Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1668 Black Mamba

Southern Africa is rich in water resources, with numerous rivers and dense water networks. The Zambezi River, the fourth largest in Africa, and the Orange River, the fifth largest, are located in Southern Africa.

Affected by climate and geographical conditions, the use of water resources in southern Africa is not sufficient. Both the Zambezi River and the Orange River are unnavigable in their entire channels. The water flow is irregular and often blocked by waterfalls and turbulence. Silt clogged.

After the establishment of the Federal Government of Southern Africa, the construction of water conservancy facilities has been strengthened. The situation has improved in recent years, but the water conservancy facilities have not yet been fully developed.

Entrusted by the Federal Government of Southern Africa, Nyasaland University has been investigating rivers in Southern Africa since the beginning of this year. While building reservoirs, large-scale hydropower stations will also be built to meet the needs of irrigation, navigation, and electricity.

Judging from the available data, both the Orange River and the Zambezi River have great potential for development. One of the two rivers has a total length of 1860 kilometers and the other has a total length of 2660 kilometers. Many reservoirs and hydropower stations can be built along the way. The ultimate goal of Ke is to complete the navigation requirements of the two rivers, which seems to be almost an impossible task at present.

To build a large-scale hydropower station, it is not only enough to have money and people, but also to have the corresponding technology, otherwise it is impossible to even think about it.

Southern Africa used to have money and people, but the technology was not good.

But now with Nikola Tesla, southern Africa has made up for the last shortcoming, and the development of the Zambezi River and the Orange River has become possible.

The development of the Zambezi River and the Orange River was originally a national project prepared by Rock to fight the Great Depression.

The Great Depression will have to wait a few more years, and it doesn't matter if the Zambezi and Orange Rivers are developed ahead of schedule. There is nothing more cost-effective than boosting the economy while accumulating experience.

"Develop the Zambezi River and the Orange River? These are two major projects." Kitchener was dumbfounded, never thinking that Rock would be so generous.

"It's not just a big project, it's an impossible task." Winston is not optimistic. If this matter were placed in the UK, it would never be discussed in Congress, and there is no need for it.

Britain's interest in engineering is limited to the construction of subways in London, hydropower stations and so on. British power companies are all private companies. Stanley Baldwin suggested the establishment of a Central Power Commission last year. It has not yet been officially launched. A makeover is nowhere in sight.

Power companies in southern Africa are also private companies, and Roque wants to change that.

Roque will not set up a Central Electricity Commission, but the federal government will invest in the construction of large hydropower stations and thermal power stations, and transform the previously built hydropower stations to install more and larger generating units.

For example, the Crocodile Bay Hydropower Station built 20 years ago has nearly quadrupled its power generation after renovation.

After the transformation of the Crocodile Bay Hydropower Station, the federal government, the Transvaal state government, and the Crocodile Bay Power Company each hold one-third of the shares, which greatly increases the federal government's right to speak.

"As long as we work hard, the impossible will become possible. When the federal government was first established 20 years ago, who would have thought that southern Africa would develop to the present level—" John Monash has confidence in southern Africa, At least compared with the London government, the Federal Government of Southern Africa is more diligent, pragmatic and efficient.

"Nyasaland University is researching more powerful generating sets. Twenty years ago, the total power of the generating sets of the Crocodile Bay Hydropower Station was only 20 kilowatts. Now the capacity of a single unit has exceeded [-] kilowatts. In the future, there will be more powerful generating sets. Machine, why is it an impossible task?" Rock firmly believes that man can conquer nature, so if you can try it first, then you can say.

While Rock and John Monash were talking about the hydropower station, an exploration team was trekking in the mountains in Basutoland, 200 kilometers away from Pretoria.

This is an exploration team sent jointly by Nyasaland University and the Ministry of Land and Resources. There are also two geological experts from Christian Exploration Company in the team. They have a group of more than 40 people and are about to arrive at their destination—— Augrabies Falls.

Augrabis Waterfall is the fifth largest waterfall in the world and the second largest waterfall in Africa. "Augrabis" means "a place of great noise" in the Khoisan language. The waterfall has a drop of 122 meters and the scenery is extremely beautiful. Spectacular, from the high point to the 18-kilometer-long Grand Canyon, it is of great development value.

"This is not a good idea. It is better to build a reservoir in another place. Our Basutoland state government has prepared to develop the tourism resources of Augrabies Falls. In the future, it will become a tourist attraction. If a reservoir is built here, it will be magnificent. The Augrabies Falls may disappear, which is a great loss for all of us.” Stuart, an official of the Basutoland Ministry of Interior, was the guide of the exploration team, and he was not keen on building a hydropower station.

"Don't worry about Stuart, we will choose to build a reservoir in a suitable place, and it will not affect the Augrabis Falls as much as possible. I don't need to say more about the benefits of building a reservoir. You can apply to the federal government. It is a good thing for Basutoland to use local construction materials from Basutoland as much as possible, and at the same time hire local Basutoland workers as much as possible.” Dennis, an official of the Ministry of Land and Resources, was panting, and his body was a bit fat, which It caused more burden for him to trek among the mountains, and he had to use trekking poles to assist him in order to keep up with the speed of the large troops.

"Come on, the Basutolans are too busy running the plantations to go to the construction sites, and the federal government has cheaper African workers available, I don't believe they will pay more for the Basutolans .” Stuart was unmoved, the development of southern Africa was uneven, and Basutoland was a relatively backward state.

To be exact, Basutoland is similar to Swaziland next door. Its economic status basically takes turns to be at the bottom of the [-] states in southern Africa. Even worse than Dias and Victoria, who just joined southern Africa.

Basutoland is the state with the highest altitude in southern Africa, with an average altitude of more than 1000 meters and a maximum altitude of about 3500 meters, hence the name "Land of the Sky".

Basutoland has serious soil erosion and a weak agricultural foundation. Before the establishment of the Southern African Federal Government, the local people depended on the sky for food and did not do production. Therefore, when the Southern African Federal Government was established, the United Kingdom included Basutoland in the southern part of the country. Africa Management, become part of Southern Africa.

The influx of Chinese immigrants has changed the situation in Basutoland. In the past, Basutoland could not even support itself in food and needed the support of the federal government. In recent years, it has improved a lot. Basutoland has basically become self-sufficient in agriculture. The discovery of the mine has injected vitality into the economy of Basutoland, and the development of animal husbandry has also achieved results. The famous mohair is produced in Basutoland.

Even so, the economy of Basutoland is also in a backward position in southern Africa. The federal government's development of the Orange River is also to change the backward economic situation of Basutoland. There are many articles to do around the hydropower station. Electricity supply itself is one of the foundations of a developing economy.

In the evening, Dennis finally heard a faint roar, which was the sound of waterfall water crashing.

"Are we almost there?" Dennis raised one foot and stood in a strange posture. There must have been blisters on his feet, and every step he took was painful.

"Not yet, I just heard the sound, and I have to walk at least ten kilometers." Gardner, a professor of geology at Nyasaland University, was not in a hurry. He was wearing an orange field overalls made by wolf claws. Eye-catching, in case of an accident, it is more conducive to rescue.

Although the development of the Transvaal is quite mature, the development of Basutoland is still relatively backward. There is not even a decent road to go to Augrabies Falls, and there are dangerous wild animals such as lions and snakes along the way. The famous Black Mamba and Golden Cobra are the greatest threats to humans in the wild.

Of course, in addition to the formidable black mamba, there are many cute animals in Basutoland, such as the South African sword antelope with two long and straight horns, and the longest horns of males can reach 120 cm.

"God, let me die, can we have a rest?" Dennis was miserable, sitting on a stone and wailing.

Stuart and Gardner looked at each other with wry smiles. The officials who sit in the office all the year round are indeed not physically fit. They need to exercise more.

Arik, the security director from Umbrella Company, didn't smile. He glanced at Dennis, then suddenly got up and walked slowly towards Dennis, pulling out the dogleg knife from his waist.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing? I just want to take a break, don't frighten me with a knife—" Dennis was shocked, he just took a break, he doesn't need to enforce battlefield discipline.

"Hush—" Arik had a serious expression, and he came to Dennis's side and slashed down fiercely.

Blood splattered, and the snake head of a black mamba fell beside Dennis.

Dennis jumped up as if he had been shocked by electricity, a bite from this thing in the wild would kill him.

The black mamba snake is very poisonous, and two drops of venom can kill a person. No matter at any time, there are 20 drops of venom in the fangs of the black mamba. Once a human is attacked by a black mamba, if they cannot be treated in time, 30- Dead within 60 minutes.

Compared with toxicity, the black mamba is more daunting in its speed. It can hunt down prey at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, and the running speed of a normal person is only about ten kilometers per hour.

"This—this—this—" Dennis' body trembled violently, and it didn't feel good to brush shoulders with death.

Arik raised his foot and stepped on the snake's head hard, crushing the snake's head completely.

"Do the work of eradicating evil, cut the weeds and eradicate the roots!"

After the snake head is cut off, it still has the ability to attack.

(End of this chapter)