African Nationhood

The city of Sarajevo is small and large. The Miriaz River in the city center divides the city into two parts, the South City and the North City.

The residents here are diverse, with Muslims, Orthodox Christians, and Catholics making up this city.

Most of the Croats were loyal to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and they were also the most active resistance elements.

As for the Serbs, who are mostly Yugoslavs, they are more inclined to be independent.

When the South China Expeditionary Force invaded the area on the south bank of the river, there was only sporadic resistance, mostly Croat elements.

The Nanhua Expeditionary Force would naturally not show mercy to these rebels. After Nancheng was under control, Nanhua's planes successively flew in to bombard Beicheng.

Armored vehicles drove into the city one after another and bombarded the other side of the river.

The stone bridge over the Miriat River became the main battlefield for the confrontation between the two sides. Artillery was no longer a powerful obstacle, and heavy machine guns were even more difficult to shake the thick armor of armored vehicles.

Because the Miriat River is not wide, the snipers of the expeditionary force can be fully used at this end of the river. Most of the defense forces in the Hebei position were eliminated one by one by sniper rifles.

When the defensive positions on the north bank of the river are not replenished in time, Nanhua's armored vehicles will attack towards the north bank, and Nanhua soldiers will slowly advance behind with submachine guns, semi-automatic rifles and grenade launchers.

Once across the river, the defense forces on the north bank became like grasshoppers after autumn, unable to jump around for a few days.

After successively breaking through the blockade of the positions in front of the stone bridge, the scope of activities of the South China Expeditionary Force can be directly expanded.

Relatively speaking, Nancheng's will to resist was relatively high. The Nanhua Expeditionary Force fought hard for two or three days before finally removing the surrounding defense force strongholds.

After arriving in Beicheng, the Nanhua Expeditionary Force clearly felt that the intensity of resistance here had decreased.

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After two days of fighting, the defense forces in Beicheng were basically wiped out.

Next, the soldiers of the South China Expeditionary Force cleaned up district by district in the northern and southern cities, thoroughly clearing out the rebels and the National Defense Force personnel who had slipped through the net.

On August 8, Sarajevo was completely in the hands of the South China Expeditionary Force.

After capturing the entire city, the South China Expeditionary Force's early strategic goal of sending troops to Europe has been achieved, and it needs to take a good rest.

In the rest of this year, Nanhua will not take the initiative again if necessary.

In the past two years or so, the intensity of the war on the Balkan Front has been much smaller than that of both the Eastern and Western Fronts.

Now that Nanhua has attacked and occupied Sarajevo, it can be considered that it has a good record, which is enough to stop the mouths of Britain and France. Next, it depends on the intentions of the British and French coalition forces.

The British and French forces in the southern Balkans did not move, and neither did Nanhua.

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Population migration is the most important event in South China, and other matters should be put aside.

The population screening work in Ragusa has been completed, and single women have been registered separately.

When the situation stabilized, Nanhua began the population transfer work. The excuse to the outside world was to go out to work.

As for the single Croat women in Sarajevo, they are all criminal accomplices, and they must undergo labor reform in Nanhua to atone for their crimes.

When you get to Nanhua, if you want to leave, you have to pay a ransom fee or get married.

Naturally, the ransom fee must be set high, so you can't even think of leaving.

It's easy to get married. Not only can you divide the land, but you can also get forgiveness.

Shi Honglian and Shi Quanan don't have to worry about these matters, they are all left to Xue Yingxiong.

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Shi Honglian was responsible for the defense of Sarajevo City, while Shi Quan'an led the military police to start rectifying the internal affairs of Sarajevo City.

He first found Paul Terry, secretary to the mayor of the Sarajevo City Hall, as his assistant. The mayor himself had slipped away before the war began, and his mansion here became a temporary residence for senior officials of the expeditionary force.

Paul Terry relied on the power of the South China Expeditionary Force to become the new mayor.

He announced to the citizens of the city that the city had entered military control and that all acts of resistance against the South China Expeditionary Force were treason and unforgivable.

As long as they obey the rule of the South China Expeditionary Force, peaceful and kind people can live normally.

After Paul Terry became the mayor, he would also be responsible for raising military rations and various military supplies. At the same time, he would also be responsible for setting up a brothel to facilitate the daily consumption of the South China Expeditionary Army.

This brothel will be supervised by expeditionary military doctors, and prostitute workers will be subject to regular physical examinations to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. After these arrangements were made, Shi Quan'an began to screen the capitalists in the city.
As long as you have a strong family fortune, you are bound to have something to do with the rebels.

Their family property and food savings will be confiscated, and the young women in the family will be punished with hard labor and recorded separately.

These wealthy people who were rounded up had to undergo a trial meeting organized by local people and were publicly sentenced to death!

After checking the rich man's property, the next step is to screen the antiquities in the city, collect the valuable ones, and then set them on fire at night.

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The civilians in the city were handed over to Xue Yingxiong for screening, and the trial began.

As long as there are young single women among the family members who join the National Defense Forces, they will all be sentenced to reeducation through labor and be held in solitary confinement.

For families without single women, their property will be confiscated and they will be required to engage in labor education locally.

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Since the South China Expeditionary Force captured Sarajevo, the Austro-Hungarian Empire's defense forces also sent troops to test.

But they didn't dare to fight and retreated at the slightest contact.

Shi Honglian has lost interest in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Now he only needs to follow the orders of the military department to preserve the victory of Sarajevo.

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Chairman Nan Hua Shi Jintang informed the Prime Minister of the British Cabinet and Marshal Foch, commander-in-chief of the British and French coalition forces: The South China Expeditionary Force has opened up a situation in the Balkans of southern Europe, but the South China Expeditionary Force is small in number and weak in strength.

It is hoped that the British and French forces on the Balkan Peninsula can launch an offensive as soon as possible to liberate the Kingdom of Serbia.

In coordination with the South China Expeditionary Force, they invaded the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The British cabinet did not respond to this request in time, and Marshal Foch directly stated that the main force of the British and French coalition forces on the Western Front was somewhat tight and was temporarily unable to mobilize troops to the Balkans.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces, Alexander I. Karagoorgievich, also called Marshal Foch and asked them to send troops to liberate Serbia as soon as possible.

Marshal Foch also gave the same reply to the regent's request.

His Royal Highness the Regent also approached Chairman Shi Jintang, hoping that Nanhua could send additional soldiers to rescue the Kingdom of Serbia as soon as possible.

Chairman Shi Jintang directly asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, We need to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to send troops. Will the Kingdom of Serbia pay for this loss?
If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is willing to bear this cost, we from Nanhua will send troops.

After saying these words, the Serbian Crown Prince immediately shut up and did not dare to bark anymore.

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Prime Minister Lloyd George of the British Cabinet finally replied: The Eastern Front battlefield came to a standstill due to the internal revolution in Tsarist Russia. Germany therefore withdrew its soldiers from the Eastern Front to the Western Front, which greatly increased the pressure on the British and French allied forces on the Western Front.

The number of the South China Expeditionary Force was too small, and it was hoped that additional personnel could be sent to expand the results.

Chairman Shi Jintang expressed embarrassment about this request, and a rebellion broke out in the Tanga colony in East Africa.

Vorbeck gathered a group of Askari troops to move around, causing great chaos to the rule of Tanga in East Africa. Therefore, we are temporarily unable to send more soldiers into the European battlefield.

Wait until we have suppressed the rebellion in Vorbeck before sending troops to Europe.

Prime Minister Lloyd George was very dissatisfied with Chairman Shi's reply, but he had no choice.

Because Britain's debt to Nanhua has reached 3.2 million pounds. Once Nanhua turns its back and asks Daying to pay back the money, Daying will have no shame to speak.

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The war in the southern Balkans was temporarily frozen, and the weather was getting colder.

In November, a young lady was welcomed into the Xinghan Palace, and Princess Maria became Chairman Shi's new concubine.

Chairman Shi was quite enthusiastic about the arrival of the new lady. He specially gave the Furong Pavilion next to the Harmony Hall in Jiexiu Garden to the new lady to live in.

At the same time, his mother-in-law, Mrs. Alexandra, and brother-in-law Alexey were also allowed to live in the Daoxiang Pavilion in Jiexiu Garden.

In this way, Alexey's condition will be looked after by a specialized doctor, and Dr. Lu Wan can go to the Medical Department to engage in leadership and teaching work.

Mrs. Alexandra was very satisfied with Chairman Shi's arrangements and asked Alexei to enroll in a secondary school in Nanhua to learn some cultural knowledge.

Princess Anastasia enrolled in Hanking University to study education in order to engage in education in the future. (End of chapter)