Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 768

Entering February, the situation in the Congo Free State collapsed rapidly. With the withdrawal of large enterprises, large areas in the central and eastern regions fell. The Belgian government lacked effective measures to deal with the chaos. Even the connection between Leopoldville and Boma was blocked. cut off.

Leopoldville is named after Leopold II. It is the largest city in the Congo Free State, but it is not the political center of the Congo Free State. Boma is the nominal capital of the Congo Free State.

Before the river between Leopoldville and Boma was separated by waterfalls, the two cities were connected by railways. After the rebellion broke out, the rebels blew up the railway between Leopoldville and Boma, and the entire Congo Free State, Only a small area around the estuary is still under the control of the Belgian government.

The terrain of the Congo Free State is like a huge funnel. The body of the funnel is located in the inland tropical rainforest area, with an area of ​​more than 200 million square kilometers, and the outlet to the sea is extremely narrow, only less than [-] kilometers away.

Although most of the territory of the Congo Free State is controlled by the rebels, the Belgian government has not given up its ambitions for the Congo Free State. After the rebellion, large companies withdrew one after another, giving the Belgian government a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If the Belgian government If it can come up with a strong way, then the Belgian government can take the opportunity to take back the power of major companies in the Congo Free State and complete the actual control of the Congo Free State.

The problem is that in the face of the rebels, the Belgian government is unable to even form a counter-insurgency force. Although the Belgian government insists on ownership of the Congo Free State and refuses any "help" from neighboring countries and regions, the actual situation in the Congo Free State is It continued to deteriorate, and by the end of February, only a few white-controlled areas in the Congo Free State were still holding on, and even Leopoldville was besieged by rebels.

The current rebel army is also different from the unarmed mob in the past.

Since the Africans in Portuguese East Africa succeeded in driving the Portuguese out, siege became the most effective means for Africans to deal with the colonists.

Compared with countries such as Belgium and Portugal, the biggest advantage of the African region is human resources and a complex geographical environment. In the past, when Africans fought against whites, because they did not understand white weapons, they often took the initiative to attack the colonial army. The strong fortifications built by the colonial army with their superior weapons were beaten to death.

Now the Africans have learned to be smart. They no longer take the initiative to attack. They give full play to their superiority in numbers and take advantage of the complex geographical environment to encircle and not fight. They gradually consume the material reserves of the colonial troops, and the collapsed colonial troops take the initiative to attack. Instead of breaking the situation instantly, the previous disadvantages turned into advantages. As a result, the colonial troops were passive and defeated.

After the rebellion broke out in the Congo Free State, the lucky whites fled one after another, and the unlucky whites disappeared without a sound. Rock originally planned to gradually send back the refugees in Nyasaland in batches from the beginning of February Europe, but it was rejected by most of the refugees. Many refugees hoped to live in Nyasaland and did not want to leave at all.

"Most white people in Africa chose to immigrate because they couldn't survive in Europe. Even officials like us chose to find another way out in Africa because they were not valued at home and had no hope of promotion. Those refugees from the Congo Free State are now Penniless, all their property was lost in the rebellion, and most of them were reduced to the bottom of society after returning to Europe, so it is normal for them not to want to leave.” Henry understands the mentality of white Africans, Henry was also because he did not have the right to inherit the title , was not valued in the family, so he went to Africa to join the army.

"Even if they stay in Nyasaland, they will be at the bottom of society, and Nyasaland has no Africans for them to enslave. I am afraid they are not used to the way Nyasaland farms operate." Rock is not optimistic about these refugees, If they had fought bloody battles against the rebels and were eventually defeated and forced to go to Nyasaland, Roque would have given them some respect. Forget it now. Those cowards who fled without fighting are not worthy of pity at all.

This point is indeed in stark contrast. In Nyasaland, even women have to spare time every year to receive a certain degree of military training in order to have the ability to survive when disaster strikes.

These refugees from Nyasaland are all plantation owners in the Congo Free State. Hunting is the most popular sport for the white people in the Congo Free State. In their spare time, they even shoot Africans in the Congo Free State for fun. It is said that they all have good military forces. ability, but in the face of the rebels, these people still choose to flee instead of fighting to the death, which is really regrettable.

"I don't even have a farm when I go back to Europe, and I don't even have a farm when I go back to Europe. I can only be enslaved in a factory. If I stay in Nyasaland, I have at least a farm. As long as I am not lazy and hopeless, I can support my family." Henry is also helpless on this issue. In Orange, there are already "poor whites" who are forced to sell their farms due to poor management. Whites are no longer superior in Africa.

Most Boers choose to sell their farms and go to Canada or Australia to start a new business, but according to their character, even if they emigrate again, the result will not change.

Now because of the immigration policies of various countries, these wandering poor whites still have loopholes to take advantage of. When countries realize this problem and gradually cancel the immigration policies, these whites will be completely reduced to poor whites, and no one can save them.

In fact, this is quite normal. There are many poor whites in Europe now. Before these whites in Africa came to Africa, most of them were poor whites.

"Nyasaland has no extra land to allocate to them." Rock directly refused. Nyasaland has a lot of open land, but they are all reserved for the Chinese, and there is not an inch of extra land.

Refugees from the Congo Free State, even if they want to stay in southern Africa, have to accept the unified distribution of the federal government. It is basically impossible to stay in Nyasaland, but it is possible in Natal or Basutoland.

In a few years, even Natal and Basutoland will not have space to accommodate these new immigrants, so Adelaide is canceling the immigration policy in stages.

"You don't have to be so obvious, there are only 1000 people in the area, and it doesn't take much land to house them." Henry was dissatisfied. Although Rock didn't say anything, Nyasaland was actually extremely xenophobic. Look at Ni The white people brought in by Asalan knew that Nyasaland would never accept them unless they had special skills.

Among the ten states in southern Africa, although Nyasaland is not the largest in area, it has been expanding. After annexing part of the Portuguese West Africa and the Congo Free State, the area of ​​Nyasaland has now reached nearly 70 square kilometers, and this does not include Lake Niassa and the North Sea, which are actually controlled by Nyasaland. With such a large area, there are almost no white farmers in the territory. This is an open secret in southern Africa.

Many white people, including Henry, also criticized Rock's approach, but Rock's reasons are sufficient. There is a clear gap between white people and Chinese in various aspects such as farming technology, hard work, and management difficulty. Although Nyasaland It is located on the border, but among the ten southern African states, the development level is the best, and the Chinese are now also Afrikaners, so white people who know the situation dare not raise it in person, and can only criticize it behind their backs.

For the relationship between Henry and Rock, if you have something to say, you must say it face to face, and there is no need to avoid it.

"Come on, why don't you let them go to Fawalt?" Rock was even more dissatisfied. Fawalt's area is a little smaller, but it is no problem to accommodate more than 1000 people.

"I think so, but I'm afraid they won't like it." Henry is also in pain and happiness. Fawalt is full of steel factories and cement factories. He has earned a lot of money, but the environment is very poor. At the moment in 1911, Not to mention environmental pollution, the current level of economic development is not qualified to consider this issue.

When Rock and Henry complained, Feng Xun, who was in charge of managing the refugee camp, was also earnest.

There are no adult men in the refugee camp now, and all the adult men were sent to the boat as soon as Rock decided to repatriate them in batches, and they didn't even know their destination.

Now the rest of the refugee camps are women and children. They do not know how to know that they will be repatriated, so they refuse to leave the refugee camp, which makes Feng Xun very headache.

"This is very close to the border, and the rebels may come over at any time, so you have to leave here and go to a safer place—" Feng Xun still tried to persuade, facing a group of women and children who used tears as weapons at every turn, Feng Xun It's really hard not to be ruthless.

These women and children are not stupid. During the time in the refugee camp, as they got to know the Nyasaland people, they finally found an appropriate way to communicate with the Nyasaland people. Tears are their greatest weapon.

"Sheriff, don't lie to us. The rebels will never dare to enter Nyasaland. This is the safest place in the world—" Luisa wished to stay in Nyasaland with tears in her eyes. The refugee camp is indeed very far from the border. It is close, but the rebels dare not go near the border at all, and even the sound of gunfire cannot be heard in the refugee camp.

"We will dismantle this refugee camp in a few days, and the rebels will definitely come back by then." Feng Xun threatened and threatened, but his soft tone really didn't have much deterrent effect.

"It doesn't matter, as long as we stay, we can build our own houses. If the rebels come back, we will be in bad luck—" Luisa's attitude is firm. Although Luisa doesn't understand Nyasaland's obsession with land, she understands it very well. learn.

The entire Congo Free State knows that the land controlled by Nyasaland will never be spit out, and Nyasaland does not allow Africans to enter Nyasaland. All illegal entry is regarded as an invasion and will be punished. The Nyasaland military and border police brutally attacked the rebels, and they were not stupid. Even if they came back, they would not dare to cross the river that had dried up due to lack of water.

(End of this chapter)