Erich von Falkingham came to Roque in the hope that Roque would stop supporting the forces of Fort Glory, and as long as the Fort Glory forces could continue to receive supplies from Nyasaland, then Tanganyika would never be able to restore peace.

It's a pity that Erich von Falkingham is most likely disappointed, the strength of Fort Glory has grown to the current size, and Mumu has officially put forward his own political demands, and it is impossible to make Roquet and Mumu give up the low-hanging fruit.

For the sake of Wilhelm II and the German government, it is unlikely that Fort Glory wants to become independent from Tanganyika, so the bottom line that Roque can accept is that the territory controlled by Fort Glory's troops can still nominally recognize Tanganyika's colonization, but in fact it does not obey Tanganyika's leadership, just like southern Africa is to the British Empire, to achieve de facto autonomy.

This result is unacceptable to Erich von Falkingham, after all, Germany does not have as much experience in colonial management as Britain, and Germany's colonies are pitifully few compared to Britain, so Erich von Falkingham estimates that it will take some time to digest before he can accept this reality.

In order to urge Erich von Falkingham to face reality, on June 15, the troops of Fort Glory launched an attack on Dodoma, the transportation hub in central Tanganyika.

Unlike Nyasaland, which has developed transportation, there is only one railway connecting Pingan Port and Usunbura in Tanganyika, and Dodoma is located at the center of this railway, which is the most important transportation hub in Tanganyika.

The colonial government of Tanganyika also knew the importance of Dodoma, so the 89th Infantry Regiment was stationed in Todoma, and at the same time, the troops stationed in the port of Pingan and Usombra could be quickly reinforced by rail.

After the outbreak of the Fort Glory rebellion, many public facilities in Tanganyika were damaged by Fort Glory troops, and the railway between Port Ping'an and Usunbura was also blown up many times, which also forced the colonial government of Tanganyika to upgrade public facilities.

The main forces responsible for the assault on Dodoma were the 4th and 5th Divisions of Fort Glory.

It sounds like a lot of troops, but in fact, the total strength of the two divisions combined is only about 10,000.

With the help of "volunteers", the Fort Glory troops are also gradually moving towards regularization, and now the Fort Glory troops have a total of nine divisions, except for the first division, which has more troops, the other five divisions have about 5,000 troops, and the reason for adopting such an establishment is also to bluff.

This is also a habitual method, the army, a thousand troops can be blown all over the mountains, and a force of 10,000 people is a sea of people, although the scale of 5,000 people does not match the level of "division", but it is still enough to attack Dodoma, after all, there is only one regiment of the Dodoma German army.

In fact, when formulating the plan, most of the staff officers hoped that the Lion Regiment would be the main attacker, so that the combat effectiveness of the Fort Glory troops could be fully demonstrated and Erich von Falkingham would be the greatest deterrent.

This proposal was decisively rejected by Wu Ben, the lion regiment composed of all Gurkha mercenaries is the most powerful force in the fighting capacity of Fort Glory, Wu Ben is reluctant to use the troops in the battle with the greatest casualties, Fort Glory now has nine divisions, the total strength of the whole army is nearly 70,000 people, these cannon fodder is just used to attack Duoduoma, the lion regiment should still play the greatest role in the sniper battle.

Therefore, the 4th and 5th Divisions, the Lion Regiment and the 2nd Division, which were better trained, were responsible for the reinforcements of the German troops from the direction of Port Safe after the start of the sniper battle.

As for Usumbra, there is no need to worry about this direction, once the battle starts, the troops of Fort Glory will destroy the railway and the gravel road between Usumbura and Dodoma, and if the Usunbrad army wants to reinforce Dodoma, they will repair the road first.

And it is necessary to be prepared for multiple repairs and repeated repairs.

From the perspective of the beginning of the 20th century, the German army can indeed be called the "world's first army".

Although the German army did not perform well in the previous counterinsurgency, but in the defensive operation, the performance of the German troops was still very good, and the troops of Fort Glory lost nearly 3,000 men on the first day of the attack on Dodoma.

It may just be a matter of consuming some of the Dodoma defenders' bullets.

So that night, Wu Ben transferred the artillery of the Lion Regiment to Duoduoma to participate in the battle, and the Duoduoma defenders finally felt the great pressure.

The artillery of the Lion Regiment was also mortars, and although the caliber of the mortars was only sixty millimeters, the threat of mortar creation was large enough for the defenders of Dodoma, who were not equipped with artillery.

With the help of mortars, the offensive of the troops of Fort Glory finally took off, and by June 20, the troops of Fort Glory had captured most of the more than half of the horses, and the defenders of the Topas were only about one battalion, relying on the permanent fortifications around the railway station.

At this time, reinforcements from Ping'an Port finally arrived at the sniper position set up by the Lions ten kilometers east of Dodoma.

In order to attract reinforcements from Ping'an Port to take the initiative to attack, Wu Ben did not carry out a surprise attack this time, and after destroying the railway, the Lion Regiment directly erected the battle flag on the sniper position, openly provoking the German army in Ping'an Port.

The brutal offensive and defensive battle began immediately.

Although many previous wars have shown that the massive use of automatic weapons, the crowd tactics have basically been on the verge of being eliminated, but for the troops of various countries, before finding a better way, the crowd tactics are still the most efficient tactics.

Therefore, the first time the German army attacked, there was a regiment of troops invested, but this regiment was a colonial servant army, and the main purpose was to test the firepower of the Lion Regiment, which was the correct way to use cannon fodder.

It must be introduced here that in order to maximize the power of automatic weapons, the position chosen by the Lion Regiment is very ingenious, one side of the position is a river, which is not conducive to the roundabout outflanking of the German army, and on the other side is a cliff with a height of more than 20 meters, and the German army will face great difficulties if they want to outflank it.

The front of the Lion Regiment's position was a gentle slope, and before the arrival of the Germans at Safe Harbor, the Lion Regiment's auxiliary troops cleared all the trees on the gentle slope to clear the firing range for the Lion Regiment's automatic weapons, so that the Germans could not use the terrain to cover the advance when attacking, and would inflict maximum damage on the attacking troops.

The commander of the 36th Division, Alvar Butler, was brutal and tyrannical, but he was still very experienced, and after observing the position of the Lions, Alva Butler ordered the colonial servants to attack and test the strength of the Lions' firepower.

The result of the battle surprised Alvar Butler very much, although Alva Butler knew that the combat effectiveness of the colonial servant army was not strong, but Alva Butler did not expect that the combat effectiveness of the colonial servant army was actually weak to such an extent, and the colonial servant army participating in the attack was strafed by the heavy machine gun of the lion regiment shortly after leaving the starting position, and as a result, the heavy machine gun of the lion regiment just fired, and the colonial servant army participating in the attack collapsed on all fronts, and almost all the soldiers turned around and ran, without the slightest will to fight.

Without an order from Alvar Butler, the front-line officers immediately reacted in the most correct way.

"Law Enforcement Team!"

"Fire!"

"Destroy all these cowards!"

Accompanied by a roar, the heavy machine guns of the 36th Division's law enforcement team began to roar, and almost instantly, the casualties of the colonial servants who tried to escape were more than 100.

"Attack or die!" The law enforcement officers forced the colonial servants back into position.

"Return to your position, or enforce battlefield discipline!" The officers of the Colonial Servant Army tried to regroup and relaunch the attack.

"We can't win—"

Some of the colonial servant soldiers still wanted to quibble, and the officers immediately drew their guns.

"Attack, there will be a reward for capturing the position, and if you escape from the battle, then you will die now."

Under these circumstances, the colonial servant army finally regrouped and attacked again.

The Lion Regiment was the same as before, and soon after the attacking troops left their starting positions, heavy machine gun fire began, and in strict accordance with the infantry discipline of southern Africa, using crossfire.

What appeared before Alvar Butler's eyes was a dense network of crossfire made of tracer bullets so dense that Alvar Butler's heart palpitated.

The troops of a regiment, without cover of fire, simply could not break through such a dense position.

All the officers of the 36th Division, including Alvar Butler, lost their voices, and they no longer had the vigor they had just left Safe Harbor.

In fact, when they learned that the troops of Fort Glory took the initiative to attack Dodoma, the 36th Division was very happy, and they finally found the main force of the Fort Glory troops, but they did not expect the Fort Glory troops to show strong combat effectiveness, which made Alvar Butler can't help but measure how many troops the 36th Division has to invest in order to break through the position of the Lion Regiment.

This is just a lion regiment, a sniper position, and no one can guarantee that even if this position is breached, there will be another one in the future.

Soon, all of the attacking regimental servants fell in front of the Lion Regiment's position, and even if anyone tried to escape, they would be shot on the spot by the law enforcement team.

"Continue, next—" Alvar Butler, without the slightest mercy, ordered the troops to continue the attack, the unit in charge of the attack must still be a servant army, and Alvar Butler will certainly not commit a regular army composed entirely of whites until he has found a weak position in the position of the Lion Regiment.

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