My Italian

Dolo is located in the upper reaches of the Juba River. Here, the Dava River, which originated from the Ethiopian plateau, meets the Ledoria River in Ghana. The intersection of the two rivers makes the water and soil here fairly good, so the Sahara who lives here. The cloth tribe (a small tribe of Somalis) cultivates the small flat land of the river valley, and still has a good harvest.

Since this place is not bad, as the commander of the Italian Expeditionary Force, Colonel Crowley will of course not let such a place go. He brought the main force of the Expeditionary Force and 1500 people occupied Dolo.

But he didn't know that his move to occupy Dolo made Vannes Vasquez, Duke of Alaaba, feel threatened.

The ruler of most of the Bakool region (now most of Ethiopia's Somali province), although he remained neutral in the Abyssinian civil war, but in the face of the Italian invasion, the duke has no good temper.

After sending envoys to ask Italy to withdraw from Dolo, the Duke of Alaaba brought most of his forces along the Canal Ledoria Valley and pressed against Dolo.

How many troops did the Duke of Alaaba bring?

Its direct subordinate troops are 21,000, equipped with some front-loading guns and a small number of rear-loading guns. The tribe gathered 24,000 troops, mainly bows and arrows, javelins and spears, as well as a small number of front-loaded guns.

These 45,000 troops are not a small number for the Italian troops stationed in Dolo. Colonel Crowley, who served as the commander for this reason, had many thoughts of wanting to quit Doro and avoid its edge. However, considering the impact on his career future, he held back.

However, although he temporarily resisted the idea of ​​retreating, Colonel Crowley did not intend to rely on this force to block the attacking enemy. He sent three waves of messengers one after another, requesting Lugar, Galbahare, Bourbore, etc. in the rear. The Italian garrison in the area mobilized troops to support Dolo.

Speaking of which, it was his negligence. Since he had been smooth before, he had always faced small tribes, so the expeditionary army he led also gradually decreased from 3,500 people at the beginning to 1,500 people. After all, in such a big place, troops need to be stationed to declare sovereignty. Put 200 in this place and 300 in that place, so the number of troops will naturally be much smaller.

In addition, they were intruders, and the Duke of Alaaba was a local snake, so when the spies reported the enemy's attack, Duke Alaaba's army was less than 150 kilometers away from them. This is less than a week away.

At this time, Colonel Crowley could only get the support of the nearest Lugar garrison, and its commander, Captain Cooney, dispatched 100 people from his 200 people to provide emergency support.

Faced with such a drop in the bucket, Colonel Crowley also knew that the captain had done his best. You must know that Luger was behind him. If he was cut off, he would have nowhere to run. After all, there are deserts everywhere, and there is no other place to find water except the Juba River Valley.

"Are you sure the enemy has reached Reawa?"

"Yes, my lord, I can confirm that the enemy has reached Reawa. There are a lot of people there, and they are all the troops of the Duke of Alaaba, Vannes Vasquez."

It was Mensa who was questioned by Colonel Crowley, the most successful businessman in the former Kismayo, who is now using his advantage to become Colonel Crowley's intelligence spy.

He recruited several local people, all of whom were familiar with the local terrain, so he could provide information to Colonel Crowley. And the Reawa in his mouth is the confluence of a small river called Weib, 20 kilometers away from Dolo, and the Canal Le Doria River.

"Okay, thank you for your information, it's very important to us."

After sending Mensah away in two sentences, Colonel Crowley called in the orderly. "Call Major Tovani. I have something to look for him."

We will not mention the conversation between the two Italian officers.

The next day, Dolo's Italian army was ready, because a large number of troops appeared in front of them. Although half of these black indigenous troops are armed with cold weapons, half of them have front-loading guns and a small number of rear-loading guns produced in Europe.

There are even indigenous people who are pushing 6 front-mounted bronze cannons, which are definitely Napoleon cannons, 2 are 6-pounders, and 4 are 12-pounders.

Colonel Crowley, who put down his binoculars, turned ugly. "Damn it, these British people are so shameless. There are other people in the church who dare to give anything for the mission."

Well, Colonel Crowley is right. The two 6-pounders were bought by the Catholic Church, who was eager to preach. Bought.

As for the muskets, half of them were donated by the British, most of them were purchased by the Duke, and some of them were purchased from Italian merchants.

But now faced with such a situation, it is fortunate that the Italian army also has artillery, and 12 rear-mounted rifled guns are enough to let the Duke of Alaaba know that he can't take advantage of the artillery.

All morning, the Italian army watched the duke's troops arrive at the city of Doro. As the saying goes, there are boundless people over 10,000 people. The army of nearly 50,000 will put a lot of pressure on the 1,600 soldiers stationed there.

The enemy's unrelenting gesture caused every Italian officer and soldier to bear double the pressure.

But fortunately, in the afternoon, these indigenous troops finally took action. I saw about 3,000 indigenous black people armed with cold weapons, touching Doro City.

When the enemy was still 300 meters away from the position, Colonel Crowley, who was in charge of the battle, immediately issued an order. "Fire."

The Italian soldiers immediately used the Vitry M1870 rifle in their hands to let these indigenous people with cold weapons know what modern warfare is.

"Bang, bang, bang~"

After a burst of gunfire, nearly a hundred natives fell on the land.

Of course, the natives are not without the power to fight back. After being shot by three waves from Italy, they have already rushed to a distance of 100 meters, and at this time, the musketeer who was hiding behind immediately took Migne's front-loading gun and rushed to the first row. Afterwards, several Italian soldiers were shot. This lets the soldiers in the position know that the other party also has weapons that can threaten them.

However, the indigenous soldiers who fired this round of platoons suffered even more losses. Their upright standing became a good target, and half of them fell in front of the Italian positions.

Of course, it was unrealistic for 3,000 people to take down Dolo, which the Italian army was holding on to. After a while, he was defeated and left hundreds of corpses, and the attack was over.

Of course, the commanders on both sides also knew that this was just a test, so no one took the attack on the other side's heart.

Afterwards, the Duke of Alaaba launched several tentative attacks, all of which were blocked by Colonel Crowley one by one.

Perhaps considering that his army had just arrived, the indigenous army did not attack again. Instead, they began to set up camp and prepare for a long-term battle.

In the face of the opponent's actions, Colonel Crowley was very happy to see it. This at least gave him an extra day to wait for reinforcements.

Neither side made any harassment moves at night, but Colonel Crowley still did not dare to neglect, leaving nearly a battalion of troops to be responsible for the night guard.

By the next day, Duke Alaaba's army appeared on three sides of Doro. This made Colonel Crowley's face heavy, because it represented that the enemy was about to launch a general attack. It seemed that his move to set up camp yesterday afternoon was just to confuse himself, and the enemy was even more stupid and didn't want to delay him.

However, he is not a vegetarian. He dares to defend Dolo with more than 1,000 troops and block the enemy's army of nearly 50,000. He also has his own trump card.

"Push up those six Maxims."

That's right, as the terminator of Zhennanguan, this machine gun purchased by Italy also appeared in Somalia, a primitive place in Africa.

Regarding the use of machine guns, the Italian army has long since explored cross-fire. So its use, do not have to worry at all. The only thing that worries him is that his machine gun carries a total of 250,000 rounds of ammunition, so he can't last until the enemy collapses.

Without letting him wait any longer, Duke Alaaba's army launched an attack from three sides.

Each side of the army of up to 10,000 people charged with great momentum. Compared with the hundreds of Italian officers and soldiers stationed in the position, it was like a huge wave against a stubborn rock, and a wave could drown it.

This time, the position commander no longer cared about the best firing range. After entering the effective firing range, he immediately ordered to fire.

"Bah ah ah~"

The sound of gunfire after another caused the charging native soldiers to fall, but the others bravely continued to charge towards the position.

"Machine gun fire."

Seeing that the enemy was not afraid of firepower, the position commander immediately brought out a big killer.

"Da da da……"

The obviously different sound of continuous shooting finally calmed the heroic Ethiopian soldiers. The whole piece of soldiers fell, so that they finally had fear in their hearts, and their offensive was restrained.

Seeing that the offensive was blocked, his soldiers fell one after another, causing Duke Alaaba to bleed in his heart. Because the leading troops are all his soldiers. In order to avoid the reinforcements of the Italians and be able to attack Dolo in one go, he arranged his troops in this way. Unexpectedly, the enemy has such a burst weapon, and its ultra-high rate of fire makes the warriors unable to rush.

"Go back, all come back."

His order came a little late, leaving at least 5,000 soldiers in front of the Italian army's positions.

After taking stock of the losses, such a number of casualties made him unacceptable. Even without touching the enemy's side, it can bear such a huge loss.

And these are his elite troops, how can they not make people feel distressed. This is his capital related to his status, and he must not lose it here.

However, he was definitely not willing to go back like this. Not to mention the loss of soldiers and the generals, such a big move of labor and division must have some results, otherwise his rule will be unstable in the future.

So after resting for a while, he was unwilling to choose one after another to try to attack, such a large-scale group charge, he would never dare to use it again.

Since it is a small-scale battle, it is not better to deal with. With equipment that far exceeds the opponent's, there is only a huge gap in the strength of the army. Now that the enemy gives up the advantage, it is even more impossible to hit the long shot with a short shot.

Therefore, the following means of night raids, harassment, sneak attacks, etc., were all used by this duke. From this aspect, this duke of Alaaba is also battle-hardened. But this is all his battle with other people in the country, the battle of the modern army, it seems that he has not experienced much.

After four days, the duke had nothing to do with Dolo's defenders, and only added to Colonel Crowley the feat of killing more than 2,000 enemies.

On the fifth day, the Duke and His Excellency left in despair with the army. Because if you don't go, maybe another defeat will come.

Because his spies came to report that an Italian army was rushing over, the number should be around 1,200. The spy's report made Duke Alaaba want to ambush a little bit, but considering that if this army also has that kind of burst weapon, then it might be an advantage and a defeat.

After thinking about it again and again, the duke decided to be more careful. In fact, he didn't need to do this at all, because the Italian army that supported him only carried two Maxims, as long as His Excellency the Duke ambushed enough people~www.wuxiamtl.com~ to break through its blockade. It's hard to say that Maxim can't fire just like a rifle, but he doesn't know this duke.

The Dolo conflict is not an exception. When Italy conquered Somalia, it encountered various forces in Abyssinia. Because it has always been a country with a long history in East Africa, it has a greater impact on the surrounding tribes (not the tribute system of the Fan State in China, just an influence).

When these tribes were invaded by the Italian army, they naturally thought of the empire around them. Although its civil war is still going on, it is much stronger than these tribes.

In the face of these tribes' requests for help, some gave their support, and some ignored their request for help in view of Italy's strength.

So this also led to Italy encountering several waves of resistance when it occupied the Greater Somalia region. There are people like the Duke of Alaaba, who will go to work as soon as they disagree. In general, however, the Italian army held the majority of the advantages.

However, there are exceptions. In Eritrea, an army of five hundred men in Adiquara was attacked by the army of the Abyssinian emperor Johannes IV. Only two people escaped from the battle.

This result shocked Major General Barth, who was in command in Eritrea. On the one hand, he reported to Rome, and on the other hand, he immediately organized an army to rush to Adiquara. But by the time he arrived with the army, there were no Abyssinians here.

Faced with such a situation, Major General Barthes could only sigh with admiration. Because the military gave them strict orders not to attack Abyssinia. Moreover, with the three thousand people in his hands, if he wants to attack the East African plateau, he is not capable of it.

As for the next process, we need to listen to Rome's decision.

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