Chapter 63: The Capture of the Palace of Zanzibar

After a hasty battle.

The Zanzibar army was hors de combat, and in the royal palace, the East African colonial army took several hundred prisoners, while other Zanzibari soldiers wandered around the city of Dar es Salaam, unable to resist any longer.

Felix walked into the Zanzibar banquet hall with the men and horses, and was greeted by the ministers of Zanzibar.

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Three minutes ago.

"Your Excellency, Ministers, something is wrong! The Germans have come in, General Abdullah has been captured alive, and now the Germans are arresting people everywhere. The maid panicked and ran into the hall.

"What? How can it be! How many of them are there, and how could they get in so quickly? Are all the armies of the kingdom stupid donkeys? I can't resist even ten minutes! Bhagash bin Said's face changed dramatically.

According to Bagash bin Said's own vision, he should gather the whole army by himself, and then uproot the Germanic people in Tanga, and finally cut off the communication between the East African colonies and the sea, and force the Germans to surrender.

Because it was the first day of the coup, Bagash bin Said was ready to recruit troops from Zanzibar tomorrow, which was already very fast, after all, he knew that the East African colony was more than 100 miles away from Mlandizi (the first town), the closest to Zanzibar, and according to the speed of the Zanzibar army's own march, it would take two days at the earliest.

What's more, if the East African colonies want to send troops, it will take time for the people who were driven from the port of Dar es Salaam to return to deliver information and gather troops.

Bagash bin Said originally estimated that it would take three and a half days for the Germanic people in East Africa to send troops at the earliest, but they drove Bazel and the others away at noon, and the East African colonial army attacked in the evening, did they fly over?

As for the more than 200 Germanic soldiers outside Dar es Salaam, he couldn't have imagined that Felix was so bold when he broke his head.

"Your Excellency, I don't know how many people there are, there is already a mess outside, but our people must have been defeated." The maid replied in a panic.

"How is this possible......" Bhagash bin Said became in a trance, and he collapsed weakly in his seat, in deep doubt.

The ministers who heard the news were not surprised, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Ali suppressed the joy in his heart and turned his head to signal to the ministers around him.

The others understood, and they slowly moved closer to Bhagash bin Said.

"Catch this traitor!" Ali shouted.

More than a dozen ministers rushed up and pressed Bhagash bin Said to the chair with their fat bodies.

"What are you going to do? Do you want to rebel? I'm in power in Zanzibar! Bagash bin Saeed, who was awakened by Ali's voice, instantly woke up, and before he could react, more than a dozen mountains of Roshan held him down, unable to move a bit.

"Hmph, the rebels and thieves still dare to speak wildly, I have put up with you for a long time!" Ali said disdainfully.

"That's right, Bagashi bin Said, the moment you staged the coup d'Γ©tat, I didn't expect you to end well." said the Foreign Secretary.

"We are just waiting for the right moment, do we really think that we are as wise as His Majesty Sultan Majid bin Said? I only blame me for not seeing your true face sooner, so that His Majesty the Sultan will suffer this great calamity......"

Ministers, you say a word, I spray Bhagash bin Said for nothing, where is this morning's submissiveness.

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"Your country's army is here, we have been waiting so hard! I don't know what your name is. Ali pretended to be excited and took Felix's hand as if to burst into tears.

Felix was stunned by the "meat ball" in front of him! He withdrew his hand in disgust and said, "Just call me Felix, and I am your enemy, how can I expect the enemy to attack my country!" ”

Ali, the minister of the Sultanate of Zanzibar, hurriedly said: "Mr. Felix has been wronged! We, the Sultanate of Zanzibar, under the leadership of His Majesty Sultan Majid bin Said, cherish our friendship with your country, and His Majesty Sultan Majid and we have always regarded those who have come here from your country as relatives and friends. ”

"Your country has reclaimed the land of East Africa, and our Sultanate of Zanzibar can be said to be able to help if we can, even if we have Tanga, we have provided it to your country, what a great friendship this is!" Ali bragged sensibly, and as he spoke, he wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes with his hands.

Felix was embarrassed by Ali's exaggerated performance and words, and he was a Prussian boss who had passed through this scene.

Seeing Felix's embarrassment, Bazel hurriedly stood up and said to Ali, the Minister of Finance of the Sultanate of Zanzibar: "Your Excellency Ali, do you remember me?" I am Bazel of the Liaison Office of the East African Colonies in Port of Dar es Salaam. ”

"Mr. Bazel, of course I remember you, we met in the palace at the beginning, and Mr. Yarman led the team at that time, speaking of which, Mr. Bazel's Excellency Yarman doesn't know what to do?" Ali Tao is close to the Tao.

"Mr. Yarman is very good, I thank you for your concern on his behalf, but Your Excellency Ali, your country should explain today's matter first!" Bazel said angrily.

"Mr. Bazel, I think you also have some understanding of today's events, and it is not the fault of our Sultanate of Zanzibar! It's all because of this bastard Bagash bin Saeed, who imprisoned His Majesty Sultan Majid bin Saeed, and connected with the army to control us people, which is why he caused some trouble to your country. Ali explained.

"His Majesty Sultan Majid bin Saeed and we are all supporters of your country."

Bazel interrupted: "Well, you cannot be cleared of your responsibilities because of what Bagash bin Said has done, you have caused us serious losses, as for the settlement and compensation you should wait for our instructions from above!" ”

With that, Bazel turned around and whispered a few words in Felix's ear.

Felix nodded and said to the ministers of the Sultanate of Zanzibar: "Okay, we don't need any explanation, after all, I'm just a small junior officer, and I can't speak on behalf of the colonial government, so you just wait for the news!" But until then, I can only ask you to stay in the palace for a while, and wait until my superiors come to settle the matter. ”

The princes and ministers of the Sultanate of Zanzibar tried to quibble, but Felix and his party turned and left to take over the security of Dar es Salaam.

……

Colony of East Africa, First Town.

The colonial government in East Africa received the information sent back by Bazel, and several high-level officials are discussing countermeasures.

Von der Leyen, director of the East African colonies sent by the Heixingen consortium.

Yarman, currently the nominal military governor of the East African colonies.

Siite, a Chinese cadet who graduated from the Hexingen Military Academy, formerly known as Ma Youcai, is now the head of the staff of the Heixingen Military Academy in the East African colony.

……

A dozen people sat at a long table, analyzing the information.

"It seems that the new chief of the Sultanate of Zanzibar has an opinion about our East African colonies!" Von der Leyen said.

"The new leader of the Sultanate of Zanzibar cannot be allowed to exist, and we should send troops to help Majid bin Said restore normal order in Zanzibar," Yarman said. ”

"Well, that's right, otherwise this unbelievable Bhagash bin Said would have seriously hindered the immigration work and subsequent development of the East African colonies. As for sending troops, you military personnel will first come out with a charter. Von der Leyen said.

"Don't bother too much, we can gather people directly from the first and second towns and the surrounding villages, and we don't need too many troops to deal with the Sultanate of Zanzibar, one or two thousand should be enough." Thinking special said.

Von der Leyen said: "As far as I know, the Zanzibar army also has a few thousand people, is it too small for us to send only one or two thousand?" ”

Yarman said: "The standing army of Zanzibar is only a few thousand people, and Dar es Salaam is the capital with a maximum of 3,000 people, and they are backward in weapons, it is enough to deal with them with a thousand people, even if Zanzibar pulls some strong men, ordinary people who have not received formal military training are just a rabble." ”

"Okay, now the vote begins, and if you agree to send troops, please raise your hand." Von der Leyen said.

After the vote, which had no objection and was unanimously adopted, the colonial government decided to send Yarman with fifteen hundred soldiers, together with more than two hundred men from Felix near the port of Dar es Salaam, to conquer Bagassh bin Said in Zanzibar.