The Tanganyika army is equipped with the kind of machete with a flat head, thick body and rough shape.
Compared with the dog-leg machete currently used by the Northern Rhodesian Division, the machete equipped by the Tanganyika army is not smooth in shape, the processing is not refined enough, and the steel used is not tough enough, but it is very suitable for Tanganyika.
In the specific situation, it is still very suitable to be used to kill people.
The Germans would not carry out such a thing with their own hands. In order to create sufficient deterrence, the German officers chose a dozen Teterans who had just arrived at Fort Glory to carry out the task.
In fact, this is also a method often used by the Germans. They seem to be happy to see Africans killing each other and like to have fun at such times.
The physical condition of these Tetera people who were recently sent is still very good. Unlike other Tetera people who are lean, dry and obviously malnourished, these Tetera people are strong, look smooth, and are all black.
The shiny kind, the wide and thick machete in their hands complement each other.
Most of the people in Tetera have become accustomed to their fate. Even if the Germans did not even tie them up, they knelt in a row on the specially built wooden platform and raised their hands on the table in front of them.
The numb expression looks lifeless.
There are two Tetera people who are particularly short in stature, probably only eleven or two years old. They are already treated as adults in Tanganyika, so they also have to have one of them chopped off like everyone else.
Hand.
"From here, chop with all your strength. The cuts must be neat and tidy. If you can't chop at once, someone else will have to chop off your hand - do you understand?" Every Tatera person responsible for the execution was surrounded by people.
There was a German soldier supervising, and they didn't care whether the Tetera people could understand German or not, they just reminded them of their own matters.
More German soldiers stood around the wooden platform in twos and threes watching the fun. As for the colonial army, don't expect them to have strict military discipline. They were all wearing loose clothes and carried their rifles casually on their backs. Some soldiers didn't know who they were.
As a civilian, there is still no duty rotation, and I don’t even carry a weapon.
In fact, the indigenous Africans have always behaved submissively in front of the white people. Tanganyika is not German Southwest Africa. The territory has always been relatively stable and no serious rebellion has broken out. Therefore, the colonial army in Tanganyika is vigilant.
They were not very sexy, and they seemed not to notice at all the expressions of grief and indignation on the faces of the Taitela people responsible for the execution.
I'm afraid even if they find out, they won't be worried, but it will give them a greater sense of accomplishment.
It’s that feeling of being able to decide the life or death of others at will.
Some people seem to be keen on finding pleasure from this feeling.
Coincidentally, the person kneeling next to the strongest Taitaila man was a particularly short Taitaila man.
Perhaps sensing the fate he was about to face, the little guy couldn't help but sob in a low voice. His voice was a little thin. Looking at his figure, the strong Tatera man couldn't help but said to the German soldier beside him: "This is a
Girl, he shouldn't have appeared here at all, let alone accept such a fate."
Even if the Germans want to clear out the Tetera people in Tanganyika, they will have to wait until the remaining value of these Tetera people is completely drained.
Therefore, the Tatela people who were sent to the construction site also had a division of labor. Men were responsible for the heavy physical labor, and women could only undertake some logistics or simple auxiliary work.
What's more, a girl who is not yet an adult should not be in the manual labor team.
"What did you say? Didn't I say it clearly enough? Cut it down from here - cut it hard!" The German soldier in charge of supervision could not understand Tetera and continued to urge in German.
It’s just like chickens and ducks talking, so it makes sense for the British to require the commanders of the Gurkha troops to learn Gurkha language. Old colonial countries like the United Kingdom only have the best skills when dealing with colonial indigenous people.
With rich experience, Germany still has a long way to go in this regard.
It's a pity that the Germans have no chance to sum up their experience.
Even if it is a summary, there is no chance to verify it.
"I mean, she shouldn't be here, this is not the job she should take on!" The Tatela man's voice was a bit loud, and anyone could hear the grief and anger contained in his words, as well as the anger he was trying to suppress. "Are you saying the position is wrong? Then cut it off from here, but then this poor guy will be useless in the future -" The supervising soldier moved the machete from the girl's wrist to the elbow. This simply adds fuel to the fire.
"All attention, prepare to execute!" the officer on duty issued the order.
"Hurry up, chop hard, or someone else will chop you up!" The German soldier in charge of supervision couldn't wait and even grabbed the Tetera man's hand with his hand and forced the Tetera man to execute him.
"Jenny——" Someone in the crowd finally couldn't help but wailed.
The little girl kneeling on the ground was shaking violently. She raised her head with tears in her eyes, looking for the wailing voice in confusion and helplessness.
No one among the dozen or so Taitela people on the stage raised a knife, all eyes were on the strongest Taitela person.
"What are you waiting for? Delaying time can't change your destiny. Raise your sword now!" The supervising soldiers couldn't wait to watch the show, and almost forced the Taterans to raise their swords with guns.
"Okay, from where?" The strongest Teteran suddenly spoke in German.
"You know German, that's great. What's your name? You'll be their foreman so you can have a separate breakfast and dinner, and now you're going to show your loyalty to Germany - cut it from here
——"The supervising soldiers were as excited as if they had discovered a new world.
Probably because the soldier was in a good mood, his fingers returned to the girl's wrist.
"Okay!" The Taitela man raised his knife high. Under the sunlight, a cold light flashed from the blade. The soldier in charge subconsciously squinted his eyes, and then realized that the position of the knife seemed to be wrong when he swung it down. In fact, the two wrists were very close to each other. It was not until the bloody battle that the supervising soldier discovered that the hand that fell on the table turned out to be his own.
"This is my loyalty to Germany, go to hell, you bastard!" The strong man in Taitela cut off the soldier's hand with a knife, shouted loudly and at the same time lifted his hand back. The sharpness and power of the machete were vividly displayed, and the soldier covered his head in disbelief.
He was holding his own neck, and blood was gushing out crazily from his neck and wrists.
Almost instantly, more than a dozen Teterans attacked the German soldiers around them.
Some people's movements are simple and concise, killing with one knife.
Some people were a little confused. After chopping down the German soldiers around them, they continued to chop like radishes while shouting inarticulate curses.
The scene was instantly chaotic.
The surrounding German soldiers didn't expect this to happen at all, so they probably didn't have any similar plans. They were all in a hurry for a while. The soldiers without guns dispersed in a hurry. The soldiers with guns eagerly wanted to shoot to stop them, but they couldn't.
He was swarmed by the surrounding Taitela people and was immediately submerged in the crowd.
There were more than 200 people from Tatera who were sent in this batch, and only a dozen were responsible for the execution. There were many people watching around. These people almost attacked the strong men on the stage at the same time as they also attacked nearby people.
German soldiers attacked.
To the despair of the German soldiers, these Tetera people actually had crude homemade weapons in their hands, either a simple dagger, an inconspicuous stone, or even a piece of wood with one end sharpened.
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It does look a bit crude, but it can be turned into a deadly weapon.
After the strong man chopped down the German soldier beside him with one knife, he immediately turned his attention to the stunned duty officer on the stage.
"Mumu, then -" The Taitela man next to the strong man threw the machete in his hand to Mumu, and went to pick up the rifle from the soldier.
Mumu held two machetes and waved his hands casually, and a string of blood beads seemed to shine with a coquettish luster in the sun.
Only then did the duty officer react and hurriedly tried to pull out his gun.
It's a pity that the Tanganyika German troops are not equipped with quick-draw holsters like Nyasaland. The Tanganyika German troops are equipped with Mauser pistols. The holster of the Mauser pistol is a wooden box. When opening it, you have to press the button first.
button on the wooden box, and then the box mouth will automatically jump back.
This design is also anti-human, because the direction of the box opening is exactly the direction of the human body, so it is still a bit difficult to take out the gun in the first place.
As soon as the duty officer touched the gun case, a strong man named Mumu had already jumped in front of him.
"Wait a minute -" the duty officer wailed in horror.
Mumu didn't give the duty officer any time to speak. He chopped the duty officer over with a knife. Then, without even looking at the duty officer, he pounced on another German soldier who was rolling with a Tetera man. At this time, almost all the German soldiers at the scene had been overwhelmed by the crowd. In order to serve as a sufficient warning, the German soldiers forced all the Teterans to come to watch the execution, so the surrounding Teterans were quite close.
There were thousands of people, but there were only a few dozen German soldiers maintaining order at the scene.
A few dozen people are just a drop in the bucket for nearly a thousand people.
By the time all the German soldiers were killed, dozens of Teterans with weapons had gathered around Mumu.
At this time, the weapons of the Tetera people were no longer sticks and stones, but Mauser rifles.
And the Mauser pistol that Mumu is leaning across.
The defensive pistols equipped by the Germans are indeed a bit low in proportion.
The eyes of most Taitaila people are actually still very confused.
"Brothers, we have no way out. We can only fight to the end with the Germans. They will not let us go, but before that, we will make the Germans pay a sufficient price!" Mumu said a few words briefly and mentioned
Holding two machetes, he rushed towards the German troops' barracks.
More and more Taitaila people followed them silently.
