Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 584 Confused Concepts

Compared with the hard horses and hard bridges of the German army on the eastern front, Lawrence Elsey, commander of the No. 30 Fifth Division, the commander-in-chief of the German army on the western front, wanted to cry but had no tears.

The No.30 Fifth Division also took a train to reinforce Dodoma at the beginning, but after the train left Usumbula for [-] kilometers, the railway was destroyed by the Honor Fort troops, and Lawrence Elsey had to order the accompanying servants to start repairing the railway .

In the 21st century, with the assistance of various large-scale engineering equipment, repairing railways seems to be very simple.

But at the beginning of the [-]th century, in Tanganyika, which lacked construction machinery and engineering personnel, could not even produce its own rails, and was constantly harassed by Fort Honor troops, repairing the railway was an impossible task.

With the guidance of professional guerrilla warfare experts, the black Africans in the Honor Fort troops seemed to be on the hook, showing the arrogance in the bones of the Africans to the fullest.

Under normal circumstances, to destroy the railway, just blow up the rails.

African blacks are not like this. Of course they sometimes bury explosives directly, but more often they play tricks on the roadbed. The railways in some areas seem to have no problems, and there are no problems when the workers inspect them, but as long as the train goes up , the roadbed will collapse soon, and the high-speed train will end up miserable.

This is not actually a suggestion given by the volunteers. Considering the future of Tanganyika, the volunteers actually suggested to the Fort Honor troops to directly destroy the railway, not to engage in these invisible tricks, and directly blow up the railway tracks If it is bad, even removing the rails and resisting them is better than the current situation, because the railway can be repaired in the future if it is directly destroyed. If it is done like this now, even if the Germans withdraw in the future, this railway will not be able to continue to be used.

The little blacks don’t care. In their words, the railway is a tool used by the Germans to colonize Tanganyika. The people of Tanganyika now oppose German colonization, so they should abandon any Tanganyika imposed on them by the Germans. thing.

As a result, the railway may be the only valuable thing that Germany brought to Tanganyika, and it was destroyed by the little blacks.

In fact, after the railway was destroyed, Lawrence Elsey ordered the troops to advance along the gravel road. It took a long time to repair the railway. Lawrence Elsey could not be in a hurry, but Dodoma did not have enough time to wait.

The road situation is also very serious. For a whole week, the No. 30 Fifth Division did not advance more than one hundred kilometers. On the worst day, the advance distance was less than ten kilometers.

In Lawrence Elsey's view, the Fort Honor troops can definitely be associated with all negative words such as insidious, obscene, despicable, shameless, etc. The German army of Tanganyika, who left the railway and took the road, still has to face various There were endless attacks.

From the most primitive traps to the unpredictable landmines, the No. 30 Fifth Division has suffered a lot in a week, collecting hundreds of various types of mines alone.

It is true that Africans release their natural instincts, and their thinking cannot be mastered at all. Guerrilla warfare experts introduced the general structure of landmines to the blacks, and then the blacks played freely in various ways, and the landmines they produced were definitely not what normal landmines should be. There are all kinds of strange things.

And the key point is that in the eyes of white Europeans, Africans in Tanganyika look similar, so many Africans who sympathized with the Honor Fort troops were mixed into the Tanganyika servant army that was just formed during this period. , and even the Honor Hold rebels who hid their identities.

On June 22, Lawrence Elsie himself was almost injured by a landmine. Afterwards, Lawrence Elsie found out that there were members of the Fort Honor rebels in the slave army responsible for demining. Honor Hold rebels replanted the mine, which exploded as Lawrence Elsie drove past the mine.

Lawrence Elsie would like to thank the Lord's car for the safety protection. If it was replaced by another car, Lawrence Elsie would be dead or injured.

When Erich von Falkenhayn went looking for Rock, the No. 30 Fifth Division was still nearly 30 kilometers away from Dodoma in a straight line. According to the current speed, it would take at least [-] kilometers for the No. [-] Fifth Division to reach Dodoma. two months.

Two months!

If you take a boat, you can circle more than half of the world.

So when Erich von Falkenhayn came to Rock, he was also in despair.

"Locke, you Nyasaland are playing with fire. You have opened the gates of hell and released a group of demons. Now Tanganyika will be Nyasaland in the future, and even the whole of southern Africa. Fireplayers You must set yourself on fire, and I hope you will have enough means to deal with it by then." Erich von Falkenhayn almost didn't curse directly.

"Hehe, General Falkenhayn, you don't need to worry about this issue. Now you should worry about Tanganyika. How are you going to deal with the situation in Tanganyika?" Rock is not worried about this issue. The essence of guerrilla warfare lies in the masses The foundation of the work, without the support of the masses, the guerrillas would not be able to persist at all. Africans would not get any support at all in Nyasaland, which is dominated by Chinese, and Natal, which is dominated by Africans. Not cheap, as the previous Natal rebellion had proven, the Rhodesian Northern Division was perfectly capable of dealing with any form of rebel force.

That was still a dissatisfied Rhodesian Northern Division. The current Rhodesian Northern Division is fully equipped with 8000 people. Even if all Africans in southern Africa join the rebel army, the Rhodesian Northern Division can easily deal with it.

Even the First Cavalry Division does not need to be recruited.

Erich von Falkenhayn has nothing to do with the current Tanganyika. If there is, the situation in Tanganyika will not collapse to the current level, and Erich von Falkenhayn does not have to Low key to Ulysses.

So Erich von Falkenhayn's answer to Rock was a long silence.

From the changes in Erich von Falkenhayn's expression, Roque could see that Erich von Falkenhayn's inner struggle was complicated.

"If——I mean if, if Tanganyika can give Honor Hold a relatively sufficient living space, then can Honor Hold recognize Tanganyika's management?" Erich von Falkenhayn finally concluded. I just don't know whether it was Erich von Falkenhayn himself or the German General Staff who raised this question.

It is estimated that there are two aspects.

The current Tanganyika looks like a bottomless pit. It is not impossible for Germany to suppress the Honor Fort rebels. The key question is, if the German government increases its investment and continues to increase troops to Tanganyika, will the cost and benefits be justified? Proportional.

If Tanganyika is the Transvaal full of gold, then I believe that the German General Staff will stabilize the situation in Tanganyika even if it suspends the arms race.

It's a pity that Tanganyika is not. The current Tanganyika itself still needs subsidies from Germany to maintain its colonial rule, and it is impossible to feed back to Germany. Questions to measure.

As for Erich von Falkenhayn himself, the experience of Tanganyika, the memory left to Erich von Falkenhayn is definitely not pleasant, and will even become Erich von Falkenhayn military The stain in his career has seriously affected Erich von Falkenhayn's future, so Erich von Falkenhayn now wants to end the war in Tanganyika and leave Tanganyika in a relatively decent way Click.

As for what Tanganyika would become later, that was not a question that Erich von Falkenhayn would consider at all.

"Of course you can admit it, but whether you accept it is another matter." Rock did not let go, and would never lower the requirements of the Fort Honor troops just because Erich von Falkenhayn came to the door.

Even if it is lowered, it will not be Rock's turn to be a good person. Mumu is in Ulysses. If Erich von Falkenhayn really wants to solve the Tanganyika problem, he can talk to Mumu. talk.

The reason why Erich von Falkenhayn came to Roque instead of directly to Mumu was because the white people had always looked down on Africans. Although Roque was not white, Roque was a military exploiter of the British Empire. Nobles are definitely qualified to communicate with Erich von Falkenhayn on an equal footing.

"In fact, I have always believed that European competition should not continue to Africa. The situation in Tanganyika, Southwest Africa, and Southern Africa is similar. They are essentially colonies of European countries. We should join hands. Turn Africa into the next Europe, instead of dismantling each other as it is now." Erich von Falkenhayn estimated that he was a bit self-defeating and decadent, so he said it directly.

"It was you who dismantled us first. If it weren't for the assistance you gave to the Boers during the Boer War, there would be no chaos in Tanganyika today." Rock also responded directly. Everyone knows the specific situation. On the first day of junior high school, there is fifteenth in the UK.

It's just that the British survived at the beginning, so there is now southern Africa.

If the Germans can't stand it, Tanganyika will become Zanzibar.

"The Boer War was a war between whites and whites, and it is not the same thing as Tanganyika." Erich von Falkenhayn did not deny Germany's role during the Boer War, which was the case in Europe The country is also very common, and there are now many volunteers from Europe and around the world in Tanganyika.

"It's the same thing. If you ask the Boers, they don't even admit that they are Europeans." Rock is really not lying. The group of "Afrikaners" was first proposed by the Boers, but it was carried forward by Adelaide. Puts all of Southern Africa in the category of "Afrikaners".

This is actually a deliberate confusion of concepts. The Boers want to build a multi-ethnic political group, and Adelaide is the same.

(End of this chapter)