Еще одно из век живи век учись. Оказывается у романа Конрада "Сердце Тьмы" был суровейший реальный прототип. Прям эталоннейший.
Экспедиция французов в Центральную Африку.
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Центральноафриканская_экспедиция
Руководство одной из колон капитан Поль Вуле и лейтенант Жульен Шануэн и до этого были с мощными проблесками садизма и живодерства, в ходе этой экспедиции окончательно поехало крышей, устроило филиал ада на своем пути, при попытке их отстранить застрелили подполковника Клобба, объявили мятеж и были убиты своими собственными офигевшими солдатами, насколько я понимаю сенегальцами.
Из английской вики
The four months of delay in the start of the mission—and the very limited funds granted—had dire consequences for the future. Voulet completely ignored the local hierarchies and took liberties with the orders he received,[3] which were anyway very vague—he was asked only to explore the territory between the Niger River and Lake Chad, and put the area "under French protection". The Minister of Colonies merely said, "I don't pretend to be able to give you any instructions on which route to choose or how you are to behave towards the native chieftains."[4] In the opinion of the British historian G. Regan, this meant "giving carte blanche to two known psychopaths in uniform,"[5] especially as Voulet had already told the governor of French Sudan that he meant to crush any resistance by burning villages.[4]
Расплывчатый приказ от руководства колоний дал карт-бланш двум уже известным психам в униформе.
Klobb followed the trail left by the "infernal column's" passage; a trail of burned villages and charred corpses. He passed trees where women had been hanged, and cooking fires where children had been roasted. He also found the corpses of the expedition's guides; those that had displeased Voulet had been strung up alive in a position that the foot went to the hyenas and the rest of the body to the vultures.[9]
Клобб шел по следу из соженных деревень и обугленных трупов, мимо деревьев на которых были повешены женщины и следов костров на которых жарили детей.
Убийство Клобба
On 10 July, after a pursuit of over 2000 km, Klobb arrived at Damangara, near Zinder, where the villagers informed him that Voulet and his men were just a few hours' march ahead. He sent an African sergeant with two soldiers to give Voulet a letter informing him that he had been removed from his position and was to return home immediately; to this Voulet replied that he had 600 guns against his (Klobb's) fifty, and would use them if he dared to come near. Voulet and Chanoine were careful not to inform the other officers of Klobb's letter, and in the following days kept them occupied in raids. On July 13 he conducted his last massacre: after a villager killed two of his men, Voulet had 150 women and children slaughtered. The same evening he wrote a second letter to Klobb, in which he again told him not to try to come closer.
Klobb did not believe the other officers or the riflemen would dare to kill, or let be killed, a superior officer. He was unaware that Voulet had kept the new orders secret, and that as a precaution Voulet had made sure only himself and Chanoine would be present to receive him. Consequently, the following morning, Klobb proceeded with his men to Dankori, where Voulet waited. Upon seeing him, Voulet ordered his men to disperse and sent Klobb a last warning, which Klobb ignored.
Klobb, after telling his men not to open fire under any circumstances, in full-dress uniform and with his Légion d'honneur medal pinned on his chest, proceeded alone toward Voulet, who kept telling him to go back. To emphasise his warnings Voulet ordered two salvos fired in the air. When Klobb addressed Voulet's men, reminding them of their duties, Voulet threatened them with a pistol and ordered them to open fire. Klobb fell, wounded, still ordering his men not to return fire; but his words were truncated by a new salvo that killed Klobb, while his soldiers fled.[10][11]
Объявление мятежа Вуле
On the evening of Klobb's assassination, Voulet informed his officers of the clash and, while stripping off his galloons, proclaimed: "I'm no longer a Frenchman, I'm a black chief. With you, I will found an empire" (Je ne suis plus français, je suis un chef noir. Avec vous, je vais fonder un empire). The officers' reaction was far from enthusiastic, and their mood infected the troop. On July 16 an informer told Voulet that the troop was about to mutiny. Voulet and Chanoine assembled the riflemen, and after shooting the informer in front of the troop—for informing him too late of the impending mutiny—Voulet harangued the soldiers about their duty to obey their leaders, while at the same time shooting at them. The Senegalese returned fire, killing Chanoine, but Voulet escaped into the darkness and found refuge with some villagers. A sergeant then informed Lt. Pallier, the first French officer he found, of what had happened, and pledged the loyalty of the troop to him.[8]
The last chapter of Voulet's rebellion was played out the following morning, when he tried to reenter the camp, but was blocked by a sentry who refused to let him pass. Voulet shot at him but missed, and the sentry killed him.[12] Pallier, who was now in command, decided to take Zinder, then the biggest town in present-day Niger and a former vassal of the Bornu Empire;[13] Pallier defeated the local ruler sarki Amadou, and took the city on July 30.[14]
Мол я теперь не француз, я черный вождь и мы основываем свою империю. После чего сенегальцы открыли пальбы и шлепнули лейтенанта, а капитан сбежал. На следующий день попробовал вернуться к солдатам и был застрелен часовым.