Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 563 The Corrupt Country Is Really Corrupt

No matter how much the Germans in Germany look down on the Qing Dynasty, the Germans in Tanganyika have a clear understanding of the Chinese in Nyasaland.

The Chinese in Nyasaland are different from the Chinese in the Qing Dynasty. In the eyes of the Germans, the Chinese in Nyasaland are smart, brave, hardworking and capable, so they can build Nyasaland into an African garden in a short period of time. Tange The Germans in Nika are also envious and jealous of Nyasaland, which is also the respect that the Chinese in Nyasaland have won with their strength and performance.

Although many Germans do not admit it, they have recognized the Chinese in Nyasaland as part of the civilized world. This has nothing to do with whether the Chinese in Nyasaland are British or not. The Boers in southern Africa are still white, but In southern Africa, the Boers are second-class citizens.

To put it bluntly, the economic foundation determines the social status. If Nyasaland has no money, the construction in the territory is a mess, and the army equipment is backward and simple, then the Germans in Tanganyika will not look down on the Chinese in Nyasaland.

Since it is a part of the civilized world, the rules of the civilized world should be used. August Dorn will definitely not forget how they treated the Tatera people at this time, so the Honor Hold rebels just appeared. T Dorn ordered the troops to retreat.

When the Second Tanganyika Division was attacking, the Second Battalion of the Teaching Regiment had completed a detour, cutting off the retreat of the Tanganyika Second Division, leaving only the second Tanganyika Division There was only one way left, and that was to bypass the Fort Helmut position and move on.

And standing in front of the Tanganyika Second Division was the Fort Honor rebels, all composed of cavalry.

Or August Dorn can also choose to jump into Lake Rukwa and swim back to Usumbula, but this route is more dangerous. There are many wild animals in Tanganyika, and there are crocodiles and hippos in Lake Rukwa. Thinking of the mouths of crocodiles and hippos made August Dorn shudder.

"Where are there so many inexplicable enemies here? Who are they, and why do the damn rebels have so many horses?" August Dorn had countless questions in his mind, but unfortunately there were none. One can give August Dorn the answer.

Now that Tanganyika's second division is the softie in the urn, Feng Duxing is definitely not in a hurry, leaving the chance of personal revenge to the Honor Fort rebels.

Mumu didn't give August Dorn a chance to breathe. As soon as Tanganyika's second division fell into chaos, Mumu took the lead and led the Honor Hold rebels to launch an attack.

If all the heavy machine guns hadn't been blown up just now, now is the time for the heavy machine guns to exert their power.

It's a pity that the only thing German soldiers can use to fight against cavalry is the simple rifle in their hands.

It's really rudimentary. The southern African troops are now equipped with Lee Enfield, and the Tanganyika Second Division is still equipped with single-shot Mauser rifles, which cannot cope with the impact of cavalry at all.

The existence of cavalry as an arm for thousands of years must have its rationality. The scene of thousands of cavalry charging in groups and thousands of horses galloping is indeed very exciting.

The cavalry still used the traditional machetes of Tanganyika. Although the blades of the machetes were not long, the thousands of bright machetes raised high were still very shocking.

"Hold on, don't mess—"

"Line up—"

"Fire--"

The officers of the Tanganyika Second Division were all trying their best to maintain the defense, but unfortunately, the sporadic sounds were drowned out by the dense sound of horseshoes. Some officers even drew their guns in desperation, and shot those soldiers who had discarded their weapons and tried to escape. Shoot on the spot.

However, this kind of behavior did not stabilize the situation. On the contrary, it aroused the rebellion and arrogance in the bones of the Africans. Some people immediately pointed their guns at the German officers.

At this time, whoever wants to stop them from escaping is their life and death enemy, and there is no such thing as discipline and honor.

But they didn't think about it, no matter how fast they can run with two legs, they can't run with four legs, and this kind of terrain is surrounded on three sides and surrounded by water on one side, if they want to race against the cavalry, they might as well jump into Lake Rukwa, at least there is still a chance of survival .

Crocodiles and hippos will get fed up eventually—

Just when the second division of Tanganyika fell into chaos, the cavalry led by Mumu finally arrived.

All men were equal before the bayonet.

The same is true before the machete.

The cavalry attacking the infantry is really similar to the tiger entering the flock. The machete is actually not very effective at this time. With the powerful impact of the horse, it is enough to smash the infantry's defensive formation, let alone the tank. Gunicha's Second Division didn't organize an effective defense at all, so the scene was full of heads and blood.

Many soldiers of the Second Tanganyika Division surrendered on their knees almost immediately, with no will to resist at all.

But Mumu's subordinates had no intention of taking prisoners at all. Although most of the soldiers of the Second Tanganyika Division were Africans, the Africans killed each other with fierce and merciless methods, so even those The Africans who knelt and raised their hands to surrender were also cut with machetes or knocked away by war horses.

According to statistics after the fact, in just one and a half hours of the encounter, a total of 145 German officers and 3621 African soldiers were killed since August Dorn, the commander of the Tanganyika Second Division, and only six lucky ones jumped. Entering Lake Ruqua, successfully escaped the pursuit of cavalry, as well as the attacks of crocodiles and hippos.

These six people were all Africans. After the official Tanganyika investigation, these six people could not provide effective information at all. Over and over again, the enemy had a lot of cavalry, far more than the second division of Tanganyika. After the battle broke out, the officers did not Organize an effective defense, and then the whole army collapses.

This result obviously did not satisfy the Tanganyika Command and the Governor's Office. The annihilation of the Second Division not only led to the breakthrough of the encirclement carefully designed by Erich von Falkenhayn, but also completely broke the Tanganyika Command. The advantage of the colonial army.

Since the Fort Honor rebels are capable of annihilating the Second Tanganyika Division, they are capable of annihilating the First Tanganyika Division, and even the 115th Brigade, which was reinforced locally. Army, Erich von Falkenhain will seek more support troops from the mainland.

Leaving aside whether the mainland has the ability to provide support to Tanganyika, after the Tanganyika Second Division was annihilated, Usumbula was directly exposed to the Honor Hold rebels. Erich von Falkenhayn For the safety of Usumbula, the 115th Brigade had to be transferred to Usumbula for defense, and the [-]st Division of Tanganyika was transferred back to Ping An Harbor. In this way, the vast area in the hinterland of Tanganyika became completely In the vacuum zone, the living space of the Honor Hold rebels has greatly increased.

On December 20th, Erich von Falkenhain had to request support from the mainland and reminded the German General Staff that if the rebellion in Tanganyika was to be quelled.

At least [-] regular German troops are needed.

10 million people!

It is still a regular army, not even the colonial servant army, which is simply unacceptable to the German General Staff. During the Franco-Prussian War, in order to face France, which is known as the "world's largest army", Prussia at that time only mobilized 30 people.

Could it be that the strength of the Tanganyika rebels has reached one-third of the French army?

It's just a joke.

But Erich von Falkenhayn emphasized in a subsequent telegram that if there is no [-] regular troops, it is impossible to suppress the rebellion in Tanganyika, then Germany must be prepared to lose Tanganyika.

This was again unacceptable to Kaiser Wilhelm II.

After the Franco-Prussian War, with its many colonies, France quickly recovered its strength from the shadow of defeat, which made William II envious.

Therefore, after the Franco-Prussian War, Germany also began to seek colonies. It was at this time that William II discovered that the colonies in the world had been divided up by European countries headed by Britain and France. William II did his best and only got Southwest in Africa. The two colonies of Africa and Tanganyika, as well as some corners in Asia.

Africa is better. Anyway, there are African natives in the colonies that can be driven by the Germans. Germany’s colonies in Asia are islands. There are no people on the islands, and there is no benefit at all, so the colonies help Germany very little.

But it is impossible for William II to give up these colonies. If Germany is really forced to give up Tanganyika, then this is tantamount to giving the ambitious William II a severe slap in the face. I am afraid that Germany will become the laughing stock of the whole of Europe.

Just won the title of "World's No. [-] Army", but now it is defeated by African natives. This is simply ridiculous.

But it is not easy to reinforce Tanganyika. It is necessary to send [-] German troops from the German mainland to southern Africa. Let alone how difficult the journey is, the military expenditure required is also astronomical.

Britain mobilized 45 people in the Boer War and paid 2.2 million pounds. How much can Germany provide now?

Not to mention 2.2 million pounds, 2.2 million marks will not come out. Germany's limited economic strength is now all used in the arms race with the United Kingdom. If reinforcements to Tanganyika are required, it will affect Germany's armaments competition.

It seems that no matter how the situation evolves, it is more beneficial to Britain.

So just after Christmas, Earl Selborne returned to southern Africa again. This time, Earl Selborne's task was to confer the title of Viscount Roque.

In other words, Baron Nyasaland will finally become Viscount Nyasaland.

However, Roque was not very happy. The British government will not seal it sooner or later. It must be at this time. This is obviously to remind the Germans that Roque has made great contributions to the British Empire and must use a viscount Praise, this is to roast Rock on the fire.

So what is the biggest news that is good for the British Empire in the near future?

Undoubtedly the rebellion in Tanganyika.

If Germany only suspected that Nyasaland had participated in the war before, then after Rock was made a viscount, the Germans could finally be sure that the mysterious force that annihilated the second division of Tanganyika was the Nyasaland force.

(End of this chapter)