Chapter 230: Congo III (Page 1/1)

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The domestic mineral resources are insufficient, and finding suitable raw material sources from the outside has become the only way to maintain the industrial development of the Han Kingdom.

Congo has fertile land, complete types of mineral resources, the most abundant copper ore resources of 600 million tons, ranking fourth in the world, high-quality coal resources of about 60 million tons, diamond reserves of 190 million carats, as for iron, chromium, zinc, manganese, aluminum and other metal mineral resources, the reserves are more than 1 million tons, fully able to support the development of large industries in Han.

Congo is an underrated virgin land, in 1816, the British Navy sent Colonel Dukai to lead a well-equipped expedition along the Congo River deep inland, because of the river rapids, the climate is not suitable, the expedition was all killed.

In 1874, the British explorer Stanley, a journalist, organized a large expedition of 342 people, regardless of the obstruction of the Han troops in the Congo, into the northern part of the Congo expedition, but a month later was attacked and killed by the local black aborigines near Bemba, and the remaining expedition members held out in Bemba for five days, and were rescued by the Han troops who checked the situation, however, because the black natives smeared poison on the bows and arrows used, most of the injured expedition members died after escaping from the trap, In the end, less than fifty explorers survived.

Stanley's expedition was a private expedition, and after the expedition plan suffered a huge failure, not only did the sponsors behind the expedition be full of resentment towards the dead Stanley, but the colonial officials who led the British African colonization plan also believed that there was no economic benefit in developing the interior of the Congo, and they were not very optimistic about the Han occupation of the Congo region.

The Congo region was preemptively occupied by the Han State, and Stanley, who was the pioneer of exploring the interior of the Congo, unfortunately died in the conflict with the natives, and King Leopold II of Belgium completely lost the possibility of occupying the Congo region as a colony.

Excluding the hands of most of the rival countries in the Congo, the Han government established a preliminary ruling foundation in the Congo, first with Huang Naishang as the director of the Department of African Colonization under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then sent four battalions of Wehrmacht soldiers and two battalions and a company of Foreign Legion soldiers to be stationed in the Congo, Cameroon's Ebolois, Kismayo, and Mtwara respectively, and finally transported a small number of refugees by ocean-going ships to enrich the Han country's colonial stronghold in the Congo.

In Li Mingyuan's order to Huang Naishang, the Congo was built as a core colony, so after receiving the first batch of refugees from Fujian Province, they hurriedly rested for four days, and Huang Naishang and Xue Yizhong led a team of 150 Wehrmacht soldiers, 120 Foreign Legion soldiers and 200 refugees, four Langzhong, and more than 50 black natives, and a pioneer team composed of three small gunboats with a displacement of 200 tons and five steam sailing ships, and drove inland along the main channel of the Congo River.

At noon on 1 April, the flotilla from Matadi arrived in Kinshasa and, after leaving some supplies for the local garrison, headed north along the Congo River, passing through trading posts at Mbandaka, Bemba and elsewhere, before arriving at Kisangani on the morning of the 4th.

Kisangani is located in the middle reaches of the main channel of the Congo River, with many nearby tributaries, which can quickly lead to the northeast, southwest, and south of the Congo through waterways, and is an important hub for controlling the interior of the Congo.

Coming down from the gunboats in the front row, Huang Naishang and Xue Yizhong had just ordered the soldiers to disembark with axes, machetes and other tools, when they saw a group of black-covered natives appear in the forest in the distance.

The sudden appearance of the black natives caused a commotion among the refugees, and after Xue Yizhong stood in the middle of the team and ordered the soldiers to maintain order strongly, the panicked refugees slowly quieted down.

Looking back at the Chinese refugees with nervous eyes, Xue Yizhong smiled lightly and said, "Lord Huang, these fellow villagers of yours don't have your courage, they have been in Congo for ten days, and they are still a little scared to see the black natives. ”

"Don't blame them, the fleet was attacked twice on the way, and they probably took the people of the Uulmu tribe as the natives who attacked."

Huang Naishang looked at the indigenous chieftain surrounded by hundreds of blacks and was still some distance away from the river, and explained, "Lieutenant Colonel Xue and Zai have been to the sea for several years, and have seen young foreigners and black natives, these fellow villagers from the mainland, have never been to the sea, and have just come into contact with the black aborigines covered in black, it is normal for it to be difficult to change their concepts in a short period of time, and when they stay in the country for a year and a half, they will slowly adapt." ”

"What Lord Huang said is reasonable, it is to give them some time to adapt."

Xue Yizhong nodded, and was about to continue talking to Huang Naishang when he saw a soldier hurriedly running to him.

"Sir, Zheng Er and Huang Song's wounds are starting to pus, Wang Langzhong suggests that they be sent back to Matadi for treatment immediately!"

"Aren't the bows and arrows of the natives free of poison? How can their wounds still worsen? ”

One of the two injured people was an old brother who followed him to immigrate to the Han Kingdom from Australia, hearing that their wounds were pus and worsening, Xue Yizhong couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in his heart: "How did they do it, since the year before last, every year, dozens of strong brothers have died because of a minor illness, Wang Langzhong and Sun Langzhong have been researching and treating for more than two years, and there is no result from the research, you go and tell Wang Langzhong, if they can't treat Zheng Er and Huang Song this time, Xue someone must apply to His Royal Highness, Dismissed a few of them from their quack positions! ”

"Yes!" The soldier gave a neat military salute, and was about to turn around and leave when he was stopped by Huang Naishang.

"The plague is raging in Africa, the two brothers may have accidentally touched the dirt after being injured and were infected, the top priority is to send the two brothers back to the base for treatment as soon as possible, Lieutenant Colonel Xue, you can't worry about the subordinates acting rashly, which may not only make Wang Langzhong's doctors suffer grievances, but also may delay the treatment of the two brothers."

Dozens of soldiers die every year, Huang Naishang understands Xue Yizhong's feelings, and comforts, "Wang Langzhong, they have done their best, three years ago, the first batch of teams to arrive in the interior of the Congo because they were not familiar with the local environment, they were infected by diseases and killed more than 100 people, in the past few years, Wang Langzhong and they went deep into the jungle to investigate poisonous animals and plants and possible disease-causing water sources, helping the troops reduce the loss of hundreds of people, we have to be more patient, give Wang Langzhong and them more time to find ways to prevent and control tropical diseases." ”

Huang Naishang is the person in charge of the Congolese colonial stronghold, after his persuasion, Xue Yizhong felt that he had not controlled his emotions just now, so he softened his tone and said, "It's not that I don't know the difficulties of your Langzhong, but the loss of more than 30 brothers in a year, and most of them died from an inconspicuous wound or minor illness, it is really not worth it." ”

"Your Highness has ordered the mainland to increase the amount of quinine supplied to the Congo region, and what we need to do is to remind the soldiers and immigrants to abide by the epidemic prevention guidelines set by Langzhong, and minimize the number of troops lost due to illness."

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