With Ernst's order, the new directive document and supplies were transported across the sea to East Africa, and after receiving Ernst's order, the East African colonies began the "enclosure movement".

First Town, today's able-bodied immigrants, was selected by the sheriff to begin the formation of the first Chinese army in the East African colonies, and those selected were to be included in the archives.

A long line lined up in front of the town government of the first town, these were the soldiers who had been preliminarily selected, and they were preparing what the governor called "registration".

"Name?"

"Wang Tiegen."

"Age?"

“23。”

I saw the recorder fill in the paper "Name: Tiegen Wang, Age: 23, Occupation: Mercenary, Number 0423." ”

Then he handed Wang Tiegen a small card, on which was the number 0423.

"Take this number and go to the fourth group over there to get the equipment."

The so-called equipment is a new military uniform plus a flintlock pistol produced by the Heixingen Arsenal.

This is a Prussian regular army uniform ordered from Berlin, the whole dress is light blue, because the African environment is different from Europe, so the Prussian unique pointed helmet is not distributed.

The soldiers wore large-brimmed hats similar to those of later generations, made of cotton, which had good shade and breathability.

A pair of yellow-green military boots were also distributed, and because of the high temperature in Africa, the unmodified special military boots were not suitable for Africa.

Wang Tiegen came to the fourth group as instructed, and there were many people in the front row of the fourth group, all of whom were hastily organized to prepare Chinese soldiers in the interior of East Africa.

Now they were about to go to Dodoma, Mwanza and other places to establish new colonial strongholds under the leadership of German officers.

Its main task is to clear the indigenous people along the route and open a safe new road for subsequent migration.

When they arrived at their destination, they had to clear the beasts and indigenous tribes near the new stronghold, after all, the East African lands that Ernst had occupied were the more famous places in later generations.

So the environment is not bad, there must be indigenous tribes who also choose to live here, whether they are hunting or already have a rudimentary agricultural planting, they need a place to carry out their activities.

This would threaten the security of the East African colonists, so the new Chinese army had to clean up the indigenous tribes before the immigrants arrived.

At the same time, the new colonial strongholds are also future transit points for immigrants, and with small checkpoints along the way, a relatively safe and mature migration network can be established.

"Everyone, stand upright!" The white-faced commander stood in front and commanded: "I am your first commander, Andrei, and from today you will be a member of the fourth squad of the East African Advance Mission!" ”

Next to him stood a young student from the Heichengen Military Academy, who was in charge of translation and served as a staff officer for the squad.

"This time, our esteemed Prince Ernst has decided that we will send our team to the Kigoma region on the eastern shore of Lake Solon (Lake Tanganyika) to open up new land, and all of you are participants in this military operation."

"You will be facing not only wild men and wild beasts, but also poisonous insects and diseases in Africa, as well as a harsh environment, so each of you may be in danger of your life, and in order to improve your chances of survival, you will undergo three days of special training."

Andrei gave up his place to a cadet from the Hexingen Military Academy, whose name was Zhou Wei, the first batch of students at the Hexingen Military Academy, who had been studying for several months and was already proficient in reading and writing German.

Having been trained as a Prussian officer and baptized with excellent food at the Heshingen Military Academy, he was no longer as scrawny as he had been when he first arrived in Germany.

He now stood straight and straight in front of these temporarily conscripted immigrants, and although he was young, he had an air of intimidating self-anger.

"Hello, I am Zhou Wei, who graduated (early) from the Heshingen Military Academy in Prussia, and I have come to the East African colony to serve as your prefect thanks to the president, and you can report any problems to me in the future." Zhou Wei cherished words like gold, and introduced himself cleanly.

"In the next three days, you will be trained by me and Chief Andre, I believe you have also seen the fertility of the East African colony, this will be our homeland in the future, so you are all part of this homeland, do not bring the bad customs brought from the Far East to the army, now you all have only one identity, that is, 'soldiers', that is, as the saying goes."

Zhou Wei said solemnly: "You only have two words to keep in mind at all times, 'obey', so you must abide by military discipline and military rules, obey the command of your commander, if I find that someone disobeys orders, or violates military discipline and military regulations, don't blame me for being ruthless." ”

Everyone in the fourth squad of the East African Advance Regiment listened to Zhou Wei's lecture with bated breath, although Zhou Wei was very young, but there were Germans standing behind him, plus his spirit that was obviously different from that of colonial immigrants, and he spoke a sonorous and powerful Chinese, so these honest immigrant soldiers did not dare to be presumptuous.

"Tomorrow morning everybody must be here on time to report, within half an hour of the first bell. Do you remember them all? Zhou Wei said.

Only Germans in the colonies had clocks to see the time, so in order to arrange the production activities of the colonies, several large bells were shipped from Europe and distributed to various bases.

The Chinese immigrants arranged their daily activities according to the sound of the bells, and the first bell rang at about eight or nine o'clock every morning, because the German watches also had to wind up and correct the time, so they were not very punctual.

The immigrants in the colonies had plenty of free time, after all, there was nothing else to do except agricultural production, just like in the Far East, the peasants also had time to spare, which was arranged by God, after all, not every time was for sowing seeds and growing crops.

"Alright, disbanded now." Zhou Wei also left with the German prefect after announcing the disbandment of the troops, Zhou Wei talked with the German mercenaries about tomorrow's training arrangements, and then walked towards the newly assigned residence.

In fact, it is the backyard of the First Town Government, where one has been converted into a temporary dormitory for students of the Heixingen Military Academy.

Back in the dormitory, the others also arrived, and there were a total of six people living in the entire dormitory, all of whom were outstanding cadets of the Heixingen Military Academy.

"How does Zhou Wei feel?" Wang Mingdong asked.

"It's okay! I can't tell if it's good or bad on the first day, whether it's a mule or a horse, and tomorrow I'll see it when I train. ”

"I'm not asking about training, I mean, how do you feel about the conditions in the East African colonies?"

"It's alright! There is much to be done in the future, but the current conditions are indeed much worse than those of Heixingen, but they are stronger than those of the Far East. Zhou Weidao.

"Zhou Wei, do you think we have been allocated, or are we reused?" Gao Youming, who was in the same dormitory, asked.

Zhou Wei shook his head: "It's hard to say, the conditions here are indeed not as good as in Europe, but the principal obviously likes this place, so I'm not sure, but I'm still optimistic about the future of you, as long as we honestly complete the tasks arranged by the principal, no matter how the future changes, as long as the ability is outstanding, the principal will appreciate it." ”

……

Five days later, the six colonies assembled in the playground and set out on a journey to conquer East Africa after a pledge meeting.