Australian Storm 1876

   Chapter 484

The report of the "mosquito" patrol boat that applied for the file to the superior has been sent up. It is estimated that it will arrive with the next batch of supplies in the near future. The African Expeditionary Force will also arrive together. The advance team has already established itself in the Zambezi River Basin. With the heels behind, a number of outpost camps have been set up, and they are initially capable of responding to the arrival of large forces.

In this impoverished southeast Africa, it is really not an easy task to establish a base to maintain tens of thousands of modern troops stationed in and reclamation. It is a huge, meticulous and tedious task. Among them, the construction of the forward base is the most important thing. Heavy.

  In the whole plan

  Hekou Town occupies an extremely important position. From here, it can trace its source along the Zambezi River Basin, eroding the Portuguese occupation area step by step, and further forming a complex situation of canine teeth, exerting greater pressure on the other party and forcing it to retreat wisely.

  Using troops in Africa, intimidation and oppression dominate the mainstream. It is more about fighting wits and courage in international diplomacy. The real action is mainly to destroy the local indigenous ruling system, but there are few wars between colonists.

Li Shuanzhu briefly inspected the sewer project being excavated. The military's colonization work in the area mainly played two aspects: **** and hunting down black slaves. It provided sufficient labor force, specific town planning and construction, and had its own experienced experts. Coordinating, they are professional.

   more than ten years

  Queensland is tirelessly committed to colonizing living space, establishing hundreds of new towns, large and small, covering the South Pacific region and Somalia, forming a complete set of efficient scientific colonization system, which has been proven effective and widely promoted.

  The ability to build complete sewer facilities in Hekou Town is rare in the entire southeast Africa. Except for a few cities and towns such as Pretoria in South Africa under British rule, they are basically not seen in other areas.

The Portuguese have been operating in Mozambique for more than 300 years. In view of national strength, they have established only a dozen towns. The large population is more than 20,000 and the small population is only a few hundred. The total number of Portuguese whites in the area is only more than 70,000. The local indigenous blacks have not. According to accurate statistics, it can only be estimated that between 1.4 million and 1.5 million, with whites accounting for about 4% of the total population.

   late 19th century

  As of 1885, according to statistics, Portugal has a population of more than 4.53 million people, which is 10% larger than that of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The national strength of the two is between the two, and the Portuguese are slightly weaker.

  The reason for saying this is because Portugal's largest colony, Brazil, broke away from the kingdom in 1822. Regent Pietro became the new king of the Kingdom of Brazil. The lack of nutrition for the colony greatly weakened Portugal's national power.

The most terrible thing is that Portugal was annexed by the Spanish empire ruled by Habsburg in 1581. It was not until the middle of the 17th century that, with the support of European powers such as Britain, France and Germany, Portugal had difficulty breaking away from the Spanish empire ruled by Habsburg. Independent status.

  When it comes to the old colonial empire, Portugal is the most miserable one.

  Hekou Town

   is a lively construction scene. A large number of black slaves worked hard under the scorching sun. They only wore a loincloth, and their naked and strong bodies carried wood and stones to contribute to the construction of the town.

Li Shuanzhu looked coldly along the way, and the soldiers in charge of vigilance raised their hands to salute. This is a town of soldiers and black soil city. Except for a few Arab women brought from Xi’an, the whole town is full of wild male hormones. .

  On the outskirts of Hekou Town

  The task of the advance force is to respond to the large forces, consolidate forward bases, build barracks and relatively complete living facilities. In the wet and rainy Zambezi Valley, permanent housing shelters, ubiquitous mosquitoes and flies will take advantage of the vacancy to spread tropical diseases.

  Do not underestimate these mosquitoes and flies, they are the main force spreading tropical diseases.

Queensland has suffered a bitter experience in colonization in the tropics. It was in the Borneo development project. Because of the P. falciparum pandemic, the Chinese immigrants lost 19% of the population in the Samarinda area in the first year. After various efforts In the second year, 7% of the population was lost. In the third year, this figure dropped to 2.3%. Tens of thousands of lives were paid, and hundreds of thousands of pounds were lost.

Therefore, the African Expeditionary Army pays special attention to disease prevention and control. It spends a lot of money to build urban sewer facilities to reduce mosquito breeding sites. In addition, lime disinfection is used to eliminate ponds and ponds. Weeds and bushes are removed by burning wasteland around towns and mosquito nets are widely used. , Do not drink raw water, pay attention to personal hygiene and other measures, equipped with special medicines such as cinchona cream, to minimize the possibility of tropical diseases.

  After a round of inspection

Li Shuanzhu returned to the Tuanbu Wooden Building. The Tuanbu Wooden Building was built more like a pavilion with ventilation on all sides. It was wrapped with fine gauze and covered with the broad-leaf thatch, a specialty of Africa, to become a cool and comfortable residence. .

  The bottom of the wooden building is made of bricks and stones, about 50 cm high, to isolate the wet ground, and then use the whole large wooden building to form the frame of the wooden building, which is convenient and quick to build.

Dozens of such wooden buildings have been built. Except for gauze wrapping, each bed has a separate mosquito net. A wooden building can be used by the entire row of soldiers. In the evening, the wormwood is burned to drive away mosquitoes. Reduce the occurrence of diseases.

  Because of the hot weather, Li Shuanzhu took off his uniform and military cap and handed it to the guard, then took the pu fan and shook the breeze and walked to the table to sit down.

  "Sir, drink a cup of herbal tea to cool off the heat." The regimental staff handed the big tea mug with both hands.

"Yeah, good." Li Shuanzhu took a sip of the soaked herbal tea. The slightly bitter aroma of tea filled his mouth and took away the irritability of the sultry weather. He couldn't help taking another sip and asked; "What's the situation today? So, are any soldiers sick?"

   "Reporting to the group, 6 soldiers with diarrhea have arranged to rest. According to the medical treatment of the army, it should be that the weather is hot and they have eaten bad fruits. They have taken the decoction according to the doctor's instructions. After two days of observation, they can resume duty without serious problems."

  "The prevention and control of the epidemic should not be taken lightly, and any signs should be immediately isolated."

   "Yes, immediately isolate any signs."

Li Shuanzhu shook the pu fan a few times and felt much cooler. He stretched out his hand to unbutton the shirt on his neckline so that the cool breeze could enter more. After thinking about it for a while, he ordered; The white girl, um...Looking at her delicate and expensive appearance, I am afraid that she will not be able to withstand high-intensity labor, and she is the daughter of Juan Carlos, a white man in the town of Enzo, so she shouldn’t be too harsh. Bo Punishment is enough, just arrange to help the kitchen in the gang room."

   "Yes, Master Tuanzuo."

"Oh... by the way, order that no officers and soldiers will be allowed to violate this white girl. Juan Carlos promised to pay a ransom of 1,000 pounds. What he can't pay by that time is a ruined willow, which is detrimental to our army's reputation. Arrangements A prudent Arab woman ate and lived with her. If she disobeys the order, the military law will severely punish her."

   "Understand, humble duty must truthfully convey strict orders."

   "Go down."

"Yes."

  The regimental staff trot out of the wooden building to convey the order. Li Shuanzhu comfortably leaned on the chair and shook the cool breeze, looking out through the gauze that wrapped the wooden building.

  It's about three o'clock in the afternoon

The sunshine in Africa is quite fierce. Most of the soldiers on duty are hiding in the shadows of wooden buildings or in the shade of buildings with their guns. Have higher resistance to hot weather.

it's here

If you are **** like a black slave, your skin will easily get sunburned, redness, itching, peeling, or even acne, etc., especially when acne is particularly troublesome. It will be yellow water when squeezed out, and it will be hot and humid. It is easy to get an ulcer infection in the weather, which will eventually lead to death.

  Today's medicine is underdeveloped, and there is no specific anti-infective drug. Because it often sweats, Yunnan Baiyao is not effective when used. After infection, it can only rely on its own immunity.

  The advance team has already had eight or nine soldiers killed as a result. Therefore, colonizing Africa not only involves fighting against white colonists and indigenous people, but also fighting against the natural conditions of alienation. The danger is everywhere.

  Group room

Sophia, who was assigned to work, carried a heavy basket of potatoes into the big pot, put down the basket and stood up to breathe, her forehead golden hair has been soaked with sweat, she lifted up her white arm and wiped it. The fine sweat on his face reveals the girly style.

  At this moment, after Sophia had gone through the initial fear, she felt a deep sense of humiliation.

  She is the daughter of Juan Carlos, the lord of the town of Barazo, Enzo. The flowers in a greenhouse are like a well-loved little princess. Has she ever done such a clumsy job?

  Sofia’s big light blue eyes blinked and misted in grievance, but facing the Arab woman sitting by the gate and cutting potatoes and the soldiers around, she felt a wave of weakness.

  The language is impassable, and it is impossible to confide in the grievances in my heart, let alone encourage Arab women to help them escape.

  Looking at the soldiers with live ammunition around, the courage that Sophia muster up instantly disappears like a punctured ball.

  If they are found after escaping, these cold soldiers will probably beat themselves into a hornet's nest!

  Sophia really hates that incomprehensible young officer, she just said a word too far, so she won’t be so demeaned, she will have to do hard labor for a month, right?

  These Orientals are really...

   thought of here

Sophia bit her fine silver teeth and lifted her white arm across the golden hair. Her unintentional behavior showed the graceful posture of a mature girl. The well-fitting riding uniform was very strong because of sweat sticking to her body. The shape of the chili milk is fully revealed.

  I have to admire the early development of the white girl. The 15-year-old Sophia has a curvy body, and her green and beautiful face adds invisible temptation.

  This is a chick, yes.

   "Guru"

The cooking soldiers in several gangs swallowed their saliva. Through the gauze tents, they could clearly see the white girl’s figure. In the town of Hekou, where male hormones were overwhelmed, it was a dazzling torch, attracting flying. Moths vie for sumo.

  (End of this chapter)