African Entrepreneurship Records

  Chapter 139 The end of the war

   "This is the Buganda Palace, it doesn't look very good!" Felix said carelessly sitting on the throne in Mungo's Buganda Palace.

   "After all, compared with Zanzibar, this is not a rich country. It is already very good that Mutesa I and his ancestors can build the palace like this." The staff officer said.

The location of Mungo is not bad. It is located in the north of the Great Lake. Compared with the south, there are many relatively large islands. Mungo was built on the peninsula surrounded by these islands, and the Buganda Palace also stands in one place. above the mountains.

   "It's a pity that Musat I was on the southern front and didn't fight him." Felix said with a little regret.

  The leader of the Buganda army on the eastern front was the son of Mutesa I, the prince of the Buganda kingdom. Obviously, the prince of Buganda was not as brave as his father.

   After fighting, they fell into a defeat. Prince Buganda took the lead in running away. In the past few days, Felix pursued all the way and reached the capital of Buganda.

  Now the city has been empty, and the valuables in the palace have also been taken away. The Buganda Palace has an obvious Arabic architectural style, which is obviously influenced by North African countries.

   "Report sir, our vanguard has already encountered the people in the south. Your Excellency Yarman told us to pursue north." The intelligence officer handed an order to Felix.

"It came so fast! It seems that Mutesa I was also defeated on the southern front. No wonder the Buganda people would abandon the royal city. It turned out that they got the news and ran away. I said why didn't they regroup here and continue to resist What!" said Felix.

   "Your Excellency Yarman must have won a big victory on the southern front. There was the Allied Forces of the Four Nations over there. The Kingdom of Enkole and Buganda were still fighting on the mainland. I didn't expect it to be so vulnerable." The staff officer said.

"Well, the Bugandas are not the kind of ignorant natives. They often communicate with the Egyptians, and there are weapons made in Egypt in the army, but the Bugandas' operation and maintenance of these weapons are so poor that they don't have them in battle. See what the effect is."

  Felix went on to say: "It can be seen from this that the aborigines here, especially the closer to the north, have higher exchanges with the Egyptians, and they are very different from those aborigines in the south and Tanganyika."

   "It's a pity that the Buganda people live inland and cannot directly communicate with the civilized world. Otherwise, their development level would not be so low, at least they can reach the level of the countries along the Indian Ocean." The staff analyzed.

  Buganda has obviously been influenced by Egypt and other countries, and there are many halal-style buildings. Unfortunately, the surrounding areas are not very advanced civilizations.

  The only Egypt that can be reached is through the Arab caravan as a link to communicate, because Buganda does not directly border Egypt, and there are many nomadic tribes in the middle that isolate the two countries.

  Especially in the Sudan of Egypt, the Sahara Desert is boundless, and the long and difficult supply line prevents Egypt from going deep into the interior of Africa.

   "Okay, let the rest of the army be over. Our next task is to drive the aborigines to the northwest. We want to connect the entire land along the Great Lake." Felix ordered.

  The Buganda royal family, which disappeared from the front line, had already fled northwestward under the leadership of Mutesa I.

  The reserve team left by Mutesa I in Kampala became the capital for his re-establishment of the country. Mutesa I knew that fleeing north would definitely not work.

  Although Mutesa I had a good relationship with the Egyptians, it was only dealing with Arab businessmen, who were responsible for getting some good things for Mutesa I.

  The power of the Egyptians was in the north, and Mutesa I didn't want to live a life of being dependent on others. In addition, the subsequent greedy East African colonies were likely to continue northward, so Mutesa I chose to go northwest.

Mutesa I had a good idea, but his elder brother didn't think so. The Buganda prince, who was deeply influenced by Arabic culture, hurriedly led a hundred and ten people towards the Sudan of Egypt after the defeat. Prepare to go directly to the Egyptians.

  Mutesa I didn't care, he had dozens of sons, and the loss of this one was not a big deal, and the remaining elite forces in Buganda were all in his own hands.

  Mutesa I headed northwest after having all the belongings in the palace packed up.

  Rich and powerful, they are not afraid of going anywhere, and Mutesa I obtained firearms from Arab businessmen to form the most elite royal guards. This time, they did not participate in the war. Mutesa I is confident to create a world in the northwest.

  This defeat did not break Mutesa I's confidence, but instead made Mutesa I feel that the East African colonies could defeat the coalition forces only by virtue of their firearms.

  Mutesa intends to increase contact with Arab businessmen after going to the northwest, and then build an army fully armed with firearms.

   When his power grows stronger, he will fight back. As for military expenses, Mutesa I has already thought about it. First, he will go to the various tribes in the northwest to grab a wave. When the kingdom is re-established, he can collect more taxes.

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  In the next few days, the East African army marched northward, driving the indigenous forces to the northwest, and even the nomadic tribes in the north suffered.

Starting from the bay of Kampala Lake, sweep in two directions west and north until reaching the vicinity of Omorat and the northeast shore of Lake Friedrich (Lake Albert), with a diameter of about 400 to 500 kilometers. The countries and tribes along the coast and the nomadic tribes in the north are all within the strike range.

  Omorat cooperated with this operation to prevent the aborigines from fleeing eastward, and at the same time cut off the road to continue their northward journey.

  If these tribes are allowed to go all the way north, it may disturb Egypt, Abyssinia, and East Africa currently does not want to directly contact the two countries, so a certain stable buffer zone is needed.

  From the mountains in southwest Ethiopia to the grasslands in South Sudan, the area is about 300 kilometers wide and 400 kilometers long. East Africa intends to put it there first.

  The tribes and kingdoms near the Great Lakes were driven westward to the Congo and Central Africa.

  After this battle, the entire Great Lake became the inner lake of the East African colony, and its water area of ​​nearly 70,000 square kilometers was exclusive to the East African colony.

In the entire northwest of the Great Lakes region, more than 300,000 square kilometers of land fell into the hands of the East African colonies. At the same time, the newly occupied area directly connected Lake Turkana, Lake Friedrich (Lake Albert), Tanganyika Lake and Great Lakes (Lake Victoria).

  The countless great lakes in East Africa are connected with the East African colonies, among which the Great Lakes (Victoria), Lake Kivu and other lakes have become inland lakes in East Africa.

  (end of this chapter)