Daming Town Haiwang

Monomopata, inland in southeastern Africa, is within the jurisdiction of Zimbabwe in later generations, and it can be regarded as an inland area of ​​Africa.

At this moment, the South African colony is aggressively invading here, preparing to drive out the indigenous people here to occupy this ancient and rich land.

The land here is fertile, densely covered with forests, vast grasslands, and rich in resources. The reserves of gold, diamonds, platinum, etc. are extremely rich.

At the same time, the animal resources here are extremely rich, there are a lot of elephants, and the price of ivory is very expensive now, and it is the most important plundered resource for colonies and vassal states in Africa.

At the same time, there are still a large number of crocodiles in the Monomopata area, and now crocodile skin is an important new leather material. Leather boots and belts made of crocodile skin are gradually sold all over the world, and the price is also rising.

For such a treasure land, the South African colony wanted to capture it very early. Of course, not only the South African colony, but also the Ningguo in the east, the Sangong colony, the Li family colony and other powerful and powerful vassal states, the colonies are also interested in this land. Salivate, coveted for a long time.

The natural conditions here are really good, and it can be regarded as a rare good place in Africa.

The forest coverage rate is extremely high, more than [-]% of the land is forest, a large area of ​​fertile land, rainfall is good, it belongs to the savannah climate, and it will not be cold all year round. It is a godsend, not to mention there are abundant resource.

However, it is such a place that everyone has never been able to occupy.

On the one hand, it is because the Kunlun slaves here have formed a country, the Kingdom of Monomopata, which has a relatively complete organization and law resistance. Different from the tribal status in other places, the Kingdom of Monomopata is relatively stronger. A lot, and more organized.

Of course, this is not the main reason. The real reason is because it is located in an inland area, and various diseases are very rampant and prevalent.

The major colonies and vassal states have invaded here many times. When the army comes, various diseases will often break out soon. There is no need to fight any wars, and I have to retreat quickly, so I can never stand here.

This is also why these local Monomopat people call this place "the grave of the Ming people!" ', which means that as long as the people of Ming Dynasty enter here, it is equivalent to stepping into the cemetery, and they are not far from death.

No, malaria and sleeping sickness broke out again in Ivory Town, the colonial stronghold of the South African colony here. Among the more than [-] soldiers, hundreds of people were infected. This made the colonial town panic, and everyone desperately wanted to leave this plague. place.

"I've brought enough cinchona cream to give to the malarial soldiers at once!"

Liu Da came to Ivory Town on horseback. This time he came to Ivory Town as a senior inspector of the South African Governor's Office to inspect the situation in Ivory Town and prepare for the next attack on the Monomopata Kingdom.

This land has been coveted by the South African colony for a long time and has long wanted to take it, but the situation is not optimistic. There will always be various problems when the army is sent here. There are too many diseases here. It is also very strong, and it will spread quickly throughout the entire military camp in just a few days, and the speed is so fast that people are caught off guard.

Fortunately, there are telegrams and cars now, and the speed of communication and transportation is very fast. Once a problem occurs, medicine can be quickly mobilized here, and sick soldiers here can also be quickly transported away for treatment.

Otherwise, the South African colony is probably similar to Ningguo, and they don't even have the courage to set up a colonial stronghold here.

"Yes!"

When the soldiers under him heard this, they hurried to get busy.

Liu Da started to observe carefully here in Ivory Town.

The scale of the town is not large, rather than a small town, it is better to say that it is a larger walled city, surrounded by a not-so-tall city wall, only three meters high, which can be easily climbed over with a ladder, similar to Daming's Some city walls are far from comparable.

But it is absolutely enough to defend against the attacks of the local aborigines here.

Inside, there are a large number of houses, which store food, munitions and weapons, etc. This is a military town, which is a typical military stronghold used for military expansion in the African region.

The main function is to eliminate the local aborigines and seize land and resources. When encountering a siege by the aborigines, close the city gate and store a large amount of food, ammunition and weapons inside, enough to easily last for several months, and wait until the reinforcements arrive. arrival.

However, at this time, the situation in the entire ivory town was indeed very pessimistic. A large number of soldiers fell ill, and the whole town seemed to be in a haze.

Liu Da observed carefully and kept thinking.

"Why do we Daming people get sick so easily after entering here?"

"And these local Kunlun slaves don't seem to be so prone to diseases?"

Liu Da couldn't figure it out. The South African colony has coveted this place for a long time, but it has always been caused by diseases. If there is no way to solve this problem, it is impossible to occupy this fertile land.

"Currently, the major feudal states and colonies are all trying to seize land in the inland areas. Our South African colony cannot lag behind others. This Monomopata area is bound to be won!"

The reason why Liu Da came to this ivory town this time was to inspect the situation here and make feasible plans and plans for the next expansion. Now it seems that the most important thing is to solve the problems of various diseases up.

"The last general, Zhang Mo, sees your lord!"

While Liu Da was thinking, Zhang Mo, the person in charge of the town, came to Liu Da in a hurry.

"General Zhang, you don't have to be polite!"

Liu Da also quickly returned the gift.

"The situation seems serious this time?"

"Yes, it's very serious. In just a few days, our soldiers developed malaria and sleeping sickness one after another. The malaria is fine. As long as the cinchona cream arrives, it will be cured soon. But this sleeping sickness, currently Even the military doctors are helpless."

Zhang Mo nodded solemnly and said: "Everything was fine at first, we were sweeping up a tribe, but after returning from the tribe, the disease started to wreak havoc, and we didn't know what happened."

"Did you bury the corpses when you took out the tribe, and did you disinfect them after you came back?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Da asked again.

"Yes, we buried all the corpses and sprinkled quicklime for disinfection. After returning, we also took a bath and washed our hair for disinfection."

Zhang Mo nodded and said.

"Did you use a mosquito net when camping at night to prevent mosquito bites?"

Liu Da thought for a while and asked again.

Liu Da from the capital city is a talented student who graduated from the new school. He is also very interested in biology. He has also studied new medicine. He often reads the Ming Dynasty Medical Journal and knows some situations about infectious diseases.

"Mosquito nets are used, but the soldiers on guard do not have mosquito nets, and even if there are mosquito nets, there is no guarantee that they will not be bitten 100%."

Zhang Mo thought for a while and said.

"Is all the water the soldiers drink boiled?"

Liu Da nodded and asked again.

"This is because the weather is hot now, and soldiers don't like to drink boiled water, so they don't have any."

As soon as Zhang Mo heard it, he immediately faltered and said.

"The problem may lie in this. Drinking unboiled water is easy to cause accidents, especially in this kind of place!"

Liu Da was able to confirm immediately that it was almost all caused by drinking unboiled water and mosquito bites, and malaria was almost always transmitted through these two channels.

As for the sleeping sickness, I am afraid that the medical professor who came with the army this time will not know what is wrong until he studies it carefully.

"Send the order down!"

"From now on, the water everyone drinks must be boiled water, raw water is not allowed!"

"In addition, the problem of mosquito nets must be solved. More quicklime should be sprinkled around the campsite, and drainage ditches should be cleaned to prevent the occurrence of these diseases."

After thinking about it, Liu Da ordered directly.

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhang Mo replied solemnly.

I also blamed myself in my heart for not being strict with my soldiers. The weather is very hot, but I can't be careless. Drinking unboiled water is really easy to cause problems, especially in such a place.

"Clang! Clang!"

Just then, the town's siren sounded.

"Report!"

"My lord, General, there are a large number of local indigenous troops attacking us outside!"

"what?"

"At this time, there are enemies coming to attack?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Da and Zhang Mo hurried to the city.

Standing on the top of the city, I picked up the binoculars and looked into the distance. I saw that the wilderness in the distance was full of people, holding long hairs, wooden shields, bows and arrows, etc. in their hands. The town is here to kill.

"They really pick the right time to attack us at this time!"

"There are at least tens of thousands of people!"

Zhang Mo's complexion became ugly. At this time, many soldiers had already fallen ill. These natives actually launched an attack at this time. There are still so many troops. If they can't defend, it will be over.

"Prepare for battle!"

Liu Da also had a bad face. He didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing once he came here. This time he will have to fight to the death.