Chapter 236 The First Shot of Armed Resistance Against Apartheid

The level of civilization development in Africa itself is relatively low, so when the white people of Europe began their great voyages, they were constantly plundered by Europeans.

At the beginning, they mainly plundered gold, silver, gems, ivory and various rare animals and plants, and the European whites did not go deep into the inland areas.

However, when Europeans began to develop the North American colonies on a large scale, they started the large-scale slave trade, transporting a large number of young and middle-aged people from Africa to farms in America to grow cotton.

After the Industrial Revolution entered the era of internal combustion engines, the African continent ushered in a darker history. European colonists began to rule these places more cruelly, and their methods became more covert.

Culturally, they began to brainwash a large number of local people and changed their languages ​​into English, French, German, etc.

Economically, they are completely dependent on the suzerain state. The most obvious thing is that their currency is the currency of the suzerain state.

Even after World War II, when Europe’s power was greatly weakened and African countries gained independence one after another, these independent countries were still deeply influenced by European countries such as Britain, France, Germany and Italy.

For example, in the 80s, the main languages ​​on the African continent were still English, French and German.

Even the currency issued by their own countries is printed and issued by their former colonial masters.

So at this moment, although there are more than 30 independent countries on the African continent and they have their own seats in the United Nations, they can still cast a vote on some international affairs.

But that’s all. Their economies are very fragile and are constantly being sucked dry by big countries like Europe and the United States.

Fortunately, after so many years of development, many local African talents have broadened their horizons and realized that this status quo must be changed. Therefore, after independence, these countries have sought innovation and change and tried their best to break free from the constraints of their former colonial powers.

For example, after World War II, these countries all moved closer to the three major powers of the United States, the Soviet Union and China, hoping to get help from these three permanent members of the UN Security Council and lead them into modernization.

However, the United States and the Soviet Union are no different from the original European countries. They all regard these African countries as the source of cheap raw materials and the dumping market of goods. They have no intention of helping these countries build infrastructure and helping them improve their own industrialization level.

Only China is doing its utmost to help African countries.

For example, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway was completed and opened to traffic in 1976.

During the most difficult period of the domestic economy in the 60s, China provided interest-free loans and dispatched 5 workers for construction. The medical and health conditions at that time were very limited. In order to build the railway, many railway workers were buried in the African continent.

Medical assistance, agricultural assistance, education and training were also provided.

So far, Wang Jiankun has collected public data showing that 1.6 medical workers have come to the African continent to provide medical assistance and have treated more than million patients.

In agriculture, many high-quality seeds from the country were brought to the African continent, and local people were taught how to grow them. Water-saving irrigation techniques were promoted, and irrigation facilities such as dams and canals were built.

Therefore, the person Wang Jiankun sent to Africa to be in charge of the development and construction of the main base in Mozambique and foreign exchanges is a yellow race.

Wang Jiankun named him Zheng He, which has the same pronunciation as Zheng He, the navigator who made seven voyages to the West and reached the African continent.

In addition, in the Mozambique base, the yellow race accounts for half, and the black and white races each account for a quarter.

The yellow race is mainly responsible for construction of the base and building good relations with the surrounding tribes, while the black and white races are responsible for security and eliminating hostile forces by force.

Of course, everyone sent to this base downloaded the Portuguese memory pack, because Mozambique was historically a Portuguese colony and most people in the country speak Portuguese.

Mozambique gained independence very late. It was not until 1975 that the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) led the victory of the independence war and officially broke away from Portugal to establish the People’s Republic of Mozambique.

Therefore, two years ago, Wang Jiankun and his uncle sent people to Africa for investigation and research before deciding to place the main base in Mozambique, a country that had just gained independence and was still in great chaos.

Because only in this way will the development of the base be less constrained.

It was August 8 when Wang Jiankun arrived at the main base in Mozambique. It had been two years since the base officially began construction, and its development and changes have been tremendous.

First of all, the area has expanded to more than 2000 square kilometers, which is roughly a rectangle 50 kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide.

Of course, in order to confuse the outside world, the border areas of the base are either farms and pastures, or forests and swamps. They also spared no effort to build a three-person-high barbed wire fence, a sentry tower every one or two kilometers, and sent people to monitor the border area for a long time to prevent outsiders from entering.

A medium-sized airport has been built in the center of the base, covering an area of ​​50 square kilometers. It has two runways, one of which is 7 kilometers long and the other is 5 kilometers long. In the future, super-large aircraft will be able to take off here.

There are more than 30 bunker-type hangars that can accommodate heavy fighter jets like the F14, and there are more than 50 ground-mounted hangars with roofs that can accommodate larger aircraft.

Currently, these hangars are home to a variety of Soviet and American aircraft. The base’s new human pilots will fly different aircraft for flight training and patrols.

There are also agricultural aircraft used on farms, mainly low-speed propeller aircraft, which are used to apply fertilizers and pesticides to farms and pastures, and also to patrol the bases.

Although the appearance of Soviet and American aircraft is the same as that of the Soviet Union and the United States, there have been very big changes inside. First of all, the engine thrust is generally greater. In addition, the avionics and radar have also been strengthened. They use the most advanced chips and active phased array radars, and are supported by global satellite navigation and communication systems, enabling all-weather operations.

In addition to the airport, there are also several military camps and tank training grounds.

Inside are a variety of current tanks and armored vehicles of the United States and the Soviet Union, all of which were manufactured by Wang Jiankun at a base in northern Myanmar and then airlifted here via high-altitude airships.

At present, more than 10 combat teams have been training for more than half a year and have basically completed the subjects required by the training manuals of the United States and the Soviet Union.

Accompanied by the base director Zheng He, Wang Jiankun spent a day inspecting the base. After he had a general idea of ​​the situation, he began his combat deployment.

In order to attract the attention of several European powers, especially Britain and France, it is necessary to make some big moves in areas that these two countries attach particular importance to.

South Africa, southwest of Mozambique, is a good place to get started.

South Africa is one of Britain’s most important colonies in Africa.

It was originally a Dutch colony, but after the Sea Coachman was defeated by the British fleet, it gradually lost control of the South African region.

Later, the Boers (descendants of Dutch colonists in South Africa) established the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State for self-government near the gold mining areas of South Africa.

British attempts to control these areas in the late 19th century led to conflict.

This was followed by two Boer Wars.

For the sake of gold mines, Britain shed a lot of blood here and won a tragic victory in the Second Boer War.

It was precisely because of the second tragic victory that Britain cooperated with the Boer elites to form the social foundation of the current apartheid system in South Africa. Britain was still sucking the blood of South Africa through the hands of the Boer elites.

However, where there is oppression, there is resistance. At this time, the black indigenous people in South Africa had reached the limit of their patience, and the apartheid policy was on the verge of collapse.

Wang Jiankun decided to add fuel to the fire and ignite the flames of local resistance in South Africa as soon as possible.

Before the official ignition, more than a dozen new human special operations teams had already entered South Africa.

They are all black and can speak the languages ​​of multiple tribes.

After entering, they quickly integrated into the local society, developed peripheral members at the grassroots level, advocated overthrowing government rule, abolishing apartheid policies, and carrying out democratic reforms.

In addition to incitement and brainwashing, they also select smart and obedient members for military training, and master the use of various firearms, mortars, rocket launchers and other light weapons.

Through ideological incitement and military training, the several small teams sent by Wang Jiankun quickly established prestige in the local area.

With the continuous support of funds and materials, these small teams have formed paramilitary organizations with a minimum of 3 to 5 and a maximum of thousands.

After spending half a day carefully reviewing the daily reports of these teams stored in the central computer, Wang Jiankun began to give commands through the satellite communication system.

South Africa is a very unique country. It has three legal capitals.

Pretoria, Cape Town, Bloemfontein.

Pretoria is the administrative capital, home to the presidential palace and government agencies.

In the northeastern Gauteng province, about 50 kilometers from Johannesburg.

Cape Town is the legislative capital and the seat of Parliament.

In the southwest end of the Western Cape Province, adjacent to the confluence of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Bloemfontein is the judicial capital and the seat of the Supreme Court (the highest court of appeal).

Located in the central Free State Province.

In order to achieve the effect of setting a prairie fire on fire, Wang Jiankun ordered the high-altitude airship transport troops to transport a large number of AK47 rifles, RPGs, carbines, grenades, mines and other light weapons to the vicinity of the three capitals of South Africa.

Let the special operations team that entered earlier arm the developed paramilitary organization, and then distribute the excess guns and ammunition to various black towns near the capital, calling on them to resist the government’s apartheid policy.

In addition, Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city and economic center, cannot be ignored.

Wang Jiankun dispatched a mechanized infantry company composed of all black people in the base, which took off from the base on a high-altitude transport airship and assembled in a small town that had been occupied by the advance team.

When the advance team mobilized the local people and broke through the government army’s defense line in Johannesburg, they quickly broke into the city center and took away a large amount of gold stored there.

At this time, in the underground command center of the Mozambique base, Wang Jiankun, wearing a brain-computer helmet on his head, connected to the brain-computer chips of the team leaders through the communication satellite in the sky, sharing what the team captains saw.

Everywhere he looked, there were low, single-story houses built of earth and stone. Some were thatched houses. They were built in a crooked manner, which made Wang Jiankun feel very uncomfortable.

The black people on the periphery all looked malnourished. After getting the AK47 rifles, their arms seemed to be shaking a little, and they didn’t know where the bullets would hit after they fired.

Only the black men who had undergone some training behind the captain of the advance team looked somewhat pleasing to the eye. At least they were physically strong and held their guns steadily and in a standard manner.

The squad leader held a loudspeaker and used brief words to tell those who had received weapons to follow the team. As long as they broke into the white people’s city and reached the city center, they would be able to have enough food.

When the people outside heard that they had eaten their fill, they all cheered, and some even started to dance. They were so optimistic.

After some mobilization, the team leader led the trained troops in front, and ordinary people who had obtained weapons followed behind.

Because of the apartheid policy, the towns where blacks lived were relatively far away from the towns where whites lived, so along the way the team leader asked the team members to conduct simple pre-war training for the people behind them, at least to teach them how to shoot without hurting their own people.

The marching troops were like a greedy snake. Every time they passed a village or town, they would bring along a group of people who were dissatisfied with the apartheid policy. They would then carry out propaganda, distribute weapons and food, and teach them how to shoot.

If you look down from the sky at this time, you can see that there are multiple streams of people consisting of pure black people heading towards the three capitals of South Africa and the largest city, Johannesburg.

In order to achieve their goal, some special forces members cleared the way ahead, cut off communications, and prevented the police and sentries from tipping off.

However, more than 10 kilometers away from these major cities, the white government of South Africa finally discovered these abnormal flows of people, and then quickly summoned the army and police to set up checkpoints to block these people from advancing.

Wang Jiankun was in the base at this time, constantly switching between different perspectives to understand the situation of each team.

Because he had never commanded any war himself, he just studied the military books and materials collected from various countries.

But that is just theory after all. Actual wars are ever-changing. When it comes to a specific battle, one must judge the situation and play to one’s strengths.

Among them, a team near Pretoria marched the fastest. The team leader had developed a direct force of 560 people, and also brought with him more than 1 young and middle-aged people.

After being blocked by government forces, the team leader used a loudspeaker to express their demands.

Of course, the government forces remained unmoved and refused sternly, demanding that they lay down their weapons and surrender to them.

Wang Jiankun saw this and stopped the captain from talking nonsense, and fired the first shot in the armed resistance against the apartheid policy.

As soon as the gunshots were heard, the person who appeared from the opposite side and shouted fell down, and then the direct troops behind the squad leader began to deploy quickly and launched a charge towards the government army’s defense line.

The RPG they carried opened a gap in the temporary fortifications built by the government forces, and then the government army checkpoint with only more than 30 people was overwhelmed by the huge crowd of black people.

Among the more than 30 government soldiers, 6 were killed in the explosion, more than 10 were shot to death, and the rest were beaten to death.

It was obvious that the blacks in South Africa at this time hated the whites very much. Before, it was because they lacked food and clothing, had no weapons, and had no leaders. Now that they have all these, they are venting their anger on these white soldiers who have lost their resistance.

The squad leader and Wang Jiankun did not stop this, but led the troops to continue advancing, trying to reach the city center before the government forces assembled on a large scale, control all important places in the city and then wait for the next instructions.

(End of this chapter)