African Nationhood

June 6, Mombasa.

This seaport city has now become the base camp of the South China East African Qing Suppression Army. As a war supervisor, Shi Hao went to Mombasa to take charge.

In addition to serving as his brother-in-law's security officer, Ding Guodong also serves as his secretary.

"Brother-in-law, this is a cleanup report for the interior. Please read it."

Shi Hao nodded, took the report and started reading it.

After Nanhua sent troops to East Africa, the entire environment of Uganda was completely wiped out.

The indigenous people who had resisted bravely before had stopped and fled in all directions. Most of the independent tribes or kingdoms such as Buganda, Bunyoro, and Karamoja had been wiped out.

In more than a month, Nanhua wiped out four to five million indigenous independence fighters in Uganda.

The rest either fled to the neighboring Congo Free State, went to Sudan, or climbed up the plateau to Abyssinia (now Ethiopia).

Because Uganda is located inland, with abundant water sources and hot and humid temperatures, tropical diseases are also very serious there.

Troops that went into suppression often suffered heavy losses due to tropical diseases.

In the past two months, thousands of soldiers in the suppression troops have been infected with the disease, and thousands of people have died.

Every time he read these reports, Shi Hao couldn't bear it, but for the growth of the country, this was an inevitable price to pay.

"How are the arrangements for the exile of the kings, leaders, and chiefs of those kingdoms?"

Ding Guodong smiled and replied: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, the people from the Ministry of Justice will handle the matter very neatly and the evidence is conclusive."

This time not only did the army come to suppress it, but the Ministry of Justice and the Military Intelligence Office were also involved.

The secret agents in the Military Intelligence Room are very good at organizing confessions, and the confessions they produce will naturally be flawless.

After the kings, tribal leaders, and chiefs of the kingdom were tried by the Ministry of Justice, most of them were shipped to the island of New Guinea and exiled.

The origins of the black people there are complicated, and they will have no chance to retaliate once they get there.

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After reading the military intelligence report in the interior, Shi Hao picked up a cleanup report on the East African coast.

The military operation to suppress the independence rebellion in British East Africa also went very smoothly. In more than a month, 700,000 to 800,000 indigenous people here were wiped out, but the number of people who fled was about the same.

Because of Nanhua's siege, most of them fled towards Somalia and Abyssinia on the plateau.

But the German Vorbeck still ran without a trace, and Shi Hao was a little convinced of this German guerrilla expert.

They couldn't catch him every time, but this guy only dared to carry out activities in secret. On the surface, they didn't dare to confront the regular army.

And Vorbeck's making such a fuss in East Africa gave Nanhua an excuse to suppress the indigenous people.

As long as they are independent rebels, everyone will find them and punish them.

……

Because of Nanhua's purge operations, both Italian Somalia and Abyssinia suffered varying degrees of losses.

Abnesia had sent a note to Nanhua and the British cabinet a month ago, hoping that Nanhua would give an explanation.

The British cabinet was in trouble at that time, so it blamed Nanhua for the whole matter and asked the Abyssinian government to find Nanhua to solve the problem.

In order to prevent these independent elements from entering, Italian Somalia specially deployed a line of defense at the junction of the two sides. As the Chinese and Italian sides strangled, the few remaining indigenous independent elements fled to Abyssilia on the plateau.

This made the Abyssinian government furious, so they continued to protest against Nanhua.

Cabinet Ouyang Geng called Shi Hao and asked him to negotiate with the Abyssinian government to resolve the matter.

Shi Hao thought about it and felt that in order to completely eliminate the independent elements in East Africa, the three parties involved must work together to solve the problem.

So he initiated a trilateral meeting in Mogadishu, the capital of Italian Somalia.

The meeting was attended by Tafari Maconnan, the crown prince and regent of Abyssilia (the future Haile Selassie I), and the Duke of Abruzzo, the military governor of Italian Somalia. The meeting was scheduled for two days later.

By the time Shi Hao finished reading the military report, it was almost dark.

The two returned to the Governor's Mansion for a casual meal, rested for the night, and boarded a warship bound for Mogadishu early the next morning.

Because it is far away from Mogadishu, we did not arrive at Mogadishu Port until the evening of the 22nd.

The Italians still attach great importance to the arrival of Nanhua's future heir. The Duke of Abruzzo came to the port to greet Shi Hao.

When the two parties met, Shi Hao expressed his gratitude to the Duke for welcoming him, and at the same time looked at His Highness the Duke.

The Duke of Abruzzo is very handsome, with three-dimensional features and sharp edges.

When he was the commander of the navy in his native country, there were a series of accidents in the navy, and he even made a big mistake last year. He had no choice but to resign for some reasons.

He had been to the Horn of Africa in 1893 and liked this land very much.

It happened that an independence movement broke out in Somalia. Being extremely bored in his hometown, he took the initiative to come here to take command and suppress the independence movement in the country.

Both of them have high status, so after everyone met, the atmosphere was very good when they met and exchanged greetings.

Then the Italians took Shi Hao back to the Governor's Mansion and held a sumptuous welcome banquet.

……

On the morning of the 23rd, after having breakfast, Shi Hao followed the guidance of the black waiter to the conference room of the Governor's Mansion.

The Duke of Abruzzo is already waiting here. At the same time, there is a thin man with a fleshless cheek and a thick beard in the conference room. Although he looks very unlucky, this man's status is not low.

He is the regent of Abyssinia, the crown prince, and the leader of the young Ethiopian reformists, Tafari Makonnan.

This queen of Abyssinia, who is very powerful in the country, has become his puppet. The military intelligence room analyzed that she should be able to ascend the throne alone and proclaim herself emperor in a few years.

Shi Hao did not dare to look down upon this at all. After being introduced by the Duke of Abruzzo, he shook hands with the other party warmly and exchanged greetings.

Crown Prince Makonnan is also very wary of the Chinese forces in southern Africa. This time he came here because he wanted to meet the prince of Nanhua.

……

Although the background experiences of each of the three parties are different, their goals are the same, which is to wipe out the independent elements.

"Your Highness Maconnan, our governments in South China and Italian Somalia have been vigorously suppressing and suppressing the rebels in the past two months.

However, these rebels entered your country through different channels. I hope that your country can send troops to clear out the independent rebels who entered the country, or arrest them and hand them over to our two parties for trial. "

Tafari Maconnan nodded, "Our country agrees with Lord Hao's proposal in principle. Before coming to attend this meeting, our country had already sent troops to clear out the rebels on the border.

Please rest assured, both Lords, that our Abyssinian government will not let those guys disturb our stable environment. "(End of chapter)