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Chapter 826 The price of conquest (third update, please subscribe)
What happened in Africa is not a war, at least for the African Legion, they have hardly experienced any decent wars.

Except for the slave traders and the large tribes located on the coast, the indigenous tribes that became more inland and wilder were not at all the opponents of the "mixed brigade" with a total strength of about 1100 people, including infantry, cavalry and artillery.

For Ming's katana, what is the biggest enemy?
It's a disease. In just a few months, the African Legion lost more than 30% of its soldiers. Such a loss was an unprecedented blow to Simon Longsheng, the commander of the East African Front Army.

"How could this be? There will be too many casualties in the future!"

Once again, Mr. Ximen couldn't help feeling a little melancholy in the face of the military situation sent back by the expeditionary troops ahead.

"Chief of Staff, how did this happen? So many people are sick! Is this... the price of colonization?"

Facing the commander's question, Chief of Staff Zhang Desheng pursed his lips. Although he wanted to ridicule the commander in front of him, he still controlled his emotions.

Then said.

"Sir, there is always a price for colonization. "Historical Records. The Family of Chu" "In the past, our former king Xiong Yi lived in Jingshan, lived in the grass and grass, trekked through the mountains and forests to serve the emperor, but the only way is to share the king with peaches, thorns and arrows." thing"……"

Any business has a price, but they don't know how heavy those costs are.

Mentioning this sentence in the history book, Zhang Desheng sighed after being silent for a while.

"Only a few dozen words are used in the history books, talking about the difficulty of the founding of the Chu Kingdom, but in reality? For more than two thousand years, China has regarded the south as a bad place full of diseases and miasma. If there were not thousands of years Come on, with the hard work of the Chinese ancestors, what land of fish and rice is there!"

Looking at the extra rivers and roads on the almost blank map on the wall, this is depicted by the maps sent back by the expeditionary force.

The tens of thousands of people who have died now are just the price of drawing a map, and it is only a small amount of map drawing.

Conquest... is far from conquering.

"Hey, today I know the hardships of the ancients!"

Ximen Longsheng sighed, and then said.

"Originally, I thought that it would be easy for us to conquer them given the originality of the local aborigines, but I never thought that the seemingly beautiful environment here is worse than we imagined, right..."

If it was really that easy, how could it be their turn?
Thinking that the empire has colonized the Congo River and other places for many years, Simon Longsheng asked.

"Chief of Staff, since we already have a colony on the Congo River, we must have a strategy to deal with the diseases here. I think we should notify the place immediately and ask them to send some doctors, at least send someone to guide the troops. How to avoid contracting diseases…”

Facing such heavy casualties, Ximen Longsheng said.

"They are all His Majesty's warriors! With so many casualties, how can I be worthy of His Majesty's trust!"

Mentioning that almost everyone in the legion was infected and the heavy price of tens of thousands of deaths, Ximen Longsheng only felt that he had failed His Majesty's trust.His Majesty handed over the East African Legion to him. What kind of trust is this!
But now?
He has lost almost 20% of the army before joining forces with the West African Legion. Can he not feel heavy?
This is because many brigades have not yet contacted the headquarters. If he knew that the death rate had reached almost 30%, he would probably even have the heart to apologize.

Not to mention Ximen Longsheng, even Emperor Zhu, who had heard about the harsh environment in Africa for a long time, was stunned for a long time when he received Ximen's telegram.

"How big is this, and more than 17000 people died?"

For a moment, Emperor Zhu even wondered if he heard it wrong. It's only been a few months!
There were only 90000 people in the East African Legion, and 17000 people died... Such a terrible death rate is faster than those who died in war, and more!
"Whether it's East Africa or West Africa, all the telegrams mentioned diseases. Almost everyone has been infected with malaria at least once, and many people have been infected with other diseases. Your Majesty, I estimate that at this speed, before the troops join forces, Many troops have run out of quinine tablets, I suggest that in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the legion, they can use airships to replenish them with quinine and other drugs..."

Sun Hu, who is the minister of the Ministry of War, of course cares about his subordinates, the African Legion, that is also Daming's African Legion.

"Well, I should add some medicine, but..."

Emperor Zhu paused, and then said.

"We will start in Brazil soon. At this time, it is not appropriate to transfer the airship to Africa. I think we can transfer one or two airships. Anyway... it is just to deliver medicine. One or two airships are enough."

The environment in Africa is too harsh!

When I was studying in university, some alumni who went to Africa to do geotechnical work described the local conditions, such as malaria, sleeping sickness, yellow fever and other diseases. According to them, there are one million people in Africa This way of death, the top [-] have no civil war.

Emperor Zhu's scalp felt numb for a while.

No wonder the European powers look down on Africa, not because they look down on Africa, but because the local environment is too bad!Perhaps it is precisely because of such a harsh environment that the indigenous Africans survived...

One or two airships to deliver medicine is almost enough!

In fact, there is no need to deliver the medicine so fast. After all, if you don’t consume the consumables of the empire, how can you be worthy of the consumables?
"Your Majesty, send two more ships!"

Sun Hu implored,
"After all, it's not easy for them! Besides, we will need them when we use troops in other places in the future."

Faced with such a suggestion, how could the benevolent Emperor Zhu disagree?

But I agree, I agree, the medicine must not be sent there so much, after all, a war with Brazil in the future will definitely require a lot of quinine and other medicines, and if there are medicines, of course, they must be used first.

"Then let's have four ships, two for the east and two for the east and west. While transporting the medicine, I thought I could use the airship to bring back some seriously ill or seriously wounded. After all, they are all loyal warriors of the empire, and they are loyal to the empire on the front line. As their lord, how can I not care about them? Well, although there are not many airships, it is possible to save one..."

When the words of compassion and compassion came out of Emperor Zhu's mouth, he was a little moved. From ancient times to the present, which emperor would care about the lives of ordinary soldiers like him?

No emperor ever cared.And no emperor would care about those people.

What's more, all he cares about now is just a group of empire consumables.This is simply unimaginable.

Hey, I can only say that we are a great kind person.

What other explanations are there?
there is none left!
When the time comes, we must publicize it well. For example, we can write a news report in the future, reporting how to use airships to save those ordinary consumables, no, ordinary African Legion soldiers.

Go to Dongying and let's be moved together!
Well, if there is a chance in the future, this matter can be made into a movie, such as a movie about using an airship to transport medicine and rescue the wounded.

(End of this chapter)