MTL - African Entrepreneurship Records-Chapter 138 One hundred and thirty-sixth battle of Nakiwali Lake
Chapter 138 One hundred and thirty-sixth Battle of Lake Nakiwari
July 3, 1868.
The East African colonial government is preparing for war, and the other four countries headed by Buganda have not stopped. They continue to deploy troops and recruit a large number of troops on the border.
At this time, Buganda was the most powerful country in the entire Great Lakes region except for the East African colonies, and its monarch Mutesa I was quite accomplished.
Buganda used to be a vassal state of its northern power, Bunyoro, but in the 19th century, Buganda, like most old empires, embarked on the road of decline, so Buganda took advantage of the momentum and quickly seized Bunioro Oro's original ecological niche.
At the same time, the Turou Kingdom also became independent from the Bunyolo Empire.
What is interesting is that both the Kingdom of Buganda and the Kingdom of Turou were established by members of the royal family of the Bunyoro Empire, but Buganda was separated four or five hundred years ago, while the Kingdom of Turou was established after the 19th century. The Luo Empire was established by the eldest son of the king's rebellion.
Although it has suffered many blows, the Bunyolo Empire has not disappeared, and the Jitara Kingdom is its direct successor.
The Kingdom of Enkele is also an ancient country that has existed for hundreds of years.
The above is the basic information of the four northern countries. It can be seen that the relationship between them is actually very similar to that of European countries, so whether the relationship is good or not will not affect the exchanges between the nobles.
Before the establishment of the East African colony, Buganda already had a standing army of more than 6,000 people and a navy of 300 ships.
Therefore, Buganda's strength is still quite good, worthy of its reputation as the overlord of the Great Lakes region, and Mutesa I is relatively conceited, especially in recent years, Mutesa I has led the Kingdom of Buganda from one victory to another. a victory.
Not only completely replaced the Bunyoro Empire and brought the Buganda Kingdom to its peak, but also led the country to resist the invasion of the Eastern Bantus.
Although the Eastern Bantu invaded and reduced the strength of the Buganda Kingdom, it also further strengthened the prestige of Mutesa I.
The Buganda people under the rule of such a powerful monarch are naturally fighting spirit. They believe that their monarch can solve all problems.
Mutesa I was also a man of great vision. He also had a good understanding of North Africa, especially Egypt. At the end of his reign, he also introduced forces such as Britain and France to check and balance the influence of the Arab Church.
So, Mutesa I also knew something about the neighbor who suddenly appeared in the East African colony, but Mutesa I’s people could not enter East Africa, so they could only observe the situation of the East African colony at the border (Western Kenya).
The subsequent East African war against Burundi and other countries made Mutesa I believe that the East African colonies were not good.
This is a powerful enemy that the Northwest countries have never faced. All the wars that the Northwest countries have encountered in the past hundreds of years are wars of conquest.
After all, population is an important wealth, especially for Africa with backward productivity. Conquering each other and obtaining the other's population and property has always been the theme of wars in Northwest countries.
Nowadays, the East African colonies obviously want land and no people. This does not leave any way for the Northwest countries to survive. Rwanda and the Kingdom of Igara have already reached Central Africa.
And Mutesa I was not afraid of the East African colonies. Mutesa I has been fighting all the way since the day he ascended the throne.
Victories made Mutesa I full of confidence. He had encountered many dangerous situations before, so he was not afraid of war.
In order to cope with the challenges of the East African colonies, Mutesa I actively connected the remaining three countries and formed a four-nation alliance.
Mutesa I served as the leader of the alliance. He used the resources of the four countries to organize a force of 30,000 people, which was divided into two groups to fight the East African colonies.
Among them, more than 20,000 were arranged on the southern line, and more than 10,000 were arranged on the eastern line. In order to appease the countries, the eastern line was mainly composed of Buganda people, while the southern line was jointly sent by the Allied Forces of the Four Nations.
The Kingdom of Turou and the Kingdom of Jitala are actually a little cautious, because they do not directly border the East African colonies, so they did not do their best.
The Enkole Kingdom is facing the threat of the East African colonies, and it has already devoted all its efforts to cooperate with the Buganda Kingdom, so the main force of the battle is Buganda and the Enkole Kingdom.
Mutesa I naturally knew the careful thinking of the two countries, Turou and Jitara, so Mutesa also stocked up a reserve team of more than 10,000 people in the rear to prevent accidents.
On July 4th, after more than a month of rest, the East African army began to reactivate. This time, both the east and south directions were ready for war.
The coach of the southern battlefield is still Alman, and the coach of the eastern battlefield is Felix.
The main force of the four-nation coalition was led by Mutesa I himself, and his eldest son temporarily took over the national government affairs.
This time the East African colonies did not directly kill the territory of the four countries. With the demonstrations of Rwanda and Igala last time, the East African colonies decided to send a notice to the four countries first.
Its content is probably that there is not much time left for you. Hurry up and learn from Rwanda and Rwanda, and you can guarantee that you will retreat. If you are stubborn, don’t blame the East African colonies for being cruel.
Don’t say it’s unpredictable, it’s almost the same meaning, but the four northern countries are not like Rwanda and other countries that have been harmed by the Eastern Bantus.
Mutesa I personally sent a message to the East African colony, let's have a battle between warriors! The winner naturally takes all, and the loser is completely defeated.
Simple and rude, there is nothing to say. As for the battle of warriors, the East African colonies said that we are not warriors, and we will bully others with (guns).
July 6th.
The main forces of the two sides launched a decisive battle on the south bank of Nakiwali Lake. Mutesa I personally led the coalition forces to attack the East African army.
The brave and brave Mutesa I directly boosted the morale of the coalition forces, rushing towards the East African army like a tide.
Allied soldiers, with tattoos on their bodies, brightly painted faces, braided braids, simple shields and spears in their hands, look like claws.
The elite troops wore war robes, held scimitars, and carried bows and arrows on their backs, following Mutesa I to personally supervise the battle.
The East African commander was not in a hurry to attack. After the enemy came into range, he began to line up and shoot them calmly.
There is no gold content in the battle, just bullying the aboriginal weapons and equipment, and the East African colonies had hoarded enough ammunition before, so the East African army let go.
In the afternoon, at three o'clock, the battle is over.
Mutesa I and the coalition nobles disappeared, leaving only the corpses of the natives all over the ground. Cleaning up the battlefield was painful for the East African colonies.
This was the largest battle fought by the East African colonies in the northwest. The enemy left more than 10,000 dead bodies, and East Africa could not ignore these dead bodies.
Lack of fuel, it was too late to incinerate, so a large amount of hay and firewood had to be transported from the rear for incineration, and at the same time, pits were dug around and buried on the spot. Two or three days of busy work.
(end of this chapter)
