Although Karl was about the same age as everyone else, he had been in the Far East, Germany, and East Africa, and had gone to school and entered factories, and his experience was indeed much richer than that of these young people in Germany and the Austrian countryside.

Evening.

The crowd drove the cattle in the direction of the village, ending another ordinary day.

……

Mbeya.

A meeting is underway for the Central and Southern African region, and Merk, the military governor of Mbeya, is reporting to the top of the city and to commissioners from the central government.

Merk stood in front of a map, pointed to the map and said: "This is Mbeya, as the most important city in the southwest of East Africa, Mbeya is not only rich in resources, but also a military town, guarding the East African plateau leading to the South African plateau."

This regiment in the east is the East African Plateau, and the main body of our East African royal territory is on the East African Plateau.

From the East African Plateau to the west, due west is the Congo Rainforest, and to the south of the Congo Rainforest, this large area is the South African Plateau.

The South African Plateau is different from the East African Plateau, which is a large piece as a whole, while the South African Plateau is made up of many small plateaus together.

Including Katanga Plateau, Ronda Plateau, Kwango Plateau, Bije Plateau, etc.

You see, this location is the Katanga Plateau, located in the northeast of the South African highlands, which is connected to our East Africa, which is the goal of this time.

Lake Solon (Tanganyika) and Lake Malawi separate the highlands of East Africa and South Africa, and there is a passage of more than 300 kilometers between the two lakes, on which our troops patrol every day.

Crossing this passage is the first step in our conquest of Central and South Africa. ”

Merk briefed the participants on the geography of Central and South Africa and the relationship between East Africa, and then returned to his seat.

"Excellent! Looks like you've done the work anyway. Central Commissioner Si Te said, "I came this time with the instructions of His Royal Highness the Prince, this time it is related to the strategy of our East African Economic Strategy in Central and South Africa in the future, and Mbeya is the outpost of this operation, Merk, your Mbeya garrison should be familiar with the surrounding forces in East Africa, and I will briefly introduce it to you." ”

Merk sat at the conference table and said to everyone: "Mr. Commissioner, and all of you here, at present, there are only two forces around our Mbeya, one is the Kingdom of Malawi in the southern part of the lake.

Malawi is not our target this time, so I will focus on the forces in the Katanga plateau.

To the west of us, on the Katanga plateau, there is a Yek kingdom, which is also called the Musiri kingdom, and the Yek kingdom is relatively young, a few decades before our East Africa.

Its founder was a slave trader named Musiri, who was once a native of Tanganyika and his father was a porter for Arab traders.

Therefore, this Misiri was more knowledgeable, and he obtained guns by trading with the Arabs and gaining the trust of the original local chieftains, constantly waging wars, gradually growing larger, and finally establishing the Yek Kingdom. ”

Merk's mouth was a little dry, and he took a sip of water from his cup before adding: "This Yek kingdom has always been relatively strong in the local area with the firearms provided by Arab merchants.

At the beginning, we had just opened up the Upper Lake Malawi region (the capital of Mbeya), and we had fought against the Yeke Kingdom, and its strength was really good against the relatively average natives.

However, the Yek Kingdom has an Achilles' heel, that is, their ammunition needs to be provided by the Arabs, and we have blocked the Arab forces, so the ammunition of this Yek Kingdom is one shot, one less round.

However, at that time, we were not interested in this Yek kingdom, and the number of people was relatively small, so we did not counterattack after repelling several attacks.

Later, the construction required a large number of slaves, and we cooperated with the Yek Kingdom to some extent, East Africa continued to provide them with ammunition, and the Yek Kingdom provided us with slaves. ”

The cooperation between the Yek Kingdom and East Africa was not actually willing, but desperate, and it was not the East African colonies that targeted it.

At the beginning, Mrsiri established the Yeke Kingdom, relying on firearms as his main strength, and fought everywhere through the advantages of equipment, bullying the surrounding natives.

However, after the establishment of the East African colonies, especially the establishment of the Upper Malawi Lake District, the original trade routes between the Yek Kingdom and Arab merchants were directly cut off.

Having lost a great deal of economic benefits, the Yek kingdom was naturally unwilling to give up, so it tried to crush the East African colonies by force at the beginning of the establishment of the Upper Malawi Lake Zone.

As a result, the East African colonies were not easy to mess with, and the weapons were more advanced, and the Yek kingdom was in the dust.

The most terrible thing is that the weapons and ammunition are not replenished, and the weapons in the hands of the Yeke Kingdom have become burning sticks.

The original advantage over the surrounding indigenous forces was gone, and many enemies began to fight back against the Yeke Kingdom, and the Yeke Kingdom itself ruled more brutally, and internal uprisings began to break out.

The rule of the Yeke Kingdom began to be stormy, but fortunately, the East African colonies later discovered that East Africa was developed, and slaves were still indispensable, but the indigenous people of East Africa were all captured by East Africa, so they needed to be obtained from other regions.

Looking around, it is easier to obtain the Yeke Kingdom, after all, the Yeke Kingdom itself has been engaged in the slave trade for many years, and originally lived by selling slaves.

And the East African colonies didn't want to go to Central and South Africa to catch slaves in person, so they simply let the Yeke Kingdom be a surrogate, and the price was only a little ammunition.

But the Yeke Kingdom has no choice, and if you get ammunition, you can re-establish a strong force to suppress the people and other indigenous forces around it, and the Yeke Kingdom can continue to exist.

Although it can't make money, it is equivalent to working for nothing in the East African colonies, and it is better than the dead country, so the Yeke Kingdom accepted the cooperation request of the East African colonies.

"Well, I know about this matter, the military head of Mbeya reported it to the central government at the beginning, but now what we need more is the entire Katanga Plateau, slaves can be obtained from all sides, but there is only one on the Katanga Plateau, and this Yek Kingdom is hindering our development path." Swift said.

As the head of the Mbeya military, Merk immediately spoke: "Sir, our Southwest Military Region also thinks the same. We should strike hard at the Yeke Kingdom, after all, the account of them taking the initiative to attack us back then has not been settled. ”

Of course, Merk didn't hate the Yeke Kingdom so much that he had to put it to death, but the troops of the Southwest Military Region that were fighting in the Northwest didn't get anything, and the Northwest Military Region and the Northern Military Region took all the credit, and the Southwest Military Region could only stay where they were, responsible for monitoring and guarding against the indigenous forces in Central and South Africa.

The Northwest War and the East African colonies fought quite beautifully, basically with a tailwind, and Merk was naturally red-eyed, isn't it just fighting the natives? I can do it too.

Just as Merk was about to continue to incite the commissioner to go to war against the Yeke Kingdom, a discordant voice came from the seats of Mbeya's government officials.

"Mr. Commissioner, I actually have an idea, I don't know if I can try it, I can take the entire Katanga plateau at the lowest cost."

(End of chapter)