393 Blood Oath
If you don't explode in silence, you perish in silence.
This is also true among the Teterans, although these Tetera people are submissive, but they are not uncomplaining about their current life, but because no one has taken the initiative to stand up against the tyranny of the Germans, the Tetera will be gentle and obedient.
Once someone jumped out to resist the tyranny of the Germans, the resistance of the Taylera people can really be said to be a spark, they originally fled from the Congo Free State to Tanganyika because of their resistance to the Belgian colonization, and now the Germans are more excessive than the Belgians, so after Mumu stood up and slashed at the Germans, almost all the Tetera people followed Mumu and rushed to the German camp.
In the current situation, if you don't resist, you will definitely die, and there may be a glimmer of life if you resist, so these Taitera people really have nothing to hesitate about.
The Fort Glory Rebellion, as a turning point in Germany's colonization of Tanganyika, is a significant mark in history.
The death of 145 German officers and soldiers and the rebellion of nearly 1,000 Tyterans were enough to have a subversive effect on German colonial rule in Tanganyika.
It is regrettable that after the rebellion of Fort Glory, the Tanganyika government and the military made a lot of tricks, first of all, they did not appease Huairou, nor did they send troops to encircle and suppress, but executed all the Taitera people on the two construction sites near Fort Glory, so as to prevent the Taitera people in Fort Glory from receiving assistance.
According to incomplete statistics, at least 1,500 Tateira were slaughtered by the Germans on the two construction sites near Fort Glory, and the exact number was no longer available, and the Germans would certainly not keep the relevant information, but the news reached Fort Glory, and Mu Mu swore a blood oath at Fort Glory, vowing to make the Germans pay for their blood debts.
The blood oath, in the traditional practice of the Tayla people, means immortality.
At the beginning of September, on the construction site of Fort Glory, Mu Mu and more than 3,000 Taitera people stood in awe.
Even though the Germans tried everything they could to prevent the Tetera people in Fort Glory from growing, the number of rebels in Fort Glory continued to increase.
Don't forget that Yaya also has the Taitera under him, whether it is for Nyasaland or for Tanganyika, the Taitera are actually a double-edged sword, if used well, it can have unexpected effects, and if it is not used well, it will hurt itself.
Not only is the number increasing, but the rebel equipment at Fort Glory is also increasing.
Originally, the rebels in Fort Glory only had more than a hundred rifles, but almost overnight, the rebels in Fort Glory had almost every man with a shot.
Vontrotta still doesn't know about the equipment of the rebels at Fort Glory, otherwise Vontrotta would probably be unable to sleep at night.
The wooden platform that was originally used for execution has now become the altar of Mumu's blood oath, and he took off his shirt and knelt in the center of the altar shirtless, allowing the sorcerer of the Taitera tribe to draw intricate and mysterious patterns on Mumu's face.
This pattern is the oath of the Tetera people, and after the pattern is drawn on the face, as long as there are Germans in Tanganyika, the pattern on the face of the wood cannot be erased.
"What a strange ritual—" William Clare, who had become a member of the rebels at Fort Glory, couldn't help but sigh in the original German camp.
William Claire was also Yaya's subordinate, and as a white man, William Claire also wanted to replicate the miracle of Louis Broad, so he volunteered to come to Tanganyika and join the Glory Castle rebels.
"Anyway, it's good for morale—" Eddie Bunian, a member of the General Staff who was not Yaya's subordinate, but from the Mozambican kingdom under the leadership of the scum was also watching the ceremony.
The dregs, on Roque's orders, named the country Mozambique.
What Roque didn't expect was that the scum actually set himself up as the king and established the kingdom of Mozambique.
Fortunately, although the scum has now become the king, he is quite obedient to Roque and never dares to disobey Roque's orders.
Of course, Anton will not let the scum work in vain, there is almost no industry in the Kingdom of Mozambique, and he is very dependent on Nyasaland's support, and the scum and the nouveau riche of the Mozambican Kingdom have a great demand for luxury goods in Nyasaland, and Anton will also meet this request unconditionally.
Eddie Bunian is nominally a subordinate of the scum, and he is also a senior staff member of the General Staff of the Kingdom of Mozambique, and as for why he appeared in Tanganyika, this is of course also the operation of the Nyasaland General Staff.
Mu Mu is a qualified samurai, but he is by no means a qualified leader, so Mu Mu also needs a group of staff officers around him to give advice to the Glory Fort rebels, otherwise when Vontrotta mobilizes the army, the Glory Fort rebels will soon be defeated, even with Nyasaland's assistance.
"If you have time to paint on your face, why don't you find a way to get some new equipment and see what kind of rags Daddy Nyasaland gammies, Schneider, Peabody, Martini Henry, and even the Sharps rifle, the Northern Division of Rhodesia has been equipped with the Sharps rifle?" William Claire couldn't help but complain, the title of "Nyasaland Dad" is also very vivid.
"It's true that the Northern Rhodesian Division didn't have Sharps, but the Portuguese did—" Eddie Bunian knew the situation well.
To be precise, the weapons used by the rebels at Fort Glory were sent by Eddie Bunian.
Nyasaland equipped with the Fort Glory rebels, and would definitely not provide the standard equipment of the northern Rhodesian division, which would be tantamount to taking the initiative to give the handle to the Germans.
In order to find these rags, Anton also spent a lot of thought, and the Nyasaland Arsenal even restarted a bullet production line in order to produce bullets for these weapons of the last century.
"What we need now is not a rifle, but a general-purpose machine gun and a rapid-fire gun—" William Clare thought a little too much.
"Don't think about general-purpose machine guns and rapid-fire guns, there are still possibilities for Makqin or Woo Yao." Eddie Bunian is more realistic, the general-purpose machine gun and rapid-fire gun are the standard equipment of the Northern Rhodesia Division, and the Nyasaland Arsenal is also to make money, and it will definitely not be provided to the Fort Glory rebels for free.
In fact, it is not free, although the rebels do not have to pay for it now, but if the rebels drive the Germans out of Tanganyika in the future, then the new government of Tanganyika will have to pay for the support of Nyasaland.
At that time, the harvest of Nyasaland will far exceed the cost paid now, just like Roque supported the scum against the Portuguese at the beginning, without Roque's efforts at that time, there would be no current Port Edward.
This is also normal, after all, this business is still very risky, and if you are not careful, you will lose all your money, so the greater the risk, the greater the gain.
The point is that this risk is still within the range that Roque can bear, and it is good that the Fort Glory rebels can successfully drive the Germans out of Tanganyika, even if the Fort Glory rebels are eliminated, it will cause heavy losses to Tanganyika, at least it will slow down the development of Tanganyika.
That's enough, the First World War has not yet broken out, and it is impossible for Roque to send troops to attack Tanganyika, during this time, Roque's main purpose is to maintain the advantage of the Nyasaland Marine Police in the North Sea, and the account can be calculated slowly.
While Eddie Bunian and William Claire were chatting, Mumu had already finished the ceremony.
Mu Mu, who has shaved off his hair and eyebrows, including his head, has an intricate pattern on his entire upper body, and three wizards of the Taitera tribe are dancing mystically around Mu Mu, and they are still chanting words.
When the dance was over, the three Taitera wizards knelt down to Mumu, and all the surrounding Taitera people also knelt with the wizard.
Mu Mu slowly stood up, and used a sharp mountain knife to slash his head, blood gushed out instantly, and the pattern on Mu Mu's face was suddenly stained red with blood.
Perhaps it was the reason why the sun had just risen, and the sun shone on Mu Mu's face, which was very sacred.
"I swear that the Germans must be driven out of Zanzibar." Mu Mu solemnly swore an oath, and the surrounding Taitera people immediately boiled.
In 1856, the coastal area of Tanganyika was part of the Sultanate of Zanzibar, in 1870 the Nyamwezi people established a state in Tanganyika, and from 1884 Tanganyika gradually came under German control, and in 1890, Tanganyika became a German colony.
Strictly speaking, the Tetera people are not indigenous to Tanganyika, but to the Congo Free State, so Mumu had to find a suitable identity in order to justifiably oppose the German colonization of Tanganyika.
This "Zanzibar" is the excuse that Eddie Bunian and William Claire found for Mumu, just like the scum first used the kingdom of Mweni Matapa as an excuse to oppose Portuguese colonial rule, and when Mumu succeeded in expelling the Germans from Tanganyika, what kind of country Mumu would establish at that time still depends on Roque's mood.
It is estimated that most of them are still Tanzania, and as for whether it will become the Kingdom of Tanzania, it also depends on Roque's mood.
The current Glory Fort rebels still need more training, and these people are also prone to excessive adrenal secretion, Mu Mu completed the blood oath, and some Taitera people couldn't control their emotions, and actually took the initiative to shoot into the sky.
Eddie Bunian and William Clare shook their heads repeatedly, compared to the disciplined Northern Rhodesian Division, this was a rabble, not even as good as the Tanganyika Servants, counting on these men to drive the Germans away, Eddie Bunian and William Clare still had a lot of work to do.
However, time was running out for Eddie Bunian and William Clare, and after the outbreak of the Glory Rebellion, Von Trotta began to mobilize troops to encircle and suppress the Glory Castle rebels.
However, Germany's strength in Tanganyika was not strong, and Vontrotta did not even have enough troops, so he had to ask for reinforcements from Germany itself.
The German government is now fully engaged in the arms race and has no spare strength to support Tanganyika, so the German government has transferred troops from southwest Africa to support Tanganyika.
In fact, it is not easy to transfer troops from southwest Africa, after all, there are still Rhodesia and Nyasaland between southwest Africa and Tanganyika, so if the troops in southwest Africa want to support Tanganyika, they have to bypass most of Africa.
At this time, the benefits of having more colonies can be seen.
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