Rise of Empires: Spain.

Chapter 308 Colonial Treaty
The Sultan of Bam finally chose to retreat.

A large number of indigenous troops retreated in a swarm, with no order at all, and it looked extremely chaotic.

Of course, Jyoti would not miss such a good opportunity. As soon as he discovered that the natives were planning to retreat, he ordered his army to attack in order to completely disrupt the enemy's deployment.

There are skills to attacking. If you attack blindly, these natives may give up retreating and hold their positions on the top of the mountain to fight the Spanish army to the death.

Although doing so would certainly result in victory for the Spanish army, it would waste more time and result in more casualties.

If a conservative offensive strategy was adopted, leaving the natives a certain amount of space to retreat, these natives would be thrown into complete chaos as they rushed to retreat, and the Spanish army could easily kill them.

If they were lucky, the other army in the east would be able to capture Fuban before these natives retreated to Fuban, and then the Spanish army would be able to attack them from both sides and completely wipe out these natives.

Even if the other army failed to capture Fuban in a short period of time, it could prevent this large indigenous force from returning to Fuban and undermine the morale of the indigenous troops.

When the Spanish army launched the attack, the evacuation of the natives on the mountain became more chaotic. Sultan Bam originally planned to organize his soldiers to fight back, but he suddenly found that the army no longer obeyed his command.

In this chaotic situation, the soldiers could not hear the Sultan's orders at all. Even if they could hear the Sultan's orders, the soldiers might not be willing to carry them out.

Looking at the Spanish army rushing towards the top of the mountain, the natives all had the same thought in their minds: they could survive if they retreated, but they would surely die if they continued to stay here.

Compared with the chaotic natives, the Spanish colonial army appeared to be well organized.

The soldiers steadily occupied each position and executed every native soldier in the position with rifles.

In just two and a half hours, the Spanish soldiers had occupied the mountains ahead, and all they saw were natives lying on the ground, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.

On the other side of the mountain, there were about several thousand natives fleeing further north.

Because these natives were already far away from the range of the Spanish army's weapons, Jyoti did not intend to let his soldiers continue to pursue them.

Anyway, these thousands of natives could not change the situation of the war. What the Spanish army had to do was to capture the capital of the Kingdom of Bam, Fuban, as soon as possible and completely occupy the entire Kingdom of Bam.

On the indigenous army side, when Sultan Bam finally escaped back to the vicinity of Fuban, the front-line troops brought him bad news, that is, their capital Fuban had been occupied by the Spanish army.

This bad news immediately shook the already small morale of the indigenous army, and made Sultan Bam, who had just smiled, fall into despair again.

With the Spanish army pursuing them from behind and the city in front occupied by them, these thousands of indigenous soldiers who had fled were now being attacked from both the north and the south, with no hope of survival at all.

After a moment of despair, Sultan Bam remembered that the main force of Spain was fighting against him in the south. Where would they get the troops to attack his capital?

Even if there was an army attacking their capital, it would definitely be a small-scale army with not many people.

Thinking of this, Bam Sultan's eyes showed a glimmer of hope. He no longer hesitated and immediately issued an order: "The enemy's main force is behind us, and only a small army has occupied Fuban.

Take back our city. The Spanish in front of us are only a small part. They can't resist our attack."

After hearing what the Sultan said, a glimmer of hope appeared in the eyes of the native soldiers.

These people saw how the Spanish army massacred their compatriots. The city before them was not only the capital of the kingdom, but also where their families lived.

If they fail to retake the city, one can imagine what will happen to their families.

Therefore, whether for the Sultan or for their own families, they must retake the city in front of them in order to have a chance of survival.

Thousands of natives, under the order of the Sultan, launched an attack on Fuban without long rest. A small number of natives who were unwilling to fight also reluctantly took up arms and joined the attacking team under the threat of the Sultan's supervision team.

Although the most elite musket battalion under the Sultan was wiped out, as the leader of the entire kingdom, the Sultan still had other troops, including the war supervision team, who were willing to be loyal to him.

Under the threat of these supervising teams, neither the soldiers under the Sultan nor the soldiers under other tribal leaders dared to have any thoughts of resistance.

Although the Sudanese's war squad was small in number, they were all equipped with muskets. They would not be polite to ordinary native soldiers. If anyone dared to desert, the soldiers of the war squad would shoot them, which was even more brutal than the Spanish massacre of the natives.

Under the pressure of the supervision team, thousands of indigenous soldiers launched a massive attack on Fuban.

On Fuban's side, more than 6000 Spanish soldiers were ready for battle.

While Jyoti was leading the colonial division in direct confrontation with the indigenous army, an army of 6000 men consisting of three colonial garrison regiments had already launched an attack on the Kingdom of Bam from the east.

Because of the close distance, the army arrived at the vicinity of Fuban on the second day and launched an attack on the third day.

In order to deal with the attack of the Spanish army, the Sultan of Bam mobilized most of the soldiers in the entire kingdom.

All of the Sultan's direct troops have been deployed in full force. Currently, only a small number of troops from other tribal leaders are left in the Kingdom of Bam, and their total number is only a few thousand people.

Faced with the attack of the Spanish army, these soldiers composed of different tribes scattered at the first touch and did not dare to confront the Spanish army head-on.

Under the bombardment of 20 artillery pieces, Fuban's garrison was quickly destroyed, and the Spanish army occupied this city with a population of hundreds of thousands at little cost.

After occupying Fuban, the Spanish army immediately implemented militarized management without any hesitation and strictly prohibited any natives from appearing outside the houses.

Any native who dared to leave his home would be killed, no matter what his purpose was.

Under such high-pressure policies, the natives dared not leave their homes. They huddled in their houses, trembling and waiting for their own end.

After dealing with the natives in the city, the Spanish army also freed up their hands to dig positions south of Fuban, quietly waiting for the arrival of the main army of the Bam Kingdom.

As thousands of natives moved closer and closer to Fuban, Bam Sultan's hopes gradually faded.

What he saw before him was not the unprepared and small-numbered Spanish army, but a defensive position that had already been dug. It was impossible to see how many Spanish soldiers were in the position.

Speaking of which, we have to thank the indigenous people in the city for their contribution to the Spanish army.

The reason why the Spanish army dug a defensive position in a short period of time was mainly because there were too many indigenous people in the city.

With the help of these natives, the position took shape. After a simple repair, the Spanish army turned it into a defensive position that seemed impossible to conquer.

Gradually, the native soldiers slowed down.

They stared blankly at the position in front of them, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Gudong!

Some of the native soldiers couldn't help swallowing, with fear and panic in their eyes.

"fire!"

Seeing that the natives had reached the firing range, the Spanish army did not hesitate at all, and the leading officer immediately gave the order to open fire.

For a moment, the sounds of various rifle firing and artillery firing were continuous, like thunder.

boom! Bang bang!

As luck would have it, a shell landed just 20 meters in front of Bam Sultan.

The native soldiers standing there were instantly shattered into pieces. The shock wave of the explosion reached Bam Sultan at a rapid speed, causing him to have tinnitus and dizziness in an instant.

Bam Sultan was relatively lucky and was only affected by the shock wave of the explosion.

Some soldiers were not so lucky. They were in the range of the shell explosion and were soon seriously injured by the fragments of the shell. For a while, the natives were wailing everywhere. After a long escape, the morale of the natives had long collapsed.

Now they were bombarded by artillery fire again, and even the natives who were lucky enough not to be hit could not help but feel despair.

With powerful enemies in front and pursuers behind, where is their way out?

The answer is not at all.

In order to prevent future troubles, the Spanish army would never be polite to these indigenous soldiers.

Spain was not short of manpower, so before the action, Jyoti communicated with all Spanish officers, intending to eradicate these indigenous soldiers in this war.

From the Sultan of the Kingdom of Bam to every indigenous soldier in the Bam army, all were on the Spanish army's kill list.

Even some of the ordinary civilians would be cleared out, after all, Spain did not have enough food to feed them.

Of course, on the surface, Spain still has to pretend to be a civilized country.

The apparent cause of death of these indigenous people was not the Spanish massacre, but rather they died of plague or other diseases.

It is normal for a plague to kill hundreds of thousands of indigenous people, right? Anyway, this is what other countries are doing, and Spain will not have any psychological burden in doing so.

The war ended quickly and the thousands of natives did not hold out for long.

The Spanish army is well-equipped and has sufficient reserves of bullets and artillery shells.

Under the suppression of firepower, the natives could not raise their heads at all. What was worse was that the high point had been occupied by the Spanish army, and the place where the natives were located was a plain and open area without any shelter.

This is simply a sitting duck, and the Spanish army will not miss such a perfect shooting opportunity.

In addition, the soldiers equipped with rifles in the indigenous army had almost been wiped out, and the only remaining indigenous people who were equipped with rifles were the Sudanese supervision team.

The supervision team was at the back and couldn't get through at all due to the suppression of artillery fire.

This also resulted in the indigenous army having no ability to fight back. They were like fixed targets and could only wait stupidly for their bullets to arrive.

After a day, Jyoti led a large army to Fuban.

After learning that the natives had been completely wiped out, Jyoti was overjoyed and immediately ordered his soldiers to go to the Guinea colony to deliver the message so that Carlo could learn the good news as soon as possible.

At the same time, Jyoti also conveyed the message to the governor of the Guinea colony, requesting the colonial governor to send officials to take over the entire Bam Kingdom.

Because the Guinea colony was directly adjacent to the Kingdom of Bam, the Kingdom of Bam would be incorporated into Spain's Guinea colony and temporarily placed under militarized management before Spain completely integrated all its colonies.

Only after Spain has completely dealt with the millions of indigenous people in the Kingdom of Bam will it abolish the militarized management here and send immigrants to develop the land.

Of course, the laying of telegraph lines and railways can begin immediately. Connecting the Kingdom of Bam with telegraphs and railways will also facilitate subsequent operations against the Aro Alliance and the Sokoto Caliphate.

The Aro Confederation, the Kingdom of Niger, and the Kingdom of Benin and the Kingdom of Dahomey further west were all included in Spain's conquest plan.

After completely conquering these countries, Spain's Guinea colony can be connected to the Gold Coast colony to become a large colony similar to the Congo territory.

In the future, Spain will only have four major colonies in Africa, namely the South Morocco Colony, the West African Colony, the Guinea Colony and the Congo Territory.

Each of these four colonies has development value and strategic significance, and is also the basic base for Spain's future in Africa.

By the time Carlo received the telegram that Spain had completely occupied the Kingdom of Bam, several days had passed.

Carlo was very happy when he heard the news. He personally issued an order to encourage all Spanish officers and soldiers who participated in the attack, and asked the government to ensure that the combat troops had sufficient supplies, weapons, ammunition, medical supplies, and food.

After vigorously developing its colonies in West Africa, Spain had no shortage of food. In addition, the local crop industry was well developed, and vegetables, fruits, beef and mutton had long been fully supplied to the army.

Under the original circumstances, the colonial army would be inferior and would not be able to enjoy such an abundant food supply.

However, considering that the colonial army will have to go through many wars in the future, sufficient food supplies are still necessary.

Of course, the food supplies of those ordinary indigenous soldiers were definitely several levels lower than those of the Spanish officers.

However, eating meat at least twice a week is enough, and even three or four meals a week can be enough if supplies are sufficient.

Carlo, in a good mood, also issued orders to other colonies, requiring them to prepare troops as soon as possible, transport them to the Guinea colony as quickly as possible, and hand them over to Jyoti for personal training.

As the Guinea colony grew larger, the number of troops available would decrease.

After all, these newly occupied lands require troops to suppress them, and the current Guinea colony lacks soldiers.

It was good news that the capture of the Kingdom of Bam did not result in the loss of too many soldiers, but in the short term, the Guinea colony would probably not be able to wage another war.

Firstly, it was necessary to replenish weapons, ammunition and other supplies from mainland Spain. Secondly, the mobilized troops were insufficient, and with other indigenous countries on guard, it would be difficult to achieve the effect of attacking the Kingdom of Bam.

As mentioned before, the Kingdom of Bam was the last indigenous state in the Cameroon region that was not occupied by Spain.

After occupying the Kingdom of Bam, according to the agreement reached at the Berlin Conference, Spain also needs a very reasonable reason to effectively occupy this area.

In fact, it is very simple. It is to sign a treaty with all the local indigenous tribal leaders to clarify Spain's ruling position in this land.

We can learn from the Germans in this regard. The Germans relied on force to conquer the local indigenous tribes, and then signed treaties with these tribes to clarify their colonial rule.

Regardless of whether the natives can understand the treaty or not, as long as they sign their names and put their fingerprints on it, the treaty is legal.

There is no need to worry that these natives will go back on their words. After all, if you can make them surrender once, you can make them surrender a second time.

The treaty was not intended to restrict the indigenous people. Its real purpose was to prove its dominance over the land to other European countries and prevent colonial competition from other countries.

As long as Spain signed a treaty with the indigenous leaders of Cameroon, no matter how powerful Britain and Germany were, they would not be able to interfere in this region.

After all, the Berlin Conference was still under negotiation. If the Germans were the first to tear up the agreement that had been reached, they would be slapping themselves in the face.

Not only would it make Germany lose face, but it would also make the Berlin Conference, which Germany had worked so hard to convene, vanish in an instant. If Germany took the lead in tearing up the content of the conference, other countries would not abide by the agreements reached at the conference.

If Germany, as the initiator of the conference, wants the agreements reached at the conference to have certain legal effect, it must first abide by the content of the conference.

Carlo had already informed Jyoti about the treaty, and the Guinea colony had also made corresponding preparations.

After completely conquering the Kingdom of Bam, the Guinea colony was already preparing for the signing of the treaty.

The bad news is that the Sultan of Bam has died in the war. However, his son is still in Fuban. With the death of the Sultan, the son of the former Sultan has actually become the new Sultan.

Spain wanted him to be the Sultan, and no native dared to stand up and oppose it. Including the new Sultan of Bam, the leaders of the indigenous tribes of Cameroon and the Sultan gathered together. Everyone smiled and took photos with the camera. They signed their names and stamped their fingerprints on a Spanish document that they could not understand at all.

There were three copies of the treaty. One copy would be kept in Fuban, the capital of the Kingdom of Bam; one would be transferred to the colony of Guinea for safekeeping; and the other would be transported to mainland Spain as proof of Spain's control over the land.

After the treaty was signed, the Spanish government did not hide anything and announced the good news to the outside world, as well as its colonial rule over the Cameroon region.

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