"The first big city to go west along the railway is Mbeya, but before that we have to pass through cities such as Dodoma, Duodoma is a railway hub, but the built-up area is relatively small, and it is not ranked in the top ten in East Africa, but the geographical location is extremely important and has strategic value, but unfortunately East Africa now has a huge land area, and there are many places that can replace the role of Dodoma, and when the railway is further increased in the future, its status may accept further challenges."

If East Africa was the Tanzania of the previous generation, then the status of Dodoma City was almost the core of the country, but this is not the case in East Africa, Mbeya has become a more important hub city, and there is also the rising star New Frankfurt City.

This is the same as the Far Eastern Empire in the previous life, Zhengzhou in the plain area became an important railway hub in the early days, but when the popularization of railway technology and railway construction progressed, a large number of railway hubs emerged in the surrounding area, such as Wuhan, Shaanxi, Hefei, Jinan, etc., which inevitably made it decline in terms of transportation status.

This decline is relative, just as the United States is to the Far Eastern Empire, and in fact there is no Far Eastern Empire, then the position of the United States in the world and in other aspects has not changed at all, and it is still growing every year.

The city of Dodoma is also facing this situation, in fact, the city of Dodoma is developing well, but it is much inferior to the surrounding cities.

On the one hand, although Duodoma is located on a plateau, the hilly terrain in the territory restricts the development of the urban area, and the water resources in the area are relatively scarce, which is not suitable for industrial development, and its annual precipitation can only be maintained at about 500 mm.

That is, the location of Dodoma, which is an important passage for the transition from the coastal plain of East Africa to the plateau, so it does not fall too far.

Marie: "The city of Dodoma is a bit similar to the environment in southern Austria. ”

She and Wells first changed to the railway to East Africa, so it happened to pass through southern Austria and finally went to sea in Trieste, the Mediterranean climate zone is in winter, the climate is mild and rainy, and the rainy season in Dodoma is just between December and March next year, so it looks about the same.

The rainy season is a time when precipitation is concentrated and does not rain every day, especially in a relatively arid place in East Africa, especially in Dodoma, and the only difference between the two may be the difference in vegetation.

However, it is not prominent along the railway lines, as East Africa has a lot of vegetation planted along the railway lines, some of which are selected from all over the world.

Across the railway lines are vast grasslands and occasional farmland and villages, which is the norm in East Africa's countryside, and even in the more "densely populated" east, there is a large amount of undeveloped land.

"The railway situation in East Africa should be similar to that of Tsarist Russia, although the mileage is long, but the density is not as good as Europe, of course, our East Africa has many advantages in railway construction than Tsarist Russia, especially in this plateau area, the lack of tall trees, very convenient for development, you will pass through the provinces of Mbeya and Hohenzollern, where there are huge forests, to the north is the Congo rainforest, to the south will restore the grassland scene, the climate of Bulawayo City should be similar to that of Dodoma, but there are rich mineral deposits, and the terrain is flat, It is also the capital of the people of Ndebele, and the conditions are much better than that of the city of Dodoma. ”

Adelis was also on the way, so he educated the Wells about the situation in the interior of East Africa.

He has traveled through most of East Africa on trains on the Central Railway all year round, so he knows the customs of East Africa very well, and this kind of person is one of the few talents in East Africa with a broad vision.

"When you enter the provincial border of Matabele, you can also see the Zambezi River Bridge, which is also quite spectacular, all made of steel, and it is also a big project in Europe, and it is one of the major projects in East Africa."

There aren't many decent big rivers in East Africa, or many of them are shared with other countries, the Nile, Congo, Orange, Limpopo, Zambezi.

What these rivers have in common is that the upper reaches are in East African hands, with the exception of the Orange River, but the upper reaches of the Fall River, its main tributary, are under East African control.

The Zambezi and Congo rivers are clearly of greater significance to East Africa, both of which are in Portuguese hands, and if East Africa were to seize the Portuguese-controlled lower reaches, East Africa would also have two world-class rivers on its own.

Just like before this, even the small Rhine River (the Ruvo River) can have a certain reputation in East Africa, which is simply laughable, to be honest, the Zambezi River is a little reluctant to touch the Rhine River, not to mention the Rufu River is a small river with a length of 100 kilometers.

Compared with the benefits of water transport on other continents, the hydropower resources of East African rivers are far from sufficient, but this is already a good situation, and some is better than nothing.

"The Zambezi River is probably the largest river in East Africa, and we have described it in our textbooks in the past, stretching from the hinterland of East Africa to the territory of the Portuguese colony and finally emptying into the Indian Ocean." Wells recalled.

"In the past, the geography textbooks of East Africa have long been outdated, and the old textbooks can only be regarded as simple descriptions, and they are full of loopholes, for example, we also control the north shore in the downstream areas, which is the result of the last East Portuguese War, but you should have studied in Africa, so you don't know about these." Adelis explained to Wells.

He continued: "And it won't be long before the Zambezi River becomes the internal river of our East Africa." ”

Wells was surprised: "There is going to be a war in East Africa? ”

"Hehe, in fact, there is nothing to make a fuss about, our army, especially in the south, has not been disbanded over the years, you should have found several military trains passing by our train in the past two days, this is a harbinger of war, of course, this is my own judgment, whether to fight or not depends on what the central government thinks."

Adlis naturally didn't dare to pack the ticket, but there were indeed signs of war preparation in East Africa, coupled with what East Africa had done before, so Adelis thought it should be like this.

East Africa, which is more than 10 million square kilometers of land, was not given by anyone else, and East Africa has always been an extremely aggressive country, and even in the most stable years in East Africa, it has also radiated its influence across the ocean to the Pacific region.

Now the map of East Africa, even anyone who looks at it will want to remove the two Portuguese colonies, after all, it is too discordant, and it is very difficult for an obsessive-compulsive person like Ernst to endure it until now.

Of course, the economic and strategic value of these two colonies is the driving force behind Ernst, and in Ernst's strategy, the coastlines of Mozambique and Angola must be acquired, and then East Africa can truly become a two-ocean country like the United States.

As for the coastline of South-West Africa, even Somalia is inferior to the region, and it is difficult to assume the economic strategy and strategic deterrence of East Africa against the South Atlantic.

In fact, the conditions of the eastern coastline are not bad, but if Mozambique can be taken, it will be of great help to the foreign economy of the central and southern regions.

At the same time, it is also a huge threat to the port of New Hamburg, in the East African railway plan, along the Indian Ocean coastline railway has long been planned, the east coast of Africa from Somalia to South Africa, one day the narrow coastal plain, is the future East African economic connection artery.

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