This kind of thing does not blame the fierce resistance of Xiaohei, and the reputation of East Africa among African blacks does not say that it is "full of evil", and it is also an existence that can stop children crying at night.

The closer the black people are to East Africa, the more afraid they are of East Africa, East Africa is like a pixiu, only entering and not leaving, just like the border of the former Kingdom of the Congo, there are many black people in East Africa, and now there is almost no trace of the existence of black people.

Naturally, there are reasons why a large number of blacks fled to the Kingdom of Congo and other regions, but everyone only knows the objective fact that the number of blacks has decreased greatly under the governance of East Africa, coupled with the artistic processing and rendering of fleeing blacks, East Africa has naturally become a "devil's cave".

East Africa is certainly not so unbearable, but some people like to add their own subjective assumptions to the narrative of their own experiences.

However, then again, Portugal did treat blacks "well", which was relative, as the earliest global colonial empire.

In the accumulation of hundreds of years, it is indeed easier for the Portuguese to integrate with the locals, and now there are more than 100,000 Portuguese and local indigenous people of mixed descent in Angola, which is one of the important foundations of Portuguese rule in Angola.

These mixed-race descendants actually belonged to the ruling class in Angola and were the beneficiaries of the Angolan colonial system, so they were bound to support the maintenance of the rule of the Kingdom of Portugal over Angola.

After being persuaded, Custer's mood had stabilized, and he said to Hans Griffin: "Forget it, it's just that this is the first time I've encountered this situation, so I can't suppress my anger, and as for the treatment of them, the future will naturally be decided by the kingdom." ”

With the same hatred as the colonists, Custer has been in Africa for many years, and it is the first time he has encountered it, so it is inevitable to be a little angry, after all, everyone is an invader, and the "double standard" of the local natives makes it easy for Custer to break the defense.

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When the 331st Division wanted to take advantage of the fact that the main Portuguese force was being dragged by friendly forces on the front line and take the opportunity to pick the fruits of victory, the friendly troops of the Western Military District were not to be outdone.

In the province of Letania.

The 421st Division also has similar plans, as a very rare cavalry division in the west, the 421st Division can be said to be a treasure-like existence in the Western Military Region.

Helmond, commander of the 421st Division, drew up the next battle plan in the city of Menungei.

Menungue's original name was Sersa Pinto, a Portuguese explorer whose name was ceded to East Africa by Portugal after the end of the First Portuguese War.

It was an important city in the southern part of Angola, where there were railways and airports, and where the 421st Division is located.

As a cavalry division, the 421st Division can effectively play a role in this region, and the southern part of Angola is mostly grassland and desert, mainly grassland, so it is very suitable for the 421st Division to fight.

An important reason why Catania Province was able to fall in the early stage of the war without a large area of land falling like the Danube Province was the strong mobile combat capability of the 421st Division.

The 421st Division regularly attacked the Portuguese army in the vast grasslands in the south, and even if the Portuguese concentrated superior forces, there was no way to take the 421st Division, because of its strong ability to maneuver.

Often, when the Portuguese reinforcements arrived, the 421st Division had already run away with its men and horses, so the Portuguese in the territory of Letania Province had only been beaten passively.

Of course, one of the important reasons why East Africa has not given up the province of Letania is that the location of the province of Leitania is too important, which is an important part of East Africa that connects the Kalahari Basin and Southwest Africa.

If allowed to succeed by the Portuguese, it would pose a serious threat to the overall defence of East Africa, especially in South-West Africa, which was heavily dependent on supplies from the interior.

If the Portuguese occupied the province of Letania, the East African Defence Forces in South West Africa would have largely surrendered.

Now the ships on the west coast could no longer cross Cape Town to supply southwest Africa, and all the pressure was concentrated on the two land routes.

One is the Mangjing Highway, and the other is the north bank of the Orange River in the west, and the 421st Division must ensure the smooth flow of the Mangjing Highway.

Of course, with the passage of the war, the task of the 421st Division has now been completed, and it is more important for the 421st Division to take the initiative to achieve greater results.

Helmond analyzed the current situation of the war in Angola and said: "Now other troops led by the 414th Division have been fighting with Portugal in the east, and the 331st Division in the north has also moved south. ”

"If we can't achieve results before the 331st Division, it will be a great loss, you must know that even if we don't rely on reinforcements from the Nile Military Region, our Western Military Region is capable of taking Angola."

"Now that they have intervened, if they are allowed to break through Luanda and other places, what is the face of our Western Military Region?"

"So we have to make the most of our strengths and make a splash in Angola."

Everyone agrees with what Helmond said, after all, no one will have too little military merit, and there is also the meaning of maintaining the reputation of the Western Military Region and the 421st Division.

In fact, the main force of the Western Military Region is mainly in the western province of Matabele and the Allied Forces of the Mozambican colony, and only two divisions of the main force are retained in the west.

And the 421st Division is one of them, in the eyes of the 421st Division, the 331st Division of the Nile Military Region is here to grab credit, after all, the 421st Division and the 414th Division have been fighting with the Portuguese in the western battlefield for three months, and now the form of war has changed.

Of course, in order to prevent the 331st Division from being the only one in the front, it naturally asked the 421st Division to play a role in the war on behalf of the Western Military Region.

"Division commander, at present, the 331st Division must focus on Luanda, they have a distance advantage, and the Portuguese forces in the north are weak, which may become the driving force for the 331st Division to seize Luanda earlier, so we should focus on Benguela after Luanda."

Founded as a port in 1587 and a city in 1617, Benguela is one of the earliest colonial strongholds in southern Africa and an important city in the current Angolan colony after Luanda.

Moreover, Benguela is not far from Meronge, and if the mobility of the 421st Division is used, the success of capturing the city of Benguela is very high.

"It's not just Benguela, Benguela was already considered by our army before the war, after all, we captured Benguela once in the last war."

In fact, Benguela was briefly occupied by East Africa during the First Portuguese War, and was later returned to the Portuguese after the armistice.

However, the last capture of Benguela was not only the 421st Division, but also the participation of other units, such as the 412th Division, which is currently fighting on the Eastern Front and Mozambique, and the 414th Division, which is holding back the main force of the Angolan colony.

In fact, the 414th Division is the real hardship, and now it can only watch the 331st Division and the 421st Division make contributions, but they are dragged down by the main force of the Portuguese.

Of course, in fact, the Portuguese were dragged down by the 414th Division, and most of the expanded New Army in East Africa was in Danube Province, fighting in coordination with the 414th Division, which made it impossible for the Portuguese to smoothly withdraw the front-line troops, which became a huge strategic hole in the south and north of Angola, creating excellent opportunities for the 331st and 421st Divisions.

(End of chapter)