway.

The same goes for Portuguese West Africa, and it would be equally easy for Roque to subvert Portuguese West Africa now, and the Portuguese's precautionary measures were not worth mentioning to the Umbrella Company and the Adan Company, but it was not necessary, for the same reason as not to annex the Congo Free State, the annexation of Portuguese East Africa was just an attempt to prove that Roque's methods worked, and what worked now would be more effective after the end of the First World War.