Chapter 276 "Old Friend"
In the previous life, in the Central African Republic, on the Azande Plateau.
Mbre, a fortress built according to the terrain, looks very simple, made of random stones, but it is not easy to pass through here. It may not be possible to have one man guarding the pass against ten thousand men. It is possible to deploy a platoon, but if a few machine guns are set up, 70% of African countries in the past life may not be able to pass through.
This is a military outpost built by the East African Northern Army. Now a large group of African natives are passing by here with their belongings.
Compared with the Southern Army, the battlefield of the Northern Army can be said to be quite lively. The places the Northern Army passed through 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, and is the watershed among the three. In the middle of the plateau is an east-west ridge of mountains, more than 800 kilometers long, with many passes forming in between, making it an important north-south transportation route.
The Central African Republic, which was located here in the previous life, is also appropriate. If the economy in Africa is developed, Central Africa can at least be called the crossroads of Africa. Even if we don't consider the economic value, the military value of the Azande Plateau is also very high. From here, we can directly threaten East Africa and West Africa, the two regions with the best agricultural conditions in Africa.
The conditions in 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 similar to the Nanyang Basin.
The strategic position is prominent. Both are the north-south transportation hubs. Both have gemstones. Central Africa has diamonds. Nanyang's andalusite reserves are the highest in Asia, and kyanite and rutile are the 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 major jade carving towns in the Far East. Both places are rich in gold, forestry resources, and arable land resources. Both have oil and radioactive minerals.
Having said so much, in other words, the resource endowments of both are relatively average, which are suitable for agricultural development, but from a strategic perspective, they are both an indispensable part of their respective regions.
The mineral resources in Central Africa seem to be very good, including gold and diamonds. In fact, these two are too common in sub-Saharan Africa and are distributed almost in the entire East African territory. Except for oil, other minerals have basically no value, mainly because the quantity is insufficient. For example, the iron ore reserves in other East African regions are measured in billions of tons, while in Central Africa it is millions of tons. If Central Africa is placed in the whole of Africa or the world, it is a country that is poor in minerals.
Of course, the possibility that resources have not been 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 the time, otherwise they would not be suffering the second time now."
"Haha, according to our front-line intelligence personnel, among these eight indigenous kingdoms, the original Buganda Kingdom ran the farthest. It is said that it has re-established a country near a large lake area in the southwest. Moreover, they seem to have contacted the Ottoman merchants in Libya through caravans and purchased a lot of firearms. They have opened up the situation." said Deputy Platoon Leader West.
The Great Lake that West referred to was Lake Chad. Migrating from the Great Lake (Lake Victoria) to Lake Chad was indeed difficult for the Buganda people, but now the benefits have also been reflected, that is, they do not have to make a second migration like the original indigenous countries in the Great Lakes region.
"Musat I still had some strategic vision. During the Northwest Campaign, he was thinking of fleeing westward. His eldest son, the fool who defected to the Egyptians, has now disappeared without a trace. If nothing unexpected happens, he will not show up again in the future."
Musat I was the king who fled the Buganda Kingdom. He chose a different path from the Prince of Buganda at that time.
The Prince of Buganda was indeed treated well by the local Sudanese officials when he first arrived in Egypt. However, after the Buganda population was wiped out in East Africa, his value for united front work disappeared. The Buganda people were gone, and the so-called Prince of Buganda was naturally scrapped. After the Egyptians looted all the treasures he brought, they drove him into the Sahara Desert to fend for himself.
"The eight northwestern countries are relatively good, but the natives they defeated are a bit stupid. When they saw our army, the people of the eight northwestern countries surrendered or ran away. They still dared to go against us."
“Although the eight northwestern nations were defeated by our East Africans, they are not weak in strength. They will crush these indigenous tribes in the Azande Plateau.”
While the two were talking, people from the Kingdom of Burundi had already passed by. A black man who was walking at the end came forward to say goodbye to Rhodes and the others.
"Mr. Rhodes, Mr. West, thank you for your care!" said the black man.
"Hehe, you're welcome, Chief Romrom. Your Kingdom of Burundi is an old friend of ours. It's quite touching to meet an old friend here. This time you are heading west, and as your friend, I'm going to give you a piece of advice. It's best to go as far as possible in the direction of the setting sun. If you meet other people like us with weapons in their hands, don't panic, turn around immediately and head northwest." Rhodes patted the gun in his hand.
Rhodes participated in the Northwest Campaign, also known as the First War of Conquest, and fought against the Burundians, so he said that he was an "old friend" of the Burundians. At the same time, he gave a small suggestion to the new kings of the Kingdom of Burundi.
Rhodes' suggestion was well-intentioned, but it frightened Romrom, who asked, "Are there still people of yours in the east?"
"Of course not, but it's almost the same. However, they may be more difficult to deal with than us in East Africa. You just need to know that if you encounter them, just run away. You must run to the northwest. But don't worry too much. You won't encounter them as long as you don't go to the edge of the sea."
Rhodes was referring to other colonists on the west coast of Africa, which was a friendly reminder, while the northwest direction referred to the hinterland of West Africa.
"Mr. Rhodes, thank you for your reminder. I will take my people directly to the northwest. Goodbye!" This was Romrom's answer, and he did so later. The Kingdom of Burundi headed west again and migrated to the southwest of Niger in the previous life. It changed from an East African country to a West African country.
In the last war, the Kingdom of Burundi had been destroyed, but after its remnants gathered on the Azande Plateau, they selected the third son of the former king to become the new king of the Kingdom of Burundi, namely Romrom.
Romrom, who was only 16 years old, led the Burundi people to gallop across the grasslands in the eastern part of the Azande Plateau, plundering women and wealth, and the Kingdom of Burundi began to prosper again.
But the good times did not last long. Before the Kingdom of Burundi could enjoy itself, the East Africans came again. Romrom, who had experienced the destruction of his country, knew that the Kingdom of Burundi was no match for the Kingdom of East Africa, so he negotiated directly with the Northern Army of the Kingdom of East Africa. He could give up the land directly, but he had to give the Kingdom of Burundi time.
The East African kingdom agreed, and this led to the migration of the Burundi people. In addition to Burundi, the same was true for other indigenous kingdoms that fled from the Great Lakes region to the Azande Plateau.
Therefore, the Northern Army area looks very lively, with a scene of indigenous people moving away, and these black people are returning to their homeland in West Africa along the route their ancestors took to spread throughout Africa.
The migration of these kingdoms will also cause huge historical changes in West Africa. For example, Burundi, Rwanda, and Buganda will all become West African countries. This is indeed very interesting in Ernst's opinion. He wonders what the development trajectories of these three countries will be after arriving in West Africa.
(End of this chapter)
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