392 Mountain Knife
The Tanganyika army was armed with the kind of flat-headed, thick-bodied, rugged mountain knives.
Compared with the dogleg scimitar now used by the northern division of Rhodesia, the Kaishan knife equipped by the Tanganyika army is not smooth in shape, the processing is not delicate enough, and the steel used is also not tough, but it is very suitable for Tanganyika's specific situation, and it is still very suitable for cutting people.
The Germans would not have carried out this kind of thing themselves, and in order to create enough deterrent, the German officers chose a dozen Tetera people who had just arrived at Fort Glory to carry it out.
This is actually a way that is often used by the Germans, who seem to be happy to see Africans killing each other and like to have fun at times like these.
The recent delivery of these Tytera people is still in very good physical condition, unlike the other lean, withered, obviously malnourished Tytera, these Tytera are strong, look oily and slippery, all black and shiny, the wide and heavy mountain knives in their hands complement each other.
Most of the Tetera were accustomed to their fate, and even if the Germans hadn't even tied them up, they honestly knelt in a row on a purpose-built wooden platform, raised their hands on the table in front of them, and looked lifeless with numb expressions.
Two of the Teteras were particularly short, probably eleven or twelve years old, and they were treated as adults in Tanganyika, so they had to have their hands cut off just like the others.
"From here, cut down hard, cut it all at once, make a neat cut, and if you keep cutting it all at a time, then someone else will cut off your hand - got it?" Each of the Teterans in charge of the execution was supervised by a German soldier, and they didn't care if they could understand German or not, and reminded them of the precautions.
More German soldiers stood around the wooden platform in twos and threes to watch the excitement, the colonial army, don't expect them to have strict military discipline, their clothes are loosely dressed, rifles are carried on their backs very casually, and some soldiers don't know whether they are civilians, or if they don't have a rotating duty, and they don't even carry weapons.
It is true that the indigenous Africans have always behaved obediently in front of the whites, and Tanganyika is not German South-West Africa, the territory has always been relatively stable, and there have been no serious rebellions, so the colonial army in Tanganyika is not very vigilant, and they don't seem to have noticed the sad and angry expressions on the faces of the Taitera people who are in charge of the executions on the stage.
I'm afraid that even if they find out, they won't worry, but it will give them a sense of accomplishment.
It's the feeling of being able to decide the life and death of others at will.
Some people seem to be keen to find pleasure in this feeling.
Coincidentally, next to the strongest Tetera, kneeling was a particularly short Tetera.
Perhaps sensing the fate he was about to face, the little guy couldn't help but sobbed in a low voice, listening to the sound a little slender, and then looking at the figure, the strong Tetera couldn't help but say to the German soldiers beside him: "This is a girl, he shouldn't be here at all, let alone accept such a fate." ”
Even if the Germans wanted to clean up the Tyteras in Tanganyika, they would have to wait until the surplus value of these Tyteras had been completely drained.
Therefore, the Taylera people who are sent to the construction site also have a division of labor, and the heavy manual labor is the responsibility of the men, and the women can only take on some logistics, or simple auxiliary work.
What's more, a girl who has not yet reached adulthood should not have appeared in the ranks of manual labor.
"What do you say? Isn't that clear enough? Slash down from here - hard! The German soldier in charge of the supervision did not understand Tetera and continued to urge in German.
Therefore, it is very reasonable for the British to demand that the commanders of the Gurkha troops must learn the Gurkha language, because Britain, an old colonial country, has the most experience when dealing with the indigenous people of the colonies, and Germany still has a long way to go in this regard.
It's a pity that the Germans no longer have a chance to sum up their experience.
Even if it is a summary, there is no opportunity to validate.
"I mean, she's not supposed to be here, it's not her job!" The voice of the Teryla was a bit loud, and anyone could hear the grief and anger contained in the words, and the anger that was barely suppressed.
"Are you saying the location is wrong? Then cut it down from here, but then the poor fellow will be of little use in the future-" The soldier in charge of the supervision shifted the knife from the girl's wrist to the elbow.
This simply adds fuel to the fire.
"Attention all, prepare to execute!" The officer on duty issues an order.
"Hurry up, hurry up, cut hard, or someone else will cut you!" The German soldiers in charge of the supervision could not wait, and even grabbed the hands of the Tytera with their hands and forced the Tytera to be executed.
"Jenny—" Someone in the crowd of onlookers finally couldn't help but wail.
The little girl kneeling on the ground was trembling violently, raising her head and her eyes were hazy, confused and helpless looking for the wailing voice.
None of the dozen or so Tetera on the stage raised a knife, and their eyes were on the strongest Tetera.
"What are you rubbing? Procrastination will not change your fate, raise your sword now! "The overseer's soldiers couldn't wait to see the show, and almost forced the Tytera with their guns to raise their knives.
"Well, from where?" The strongest Tetera suddenly spoke a word of German.
"You know German, it's amazing, what's your name? You'll be their foreman, so you can enjoy a separate breakfast and dinner, and now you're going to show your allegiance to Germany—cut it down from here—"The soldiers in charge of the overseer were as excited as if they had discovered a new continent."
Presumably the soldier was in a good mood, and his fingers returned to the girl's wrist position.
"Okay!" The Tetera raised his sword high, and in the sunlight, a little cold light flashed from the blade, and the soldier in charge of supervision subconsciously squinted, and then realized that the knife seemed to be swinging in the wrong place.
It was really close to each other that it wasn't until there was a bloody gland that the soldier in charge of the supervision realized that it was his own hand that had fallen on the table.
"That's my loyalty to Germany, die, you bastard!" The strong man of Taitera cut off the soldier's hand with a knife, and at the same time he burst into the drink, the sharpness of the mountain knife was vivid, and the soldier covered his neck in disbelief, and blood gushed out from his neck and wrists.
Almost instantly, more than a dozen Tetera men attacked the German soldiers around them.
Some people have crisp and concise movements, and they can be fatal with one stab.
Some people are a little unconscious, and they don't stop after cutting down the German soldiers around them, and continue to chop and chop like turnips, while scolding indistinctly.
The scene was instantly chaotic.
The surrounding German soldiers didn't expect this to happen at all, so it is estimated that there was no similar plan, and they were a little scrambling for a while, and the soldiers without guns scattered in a hurry, and the soldiers with guns were eager to shoot to stop it, but they were swarmed by the surrounding Taitera people, and they were immediately drowned in the crowd.
There were more than 200 people in this group of Taitera, and only a dozen were in charge of the execution, and there were many people who were watching, and these people almost attacked the nearby German soldiers at the same time as the strong men on the stage made their moves.
To the despair of the German soldiers, the Tetera had a rudimentary homemade weapon, or a rudimentary dagger, or an inconspicuous stone, or even a sharpened stick.
It does look a bit rudimentary, but it can be turned into a lethal weapon.
After the strong man cut down the German soldiers around him with a knife, he immediately set his eyes on the stunned duty officer on the stage.
"Mu Mu, then—" The Tetera man beside the strong man tossed the mountain knife in his hand to Mu Mu and went to pick up the rifle on the soldier's body.
Mu Mu held two mountain opening knives and waved his hands casually, and a string of blood beads seemed to shimmer with bewitching brilliance in the sun.
Only then did the officer on duty react, and he hurriedly wanted to pull out his gun.
It's a pity that the Tanganyikat army units are not equipped with the quick-draw holsters of Nyasaland, the Tanganyikat army is equipped with Mauser pistols, and the holster of the Mauser pistol is a wooden box, and when you open it, you must press the button on the wooden box first, and then the box mouth will automatically jump back.
This design is also anti-human enough, because the direction of the box mouth jumping away is exactly the direction of the human body, so it is still a bit difficult to take out the gun in the first place.
The officer on duty had just touched the gun box, and the strong man named Mu Mu had already pounced in front of him.
"Wait a minute—" the officer on duty wailed in horror.
Mu Mu didn't give the officer on duty time to speak, and slashed the officer over with a single sword, and then without looking at the officer on duty, he pounced on another German soldier who was rolling with a Tytera.
At this time, almost all the German soldiers at the scene had been overwhelmed by the crowd, in order to serve as a sufficient warning, the German soldiers forced all the Taitera to watch the execution, so there were nearly a thousand Taitella people around, while the German soldiers who maintained order at the scene were only a few dozen.
Dozens of people are a drop in the bucket for nearly a thousand people.
By the time all the German soldiers had been killed, dozens of armed Tetera had gathered around Mumu.
At this point, the weapons of the Tertella were not sticks and stones, but a Mauser rifle of water.
And the Mauser pistol that Mu Mu straddles diagonally.
The Germans were armed with defensive pistols that were indeed a bit underproportionate.
The gaze of most Tetera people is actually still very confused.
"Brothers, we have no way out, we can only fight to the end with the Germans, they will not let us go, but until then, we have to make the Germans pay enough!" After a few simple words, Mu Mu carried two mountain knives and rushed to the barracks of the German troops.
More and more Taylas followed silently.
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