Chapter 244 Turning defeat into "victory"
Kingdom of East Africa, the first town, Chivit Palace.
"How is the reorganization of the new army recently?" King Constantine asked the officials in East Africa.
"Your Majesty, 80% of the progress has been completed. We have split up and reorganized the original troops. Based on their combat achievements, we have promoted a group of people with outstanding abilities to serve as generals of the new army."
"Well, after the reorganization of the troops is completed, send the materials to my office." Constantine ordered.
"By the way, there is one more thing. What are the Portuguese doing recently? Have they captured the southern shore of Lake Malawi?"
"I haven't heard of this. Our troops on the border of South Salzburg Province have not seen Portuguese troops so far. The spies have not gone deep into the southern part of Malawi, but more than two hundred miles south of South Salzburg Province I haven't seen a Portuguese figure in the country." Merkel said.
"They haven't sent troops yet!" Von der Leyen guessed.
"It shouldn't be possible. It's been several months. It didn't take long for us to occupy such a large area in the southwest region." Merkel said.
"I remember this point. The Portuguese should have set off. Two months ago, our intelligence personnel in Maputo informed that the Portuguese organized a team to go inland, but the number was not large, only a few hundred. People, this information did not attract our attention at the time, but judging from the time, it is very likely that the Mozambique colony conquered the Malawi Kingdom." Felix said.
"Hundreds of people, it should be enough to fight an indigenous kingdom, but it should not be easy to achieve effective occupation, unless the indigenous people become stupid pigs and are willing to be slaves to the Portuguese." Wei Te joked.
"Maybe, the Portuguese army encountered some force majeure factor that caused the entire army to be wiped out. Hundreds of people died in a flash flood. After all, Mozambique has a lot of rainfall and rivers often flood." Von der Leyen said.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this group of Portuguese. It has nothing to do with us if we can't win Malawi. We have to reorganize the troops before July, and then we can expand wildly to the inland areas." Constantine Set the tone.
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In the southern part of the Kingdom of Malawi, in the Chipoka area, a team composed of Portuguese is resting. Suddenly, a shadow flew out from the nearby dense forest.
"Be careful, Ross." Captain Anthony threw the soldier named Ross to the ground.
At the same time, the shadow in the dense forest also revealed its real body. It was a bow and arrow that flew over Anthony and Rose with the sound of breaking through the air, and finally fell into the soil in the open space far away.
"Damn it, what are you still doing? Shoot!" Anthony dealt.
Belatedly, the Portuguese soldiers began to shoot randomly at the place where the bows and arrows flew out, and the leaves on the dense forest were beaten to the ground one after another.
The same as the previous few days, no gains?
"Damn it, these guys let them run away again. If it falls into my hands, I will definitely have cramps." Anthony said indignantly.
Just as Anthony was complaining and the Portuguese soldiers were reloading ammunition, a green "grass monkey" suddenly jumped up from the ground and rushed towards the dense forest at the place where the guns were just shooting randomly.
"Not good! Being tricked?"
Anthony was annoyed after noticing the movement. Although the "grass monkey" was covered with green leaves just now as a cover, his naked dark skin when he ran away already explained everything.
"Chasing? Chasing ass, if you can't see him, just turn you around alone! And it's so deep in the forest, how do you know if there is a trap from the aborigines behind, if it weren't for my strong observation skills, Ross would have gone to see him just now God! So listen to me, you recruits, I don’t care what you did before, and you will follow my command from now on, otherwise no one will be able to go back alive!” Anthony began to educate his subordinates with hatred.
Anthony is actually quite speechless in his heart. This team assembled at zero hour is really difficult to lead. They are not as vigilant as they should be on the battlefield, and their discipline is also very poor.
However, they can’t be blamed. They were originally a group of sailors and rarely moved in the unfamiliar environment of the grasslands and rainforests in the interior of Africa. Although this is land, it may not be safer than being a pirate at sea.
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Rear.
"Bastard, you can't take down a group of natives. What are you doing to eat? Are you trying to show the jokes of our great Portuguese kingdom to the Prussian barbarians next door?"
The Commander-in-Chief of the Malawi Expeditionary Force in the Portuguese Colony, Burled roared sharply.
It’s okay not to be angry. This time, the Portuguese Mozambique colony dispatched more than 500 people and more than 3,000 Mozambique indigenous servants to attack the southern part of the Kingdom of Malawi.
As a result, it took three months of fighting to advance the front line to the Chipoka area. The worst thing was that the ammunition was almost exhausted, and it was nowhere in sight to win the southern part of the Kingdom of Malawi.
"Commander-in-Chief, we can't blame the soldiers for not doing their best! It's because the natives on the shores of Lake Malawi are too cunning. They started running when they saw us from a distance. As a result, when we passed by with their front feet, their back feet came out of the forest and grass , Our manpower is simply not enough for them to toss about, and because of the existence of Lake Malawi, the climate here is too hot and humid, even if the troops march normally, the reduction in personnel will be serious."
"Captain Chalves, I don't want to hear any excuses now. We are also Europeans. We Mozambique came earlier than the Prussian barbarians. Why didn't they encounter the above problems?"
"Commander-in-Chief, although Prussia is barbaric, they are good at land warfare, and we Portuguese are a traditional maritime country, so to put it bluntly, we may not have the advantage of fighting in inland areas compared to the Prussians."
Charvez’s excuse is perfect. Prussia is a country with land power, so it is a fish in water on the African continent. Portugal is a maritime country, and of course it has advantages over islands and coastal areas.
Burled still wanted to find a reason and reprimanded him, but after thinking about it, he suddenly felt that what Chalves said made sense.
"Besides, our Mozambique team was also improvised. To be honest, the Mozambique colony has been at peace for a long time these years, so it can't exert its combat effectiveness." Chalves struck while the iron was hot.
"Although what you said is reasonable, what should we do if we can't complete the mission now? And the problem of ammunition is also a problem now. If you continue to fight, the colonial government will definitely hold you accountable for such a large number of casualties." Bullled said.
Although Bullled was the commander-in-chief of this expeditionary force, he was actually gilded with a name, that is, there were people on it, so Chalves was mainly responsible for the mistakes in the war.
Charvez was sweating coldly. He thought about it carefully, and suddenly a flash of light flashed in his head, and he said to Bullard: "Commander-in-Chief, do you still remember the heavy rain a few days ago?"
"Ah! Of course, my coffee stove was soaked and not lit, so I didn't have a cup of hot coffee that day."
Rich playboy! Chalves despised the guy Bullled in his heart, but he said on the lips: "Commander-in-chief, if you think it rains, it is easiest to complete river flooding and flash floods, and this near Lake Malawi It just so happens that the terrain has a lot of ups and downs, so we might as well polish up the battle and report it."
"How to polish it? It's all labeled as this virtue!" Bullled asked curiously.
"Commander-in-Chief, let's just say that under your heroic leadership, our department has advanced by leaps and bounds, but it's not as good as God's fortune. Just when we were about to take over the entire southern part of the Malawi Kingdom, the main force suddenly encountered a mountain torrent, so..."
"That's a good idea, but how can you guarantee that you won't be exposed?"
"It's okay for our own people to say that there are not many people left anyway, so we can use a unified caliber. The main ones are the group of natives. After getting rid of those who escaped and died, there are still more than a thousand people. Why don't we just put them together?" They did it here, and when the colonial government asked about it, they said that they ran away when they encountered flash floods, and the heroic Portuguese soldiers did not disperse under your inspiration..."
(end of this chapter)