864--Andrew

For many Britons, these overseas dominions are still colonies of the British Empire, even though southern Africa has achieved self-government like Canada and Australia.

This is not discrimination against southern Africa, but discrimination against all overseas colonies. Even if Zhu Fu, the commander of the First Cavalry Division, is white, and the First Cavalry Division is replaced by Canadian or Australian troops, the result will not change. In the minds of many British people, only those who can't get along in the country will go to overseas colonies. This is why many colonial officials are arrogant in front of the colonial natives, although in essence, these officials who work in the colonies, in The local people also belonged to the category of not being able to get along, otherwise they would not have been sent to work in the colonies.

The aborigines here refer not only to Africans, but also whites and Chinese who have immigrated to southern Africa.

From the perspective of southern Africans, Britain was in an unprecedented period of weakness during the World Wars. At this time, southern Africa gave the British mainland its due feedback, and the British mainland should also give southern Africa an appropriate feedback to improve southern Africa’s status in the Commonwealth. status, giving Southern Africa more autonomy.

However, in the eyes of most British people, it is only right and proper for the colonies to feed back the mother country, and it is a due responsibility and obligation. Southern Africa should not ask for anything other than what the British government actively gives.

This is also the meaning of Ceci Leacock, commander of the Zanzibar Islands garrison.

"The Ministry of War did not let you attack Tanganyika at all. Your attack target is Southwest Africa. It is enough to do your own work well. Don't reach out for things outside the scope of work!" Ceci Leacock was furious, The telegram to him from the War Department was in the desk drawer.

"You mean that even if Tanganyika attacks Nyasaland, we can only be beaten passively and cannot launch a counterattack?" Zhu Fu looked even angrier, and those who didn't know thought that Tanganyika had already attacked Los Angeles It's over.

"When did Tanganyika attack Nyasaland?" Ceci Leacock couldn't believe it. He could even say such words, and Zhu Fu in Sisi's eyes was simply disgusting.

"Last night, the Tanganyika Marine Police attacked the Nyasaland Marine Police's marine police boat." Zhu Fu was triumphant. The Weissman has become a trophy in southern Africa, and the witnesses and evidence are irrefutable.

"You have dozens of divisions in southern Africa and nearly 50 troops. Tanganyika only has two pitiful divisions that are not full, and the full number is less than 3. Are you crazy or von Letoff Forbeck? Do you think anyone will believe what you say?" Sisi didn't believe it at all, which was obviously an excuse.

"We are not crazy. What is crazy is this era. So Colonel, let your people leave. We have to land immediately. According to the war mobilization order issued by the king, this port is now requisitioned by our Southern African Ministry of Defense." Zhu Fu didn't care Believe it or not, the reason why the excuse is an excuse is not intended to be convincing.

Once it enters a state of war, as long as it is necessary, the military can requisition ports, ships, supplies, and everything related to war.

Even if it is not British property, the British War Department can expropriate it.

"Your Southern African Ministry of Defense is not the British War Department. You do not have this right." Sisi firmly opposes it. If the southern African army lands on the Zanzibar Islands, then Sisi, the commander of the garrison, will also be negligent.

Zhu Fu didn't have time to fight the lawsuit with Sisi, time is life, and the war opportunity is fleeting, so Zhu Fu only said "fake squid" to Sisi, and then ordered the troops to land.

"Without my permission, if you dare to land, it will be an invasion!" Sisi was furious.

"Then you order the troops to shoot!" Zhu Fu was not afraid of the escalation of the conflict, nor did he believe that Sisi dared to let the troops shoot.

If Sisi dared to order the troops to shoot, then Zhu Fu would dare to bloodbath the Zanzibar Islands. If there is your first day of junior high school, there will be my fifteenth day.

"Fuck you bastards!" Sisi yelled. At this time, you can see the lack of English swearing vocabulary. It's the same thing as cow dung bastards over and over again, and I don't know where the cow dung is.

Cursing and scolding, when the first cavalry division landed, the defensive troops really didn't dare to shoot. Ordinary soldiers didn't care what the first cavalry division's landing in the Zanzibar Islands meant. They could be bought with a pack of cigarettes. Rifles watched the excitement, and if they threw a lighter over and even came to help, they didn't care that their commander would almost cry out of anger.

There is indeed a lot of excitement to watch. The First Cavalry Division will use the Zanzibar Islands as its forward base, so there will be a lot of supplies to go ashore. When Zhu Fu and Sisi scold each other, the cruisers and destroyers of the Southern African Navy will Cruising outside the port, the huge [-]-ton freighter has already started unloading at the port.

Freighters in southern Africa no longer need to rely on manpower to carry them on their shoulders and hands. Considering that most of the wharves at this time lack port construction machinery, freighters in southern Africa are equipped with their own cranes, and materials are also transshipped in containers. Containers at this time are also It’s not as big as the container in Rock’s memory, otherwise the truck won’t be able to pull it. In the traditional way, a huge ship with [-] tons needs hundreds of dock workers to work for a week to send all the materials ashore. Now only a few people are needed, one day and one night can be unloaded.

The first thing to go ashore is the armored vehicle for defense. The alligator armored vehicle in southern Africa is different from the armored vehicle used by Britain during the Boer War. The vehicle is seven meters long, three meters wide, and 2.5 meters high. oppressive.

Such a huge body weighs only seven tons, and the armor of the whole car is not balanced. The armor on the front is as thick as 20 mm, and it is still inclined. It can defend against the Maxim heavy machine gun at a distance of 100 meters. The armor is only 100mm, and it can defend against 7.62mm rifles at a distance of [-] meters. All designs are optimized for the power of German standard weapons. It may be almost used as a tank on the battlefield, but it is used for defense in sensitive areas. The effect is still very good.

After all, artillery is still high-tech in this era, and most people can’t play it. It is very difficult to train artillery. In Africa, only southern Africa has the ability to train artillery on a large scale. Tanganyika and Southwest Africa are not good. Other West Africa, Sudan , North Africa not to mention.

"What the hell, I don't understand. Why do you want to requisition Zanzibar Island? Isn't it okay to attack Dar es Salaam directly? Dar es Salaam is also an undefended city now, and the German troops have retreated to the hinterland , that soft bastard Shi Nei didn't dare to resist at all, so Forbeck is a little more difficult to deal with, but this is not a problem for you." After all, Ceci still didn't dare to tear his face, and he still wanted to sit and drink with Zhu Fu when he was tired of scolding Tea, although Sisi hates the southern African army, but the coffee in southern Africa is quite good.

Dar es Salaam is the official residence of Governor Shinei in Tanganyika. Shinei is indeed weaker, but not as soft as a soft guy. The situation is stronger than others. Sisi will sit in Shinei's position. , Facing the full-scale attack of southern Africa, they may surrender directly, and there is no need to fight at all.

Dar es Salaam is in the coastal area of ​​Tanganyika, less than 203 kilometers away from Zanzibar Island. The main gun caliber of the cruiser in southern Africa is [-], which can directly bombard Dar es Salaam. When the British attacked Zanzibar This is what the Sultanate of Barr did. A few shots directly blasted the palace of the king of the Sultanate of Zanzibar to pieces. It only lasted half an hour from the outbreak of the war to the end of the war, and the Sultanate of Zanzibar was declared dead. A miracle in the history of human warfare.

Tanganyika must not be as violent as it was to the Sultanate of Zanzibar. The Sultanate of Zanzibar has only a few islands and no strategic depth at all. Tanganyika is now nearly a million square kilometers. If you want to swallow it completely, you have to chew slowly.

"Try this, the wine produced in Cape Oak Town is brewed in exactly the same way as champagne, our southern African champagne!" Zhu Fu didn't talk about the war with Sisi, Zanzibar Islands has a pleasant scenery, such a beautiful place Talking about these things is like burning pianos and boiling cranes.

In another time and space, Zanzibar Islands is a famous tourist area, with blue sky and white clouds, clear water and sandy beaches, tall coconut trees, original thatched cottages, different lifestyles, carefully prepared exotic food, everything you want in Zanzibar For the Bar Islands, working here is almost like going on vacation, it is simply a benefit.

Sisi's headquarters is next to the former king's palace of the Sultanate of Zanzibar. Now the king's palace has become ruins. Britain has no intention of repairing it, and does not care whether these ruins will become evidence of colonial aggression in the future. The West Headquarters is a three-story white marble building. The towering clock tower in the middle is in the traditional British classical style. Sitting on the balcony of the office and watching the water and the sky make people feel refreshed. Such a good leisure resort deserves to be upgraded. Owned by multiple people.

That's why Zhu Fu didn't tell Sisi why the First Division wanted to requisition Zanzibar Island.

"The taste is not bad, but it doesn't feel like it's enough, it lacks the French romantic style—" Sai Xi's suit is really annoying, and drinking wine is still romantic, which is indeed a bit sloppy.

"Zhu, Tanganyika also has our British property, you should pay attention to protecting it." Sisi still has demands on Zhu Fu, and it is estimated that the "British property" he mentioned also includes part of himself.

This is not surprising. After Germany occupied Tanganyika, the colonial government declared that all the land in Tanganyika belonged to Kaiser Wilhelm II, and then began to sell the land to make money.

The Germans, who had just been reunified for a short time, were really not well-off, so their eating habits were a bit ugly. The first few plantations built in Tanganyika all had an area of ​​more than 300 square kilometers.

Look at the momentum of the people, it is hundreds of square kilometers for the new immigrants, and it is too embarrassing for the tens of acres of southern Africa.

(End of this chapter)

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