Britain, known as the empire on which the sun never sets, easily mobilized 450,000 troops from all over the world to encircle and suppress the Boers when they launched the Boer War.

This mobilization capability is terrifying, after all, the total population of the Boers is only 440,000.

After France lost the Franco-Prussian War, it also relied on the support of its colonies to recover in a short time, which made Wilhelm II all kinds of envy and jealousy.

That's why Wilhelm II couldn't wait to get more colonies.

It's a pity that the current global colonial system was established by Britain and France, and the good places were occupied by Britain and France, leaving only some corners that Britain and France could not look down on for the Germans, so Wilhelm II would take the initiative to provoke an arms race and try to break the colonial system established by Britain and France.

This was the root cause of the German reactionary war.

In the eyes of Britain and France, Tanganyika is one of those corners that cannot be looked down upon.

Unlike southern Africa, which is rich in gold, Tanganyika was one of the least developed countries in the world until the 21st century, and its economy was mainly agricultural.

To put it bluntly, for Germany, Tanganyika is also a money-loser, similar to Orange in the eyes of the British government.

Because of the relationship between Nyasaland and Tanganyika, Germany had to transfer troops from southwest Africa to Tanganyika, and could not get any supplies from the southern African ports along the way, and German warships could not even enter Walvis Bay, which was surrounded by territory in southwest Africa, because Walvis Bay was a British enclave, so Germany had to transfer troops from southwest Africa to Tanganyika, and the whole journey was about 6,000 kilometers.

The Germans finally felt the pain of the Russians in the previous years, when they spared most of the world in order to transfer the fleet from Europe to East Asia.

Before mobilizing troops to encircle and suppress the rebels at Fort Glory, Vontrotta first sent scouts to reconnoiter the situation of the rebels at Fort Glory.

As a result, Vontrotta was surprised to find that the Glory Castle rebels already had cavalry, and the cavalry of the Glory Castle rebels was actually quite brave and good at fighting, and could basically fight with the scouts of the Tanganyika Servants.

Vontrotta finally realizes that Nyasaland has become deeply involved in the Glory Rebellion.

Tanganyika immediately protested against Nyasaland and, through the German government, put pressure on the British government to restrain Nyasaland's behavior.

The administrative efficiency of the corrupt government was already speechless, and the efficiency in this kind of thing made the German government desperate, and Tanganyika did not wait for the British government to respond, and the rebels at Fort Glory had begun to take the initiative to attack the surrounding German troops, and the war burned all over Tanganyika almost instantly.

The German government, which was still inexperienced with the colonies, did not realize how well organized Nyasaland was.

The rebels in Fort Glory are not the same as the Herero people in Southwest Africa, the Herero people are fighting the Germans for territory, so the Germans have a clear goal, they can find the Herero people at any time, as long as the main force of the Herero people is defeated, then the Germans can easily eliminate the Herero people.

The rebels in Fort Glory are different, these Teteras are not Tananyika at all, so there are no traditional interests to defend, the Fort Glory rebels are just a pronoun, and any rebel in Tanganyika can be called the Fort Glory rebels, which makes Vontrota's previous experience completely useless.

It can't be said that it's useless, when Vontrotta was in Southwest Africa, the way he treated the Herero people was to completely wipe out the Herero people, and then the rebellion would naturally disappear.

In Tanganyika as well, Vontrotta was now fully aware that the Terralas could not be trusted, so Vontrotta ordered his troops to put all the Teraras in Taranyika to death.

It can only be said that the Germans really have a tradition in this hand.

Then the media in London began to build up the momentum, and in Tanganyika, there was a serious humanitarian catastrophe, and even the Congo Free State was speaking out for the Tetera people in Tanganyika.

In fact, the Belgians were watching the excitement, and the Tetera people in Tanganyika fled from the Congo Free State to Tanganyika because they were unwilling to accept Belgian colonization.

As a result, the Tetera people in Tanganyika are now unlucky, so the Belgians are gloating in all kinds of ways, happy to see it, and watch the fire from the other side.

By the way, I would like to say a cool thing.

Of course, Nyasaland was also joining in the fun at this time, although what the Germans did with the Tetera people in Tanganyika had nothing to do with Nyasaland, but "humanitarianism" was a good excuse, and with this excuse, Nyasaland could openly accuse the Tanganyika government.

Vontrota definitely did not expect that the problem of Tanganyika is no longer the problem of the Tetera people, and the Tetera people are not only Africans in Tanganyika, but also the Bantun Negro represented by the Nyanwezi and Hehe people.

Roque, of course, does not forget the real natives in Tanganyika, and these real natives are also dissatisfied with German colonization, so now the rebellion in Tanganyika is unstoppable.

By mid-October, before reinforcements from South-West Africa had arrived in Tanganyika, the colonization of Tanganyika was on the verge of collapse, and the German government had to send troops from mainland China to Tanganyika to quell the rebellion.

The British government also took note of the situation, so the Earl of Selborne took the initiative to find Roque at the new 1st Cavalry Division's station in Pretoria.

The unit stationed in Pretoria was the Pretoria Rifle Regiment, with a total of 1,800 officers and men, more than half of whom were ethnic Chinese, most of the rest were Gurkha mercenaries, and a small number of Boers.

Although this unit is nominally a rifle regiment, in fact it is equipped with the same equipment as other units of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division, and is also equipped with heavy weapons such as general-purpose machine guns and artillery, but compared with the Ziwei Motorized Infantry Regiment, the number of vehicles equipped is relatively small, and the troops still use military horses as a means of transportation.

The Pretoria Rifle Regiment is based at Fort Graham on the outskirts of Pretoria, which was a military camp during the Transvaal Republic and now forms a huge camp around Fort Graham.

In order to avoid suspicion, Roque did not live in Henry's house, but in the barracks, and the Earl of Selborne came to Roque in the name of inspection, so when the Earl of Selborne came to Fort Graham, Roque led all the officers and men of the Pretoria Rifle Regiment to greet him.

This kind of formalism, Roque is very proficient, although the Pretoria Rifle Regiment will not hold a parade for the Earl of Selborn, it can still be done in a procession.

Like the Northern Rhodesia Division, the new 1st Cavalry Division was known for being well-equipped, and heavy firepower such as artillery, rarely seen in other colonial units in Africa, was also equipped in the Pretoria Rifle Regiment.

More of mortars and grenade launchers nicknamed "Super Revolver".

Since the appearance of mortars in the Russo-Japanese War, they have received more and more attention from the armies of various countries.

The new 1st Cavalry Division is at the forefront of all countries in this regard, and the mortars have been equipped to the company level, and the caliber of the mortars belonging to the regiment has reached 120 mm, which is the real heavy firepower of the new 1st Cavalry Division.

As for the "super revolver", it is even simpler, it is precisely because of the existence of the "super revolver" that the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division and the Northern Rhodesia Division have canceled the equipment of grenadiers, and directly equipped the "super revolver" to the squad level, which has truly accompanied the infantry action.

Compared with mortars, the "super revolver" is lighter, more convenient to use, faster to fire, and more powerful in firepower, so it is deeply loved by all officers and soldiers.

Even for the smallest caliber mortar, an artillery crew requires at least five or six people, two people carry mortars, and the others are responsible for carrying shells, and they have to be temporarily assembled when they are used, which is still not convenient enough for front-line infantry.

The "Super Revolver" is an enlarged version of the revolver, and it is also a miniature version of the grenade launcher, which can be easily carried by one soldier, and other soldiers can be dispersed to help carry grenades, and one person can carry a dozen of them, which is enough for a combat consumption.

This was the first time Earl Selborn had inspected the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division, so Count Selborn was interested in mortars and "super-revolvers".

Roark emphasized the superiority of the mortar to the Earl of Selborn, and randomly pointed to a mortar group to perform for the Earl of Selborn.

This impromptu performance was strongly praised by the Earl of Selborne, and the five hundred meters of the three shots and three hits can only be achieved by hard training in peacetime.

At noon, the Earl of Selborne personally experienced the food of the Pretoria Rifle Regiment, praised the potato goulash, and rewarded the chef with a pound on the spot.

You have to tip when you eat in the barracks, and Roque is really not used to this practice.

But it's not bad, anyway, the fertilizer and water don't flow into the fields of outsiders.

After lunch, afternoon tea was served on the balcony of Fort Graham, and the Earl of Selborn finally began to get down to business with Roque.

"Locke, you have to find a way to support the Tertera in Tanganyika, you can't let the Tertella lose too quickly, and you have to make trouble for the Germans as much as possible." The Earl of Selborn did not seem to think that the Fort Glory rebels had any chance of driving the Germans out of Tanganyika.

This is also normal thinking, for a long time, except for the Kingdom of Mozambique, no colony in Africa has ever succeeded in breaking away from the colonial status and becoming independent, so the Earl of Selborn does not think that the Tytera people have a chance of success, even with the help of Nyasaland.

"Sir, the people of Tetera have a chance of success." Roque kindly reminded.

The Earl of Selborn was obviously surprised, but then it was replaced by Roque's surprise: "That's not okay, you can't let the Tytera lose too fast, you can't let the Germans lose too fast, you have to continue to bleed the Germans, and keep depleting Germany's strength-"

This kind of thinking is the real colonial thinking, and Roque is still too narrow-minded.

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