African Nationhood

"Off the top, off the top, Chairman Shi of the South China National Defense Committee issued a military order to put down the Zulu rebellion, ordering the Army Department, the Air Force Department, and the South China Navy Department to jointly put down the rebellion."

"Extra, extra, the South China Army crossed the Turagai River to attack the Zulu rebels. The Zulu rebels collapsed at the first touch. Our heroic army vows to wipe out all rebels."

"Outside, outside, the South China Navy annihilated the Zulu rebels who tried to escape across the ocean.

The Zulu rebels fell into the sea but did not forget to use their spears to attack our heroic naval warships. The naval soldiers resolutely attacked these unrepentant Zulu rebels! "

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The South China official media's propaganda against the entire people of South China was that the Zulus were stubbornly resisting without repentance, and the South China Army had to annihilate the Zulus to deter other rebels.

The people wildly supported the official army's counterinsurgency operations, and at the same time they spontaneously launched mourning activities for the white civilians killed by the Zulus.

Chairman Shi Jintang and his wife, Mrs. Kelly, attended the memorial service. At the memorial service, Chairman Shi made a public speech. He said that he would not ignore any harm to the free people of South China.

On behalf of the South China Defense Committee, he made a commitment to all people that the South China State cherishes all people and will regard every South China free citizen as a valuable member of the country.

The blood of every free citizen of South China will not be shed in vain, and the soldiers of South China will destroy every rebel!

This speech became a standard slogan in the official media propaganda, and at the same time, the three South China Armed Forces were also stepping up their attack on the Zulu Kingdom.

The strategy formulated by the General Staff of the South China National Defense Commission was to use the Central Military Police to march from the Zhongjing Region to Langxia to block the direction of the Zulus fleeing inland.

The soldiers of the Southern Military Region sent troops from Pietermaritzburg to the east, and sent militia troops to block the entire Tugela River to prevent the Zulu from fleeing.

The soldiers in the eastern theater marched from Mapu Port and passed through the town of Newcastle to the southwest to prevent the Zulu from breaking up and fleeing.

The South China Navy immediately stationed troops at Wanghai Port (now Port Richards Bay, South Africa) and dispatched marines to land at the appropriate time.

The Nanhua Air Force serves as a battlefield reconnaissance mission, assisting the staff to control battlefield dynamics at any time.

Since the General Staff has issued an annihilation order for the Zulus, the Zulus encountered along the way do not need to be left alive.

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On November 11, the former enemy headquarters in Freihead (now a town in South Africa).

De Wet, Chief of General Staff, Director of General Training Division of Delray, Army Commander Qu Sangqian, Air Force Commander Yan Han, Gendarmerie Commander Ding He, and Navy Commander Xue Youfu.

As well as the commander of the East Route Army Shi Hongjun, the commander of the Southern Army Xue Yingxiong, and the commander of the Military Police Shi Quan'an who are responsible for the main offensive task this time.

"Currently we have annihilated a total of 17.8 Zulus in the periphery, and the will of these Zulus to resist is not strong.

But we do not accept surrender, so currently the Zulu casualties are relatively high. "

The one who spoke was Shi Quanan. This young man in the past had turned into a middle-aged officer.

He has never left since he joined the Labor Administration Force, then the Handu Garrison Division and now the Military Police Corps Commander.

"Well, how well armed are the Zulus?"

“Their firearms were mostly flintlock muskets, as well as Martini Henry rifles used by Dinzulu’s escort.

In addition, the Zulus also seized a large number of lever rifles from the slaughtered whites.

But generally speaking, their weapons are seriously insufficient, and they mainly rely on spears and cowhide shields. "

After listening to the reports of their subordinates, the defense committee members headed by Chief of General Staff De Wet breathed a sigh of relief.

At present, the total number of Zulu people is still 150 to 170 million. Although more than half of them are old, weak, women and children, Zulu men are all soldiers and face hundreds of thousands of Zulu soldiers.

The Nanhua Army only sent more than 6 people to encircle and annihilate them, and the military pressure they had to face was still huge.

In addition, the Zulus were very good at using military strategies, and the Nanhua Army did not dare to take them lightly.

“At present, we have not encountered any tough battles in the process of suppressing the rebellion, and the casualties among soldiers are not serious.

At present, there are only a few hundred casualties in each unit, most of which are casualties caused by soldiers accidentally falling while marching. ” After hearing what De Wet said, the senior officers did not react much.

Although the Zulu Kingdom is located in the coastal plain as a whole, the plain here is not flat to the bottom, but a stepped plain.

Most of the interior of South Africa is plateau, and it is not flat as you move from the plateau to the coast.

Moreover, there are many rivers and waterfalls in the Zulu Kingdom, and it is easy to slip and fall off the cliff if you are not careful.

"What is your general staff's plan for the next battle?"

“Our plan is to continue to advance and mainly drive away the Zulus we encounter.

Concentrate them all at Ulundi, the capital of the Zulu Kingdom, and then engage in a long-term siege, leaving them without food and clothing to continue to die.

To prevent us from engaging in street fighting and losing unnecessary troops.

In this pacification operation, I hope that the Air Force will seize the opportunity to train its troops well, and at the same time, all units will try to use our new armored vehicles as much as possible.

This battle is more about experimenting and collecting actual combat data of new weapons, and then annihilating all the enemies when the progress is almost complete. "

Several defense committee members nodded, and Ding He looked at Shi Honglian and others.

"Do you have any difficulties?"

The three legion commanders shook their heads in unison, "No, we promise to complete the mission."

Yan Han also nodded, "Our Air Force will do a good job in assisting, please rest assured."

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After deciding on the military strategy, the attack chiefs of each ministry left in military vehicles.

In December, the South China Army's general offensive began.

The South China Army advanced rapidly with mechanized marches, and armored vehicles and heavy machine guns became their magic weapons to defeat the enemy.

The military police force uses the latest heavy machine gun military vehicles to move quickly, and the barrel of the general-purpose machine gun can be replaced at any time, which further ensures the continuity and effective lethality when shooting enemies.

Often the Zulus were mowed down by heavy general-purpose machine guns before they even finished forming.

But the Zulu people are not afraid of death. They will never retreat without the commander's order. Instead, waves of Zulu soldiers launch a desperate charge towards the heavy machine guns mounted on military vehicles.

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On both sides of the East Road and South Road, "Type A 1905" armored vehicles were advancing steadily. This steel monster was not afraid of any Zulu attack or counterattack.

The artillery bombardment on the armored vehicle is not much, and most of the time, the heavy machine gun mounted on the vehicle is relied on to destroy the enemy.

The Zulu people couldn't figure out what was going on with these steel monsters, but they knew that this kind of steel monster was not something they could deal with, so they asked the high priest to pray for blessings from the ancestral spirits.

It is a pity that their ancestral spirits could not protect them. The entire Zulu Kingdom groaned and whimpered under the iron heel of the South China Army.

The effect of siege operations is slow and will not cause heavy casualties to both the enemy and ourselves in a short period of time.

The Zulu Kingdom and the Zulu people met their end and extinction.

The South China Air Force was constantly ascending and landing at Freehead Airport. Seeing the continuous achievements of the fraternal forces underground, the air force pilots were itchy and secretly took mortars into the air.

When mortar bombs were thrown down in mid-air and the Zulu capital was blown into pieces, the Zulu people were frightened and helpless and had no idea how to guard against the murderous attack in the air.

They are even more inexplicably afraid of the planes that keep flying in the sky, thinking that this is the punishment of the ancestral spirits, and the Nanhua people are the messengers of the ancestral spirits. They punish the rebels like them on behalf of the ancestral spirits.

Therefore, a large number of Zulu people ran to the South China Army and asked to surrender, but the South China Army did not accept prisoners... (End of Chapter)