Rwanda did not die, but he was unconscious, the 150,000-strong army was leaderless, the shortcomings of his grass platform team were exposed, and the most loyal guards ran away half of the people on the day that Luanda was seriously injured, and some people even took the opportunity to establish themselves as kings, trying to look forward to Luanda's status, anyway, it was a group of demons dancing wildly.

Fortunately, the Portuguese did not know that they had seriously injured Luanda and did not dare to take advantage of the attack, which gave Cuse and Duren a chance to pick up the pieces.

When the news reached Kameia, Cosse and Duren were dumbfounded, they never expected that Luanda would be seriously injured in such a dramatic way, and the consequences would be unexpected by Cousey and Duren.

"It's an opportunity, we can't give it up, otherwise all our upfront investment will be wasted, even Kameya can't afford it." Cousse was ecstatic, and Luanda's serious injury gave him more options and he had a chance to achieve his dream.

Founding!

The creation of a state that belonged entirely to Africans, free from the control of the old European colonial empires, as well as southern Africa, was Qusse's dream.

"What do you mean? Do you want to replace Rwanda and accomplish the great thing that Rwanda has not done? "Durham's language is sarcastic, Cusse is a typical example of a heart higher than heaven and life thinner than paper, if he really makes him rebel, he is not as good as Luanda.

"It's not me, it's you—" Kusse said in a surprising voice, completely beyond Duren's bottom line, Duren was a very contented man, he really didn't want to be emperor.

"Think about it, if we could build a country made up entirely of Africans, not controlled by anyone, then this country would be a paradise for all of us." Kusse spared no effort, Luanda's condition was terrible, the bullet passed through his lungs, creating a huge penetrating wound, the operation lasted three hours, Saul used all his strength, barely saved Luanda's life, when to wake up to see the providence.

"Cousse, don't worry, we're going to look at the situation in Luanda and decide what we should do." Duren is reluctant to go along with Cousse, who is a careerist but does not have the strength to match his ambitions.

"What if Luanda doesn't wake up? In any case, Rwanda was not a good leader, and if Rwanda succeeded, then Rwanda would become the new colony, and he might be worse than the Portuguese. "Cousse can see through Luanda at a glance, and they are actually the same kind of people.

"Wait, don't worry now-" Duren was patient, he was not as calm as he appeared, and after learning that Luanda was seriously injured, Duren sent a telegram to Nyasaland asking for help.

Cousse is right, the initial investment cannot be lost, but it cannot be a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west like Luanda, rebellion is a very professional job, and ordinary people can't do it.

Nyasaland's reply was timely, and the reinforcements had to be transferred from Port Elizabeth, which would take at least half a month, during which time Durham had to find a way to stabilize the situation.

Given that Luanda was unconscious, Durham was given the authority to take over the troops, and Yaya would send more supplies within a week.

As soon as he was empowered, Durham went into action, and this is the difference between professional and amateur, and Cousse's urgency is very amateurish.

For professionals, rebellion is really not that hard.

Durham has a hundred mercenaries under his command -

No, excluding Duren, there are actually only 99 of them.

This is enough, to control a force, you don't need too many people at all, the establishment of the umbrella company, a force of 10,000 people is actually more than 160 officers.

What's more, the organization on the rebel side is definitely not as tight as the umbrella, half of the guards division has run away in just a few days, and now there are less than 5,000 left, these 5,000 people are actually good and bad, remove those who are not good in physical fitness, have a bad training attitude, and are not strong-willed, and in the end there are less than 2,000 left.

The rebel army of 150,000 people, and 10,000 people to form a guard division, turned out to be picky and picky, and the soldiers who met the requirements were less than 2,000.

Well, it's very African.

"Two thousand men are enough, and in a place like West Africa, there are not many troops, as long as the Portuguese government does not increase its troops, two thousand men are more than enough to deal with the existing colonial servant army." Durham somewhere got a set of officer uniforms from the West African Colonial Servants, and when he put them on, he looked like them.

In the past, Rwanda's behavior of wearing the uniform of the Southern African Expeditionary Force was simply looking for death, and Durham did not need the uniform of the Southern African Expeditionary Force to emphasize that he had participated in the world war and had seen the world, and chose the uniform of the West African Colonial Servant Army in order not to create an excuse for the Portuguese.

Rwanda formed the troops, focusing only on the weapons of the troops, and not on the clothing of the troops.

This is another fundamental mistake, the combat effectiveness of the troops has never been improved by weapons, and a uniform can form a strong centripetal force and a sense of honor, and it is this that the rebels need most, not advanced weapons.

To put it mildly, if advanced weapons were given to Rwanda's troops, the people of Rwanda would not use them.

"We can still relax the standards a bit, we have to deal with not only the colonial government in West Africa, but also other rebels—" Durham's lieutenant, Kaoma, is an experienced soldier from Fort Glory and has a lot of experience in rebellion.

After the Fort Glory Rebellion, Germany's colonial servant army in Tanganyika was all composed of pure Germans, and its combat effectiveness was still okay.

"Don't worry about the rebels, Rwanda's troops set out with only thirty rounds of ammunition each, and when they ran out of bullets, their rifles were burning sticks." Durham is not worried, and based on what Durham knows about the Rwanda forces, the real situation could be even worse.

It's okay for African troops to fight with the wind, but once they encounter difficulties, most of them just throw their guns and run.

Why throw?

A rifle weighing more than ten pounds has to be carried on your back when you escape, which will affect the speed of escape.

As for how much the troops spent and how much they paid to get the rifles, this has nothing to do with ordinary rebels, it is the responsibility of the rebel leaders.

"Rifles are of little use to these West Africans, who are more accustomed to using long knives, decapitating at every turn, and putting their heads together, just like the savages." Kaoma is also African, but he is an African who works for the umbrella company, which gives Kaoma a huge confidence, and he thinks that he is different from other Africans.

It's the same with Duren, or so with all Africans who work under the umbrella.

That's why Africans are eager to become mercenaries of umbrella companies.

"After the reorganization of the troops, it is necessary to launch an attack on Luanda as quickly as possible, and not to give the Portuguese time to mobilize their forces." Durham was decisive, Luanda was the center of Portuguese rule in West Africa, and the occupation of Luanda would make it impossible for the Portuguese to lose their best foothold in West Africa, and even if Portugal transferred troops from home to West Africa to quell the rebellion, it would face greater difficulties.

During the World War, with the strength of the British troops, during the Battle of the Dardanelles, the Anzac beach-grabbing landing was still like that, and it was almost an impossible task to let the Portuguese troops rush to land.

So the priority was to occupy Luanda, and if it could not be controlled, then it would be better to burn Luanda to the ground than to keep Luanda and become the forward base of the Portuguese army.

"This is simple, even if the Portuguese form an expeditionary force, it will take at least two or three months, our reinforcements have arrived in Port Edward, and they will arrive in another week, and the Portuguese have no chance." Kaoma is careful and slow, which is the sorrow of the widows of a small country.

Raising troops is a very expensive thing, rich as southern Africa, can afford to raise more than 100,000 standing troops, small countries and widows can not afford to raise too many troops, for the local defense is still seriously insufficient, to form an expeditionary force to the colonies to quell the rebellion can only be temporarily called up like Belgium.

When Britain launched the Second Boer War, it needed to recruit troops from colonies around the world.

Southern Africa nominally has only two standing divisions on its own, but in reality Port Elizabeth can form two more divisions at any time, and the Sultanate of Najd now maintains four divisions, as well as the mobilization of servant armies from the East Indies, the Kingdom of Mozambique, the Kingdom of the Congo, and the Republic of the Congo

If West Africa becomes independent, then southern Africa will have another channel for raising troops, and five or six million West Africans will easily form three or five divisions.

There was a sudden knock at the door, and before Durham could speak, the door was pushed open.

"Luanda is dead—" Thor grimaced.

“——”

Duren and Kaoma had calm expressions, and with the current level of medical care, the lungs were pierced by bullets and were basically hopeless.

Even if the surgery is successful, most people will die from post-operative infection.

However, the cause of Rwanda's death is clearly not that simple.

"Just now Kusse came to see Luanda and asked me and the nurse to leave, and after Kusai left, I found out that Luanda was dead-" The expression on Saul's face was a little hideous, if it was a normal death, it meant that Saul's medical skills were not good.

What is this now?

Duren scratched his head unconsciously, not knowing what to say or whether to hold Cousse responsible.

"If you're dead, you're dead, find a place with good feng shui to bury people." Kaoma obviously has no intention of pursuing it, and died well!

It's really good, if Luanda's life survives, then it is impossible to say that there will be waves again, and it is better than now.

"When did you start believing in feng shui-" Durham finally found the groove, feng shui belongs to the scope of traditional Chinese culture, not to mention whether it is feudal superstition, even Africans can blurt out the word "feng shui", which fully explains the influence of traditional Chinese culture on southern Africa.

ps: Yesterday afternoon was temporarily pulled Zhuang Ding, it was early in the morning when I came back, and today is the old man's birthday, and I definitely can't make it back - get up at four o'clock to code words, and send as many yards as you can -