Chapter 36 Binhai District
"Attention everyone, the five-kilometer off-road with loads begins!"
The new East African colony army formed by Chinese immigrants marched with heavy loads in the rain.
In East Africa in April, it was rainy, but the recruits in the colony still had to receive training. As time went by, today's East African colonies have begun to lay out the entire inland.
After the departure of the advance group, the development of this place close to Dar es Salaam will naturally not stagnate. This is the first place where immigrants come. The first town is as its name suggests. Every Chinese immigrant who comes to East Africa They all have to stay here, and after being redistributed, they are sent to each new stronghold.
Recently, the East African colonies have begun to plan for new villages and towns, mainly the first town to develop northward, where the plains are relatively broad, which is the essence of the coastal plains of Tanzania.
Dar es Salaam belongs to the Sultanate of Zanzibar. With this as the core, it spreads across the entire coast of East Africa from north to south. However, the plain part of the coast westwards and close to the inland has no population. The main body of the Sultanate of Zanzibar is still in Zanzi Bar Island, and the opposite Dar es Salaam, other areas are not very populated.
This gave the East African colony an opportunity. In order to expand the land as much as possible, this time the East African colony did not plan to set up a stronghold around the first town, but established three new towns in Musolowa, Pongwe, and Manda, which are a little farther away. town.
In this way, starting from the first town (Mlandizi), passing through Musolowa, Pongwe, Mandaga and the second town (Lufu), a huge circle is formed, including the third town (Kitong Plus) The entire area of almost 3,500 square kilometers of land was included in the bag. In such a large area, the East African colony decided to set up the East African colony coastal area.
Binhai District temporarily governs six towns, and the first town is the first town, which is the first large-scale subdivision in the colony.
The land cannot appear out of thin air, so it becomes important to drive out the aborigines on this land. Now, after nearly a year of development in this area, the number of Chinese immigrants in this area has reached more than 18,000 people. They are concentrated in three Around the town where construction is completed.
So the East African colony decided to pull out an army of 2,000 people to carry out a dragnet sweep of the indigenous tribes in the coastal area.
Weapons have been prepared in the warehouse for a long time, and now they can be issued to soldiers after a short training, and then set out to suppress the indigenous tribes.
April is the rainy season, so the training of colonial soldiers often encounters heavy rain, but the German instructors don't care about it, everyone must complete the training on time every day.
The recruits climbed forward painfully in the mud, and gunshots came from time to time in their ears, exercising their courage.
The natives that recruits have to face are not difficult opponents. They are mainly small tribes in the mountains and forests. The larger tribes are all in the west. Some of them have hard heads. country.
It is okay for the Sultanate of Zanzibar to bully and bully the natives, but the East African colonies with live ammunition in their hands are not easy to mess with, so the two sides have lived in peace so far.
The sales of stolen goods in the East African colonies generally pass through the Sultanate of Zanzibar. Now the Sultanate of Zanzibar has begun to lie flat, sitting at home and waiting for the East African colonies to deliver slaves and ivory to their doors.
The Sultanate of Zanzibar is responsible for selling these goods overseas through Arab merchants, so the early colonization of East Africa promoted the abnormal prosperity of the Sultanate of Zanzibar.
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A few days later.
"Hurry up, even if you can't catch them, you can't let them run back, shoot!"
bang... bang... bang...
The panicked natives could only flee to the north with all their might. It must be said that these natives ran really fast, and disappeared after a while.
"Okay, let's chase here! The north is not our target yet. Everyone take a break for a while."
"Captain, those black things, how come they run so fast, they disappeared in a flash!"
"That's because these aborigines live by hunting, and they have to chase all kinds of animals every day, or be chased by animals. How fast do you think the lions, cheetahs and wildebeests run? If these aboriginals can't catch up, or If you can’t escape, then you will starve to death or be eaten! We are different. In the Far East, we mainly farmed the land for generations, and put all our energy into the field, so running away is not as good as those who compete with wild animals every day. Fast natives."
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The German commander, Rorschach, is studying the map. At present, Yarman is in charge of the military affairs of the entire East African colony, and Rorschach is in charge of the military affairs of the coastal area. Therefore, he can be regarded as the second-in-command in the colonial military force.
The task of expelling the indigenous tribes in the coastal area this time was led by Rorschach. These recruits were led by German veterans with rich war experience, and some students from the Hechingen Military Academy were mixed together to act as translators.
This operation in the coastal area was the first large-scale coordinated operation, and a total of 2,321 people were dispatched.
The completion of the operation means that the plan to use the Chinese for large-scale military purposes is feasible. Among them, the Hechingen Military Academy has played an important role in connecting.
But this aroused Ernst's vigilance. Although the students of the Hechingen Military Academy have been brainwashed and learned, and their loyalty to the Hohenzollern family is very high, they still have to be careful of their grouping and differentiation from other Germans.
After all, these Hechingen Military Academy students can communicate directly with the soldiers of the colonial army, and German commanders must rely on the Hechingen Military Academy students as translators.
From this we can see how much influence the students of the Hechingen Military Academy had on the soldiers at the bottom of the colony.
For Ernst, any uncontrollable cause must be destroyed in the bud. After thinking for a long time, Ernst thought of a good way.
Hechingen Military Academy should not only have Chinese students, but also white students. Ernst plans to find some orphans in Europe, especially in Germany, let him learn German and Chinese, and finally develop together with Chinese students in the colonial army.
In this way, the two can supervise and restrict each other, and studying in the same school can also allow them to communicate and integrate.
In the future, the colonial army will have white people who can understand the language of Chinese immigrants. They can understand the real thoughts of immigrants and report to Ernst at all times.
This is a tactic to delay the attack. The real thing to do is to start German education in the colonies. Since the entire colony speaks German, Ernst can relax a little.
Fortunately, the scale of the colony is small now, so Ernst doesn’t have to worry about someone trying to make trouble. The colony relies heavily on the Hechingen Consortium, which is why Ernst can remotely command the East African colony.
At the same time, he continued to send his confidantes to the East African colonies to hold important positions and divide the high-level colonies. These measures that are conducive to his centralization have not been put down.
(end of this chapter)