Chapter 1222 Meeting
It was a tiring journey to Fasher, and he had to fight with the Darfurians along the way. However, when he arrived in Fasher, he found that the peaches had been picked by East Africans. It was strange that Johnson felt better.
"Huh, let's go into the city! I want to see what's going on. Is it Ali Dinar's empty city plan, or is he defecting to the East Africans?"
At this time, Johnson had not thought about the outcome of Ali Dinar and his troops being captured by East Africa. After all, he had traveled nearly two weeks on the road from Khartoum to El Fasher. How could the East Africans be so fast? Just finish the battle.
Therefore, in Johnson's view, there is a high probability that Ali Dinar, a thief, has defected to East Africa. This situation is very common in overseas colonization. Some weak countries or regions are likely to seek Other powers act as backers or mediators.
In this way, Johnson led the lobster soldiers, Baotou soldiers and high-hat soldiers toward the Fasher City Gate in a majestic manner.
In this time and space, the British army replaced the lobster uniforms relatively late. After all, there is no history of being humiliated by the Boers in previous lives, and the British army is not active in reforms.
As for the South African War, East Africa is not a force that can be compared with the Boers in the previous life. The large number of people in East Africa can be used as an excuse for crimes other than war. What's more, the concessions in East Africa during the South African War can easily lead to the same situation in the United Kingdom as in India in the previous life. the illusion.
In its previous life, India provoked a large Eastern country and was beaten violently, which is similar to the South African War. East Africa also fell into the hands of the British government. This gave some people in the UK the illusion that the East African government was weak and could be bullied.
This situation is not without existing cases. For example, in the conflict between France and the Far Eastern Empire in Vietnam in the last century, France was the military loser, but the Far Eastern Empire at that time still chose to bow its head.
Of course, this was considered a relatively "pragmatic" approach by the Far Eastern Empire at that time. After all, France only suffered a temporary military defeat. If the scale of the war continued to expand, it would be difficult to predict what would happen next.
However, the South African War was completely different. East Africa was a thoroughly militaristic country at the time. It gave Britain a step down, mainly because Ernst wanted to obtain a stable development environment. It was not that East Africa was afraid of war. On the contrary, at that time, the East African Army On the contrary, Fang was happy when he heard about the war. When the war ended, he still had some unfulfilled feelings.
However, it is difficult for some simple-minded British people to realize this. This is the arrogance of a big country. Of course, there is no shortage of clear-minded people at the top of the British government, but it is impossible for them to publicize Britain's defeat in the South African War.
After all, as the world's largest colonial power, Britain relies on the powerful force of the Royal Navy and lobster soldiers. Therefore, as a world hegemon, Britain will never allow itself to show its cowardice.
Other great powers are not sheep. If Britain shows weakness or shows signs of decline, they will only pounce on it, bite it fiercely, and then carve up Britain's overseas assets.
Therefore, after the South African War, East Africa and the United Kingdom each had what they wanted. One wanted to hide their strength and bide their time, and the other wanted to cover up the fact of defeat. In the end, both sides reached a tacit understanding not to publicize the details of the South African War.
And this also affected the development process of the British Army. After all, the South African War was not considered a defeat, and East Africa was not a small player. The British were naturally too lazy to move.
If we really lose to a small force like the Boers in the previous life and tear off the British Army's fig leaf, I'm afraid Britain will pay more attention to military construction.
While the British Army's intention to reform is still this way, the development of the colonial army lags even further behind. The British soldiers led by Johnson are all dressed up as lobster soldiers from the last century.
As for the Baotou soldiers, they are Sikhs from India, and those wearing high black cylindrical hats are Egyptian and Sudanese. This style is similar to that of the Ottoman Empire. After all, Egypt and Sudan were once part of the Ottoman Empire.
"Stop, who are you!" The East African soldiers at the city gate directly stopped Johnson and his party.
Johnson said with an ugly face: "You must be East African soldiers, right? This is the Darfur Autonomous Region in Sudan, which is co-administered by the British Empire and Egypt. Not only have you East Africans crossed the border, but this is a provocation to the British Empire."
After all, Darfur is still a nominally affiliated force of the United Kingdom. The attitude of these two East African soldier masters naturally made Johnson extremely unhappy.
And the more important reason that made him look embarrassed was that East Africa had really sent troops to Darfur. The two East African soldiers in front of him were not the wastes of Ali Dinar's men who could just show off. East Africa's 1910 Desert Combat Helmet, this is a desert combat helmet specially developed in East Africa. The Northeast Military Region has the most equipment, and a small number of troops in the Northwest and Southwest Military Regions also equip it.
The British Sudanese garrison is quite familiar with this military helmet equipped by East Africans. After all, the East African border guards in Gezira City are equipped with a large number of such military helmets, and Gezira City is not far from Khartoum. Border soldiers from both sides Deal often.
The Type 08 combat uniform is a desert version. This is also a common style for troops deployed in the desert areas of East Africa. It was equipped with the East African Army in 1908.
The military uniforms in East Africa reveal a strong and cheap industrial style. You can’t be too fussy about the details, but you can’t find any major problems with the workmanship. A lot of consideration has been put into the design, and many compromises have been reached in terms of price, comfort, and workmanship. .
In other words, it definitely has a lot of problems, but it is definitely the best desert combat uniform in the world.
This is also due to the characteristics of East Africa. The land threats in East Africa are mainly distributed in the north, and the climate in the north of East Africa, especially in the northeast, north and southwest, has many deserts. In this way, East Africa naturally needs to pay attention to the design of military uniforms and equipment in desert areas.
Among the world powers, the regional climate of European powers is relatively superior. For example, Germany and Austria-Hungary do not need to consider the needs of desert warfare at all.
Britain and France may only have desert climates in their colonies, but colonies are not their homeland after all. Why wear such good clothes? It's good enough to make do with it.
As for the United States, although the western United States is relatively dry, there is no threat in the western United States. Do you expect Mexico to invade the United States? That would probably make Americans laugh.
There is no need to say more about Japan and Spain. As for Russia, Russia typically does not treat soldiers as human beings, so even if Russian soldiers have such needs in Central Asia, the Russian government can choose to turn a blind eye.
So this has led to East Africa becoming the most powerful country in the world that attaches the most importance to desert warfare. Of course, East Africa is also the most powerful country that attaches the most importance to tropical rainforest warfare. After all, both the native and colonies of East Africa have such needs.
In addition to clothing and helmets, the military boots of East Africans are also specially made for desert combat, which also reflects the wealth of the East African army today.
There is nothing much to say about weapons and equipment. After all, the two East African soldiers guarding the city gate only have two Mauser rifles, which does not make Johnson look up to them.
Looking at the aggressive British officer, the East African soldier did not show his fear, even though he had a large army behind him.
"Which unit are you from?" asked the East African soldier Jokic.
Johnson said: "I am Johnson, the deputy commander of the British Corps in Sudan. You probably haven't heard of my name. Call your commander over. I want to talk to him directly."
Johnson is the second person in the British garrison in Sudan. His superior is naturally the commander of the Sudanese garrison, that is, the Governor of Khartoum. However, it is obviously impossible for the head of the British Sudanese garrison to lead the expedition to conquer the rebellion in Darfur.
After all, the governor must be stationed in Khartoum, and at the same time beware of the East African border guards in the upper reaches of the Nile River in Gezira City.
This is a very simple truth. The country that the British attach the most importance to in Sudan and regard as a potential enemy can only be East Africa. After all, East Africa is really powerful and may invade Sudan.
Especially at present, when the British mainland is deeply involved in the European war, the British colonial government in Sudan must naturally be more vigilant about the threat from East Africa.