It was also much later that Roque learned that the attack on the Southern African Pioneers was really not an order from the governor of Southwest Africa, but a temporary initiative of a nobleman who had just arrived in Southwest Africa.

Now the son of the nobleman who did not know the height of the sky had been killed in the battle, and his body had not even been found, leaving Southwest and Southern Africa with devastation.

In just half a month, many farms and pastures in northern Southwest Africa were attacked, although the attackers were restrained and would not take the initiative to harm those farmers who did not resist, but the attackers were also merciless to those farmers who tried to resist.

All the houses were burned down and all the property was plundered, but surprisingly, the attackers had no interest in the slaves on the farm, who were often the farm's greatest wealth.

It was also much later that the Viceroyalty of South-West Africa learned that the attackers had not harmed the slaves, but had given them certain supplies and weapons, and many of them had become staunch opponents of the colonial government in South-West Africa.

Here we would like to introduce the specific situation of southwest Africa, which has long and narrow plains along the coast and mountainous plateaus inland, generally above 1,000 meters above sea level.

Southwest Africa is a central highland, part of the Kalahari Basin in the east, and desert plains along the coast in the west.

The German colonization of Southwest Africa began in the south of Southwest Africa and gradually advanced to the north and east, and in 1884 Germany declared its occupation of Southwest Africa, but until last year, the Germans still did not occupy the entire territory of Southwest Africa.

In just half a month, German rule in northern southwest Africa completely collapsed, and the Governor's Office tried to send troops to stabilize the situation, but the servant army, composed of white officers and colonial soldiers, was attacked by unknown forces less than 50 kilometers from Windhoek.

These unidentified forces were very efficient, they first used mines to set up ambush circles, and when the battle began, the precision marksmen shot the white commander as soon as possible, and then used machine guns to strafe the colonial soldiers who had lost their command and scurried around the battlefield like headless flies, usually a battalion of troops could only hold out for ten minutes at most before completely crumbling.

After realizing that Southwest Africa alone could not stabilize the situation, the Germans finally recognized the reality, and Céci Waldhouse asked to see Viscount Gladstone three times in one day, and Abu also rushed to Little Rock to meet Roque and ask Roque to stop his military operations in Southwest Africa.

"Sir, don't say that the unidentified forces in South West Africa have nothing to do with Southern Africa, for the sake of the conscientious work of nearly 10,000 Germans in Nyasaland, please stop military operations in South West Africa, I promise, this is the first and last time we have made such a request, no matter how much the relations between South West Africa and Southern Africa deteriorate in the future, we will always be Nyasaland and will never betray." Abu's face is flushed, he is now a leading figure in the scientific and technological scene in southern Africa, and Douglas is not as prestigious as Abugao, with whom many scholars and young people eager to gain knowledge come to Nyasaland every year.

"We?" Roque was keenly aware of Abu's words.

"Yes, we, I represent all the Germans in Nyasaland, maybe you don't know, Lord, the most painful thing for the pioneers in South West Africa to attack Southern Africa, it is us Germans, on the one hand, our motherland, on the other hand, we swear allegiance to Southern Africa, we do not want to see the pioneers in Southern Africa attacked, we empathize with the grief of the families of those who died, I bring a donation of 100,000 rand, which is donated by all of us Germans in Nyasaland, I know that money can't make up for the grief of the victims, but that's the only thing we can do—"Abu is also very sad, coming to southern Africa, Abu is equivalent to a new life, all his research results are made in southern Africa, so Roque can understand Abu's feelings now.

After the outbreak of the conflict in Southwest Africa and Southern Africa, many people in Nyasaland have undergone a subtle change in their attitude towards Germans, as in the last time when the conflict broke out between Nyasaland and Tanganyika, although this time the Nyasaland government still did not impose any restrictions on Germans in Nyasaland, ordinary people have become tired of this endless conflict, and even their attitudes towards Germans have slowly changed.

Within the University of Nyasaland, radical students have claimed to take action against Germans in Nyasaland.

However, the University of Nyasaland was quite calm, Douglas personally gave a speech at the university's faculty and student assembly, emphasizing the purity and academic independence of the campus, and that any political-related topics were not allowed to be discussed on campus, and the Nyasaland government also promised that there would be no political or religious organizations in the University of Nyasaland, and that students were tasked with studying and were not allowed to participate in any politically related actions until they graduated.

In order to curb the spread of politics on campus, the university has dealt with a group of students with radical attitudes, all of whom have been given major demerits, and if there is any similar behavior, then they will be expelled.

"Professor, I can understand your feelings, but please also understand me, I am the Deputy Minister of Defense of Southern Africa, and I am also the lord of Nyasaland, I am responsible for Southern Africa and Nyasaland, and any action that harms the interests of Southern Africa and Nyasaland, I must resolutely fight back, this is my duty - I promise you that the military of Southern Africa will not kill innocents indiscriminately under any circumstances and at any time, and as for those ordinary people whose interests are damaged in the war, this is also inevitable, After all, this is also part of the war. Roque was righteous.

In fact, revenge to this extent is enough at this level, and if Roque does not want the world war to break out early, then it must be stopped as soon as possible.

It would be worth it if the cessation of military operations in South-West Africa would be in exchange for the loyalty of the Germans in Nyasaland.

To put it mildly, Southwest Africa has always been there, and it will not grow wings and fly away, even if this time it is anticlimactic, then when the world war breaks out, Southwest Africa will still be Southern Africa sooner or later.

But if Abu is rejected outright this time, it will cause serious harm to the Germans in Nyasaland, and then lead to a large number of Germans leaving Nyasaland, which Roque absolutely does not want to see.

You must know that after the end of the world war, the whole world will begin to carve up Germany, and when the time comes, Roque still wants to let the Germans led by Abu tempt German scientists to immigrate to southern Africa, so now Roque must be patient, must be patient, and cannot hurt the Germans in Nyasaland because of impulse.

Even if their demands may sound excessive, it is precisely because of these excesses that they will be more grateful to Roque and more loyal to Nyasaland.

In return, Roque sent a telegram to Yaya to temporarily suspend military operations in Southwest Africa.

That's right, all the mercenaries under Yaya who participated in the operation, the regular army of southern Africa was not involved at all, if it was the regular army of southern Africa that launched an attack on southwest Africa, then now Roque could have tea in Windhoek.

Of course, the reason why Roque temporarily stopped military operations in South West Africa was also because Viscount Gladstone and Sisi Wardhouse had begun to contact.

Now that's what Viscount Gladstone does best.

First, Viscount Gladstone demanded that Secy Wardhouse admit that it was indeed the cavalry units of South West Africa that attacked the pioneers in southern Africa.

Then there is the issue of compensation.

The people of Southern Africa are worth much more than the people of South-West Africa, and the colonial servant army in South-West Africa, if they die in battle, can receive a pension of no more than a thousand marks.

The pension in Southern Africa was so high that Sisi Waldhaus could not accept it, and the Governorate of South West Africa was required to pay five thousand rand for every pioneer member killed in the attack, according to Viscount Gladstone.

What's what?

The Canadians only paid 2,000 pounds for killing the Chinese?

Please, that was the price ten years ago, and it's certainly not that price now.

Compared to the pensions of those who were killed, the compensation for the disabled was higher, as it also included the cost of subsequent treatment and a subsistence allowance, which was offered by Viscount Gladstone at R10,000 per person.

In the end, South West Africa was to pay R800,000 to Southern Africa as compensation for those killed and disabled in the attack.

As for the losses in South-West Africa, there is no evidence that it was done by the soldiers of Southern Africa, and there are many miraculous things on the continent, and there are also many unidentified forces, and God knows who the unidentified forces in South West Africa are, maybe they are really Japanese, as Viscount Gladstone said.

For this result, Secy Wardhouse is obviously unacceptable, if Secy Wardhouse accepts such a condition, then Cecy Wardhouse will simply commit suicide to apologize.

"Of course, there is no way to have no money, 300,000 square miles in southwest Africa, you can use land to pay off debts." Viscount Gladstone has a lot of methods, of course, how much money is an acre has to be discussed, and it will definitely not be worth as much as the Germans say.

"Of the 800,000 square kilometers in South-West Africa, not an inch is superfluous." Secy Wardhouse gritted his teeth, damn the Imperial, damn the mile, damn the Afrikaners.

"Very good, then you just wait for the war to burn all over Southwest Africa, I heard that your exports are about to exceed your imports, I want to see how you can surpass!" Viscount Gladstone is pressing forward step by step, which is the real reason why Viscount Gladstone supports Roque to take revenge on Southwest Africa.

After the Franco-Prussian War, France quickly regained its strength with the blood transfusion of the colonies, which made the Germans so envious and jealous that Bismarck regretted very little money and did not completely kill the French.

Now the arms race between Britain and Germany, Britain with its colonies all over the world, is still at ease, and Germany is exhausted, so Germany has increased its plunder of Tanganyika and Southwest Africa, and it is in this context that the son of the nobleman who does not know whether to live or die came to Southwest Africa.

Since 1884, Germany has been operating in Southwest Africa for nearly 30 years, and in the past 30 years, in order to build Southwest Africa, or to effectively control Southwest Africa, Germany has been subsidizing Southwest Africa, hoping that one day, Southwest Africa can feed back to Germany.

Last year, the various raw materials sent by Southwest Africa to Germany were close to the supplies that Germany had aided Southwest Africa, and the Governor of Southwest Africa even vowed to complete the export of imports within two years, and to feed back to Germany.

The future of Southwest Africa is known as the "strategic metal reserve", the main mineral deposits are diamonds, uranium, copper, silver, etc., of which the production of diamonds is world-famous, mining industry is the main pillar of the economy of Southwest Africa, almost all of the current mineral products are sent back to Germany to support Germany and Britain in the arms race.

Now it's all in vain.

Not to mention feeding back to Germany in two years, if Southwest Africa can recover to last year's economic level when the world war breaks out, Roque will admit that the Germans are really powerful.

In the face of the aggressive Viscount Gladstone, Cecy Wardhouse closed his eyes in pain, although Secy Wardhouse was unwilling, but Cecy Wardhouse knew very well that a stable Southwest Africa was important for Germany, and Southern Africa was dispensable for Britain, losing Southern Africa, Britain and Canada, as well as Australia, and India.

And having lost South-West Africa, Germany was left with only Tanganyika -

The situation in Tanganyika is not even as good as in South-West Africa!

"Your Excellency, how much do you want?" Cecy Wardhouse's gaze is glazed over, like the walking dead.

"The whole salient in the northeast!" Viscount Gladstone is welcome, it is really a lion who has a big mouth.

The salient in northeastern southwest Africa is about 20,000 square kilometers.

Judging from this area, this asking price is still very appropriate, after all, it is the governor who comes out, so he will not bargain for an acre, it is a waste of saliva.

"No way, 20,000 square kilometers is almost equal to 5 million acres, and the price of a farm in Pretoria is two rand per acre, is it worth so much on farms in South West Africa?" Cecy Wardhouse is going crazy, this account is a bit complicated, and Cecy Wardhouse has to take a pen to calculate the estimate.

"That's pretty much it, how much do you want?" Viscount Gladstone's coffee drinking posture was elegant, in stark contrast to the thunderous Cecy Wardhouse.

Zooming in to the national level is almost the same, Britain really has a great advantage over Germany, so the Germans are really not rigorous, they are arrogant.

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