The beautiful Nile, the world's most famous river, flows through the city of Cairo and divides into two branches, continuing northward into the Mediterranean Sea, which separates Europe and Africa, forming the vast and rich Nile Delta. Tongdu Dayi Cairo, just south of this delta.

Today, Huaxia is preparing to build a railway here, and the ancient citadel of Cairo suddenly becomes lively.

The first to arrive here was the headquarters of the First Army Corps, and Cao Wenzhao set up his headquarters in the city of Cairo.

Huaxia also set up a military adjustment committee in Cairo, which was set up to coordinate the forces of various African countries, and its purpose was to serve the construction of the railway from Cairo to South Africa.

The director of the Military Investigation Commission is Cao Wenzhao, and the deputy director is composed of military generals from Persia, Britain, France, and the Netherlands, they are: Admiral Shal, Commander of the Persian King's Guard, British Vice Admiral Pepys, French Army Rear Admiral Creti, and Dutch Admiral Madden.

The Ministry of Rites has also set up a high-level office in Cairo for the purpose of receiving representatives of envoys from various countries to Cairo.

Cao Xinru, director of the Bureau of Railways, personally came to Cairo and set up a railway construction headquarters in Cairo.

The busiest is China's logistics and transportation department, and the logistics support of the 8 million railway construction army is about to enter Cairo, and its logistics support is by no means an easy task.

Of the 8 million railway construction army, 6 million are laborers from island countries, and 2 million are engineering and technical personnel and skilled workers in all aspects of the railway bureau, including their families.

The first to arrive in Cairo was not the 8 million railway construction army, but the 300,000 construction workers, who built houses specifically for the 6 million laborers of the island nation.

The 300,000 construction workers who entered Cairo were 2 million railway employees, who were assigned to the city and became permanent residents of the city.

Fortunately, now that China has automobiles, otherwise Cairo's population would have skyrocketed by several million, and its daily necessities would have been difficult to sustain.

Supplies from all over the country were transported by train to the Persian port of Bushehr, and then by sea from the port of Bushehr to Dammam, and the logistics department dispatched thousands of large trucks to transport the supplies from Dammam to Cairo.

Trucks carried daily necessities such as grain and vegetables, while heavy machinery and equipment were transported by ocean from Yangon, rounded the Cape of Good Hope into the Mediterranean, and then disembarked in the ports of Hankou and Alexandria and transported to Cairo.

The army of 8 million railway builders was also transported to Cairo by sea, and the first batch to arrive in Cairo were engineers and technicians, and to build the railway, engineers and technicians had to go first.

Huaxia will not treat these railway elites badly, as soon as they arrive in Cairo, they will be assigned a house in the most prosperous area of Cairo, and they can live and work happily in peace, first of all, let their lives be stable, and they can devote themselves to heavy work.

The engineers first selected the site of the railway station, and after the location was determined, it was necessary to introduce large-scale equipment, as well as various steel and building materials.

After the railway engineers and technicians settled in Cairo, they began to organize personnel to go deep into Africa to survey the line, and their work could only be carried out with the support of the military, and the newly established Military Adjustment Commission was responsible for their safety.

In that year, the Portuguese in North Africa ceded their territory to the British, and the first stop of the railway survey was in this area under British administration, and the first phase of the survey went smoothly, and the Military Adjustment Commission sent a multinational force of 3,000 men to protect the engineering and technical personnel.

The 3,000 men consisted of five battalions, one tank battalion (Huaxia Army), one Cossack cavalry battalion (Huaxia Army), one Persian infantry battalion (Persian Army), one British Marine Battalion (British), one French infantry battalion (French Army), and one Dutch Infantry Battalion (Dutch Army).

The Huaxia Kingdom has officially declared that the 80-mile radius along the railway line belongs to the territory of Huaxia, and all those in this area must move out of this area, and the 3,000 men and horses dispatched by the Military Adjustment Commission are to remove obstacles to the railway line.

Along the way, many areas were British, French, and Dutch territories, and with their troops involved in the clearance work, things were much simpler.

Because the Chinese tank battalions were responsible for the security of both sides of the railway line, and the Chinese Cossack cavalry battalions were responsible for the comings and goings, the only infantry battalions of Persia could serve as close escorts for engineers and technicians.

Because of the close relationship between Persia and China, this Persian infantry battalion was also conscientious, and successfully completed the task of protecting the safety of engineers and technicians in the first phase of the survey work.

The completion of the first phase of the survey mission meant that the laying of the railroad could begin, and since the six million laborers of the island nation had not yet arrived in Cairo at this time, these engineers and technicians were approved by the higher authorities to temporarily return to Cairo to rest, while the multinational force was responsible for continuing to clear the way forward.

This group of surveyors, consisting of nearly 100 people, returned to Cairo in three large trucks, and when they returned to Cairo it was already early April 1662, when the construction of the Cairo railway station had just begun, and the construction of the project had not yet been fully carried out because the laborers of the island country had not yet arrived in Cairo.

Cao Wenzhao sat in the Cairo headquarters and called his son Cao Xinru to him.

"Why is the construction of the train station progressing so slowly?"

Cao Xinru said: "Father, this is because the laborers of the island country have not yet arrived. ”

Cao Wenzhao said dissatisfiedly: "The emperor ordered them to be transferred, and now half a year has passed, why haven't they arrived yet?" ”

Cao Xinru said: "Because the road is far away. This is one reason, and the more important reason is to consider their living problems, so before they arrive, they need to transport their lives to Cairo first, otherwise they will come without food and clothing, and the project will be difficult to complete. ”

Cao Wenzhao asked, "Can't you bring some people over first?" ”

Cao Xinru replied: "Father, these need to be arranged as a whole, and the construction of the railway is a super-large project, which must be carried out step by step. ”

Cao Wenzhao said: "I don't understand this, as the director of the railway bureau, you must grasp the progress, otherwise the emperor will blame him, and both our father and son will be punished." ”

Cao Xinru said: "Father, please rest assured, the first batch of laborers from the island nation have already boarded the ship in Yangon, and they will be able to come to Cairo within a month." ”