Chapter 276： "old friend"

Chapter 276 "Old Friends"

Previous life in Central African Republic, Azande Plateau.

Mmbre, a fortress built according to the terrain, looks very simple and randomly piled up with stones, but it is not easy to pass through from here. Wanfu Mokai may not be able to reach it. The platoon is still okay, if there are a few machine guns on it, maybe 70% of the African countries in the previous life will not be able to pass.

This is a military stronghold built by the North Route Army in East Africa. Now a large group of African indigenous people pass by here with their belongings.

Compared with the South Route Army, the North Route Army’s battlefield can be said to be quite lively. The places where the Northern Route Army passes are southern South Sudan and the Azande Plateau.

The Azande Plateau is located in central Africa, between the Congo Basin, the Chad Basin, and the upper Nile Basin. It is the watershed between the three. The central part of the plateau is a ridged mountain with an east-west direction, which is more than 800 kilometers long. Many passes have been formed in it, and it has become an important north-south transportation. road.

The Central African Republic, which was located here in the previous life, is also appropriate. If the internal economy of Africa is developed, Central Africa can at least be called the crossroads of Africa. Even without considering the economic value, the military value of the Azande Plateau is also very high. From here, it can directly threaten East Africa and West Africa, the two regions with the best agricultural conditions in Africa.

The conditions of the Azande Plateau itself are not bad. The temperature and precipitation are slightly higher than those in East Africa. If Ernst were to locate this place, it would be almost the same as the Nanyang Basin.

The strategic position is outstanding, both are the north-south transportation hubs, and there are gemstones. Central Africa is diamonds. The reserves of andalusite in Nanyang are the highest in Asia, and kyanite and rutile rank first in China. Nanyang City in the basin is also famous for its jade carving industry at home and abroad, and is one of the three hometowns of jade carving in the Far East. Both places are rich in gold, rich in forestry resources, also rich in arable land resources, and both have oil and radioactive minerals.

Having said so much, in fact, in other words, both resource endowments are relatively average, suitable for the development of agriculture, but strategically speaking, they are both an indispensable part of their respective regions.

The mineral resources in Central Africa look very good. They are gold and diamonds. In fact, these two are too common in sub-Saharan Africa. They are almost distributed in East Africa today, while other minerals are basically non-existent except oil. Too much value, mainly because the quantity is not enough, such as iron ore, iron ore reserves in other parts of East Africa are measured in units of 100 million tons, while Central Africa is in millions of tons. If you look at Central Africa in the whole of Africa or the world, it is all Proper poor ore country.

Of course, the reason why resources are not fully explored cannot be ruled out.

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Looking at the endless stream of people, East African Army Platoon Leader Rhodes said: "These Burundians are really unlucky. They should have gone a little further west at that time, otherwise they wouldn't suffer a second crime now."

"Hehe, according to our front-line intelligence personnel, among the eight indigenous kingdoms, the original Buganda Kingdom ran the farthest. It is said that it has now re-established a country near a large lake in the southwest, and they seem to have passed The caravan contacted the Ottoman merchants in Libya and purchased a lot of firearms, which has opened up the situation." Deputy Platoon Leader West said.

The Great Lake mentioned by West refers to Lake Chad. Migrating from the Great Lake (Lake Victoria) to Lake Chad is really difficult for the Buganda people, but now the benefits are also reflected, that is, there is no need to go to the same place as the original Great Lakes region. Secondary migrations are also carried out in several indigenous countries.

"Musat I still has some strategic vision. When he was fighting in the Northwest, he wanted to run west, and his eldest son, the idiot who defected to the Egyptians, is now gone. If there is no accident, It won't show up either."

Musat I was the king who ran away from the Buganda Kingdom at the time, and chose a different path from the Buganda prince at that time.

As for the Buganda prince, he did receive preferential treatment from Sudanese local officials when he first arrived in Egypt, but after the population of Buganda was cleaned up in East Africa, his united front value was gone, and the Buganda people were gone. The so-called Buganda Da Prince was naturally abolished, and the Egyptians drove him to the Sahara Desert to fend for themselves after looting all the treasures he brought.

"The Eight Northwest Nations are not bad, but the natives who were defeated by them are a bit stupid. When they saw our army, the people from the Eight Northwest Countries surrendered or ran away. They still dare to fight us."

"Although the eight countries in the Northwest are defeated by us in East Africa, their own strength is not weak. They also crushed these indigenous tribes when they went to the Azand Plateau."

While the two were talking, people from the Kingdom of Burundi had already passed by, and a black man walking at the end came forward to bid farewell to Rhodes and the two.

"Mr. Rhodes, Mr. West, thank you for your care!" the black man said.

"Hehehe, you are welcome, Chief Romrom, you Kingdom of Burundi is our old friend, and it is quite emotional to meet old people here, this time you are going west, and I, as your friend, give you a word Advice, it is best to go as far as possible, along the direction of the setting sun, go straight, if you meet other people like us with a guy in their hand, don't panic and immediately turn around and go northwest." Speaking Rhodes patted the gun in his hand.

Rhodes participated in the Northwest Campaign, which was the first war of conquest, and fought against the Burundians, so he said that he was an "old friend" of the Burundians, and at the same time gave a small suggestion to the new kings of the Kingdom of Burundi.

Rhodes' suggestion was considered well-intentioned, but it frightened Romrom. He asked, "There are still your people in the east?"

"Of course not, but they are about the same, but they may be more difficult to deal with than ours in East Africa. You just need to know that if you encounter them, you can run. You must run to the northwest, but don't worry too much. As long as you don't get to the edge of the sea, you won't be able to meet them."

Rhodes is talking about other colonists on the west coast of Africa, which is also a kind reminder, and the northwest direction refers to the hinterland of West Africa.

"Mr. Rhodes, thank you for your reminder. I will take the citizens to go directly to the northwest, so don't pass it!" Romrom replied in this way, and he did exactly that later, heading west again The Kingdom of Burundi migrated to the southwest of Niger in one breath, changing from an East African country to a West African country.

In the last war, the Kingdom of Burundi had already been destroyed, but after its remnants gathered on the Azande Plateau, the third son of the former king was selected to become the new king of the Kingdom of Burundi, that is, Rom Rom.

Rom Rom, who was only 16 years old, led the Burundians on the grasslands in the east of the Azande Plateau, galloping across the grasslands, plundering women and wealth, and the Kingdom of Burundi prospered again.

But the good times didn’t last long. Before the Kingdom of Burundi wanted to enjoy it, the East Africans came again. Rom Rom, who had experienced the extermination of the country, knew that the Kingdom of Burundi was not the opponent of the Kingdom of East Africa, so he directly negotiated with the North Route Army of the Kingdom of East Africa. Give up the land, but give the Kingdom of Burundi time.

The Kingdom of East Africa agreed, and there was a scene where the Burundians migrated from here. In addition to Burundi, the same is true of other indigenous kingdoms that fled from the Great Lakes region to the Azande plateau.

So the area of ​​the Northern Route Army looks very lively, a scene of a big relocation of the aborigines, and these blacks have also returned to their homeland in West Africa along the route that their ancestors spread throughout Africa.

And the migration of these kingdoms will also cause huge historical changes to West Africa. For example, Burundi, Rwanda, and Bu (U) Ganda have all become West African countries. In Ernst’s opinion, it is indeed very interesting. I don’t know What will happen to the development trajectories of these three countries after arriving in West Africa.

(end of this chapter)