A strange machine sounded, but it was drowned in muskets, artillery and shouts, and the Indigenous coalition forces attacking the camp did not notice the strange machine sound.

“The gasoline generator works well and can be used to supply searchlight power.”

"Use searchlights to scare them off."

Thousands of indigenous soldiers were still attacking the camp of the expedition in the dark, and suddenly a strong light shone out from the camp!

The strong light in the darkness made the indigenous soldiers who were shot open their eyes!

No one of them had ever thought that artificial methods could produce strong light in the darkness. Many people lost their combat power directly under the irradiation of strong light, and more people felt fear!

This strong light seemed like a supernatural phenomenon in the darkness, which made the natives who worshiped gods think that it was ghosts and gods appearing. They were so scared that they were all shattered. They almost fled with their hands and feet and used their land!

The use of searchlights has left the indigenous coalition forces attacking the camps with nowhere to hide. Basically, wherever the strong light is projected, bullets and shells will follow!

The strong light and death are linked together, aggravating the fear of the natives!

"The portable generators and searchlights we brought may be more effective than machine guns at night." Members of the expedition discovered that after using the searchlights, the noisy sounds of the natives gradually moved away.

The next morning, the members of the expedition team became a little tired due to the night battle. They saw that there were many dead enemies outside. The attack on their tribe not only did not get much benefit, but instead lost thousands of people.

"A patrol deployed on the periphery suffered heavy losses in the attack last night, with several Indian Turkish soldiers killed. In addition, more than a dozen casualties were killed and killed in the fierce battle at the camp."

"Do we still have to continue looking for a big gold mine in the northwest? We have just 60 kilometers deep into the hinterland and were attacked by a coalition of many tribes. The enemy army that attacked us seemed to be composed of dozens of chief forces of all sizes, from various villages here."

"Looking for a big gold mine is the task assigned to us by the top, and it is best to be able to successfully complete it. Although the top also gives us the power to retreat when we encounter great difficulties, I still want to try to complete this difficult task again. It is for us to make contributions and for gold."

"Look at the situation, we can continue to move forward with caution, and if there is constant attack, we may have to retreat to the shore."

The expedition team defeated the tribal coalition in the Zulu area twice in a row, but at the same time, their number was too small, and casualties inevitably occurred.

If these tribes were a powerful feudal kingdom, they might be able to cause greater losses to the expedition team, and an expedition team of 1,000 people might not dare to go deep into the hinterland.

The tribal coalition was even worse than the army organization of the feudal kingdom. The soldiers they temporarily pieced together came from various villages and could not cause huge losses to the coalition.

After a simple discussion, the expedition team did not easily give up their efforts to find the big gold mine due to the casualties of more than a dozen people.

The attacks of the Indigenous coalition were far from over. To be precise, the expedition teams that continued to march northwest of South Africa passed through the territory or hunting grounds of other tribes and formed enemies with the new tribes. The indigenous tribes launched untiring sneak attacks against the smaller expedition teams.

In the face of powerful firearms, all of these sneak attacks were defeated, and the losses of both sides were unimaginable, reaching an astonishing 1 to 100.

However, when the expedition team penetrated 180 kilometers deep into the heart of South Africa, they found that they could no longer move forward.

The continuous sneak attacks by the indigenous tribes are one aspect, and what is even more serious is that the outbreak of the expedition team that they least want to see - yellow fever.

At the same time, the materials were in short supply because of the continuous attacks and sneak attacks of the indigenous people.

"Our ammunition is used more than half. If we continue to go deeper into the hinterland, I am afraid that when we come back, there will be no ammunition to resist the attacks of the natives. Without ammunition, we can only use swords and bayonets to fight with the native soldiers, so that we will be submerged in the native army."

"There is no choice but to return it temporarily."

The expedition team originally planned to complete a 500-kilometer expedition, but they encountered indigenous and disease attacks one after another. They still returned to the coastal plain where they first landed.

Since the gold mine is not on the coast and is in the interior of South Africa, this expedition may be the most futile one.

The expedition team counted the number of people lost, which was only 180 kilometers long, but more than 100 people were lost due to war and disease.

"The resistance here is a bit fierce. After all, it is a civilization that has been developing for a while. Even if we barely go deep into the mainland to find a large gold mine, it will be difficult for all tribes to mine gold mines and then transport them out when all tribes are enemies of us."

"We have to change the way we conquer here. The natives here don't know that there is a big gold mine in the northwest. Maybe if the above is not in a hurry to use money, we can use a more secure way to conquer this place."

"First of all, we build the fortress, use the fortress to divide the tribes here, and then gradually push the fortress to areas where there may be large gold mines, and we will be able to get supplies along the way. Secondly, we need someone to learn the language here, use gold, silver, jewelry, and rare treasures to win over some chiefs to attack other chiefs, so that they can surrender to us, pay taxes, and provide the labor force to mine gold mines. It is very expensive to transport labor from the local area, and it is not necessarily possible to adapt to the water and soil here. It is better to turn this place into a plantation and mine."

The expedition team summarized the lessons of this expedition, and the number of people dropped sharply to more than 800. It was difficult for them to organize another expedition before receiving local assistance.

So the group of people gave up their plan to go directly to find the Rand Gold Mine and turned to develop colonies in the coastal Zululan area, and gradually conquered the surrounding tribes with force. In addition to force, they also used intimidation, discord, and win over the local tribes, or turned some weak tribes into their own vassals.

They have used these methods to perfection. Because they have tried countless ways to establish colonies during the conquests of India, the west coast of North America, and Oceania.

Plantation economy began to be built on the East Coast Plain of South Africa. Expeditions that originally came to find the big gold mines under orders built several forts, forming the earliest local colonies. Moreover, they did not intend to plant willows and willows, which became an important sugar-producing area in Africa. There are many large sugar cane plantations and sugar factories. There are also agricultural products such as corn and sorghum, and the cattle farming industry has also developed locally.

After the expedition team sent their plans far away to the Strait of Hormuz and then sent them back to the capital by telegram, the capital ordered the formation of two Indian cavalry regiments to come to South Africa to assist in conquering the tribes here.
Chapter completed!