The mobilization of troops, indispensable to the assistance of the railway, now East Africa can also use the railway to roughly realize the mobilization of troops throughout the country, and the Hesse railway is still in the construction stage, which greatly delays the progress of the army in the northwest region to the south, if completed, East Africa does not even need to dispatch the army in the northwest region to the south in advance, but directly transfer the railway to the front line in wartime.

Kapiri Mposhi Town.

"According to the provincial and central government documents, from next month our town of Kapirimpoch will be officially renamed the city of Nova Frankfurt, and the level will also be upgraded to a municipal administrative unit, and according to the resume of previous years, some effective employees in the city will be promoted." Mayor Hans Peter excitedly read the good news to his subordinates.

And what makes Hans Peter so happy is that he is also among the promotions, since the completion of the construction of the Central Railway, Hans Peter has been the mayor of the town of Kapirimpohi, so many years of dedication on duty, finally paid off.

Hans Peter continued: "The renaming of the town of Kapirimpoch to the city of New Frankfurt shows the importance that the country attaches to our city, which is one of the most important transport hubs in Germany and in Europe, and which will become the main artery of rail traffic in East Africa in the future." ”

Hans Peter was right to say that the East African government was indeed intended, because the town of Kapirimposhi was originally the core hub of the Central Railway.

With the construction of the Hessian Railway, the current town of Kapirimpoch, the future city of New Frankfurt, will become the core point of two national railway arteries in East Africa, running north-south and east-west.

From the city of New Frankfurt (Kapiri Mpohi) to the east through the cities of Mbeya, Dodoma, to the city of Dar es Salaam.

Heading west to the city of Mangou, the railway line has come to an abrupt end in the province of Hohenzollern, as most of Angola is still under Portuguese control.

According to Ernst's idea, he preferred to open up the northern Angolan outlet from Mangu to the northwest, connecting the northern estuary of Angola with the interior of East Africa, as for the southern part of Angola, which is controlled by East Africa, lacks good ports, and southwest Africa is too poor to be cost-effective, so the western line of the central railway line has always been a semi-finished product.

From the city of New Frankfurt (the town of Kapirimpoch) to the north, it enters the junction of the provinces of Hohenzollern and Swabian, that is, the copper belt of East Africa, connecting the three cities of Ndola, Kitway and Lubumbashi, which is also an important railway section for the current copper export of East Africa.

At present, the northernmost part of the northern section of the longitudinal line is the city of Lubumbashi, and the starting point of the Hesse railway under construction is the city of Lubumbashi.

From the city of New Frankfurt (the town of Kapirimpohi) to the south, there are cities in the central and southern parts of Lusaka, Harare, Bulawayo, and Otto.

The geographical location of the city of New Frankfurt is also related to the railway pattern of Africa in the previous life.

In the previous life, Kapiri Mposhi was an important railway hub in Zambia and the terminus of the Tanzan Railway, and the eastern section of the Central Railway basically coincided with the Tanzan Railway in the previous life, so the town of Kapiri Mposhi was rebuilt in East Africa at this location.

In fact, in the previous life, when there was no Tanzan Railway, Kapiri Mposhi was an important railway station, and during the British colonization of Zambia, Kapiri Mposhi was a station on the Southern Railway built by the British.

The Southern Railway, built by the British, ran south from Zambia's Copperbelt Province via Kapirimpohi through Zimbabwe and Botswana to the port of Cape Town, South Africa, and was later blockaded by white countries in the south, leading to the Tanzania-Zambia Railway.

Hans Peter: "The new Frankfurt city of the future will be one of the key cities in East Africa, and our goal now is to turn this transportation advantage into an economic advantage, which will drive the development of the whole city and take its place in the East African cities of the future." ”

Hans Peter's words are very meaningful, because the city of New Frankfurt has no advantages other than the surrounding cities other than the advantages of a railway hub.

The only city that bears some resemblance to the city of New Frankfurt is also the city of Dodoma, which also made its fortune on the railroad, but it has a long history of development, as early as the colonial era of East Africa, as the regional capital, and now it is the capital of the highland province.

In comparison, the city of New Frankfurt is much inferior, and now the city of New Frankfurt has not yet been officially established, and it will take a month, and the original Kapirimpoch is just a small town, this town, or relying on the Central Railway, was a barren land at the beginning.

Before the construction of the Central Railway, the city of Dodoma was the capital of the province and its economy was second only to the city of Mwanza in the current highland province.

The town of Kapirimposhi can only rank seventh in the economy of Hehingen Province, and there are also the provincial capital Lusaka, two important industrial and mining cities, Engbera and Kitwe, and four other cities that are either developed earlier or mining towns behind.

The transportation advantages of Kapirimposhi town have not been transformed, because of the relatively late construction, there are no roads and other regional connections, plus the jurisdiction is small, and there is no economic hinterland, so Hans Peter does not have the corresponding authority to develop.

And next month, when the city of New Frankfurt is formed, it will be able to divide into a large area of the district, and Hans Peter will be able to start formulating the economic development strategy of the city of New Frankfurt with the first leadership of the city of New Frankfurt.

The city of New Frankfurt does not have any mineral resources, so the mining industry can be abandoned, but because of the railway hub, it is definitely necessary to develop related industries, such as locomotive repair and manufacturing, railway technical schools, etc.

The surrounding agriculture is relatively developed, mainly tobacco, grains, livestock, etc., but before the town of Kapirimposhi and the surrounding villages were under the jurisdiction of the city of Kabwe, these resources were not transferred to the town of Kapirimpohi.

After the establishment of the city of New Frankfurt, it will definitely have to carve out a lot of areas from the city of Kabwe as the jurisdiction of the city of New Frankfurt, and then the city of New Frankfurt will be able to rely on local agriculture to develop related industries.

"After next month, other jurisdictions in the city will definitely need manpower to complete the city's property, and population inventory work, the city's resources to integrate and reconstruct, our city should give priority to the development of industry and agriculture, on this basis, vigorously develop the manufacturing industry, especially the application for the introduction of railway equipment manufacturing, agricultural product processing, as well as the city's transportation construction, the urban area and the surrounding roads and stations are connected, as far as possible to give full play to the advantages of our province."

Hans Peter went on to emphasise: "It is precisely because our city does not have any resource advantages, or many other cities have them, that we must seize the opportunity of the railway hub and build the new Frankfurt city into a big city like Frankfurt in Europe around the railway." ”

"The premise is that the city's economy develops, first increase the freight volume as much as possible, which requires agriculture as the foundation, and it is also the easiest industry to produce results, it is best to develop our own agricultural plan, and the surrounding area to form a dislocation competition."

Agriculture is the only industry that the city of New Frankfurt can identify in the future, apart from the railway, and the work of the town of Kapirimpoch in recent years has been mainly to carry out auxiliary work for the marshalling yard and to support logistics and other operations.

And many of the industrial or agricultural products needed by the town of Kapirimposhi are mainly purchased from other regions, which is related to the railway, after all, transportation is a double-edged sword.

He can concentrate the population and industry, but the population and industry are numerous, and since they are concentrated in one area, the rest of the regions must be reduced, which is also an important reason why Hans Peter emphasized the development of his own economy.

(End of chapter)