African Nationhood

December in 1917 should have been peaceful in Europe. After all, Europeans celebrated Christmas, and creating an illusion of peace allowed people to persuade themselves to stick to it.

However, the British East African Protectorate (now Kenya) suffered the largest attack in the world.

Vorbeck led more than 4000 men on a rampage through British East Africa, attacking settlements and supply depots.

Their purpose is very clear, which is to inspect the British's key supply points and attack them.

Burn plantations, blow up railroads, destroy trains.

12月末到1918年1月份，近40天的时间内，福尔贝克团伙在英属东非境内制造了11起破坏行动。

The attack distance exceeded 500 kilometers, causing economic losses of more than 1000 million pounds.

Killing more than 2400 colonial troops in British East Africa, Vorbeck looted a large amount of property in British East Africa and distributed the property to the local indigenous blacks.

He called on them to follow him in resisting British rule, and at the same time Vorbeck promised that after overthrowing British rule, he would give independence to the British East African Protectorate. The indigenous people who had been oppressed by the British were naturally willing to follow Vorbeck.

Their team quickly expanded from the initial 4000 people to more than 20000 people.

With such a huge team, their destructive power also expanded rapidly, and they began to march towards the territory of the British Buganda Company.

The British war cabinet was in disbelief when faced with the violent situation in British East Africa.

On the one hand, Prime Minister Lloyd George gave orders to the Governor-General of India to mobilize soldiers, and on the other hand, he gave orders to the African troops stationed in Egypt and Sudan, asking them to rush to East Africa to suppress Vorbeck's sabotage.

Then Prime Minister Lloyd George contacted Chairman Shi and asked South China to send troops to help British East Africa put down the rebel army led by Vorbeck.

Chairman Shi said he was helpless. The rebellion in Tanga, East Africa had just been put down not long ago. The troops stationed in Tanga, East Africa, suffered heavy casualties. We are in urgent need of rest and recuperation.

In addition, we also need to send more troops to the European battlefield. If you think this part of the army can be saved, then I will send these troops to British East Africa to carry out suppressive activities.

Prime Minister Lloyd George immediately did not dare to say anything more. The European battlefield was the most critical.

If the Allies could not be defeated, what would happen if these colonies in Africa continued to cause trouble?

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In early August 1917, Yang Kuan of the Military Intelligence Office reported that the Americans were negotiating with the British about the conditions for entering Europe, but the two sides had not yet reached an agreement.

Chairman Shi recalled the historical details and suddenly remembered that after the Americans landed in Spain in 1918, they directly brought a pandemic that swept the world.

The original time and space, a large-scale infectious disease that originated in the United States but was named after the "Spanish Flu", caused more than 5 million infections and more than 5000 million deaths worldwide.

The reason why so many people died was entirely because people at this time did not have effective antibiotics, and sulfonamides could not effectively treat the inflammation caused by influenza, so there were so many deaths.

Fortunately, Nanhua had him and produced penicillin in advance.

Today, Nanhua has made great progress in the purification of penicillin, which is due to the development of electricity and the research and development of high-speed centrifuges over the years.

In normal years, Nanhua's monthly production capacity for penicillin reaches 2000 billion units. If divided into 10 units per bottle, the monthly output can reach 200 million bottles. These production capacities are more than enough to supply daily domestic demand.

However, among these production capacities, penicillin K accounts for a larger proportion, while penicillin G production is slightly smaller.

Once the global pandemic spreads, it will cause disaster on a global scale.

Nanhua will become an isolated island in the global flu wave, and these special drugs will become an important bargaining chip in Nanhua's foreign medical assistance.

These chips will be used in exchange for immigrants, especially female immigrants.

Therefore, Chairman Shi issued an administrative order to the Ministry of Medicine and Health to expand penicillin production at that time. After more than half a year of preparation, Nanhua's penicillin production has doubled.

Such a large production capacity is enough to exchange for many immigrants.

In addition to the production of penicillin, Chairman Shi also specifically asked the Ministry of Medicine and Health to expand the production of masks.

When the flu breaks out, frontline soldiers must wear masks. This measure can greatly slow down the spread of the flu.

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A few days ago, Yang Kuan reported that the United States has reached troop dispatch negotiations with the United Kingdom, and the United States will send one million soldiers to the European battlefield.

In order to prevent the Americans from competing with South China for the victory, Chairman Shi decided to increase the number of soldiers sent to Europe.

Chairman Shi decided to send another 25 to 30 soldiers into the Balkans and increase the number of armored vehicles and aircraft accordingly.

South China and the United States both deployed troops. The huge number of troops would be a huge haystack that weighed the camel down for the Allies.

Although the mountain roads in the Balkan countries are rugged, the terrain in Serbia is much flatter.

As long as the soldiers are transported in place, greater results can be achieved.

Since the amount of troops transported needs to be increased, the supporting military rations, ammunition and equipment need to be increased, which will be a big test for Nanhua's transportation capabilities.

Fortunately, Nanhua developed active sonar in advance, which can target the Germans' "unrestricted submarine warfare". This can also greatly improve the safety of Nanhua's transportation lines.

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The Italians suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Caporetto in November 1917. 11 soldiers surrendered to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which greatly increased the power of the Allies.

If it hadn't been for the snow in winter and the difficulty of traveling in the mountains, the South China Expeditionary Force in Sarajevo would have suffered a heavy attack.

Therefore, taking advantage of the beginning of the new year, Nanhua must transport more soldiers there to join the early expeditionary force.

After Chairman Shi made his decision, he immediately held a meeting of the National Defense Committee, at which Shi Jintang announced his decision.

Senior officials of the National Defense Commission did not react much to this. Chairman Shi has always been so resolute.

Now that he has decided, it is useless to persuade others. It is better to think about the problems that need to be solved during the implementation process.

Among the 30 soldiers sent to Europe, 10 are from the Wehrmacht and 20 from the National Guard.

In addition, 5 National Defense Forces and 5 National Guards need to be reserved for the East African battlefield. Once Britain needs it, these soldiers must quickly enter British East Africa to put down the rebellion.

Of course, the conditions for the British to request Nanhua to send troops must be favorable, otherwise Nanhua will not pay attention to the British.

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On January 1918, 1, the second batch of the South China Expeditionary Force arrived at the port of Thessaloniki in Greece, which was the base camp of the British and French coalition forces in southern Europe.

Although Greece has repeatedly criticized the British and French garrison for hindering Greece's neutrality, the indifference of Britain and France left Greece helpless.

The arrival of the South China Expeditionary Force stirred up the stagnant British and French forces.

The regent of Serbia, Alexander I. Karagoorgievich, was even more excited. (End of chapter)