Chapter 760: 421 Division Ambition
It is not the black boy's fault for resisting so fiercely. Although East Africa has a good reputation among black Africans as a country full of evil, it can also stop children from crying at night.
The closer the blacks are to East Africa, the more afraid they are of East Africa. East Africa is like a Pi Xiu, you can only go in but not out. Just like the borders of the former Kingdom of Congo, there were a large number of blacks in East Africa, but now there is almost no trace of their existence.
This is naturally due to the fact that 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 decreased significantly under the governance of East Africa. Coupled with the artistic processing and rendering of the escaped blacks, East Africa naturally became a "devil's den."
East Africa is certainly not that bad, but some people always like to add their own subjective assumptions when recounting their experiences.
However, having said that, Portugal did treat black people "well", and this "well" is relatively speaking, as one of the earliest global colonial empires.
With hundreds of years of accumulation, the Portuguese have indeed found it easier to integrate with the local people. There are now more than 100,000 mixed-race descendants of the Portuguese and local indigenous people in Angola, which is also one of the important foundations for Portugal's rule over Angola.
These mixed-race descendants actually belong to the ruling class in Angola and are the beneficiaries of Angola's colonial system, so they will definitely support maintaining the Portuguese Kingdom's rule over Angola.
After being persuaded, Custer's emotions had stabilized. He said to Hans Griffin, "Forget it. It's just that this is the first time I've encountered such a situation, so I can't suppress my anger. As for how to deal with them, the future will naturally be decided by the kingdom."
Custer shared the same hatred of the colonists, but this was the first time he had encountered such a situation in his many years in Africa, so he was inevitably a little angry. After all, they were all invaders, and the "double standards" of the local natives could easily break Custer's defenses.
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While the 331st Division wanted to take advantage of the fact that the main force of Portugal was being held up by friendly forces on the front line and seize the opportunity to reap the fruits of victory, the friendly forces in the Western Military Region were not willing to be outdone.
In the province of Leitania.
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 in the Western Military Region.
The commander of the 421st Division, Helmond, formulated the next combat plan in Menongue.
Menonguet's original name was Celsa Pinto, who was named after a Portuguese explorer. After the First Portuguese-Egyptian War, it was ceded to East Africa by Portugal and then changed to its current name.
This place is located in the southern part of Angola in the previous life and is a relatively important city. Angola had railways and airports here in the previous life, and now it is the base of the 421st Division.
As a cavalry division, the 421st Division can play an effective role in the region. Southern Angola is mostly grasslands and deserts, and is mainly grassland, so it is very suitable for the 421st Division to fight.
One of the important reasons why Catania Province did not lose as much land as the Danube Province in the early stages of the war was the strong mobile combat capability of the 421st Division.
The 421st Division frequently launched harassment on the Portuguese army in the vast grasslands in the south. Even if the Portuguese concentrated their superior forces, they could do nothing about the 421st Division because of its strong ability of mobile warfare.
Often when the Portuguese reinforcements arrived, the 421st Division had already fled with its men and horses, so the Portuguese could only passively take the beatings in the province of Letania.
Of course, one of the important reasons why East Africa did not give up the Lethania Province is that the location of the Lethania Province is too important. It is an important area connecting East Africa with the Kalahari Basin and Southwest Africa.
If the Portuguese were allowed to succeed, it would pose a serious threat to East Africa's overall national defense, especially to Southwest Africa, which was heavily dependent on inland supplies.
If the Portuguese occupied the province of Letania, the East African Defense Force in Southwest Africa would basically surrender.
Now ships from the west coast can no longer cross Cape Town to provide supplies to Southwest Africa, and all pressure is concentrated on the two land routes.
One is the Whale Highway, and the other is the north bank of the Orange River in the west. The 421st Division must ensure the smooth flow of the Whale Highway.
Of course, as the war progresses, the 421st Division's mission has been completed. What is more important for the 421st Division now is to take the initiative to achieve greater results.
Helmond analyzed the current situation of the Angolan war and said: "Now other troops led by the 414th Division have been engaged in a firefight with Portugal in the east, and the 331st Division in the north has also moved south. The 331st Division moving south at this time may not be a good thing for us. After all, important Portuguese cities such as Luanda are concentrated in northern Angola."
"If we can't achieve results before the 331st Division, it will be a big loss. You know, even without the reinforcements from the Nile Military Region, our Western Military Region is capable of taking Angola."
"Now that they have intervened, if we allow them to capture Luanda and other places, where will our Western Military Region's face be?"
"So we must give full play to our advantages and achieve impressive results on the battlefield in Angola."
Everyone agreed with what Helmond said. After all, no one would think military merit was too little, and it also meant 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 Matabele Province and is confronting the Mozambique Colonial Coalition Forces. Only two main divisions of the force are retained in the west.
The 421st Division was one of them. In the eyes of the 421st Division, the 331st Division of the Nile Military Region was here to steal the credit. After all, the 421st Division and the 414th Division had been fighting the Portuguese on the western battlefield for three months, and now the situation of the war had changed.
The 331st Division joined in, which of course gave people the suspicion of "taking advantage of the situation". Of course, in order to prevent the 331st Division from taking the lead alone, the 421st Division naturally had to represent the Western Military Region and play a role in the war.
"Commander, at present, the 331st Division will definitely focus on Luanda. They have the advantage of distance, and the Portuguese troops in the north are weak, which may become a push for the 331st Division to capture Luanda earlier. Therefore, we should focus on Benguela, which is second only to Luanda."
Benguela was built as a port in 1587 and a city in 1617. It is one of the earliest colonial outposts in southern Africa and an important city in the current Angolan colony after Luanda.
Moreover, Benguela is not far from Meronguela. If the 421st Division has the mobility, the success rate of capturing the city of Benguela is very high.
"It's not just Benguela. Our army had already considered Benguela a sure thing before the war. After all, we captured Benguela once in the last war."
In fact, during the First Portuguese-Oxford War, Benguela was briefly occupied by East Africa, and was later returned to the Portuguese after the armistice.
However, the last time Benguela was captured, it was not only the 421st Division that participated. Other units also participated, such as the 412th Division that is currently fighting in Mozambique on the eastern front, and the 414th Division that is holding back the main force of the Angolan colony.
In fact, the 414th Division was the one with the real hardship. Now it could only watch the 331st and 421st Divisions achieve success while it was being held back by the main force of the Portuguese.
Of course, in reality, the Portuguese were held back by the 414th Division. Most of the new troops expanded in East Africa were in the Danube Province, coordinating operations with the 414th Division. This prevented the Portuguese from successfully withdrawing their front-line troops, creating huge strategic loopholes in the south and north of Angola, and creating excellent opportunities for the 331st and 421st Divisions.
(End of this chapter)
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