Chapter 63 Conquering the Palace of Zanzibar
After a hasty battle.
The Zanzibar army lost its combat effectiveness. In the palace, the East African colonial army captured hundreds of people. Other Zanzibar soldiers fled to various parts of Dar es Salaam, unable to continue to resist.
Felix walked into the Zanzibar Banquet Hall with his troops, and was greeted by the ministers of Zanzibar.
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Three minutes ago.
"Your Excellency, ministers, something bad has happened! The Germans have invaded, General Abdullah has been captured alive, and now the Germans are arresting people everywhere." The maid ran into the hall in panic.
"What? How is it possible! There are so many of them, how could they come in so quickly? Are all the kingdom's troops stupid? They can't even resist for ten minutes!" Bagash bin Said's expression changed drastically.
According to Bagash bin Said's own vision, he should assemble the national army, then exterminate the Germans in Tanga, and finally cut off the East African colonies and maritime connections, forcing the Germans to surrender.
Because it is the first day of the coup, Bagash bin Said is preparing to recruit troops from Zanzibar tomorrow. This is already very fast. After all, he knows that the East African colony is Mlandizi, which is closest to Zanzibar. (The first town) is more than a hundred miles away. According to the marching speed of the Zanzibar army, it will take at least two days to reach it.
What's more, if the East African colonies want to send troops, it will take time for people who have been expelled from the Port of Dar es Salaam to return to deliver intelligence and to assemble troops.
Bagash bin Said originally estimated that it would take three and a half days at the earliest for the Germanic people in East Africa to send troops. As a result, Bazer and others were driven away at noon. In the evening, the East African colonial army came over. They flew over. Did you come here?
As for the more than two hundred German soldiers outside Dar es Salaam, he would never have imagined that Felix was so courageous.
"Your Excellency, I don't know how many people there are. There is chaos outside, but our people must have been defeated." The maid replied in a panic.
"How is this possible..." Bagash bin Said became trance-like. He collapsed weakly on his seat and fell into deep doubt.
The ministers who heard the news were not surprised but delighted. Finance Minister Ali suppressed the joy in his heart and turned to signal to the ministers around him.
Others understood, and they slowly moved closer to Bagash bin Said.
"Catch this traitor!" Ali shouted.
More than a dozen ministers swarmed up and pressed Bagash bin Said firmly on the chair with their fat bodies.
"What are you going to do? Are you going to rebel? I am the ruler of Zanzibar!" Bagash bin Said, who was awakened by Ali's voice, woke up instantly. Before he could react, more than a dozen mountains of meat crushed him. Stay, can't move an inch.
"Humph, you traitor and traitor still dare to speak out arrogant words, I have tolerated you for a long time!" Ali said disdainfully.
"Yes, Bagash bin Said, the moment you launched the coup, I expected that you would not end well." said the Foreign Secretary.
"We are just waiting for the opportunity. Do we really think that we are as wise and powerful as His Majesty Sultan Majid bin Said? I only blame me for not seeing your true face earlier, so that His Majesty the Sultan suffered this disaster..."
Ministers, you and I have made Bagash bin Said useless, and there is no submissiveness this morning.
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"Your army is finally here. We have been waiting so hard! I don't know what you will call me." Ali pretended to be excited and held Felix's hand, as if he was about to burst into tears.
Felix was stunned by the "meat ball" in front of him! He took out his hand in disgust and said: "Just call me Felix, and I am your enemy. How can you expect the enemy to invade your country!"
Ali, the minister of the Sultanate of Zanzibar, said quickly: "Mr. Felix is wronged! Our Sultanate of Zanzibar, under the leadership of His Majesty Sultan Majid bin Said, cherishes the friendship with your country very much. His Majesty Sultan Majid and We have always regarded people from your country who come here as relatives and friends!"
"Your country is reclaiming land in East Africa. We, the Sultanate of Zanzibar, not only do our best, we can also say that we help whenever we can. Even Tanga is provided to your country. What a great friendship!" Ali boasted in a disgusting manner, and as he spoke, he wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes with his hands.
Felix was embarrassed by Ali's exaggerated performance and words. How could he, a big Prussian man, have passed through this scene.
Bazel saw Felix's embarrassment and quickly stood up and said to Ali, the Finance Minister of the Sultanate of Zanzibar: "Your Excellency Ali, do you still remember me? I am the liaison officer of the East African Colonies at the Port of Dar es Salaam. Bazel at the."
"Mr. Bazel, of course I remember you. We met at the palace. Mr. Arman was still leading the team at that time. Speaking of which, Mr. Bazel, I don't know what happened to Mr. Arman?" Alitou asked. road.
"Mr. Armen is very good. I thank you for your concern on his behalf, but Mr. Ali, your country should first explain what happened today!" Bazel said angrily.
"Mr. Bazel, I believe you also know something about what happened today. This is not the fault of our Sultanate of Zanzibar! It's all because of this bastard Bagash bin Said, who imprisoned Majid bin ·His Majesty Sultan Sayed, the tandem army controlled us people, so it caused some trouble to your country." Ali explained.
"His Majesty Sultan Majed bin Said and we are supporters of your country."
Bazel interrupted: "Well, you cannot be cleared of responsibility just because of what Bagash bin Said did. You have caused serious losses to us. As for the settlement and compensation issues, you can Wait for our instructions from above!”
After saying that, Bazel turned around and whispered a few words in Felix's ear.
Felix nodded and said to the ministers of the Zanzibar Sultanate: "Okay, we don't need any explanation. After all, I am just a low-level officer and cannot speak on behalf of the colonial government. You just wait for news." Right! But before that, I can only ask you to stay in the palace for a while until my superiors come to resolve the matter."
The princes and ministers of the Zanzibar Sultanate still wanted to quibble, but Felix and his party turned around and left directly to take over the security of Dar es Salaam.
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East African Colony, First Town.
The East African colonial government received the intelligence sent back by Bazel, and several high-level officials were discussing countermeasures.
Von der Leyen, director of the East African colonies sent by the Hechingen Consortium.
Yalman, currently the nominal highest military governor of the East African colonies.
Sweet, a Chinese cadet who graduated from the Hechingen Military Academy, formerly known as Ma Youcai, is now the head of the staff group of the Hechingen Military Academy in the East African colony.
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More than a dozen people sat at a long table, analyzing this information.
"It seems that the new leader of the Zanzibar Sultanate has opinions on our East African colonies!" Von der Leyen said.
Yaman said: "The new leader of the Sultanate of Zanzibar cannot be allowed to exist. We should send troops to help Majid bin Said restore normal order in Zanzibar."
"Well, that's right, otherwise this ignorant Bagash bin Said will seriously hinder the immigration and subsequent development of the East African colonies. As for sending troops, you military personnel should first come up with a charter." Von der Leyen said.
"It doesn't have to be too much trouble. We can gather troops directly from the first and second towns and the surrounding villages. We don't need too many troops to deal with the Zanzibar Sultanate. One or two thousand should be enough." Sweet said .
Von der Leyen said: "As far as I know, the Zanzibar army has several thousand people. Is it too little for us to only send one or two thousand?"
Yaman said: "Zanzibar's standing army only has a few thousand people. Dar es Salaam, as the capital, can allocate up to three thousand people. Moreover, their weapons are backward. One thousand people are enough to deal with them, even if Zanzibar recruits more The able-bodied men are fine, and the ordinary people who have not received formal military training are just a mob."
"Okay, let's start the voting now. Those who agree to send troops please raise your hands." Von der Leyen said.
After the vote, no one objected and the vote was unanimous. The colonial government decided to send Yaman to lead 1,500 soldiers, together with more than 200 people from Felix near the port of Dar es Salaam, to conquer Baga in Zanzibar. Sh bin Said.
