It’s not that John is unreasonably worried or is hostile to the indigenous people in southern Africa, because in his previous life, it has been proven that these African indigenous people are just incapable of doing anything and destroying the strongest people in the first place.
Originally a capitalist developed country, the Republic of South Africa ranked among the best in the world in many aspects. After the indigenous people overthrew the white people in power, it quickly deteriorated into a mess. The economy regressed to the colonial period and became a cake harvested by other countries.
Social order has rapidly deteriorated, and it has become one of the countries with the worst security in black Africa.
The reason why it is not the worst is because there are many indigenous countries in black Africa that are worse than it. This shows the power of the nature of the indigenous people. There are certainly factors in this that many European and American countries let the situation go, but the indigenous people are in power.
A series of inexplicable decisions undoubtedly account for most of the reasons.
John feels that if managed by these indigenous people, these black African countries will not change much within at least a hundred years.
As for a hundred years from now, maybe technology has developed to the point where it can fully take over social order.
In short, after walking ashore for a while, John came to this conclusion.
But he didn't discuss it with others, let alone rush to warn the British. And he probably wouldn't care even if he warned the British. Instead, they would think you are alarmist and nosy.
Not all British people in this era are wise people with long-term vision. Most of them are still immersed in the afterglow of the sun and the victory over Germany in World War II and want to be proud.
In addition, he has not forgotten that he is just a fake British now.
Soon, the British troops stationed in Africa dispatched 500 troops, plus 2,000 South African Union troops, including 500 Indian servants and 1,000 local indigenous servants.
Under the guidance of the expedition team, the large group transferred to river warships and ferries and headed upstream.
After walking about a hundred kilometers on the waterway, the river ahead had become narrow and rugged, making it impossible to move forward by boat, so all the troops disembarked and walked.
Fortunately, we were not far from the target location, otherwise the lobster soldiers in the team would have been complaining.
They are afraid of competition in everything. If they are fighting against the armies of European countries, these British troops will definitely not relax their vigilance and take it very seriously.
But after receiving the task of conquering the indigenous tribes, these British soldiers became the bosses, especially since there were still more than half of the servants in the team. Naturally, the servants did all the dirty work. They just chatted and spanked every day.
He also kept complaining about the food.
Not only the British army themselves, but also the people in the expedition team were accustomed to this, because the military discipline of this era had always been like this, and the situation in the servant army was even worse.
Only John, who has experienced the Chinese army's mission-remembering and tenacious discipline in his previous life and the solemn and brave Emsdan Kingdom's army in this life, would secretly shake his head and sneer at this.
Such a team can be defeated in one fell swoop by just giving it 500 Emsdan Kingdom Army troops, even with the help of steam muskets that are far heavier than the British rifles.
Although those servant armies were large in number, they actually did not provide much assistance to the British army. Facing the enemy's attack, they easily turned into pig teammates, causing chaos and defeat on the battlefield.
After advancing for about thirty kilometers in this way, and resting for one night on the way, the large army came to a forest several kilometers away from the cannibal tribe.
"Trouble!"
Colonel Henry, the commander of the British army, looked at the forest in front of him and frowned.
Although the British Empire's army is a stepchild compared to the Royal Navy, as a top power, its military combat effectiveness is at least as good as that of the second-rate powers. Of course, this does not refer to the kind where the country is small but all the people are soldiers.
It can be said that the British Army is worse than the French Army, but it is not too different. It is even better than the Spanish Army, which is the tail of the great powers, let alone the Italian Army, which is a shame for the great powers.
But for any army, unless they are local aborigines, facing the terrain of this tropical rain forest can be called a nightmare for the army to march. Even in the 21st century, with the development of science and technology, people can't
Primeval forests cannot be conquered by marching.
The unfortunate thing is that, except for North Africa, which is severely desertified, many parts of Black Africa have tropical rainforest landforms, so European colonists suffered a lot in Africa.
Although the expedition team had long told them that the cannibal tribe was located in the tropical forest, after actually facing it, it turned out to be more troublesome than they imagined.
The British Army was not given in vain. At least the officers at the headquarters were aware of the difficulties at hand, so they held a meeting to discuss the problem collectively and called in the expedition guide and John, an expert.
"Captain Hatches, how did your team get through this forest in the first place?"
Facing the inquiry of the commander Colonel Henry, the expedition leader, a German-Italian man with a beard, Hatches frowned and replied:
"Colonel, I'm afraid the experience of our expedition team cannot be replicated. At first, we made a small boat and traveled upstream along the river. We hoped that like many predecessors, we would find a river bed with golden sand along the coast. By chance, we came here.
I was lucky enough to find a small amount of gold sand, but the upper streams where I found gold sand were all in the direction of passing through the forest. Fortunately, there were only a dozen people in our team. Through the monkeys here, we found a narrow path, even though
In this way, it was very difficult to pass through the forest, which was less than five kilometers. I almost lost two teammates before I found the tribe. If there are so many of us now, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will fall in the middle, and this number
Definitely not too little.”
Several British commanders also looked bad after hearing this.
Colonel Henry suddenly looked around and saw that the only person present who did not frown was John. Instead, he had a relaxed smile on his face.
I couldn't help but feel moved in my heart and asked:
"Mr. John, you are a professional archaeologist and explorer. I wonder what you can do?"
Since John planned to use the power of the army to deal with the cannibal tribe and clear obstacles for himself, he deliberately acted like this. After hearing what Colonel Henry said, he immediately said calmly:
"Colonel, I am sure that I will traverse this forest. Although this is a tropical environment, according to my observation, the forest here is not a real tropical rain forest. It is much better than the terrible primitive landforms in the Congo. As long as
If the troops can follow my guidance and act at will without curiosity, then I can ensure the safety of most of the people in the team. As for the periphery, there will definitely be certain risks. After all, this is an environment similar to a rainforest, where moisture and corruption breed a lot.
Poisonous insects and swamps, these are more terrifying threats than ferocious beasts..."
Several British officers were considered elite soldiers who had experienced war, so they naturally understood what John was saying.
No matter how powerful the beast is, it cannot compare to human weapons and wisdom. Even a behemoth like the Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Mammoth, facing the concentrated fire of thousands of people, twelve machine guns and a platoon of two small cannons, it is estimated that
He also had to be beaten into a pulp.
Of course, the ones I’m talking about here are the normal ones, not the mutant monsters in the movie King Kong and Skull Island.
On the contrary, the most dangerous existences in this tropical forest are the various poisonous insects that are hidden and difficult to detect in advance and the swamps whose locations cannot be determined.
After hearing John's affirmative answer, Colonel Henry made a decision:
"Since Mr. John can guarantee that we will find the right path, we, the British Empire Army, have nothing to fear. As for possible losses on the periphery, I think Lieutenant Colonel McQuay, your indigenous servant army is innately adapted to this environment and should be able to bear it.