In addition to the Orange River, the Tuguera River was also the geographical boundary between East Africa and the colony of Cape Town, and the Tuguera River flowed from the territory of Lesotho to the Indian Ocean.

The Tuguera River is quite wide and fast, and on top of the Tuguela River stands the famous Tuguera Waterfall. The river falls from the great cliff of the Drakensian Mountains to form a group of waterfalls with a drop of 944 meters, the second highest drop in the world after Angel Falls.

Therefore, the terrain of the Tuguera River basin is extremely precipitous, which has a good auxiliary role in the defense of East Africa.

North of the Tuguela River, the construction of the Port of New Hamburg has been completed, and it is rapidly approaching the two ports of the north and south, Maputo and Durban, becoming one of the three most prosperous cities in the region.

The observation ship of the British colony of Natal roamed outside the port of New Hamburg, observing the new port, both familiar and unfamiliar, while a warship from East Africa followed vigilantly to prevent the British from playing any tricks.

However, the British are not stupid, as the port of New Hamburg is a dual-use port, and its defense capability is very strong, except for the naval base, the mobile batteries erected in the port alone can play a role in the door.

"From the outside, this new port is similar in structure to the port of Durban, with a small mouth and a large belly, which is very suitable for use as a naval base. Cheaper Germans? ”

"Mr. Wilk, this is a very easy question, because we have the port of Durban, and the natural conditions of the port of Durban are much stronger than this port."

"But judging from the construction of the two ports, I don't find out how the Germans are worse than the port of Durban."

"The natural conditions of the new Port of Hamburg are not as good as those of the Port of Durban, but East Africa has invested a lot in the region, especially the rapid population growth, which makes East Africa have a strong ability to transform the Port of Durban, so it overcomes the local disadvantages."

With a population of around 30,000 and 70,000 Zulus, East Africa is investing heavily in the Port of New Hamburg, especially with the construction of railways making the new city extremely busy.

"The level of infrastructure capacity of the Germans is very good, and we also saw the coastline in the Zulu Kingdom a few years ago, when the so-called 'New Port of Hamburg' was just a deserted bay, far worse than the Port of Durban, and the southern part of the port was still a swamp, so the siltation of the port was very serious, but with the transformation of the Germans, in a few years, the Port of New Hamburg will definitely surpass Durban to become the most prosperous city in the region."

The swampy area to the south of the port has been transformed by East Africa, and it took more than 20,000 Zulus to create a new three-square-kilometer deep-water area for the port of New Hamburg over a period of three years.

The canal connecting the lake to the north has also been completed, which has greatly improved the conditions of the Port of New Hamburg, which already has a usable area far greater than that of the Port of Durban, which is not the limit of the Port of New Hamburg, and there is a five-square-kilometre lake in the southern part of the wetlands, which has not yet been developed in East Africa.

Wilk said with some dissatisfaction: "Are the Germans reproductive machines?" The United States can't fill them, and they still want to occupy Africa! ”

"Mr. Wilk, the development of the Kingdom of East Africa is inseparable from the explosive population growth of the German region, and the fact that they were able to mobilize tens of thousands of troops in the last war shows that there are at least a hundred thousand people in the Kingdom of East Africa itself, but the population of a new port of Hamburg is about the same as tens of thousands, and as far as I know, the population of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa will only be even more, and there are other ports in East Africa, which means that the population of East Africa may be at least hundreds of thousands in the coastal areas alone."

As a veteran sailor who has been on the coast of the Indian Ocean all year round, Enlai has a good grasp of the ports along the East African coast, especially the two free ports of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, which he believes are likely to have more than 100,000 people, which is about the same level as some large ports in Europe.

After hearing this, Wilk felt that the situation was very serious, if this was the case, then East Africa could still attack the South African region from the interior, and the total white population of East Africa was likely to exceed one million, although the million population was not much, but that was compared with Europe, and in Africa, I am afraid that only Egypt and some traditional white countries in North Africa, the white population is stronger than that of the Kingdom of East Africa.

"However, things may not be as extreme as we thought, because a large part of the population of East Africa is yellow and half of the residents I've met in Dar es Salaam and Mombasa are East Asian, so East Africa is not as scary as we thought," Nlai said. ”

"So that's it?" After hearing this, Wilk said: "It would be easy to explain if the East African kingdom was filled with yellow people. ”

It's not that Wilk discriminates against East Asians, but the Far Eastern Empire has been too stretched over the years, and through wars in the past few decades, Britain has completely established confidence in the Far Eastern Empire, so it gives the British an illusion that East Asians are vulnerable, one British is a thousand, and a few warships can easily make the Far Eastern Empire admit it, and if half of the population of East Africa is East Asian, then the problem is "not big".

Of course, it was not only for East Asia, but also for the fighting power of South Asians, which was pitifully low in cost to colonize India.

Wilk, an investigator from the British mainland, had not investigated beforehand, and half of the Chinese immigrants served in the East African army, and the Chinese made important contributions to the wars of aggression in East Africa, including the war in South Africa.

Of course, it is natural that the British do not pay attention to it, the South African War is mainly a war between the Germans and the Boers, and the Transvaal Republic will only take it for granted, after all, the Netherlands, the mother country of the Boers, does not dare to shout in front of Germany, and it is not their own war with East Africa, if they end up, they must let the Germans know what is the power of the world hegemon.

Wilk said arrogantly: "In the end, it is not good for race, black people are the lowest in the world, even if it is a country like India, they are much stronger than black people, so the Germans are picking up a big bargain, taking advantage of our lack of attention to Africa, in Africa large-scale enclosure, but then their good days are coming to an end, and when the empire completes the affairs of the surrounding India and the Orange Free State, we must let East Africa know who is the strongest existence among the colonists, which is not something that those land barbarians in Germany can imagine." ”

Population and size do play a role, but the British don't eat this, like India, the Far East, and the United States, all of which have suffered big losses at the hands of the British.

In the first few years after the founding of the United States, Britain imposed a trade embargo on the United States, and at one time only ships under 60 tons could leave the port, and it was only when the United States broke the deadlock by developing trade in the Pacific and doing business with the Far Eastern Empire.

However, the Americans were not kind, and it didn't take long for them to engage in unfair competition through opium like their own fathers, the British, and the Far Eastern Empire had a hard time distinguishing the difference between the British and the Americans, and many American merchants made a fortune through opium, especially those in the Boston area.

Speaking of the trade embargo, this was what Ernst was most worried about before, and now the East African Navy is beginning to take shape and has a certain ability to counterattack, but in order not to be targeted in the future, there was the previous trip to Austria by Archduke Ferdinand.

Britain's trade embargo on the United States was the result of the cooperation of Spain, France, etc., so East Africa could not let other countries also cooperate with Britain, so it was necessary to pull Austria-Hungary into the water, and any country targeting East Africa should consider the attitude of Austria-Hungary.

Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire had an ambiguous attitude, it was much better to have an attitude than not to have an attitude, and Ernst was taught that he could not rely too much on others, and that he must be independent if he could be independent.

(End of chapter)