African Nationhood

"Rumble"

After the seaplane took off, Chauvin turned to look at the military staff. Had he contacted the British troops in Zanzibar?
"Report, we have been contacted."

“What’s the situation with the Rufiji River?”

“The report states that the total length of the Rufiji River is about 282 kilometers and about 100 kilometers is navigable.

Before entering the sea, it divides into many tributaries, forming a huge delta of about 260 square kilometers.

These channels are unnavigable in almost all circumstances except by small boats. "

After listening to the staff report, Sha Wenzai hesitated slightly.

"First let the fleet look for a place to establish a base nearby, and then if it doesn't work, let our submarine force dispatch."

"Yes."

……

In the original time and space, Britain spent a lot of effort to kill the "Königsberg".

In 1914 and around 1915, several groups of battleships were attacked. Although several battleships were lost, they finally forced the "Königsberg" to sink in the Rufiji River.

Since then, the German navy has come ashore and acted as an army, fighting with Vorbeck against the British.

Even the naval guns on the ship were not wasted. They were all dismantled by the Germans and turned into land guns.

In this time and space, because the British cabinet and Nanhua reached an agreement in March, the British no longer took care of the German cruiser at the beginning of this year.

He just kept urging Nanhua to send troops to destroy this German warship.

However, Nanhua remained unmoved, causing many British merchant ships to suffer.

……

The fleet quickly selected a small island called Mafia at the mouth of the river to serve as a temporary base. This small island is four to five hundred square kilometers in size, which is enough for large troops to go ashore to rest.

Marines from the "Turtle" class landing ship landed on the island in a flying fish boat.

After inspecting the island, no abnormalities were found, and they then began to tidy up the island to facilitate the entry of large troops.

Then they heard the roar of the propellers, and the pilots who landed soon came to report that no enemy ships were found.

This report made Sha Wenzai and others very frustrated. Since the enemy ship chose this place as a hiding place, it must not be able to escape.

Seeing that it was getting late, Sha Wenzai and others ordered the troops to land on the island to rest and continue their investigation tomorrow.

That night, the troops rested on the island.

Having DDT powder allows soldiers to avoid mosquito bites.

At the same time, the relatively large number of trees on the island made it easier for them to collect firewood and make fires. Many soldiers also showed their initiative and touched many fish while bathing in the water.

Drinking fish soup with military rations made everyone very satisfied.

However, Sha Wenzai and other captains felt heavy. These Germans had been hiding here for so long. The hydrology of the river and the German army in the colony must have set up shore defense positions along the coast.

Interactive attack and defense on the river bank, this battle is really difficult to fight!

However, the Germans would not have thought that they would be accompanied by submarines, and their Exocet boats could transport small groups of troops ashore.

In this way, one's own advantages are also increased.

The next key is to find the enemy!
……

The next morning, the Nanhua Army discovered heavy fog on the Rufiji River.

Sha Wenzai made a prompt decision and dispatched two submarines, the "Sea Patrol Clam General" and the "Sea Patrol Eel Shi".

At the same time, seaplanes also took off to confuse the enemy while also trying to detect the enemy's river bank positions.

After the rumble of the seaplane took off, the two submarines had already sneaked into the water and traveled an unknown distance.

……

At around 8 o'clock, the seaplane ran out of fuel and returned, and the fog on the river began to dissipate.

At 10 o'clock, the seaplane returned again. At this time, there was no fog on the river.

"Report, the forward submarine sent back news that the enemy cruiser has been spotted."

Sha Wenzai and others were very happy to hear the good news.

"The enemy ships are anchored at the river bend on the right about 12 kilometers away from us, and there is an enemy shore defense position at the river bend.

Because enemy personnel are on alert, it is inconvenient for the submarine to observe closely.

Moreover, enemy ships are painted with protective coatings, making them difficult to detect in aerial reconnaissance. "

Everyone sighed, the enemy is so smart.

Chauvin Zai recruited a pilot and asked him to draw a map of the river.

The pilot quickly drew a meandering map of the river. Based on the distance of 12 kilometers, everyone quickly determined the general position of the enemy ship at 12 kilometers.

"Now that the location of the enemy warship has been determined, just let the submarine launch torpedoes directly. Why wait?"

Sha Wenzai smiled at his colleague next to him, "Now that he has found it, he can't run away.

And this battleship is very new. Now that we have found it, we should think about capturing it first and then blowing it up as a last resort.

The consumption of war is too serious, and we in South China are not rich yet. "

The officer next to him chuckled after hearing this, "Okay, I'll listen to you, Lao Sha."

……

Sha Wenzai's order was quickly passed to the submarines ahead, asking them to lurk and stand by.

The plan drawn up by Chauvin Tsai was to launch a general offensive at 2:30 pm.

The attack on land was divided into two parts, one was the submarine force and the other was the assault force.

Submarine soldiers can rely on submarines to sneak to land in front of enemy strongholds and lurk close to the enemy.

The assault force soldiers and Marine Corps soldiers were transported in advance by flying fish boats.

Landing on the shore 3 kilometers away from the enemy's river bank stronghold, they moved forward on the remaining road and lurked in position waiting for the general attack.

When the time to attack came, multiple aircraft bombed the enemy's river bank strongholds and enemy ship decks first, creating chaos and leaving the enemy no time to react.

The enemy cannot escape and has no time to blow up the ship.

Reserve two submarines in the river to intercept the ships in front to prevent enemy ships from escaping the battlefield.

The "Zhang Fei" will also launch in advance and drive at high speed to the enemy's river bend to stand by. Once the general attack is launched, the "Zhang Fei" can approach the battlefield as quickly as possible to launch an attack.

……

At 11 o'clock at noon, the submarine had left, and ten flying fish boats carrying 600 commandos had also set off.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the seaplane set sail, the "Zhang Fei" ignited and weighed anchor, and drove towards the Rufiji River at high speed.

……

The spicy and refreshing smell of the cooling oil cheered up Lu Wenliang, who was wearing a camouflage uniform. He was surrounded by his Marine comrades and subordinates. As the captain of this land assault team, Lu Wenliang felt a heavy responsibility.

After they disembarked early and docked, they suffered a lot on the road.

There are many wild animals along the river, such as hippos, zebras and wild antelopes. These animals are not afraid of their arrival.

The hippopotamus also made a demonstrative cry at them. They did not dare to provoke this thing, so they had to take a detour.

Along the way, they also encountered a crocodile. This thing was not difficult to deal with. It could be solved by stabbing it with a bayonet.

But in order not to expose themselves, they endured it.

When they reached the periphery of the enemy's river bank stronghold, they discovered that these Germans were also very strange.

An observation post was actually set up 2 miles away, and the commandos had received special training.

It is easy to deal with this kind of observation post, and the opponents are only indigenous people. Their skin is dark and not obvious at night, but it is too obvious during the day. And these guys like to hide in trees. Telescopes can easily spot these guys sitting leisurely in trees.

The commando team has special crossbows to deal with such indigenous people. All it takes is a surprise arrow to shoot them.

There were very few misses, and the commandos would often arrange for two or three crossbowmen to shoot together.

After taking care of the indigenous sentries on the periphery, they safely reached a distance of 800 meters from the enemy.

Lu Wenliang and several others took a closer look, and they clearly saw the scene of Germans and Askari soldiers living in harmony.

These Germans are really good at being able to put down their bodies and make friends with black people.

However, this is limited to the soldiers of the Askari Force. They still mainly suppress the ordinary black people in the colony.

A few years ago, the Germans wiped out one-third of the indigenous people in the East African colonies. This news was also highlighted in the South China Defense News at the time.

……

Looking at the watch, the hour hand has reached two o'clock in the afternoon.

Lu Wenliang ordered the soldiers around him, "Get ready, we are about to launch a general attack. Let's go back first."

After they returned to the commando location, about ten minutes later, they heard the sound of "rumble" propellers.

Everyone laughed, and the general attack was launched.

……

Although they heard the sound of propellers in the air, the Germans did not panic. After all, the plane had arrived in the morning and did not find them. However, the due vigilance should not be lost.

"alert!"

The first mate of the warship, Major Koch, issued an order, and the German soldiers on the ship and the defenders at the shore strongholds began to run and be on guard to prevent aircraft from attacking them.

The rumbling sound was getting closer and closer, and the Germans became more and more nervous.

The round-faced middle-aged officer had a puzzled look on his face, "What's going on? The sound of this propeller is wrong."

The thin-faced Major Kochi nodded in agreement, "Yes, it seems that there are a lot of planes coming."

When they wanted to wait a little longer, they heard a whistling sound circling down.

The German lookout standing high up shouted urgently: "Bomb, air strike!"

It’s just that the bomb’s falling speed is no slower than his shout, “Boom~~~”

A series of bombs began to fall in turn from 500 and 600 meters away from the river bank stronghold.

The trees and soil on the river bank were quickly shattered into crumbs under the powerful shock wave and explosive force, and these bombs were obviously coming in the direction of the ships and river bank strongholds.

At this time, Colonel Max Ruf quickly understood, and he immediately shouted: "Light the fire, lift the anchor, quickly!"

Unfortunately, his shout was too late, "Boom~"

A bomb fell on the riverbank stronghold, and the flying stones hit the naval captain directly in the face.

He was hit by such a powerful attack and immediately lost consciousness.

Although Major Kochi was confused, he quickly came to his senses.

He swooped over and shook his superior, "Captain, Captain?"

Colonel Ruf quickly regained consciousness, "Get out of here!"

Major Kochi nodded and then dragged his superior's body to find a place to hide.

However, bombs were everywhere and they had no place to hide. Bombs that randomly fell on the deck directly blew through the deck.

A fire quickly broke out on the deck. Seeing this, Colonel Ruf immediately stopped the first officer.

"Kochi, you go and direct them to put out the fire. I can't die yet."

Major Kochi nodded and accepted the order. He observed and found that the bombing had stopped. He immediately straightened up and called to the soldiers who could still move to put out the fire.

"Hans, Alan, Cullen, put out the fire quickly.

Those who are still able to move should not be in a daze. The enemy will attack soon. Go to the stronghold on the shore to see how many people are still alive..."

……

"Rumble"

There was another series of explosions, but this time the explosion was much less impactful and powerful than the previous aircraft bombs.

This was the assault force coming over, and Lu Wenliang took the lead and charged towards the shore position.

The river bank stronghold was in a mess, and both the Germans and the "Askari" soldiers were stunned by the bombing.

The commandos quickly rushed into the river bank position, killed the remaining enemies, and then used the 50mm grenade in their hands to attack the enemies on the warship.

"bang bang~~"

A series of explosions made it impossible for the few German soldiers on the deck to organize a defensive and counterattack front.

Seeing that no German soldiers showed up on the warship, Lu Wenliang held a submachine gun and shouted: "Come with me."

Immediately, more than a dozen commandos rushed over, shouting, each holding a melon grenade in their hands.

While climbing along the gangway, melon grenades and wooden handle grenades were also thrown towards the gangway entrance.

"Boom~~"

A few faint screams came from the gangway entrance, but when there was no more sound, Lu Wenliang took a deep breath and began to rush forward.

"Deng Deng~"

Climbing up the gangway, he found several corpses lying here and there. He no longer had to worry about the enemy's ambush and fired directly at the German soldiers still alive on the deck.

"Da da~~"

The commandos who followed also followed.

"Clatter" and screams became the main sounds on the deck. More and more commandos climbed up, and soon there were more than 100 commandos on the deck.

As for the German soldiers, all the surviving ones followed Major Kochi and retreated into the bottom ammunition depot.

"Soldiers, we have been defeated. The enemy's offensive is very fierce. We can no longer fight for the motherland. I hope we can devote our lives to the motherland."

The remaining twenty or so German sailors nodded in unison, "Yes."

In order to prevent the "Königsberg" from falling into the hands of the enemy, the first officer, Major Kozy, led the soldiers to lower the two torpedo heads into the bottom cabin. They planned to die with the ship.

Just as they were carrying the torpedo, there was a sudden "clang" sound.

Someone exclaimed, "Grenade."

"bang"

"Ah~~~"

A strong flash of light exploded in the ammunition room, and everyone's eyes were hurt by the sudden bright light.

After Major Kochi and the soldiers carrying the mine were pierced in the eyes by the bright light, their hands slipped and the huge mine hit them directly.

One sailor had his leg smashed directly, and another sailor had his foot broken.

Major Kochi didn't fare much better either. His arm was crushed under the torpedo.

Then came the "click-click" gunshots and screams.

……

Colonel Ruff was shot dead on the deck, and Major Kochi became the highest-ranking prisoner.

When Chauvinzi came to the deck of the "Königsberg", the fire on the deck of the cruiser had been extinguished. He looked at the German major with his head hanging down.

"Major Kochi, you don't have to be depressed. Although you are very brave, we South Chinese are even more powerful."

PS: I might not be able to update in time due to something else this afternoon, so this one is worth two chapters. (End of chapter)