African Nationhood

In December 1914, the British Cabinet sent a letter to South China requesting assistance in the conquest of German East Africa.

Chairman Shi Jintang responded: If Nanhua does not assist, either the British army will attack the Germans alone, or Nanhua will attack alone.

This move was to prevent the British army from taking advantage of the situation. Once Nanhua's advance was extremely smooth, and the British came out to take advantage, it would be unclear.

Nan Hua does not want to fall out with the British yet. Nan Hua must do its best in one battle and cannot let the British come in to take advantage.

Anyway, the strength of the British army could not deal with Vorbeck at all. Nanhua still hoped that the British army would kill more soldiers to consume the strength of the German army.

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The British cabinet fell into silence, and Nanhua didn't care when the British cabinet would reply.

The Nanhua cabinet's main focus was on the newly acquired territories, and Ouyang Geng arranged transportation and manpower to go to the New Guinea colony.

The natural conditions on the island of New Guinea are very harsh. Not only are there brave indigenous people, but there are also ubiquitous tropical diseases, and there is even the danger of volcanoes erupting at any time.

The Germans developed there for decades, and by 1913, the number of German colonists there had doubled.

But there were only 180 male colonists, 103 female colonists, 38 children and 17 mulattoes;
Among them were 21 planters, 9 sailors, several government officials, 2 mechanics and 1 doctor.

首府拉包尔只有230名欧洲人居住，与此同时，俾斯麦群岛的欧洲人也从从1894年的67人增加到1913年的685人。

Such bleak data is enough to prove how bad the environment in this place is.

The more dangerous the natural conditions were, the more Nanhua liked them. The cabinet organized ten cruise ships to transport 3 black people to the island of New Guinea at one time.

Tell them that when they get there, as long as they drive away the indigenous people and help Nanhua establish normal rule, they will be given freedom and they will be allowed to own land.

This move will not only consume the black people in West Africa, but also create conflicts between black people and local natives, which will be easier to control in the future.

The German New Guinea colony included Kaiser Wilhelm's territory on the main island, New Britain, New Ireland and Bougainville, as well as many small islands.

In the future, Nanhua will focus on developing not the main island, but the islands. As for the Emperor William territory on the main island, it will mainly be used to resettle black immigrants.

The 2.4 square kilometers of Emperor William's territory is enough to accommodate millions of black people. This territory will be the first choice for resettling black immigrants in South China for a long time to come.

The main reason why we chose islands for development instead of the main island is that in addition to fertile land suitable for the development of plantations, these islands also have many mineral resources worthy of large investment in development.

Tropical diseases and indigenous people on the main island are difficult to solve.

In the 20s in the original time and space, a huge copper mine was discovered on Bougainville Island.

Moreover, the land on the coastal plain of this island is fertile and suitable for the development of agriculture. With the huge reserves of copper mines, the lives of the people on the island will be guaranteed in the future.

New Britain Island has a lot of volcanic ash and fertile land, and the island has gold, copper, lead and tin minerals. Although the reserves are low, it can maintain a wealthy life for a small number of immigrants.

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Because the indigenous people on the main island were too ferocious, cannibalistic and difficult to tame, the Germans had to introduce Chinese and Malays as laborers.

After Nan Hua moved in, he discovered that there were actually 5152 Chinese and 3819 Malays here.

This was an unexpected surprise, because these suffering Chinese people directly became free citizens because of Nanhua's takeover.

And those Malays continued to work as laborers like the indigenous people.

It's just that most of these Chinese are old and weak due to years of torture, and most of them are married to local indigenous people.

After Ou Haiwa consulted the mainland, she decided to grant the Chinese family members the status of free citizens.

After hearing the good news, these Chinese people cried with gratitude and praised Chairman Shi as a living Bodhisattva who saved the suffering. They even frankly said that they would build a temple and shrine to Chairman Shi. Ou Haiwa hurriedly stopped them, telling them that Chairman Shi did not need this and strictly prohibited such matters.

The Chinese immigrants gave up, but their respect and devotion to Chairman Shi remained undiminished.

After being granted free citizen status, the next step was to allocate land to Chinese workers. The plantations collected from the Germans were given priority to these Chinese workers.

At the same time, Ou Haiwa asked the local government for instructions, hoping to transport immigrants as soon as possible to fill up the immigrant ecology here.

Minister Zhong Yilin of the Ministry of Overseas Territories immediately ordered Lanfang Company to dispatch a ship to transport some of the immigrants waiting for transshipment from Lanfang Company.

All the new immigrants were settled in New Britain and Bougainville. The indigenous people on the islands were mainly consumed in the early stage. After the consumption was completed, these large islands became the territory of the Chinese.

The main island still continues the German strategy, sticking to some coastal ports and leaving the development and occupation of the inland to black immigrants.

There are many natives on the island and their fighting power is fierce, which can effectively consume the number of black immigrants.

As a large number of black immigrants gradually arrive, the natives on the island will become more manic. In the end, it will be a lose-lose outcome, so that the Chinese authorities can control the situation.

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After the beginning of 1915, the British army launched several small-scale sneak attacks, all of which were wiped out by the Germans without exception. Vorbeck led troops to invade the British East African Territory many times.

The local colonial government urgently asked for help, hoping that the mainland would send elite soldiers to wipe out the Germans.

The British Empire also wanted to send people here, but it couldn't get away from the European battlefield.

In September 1914, the British and French allied forces fought a fierce battle with the German army on the Marne River. Both sides invested more than 9 million troops in this battle, and the fight was inseparable. The first Battle of the Marne River ended.

After the First Battle of the Marne, the German army's plan for a quick victory was completely bankrupt, and they had to retreat to the Aisne River line and fell into a stalemate on the east and west fronts.

The British and French forces launched an attack on the German defense lines from September 9th to 15th, but were repulsed. This was the Battle of the Aisne.

Since then, the two combatants have been in a stalemate in the area from the Oise River to the Swiss border. Mobile warfare has turned into positional warfare.

Before the war, the rhetoric of all parties to end the battle quickly became a joke. Once the war started, it was impossible to retreat.

This war can only end with the complete defeat of one side.

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During the strategic stalemate stage, all types of arms become consumables.

The Herstal Arsenal in South China was taken over by the Germans. Trudeau did not resist and actively cooperated with German rule.

The Germans discovered more than 3000 Maxim heavy machine guns and Type 06 Maxim heavy machine guns (Vickers heavy machine guns) and 2000 million rounds of supporting bullets at the Herstal Arsenal.

There are also more than 90 NH-5000 rifles and million rounds of supporting ammunition.

These were produced by the Herstal Arsenal for military customers, but Trudeau did not deliver them in time and were captured by the Germans.

In addition, the Germans also seized 200 million new grenades at the Herstal Arsenal, as well as 400 million landmines of various types.

These were also orders from military customers, but they were also not delivered in time.

Most importantly, the Germans also seized a complete set of production drawings for the A-1905 armored vehicle at the Herstal Arsenal.

These drawings were a treasure for the Germans. (End of chapter)