African Nationhood

The terrain of Tanga in East Africa is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. The vegetation in the southeast is more prosperous.

The Southern Expeditionary Force did not encounter any decent resistance in the plateau area.

Casualties suffered were more from the tropical diseases of the area, but other damage was minimal.

Previously, the Central Expeditionary Force reported that they almost encountered a German ambush during their march, and reminded the Northern and Southern Expeditionary Forces to take precautions.

The Southern Expeditionary Force also took precautions, but the effect was low.

Because when they came down from the plateau, they encountered more severe jungle diseases, wild beast attacks, and sneak attacks by the East African colonial army.

Diseases and wild beasts were still force majeure, but the sneak attacks by the East African colonial army made the Southern Expeditionary Force very troubled.

Because these guys are as disgusting as the mosquitoes and flies in the jungle, the Southern Expeditionary Force either encountered a booby trap on the march or a sudden attack on the camp at night.

The East African colonial army fully followed the tactics of guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare, causing the Southern Expeditionary Force to suffer a lot, and the casualty rate of soldiers greatly increased.

Since September, the army has suffered hundreds of casualties due to German sneak attacks.

Faced with the rising number of casualties, Xu Chuan and Ding Yibo were both a little annoyed.

The trees here are so dense that aerial reconnaissance aircraft cannot clearly see the situation.

Aimless bombing is not only a waste of ammunition but also very stupid.

……

Since the East African colonial army wants to fight guerrillas, let them have a good time.

After discussion, the two leading officers decided to try to find a large settlement here when camping.

Large settlements have ready-made masonry buildings, which at least allow the soldiers to rest better and make defense easier.

Soldiers are strictly prohibited from traveling alone and travel together in company-level units.

The Southern Front Expeditionary Force had large numbers and fierce firepower, and was accompanied by armored vehicles when advancing.

Since the Germans had booby traps, they would lead the attack with armored vehicles and advance slowly in coordination with infantry and tanks.

Arranging more secret sentries and patrolling soldiers when camping at night will only waste more time.

……

After receiving the report from the Southern Expeditionary Force, the military headquarters instructed them not to worry about time, but to capture the Germans and slowly wear them to death.

In addition, the military ordered the Southern Expeditionary Force to mobilize indigenous people to help find traces of the Germans.

The indigenous people of Tanga in East Africa did not have a good impression of the Germans, and some even took the initiative to inform the South China Army of the whereabouts of the Germans.

There is no need to rush to clean up the indigenous people in the remaining advancing areas on the southern front. After the German colonial troops are eliminated, the indigenous people here will be transferred to the island of New Guinea, where the East African coast is closer.

Moreover, the East African colonial army did not have enough heavy firepower and did not have many personnel.

As long as the South China Expeditionary Force is tightly surrounded from four directions, the East African colonial army cannot defeat its own side.

With the order from the military department, Xu Chuan and Ding Yibo felt more at ease.

Their slowdown in advance was very effective, and the East African colonial forces were retreating.

The Southern Expeditionary Force quickly advanced to the large settlement in the southeast and central part - the city of Levale.

It was once an important stronghold of the indigenous rebel army and was later taken back by the Germans.

During the aerial reconnaissance of the aircraft, the pilot confirmed that there were many people in the city.

During the swooping reconnaissance, we found that most of the people in the city were indigenous people, and they all showed the expected panic.

After receiving the reconnaissance information, Xu Chuan and Ding Yibo decided to occupy the city. In addition to taking out the enemy's stronghold, they also wanted their soldiers to take a good rest.

It is now October, and the Northern and Central Expeditionary Forces have basically completed their intended goals by relying on the railways left by the Germans.

In half a month at most, they would be able to rendezvous with the navy that the coastal cities had been waiting for.

At that time, some of them will come to assist the Southern Expeditionary Force in cleaning up.

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The area of ​​Livale City is not large, with a few sparse masonry buildings, and most of the rest are indigenous thatched houses.

The Germans had built bunkers based on masonry buildings early on, but these bunkers did not have much effect.

Because the Southern Front Expeditionary Force brought 105mm howitzers and 120-caliber mortars, these artillery were more powerful than the Germans' poor 75-caliber field guns.

The artillery on both sides not only had a different range, but also a very different power, which made it awkward.

If Xu Chuan and Ding Yibo hadn't wanted to keep this city as a rest base, the military police rocket launcher unit accompanying the army would have washed the ground with rockets.

"Boom~~~"

Rubbles flew everywhere, and the Germans and Askari natives defending the city were bombarded by 105-caliber howitzer shells and 120-caliber mortar shells. Their 75-caliber field artillery was unable to hit the South China Expeditionary Force. .

The artillery bombardment lasted only more than a quarter of an hour before the Germans could no longer hold on and retreated. Commander-in-Chief Xu Chuan immediately issued an attack order, and the National Defense Forces at all levels were dispatched.

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Li Shuai and Wang Quan each led their infantry squads to attack. They had both made contributions in cleaning up gangs in West Africa, and they were promoted to squad leaders at the same time.

Good brothers in the past are now competitors.

This attack trip to East Africa is related to their goals.

If he performs well and can be promoted to platoon leader, he will become a standard officer in the future.

In addition to not having to worry about being discharged from the military, you can also win more honors for your family and children.

……

Li Shuai went east, and Wang Quan naturally wanted to go west.

After a long period of running-in, the soldiers of the two squads cooperated well with each other during the march. Moreover, the equipment of the Askari they were chasing was even more backward. Their 1871-type Mauser rifles were difficult to load, and they had to reload after firing one round. They have to have teammates to help them buy time.

Nanhua's automatic weapons and snipers have been provided to squad units as standard, and each squad has a sniper.

Although snipers attach great importance to talent, as long as the sniper rifle is good, the kill rate can be increased.

At the same time, Nanhua's development of sniper rifles has made significant progress. Both Britain and Germany have specifically approached Nanhua to discuss the issue of patent licensing for sniper rifles.

Nowadays, Nanhua's sniper rifle has developed to the third generation, and the sniper scope has also achieved 3.5 times magnification.

Snipers who have received sniper course training can increase their kill rate to 300% within a range of 400 to 9 meters.

At this time, European countries paid far less attention to snipers than during World War II, let alone the German colonial army at this time.

"Bang~~"

As an Askari in khaki fell to the ground, Li Shuai immediately jumped out with a submachine gun, "Da da~~"

Two more Askaris were shot and fell to the ground, "Charge!"

The team members rushed after the squad leader, and soon they came to a three-story building with German letters on it, which they could not understand.

"Squad leader, do you think there are any big fish in here?"

Li Shuai didn't expect that his soldiers would ask such questions. He smiled and said, "I don't care if he has it or not. Let's search first."

This small building is very spacious inside, and everything is in a mess.

Li Shuai took the lead and was about to go up the stairs, but he seemed to remember something.

"Zhao Sanyan, please take two people to search the lower areas to make sure there are no cellars or tunnels here."

The young soldier who asked just now nodded, "Okay, squad leader."

Li Shuai and the squad deputy rushed upstairs with the remaining soldiers. When they reached the second floor, the squad deputy led people to search the rooms on the second floor.

And Li Shuai led the people to the third floor and continued to rush.

There were fewer rooms on the third floor. Li Shuai felt that this was probably the office of a senior official because he found foreign drinks and German books in the room upstairs.

The upstairs was empty, and he walked down disappointedly.

As soon as he reached the second floor, he saw the shift deputy looking at him with a lonely expression. It was obvious that they didn't notice.

"Da da~~"

The sound of submachine gun shooting came from downstairs, and the two immediately became excited.

"what's the situation?"

"Boom~~"

A powerful shock wave rushed up from the stairs, and Li Shuai and the others who were just about to rush downstairs were swept away.

"puff."

Li Shuai and others were thrown to the wall by the powerful shock wave. His chest and abdomen tumbled, his throat felt sweet, and then blood spurted out from his mouth.

He wanted to get up and walk out of here, but there was not enough time. The entire building shook violently, and the ceiling and windows seemed to be torn apart by an invisible hand. Debris scattered everywhere, and then the entire ceiling collapsed.

With the "rumbling" sound, the entire building collapsed, and large amounts of dust flew up from the ground.

Li Shuai's team was all buried in this building!
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Wang Quan, who came after hearing the noise, looked at the collapsed building with tears in his eyes. He had discovered the whereabouts of Li Shuai's team before.

But he didn't come over, after all, the two were in a competitive relationship.

Now his good brother is buried under the ruins forever, which makes him feel heartbroken and hates the Germans even more! (End of chapter)