Chapter 231 Bloodbath of the Bangi Tribe

Going north along the Congo River, along the tributary called the Ubangi River, there is a mountain and plain that is not covered by tropical rainforests.

This is already the northernmost part of the Congo Basin, and also the northernmost part of the tropical rainforest. Going further north, we have already left. The Congo River Basin is more suitable for development than the Congo Basin in the south because it is far away from the tropical rainforest.

Through the railway connection between Guinea and the Congo Territory, Spain occupied the largest plains and plateaus along the Ubangi River. However, due to insufficient numbers, a large amount of land is still controlled by the indigenous people, the most important of which is the indigenous tribe called the Baka people.

After determining the revenge plan against the indigenous people, Manuel Macias Icardosa ordered the army of the Congo Territory to begin to assemble.

Although the colonial garrison regiment is only 2,300 people, it is still no problem to launch an attack on a single indigenous tribe.

Although the indigenous tribes have a larger population, they can even form an army of thousands or tens of thousands of people. But these so-called armies had no resistance in front of the regular Spanish troops. The native troops armed with cold weapons were just moving live targets in the eyes of the Spanish army.

"This should be the largest tribe of the Baka people." On a hill a few kilometers away from the Baka tribe, Manuel's adjutant reported while looking at the map.

Manuel nodded and asked calmly: "How many people are there in this tribe?"

"According to the information we got from the explorers, the Baka tribe has at least 100,000 people." The adjutant replied: "There are many small villages nearby that are attached to the Baka tribe, and the total population may be close to 200,000."

Manuel nodded calmly and ordered: "Action! It's time to let these natives know who is the real master of this land."

"Action!" As the messenger conveyed Manuel's order to the various companies of the army, the Spanish army also began to move in a mighty manner.

Although most of the soldiers in Manuel's colonial garrison were natives, they came from southern Morocco and had no connection with the natives of the Congo.

This was also the reason why Manuel, with only one colonial garrison, resolutely launched a retaliatory action. Under the premise that the colonial garrison completely obeyed his orders, these natives could not pose much threat to the Congo.

Under the leadership of Spanish officers, the Moroccan soldiers marched down the hillside. Their goal was a large tribe called Bangui, a gathering place of the Baka people a few kilometers away.

Because Moroccans are all white, this army looks more like a regular European army and has little to do with the colonial armies formed by the powers.

When they got closer and closer to the Baka tribe, this European army of more than 2,000 people still attracted the attention of the natives of the Baka tribe.

Several native soldiers ran quickly into the tribe, seemingly to inform the tribe. An indigenous person who was obviously the leader did not choose to run to the tribe, but gradually approached the Spanish army, chattering and talking.

Manuel walked forward slowly. He had no idea what the native was saying. Seeing Manuel frowning, the colonial official who was responsible for translation quickly translated: "General, he is asking about the purpose of our visit."

"Purpose?" Manuel sneered, looked at the native with disdain, and said in a cold voice: "Tell him that our plantation was looted a few days ago. We have sufficient reason to suspect that the looting was launched by the Baka people.

If the Baka people cannot provide sufficient evidence to prove that this matter has nothing to do with them, we will retaliate by force.

Let him inform their top leaders. I only give them 2 hours. Either tell us which tribe planned the looting, or wait for our army to attack."

After the colonial official conveyed Manuel's words to the native, the native was panicked and fled back to the tribe in a panic.

At the same time, Manuel also issued an order for the army to block several entrances and exits of the tribe.

Although the natives were required to make a choice within two hours, Manuel obviously would not wait for two hours.

As the soldiers blocked several main entrances and exits of the tribe, Manuel also issued further orders to first clear the native villages near the Bangui tribe.

Because the surrounding area is all tropical rainforest, the villages around the Bangui tribe are relatively dense, and they are all medium and large villages with a large population.

Among them, the smaller villages have a population of hundreds of people, and the larger villages have a population of thousands or even tens of thousands of people.

These people are all good laborers, and Manuel does not intend to let them go. No matter what choice the Baka people make in the end, Manuel will clear the surrounding native villages and transport these natives back to the Spanish colonial outposts as labor.

According to Spain's previous colonial practices, the most valuable among the native population are adult male natives. These male natives are excellent laborers, whether they are miners or plantation slaves, they can play a huge economic value.

Less valuable are adult female natives and some younger native children. These natives provide limited labor, but they can ensure that the scale of the natives remains within a certain range, which is considered to be of some value.

The ones who are of little value are the older natives. These natives can't play any value, and Spain naturally doesn't need them to waste food.

The Bangui tribe and nearby villages have a population of about 200,000, but the young and middle-aged labor force is only a little over 100,000 at most.

Including some children who have not grown up, the Congo Territory can accept a maximum of 120,000 to 130,000 people. As for the remaining natives, they are naturally the target of Manuel's action this time.

The action against the Bangui tribe is not only to find out the real culprit behind the looting of the Spanish plantation, but also to serve as a warning to the natives around the Congo Territory, so that they know who is the owner of this land.

Only by completely scaring these surrounding natives can we ensure that similar attacks will not happen again. Of course, after the Congo Territory expands its army, it is unlikely that the natives will want to plan attacks again.

20,000 troops are enough to ensure the safety of the Congo Territory. Even if all the native tribes in the Congo Territory unite together, they cannot defeat 20,000 soldiers with advanced rifles.

While Manuel launched a siege against the indigenous villages outside, the Baka people in the Bangui tribe were also having a very heated discussion.

After the indigenous leader fled back to the tribe, he not only conveyed Manuel's original words to the tribal leader, but also exaggerated Manuel's threats.

This also made the indigenous tribe very angry. It was obviously their land that was occupied, so how could the owner of the land become these outsiders?

After an hour of intense discussion, the tribe came to a unified opinion, that is, to gather the young men of the tribe and teach these aggressive European colonists a lesson.

The population of the Bangui tribe exceeds 100,000, and there are many indigenous villages around. The total indigenous population is close to 200,000, and tens of thousands of indigenous people can be mobilized to resist these European colonists at will.

This is also the source of the confidence of the tribal leader. The Bangui tribe is the largest indigenous tribe within more than 100 kilometers nearby, and it is also the largest indigenous tribe of the Baka people.

If you want to find an indigenous tribe larger than the Bangui tribe in Congo, you have to go to the territory of the Kingdom of Congo in the south, or the Kingdom of Karawi in the east.

But whether it is the Kingdom of Congo or the Kingdom of Karawi, there is an entire Congo rainforest between the Bangui tribe and the Bangui tribe. And along the Ubangi River, the Bangui tribe is the most powerful indigenous force, and they will not allow European colonists to act so recklessly.

More than an hour later, Manuel's patience was gradually worn out.

He led the troops back to the entrance and exit of the Bangui tribe, looking at the rather large indigenous tribe in front of him, frowning and asking: "Are these black-skinned natives not making any movement?"

"In the previous hour, these black-skinned monkeys did not make any movement." The adjutant shook his head and replied: "But in the last few minutes, the tribe has begun to get chaotic.

They seem to be gathering people, and I am about to inform you, General."

After all, it is a huge tribe with a population of up to 100,000, covering an area larger than some cities in Spain.

Some of the actions of the Bangui tribe could not be hidden from the Spanish army outside. In the eyes of the Spanish army, their actions of gathering people were actually seeking death.

"Since they have made their choice, we can only send them to see God." Manuel smiled, and was not surprised by the choice of the natives.

He raised his hand to look at his watch, and then gave an order: "Attack, let these damn natives see God."

"Attack!" With Manuel's order, the Colonial Garrison Regiment with a number of 2,300 people launched a mighty attack on the Bangui tribe.

In order to catch them all in one fell swoop, Manuel dispatched the entire Colonial Garrison Regiment. During the dispatch of the Colonial Garrison Regiment, the security of the colonial outposts in the Congo Territory will be protected by the armed team of the original expedition team.

Although these armed forces are not enough to protect all the colonial outposts in the Congo Territory, the action of the Colonial Garrison Regiment does not take too long.

If the action goes smoothly, it basically only takes one day to completely conquer an entire huge tribe.

Bang! Bang bang!

Boom! Bang!

A colonial garrison regiment was equipped with three artillery pieces, which were also the only heavy firepower weapons of the colonial garrison regiment.

In order to conquer the Bangui tribe as soon as possible, Manuel directly transported the three artillery pieces to the front line.

Originally, attacking the tribe with rifles was relatively slow, and some natives hiding in the dark could also cause soldiers to be injured or even killed.

But under the first round of suppression by artillery, these natives quickly panicked and could not organize to threaten the Spanish army at all.

Although the Bangui tribe and the downstream Kingdom of Congo both belong to the Congo River Basin, they are completely different.

Although the Kingdom of Congo was occupied by Portugal for hundreds of years, the Kingdom of Congo also obtained certain hot weapons due to trade with Europeans.

Although they did not have many weapons, they also knew the power of hot weapons.

The Bangui tribe upstream was different. Because they were located in the upper reaches of the Congo River, they were in an extremely closed state before Spain established a colonial outpost.

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These tribes had never come into contact with hot weapons, let alone experienced the powerful power of artillery. This gave them great confidence, believing that organizing an army of tens of thousands of people could teach Spain a lesson.

But what they didn't know was that in the face of hot weapons, the number of troops was just a simple string of casualties. Before the Spanish army ran out of weapons and ammunition, the army organized by the natives was nothing more than a target that could jump around.

More importantly, because of Manuel's advance action, the Bangui tribe did not organize its troops at all.

A tribe of 100,000 people occupied a very large area, and it would take a long time to mobilize the entire tribe's young manpower.

The information exchange between the natives was almost entirely dependent on manpower. After the Spanish army launched an attack, the Bangui tribe's information and transportation system was almost paralyzed, and the troops could not be organized at all.

Not to mention organizing troops, after being bombarded by Spanish shells for several rounds, the demeanor of these natives was somewhat collapsed.

They had no idea where these powerful shells came from. They only knew that if the shells fell nearby, not only would they be blown to pieces, but their houses would also be blown to pieces.

The houses of these indigenous tribes have one thing in common, that is, they are flammable. The houses of the indigenous people are either thatched houses or wooden houses with thatched roofs surrounded by wood.

No matter which kind of house it is, after a long period of wind and sun, it becomes extremely flammable.

The Bangui tribe is a bloated tribe, which causes the houses of the tribe to be piled together, and once they are on fire, a large area will burn.

Manuel naturally noticed this. He naturally would not have the slightest mercy on the indigenous people. At the first moment of launching the attack, Manuel ordered the soldiers to set fire to the nearby thatched houses to let these indigenous people taste the taste of fire.

The Bangui tribe is located along the Ubangui River, far away from the Congo rainforest, and arson will not have any impact on the rainforest.

Although the thatched houses in the tribe are relatively dense, setting fire will not cause the entire tribe to burn. Doing so will not only not cause too much impact, but will also cause panic in the indigenous people in the tribe, making it more convenient for Spain to attack.

Although Manuel was determined to teach these natives a lesson, they were still very useful, and Manuel did not intend to kill them all.

Especially those adult male natives, they should be kept. These natives are excellent laborers, and it would be a waste to kill them now.

At least they should be killed after they have played all their value, so as to make the best use of them.

In the face of the powerful hot weapons of the Spanish army, the African natives had no room for resistance at all. Coupled with Manuel's fire attack strategy, the natives who faced the Spanish army at the beginning were panicked.

Many natives on the periphery of the tribe fled to the inside, which made it difficult for the tribe inside to organize manpower to defend against the attack of the Spanish army.

Often, the formation of the natives has not been set up yet, and the natives on the periphery fled in and destroyed the formation on this side.

The natives whose formation was destroyed could only flee with them, because if they did not run, they would be shot in the next second.

In this way, under the situation of you running and I chasing, the Spanish army quickly broke into the interior of the Bangui tribe.

Compared with the thatched houses of ordinary tribe members, the house of the tribal leader is more luxurious. Not only does the house look bigger, but it is also surrounded by wooden stakes and has its own yard.

It is precisely because this house looks so conspicuous that Manuel's first choice after entering the tribe is to occupy this house.

Coincidentally, the tribal leader is in this house, as well as some high-ranking members of the tribe.

They are called high-ranking members, but in fact they are just some of the tribal leader's subordinates. The Bangi tribe has not formed a political system similar to that of a country. The tribal leader has absolute sovereignty, and the other population and slaves are not much different.

"We should be able to talk about it now, right?" Manuel looked at the tribal leader calmly, and said without any fluctuations in his expression.

As the translator relayed Manuel's words, the tribal leader, who was pointed at by several rifles, nodded quickly and said a lot in bird language.

"What did he say?" Manuel frowned.

"He said that the rebellion had nothing to do with him, and that the looting of the plantation had nothing to do with him. He was willing to submit to your rule, and only asked you to spare his life." The translator translated.

"Now you understand the principle of being obedient?" Manuel sneered, but he did not intend to kill the tribal leader now.

If you want to control the Bangui tribe, the tribal leader is still very important. The hierarchical differentiation within the African indigenous tribes is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and only the tribal leader can control the entire African tribe.

If there is no leader, the Spanish army can only rely on endless killing to control the situation. Although the current Bangui tribe can no longer pose a threat to the army, indiscriminate killing will waste labor, and the current Congo territory is in great need of such labor.

"Tell him to calm his tribe down." Manuel ordered: "In addition, gather all the adult male natives together. As compensation, they need to work for us for free for 1 year.

Of course, while they work for us, we will provide them with food and some supplies to ensure that their families will not starve."

Gather the adult male natives, and the remaining natives can also be used as a means of threatening them. Hearing that the working time is only one year and Spain will provide food and supplies, these natives will definitely agree.

Unless they are willing to lose their families, they will only agree to this option.

As long as they enter the Spanish plantation or mine, it is not up to them to decide whether to come out. Although Manuel promised that they only need to work for Spain for one year, it is not up to Manuel whether the plantation owners and mine owners are willing to release them at that time.

Hearing Manuel's instructions, the leader of the Bangui tribe nodded repeatedly, indicating that he understood.

"Very good." Manuel smiled: "Tell him that as long as these natives are obedient, I will spare his life. But if any accident happens to the natives during the gathering, I can only send him to see God and let God forgive him."

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