African Nationhood

Dodoma is a town on the inland plateau. Swahili and Omani have established strongholds here, and then extends to Kigoma, the lakeside stronghold on the east coast of Lake Tanganyika (today's Lakeside Center of Tanzania). City).

This was a trade route for capturing slaves, gold and ivory.
In the original time and space, the Germans built a central railway from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma based on this trade route.

In this time and space, Kigoma, which is close to Lake Tanganyika, was first occupied by the Rhodesian Company. Therefore, the Germans did not build the railway to Kigoma, but only to the central and western city of Tapola (today's Tanzania Regional Center City).

From there, he detoured northwest to the city of Mwanza on the shores of Lake Victoria (now the central city of Lake Victoria in Tanzania).

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This railway line covers all the fertile areas of Tanga in East Africa. There are plantations along the way, with abundant yields of cotton, sisal, corn and tobacco.

The Germans did plunder a lot of resources from the indigenous people by relying on this trade route. Tanga in East Africa was rich in gold, diamonds, rubies and sapphires, and the Germans became rich because of this.

However, when the South China Expeditionary Force invaded coastal Tanga and Dar es Salaam, they did not seize many valuables, but only some primary production materials such as sisal, cotton, and furs.

After the war in Europe, the connection between Tanga in East Africa and Europe was interrupted. The South China Expeditionary Force did not capture it. It is unlikely that the East African colonial army carried these properties with them. Therefore, there is a high possibility that the valuable property was hidden by the East African colonial army.

Representatives from the financial department came to Dar es Salaam and through sorting out the documents left by the Germans, they were able to determine that the value of the property hidden by the East African colonial army was 300 million pounds.

After the financial department reported the matter, Chairman Shi Jintang issued an order to the left-behind troops in Tanga, East Africa, to search for hidden treasures. Those who found the treasures would be promoted and made rich.

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On the day the 1698 regiment arrived in Dodoma, the regiment leader Ning Cheng assigned defense areas to his three battalions.

He also informed the three battalion commanders under his command of the order issued by Chairman Shi, allowing them to search for any abnormalities on their own during the defense of the railway line.

The Quyijiang Battalion was assigned to defend the railway line from Magnoni to Jintingcu, which was 35 kilometers long.

To deploy a defensive line on such a long railway line, sufficient mobility needs to be maintained.

Therefore, the regiment headquarters equipped them with 50 Sanbengzi motorcycles and 100 horses.

Once these horses were available, the defending troops had to wait on them.

Although motor vehicles are convenient, there is no oil refinery in Tanga, East Africa, and oil transportation is very limited by railway lines.

Therefore, it is necessary to patrol the horses. As the battalion deputy, Shi Hao feeds and takes care of the horses as part of his job.

He hasn't seen his family for more than a year since last year. His personality has indeed changed a lot. At least when he encounters problems, he no longer thinks of relying on others, but tries to solve them himself.

He had seen too many killings on the battlefield, and his heart had hardened.

Although Ding Roujia often wrote to him, he didn't reply much.

First, he was really busy, and second, his wife had been very well protected since she was a child. He couldn't tell her too much about what they did during the march, lest she be frightened.

His mother, Ye Rong, would also write to him, but more often than not she would tell him to obey his father's arrangements, practice hard, and be prepared for the future. He would get tired of hearing these words too many times.

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Although they are currently stationed along the railway, it is for the sake of the country's tranquility and also to accumulate meritorious deeds for their father to see.

Shi Hao began to think about how to eliminate the East African colonial army, or find the treasure buried by the East African colonial army.

Although the East African colonies have fled into the interior of Tanga, their resources are insufficient and they cannot last long.

Tropical diseases, malarial mosquitoes and tsetse flies in the Tanga interior of East Africa are no joke. Once you get sick, you can't just fight it off.

Therefore, they must be hiding near the railway lines that are most closely connected with modern society, because they need the material supplies of modern society.

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After Qu Yijiang learned of his idea, he supported him, but asked him not to be aggressive or impulsive, and could only conduct reconnaissance along the 30-kilometer range of their defense zone. Shi Hao agreed wholeheartedly and then started his plan.

He led his soldiers to explore first south and then north along the railway line, and offered benefits to the indigenous people they met along the way.

Tell them that if they can provide clues about the East African colonial army, he will reward them. He can provide salt, knives and shotguns.

The indigenous people were naturally willing to cooperate in the face of Shi Hao's overtures. After all, the German colonial army, in addition to being kind to the indigenous soldiers in Askari, had a very bad attitude towards the indigenous people.

Moreover, the Tanga natives in East Africa live far apart, and they have no idea that the South Chinese are the murderers of their neighbors.

As Shi Hao's exploration distance extended, he gained more and more.

A month later, he received an important clue.

Ten days ago, an indigenous man saw Askari troops dressed in khaki in the jungle.

Based on this piece of information, Shi Hao immediately found a map and marked the location.

Then soldiers were sent back to the railway line to report and request aircraft to conduct reconnaissance at the location marked on the map.

Based on the map, he took the natives who reported the news and a company of soldiers and continued to search forward.

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Because it is the dry season, the traces on the road can remain for a long time.

Judging from the remaining traces on the road, the Askari troops that the indigenous people said should be nearby, wandering around.

Shi Hao summoned the indigenous people and asked him about any nearby places with sufficient water sources.

The natives thought for a while and immediately led the way.

Shi Hao followed immediately. They walked for a day and a night, and finally came to a jungle water source.

In this water source, they immediately found traces of human activity.

Following the traces of human activities, he finally found the lair of the Askari troops.

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This lair was an indigenous village. However, during Nanhua's march, the indigenous people here were cleared away, leaving only thatched huts. The Askari troops directly occupied this place as their lair.

Shi Hao observed through the telescope that the Askari troops in this lair did not have enough weapons, and they did not have many people, at most forty or fifty people.

He observed for a while and found no trace of white people in this team.

Moreover, this team does not have enough food. Their diet should be mainly based on hunting wild animals.

Because the fire in the center of the village has not been extinguished, and there are still pieces of meat blackened by smoke hanging on the fire.

Shi Hao took a deep breath and said to the soldiers behind him: "There are not many people here. I plan to launch a surprise attack directly. What do you think?"

The soldiers in the company were all fully armed. Although it took some time to track down the Askari troops, their food and drink conditions were good.

Therefore, everyone agreed with the decision of the battalion deputy, "Vice Camp Ye, please give the order, we will listen to you."

Shi Hao nodded with a smile and took out the S-96 pistol from his waist.

"Then rush!" (End of Chapter)