Just as the four colonies of southern Africa were gathering in Pretoria to discuss the formation of a federal government of southern Africa, there was another personnel change in Tanganyika.

General Vontrota, who had just successfully put down a rebellion in German South-West Africa, was transferred to Tanganyika as commander-in-chief of the German army in Tanganyika.

The rebellion in German South-West Africa began in 1904, when the authorities of German South-West Africa provoked a war between the Herero and Nama in order to plot the land of the Herero people, which eventually led to the revolt of the Herero and Nama, and rebellions broke out throughout German South-West Africa.

The Germans blamed the British government's provocation as the main cause of the rebellion, believing it to be the British government's retaliation for the German government's actions during the Boer War.

The British government certainly did not approve of this reason, and the real reason was that Germany had just had overseas colonies and had not yet learned how to deal with the natives of the colonies, which led to the outbreak of rebellion.

In 1904, the governor of German Southwest Africa was still Leutwein, and in the face of one rebellion after another, Leutwein showed a bit of a concern for one another, so the German government transferred Vontrota, who had participated in the Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China, to German Southwest Africa to suppress the rebellion in German Southwest Africa.

Vontrotta was fierce and brutal, using brutal means to suppress the Herero and Nama people in German South-West Africa, and he believed that there was only one way to solve the problem, and that was to completely eliminate the Herero and Nama people in German South-West Africa.

Von Trotta did exactly that, deporting all the rebels to fend for themselves on a deserted island, and setting up a blockade on the border between German South-West Africa and the Bechuana Protectorate, killing anyone who wished to cross the blockade to the Bechuana Protectorate.

Even some of the Herero chiefs who tried to surrender were shot on the spot, and in 1904 there were probably about 100,000 Herero people, and by 1907 the total number of Herero people was less than 10,000.

Vontrota's approach was indeed effective in quelling the rebellion in German South-West Africa, so Vontrotta was transferred to Tanganyika to deal with increasing pressure from Nyasaland.

Historically, the dispute between Nyasaland and Tanganyika has been concentrated near the North Sea and has not affected Lake Nyasa, which is located in the central region of Nyasaland.

Unlike half of the North Sea, Lake Nyasa belongs entirely to Nyasaland, and there is no dispute with Tanganyika.

The arrival of Von Trotta changed all that.

On his first day in Tanganyika, Vontrotta visited the vicinity of Lake Nyasa and used a telescope to observe the city of Xuanwu at the northern end of Lake Nyasa.

On the shores of Lake Niasa, there are now many towns, and Xuanwu City is the most important town after Little Rock, and it is also the headquarters of the Northern Rhodesian Division.

The soldiers of the Northern Rhodesian Division immediately noticed Vontrota's observation, and soon a soldier intervened.

The previous series of victories gave the officers and men of the Northern Rhodesian Division a psychological advantage in the face of the German army in Tanganyika.

And Vontrota, who had participated in the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Coalition and ended the rebellion in German Southwest Africa with his own hands, must have been full of contempt for the Chinese in his heart, coupled with Vontrota's character, so when Vontrotta found out that soldiers from the northern Rhodesian Division had come to intervene, he strongly ordered his subordinates to counterattack.

"Sorry, General, we can't do that—" A German major serving in Tanganyika directly rejected Vontrota's request.

"Why?" Vontrotta did not yet understand the situation on the side of Nyasaland and did not realize how much pressure the Tanganyika garrison was on.

"General, we must not easily provoke trouble, after Minister Bilov's visit to Nyasaland, we are strictly forbidden to create conflicts around Nyasaland, and we are required to exercise appropriate restraint in the face of provocations by the Nyasaland army-" The Major said more tactfully, translated into the vernacular, that is, if people do not offend me, I will not offend people, if people offend me-

I put up with it!

"Are you sure Lord Bilov said so?" Vontrota's eyes widened in disbelief, not believing that Tanganyika was so vulnerable in front of Nyasaland.

In fact, all restraint and tolerance, in the final analysis, can not be defeated, the stronger side, no matter when it is not restrained and tolerant, for example, when Vontrotta was in German South-West Africa, when facing the Herero and Nama, he did not know what restraint and tolerance were.

However, in Tanganyika, it is believed that Vontrotta will have a deeper understanding of these two words.

"Yes, that's what Lord Bilov said." The Major was convincing.

Vontrota stopped talking, looking at the cavalry of the Northern Rhodesian Division that was getting closer and closer, and his face was gloomy.

Near Xuanwu City, there is no obvious dividing line between Nyasaland and Tanganyika, and the conventional dividing line is an unknown small river, and now Vontrotta is on this side of the river, and has not crossed the river, so the cavalry of the northern Rhodesian division did not speak out, but monitored Vontrota and his party on the other side of the river.

Vontrotta also finally had the opportunity to get a close look at the equipment of the cavalry of the Northern Rhodesian Division.

The standard weapon of the Northern Rhodesian Division was the short-barreled Lee Enfield, and this model of rifle was specially produced by the Nyasaland Arsenal for cavalry, which not only shortened the barrel, but also eliminated the bayonet on the muzzle, and issued a saber with a length of about one meter and two.

In addition to rifles and sabers, the officers and men of the Northern Rhodesia Division were free to choose defense pistols, most of them chose the Ruger pistol, which was the first to be produced by the Nyasaland Arsenal, and some chose the latest Browning high-power pistol produced by the Nyasaland Arsenal, both of which were nine mm in caliber, and the bullet could be used universally without adding pressure to logistics.

For ease of use, the cavalryman's pistol is not worn on the waist, but on the chest, and the holster is also a quick-draw holster produced in Nyasaland, with the latest tactical vest of the Northern Rhodesian Division, and the 1905 iron gray military uniform, the knight on horseback looks particularly strong.

Compared with the guards around Vontrota, although Vontrota's guards must also be carefully selected, compared with the cavalry of the Northern Rhodesia Division, it feels like the guards around Vontrotta are like Hanako, and there is no comparison at all.

The gap in equipment is too great, and the guards around Vontrotta are only equipped with a Mauser rifle, not a rifle specially produced for cavalry, or the most ordinary road goods, and the muzzle can also be equipped with a bayonet.

I don't know what the German General Staff thought, probably the generals of the General Staff wanted the cavalry to ride on horses and fight bayonets.

Although the gap in equipment does not reflect the gap in combat effectiveness, in the eyes of Vontrota, it is somewhat understandable why Bilov asked the Tanganyika military to exercise restraint.

"We, have there been clashes between Tanganyika and Nyasaland forces before?" Vontrotta asked the Major, who must have been in German.

"On the surface, no, but in reality there are—" The Major didn't finish his sentence, and the results were not very optimistic.

"How did it turn out?" Von Trotta didn't care if asking directly like this would embarrass the major.

"It didn't turn out well, at the beginning of the year when our relations with Nyasaland were at their highest, the patrols met at the border, and there were clashes, but we all exercised restraint and didn't use weapons, so it was just a physical altercation—" explained the major stiffly, but still vaguely.

"And then?" Vontrotta asked.

"And—" The Major pursed his lips vigorously and glared at him, and then said with great difficulty: "—There were about a dozen men on both sides at the time, and the number was relatively close, and our men suffered a bit of a loss, six soldiers needed to be hospitalized for treatment, and two of our horses were lost—"

Vontrotta was simply speechless, "lost" was probably just a pretext, perhaps snatched by the Nyasalands.

This is simply a shame, the dignified cavalry even the military horses have been robbed, and those soldiers should simply apologize with death.

If this had happened in German South-West Africa, Von Trotta might have dealt harshly with the soldiers who had lost the fight.

However, this was in Tanganyika, and when he did not fully understand the situation, Vontrotta would not easily express his opinion, so Vontrotta just nodded, did not speak, and continued to observe Xuanwu City with a monocular, which could almost become an antique.

The cavalry of the Northern Rhodesian Division on the other side of the river was also talking.

"Squad leader, I'm afraid that the person opposite is an official, right?" One of the horsemen put down his binoculars and put them in a wooden box next to his saddle.

This telescope is also produced in Nyasaland, and interestingly, the technology is actually from the German Chase.

In this era, countries did not pay enough attention to technology, so Nyasaland easily bought the most advanced optical technology and lens production equipment from Carl Chase.

Of course, the technology from Carl Chas, which needs to be redesigned in Nyasaland, needs to be attractive enough.

So the telescope used by Vontrotta is still a monocular, and the telescope used by an ordinary cavalryman in Nyasaland is already binocular.

"This is a lieutenant general, I don't seem to have seen it before, no, we have to report it quickly-" The squad leader's consciousness was still higher, and he immediately ordered a cavalryman to return to the headquarters of the northern Rhodesian division to report.

Looking at the cavalry who were beating their horses and leaving quickly, Vontrotta snorted coldly, finally put down the monocular in his hand, and handed the telescope to his entourage.

People who are officials are stylish, and if the equipment is not advanced enough, they will use people to make up, and the effect is good, not to mention first, it is still okay to pretend to be something.

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