"Woo......"

Roaring steel beasts weave through the forests of the Congo Basin, cast-iron wheels crushing the rails with a screeching sound.

On either side of the railway, the lush pristine rainforest contrasts with the gravel-covered railway, and a wild beauty of wildness and civilization overflows the Congo Basin.

"The Hessian railway is a great engineering achievement in East Africa in the 80s, which took a total of four years and a total length of nearly 2,000 kilometers, opening up the connection between the Katanga Plateau and the lower reaches of the Congo River, and becoming a large transportation channel for minerals, timber, rubber and other materials in East Africa, which is the world's busiest tropical rainforest railway and the world's longest railway through the tropical rainforest region."

On the train, the soldiers escorting supplies and blacks sighed heartily as they looked at the endless green "ocean" through the carriage.

Anyone in this environment will feel shocked, and they can only look at this green primeval forest for more than ten days in a row, and finally they will feel lonely and depressed.

There were very few towns along the Black Railroad, and the cookie-cutter scenery along the way, combined with the stuffy conditions in the carriages, was a serious challenge for the people on the train.

The exploitation of the Congo Basin in East Africa is concentrated in the marginal area, that is, the area where the basin meets the plateau.

This is basically consistent with the population and urban distribution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the previous life, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo was able to become the fourth most populous country in Africa, which has a close relationship with these regions.

In the previous era, there were four countries in Africa with a population of more than 100 million: Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Fifth, Tanzania has a population of just over 65 million, but according to Africa's population growth trend, there will be more countries with a population of more than 100 million in the future.

Of course, under East African rule, the term Tanzania did not exist and was divided into two geographical units: the East African Plateau and the Eastern Coastal Plain.

In the past life, the East African Plateau included the former Uganda, Rwanda and other countries, with a population of more than 100 million, and the scope of the East African East Coastal Plain is more extensive.

However, the eastern coastal plain is more narrow and narrow than Chile, and of course, the northern Somali plain is a large desert area, so many places have little agricultural value.

In other areas, the plains are mostly formed by river alluvium, which forms the main part of the eastern coastal plain.

In the past, East African countries were basically able to achieve food self-sufficiency, which is obviously not possible in the Congo, and the environmental carrying capacity of the two places can also be seen here.

However, the uninhabitable areas of the Congo Basin are mainly rainforest areas, but the Congo rainforest does not coincide with the Congo Basin, in addition to the Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo Bu all belong to the Congo rainforest, while Cameroon, Gabon, etc. are obviously not in the Congo Basin.

The main habitable zone of the Congo Basin is at the intersection of the surrounding plateaus, especially in the east and south, which is also the most rich in mineral resources in the Congo, but the former Congolese capital was in Kinshasa in the west, so the internal situation in the Congo is turbulent, and the regional independence tendency is obvious.

This problem obviously does not exist in East Africa, because the economic agents of East Africa are mainly concentrated in the east and south of Africa, which happens to border the east and south of Congo.

This further expands the advantage of the eastern part of East Africa over the west, so the economic main body of East Africa is inevitably dominated by the east.

"Al, it's twelve o'clock, you go to the back carriage and open the windows to let them breathe, don't let these people die in the carriage."

The squad leader, Lyssenrod, put down the watch in his hand and commanded Al.

An East African soldier named Al listlessly put on a steel helmet and prepared to patrol the back carriage.

"Bring the gun with you, and if you encounter a problem, fire the gun to warn you, and save your life." Lyssenrod instructed.

Obviously, the escort work is not safe, which is why Lysenrod gave such an order.

There were more than 1,000 blacks in the last five cars of this train, while there were only eight under Liesenrod, and the total number of East African armed men on this train was only more than 30, which was about the strength of a platoon.

More than thirty people guarding more than a thousand unarmed blacks were also extremely dangerous, and if there was a riot, there would certainly be bloodshed.

"It's the squad leader." Al replied.

However, when Al stepped into the rear compartment, he was still overwhelmed by all kinds of indescribable breaths on his face, although he wore a mask on his face, but the fecal water mixed with sweat, and the fermented smell of food residue was too high.

Al began to count the number of people in disgust: "Sit down! ”

With Al's command, order was restored to these black women and children, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled.

They huddled on both sides of the carriage, honestly leaving a road, and as for the dishonest, they had all been whipped by the East Africans, so that the blacks present could not afford to resist.

"One, two......" Alan began to count along the carriage, but it was mainly in the form of walking, the windows on the walls of the carriages on both sides were welded with steel bars, and it was impossible for anyone to escape.

"Clean up this place, and when I come back and see the filth on the ground, I'll let you know what pain is." Al said, pointing to an unidentified liquid on the ground.

Although there are commodes in the car, there are always unruly people who will defecate in the open, because there are too many people, Al can't find out who did it, so he can only take the joint seat method.

The blacks on this train, many of whom were brought in from the Angolan region, had no concept of hygiene at all, and could "go to the toilet" anywhere, like the Indians, and East Africa was clearly unable to correct their perceptions in a short time.

There was no need to correct it, because East Africa had no intention of keeping them in the country, so when the train arrived in Sigmaringen, Al and the others would be able to end this terrible mission.

After touring the carriages, Al finally escaped from this "hell", but Al's suffering was far from over.

Soon the train's staff began to "disinfect" and clean the five carriages before the food was distributed.

The apprehension of the natives who received the food finally found some comfort, after all, they were unknowable about their fate.

No one knew where these East Africans were taking them, and in the dark and damp carriages, in the small spaces, the fear of the unknown deepened with the passage of time.

Fortunately, three days later, the train finally arrived in the city of Kissan, much to the relief of East Africans and indigenous peoples alike, who were finally able to re-engage with the land for a short time.

But the city of Kisan is only a transit point, and there are still a dozen days to go before they can reach Sigmaringen and the East African border.

After replenishing supplies in the city of Kisan, the train began to move towards the border area again.

Throughout the East African Railway, East African trains do the same thing every day, which is to export black people from Angola and Mozambique to West Africa.

Not all blacks were "qualified" to participate in the slave trade, and slave owners in regions such as the Americas only needed able-bodied blacks to create value.

Women and children, the old, the sick and the disabled, are naturally not worth a ticket to the Americas, nor can they become part of the "labor" army of East Africa.

However, these immigrants are still preferred by the indigenous forces of West Africa, for the tribe, women represent wealth, and children can also expand the population of the tribe, as for the old, weak, sick and disabled......

Of course, even if they don't need it, East Africa will force it on them and refuse to "return it", which is what the indigenous people suffered under East African rule.

(End of chapter)

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