African Nationhood

Chapter 510 Madagascar ()

On April 1910, 4, the four ships "Pingshan", "Handu", "Jianye" and "Tete" slowly approached the port of Tamatave (today's Toamasina Port in Madagascar). ).

This port is the largest and best-built port on the island of Madagascar. The French built a railway line here to the capital Antananarivo.

There are also French garrison here, as well as the Governor of Madagascar, Hubert Garbitt, who is waiting here.

This is a fat white man, and his skin is somewhat red and black because he has been exposed to the sun all year round.

The gray hair makes people realize that he is not young. He has been the governor of the Falklands since he took office in 1896 until now.

In the original time and space, this man made a lot of money in Madagascar. During World War I, he forced the island's capitalists to raise donations and recruited a large number of natives to form a task force to go to Europe to support the French battlefield.

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The gangway was lowered, and Minister Zhong, surrounded by his soldiers, was slowly walked off the warship by Tian Guang.

The fat white governor took the lead in walking up to Zhong Yilin and stretched out his hand to Zhong Yilin.

"Hello, new Governor."

Zhong Yilin smiled while shaking hands with the white governor. He said to the white governor in proficient French: "I'm sorry, you got the wrong person.

I am not the Governor-General, but the Minister of Overseas Territories of the South China Autonomous Territory. My surname is Zhong. You can call me Minister Zhong. "

"Minister Zhong? Oh, okay, Mr. Minister."

"Governor Gabit, I am here to take over the Madagascar colony on behalf of the South China Dominion."

Governor Gabitt nodded, "Mr. Minister Zhong, I am ordered to hand over the Madagascar colony to you."

The two shook hands again, and then watched the port garrison lower the tricolor flag on the flagpole and raise the golden dragon and lion flag of Nanhua.

At the same time, Tian Guang also led his men to take over the defense of the port with the French army, and Madagascar was officially incorporated into the territory of South China.

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Because of the huge area of ​​this big island, Zhong Yilin personally came to take charge of it. After sorting it out, the cabinet sent a new administrative commissioner to take up his post.

There were more than 4500 people on the three cruise ships that followed him, most of whom were soldiers.

After the cabinet signed the colonial agreement with France, Chairman Shi ordered the South China Military Department to select officers stationed on the island within the four military regions.

When the Nanhua Military Headquarters selected personnel to be stationed on the island within the four military regions, they felt that Tian Guang's record and past experience were good, so they talked to him and asked him if he was willing to serve as the garrison commander on this large island.

Tian Guang was naturally willing to be promoted when he heard that he could be promoted. Li Rong and Shi Ming, who were at the same time as him, mostly became the leaders of the army in charge.

Although he is now a major officer, he does not have much real power.

When he went overseas, he would not only be able to take charge of a side, but also accumulate qualifications for future military promotions. When he and Shi Xianhui were on a blind date, he had never forgotten his wife's ardent expectations for him.

It's just that he has lacked opportunities for so many years. Now that the opportunity has come, he couldn't contain his inner joy and shared the good news with his wife.

His wife supported him very much and hoped that he could seize this opportunity and perform well, so he said goodbye to his wife and children.

Before coming to Madagascar, he took the lead in forming his own team on the mainland, and then took the "Pingshan" warship to follow Minister Zhong Yilin to the big island.

The South China Army Ministry dispatched 3000 troops from the mainland to the island to handle land security and stability maintenance. Tian Guang will serve as the commander of the Madagascar garrison.

In addition, the Navy Ministry will form a Madagascar fleet, with "Pingshan" serving as the flagship of the fleet.

Then dispatch 4 cruisers, 4 submarines and 12 destroyers.

Cheng Daqi serves as commander of the Madagascar fleet.

In addition to being responsible for the security of Madagascar, the Madagascar fleet also patrols the surrounding Reunion Island and other small islands and reefs.

The Central Military Police Department dispatched a troop of 800 people, led by an officer named Chen Guangguang.

In addition, the Military Intelligence Office also dispatched a person in charge code-named "Liuliuwu" named He Xiaoou. He has a small team of 300 people under him.

These four people formed Madagascar's powerful force leadership team.

As for the police organization previously established by the French, it will remain unchanged for the time being and will be adjusted after Zhong Yilin straightens things out. …

The people who came from the agricultural technology department were Shi Tai and Li Lei. They brought a small team of 100 people.

These two people used to work at Rand Farm, mainly responsible for agricultural work. Over the years, their bodies have become bloated, and their cheeks have become dark due to constant exposure to the sun.

If you don't pay attention, you can see that these two guys are similar to the indigenous people on this island.

Madagascar's agriculture is very developed, so the Ministry of Agriculture selected these two people to continue to work together in agricultural planting, firstly to develop improved seeds and secondly to improve agricultural production here.

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The head of the medical department is Cai Ya, who has made a lot of progress in the development of penicillin over the years.

She and Rong Kui have already given birth to three children, and there have been no more children after reaching the fertility target.

Over the years the children have grown older and can live independently.

Her husband's official duties are even busier, so she spends most of her time working alone.

She heard that the scenery here was good, and she had long been tired of staying in the interior, so she asked her husband and children for their opinions.

Her family supported her decision, so she took the initiative to come over.

There are more than 200 people in the medical team coming with her. They will carry out new medical services on this big island to give warmth to the indigenous people here and soften their will to resist.

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In addition, He Xiaoou received instructions from Director Yang Kuan that there was a resistance organization "Vivasa" at the Medical School in Antananarivo, the capital of the island.

After He Xiaoou arrived on the island, he needed to screen and sort out the members of this organization to prevent them from continuing to organize to resist Nanhua's rule.

It happened that the Nanhua Medical Team was going to take over all medical affairs when they arrived on the island, so He Xiaoou found Cai Ya and hoped that she would provide help.

Cai Ya naturally agreed. Nanhua was established under the leadership of Chairman Shi. In her opinion, anyone or force who dared to oppose Nanhua should be eradicated.

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The one who came from the finance department was Serra Minas, whose team rarely had less than 100 people.

This native British white man followed Sansa Bruce during the Walvis Bay period and is a direct descendant of Minister Bruce.

But after so many years, he has been unable to move up his position in the financial department.

Although Sansa Bruce wanted him to take charge of his own affairs, Nanhua was a country dominated by Chinese. It was basically impossible for him to get past Deputy Minister Chen Yihang.

Therefore, Minister Sansa Bruce suggested that he come to the newly established Madagascar, because this is a new territory, and the past here is blank. He has made achievements here, which will facilitate his promotion in the future.

After listening to Minister Bruce's suggestion, Saira Minas nodded in agreement.

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As time passed, the entire dock was filled with supplies shipped from the mainland.

There are both precious medical supplies and selected and high-quality seeds. Of course, there are also a lot of arms and military rations.

In addition, many military vehicles were transported from the mainland. Zhong Yilin and others did not plan to take military vehicles to the capital.

Because the rainy season on the island has not yet completely ended, the road traffic situation on the island is very poor, so it is safer and more convenient to take the train.

Although the sun sets, the loading and unloading of goods at the dock cannot stop. In addition to unloading the goods, indigenous workers also have to transfer the goods to the train carriages.

So that tomorrow Zhong Yilin and his party can quickly move to the capital and officially begin their rule over Madagascar.

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