The high temperature near the equator is frightening, and it takes less than a quarter of an hour to harvest fresh poached eggs. If so, it’s just that the cabin is still wet. Just changing clothes, you can wring a pool of water in a few minutes. It’s hot and humid, and it can’t get rid of the bad smell. The steam engine Friedrich-Karl has become an adult purgatory.
Wang Haidi huddled in his hammock, and his thick legs were covered with leg hair, and he fell down half dead. "Could it be that you miscalculated the equatorial root and didn’t take our route …"
Although the angle of the sun’s rays in the equatorial region will not tilt, there is almost no place to enjoy the cool, but it is difficult for the otaku Wang Haidi to take a good look at a small piece of shady place where the lifeboat is hung on the hull. A canvas hammock has been set up in Lei Deer.
Ship driving, anchoring, collision avoidance, loss control, lighting control, and endless learning of geographical coordinates, chart positioning, course speed measurement, beacon signal light identification, meteorological and hydrological foreign military knowledge rest exercises and lectures will almost overwhelm a group of young active naval students. Almost every day, Wang Haidi and Selim calculate the position of the training ship and compare it with military charts, breaking their fingers and calculating the nightmare.
In the era without GPS, sextant is the best instrument for sea positioning, and the rapid chart positioning of sextant is also essential for primary navigation training. Wang Haidi turned over and took the sextant from Lei Deer to get the data and deduced it for a long time.
"Lei Deer, you’re right …" Otaku couldn’t bear the hot weather. He didn’t like Lei Deer, Auden and Herman, but shaved his head directly. Heidi touched his smooth and bright brain door and hesitated.
The Germans are famous for being conservative and rigid. Once the planned route is worked out, unless they encounter force majeure, they will surely complete the Friedrich-Karl on time with good quality and quantity. The abnormal course of the Friedrich-Karl makes the eccentric otaku vaguely smell the plot.
During the voyage to sea, those instructors and veterans who have been wandering around the sea for many years have been torturing them. This group of recruits’ eggs are forgiving at three or four in the morning, and it is normal to have an emergency. All kinds of actual combat exercises are even more numerous. Wang Haidi and Lei Deer looked at each other and hesitated. Is this another test of adaptability?
Just when Wang Haidi and Lei Deer were in full swing, the buzzer of the warship sounded. It was an emergency alarm training. A little bit of a naval cadet got out of the cabin and panicked and had a hot deck knot.
Line up, wait left and right, just don’t see the instructors coming out. The students are impetuous and complain to the group of instructors who have lost their consciences. At this time, the naval instructors and old sailors who are unsmiling and grim on weekdays are late, wearing strange clothes and holding high-pressure water guns. They emerged from the corner and saw the students, which is just a sweeping.
In a trance, Wang Haidi was first recruited by the sprayed water column and swept the training ship straight into the sea.
The loose sailor swelled up quickly, and Wang Haidi emerged from the sea with a grin, shaking his hands and feet gently to let himself float on the sea. Without gangways and ropes, Wang Haidi couldn’t get off the ship, even if he could, the scene of the group of ghosts dancing and crying on the deck of the ship made the timid otaku flinch.
As soon as Wang Haidi hesitated, his ears rang again and he fell into the water. Wang Haidi looked intently and saw that it was the old rival bernhard von Auden.
"How did you get rushed here?" Wang Haidi stretched out his hand and wiped his wet face with a handful of embroidery and spat at the salty sea water to gloat.
"How should I know? ！” Auden flustered to day nunu mouth way "see Lei Deer has also been lost …"
Plop a black shadow from Wang Haidi’s face and splash a lot of waves head-on towards Wang Haidi.
"How could I forget this stubble …" Lei Deer, who was thrown into a daze, scratched his head and suddenly realized, "This is a ceremony for newcomers. Every time a newcomer crosses the equator for the first time, the old sailors will dress up as Poseidon and do some evil dramas for newcomers. I said how could they let the ship deviate from the voyage? It turned out to be a trick for us!"
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In 1 year, William I died, and in 19 years, the bloody Prime Minister set up a moderns to end Germany, a war machine that frightened Europeans, and began to turn to the emperor who had just ascended the throne, trying to surpass his parents’ glory and build a German empire belonging to him-Lisi-William-Victor-Albert-von-hohenzollern in Flieder, while the wings of the German navy William were sharpening their swords and preparing to get close to the ocean.
The old prime minister had a profound understanding of diplomacy, which in the final analysis was an art of striving for compromise and balance. Bismarck was well aware of the British’s possessiveness of the ocean and the potential of the Johann Bull War to create a good international environment. He single-handedly promoted the alliance of the Three Emperors to suppress the French and maintain the hegemony of the European continent without touching the sensitive nerves of the British. Bismarck deliberately ignored the naval construction and was very cautious about the imperial overseas colony development, just as he exchanged Zanzibar Island from the British for Helgolan Bay in 19 years.
In the old prime minister’s era, Germany did not attach importance to overseas colonies. Many colonial administrations did not have official background, but more colonial businessmen and priests went into the vast plains and rainforests of Africa to race around, then hired soldiers to protect their territory, set up their own management institutions and paid a symbolic tax to the imperial government every year.
Unlike the old prime minister, William was impetuous. As soon as he ascended the throne, he waved his sword and couldn’t wait to shout to the world that Germany wanted to gain "sunshine territory" and "re-divide" the colony from the dying imperial forces.
After Emperor William came to Taiwan, the attitude of Germans towards the colonies changed rapidly from apathy before, and the imperial government began to send governors to the colonies, improve colonial ruling institutions, build new ports and urban empires, and Lu Haijun and the police headquarters also sent a small number of soldiers to German East Africa to suppress local aborigines and resist the emerging industrial and commercial classes, and also invested a lot of money in the colonies.
Deush－Wesafrika is a small colonial territory in western Africa, which was acquired by the empire in about 14 years. It is now the capital of Cameroon, Togo and other regions (now Douala Port).
In mid-November, the old Maifriedrich-Karl finally entered the port of Cameroon, the capital of West Africa.
The voyage for nearly a month is definitely a great torture for Wang Haidi. His dreams are shaking, and now the otaku can finally firmly land proudly.
The captain smiled and reached the order of free action. At this time, both naval cadets and instructors could not help cheering and jumping up for fun.
"Have two drinks?" Lei Deer changed his wardrobe and turned to ask.
"That’s what I’m thinking!"
The first twenty years Chapter III German West Africa (4)
Germany entered West Africa quite late. In 16 years, the Werann Chamber of Commerce in Hamburg began to establish a semicolon at the mouth of the Li Wu River. More and more Germans came to Cameroon. On July 14, 14, the German Consul General Gusav－Nahigal’s special envoy signed a protection treaty with King Douala of Cameroon and other local captives of Cameroon, thus declaring Cameroon a so-called "protected area" in Germany, which is essentially a German overseas colony.
Because the old prime minister’s conservative empire adopted a loose control mode over German West Africa, even if William II’s post-Taiwan empire increased its investment and operation in German West Africa, it would not be enough to change the desolate face of German West Africa in less than three years.
Cameroon, the capital of German West Africa, is actually a little bigger than a town in Germany. There are not many tall buildings built along the harbor and the Wuli River in the whole city, but more shacks for local indigenous people. Occasionally, several Gothic churches are interspersed along the road to Cameroon. The scenery is desolate and dilapidated, and only when you enter the city center can you barely feel the modern industrial culture.
Is it German territory? There are many pubs in Cameroon, and most of them are full. Speculators, adventurers, big planters, colonial soldiers and sailors who have taken a break in Cameroon Port are crowded into dark pubs, so that Wang Haidi and Lei Deer can hardly find a place to stay.
Russians like vodka and don’t like wine. The French pay attention to petty bourgeoisie. They prefer to hide in rural wineries and taste red wine, while the Germans have a soft spot for beer. Even if they are calm and rational, once they smell hops, the Germans will instantly evolve into top drunkards.
"Boss, do you have any clear beer?" Lei Deer squeezed into the bar and asked.
In 1516 AD, Grand Duke William IV of Bavaria issued the "German Pure Beer Order", which stipulated that German beer can be made from malt, hops and water. In recent 400 years, German beer has become synonymous with so-called pure beer. German beer can be roughly divided into white beer, clear beer and dark beer. Middle clear beer is mainly popular in North Germany, and it is the most bitter beer in Germany because of the second distillation method.
Both Wang Haidi and Lei Deer are North Germans who grew up drinking clear beer, and their blood is full of alcoholism genes. As soon as their buttocks touched their seats, they ordered two bundles of clear beer at one breath.
"Of course there is, and it’s still local!" The owner of the glossy pub patted his chest and said
Lei Deer is an old hand. You can know that the tavern owner swore that the so-called German local goods were just Cameroonian real estate. Lei Deer was furious and called for the tavern owner to make a good theory. At this time, a priest ran in and gasped.
"Highland tribesmen rebelled again. They brutally killed our local officials and Father Hilmodo wantonly destroyed our property!"
When the priest said these words, the holy cross dangled from his chest.
"Oh, Tiffany people should be hanged!"
"We should punish these damn heretics and make them blood out!"
News of the rebellion of the Fulani people, a nomadic tribe in the highlands of northern Cameroon, flowed rapidly, as if throwing a stone at the stagnant water. The excitement spread in dark pubs. The drunkards shouted for revenge and slaughtered speculators and adventurers. Their eyes seemed to have seen several gold and treasures. The officers of the defense forces looked gloomy and grabbed their caps and left the priest in a hurry, while they sat in the corner and kept crossing their hands.
"Don’t worry about West Lyme, it’s just a small tribal rebellion. This kind of thing is chaotic in Africa. It can’t be played seven times a day." Lei Deer put aside his glass, rolled up his sleeves and walked angrily towards the tavern owner. "Let the colonial defense forces and the police worry about it. That’s what the governor of West Africa does. We just need to have a good drink, but before drinking, I have to ask the tavern owner to apologize and deceive others …"
"Lei Deer, I think we should return to the dock as soon as possible." Wang Haidi is afraid of death because he is afraid of death. He has a keen sense of the possible danger of war. The otaku pulled Lei Deer back and left with a stack of imperial marks. "It is far from simple punishment to end the imperial power in West Africa. Look, the governor of West Africa will definitely ask the navy for help and we are about to encounter the first war in our military career!"
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Wang Haidi guessed it right. When they hurried back to the dock, many experienced old sailors had returned to the battle post of Friedrich Carr. Von Dida, the captain of the training ship and the chief instructor of Hainan Airlines, corrected and commanded the sailors to take out the guns in the lock safe for repair and maintenance. Many technicians were busy disassembling the small-caliber auxiliary guns of the training ship and loading them into the steam boat just transferred by the governor of West Africa.
"You are the first wave of students coming back …" Lieutenant Colonel Dida patted Haidi and Lei Deer’s shoulders were bloodshot and his eyes were full of admiration. "It is our duty-bound duty of the German navy to ask for help from us and safeguard the interests of the empire. I agree to send a marine corps of about 100 people. Go ahead, children, pick a rifle and wait for the order."
Wang Haidi and Lei Deer each picked out a well-known type 1 Committee rifle and sat back to back in a lifeboat in the shade. Silently, they didn’t start gun maintenance. Soon Auden also came back. He seemed to have drunk a lot, and his footsteps were slightly vain, carrying the Committee rifle and leaning against the cabin.
Wipe the butter, clean the gun bore, and check the pieces. Wang Haidi stumbled with an inexplicable emotion. Wang Haidi couldn’t help but think of Al Fresi’s respect and teaching.
Lieutenant Al Fresi, who is in charge of gun maintenance training, said more than once that guns are soldiers’ lives. Unfortunately, at that time, Wang Haidi complained about the heavy training and looked forward to meeting a noble person to save him from the fire and water. When thinking about how to train and assess, he muddled through, and when it came to the last moment, his life was full of accidents. Playing Xiaocong could not really make him sit back and worry, but having hard power was the guarantee to live.
"Auden, are you afraid?" Although he fantasized about Jin Ge’s iron horse several times, the otaku was timid when the war was about to begin. He held his flustered heart and hesitated a little, trying to find confidence from bernhard von Auden.
"Three points nervous three points secretly pleased four points at a loss …" Auden pulled the bolt and stuffed Chengcheng Huang into Sam Browne belt.
"What about you, Lei Deer?"
"Why not be afraid?" Erich-Lei Deer snorted angrily and gave the same answer to the dock porter Blunt. "But someone has to go …"
What else would Wang Haidi like to ask? Lieutenant Colonel Dida interrupted Wang Haidi with a dull hoarse voice.
"close! Gunners, torpedoers and naval cadet docks are waiting for others! "
Auden jumped up, drunk and naive, swept away, and rushed to the gangway with energy. Lei Deer took his time, and his sailors carried the Committee rifle, and Wang Haidi walked with her hands akimbo. Finally, she was in a mixed mood.
"Is Brother Shousheng coming?"