African Nationhood

Shi Hao gave an order, and his soldiers directly fired the grenades on the grenades.

According to the regulations of the South China Regular Army formulated in 1902, an infantry squad carried two grenade launchers.

One company is 1 grenade launchers.

"Puff~~~Boom"

After three consecutive rounds, the entire Askari lair was immediately in chaos.

The Nanhua soldiers who rushed in next were possessed by murderous gods and killed everyone they saw.

The Askari force was captured in less than 20 minutes. In one of the thatched huts, the soldiers found a German suffering from malaria.

After confirming that the Germans were not in danger, Shi Hao entered the thatched house.

Seeing Shi Hao come in, the German struggled to stand up, but he couldn't, so he could only lie there and pant.

Shi Hao could speak German, so he asked directly, "Can you speak?"

Although the German was still very weak, he still had the strength to speak.

"Yes, yes."

"Which army are you in and what's your name?"

"The Third Battalion of the East African Colonial Army, my name is Hans Loew."

"Where is your commander Vorbeck, and is there any way to contact him?"

The German nodded, "We agreed to contact each other once a month. We have given up on the carrier pigeons because of the inconvenience of feeding and carrying them."

Shi Hao nodded, "Although I don't know if what you said is true, I am willing to believe you now. I can also save your life. I have quinine to treat malaria."

After speaking, Shi Hao took out the pills wrapped in tinfoil from his pocket and waved them in front of the German.

The German swallowed, "What do you want to ask?"

"Where is the treasure you took away?"

The white man shook his head, "I didn't know. It was Governor Von Skoni and Local Commissioner Olacher who arranged this matter at that time."

Hearing the German say this, Shi Hao felt very disappointed.

"I'm very dissatisfied with your answer. Are you not planning to live?"

The German shook his head quickly. He suppressed dizziness and said anxiously: "I, everything I said is true, but I can tell you the hiding place of Governor Skoni."

Shi Hao's lips curved slightly and he said calmly: "Okay, you tell me."

"They were hiding in a Morogoro bunker that had been built after Europe declared war in 1914."

The German's intelligence was very important. Shi Hao took the aluminum kettle from behind and poured a bowl of water into the German's ceramic cup, then took out a pill and placed it next to the German.

The German forced himself to lie on his side, took the quinine and put it into his mouth, then drank the water in the bowl.

……

Shi Hao arranged for soldiers to carry the Germans away on stretchers, shot all the other askari, and set fire to the thatched village.

When he returned to the train station, Qu Yijiang was circling in a hurry. When he saw Shi Hao coming back safely, he angrily complained to the prince.

However, after Shi Hao informed Qu Yijiang of the information he had obtained, the other party immediately forgot all his previous complaints.

The two immediately drove their motorcycles to Dodoma to report to the group leader Ning Cheng.

Ning Cheng was very happy after receiving the good news and asked the two of them to quickly send the German prisoners over.

……

German prisoners directly betrayed their own compatriots in order to survive.

He revealed the hiding place of the former Governor of Tanga in East Africa and also drew a map.

The South China Army stationed in Morogoro followed the map and found the bunker hidden in a mine.

Von Skoni and more than a dozen German officials were arrested, and not far from where they were hiding, the South China Army also found the treasure they had hidden.

However, these treasures were not enough for 300 million pounds. According to the captured German officials, their treasures were buried in three places.

That is to say, only one-third of the treasure was found this time, and the remaining two-thirds were not found.

The next thing can only be focused on the once-a-month contact mentioned by the German prisoner.

The contact point is 100 kilometers southeast of where Shi Hao captured the German prisoners, and it belongs to the jungle area.

For the sake of safety, Ning Cheng, the leader of the 1698th Regiment, asked Xu Yihe and Lin Baiguang for instructions, and then sent two battalions to encircle and suppress the joint gathering of the East African colonial forces.

Because Qu Yijiang and Shi Hao had made meritorious service, the arrest this time was mainly focused on them.

……

The meeting place agreed upon by the East African colonial army was Iringa, a large stronghold in the central and southern regions. This place was cleaned up when the Southern Front Expeditionary Force advanced. At that time, only an empty city remained.

Unexpectedly, in just a few months, these East African colonial troops restored the place.

Through investigation, nearly a thousand Askari soldiers and more than a dozen German officers have gathered around this large stronghold.

After listening to the information, Qu Yijiang and Shi Hao couldn't help but sigh, "Fortunately, we brought enough people this time, otherwise we might not be able to wipe out all these colonial troops."

Because the time for the party has not yet come, Qu Yijiang and Shi Hao had a dispute about whether to launch an attack now.

There was no way, Zhao Xingquan, the commander of the 21453th Battalion, made the decision for them.

"Wait, it's easiest to catch them all in one go."

So they lurked and waited for a few days.

The scouts continued to report that the number of East African colonial troops was increasing, and nearly 2000 people had gathered.

Qu Yijiang and Shi Hao both couldn't sit still. According to pre-war intelligence, there were only more than 4000 colonial troops in East Africa.

If this information is correct, is it certain that Vorbeck will also come to this party?

No one could answer their questions. After all, this settlement was surrounded by enemy people, and they could not get close enough to observe.

With so many people from the enemy gathering, it would be unrealistic to rely on 1000 of them to take down the enemy in one fell swoop.

Fortunately, this place is less than 200 kilometers away from Dodoma, so Qu Yijiang directly sent a soldier back to report and ask for support.

……

In order to keep it secret, the two battalions came on horseback, without armored vehicles or heavy artillery.

The largest weapon is the 80mm mortar. Although the weapons and equipment of the East African colonial army are not good, Qu Yijiang and the others are used to fighting rich wars.

Without the support of armored vehicles, artillery and aircraft, it was a bit uncertain to fight against such a large group of enemies.

This time we went back not to mobilize armored vehicles and artillery, but to request air force planes to come over and bomb a wave, and then the thousand of them took advantage of the situation to charge.

The time set was for the plane to come over for bombing in the early hours of tomorrow morning, so Qu Yijiang and the others got the soldiers ready early after twelve o'clock that night.

After eating in advance, all the soldiers lurked in the grass, waiting for the early morning planes to bomb.

……

The "rumbling" sound of the propeller resounded in the sky, and Qu Yijiang grabbed Shi Hao who was eager to try.

"You can take command from behind, and I'll lead the charge!"

Looking at Qu Yijiang with a resolute face, Shi Hao compromised.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

……

When the "rumbling" propellers came, not only the ambushing South Chinese Army could hear it, but also the East African colonial army in the Iringa settlement.

The huge roar woke up the sleepy indigenous blacks and Germans, but unfortunately they could not outrun the speed of the aircraft propeller.

"Boom~~~"

Numerous bombs continued to set off air waves in thatched houses and masonry buildings. The roars and panic of the crowd could not stop the killing.

The tumbling soil, gravel, and flesh all demonstrate the powerful power of the air strike bomb.

Eight planes bombed in succession, dropping a total of 8 bombs.

Then Qu Yijiang and Zhao Xingquan led two battalions of nearly a thousand tiger-like soldiers to rush in.

It was another crushing massacre, and the battle ended quickly.

Through interrogation of the surviving Germans, it was revealed that Vorbeck was not here, and no one knew his whereabouts.

And these indigenous warriors were recruited temporarily by them.

However, the traces of the remaining two treasures were found through interrogation here.

Through the Germans' confessions, the South China Expeditionary Force followed the map and obtained 300 million pounds of treasure.

In this way, the expeditionary force was finally not busy in vain.

But the whereabouts of Forbeck became a mystery, and Shi Hao wanted to continue to pursue it.

But his father gave him an order to return to Hanking.

Shi Hao did not dare to disobey his father's order, so he could only put down his affairs here, bid farewell to his partner Qu Yijiang and return to Hanking.

At this point, the war in Tanga, East Africa, has come to an end. (End of chapter)