African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 62 Fierce Battle

Bazel led more than 20 staff and marched eastward with the carriage. After walking for about two hours and ten miles, they encountered the oncoming East African colonial army.

Felix stepped forward to greet Bazel: "Bazel, why did you come out? What's the situation in Zanzibar now?"

"Oh..." Bazel sighed.

"There was a coup in the Sultanate of Zanzibar, Bagash bin Saeed took control of the army, and Sultan Majid bin Saeed was imprisoned, we were kicked out by Bagash bin Saeed's people of."

"Where did the immigrants go? The boat should have arrived today, right?" Felix asked.

"The European ships came today, and I sent them north to Tanga Port." Bazel replied.

Felix narrowed his eyes into a line, and said in a low tone: "These Zanzibar people are really talented. If the tiger doesn't show its power, it really treats us as sick cats. This time, we must show them some color!"

Bazel was a little surprised and asked: "You don't plan to take revenge now, do you! Don't you wait for the big troops to arrive before you act?"

Felix said contemptuously: "As for the army in Zanzibar, I don't pay much attention to it. I will educate them first after a while."

Bazel was a little worried and said: "Don't be brave, if you mess up, it won't end well." After that, he gestured to Hans Zhang with his eyes to persuade Felix.

Hans Zhang put his hand on Bazel's shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry, Felix still has a sense of proportion in his actions. Although he acted a little boldly, we will not do things that are not sure, and we It’s not that we don’t have long legs and we don’t act well, so we can still run.”

Seeing that these two guys didn't listen to persuasion at all, Bazel asked helplessly, "Then what do you guys plan to do?"

Felix said: "Of course, we should go to investigate the situation first and then make plans. We are not without brains, and we just rush forward with all our brains."

Felix has been in East Africa for so long, and he usually fights uncivilized natives. He doesn't need to think at all, as long as he shoots a row of guns, he can easily win.

Now when I meet a slightly challenging opponent, it can be said that the long drought meets the rain, and my heart is already itching to die.

"You don't want to go back either. We just don't have many people, so you join in. I'll take you back to Dar es Salaam." Felix said to Bazel and the others.

"Okay, I'll trust you once this time, we are your subordinates now, you can't mess around," Bazel said.

Bazel was also a Prussian soldier, so he was not afraid of fighting, but he was a little more cautious in character.

"Don't worry! I came to East Africa for a high salary, and my family is still waiting for me to go back! I take my own life very seriously, and I haven't enjoyed it yet. How could I do anything wrong?" Felix patted his chest. Guaranteed.

The German soldiers in the colonies were indeed hired with high salaries. In addition to guarantees, they depended on their combat performance. Every time they accumulated military exploits, they were all money. Although they didn’t get much for each battle, there were many battles in East Africa.

If you accumulate them, your income will be considerable. This is why Felix and others are delighted when they hear about the war, especially Zanzibar, a power that has civilization in East Africa and forms a country. One fight is worth several times against savages Tribal raids.

Ernst's requirement for the colony is to act according to the plan, and each expansion has a direction, and if it exceeds the scope, it can be regarded as a job for Ernst Bai.

For the Sultanate of Zanzibar, Ernst's instruction was that people will not offend me, and I will not offend others. Before the Sultanate of Zanzibar threatened the East African colonies, they should not cause trouble.

The students from the Hechingen Military Academy and the people sent by the consortium will verify the results of the war and the details of the war. They don't rely on military exploits to get money, so they won't be too fanatical about the war.

The Sultanate of Zanzibar did not target the East African colonies before, so people like Felix could not find a reason to do it. Now that the Sultanate of Zanzibar is killing itself, don't blame Felix for being rude.

……

In the evening, the weather started to cool down.

outside Zanzibar.

Felix and a group of people hid in the jungle not far from the city, waiting for the intelligence personnel to return.

After a while, a man dressed as an Arab came out of Dar es Salaam and entered the dense forest.

"Reporting sir, we have found out that the enemy is not under martial law, ordinary people can still come and go normally, there are no soldiers on the street, Zanzibar is now in power of Bagash bin Said, and his people are in the palace ..."

"Very well, take a rest first." Felix ordered.

He turned his head and said to the people around him: "It seems that this Bhagash bin Said is really not a big deal guy, he doesn't know that he has provoked someone who shouldn't be provoked, and he is not acting cautiously now."

"It's not too unusual. Based on my experience in Southeast Asia for many years, most of the leaders of these small countries are like this, and there are also many people who are more defiant." Bazel said.

"When it's dark, we'll take advantage of the darkness to go in and catch him by surprise." Felix clenched his fist in front of his chest with one hand, and said sonorously.

As he spoke, he took out the map of Dar es Salaam and pointed to the palace on the map.

"Capture the thief first and capture the king first. Let's go straight to the enemy's headquarters, and let this Bhagash bin Said also taste what it feels like to be captured."

……

At [-] o'clock in the evening, it was already dark, and the East African colonial army sneaked into the city. Everything went smoothly. The Dar es Salaam Palace is a three-story building in the center of the city.

Bagash bin Said is having a celebration banquet. As the first time in power, Bagash bin Said feels that today is too smooth. He seized power, abolished the backward system, and expelled Dale Germans in the port of Salaam.

All this was accomplished in one day, and Bhagash ibn Saeed threw a feast to commemorate the success of the first day.

For doctrinal reasons, there is no alcohol on the table, except coffee and coconuts.

Bagash bin Said said to the crowd holding a coconut: "Today is the greatest day in Zanzibar history..."

Before the words were finished, there was a sudden chaos outside the palace, "Bang, bang, bang..." Gunshots rang out one after another.

"What's going on? Abdullah, go and have a look!" Bhagash bin Said yelled angrily, "Who is not here today?"

The remnants of Majid bin Saeed came to Bhagash bin Saeed's mind immediately.

All the ministers present looked at each other in blank dismay, only you, Bhagash bin Said, have someone in hand at this time!Could it be the Germanic people in the East African colonies, it shouldn't be!

If they want to take revenge, they have to gather their troops, and it will take two or three days to come here!

Although everyone knows that there are two or three hundred East African colonial troops not far from Dar es Salaam, two or three hundred people should not be so reckless!
This is the bonus of not knowing Felix's character and the spirit of the Prussian army.

Although Prussia is a war lunatic in the eyes of Europeans, in fact, the quality of the Prussian army is the same in the eyes of the great powers.

Before Prussia overthrew the French, it was not considered a top European player, although Prussia had defeated Austria before.

But everyone tacitly attributed the reason for Prussia's victory to the poor state of Austria. After all, the nationalism in Hungary and various places in the country turned against the water, Italy attacked from the side, and Austria was not fully prepared. In addition, Prussia quickly negotiated peace with Austria, and the war was not so intense. .

And Prussia's most glorious record is one against three during the period of Frederick the Great. This account must be counted on Frederick's own genius military ability. After all, it was the Russians who let Prussia escape in the end.

Prussia was also turned into ruins, and later people like Napoleon came out, and they were exported in the face of the entire German region. At that time, the situation in Austria as a whole in Germany was slightly better.

And Felix is ​​the more extreme among the many low-level soldiers in Prussia, that is, he retired from Prussia when he was old.

But Felix couldn't stay idle at all. If he stopped fighting in Europe, couldn't he come to Africa to bully the natives?

The natives in Africa disappointed Felix too much, there was no one who could fight, so it was natural to have a try when meeting a slightly capable one like Zanzibar.

Outside the palace, Felix commanded the battle calmly. These Zanzibar soldiers were too weak. This was Felix's idea.

"The first squad, the throwers are ready, they aimed at me, and they all bombed towards the gate."

Restricted by the conditions of the East African colonies, grenades are the only weapons of mass destruction, except for the shore fire artillery in the port of Tanga.

Due to the popularization of artillery and the upgrading of fortifications in European countries, the importance of throwers has become less and less.

When the grenade reaches East Africa, it becomes a "nuclear weapon". No matter how hard the natives are, throwing a grenade out will immediately run away.

After all, there was Leopold, who used a magnifying glass to light a fire in the Congo, and used a battery to anesthetize the aborigines, acting as a god.

The power of the grenade was like the god of death showing his power. The aborigines who had never seen the world even fell to the ground and prayed for forgiveness from the gods.

An "advanced" army with crude artillery like Zanzibar will naturally not be scared away by grenades like the natives.

However, Felix did not intend to use grenades to defeat Zanzibar.

The Royal Palace of Zanzibar is a large three-story building built with bricks and stones. Because it is the palace, Zanzibar soldiers have no time to build positions, so they can only use the walls of the palace to resist.

The gate and windows of the royal palace became rare shooting openings, so Felix concentrated his ammunition in an attempt to break through from the direction of the gate.

"Boom..." With a loud noise, half of the palace gate collapsed.

The Zanzibar soldiers in front of the gate went directly to see Allah, and the soldiers behind the gate also lay on the ground and howled. Due to the tortuous structure of the palace, it was difficult to fill the vacancy in the first place.

Felix heard that there was no gunfire in front of the palace gate. He drew out his saber, pointed it forward, and shouted: "Soldiers, victory is ahead, come with me!"

"kill……"

Due to the weather, Zanzibar soldiers did not know the number of enemies, so they did not dare to fight outside the palace. After the colonial army suddenly came over, they hid in the palace.

The palace was restricted by the terrain, and it was not easy to fight back, so it was blocked by advanced East African colonial soldiers.

Abdullah, who had a bright head, had already run in the dark, looking for the sound, and was captured by four or five East African colonial soldiers before he came to command.

The Zanzibar soldiers had no intention of resisting, some fled through the windows, and some wandered through the building. At this time, what is the palace or not, the most important thing is to save their lives.

(End of this chapter)