Chapter 832 Escort
“Woo…”
The roaring steel behemoth walked through the forests of the Congo Basin, its cast iron wheels making a sharp and loud noise as it rolled against the rails.
On both sides of the railway, the lush virgin rainforest is in sharp contrast with the gravel-paved railway. A kind of wild beauty entangled with wildness and civilization overflows in the Congo Basin.
"The Hessian Railway was a great engineering achievement in East Africa in the 1980s. It took a total of four years and was nearly 2,000 kilometers long. It opened up the connection between the Katanga Plateau and the lower reaches of the Congo River, and became a major source of minerals, timber, and rubber in East Africa. It is the world’s busiest tropical rainforest railway and the world’s longest railway passing through the tropical rainforest area.”
On the train, the soldiers escorting supplies and black people looked at the endless green "ocean" through the carriage and sighed sincerely.
Anyone in this environment will feel shocked. They can only look at this green primitive forest for more than ten days in a row, and in the end they will feel lonely and depressed.
There are very few towns along the Black Railway. The uniform scenery along the way, coupled with the stuffy environment in the carriages, is a severe challenge for the people on the train.
The development 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 its previous life. The Democratic Republic of the Congo can become the fourth most populous country in Africa and has a close relationship with these regions.
In the previous life, there were four African countries with a population of over 100 million, namely Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
An East African soldier named Al listlessly put on his helmet and prepared to inspect the rear carriage.
“Al, it’s twelve o’clock now, go to the back compartment and check around, and open the window to let them breathe. Don’t let these people die in the compartment.”
It’s just that the separately divided eastern coastal plain is longer and narrower than Chile. Of course, the northern Somali plain is a large desert area, so many places have little agricultural value.
The main habitable areas of the Congo Basin are at the intersection of the surrounding plateaus, especially in the east and south. This is also the area with the richest mineral resources in Congo. However, in the previous life, the capital of Congo was in Kinshasa in the west, which caused turmoil within Congo. There is a clear tendency towards regional independence.
In the previous life, the East African Plateau included the former Uganda, Rwanda and other countries, with a population of more than 100 million. The eastern coastal plain of East Africa was even wider. At first, the eastern coastal plain was only the coast of Tanzania. Now, it extends from the Somali plain in the north to Tuge in the south. The Lahe Plain belongs to the eastern coastal plain, covering an area of more than one million square kilometers.
The plains in other areas are mostly formed by river alluvial plains, and these river alluvial plains constitute the main body of the eastern coastal plain.
In the past, East African countries were basically able to achieve food self-sufficiency, which is obviously something Congo cannot achieve. From this, we can also see the environmental carrying capacity of the two places.
Fifth, Tanzania only has a population of over 65 million. However, according to Africa's population growth trend, there will be more countries in Africa with a population of over 100 million in the future.
This further expands the advantage of eastern East Africa over the west, so the economic entities in East Africa must be dominated by the east.
Monitor Li Senrod put down the watch in his hand and gave instructions to Al.
This problem obviously does not exist in East Africa, because the economic entities in East Africa are mainly concentrated in eastern and southern Africa, which happens to border the eastern and southern Congo.
However, the uninhabitable areas of the Congo Basin are mainly rainforest areas, but the Congo Rainforest does not overlap with the Congo Basin. In addition to Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo Brazzaville all belong to the Congo Rainforest, while Cameroon, Gabon etc. are obviously not within the Congo Basin.
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.
Obviously the **** work is not safe, so Lisenrod gave such an order.
There were more than a thousand black people in the last five carriages of this train, and Lisenrod had only eight people in total. The total number of East African armed personnel on this train was only more than 30, which was almost the strength of a platoon. It is also extremely dangerous for more than 30 people to guard more than 1,000 unarmed black people. If a riot occurs, bloodshed will definitely occur.
“It’s the squad leader.” Al replied.
But when Al stepped into the rear compartment, he was still overwhelmed by all kinds of indescribable smells that hit his face. Although his face was wearing a mask, the smell of feces mixed with sweat and the fermented food residue was too overwhelming.
Al started counting people in disgust: "Sit down!"
Following Al's command, these black women, children, old, weak, sick and disabled restored order.
They huddled on both sides of the carriage, and they were honest and clear a path. As for the dishonest ones, they had all been whipped by the East Africans, so the black people present could not think of resisting.
"One, two..." Allen began to count along the carriages, but it was mainly a formality. The windows on the walls of the carriages on both sides were welded shut with steel bars, making it impossible for anyone to escape.
"Clean up this place. When I come back and see the filth on the ground, I will let you know what pain is." Al said, pointing to a pool of unknown liquid on the ground that was no longer identifiable.
Although there are toilets on the bus, there are always unruly people who defecate everywhere. Because there are too many people, Al can't find out who did it, so he can only use the method of sitting together.
Many of the black people on this train were brought from Angola and have no concept of hygiene at all. Like Indians, they can "go to the toilet" anywhere, and East Africa is obviously unable to correct their concepts in a short time.
There is no need to correct them, because East Africa has no intention of leaving them in the country, so when the train reaches Sigmaringen, Al and others can end this bad mission.
After inspecting the carriage, Al finally escaped from this "hell", but Al's suffering was far from over.
Soon the train staff began to "disinfect" and clean the five carriages, and then began to distribute food.
The uneasy psychology of the indigenous people who got the food finally found some comfort. After all, they were ultimately unaware of their fate.
No one knew where these East Africans were taking them. In the dark and damp carriage, in the small space, the fear of the unknown deepened as time went by.
Fortunately, three days later, the train finally arrived in Kisan City, which made the East Africans and indigenous people breath a sigh of relief. They could finally briefly reconnect with the land.
But the city of Kisan is just a transit point, and there are still more than ten days to go before they can reach Sigmaringen and the East African border.
After replenishing supplies in Kisan City, the train began to move towards the border area.
Across the East African railways, East African trains do the same thing every day, which is to export black people from Angola and Mozambique to West Africa.
Not all black people were “qualified” to participate in the slave trade. Slave owners in the Americas and other regions only needed strong black people to create value.
Women, children, old, weak, sick and disabled indigenous people are naturally not worth a ticket to the Americas, nor can they become members of the East African "labor" army.
However, the indigenous forces in West Africa still prefer these immigrants. For the tribes, women represent wealth, and children can also expand the tribe's population. 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. This is the suffering suffered by the indigenous people under East African rule.
(End of this chapter)