The report of the "mosquito" patrol boat has been sent to the higher authorities, and it is estimated that the next batch of supplies will arrive in the near future, along with the arrival of a large force of the African Expeditionary Force, and the advance team has already gained a firm foothold in the Zambezi River Valley, set up a number of outpost camps, and initially has the ability to receive the arrival of a large force.

In this impoverished and white southeastern Africa, it is really not an easy task to establish a base to maintain tens of thousands of modern troops stationed in the cantonment, and it is a huge, meticulous, and tedious task, of which the construction of the forward base is the most important thing.

throughout the program

The town of Estuary occupies an extremely important position, from which it can trace its source up the Zambezi River valley, gradually encroaching on the Portuguese-occupied territory, further creating a complex situation of dogs and teeth, and exerting more pressure on the other side to retreat wisely.

In Africa, the use of troops, intimidation and oppression occupy the mainstream, and it is more of a battle of wits and courage in international diplomatic occasions, and the real action is mainly to destroy the local indigenous ruling system, and there are few wars between colonizers.

Li Xuanzhu briefly inspected the sewer project that was being excavated, and the military's colonization work in the area mainly played two aspects: escorting and searching for black slaves, providing sufficient labor, and planning and construction of specific towns and towns should be coordinated by their own experienced experts, and they are professional.

For more than a decade

Queensland has been tirelessly committed to the colonization of living space, and has established hundreds of new towns and cities of all sizes throughout the South Pacific region and Somalia, forming a complete set of efficient scientific colonization systems, which have been proven to be effective and widely promoted.

The ability to build a complete sewerage facility in the town of Estuary is rare in the whole of southeastern Africa, except for a few towns such as Pretoria in South Africa, which is under British rule.

The Portuguese have been operating in Mozambique for more than 300 years, and have only established a dozen towns due to national strength, with more than 20,000 people in the big ones and only a few hundred people in the small ones, and the total number of white Portuguese people in the area is only more than 70,000, and the local indigenous blacks have not been accurately counted, and can only be estimated to be between 1.4 million and 1.5 million, with whites accounting for about 4% of the total population.

End of the 19th century

By 1885, the population of Portugal was more than 4.53 million, a quarter more than that of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The reason for this is that Brazil, the largest Portuguese colony, broke away from the kingdom in 1822, and the regent Pietro became the new king of the Kingdom of Brazil, lacking the colony's nutritional supply, which greatly weakened Portugal's national power.

The most important thing is that Portugal was annexed by the Spanish Empire ruled by the Habsburgs in 1581, and it was not until the middle of the 17th century, with the support of Britain, France, Germany and other European powers, that Portugal struggled to break away from the Spanish Empire ruled by the Habsburgs and gain independent status.

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

Bayou Town

It is a lively construction scene, a large number of black slaves toiling under the scorching sun, they only wear a crotch cloth, and carry wood and stones with a strong black body, contributing to the construction of the town.

Li Xuanzhu walked all the way with a cold expression, and the soldiers in charge of the guard raised their hands and saluted, this is a town made of soldiers and black soil city, except for a very few Arab women brought from Xi'an Town, the whole town is full of wild male hormones.

On the outskirts of the town of Kawaguchi

The task of the advance force is to receive the large force, consolidate the forward base, and build barracks and relatively complete living facilities. In the humid and rainy Zambezi River Basin, where permanent shelter allows ubiquitous mosquitoes and flies to spread tropical diseases.

Don't underestimate these mosquitoes and flies, they are the main force in spreading tropical diseases.

Queensland's colonization in the tropics has suffered a tragic experience, that is, in the Borneo development project, Chinese immigrants lost 19% of the population in the first year due to the falciparum tropical malaria pandemic, 7% of the population in the second year after various efforts, and this figure dropped to 2.3% in the third year, costing tens of thousands of lives and causing hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Therefore, the African Expeditionary Force attaches great importance to epidemic prevention and control, and spends a lot of money on the construction of urban sewer facilities to reduce mosquito breeding places, coupled with lime disinfection, eliminate ditches and ponds, remove weeds and bushes by burning around towns, widely use mosquito nets, do not drink raw water, pay attention to personal hygiene and other measures, and equip special drugs such as cinchona cream to minimize the possibility of tropical epidemics.

After a round of inspection

Li Xuanzhu returned to the regimental wooden building, which was built more like a pavilion with ventilation on all sides, wrapped in fine gauze, and covered with broad-leaved 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 damp ground, and then the frame of the wooden building is made of the whole large wood, which is easy and quick to build.

Dozens of such wooden buildings have been built, in addition to the screen wrapping, each bed has a separate mosquito net, a wooden building can be used by a whole row of soldiers, in the evening to burn wormwood to drive away mosquitoes, greatly reducing the occurrence of epidemics.

Because of the hot weather, Li Lianzhu took off his military uniform and hat and handed them to the guards, then took the pu fan and shook the cool breeze and walked to the table and sat down.

"Sir, drink a cup of herbal tea to cool off." The staff officer of the regimental headquarters handed over the large tea jar with both hands.

"yes, okay." Li Xuanzhu took the herbal tea brewed into sauce and took a sip, the slightly bitter tea fragrance filled his mouth, taking away the irritability of the sultry weather, he couldn't help but take another sip and asked; "How is it today, are there any soldiers who are sick?"

According to the diagnosis and treatment of the Chinese medicine in the army, it should be that the weather is hot and they have eaten spoiled melons and fruits, and they have taken the decoction according to the doctor's instructions, and they can resume duty after two days of observation without major problems."

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

"Yes, isolate immediately if you find any signs."

Li Xuanzhu shook the fan a few times and felt much cooler, reached out to unbutton the collar shirt, so that the cool breeze could enter more, thought for a while and commanded; "I went out on patrol today and caught a white girl in Enzo Town, who was not inferior in her mouth, huh...... Looking at her delicate and expensive appearance, I am afraid that she will not be able to endure high-intensity labor, and she is the daughter of Juan Carlos, a white man in Enzo Town, so it is not good to treat her too harshly, and she can be punished lightly, so she will arrange to help cook in the regimental room. ”

"Yes, Danza-sama."

"Oh...... By the way, the order went down, no officers and soldiers were allowed to violate this white girl, Juan Carlos promised to pay 1,000 pounds of atonement, and if he could not hand over it by then, it would be a ruined flower and willow, which would damage the prestige of our army, and arrange for a steady Arab woman to eat and live with him, and if he disobeyed the order, he would be severely punished by military law. ”

"Understand, the humble duty must truthfully convey the strict order."

"Let's go down."

"Yes."

The staff officer of the regiment headquarters trotted out of the wooden building to convey the order, and Li Xuanzhu leaned comfortably on the chair and shook the cool breeze, looking out through the screen that wrapped the wooden building.

It was about 3 p.m

The sun in Africa is quite fierce, and most of the soldiers on duty hide in the shadow of wooden buildings or in the shade of buildings with guns, and take out a kettle from time to time to pour a sip of cold boiled water.

Over here

If you are like a black slave, the skin is easy to be sunburned, redness and itching, large peeling and even acne and other symptoms, especially acne is particularly troublesome, squeezed out is yellow water, in humid and hot weather it is easy to ulcer infection, and eventually lead to a life.

Nowadays, medicine is not developed, there is no specific anti-infective drug, because of frequent sweating, Yunnan Baiyao is not very effective, and after infection, you can only rely on your own immunity.

Eight or nine soldiers of the advance team had already lost their lives as a result, so colonial Africa was not only a struggle against white colonizers and natives, but also against different natural conditions, and the danger was everywhere.

The regimental headquarters room

Sophia, who was arranged to work, carried a basket of heavy potatoes and poured them into the large basin, put down the basket and stood up straight, panting, the golden hair on her forehead was soaked with sweat, she raised her white arm and wiped the fine sweat on her face, and the girlish style was revealed.

At this moment, after Sophia went through the initial fear, there was a deep sense of humiliation in her heart.

She is the daughter of Juan Carlos, lord of the small town of Barazzo in Enzo, a flower in a greenhouse, like a much-respected little princess, how could she have done such a stupid job?

Sophia's big light blue eyes blinked, and she was misty with grievance, but she felt a burst of powerlessness in the face of the Arab woman sitting by the gate peeling potatoes and the soldiers around her.

The language barrier makes it impossible to confide in the grievances in your heart, let alone encourage an Arab woman to help you escape.

Looking at the heavily armed soldiers around her, Sophia's instant courage immediately disappeared like a punctured ball.

If they escape and are discovered, these ruthless soldiers will probably turn themselves into a hornet's nest!

Sophia really hated the young officer who didn't understand the amorous feelings, but she just said something excessive, so she wouldn't be so impolite that she would have to serve hard labor for a month, right?

These Orientals are really ......

Come to think of it

Sophia bit her fine silver teeth, raised her white arm and brushed the golden hair, her unintentional action showed the graceful posture of a mature girl, and the well-fitting cycling uniform was clinging to her body because of sweat, and the shape of the upturned pepper milk was fully revealed.

I have to admire the early development of the white girl, the 15-year-old Sophia's body is curvaceous, and her young and beautiful face adds invisible temptation.

It's a chick, that's right.

"Grunt".

The cooks of several regimental headquarters swallowed their saliva in unison, and they could clearly see the figure of the white girl through the gauze tent, which was in the estuary town where male hormones were bursting, and it was simply a dazzling torch, attracting moths to rush to fight.