Chapter 139 The End of the War
“This is the Buganda Palace. It doesn’t look like much!” Felix said carelessly as he sat on the throne in Mongo’s Buganda Palace.
"After all, compared with Zanzibar, this is not a rich country. It is already very good that Mutesa I and his ancestors can build the palace like this..." the consultant said.
Mongo’s location is pretty good. It is located in the north of the Great Lakes. Compared with the south, there are many larger islands here. Mongo is built on a peninsula surrounded by these islands, while Buganda The palace also stands on a mountain.
"Unfortunately, Musat I was on the southern front and did not fight with him." Felix said with a slight regret.
Leading the Buganda army on the eastern front was the son of Mutesa I, the prince of the Buganda Kingdom. It was obvious that the prince of Buganda was not as brave as his father.
They fell into a rout just after the fight. The Buganda prince took the lead in running away. Felix pursued them all the way in the past few days and reached the capital of Buganda.
Nowadays, the place has been deserted, and the valuables in the palace have also been taken away. The Buganda Palace has an obvious Arab architectural style, which is obviously influenced by North African countries.
"Reporting to the commander, our vanguard has met the people from the south. Lord Arman asked us to pursue north." The intelligence officer handed an order to Felix.
“It came so fast! It seems that Mutesa I was also defeated on the southern front. No wonder the Buganda people gave up the royal city. It turned out that they got the news and ran away. I said why are they not here? Reorganize your team and continue to resist!" Felix said.
"Your Excellency Yaman must have won a great victory on the southern front. There was a four-nation coalition there. The Kingdom of Nkole and Buganda were still fighting on their own soil. I didn't expect them to be so vulnerable," the staff officer said.
“Well, the Buganda are not the kind of uninformed natives. They often interact with the Egyptians, and the army also has Egyptian-made weapons, but the Buganda people are not very good at operating and maintaining these weapons. Poor, no effect was seen during the battle."
Felix continued: "It can be seen that the indigenous people here, especially the forces closer to the north, have higher exchanges with the Egyptians. The south is very different from the original Tanganyika natives."
"Unfortunately, the Buganda people live far inland and cannot communicate directly with the civilized world, otherwise their level of development would not be so low. , which can at least reach the level of countries along the Indian Ocean,” the staff analysis said.
In Buganda, it is obviously influenced by Egypt and other countries, and there are many halal-style buildings. Unfortunately, the surrounding civilizations are not very advanced.
The only Egypt that can be contacted is through the Arab caravans, because Buganda does not directly border Egypt, and there are many nomadic tribes in the middle that isolate the two countries.
Especially in Egypt and Sudan, the Sahara Desert is endless, and the long and difficult supply lines prevent Egypt from going deep into the interior of Africa.
"Okay, let the whole army finish their rest. Our next task is to drive the natives to the northwest. We have to connect the land along the entire Great Lake into one piece." Felix ordered.
The Buganda royal family, which disappeared from the front line, had already fled northwestward under the leadership of Mutesa I.
The reserve team that Mutesa I left in Kampala became his capital to re-establish the country. Mutesa I knew that fleeing north would definitely not work.
Although Mutesa I had a good relationship with the Egyptians, he only dealt with Arab businessmen. The Arab merchants were responsible for getting some good things for Mutesa I.
The Egyptian power was in the north, and the Arab businessmen were responsible for getting some good things for Mutesa I. Tessa I did not want to live a life of dependence on others, and the greedy East African colonies that followed were likely to continue moving north, so Mutesa I chose to go northwest. Mutesa I's idea was very good, but his eldest son didn't think so. The Buganda prince, who was deeply influenced by Arab culture, hurriedly took a hundred and ten people to the direction of Egypt and Sudan after his defeat. Prepare to go directly to the Egyptians.
Mutesa I didn't care. He had dozens of sons. The absence of this one was not a big deal, and the remaining elite forces in Buganda were all in his own hands.
Mutesa I went to the northwest after having people pack up all the belongings in the palace.
With money and people, they are not afraid of anything, and Mutesa I obtained the most elite royal guard with firearms through Arab merchants. This time they did not participate in the war. Mutesa I was confident of creating a world in the northwest.
This defeat did not destroy Mutesa I's confidence. Instead, it made Mutesa I feel that the East African colonies could only defeat the coalition forces with the help of firearms.
Mutesa plans to increase contact with Arab merchants after heading to the northwest, and then build an army fully armed with firearms.
When his power grows, he can fight back. As for military expenses, Mutesa I has already thought about it. He will first go to the tribes in the northwest to grab a wave. When the kingdom is re-established, he can collect more taxes. .
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In the next few dozen days, the East African army marched northward, driving the indigenous forces northwest. Even the nomadic tribes in the north suffered.
Starting from Kampala Lake Bay, sweep in the west and north directions until reaching the vicinity of Omolat and the northeastern shore of Lake Friedrich (Lake Albert), with a diameter of about four to five hundred meters Kilometers of land, the countries and tribes along the Great Lakes and the nomadic tribes in the north are all within striking range.
Omolat cooperated with this operation to prevent the indigenous forces from escaping eastward and at the same time cut off their continued northward path.
If these tribes are allowed to go all the way north, they may disturb Egypt and Abyssinia. East Africa currently does not want to have direct contact with the two countries, so it needs a certain stable buffer zone.
The area stretching from the mountains in southwest Ethiopia to the grasslands in South Sudan is about 300 kilometers wide and 400 kilometers long. East Africa plans to leave it there first.
The tribes and kingdoms near the Great Lakes region were driven west to the Congo and Central Africa.
After this battle, the entire Great Lake became the inner lake of the East African colonies, and its nearly 70,000 square kilometers of water was exclusively used by the East African colonies.
In the northwest of the Great Lakes region, more than 300,000 square kilometers of land fell into the hands of the East African colonies. At the same time, the newly occupied area was directly connected to Lake Turkana, Lake Friedrich (Lake Albert) ), Lake Tanganyika and the Great Lake (Lake Victoria).
In this way, countless large lakes in East Africa have been connected with the East African colonies. Among them, the Great Lakes (Victoria), Lake Kivu and other lakes have become inland lakes in East Africa.
(End of this chapter)