The city of Otto, the capital of the province of Heichingen.

The city used to be called "Pretoria", a city that was once the pride of the Boers and was used in honor of the Boer hero, the old Pretorius.

It is naturally impossible for East Africa to keep this city with a strong sense of individual heroism, and East Africa certainly respects heroes, but old Pretorius represents the heroes of the Boers.

It can even be said that it is the belief of the Transvaals, and keeping this name means that the Transvaals have left room for illusion, and East Africa will inevitably not give the enemy this illusion.

As an important hub of the East African Central Railway, Otto connects the north and south of East Africa, and is the hub city of the Central Railway's intermediate and southern routes.

More than 30 trains pass through the city of Otto every day, many of which lead to the city of New Hamburg, connecting the economies of Matabele and Southern Krai.

Trains terminating in the city of Otto are more of a military function, transporting military supplies from the northern part of East Africa to the border.

This time, East Africa's military supplies to support the Orange people were among them, and the supplies to the Orange people were not much of a burden on East Africa, because even if there were no Orange people asking for help, East Africa still provided daily necessities, food, weapons and ammunition to tens of thousands of troops in South Africa through the Central Railway every year.

"Sergeant Delaney, there are five wagons in all, which are the munitions that have been supplied to Orange this time, including a thousand three hundred rifles, two hundred and fifty boxes of ammunition, and five three-pounder guns, and seventy shells...... In addition, there are a number of compasses, telescopes, etc., this is a specific list, after the inventory is completed, please sign and receive it. The logistics staff responsible for escorting the supplies said.

After confirming that it was correct, the IDF Southern Military District received the supplies and quickly moved them from the train to the wagons.

Although East African tires have just been put into the international market, East Africa, especially the military, has already completed the transformation and upgrading of vehicles.

"These supplies were exchanged for livestock by the Orange people, and now we are officially delivering this batch of livestock to you!"

The quartermaster in charge of the handover twitched the corners of his mouth, and said very speechlessly: "These Orange people are really adding trouble to us, so many livestock, even if it is transported by rail, it is not very convenient, if it is replaced with other things, maybe it will be better." ”

"Haha, the people of Orange are not stupid, for them, livestock is the least valuable thing, like other things, such as gold, diamonds, and even the pound sterling and other currencies, are the most important thing to them." Delaney laughed.

"This is also true, just like the peasants, who want to monetize the grain they harvest, the workers have to wait for their wages to be paid, and the factories mainly sell goods, everything is still about making money, and the people of Orange also want to exchange their livestock for something useful to themselves, and in essence it is for wealth, and this is the case with hard currencies such as gold, so naturally they do not want to exchange with us in East Africa." The quartermaster agreed.

"The conflict between the Oranges and the Transvaal and the British is ultimately to protect their own interests, and for the Oranges, their wealth is still considerable, but the British are emptying their pockets, so the Oranges have to resist." Delaney said.

Delaney is completely sympathetic to the people of Orange, not prejudice, after all, people do not destroy for their own sake.

At the time of the handover of materials, a group of people got off the back compartment of the train, but it was different from the freight box in front, but a passenger carriage.

A group of young officers got out of the car, and the average age of them was probably in their twenties.

Delaney also noticed the peculiarity of this group of young officers, at least in temperament, which was very incompatible with the grassroots troops, and looked like the aristocratic soldiers of Europe, and that kind of proud temperament naturally exuded.

"Who are they?"

The quartermaster pouted and said: "Most of the students who graduated from the Austro-Hungarian non-commissioned officer school are graduates who have just graduated from the campus and have not experienced much actual combat, but as soon as they graduate, they have a bright future, and being educated is an advantage." ”

"So what are they doing in South Africa? Shouldn't you have experienced some training in the grassroots troops in the north first? ”

"They are different from the students of the Heshingen Military Academy, the level of the Austro-Hungarian Military Academy is definitely higher than that of our East Africa, as far as I know, they are still graduates of the Theresa Military Academy in Vienna, and if they can graduate from there, the gold content is also recognized by Europe as a top military talent."

"They won't be assigned to our Southern Military Region!"

"Hehe, I think too much, they are going to the Orange Free State for training this time, which is a military observation group, and at the same time they are responsible for helping the Orange people teach the use of Austro-Hungarian weapons."

During the conversation between the two, the so-called "observation group," that is, the East African military advisory group in the Orange Free State, had also been lined up.

Kore, who led the team, graduated from the Teresa Military Academy, and many others were also students from other military schools in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Thanks to the agreement between East Africa and Austria-Hungary, a large number of East African students can enter Austria-Hungary to study, if it were not for the weak education in East Africa, there may be a large number of exchange students, and now East Africa can only be prostituted for nothing, after all, no European students will really be stupid enough to study in East Africa, not to mention Europe, even students in the Far East Empire are not interested in East Africa.

However, East Africa does not need to bring in foreign students from the Far Eastern Empire, and if East Africa does, it is very likely that it will become its own people.

"This is the city of Otto, the last big city on our route, and then we report to the border troops first, and then the commander there arranges the river crossing, so the rest of the trip will not be easy, at least until we get to Wingburg, we may not get a good rest." Korey said solemnly to the members of the advisory group.

"This mission is going deep into the war zone, so don't take it lightly, I know that many of you are elites with professional military training, but after all, you have not been in contact with the real battlefield, you may not be convinced when you say this, but this mission is very dangerous, not on paper, but to participate in the war, practice and study, only after tempering and testing, can you become a truly excellent soldier in the future." This was stated by Colonel William, arranged by the Ministry of Defense of East Africa.

"Colonel William, I heard that you are a graduate of the Heixingen Military Academy, so have you experienced war? I didn't just bully the natives! There was a thorn in the head.

"Hehe, I am indeed a graduate of the Heixingen Military Academy, maybe the reputation of the Heixingen Military Academy is not well-known, but I want to tell you that there are more than 10 million square kilometers of land in East Africa, and our students of the Heixingen Military Academy have done their part, and a large number of outstanding military talents in East Africa are from the Heixingen Military Academy.

As for the issue of bullying the indigenous people that you are talking about, it is true that we cannot win with advanced weapons, but war is only about victory or defeat.

In addition, I myself participated in the Franco-Prussian War as a student of the Heixingen Military Academy, and I am sure you should also know that the Heixingen Brigade, which represented the Hexingen Kingdom at that time, had some small achievements in the war, and secondly, I also participated in the war in East Africa against the Portuguese colony of Mozambique and fought against the Portuguese. William said.

William's resume in the Franco-Prussian War alone was enough for William to show off, and the Franco-Prussian War was one of the most valuable large-scale wars of the 19th century, which directly changed the pattern of the European continent and had a significant impact on the course of the world.

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