African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1221 One Step Behind

In recent years, a new trend has begun to emerge in East Africa itself, that is, more and more East Africans consider themselves Rhine people.

Apart from older people who are still proud of being Germans, most young people are unwilling to flatter Germany. Moreover, many young people in East Africa have already admitted that East Africa can now be a new nation. After all, national integration cannot be faked.

Moreover, the word "Rhine" is not in opposition to "Germany". The two can be seen as the relationship between set and subset, just like the Germans called the Germans in the Austro-Hungarian Empire "Austrians".

In short, the development history of East Africa's external name is quite complicated and tortuous, but it has changed with the development of East African countries.

Ali Dinar, a Darfuri man, can understand the twists and turns of East Africa and Germany. He is considered to be relatively knowledgeable among the native Africans, although he is not an African black, but an African Arab white.

Many of the Darfurian leaders are Arabs. After all, many of them were once from the Ottoman Empire. This was the result of the Ottoman Empire's expansion into the Darfur region, just like the Aryans who once conquered India.

"The victor goes to the king and the loser goes to the bandit. Since I have been defeated by you East Africans, I have nothing to say. But if we can't deal with the British, you East Africans will also be in big trouble." Ali Dinar said.

The staff officer of the Hera Regiment said, "Sultan, I think you may be confused and can't see the situation clearly. Not to mention that you have offended the British, don't you think it's funny to use the British as an excuse?"

"Besides, you can see the international situation clearly and take the opportunity to oppose the British. How can you not think that what we are doing in East Africa now is exactly the same as what you did before."

"Finally, we in East Africa are also a world power, but we are not afraid of Britain. It's no big deal to offend the British. After all, we fought a war with Britain in South Africa more than 20 years ago. Now we in East Africa are even stronger. What do you say?"

Ali Dinar said dejectedly: "After all, this world is a world where the strong prey on the weak. Whatever you say is right."

Ali Dinar had also heard of the South African War. More than 20 years ago, East Africans were not afraid of the British, let alone today, more than 20 years later.

In recent years, East Africa's international influence has been growing. Especially for countries or regions bordering East Africa, such as Darfur, it is impossible for them not to understand East Africa's strength in the international community today. Even among many powers, East Africa can definitely rank among the top.

It’s just that East Africa didn’t attach much importance to northward expansion in the past, which made the people of Darfur ignore East Africa, a potential enemy. You know, decades ago, East Africa had conflicts with Darfur, and many of the most livable places in the south were taken away.

However, these problems were selectively forgotten by Darfur because of the arrival of the British.

"Okay, let's lock them up first." Captain Farsen interrupted at this time: "Next, we will wait for the British to arrive in Fasher!"

What Ali Dinar said does make sense. From the very beginning, the biggest problem for East Africa to send troops to Darfur was not the Darfurians, but the British. As long as the British were dealt with, there would be no problem in Darfur.

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Two days later.

British Lieutenant Johnson, stationed in Khartoum, was marching towards El Fasher with a considerable force.

This army has more than 2,000 people. Although there is a big gap between them and the East Africans, the British are very confident that they can defeat the Darfurians with these people.

Among the more than 2,000 people, there were only more than 100 real British people, followed by more than 300 Indians, and most of the others were Sudanese and Egyptians.

In fact, if it weren't for the difficulties in transportation and material supply, the British would definitely be willing to bring more soldiers this time.

"These past two days, there have been fewer bugs on the road. We have hardly encountered any resistance from the Darfurians. Is it because Ali Dinar has changed his tactics?" Johnson said to his deputy Charlie. The British army called the small group of troops sent by Ali Dinar to harass the British army bugs, and their harassment annoyed the British army.

After all, there are few places to stop between Khartoum and Darfur, and most of the time one has to cross the Sahara Desert. Any longer stop would cause great difficulties for the British army's supply.

In the British's opinion, it would be better to end the war as soon as possible. After all, going to Darfur to fight is a complete loss-making business, but the British had to send troops to Darfur.

After all, if they can't even deal with the people of Darfur, it will easily set a bad example for some tribes and forces in the Sudan region.

After all, Ali Dinar and the Darfurians he leads are not much different from other local Sudanese forces, and are even inferior to many local Sudanese forces in the eastern region.

After all, the population and external exchanges in the eastern region are not comparable to those in Darfur. There is no need to say much about the population. With the Nile River as a base, the eastern region has always been the most densely populated region in Sudan.

On the contrary, foreign exchanges are even more important. Foreign exchanges mean business, and business itself can drive economic development and promote the progress of civilization.

Apart from other things, it is much easier for the Sudanese in the east to get some guns and ammunition than in Darfur. They can even obtain some artillery through Egypt, East Africa, the Red Sea and other regions.

These are obviously what the Darfur region possesses, which is one of the reasons why the British look down upon Darfur. Except for the center of the Sahara Desert, there is probably no place in Africa more remote than Darfur.

As for the South German Kingdom or Libya bordering Darfur, the two regions bordering Darfur have almost no population and can be regarded as no-man's land. The population of the South German Kingdom is concentrated in the southwest, while that of Libya is concentrated in the northern Mediterranean coast.

East Africa is quite prosperous, but the north of East Africa bordering Darfur is also one of the worst economic and demographic regions in East Africa.

Therefore, if Darfur's military strength is not strong enough, it might really become a lawless area.

However, Darfur's military strength is only slightly stronger than the former indigenous people of East Africa. It is estimated that the British attacked Darfur with the idea of ​​taking advantage of the situation. It is like a penny on the road. Although it is not very valuable, it does not prevent passers-by from putting the penny in their pockets. Anyway, they do not suffer any loss, and a penny is also money. If a penny is accumulated, it will also be a fortune.

Charlie: "I guess they were scared by our attack a few days ago. After all, we brought two Maxim guns. With such powerful weapons, even if the entire Darfur army was dispatched, they would just be delivering food to us."

Johnson agreed with Charlie's statement. His troops were well-equipped with rifles. Although the equipment of the Egyptians and Sudanese was inferior, it was much better than the old-fashioned fire sticks in the hands of the Darfurians. Coupled with two Maxim machine guns, there were not many forces in the whole Sudan that could stop them.

So Johnson didn't think much about it. He asked, "How long will it take to get to El Fasher?"

Charlie: "According to the map, the distance from Groddes Point to Fasher is approximately 23 kilometers. If we continue to walk northwest along the trade road for less than 10 kilometers, we should be able to reach Fasher."

"It only takes three or four hours to walk ten kilometers. We will arrive before evening today."

After listening to Charlie's analysis, Johnson was cheered up and said, "It's finally over! God knows how painful the march has been these days."

Marching in the Sahara Desert was obviously a tough job, so the Governor of Khartoum forced this job on Johnson, otherwise Johnson would not want to come here and eat sand.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the British army arrived in El Fasher as they wished, but they did not expect that their prophecy would come true.

"It's really over, damn it, who can tell me why the East African flag was raised in El Fasher!" Johnson roared as he looked at the East African flag and military flag fluttering in the wind on the east gate of El Fasher. Even the hard work he had experienced along the way was swept away by this change.

(End of this chapter)