Don't look at Phyllis's usual big grin, but when it comes to the Johannesburg textile factory, Phyllis still attaches great importance to it, and for a while, Phyllis's work enthusiasm surprised Roque, that is, during this time, Roque and Phyllis have been staying in Nyasaland, and Phyllis's work enthusiasm has decreased slightly.

However, Phyllis has always paid attention to the Johannesburg textile factory, not because of how much money the textile mill can make, but because Phyllis can help many people through the textile mill, after all, there are many people who depend on the work of the textile mill to make a living, which is what Phyllis values the most.

Of course, Xiao Si and Phyllis are also very familiar, sometimes it is normal for Xiao Si to joke with each other when he stays at Roque's house for dinner, and Phyllis is even a pen pal with Xiao Si's wife, and the relationship between the two families is very good.

In the past, Xiao Si would take the initiative to say hello when he saw Phyllis, but today he can't say this greeting, after all, Xiao Si wants to rob Phyllis's business, so when he sees Phyllis, he is very empty, and he has a kind of heart that is both stolen and obtained.

Phyllis didn't seem to notice Xiao Si's embarrassment, so she generously brought the freshly brewed tea to the two of them, and took the initiative to pour it for Xiao Si.

Xiao Si's face turned red, and he finally couldn't help but look forward to Ai Ai: "I'm sorry Phyllis, I'm also here to develop Rhodesia, you know, Rhodesia is too far behind Nyasaland and the Transvaal-"

Rhodesia is indeed backward compared with Nyasaland and the Transvaal, but the development of Rhodesia cannot harm the interests of the Transvaal, and in any case Rhodesia and the Transvaal are part of southern Africa.

"I know Cecil, of course you have your reasons, but I have to warn you that we have managed to find a way to get along with each other, and not to easily upset the current balance." Phyllis's words are also hidden needles, and the implication is naturally to warn Xiao Si that if Xiao Si wants to get involved in the textile industry, then Phyllis will also develop the food processing industry, and in the end it can only be a lose-lose situation.

Xiao Si could still bargain when facing Roque, but he was helpless in the face of Phyllis, and was silent for a few seconds, Xiao Si sighed: "Forget it, I gave you the textile factory in Rhodesia as my apology." ”

This is really generous, a textile factory, no matter what, it costs more than 100,000 or 200,000 pounds, and now he gives it away without blinking, Xiao Si is also decisive in doing things now, and slowly has the appearance of old Cecil Rhodes.

"No, how much money you spent, I'll double it for you." Phyllis is also very open, more than 100,000 or 200,000 is just a small amount of money, if it affects the relationship between Roque and Xiao Si, it will be worth the loss.

Phyllis was very sober at this point.

On 20 April, Fort Glory troops finally seized the opportunity to encircle and annihilate a company of the German 35th Division near Kigoma in the northern North Sea.

At that time, the company was ordered to clear the Tanganyika near Kigoma, but was lured to the encirclement arranged in advance by the troops at Fort Glory, and after half an hour of fierce fighting, this unit, which was composed entirely of white Germans, was completely annihilated, and all 125 officers and men from the lieutenant company commander to the company were killed.

As soon as the news came out, the whole Tanganyika was shaken.

The 2nd Tanganyika Division, which had been completely annihilated before, was only the Tanganyika Servant Army, and everyone knew that the combat effectiveness of the colonial Servant Army was not good, so the encirclement and annihilation of the 2nd Tanganyika Division did not make the Germans in Tanganyika realize how far the situation had deteriorated.

Most of the Germans in Tanganyika believed that despite the growing momentum of the Fort Glory rebels, in fact the Fort Glory rebels were a rabble, and as soon as the local reinforcements arrived in Tanganyika, the Fort Glory army would collapse in an instant.

As a result, the troops, which were now composed entirely of whites, were surrounded and annihilated like the previous Tanganyika 2nd Division, and the battle lasted only half an hour, which fully proved that the Fort Glory troops were not without chance when they were in the German regular army, and if more companies were attacked by the Fort Glory troops in the future, I am afraid that the 35th Division would have to return to Usongbra in order to preserve its strength.

That also meant that the Tanganyikadian army's encirclement and suppression of the Fort Glory troops had once again failed.

And with each defeat, the morale of the Tanganyikad army will be greatly affected, and the Fort Glory troops have changed from "Fort Glory Rebels" to the current name, and over time, it is estimated that the name of the Fort Glory troops will change.

This was a situation that Erich von Falkingham absolutely did not want to see, and on the same day Erich von Falkingham adjusted his troops to minimize the possibility of them being attacked by the guerrillas.

It's a pity that the order has not yet been issued, and bad news came from the direction of Lake Nyassa again, this time it was the 36th Division, and the troops of Fort Glory adopted the tactics of encircling and sending reinforcements, not only successfully annihilating a company of the 36th Division, but also handily destroying two companies of the 36th Division that came to reinforce them.

Immediately after the attack, the commander of the 36th Division, Alvar Butler, went to Erich von Falkingham to demand revenge against the Tanganyika people around Lake Niyasa.

"We have lost a total of 257 officers and soldiers, so we should execute 2,570 Tanganyika and make sure that this happens again." Alvar Butler was also ruthless, and if he killed a German soldier, he had to bury ten Tanganyikas.

Lawrence Elsey, the former chief of staff of the 35th Division, who succeeded Terry Dunlop as commander of the 35th Division, had something to say at this time: "At least 200,000 Tanganyika have died in recent months, and if we still want to get enough labor to develop Tanganyika, then we can't kill people at every turn, we should turn our guns on our enemies, not unarmed civilians." ”

Lawrence Elsie hated Alvar Butler very much, and the 35th Division had been severely attrition when it arrived at Fort Glory due to the mad attack of the guerrillas along the way.

Lawrence Elsie remembers that Alvar Butler had mocked Terry Dunlop, the commander of the 35th Division.

"Those people are not civilians at all, Africans all look the same, to lay down their arms is to obey the people, to take up arms is to be thugs, we don't understand the way of thinking of Africans, all direct use of violent means to retaliate against the rebels of Fort Glory is the most effective way." Alvar Butler was furious, and he can now finally understand how Terry Dunlop was feeling.

It's a pity that Alvar Butler has not had the opportunity to apologize to Terry Dunlop in person recently, after Terry Dunlop was dismissed, he has left southern Africa and returned to Germany, and Alvar Butler can only write a letter or send a telegram if he wants to apologize.

Both of these methods are actually a bit perfunctory, and the apology should be done in person, so as to help gain the other party's understanding.

"So what do you mean? Kill all the Tanganyika people near Lake Nyasa? "Lawrence Elsie deliberately misinterpreted Alvar Butler's words.

In fact, this was not uncommon, and if an expeditionary force was attacked in the Transvaal or Orange during the Boer War, the expeditionary force command would throw all the Boers within thirty miles of the attack, regardless of whether they were involved in the attack or not.

Alvar Butler apparently wanted to use this as well as to warn Africans in Tanganyika.

"Come on, even if the British kill all the Boers, with the total population of Britain, the British government can easily fill the Transvaal and Orange with immigrants; But what about us? It is telling that in the years since Tanganyika officially became a German colony fifteen years ago, despite Berlin's best efforts, there are still no more than 100,000 Germans in Tanganyika. Lawrence Elsie retorted that what Germany needed was not the territory of Tanganyika, but free labor in Tanganyika.

"The development of the Transvaal relied on the Qing Chinese, and it had nothing to do with London." Alvar Butler was also aware of the situation in the Transvaal.

"So what do you want to say, we can also bring in Chinese to enrich Tanganyika? Sorry, the reason why there are Chinese willing to immigrate to the Transvaal is the result of the joint efforts of Lord Nyasaland and Cecil Rhodes Jr., there is not even a single high-ranking Chinese official in Tanganyika, and there are no Chinese willing to immigrate to Tanganyika at all. Lawrence Elsie was not optimistic about the future of Tanganyika, in fact, the war was going on at this point, and Berlin probably needed more reinforcements to restore stability in Tanganyika.

The more troops are mobilized, the more military funds are needed, the German government is eager to spend a mark for the arms race, and the current 50,000 reinforcements are already the best efforts of the German government, if this cannot put down the rebellion at Fort Glory, then the German government will consider giving up Tanganyika.

"That's enough, guys, our goal now is the Glory Fort rebels, and at this time we can only choose to trust our comrades and focus more on our work." Erich von Falkingham was also very helpless, in fact, the confrontation between the 35th Division and the 36th Division at the beginning was deliberately created by Erich von Falkingham, so that it was more conducive to Erich von Falkingham's control of the troops.

It's a pity that Erich von Falkingham messed up, and the confrontation between the 35th and 36th Divisions has reached the point where it affects the work, which is absolutely unacceptable to Erich von Falkingham.

"That's right, so we want to take revenge on the Tanganyika and show our attitude, so that we can quell the rebellion in Tanganyika, which the British did during the Boer War, so we have the current Southern African Federation." Alvar Butler went back to the starting point.

Laurence Elsie also wanted to reorganize, but was stopped by Erich von Falkingham: "Do what you want, do it, don't look ahead." ”

There was really no way back for Erich von Falkingham, and the conflict broke out between Tanganyika and Nyasaland, Tanganyika had already changed coaches twice, and Erich von Falkingham did not want to be thrown into the cold.