Chapter 276 "Old Friend"
In the previous life, in the Azande Plateau in the Central African Republic.
Mbrae, a fortress built according to the terrain, looks very simple, randomly piled with stones, but it is not easy to pass through. If it cannot be achieved, it is still possible to arrange a platoon. If a few machine guns are mounted, maybe 70% of African countries in the previous life would not be able to pass.
This is a military stronghold built by the East African Northern Route Army. Now a large group of African natives are passing through here with their belongings.
Compared with the Southern Route Army, the battlefields of the Northern Route Army can be said to be quite lively. The places where the Northern Route Army passed were 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 basins. The central part of the plateau is an east-west ridged mountainous area, more than 800 kilometers long, with many passes formed in it, becoming a north-south transportation hub. road.
The Central African Republic, which was located here in its previous life, is also appropriate. If Africa's internal economy develops, Central Africa can at least be known as the crossroads of Africa. Regardless of 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 either. The temperature and precipitation are slightly higher than those in East Africa. If Ernst were to position this place, it would be almost the same as the Nanyang Basin.
It has a prominent strategic position. It is a transportation hub between the north and the south, and gemstones are distributed. Central Africa is diamonds. Nanyang’s andalusite reserves are the highest in Asia, and kyanite and rutile rank first in China. Nanyang City in the basin is also famous at home and abroad for its jade carving industry and is one of the three largest jade carving towns in the Far East. Both places are rich in gold and forestry resources. They are also rich in arable land resources, and both have oil and radioactive minerals.
Having said so much, in fact, in other words, the resource endowments of both countries are relatively average and suitable for the development of agriculture, but from a strategic sense, they are both indispensable parts of their respective regions.
The mineral resources in Central Africa look very good, including gold and diamonds. In fact, these two are so common in sub-Saharan Africa that they are almost distributed in East Africa today, while other minerals except oil are basically non-existent. The value is too great, mainly because the quantity is insufficient. For example, iron ore. The iron ore reserves in other parts of East Africa are measured in billions of tons, while in Central Africa they are measured in millions of tons. When looking at Central Africa as a whole in Africa or the world, they are all A proper mineral-poor country.
Of course, the reason for insufficient exploration of resources cannot be ruled out.
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Looking at the endless flow of people, East African Army platoon leader Rhodes said: "These Burundians are really ill-fated. They should have gone further west at that time, otherwise He won’t suffer a second crime now.”
“Haha, according to our frontline intelligence personnel. According to the reporter, among the eight indigenous kingdoms, the original Buganda Kingdom is the furthest away. It is said that it is now re-established near a large lake area in the southwest, and they seem to have passed through caravans and Ottoman traders in Libya. We got in touch, purchased a lot of firearms, and opened up the situation," said Deputy Platoon Commander West.
The big lake West refers to is Lake Chad. It is indeed difficult for the Buganda people to migrate from the Great Lake (Lake Victoria) to Lake Chad. It is really difficult for the Buganda people to move so far, but now the benefits are also reflected, that is, they don’t have to compete with the original Great Lakes area. Several indigenous countries also carried out secondary migration.
“Musat I still had some strategic vision. During the Northwest Campaign, he wanted to run westward, but his eldest son, the idiot who defected to the Egyptians, has now disappeared. , if nothing else happens, it will not appear in the future.”
Musat I was the king who ran away from the Buganda Kingdom, and he chose a different path from the Buganda prince at that time.
As for the Buganda prince, he did receive preferential treatment from local Sudanese officials when he first arrived in Egypt. However, after East Africa cleared the Buganda population, his united front value was gone, and the Buganda people were all Without it, the so-called Prince of Buganda was naturally invalidated. After the Egyptians looted all the treasures he brought, they drove him to the Sahara Desert to fend for themselves. "The eight northwest countries are pretty good, but the locals who were defeated by them were a little stupid. When they saw our army, the people from the eight northwest countries surrendered or ran away, and they still dared to go against us."
"Although the eight northwest countries are our defeated generals in East Africa, their own strength is not weak. They went to the Azande Plateau to crush these indigenous tribes."
While the two were talking, the Kingdom of Burundi The people had already passed here, and a black man walking at the end came up to say goodbye to Rhodes and the other two.
"Mr. Rhodes, Mr. West, thank you for taking care of me!" the black man said.
“Hahaha, you’re welcome, Chief Roromom, your Kingdom of Burundi is our old friend, and it’s quite emotional to meet an old friend here. This time you are heading west, and I, as a fellow My friends, I would like to give you a piece of advice. It is best to walk as far as possible. Keep walking in the direction of the setting sun. If you encounter other people like us who are holding dicks in their hands, don’t panic and change direction immediately. Go northwest." 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. Therefore, he said that he was an "old friend" of the Burundians, and at the same time he gave a proposal to the new kings of the Kingdom of Burundi. Small suggestions.
Rhodes's suggestion was well-intentioned, but it frightened Rom Rom. He asked: "Are there any of your people in the east?"
"Of course not, but it's about the same, but they may be better than us." East Africa is still difficult to deal with, as long as you understand that if you encounter it, run away That’s it, you have to run northwest, but don’t worry too much, as long as you don’t reach the edge of the sea, you won’t encounter them.”
Rhodes is talking about other colonists on the west coast of Africa, which can be counted as one. A friendly reminder, and the northwest direction refers to the hinterland of West Africa.
"Mr. Rhodes, thank you for reminding me. I will take the people directly to the northwest. Let's just say goodbye!" Rom Rom responded like this, and it turned out to be true later. After doing so, the Kingdom of Burundi once again moved westward to the southwest of Niger in its previous life, changing from an East African country to a West African country.
In the last war, the Kingdom of Burundi was originally destroyed, but after its remnants gathered on the Azande Plateau, they selected the third son of the previous king to become the new king of the Kingdom of Burundi, namely Romulom. .
Roromom, who was only 16 years old, led the Burundians on the grasslands of the eastern Azande Plateau, plundering women and wealth, and the Kingdom of Burundi prospered again.
But the good times did not last long. Before the Kingdom of Burundi was ready to enjoy it, the East Africans came again. Roromom, who had experienced the destruction of the country, knew that the Kingdom of Burundi was not the opponent of the Kingdom of East Africa, so he directly went to the north of the Kingdom of East Africa. During the negotiations between the road and the army, the land can be given away directly, but the Kingdom of Burundi must be given time.
The East African Kingdom agreed, and the Burundians migrated from here. In addition to Burundi, the same is true for other indigenous kingdoms that fled from the Great Lakes region to the Azande Plateau.
So the Northern Route Army area looks very lively, a scene of a large-scale relocation of indigenous people, and these black people have returned to their homeland in West Africa along the route that their ancestors spread throughout Africa.
The migration of these kingdoms will also cause huge historical changes in West Africa. For example, Burundi, Rwanda, and Buganda have all become West African countries. In Ernst’s view It is indeed very interesting. I wonder what the development trajectories of these three countries will be like after arriving in West Africa.
(End of this chapter)