“…… I was utterly surprised to learn that the natives of the East African administrative region thought that they would be able to continue to use such civilized banknotes after their successful rebellion......"

“…… The vast majority of what is produced in East Africa is not sold to the local people in East Africa because they simply cannot afford it. I used to laugh at the level of Chinese governance of the colonies, and when I noticed this, I had to praise China for its great success in building the colonies. The output of the whole of Africa, with the exception of East Africa, is about one-third or even less of that of East Africa. Alfalfa, meat, leather, there is a growing demand for East African products in Europe......"

Excerpt from the Memoirs of East Africa, published in 1899, by Max 61 Tomerson.

The two armed Taoist priests who had traveled all the way from Asia to East Africa were accompanied by a force from Port Sudan, whose ultimate goal was Khartoum, but along the way their mission was to aid the besieged fortresses. Most of these forts were built near the railway, controlling the more important places and convenient transportation.

So far, only a few fortresses have fallen. The reasons for the fall of these few fortresses were invariably due to a sneak attack by the enemy, rather than a strong attack by the enemy. Therefore, if the locals besieging the fortress were smart enough to run away when they saw that things were wrong, the East African security forces would not have the strength and time to pursue them. The locals, who felt that the thieves were not empty, were surrounded and killed miserably. The two Taoist priests performed three brief rituals in front of the black soldiers in one day. The two are athletic, with a high school degree and solid basic skills. The flowing ritual action caught the attention of the black soldiers.

Khartoum, of course, received radio messages from these reinforcements, but the general mood in Khartoum changed from initial fear to nervousness. To explain in Wang Mingshan's words, that is, "barbed wire is really a good thing"!

The defending troops didn't do much, just dragged barbed wire in trucks and pulled several lanes over the defensive positions outside the city. The Liberation Army had been trained in using barbed wire before the Liberation Army, and the North American War sent actual combat technology in this area to various military regions. All military districts have to train even if they want to complete their tasks. Khartoum has just finished training, and the wooden stakes on the ground have not been completely pulled out, and many traces of training are still clearly visible. The barbed wire and heavy machine-gun fire points were a rock-solid defensive system, and the attacks launched by the local Arabs, organized or unorganized, whether in the tens of thousands or a few people, were completely destroyed in front of the seemingly empty defenses.

Within two days, tens of thousands of people had fallen in front of the barbed wire fence or on the barbed wire. In addition to the losses on land, the Blue Nile, the White Nile, and the Nile where the two rivers converge, the warships of the East African Security Forces also sank hundreds of small boats. The purpose of the security forces is very clear, as long as these small boats do not enter a certain range, the warships will not care about them. Whoever crosses the cordon is to be sunk.

Gordon, the head of the British Dispatch Army, watched such a killing and already felt that something was wrong. However, on the first day, when Gordon saw nearly 200,000 people gathered in Khartoum and declared his allegiance to Lord Mahdi. He also felt that the Chinese in Khartoum were gone.

Gordon admits that it would have taken a lot of losses to take Khartoum with the locals, but the British artillery was also involved in the war at this time. The Chinese did not closely inspect the passing ships, so the British disassembled some of the guns to the lightest possible and sent them to the vicinity of Khartoum to assemble them again.

With so many cannons, as long as a hole is smashed, only one of the besieging troops composed of more than 200,000 locals will rush into Khartoum, and with the cooperation of those locals in the city, it will be easy to capture Khartoum.

However, after a day of fighting, Gordon found that more than 200,000 people could do nothing about the barbed wire. It was such a barbed wire fence that couldn't even stop the wind, and it made 200,000 people stop moving. Stop these 200,000 people three miles from Khartoum.

When Gordon saw one of the worst attacks, the locals, with the help of British artillery, launched a ferocious attack. The people who were killed even flattened the first two rows of barbed wire and lay flat on the ground. But their bodies did little damage to the third line of barbed wire.

When the attack had to be stopped, when the Chinese dragged the dead bodies off the barbed wire, Gordon was desperate to see that the first two rows of barbed wire flattened by the corpses actually stood up again, as if it was just an illusion to be overwhelmed and flattened before.

"Your Excellency Mahdi, don't we have any other way to attack?" Gordon asked as he was left in the tent to pick up the core members.

Lord Mahdi still looks like he is with Allah, and his holy voice is full of firmness, "Allah will not give believers problems that cannot be solved." ”

"What the hell are you going to do?" Gordon wasn't interested in listening to such again. The day's battle had proved to Gordon that Mahdi's men were simply not capable of breaking through the barbed wire. The British intelligence showed a problem: although Khartoum was the center of Chinese rule in Sudan, Khartoum was not the only center of Chinese rule in Sudan. Whether it's the black zone further south, or Port Sudan to the northeast, China has a considerable number of troops. These forces are likely to reach Khartoum in the coming days. At that time, what will these 200,000 people do well? Gordon had no confidence in that.

"Tonight, the congregation in Khartoum will come forward. With their loyalty, we will surely be able to finish the Chinese! Mahdi said the plan.

It must be said that this plan is quite solid. It comforted Gordon a lot. Whether it's the black zone further south, or Port Sudan to the northeast, China has a considerable number of troops. These forces are likely to reach Khartoum in the coming days. At that time, what will these 200,000 people do well? Gordon had no confidence in that.

"Tonight, the congregation in Khartoum will come forward. With their loyalty, we will surely be able to finish the Chinese! Mahdi said the plan.

It must be said that this plan is quite solid. It comforted Gordon a lot. Comforted a lot. Comforted a lot.