African Entrepreneurship Records

  Chapter 62 Fierce Battle

  Bazel led more than 20 staff members 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 and greeted Bazel: "Bazel, why did you come out? What's the current situation in Zanzibar?"

   "Alas..." 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 arrive 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 Zanzibarans 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 asked a little surprised: "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 Zanzibar army, 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 will not 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 acts a little boldly, we won't do things we are not sure about, and we It’s not that we don’t have long legs and we don’t act well, so we can still run.”

   Bazel saw that these two guys didn't listen to persuasion at all, so he asked helplessly: "Then what are you going 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 indigenous people. He doesn't need any brains at all. As long as he shoots a row of guns, he can easily win.

   Now that 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, we just don't have many people, so you join in, and 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 now your subordinates, 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.

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. If it exceeds the scope, it can be considered as a job for Ernst Bai.

  For the Sultanate of Zanzibar, Ernst’s instruction was that people would not offend me, and I would 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 effects 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 began 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 come back.

   After a while, I saw a man dressed as an Arab leave Dar es Salaam, and then entered the dense forest.

"Report sir, we have found out that the enemy is not under martial law, ordinary people can still come in and out 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, you can take a rest first." Felix ordered.

  Turning his head to the people around him, he said, "It seems that this Bhagash bin Said is really not a man of great success. He doesn't even know that he has provoked someone who shouldn't be provoked, so 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 arrogant." 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 with one hand in front of his chest, and said sonorously.

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

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

  …

  It was already dark at seven o'clock in the evening, 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 has seized power, abolished the backward system, and expelled Dale Germans in the port of Salaam.

   These were all completed in one day, and Bhagash bin Said threw a big feast to commemorate the success of the first day.

  Because of religious reasons, there is no alcohol on the table, except coffee and coconut.

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

   Before the words fell, 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 angrily shouted, "Who is not here today?"

  Bagash bin Said's first thought was Majid bin Said's remnant party.

   All the ministers present look at each other in blank dismay. At this time, only you, Bagash bin Said, have someone in your hands! Could it be the Germanic people in the East African colonies, it shouldn't be!

  If they want to get 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 Prussian military spirit.

  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.

  Prussia was not considered a top European player until it overthrew the French, although Prussia 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 other places 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 intensity of the war was not so great. .

  Prussia's most glorious record is one against three during the period of Frederick the Great. This account must be calculated 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 entire German region. At that time, the situation in Austria was slightly better in Germany as a whole.

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

   But Felix can’t stay idle at all. If he stops fighting in Europe, can’t he come to Africa to bully the natives?

  The natives in Africa let Felix down so much, there is no one who can fight, so it is natural to touch someone with a little strength like Zanzibar.

  Outside the palace, Felix commanded the battle calmly. These Zanzibar soldiers are too weak, this is 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, apart from the shore fire artillery in Tanga Port, grenades are the only weapons of mass destruction.

  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 were Leopold, who used a magnifying glass to light a fire in the Congo, and used a battery to anesthetize the aborigines, and acted as a god.

  The power of the grenade is like the power of the **** of death. The aborigines who have never seen the world even fell to the ground and prayed for the forgiveness of the gods.

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

   But 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, the soldiers of Zanzibar have no time to build a position, 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 God, and the soldiers behind the gate also lay down and wailed. Due to the tortuous structure of the palace, it was difficult to fill the vacancy immediately.

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

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

  The soldiers in Zanzibar had no intention of resisting. Some escaped through the windows, and some ran around in the building. At this time, whether it is a palace or not, life-saving is the most important thing.

  (end of this chapter)