Unlike small planes with simple structures, the biggest difficulty of the four-engine bomber is the strength of the fuselage structure, the wings of small planes can be made of wood, and the wings of large planes must be metal to withstand the thrust of the engine.

Oh, it's not the thrust now, it's the rally, when Nyasaland first studied the four-engine bomber, in order not to affect the pilot's vision, the propeller of the engine was placed behind the wing for a time, and in the end it turned out that this was not worth the loss, and the effect of the rear propeller was not good, so the propeller was placed in front again, which could produce more power.

Sometimes Roque is also very helpless, "Strong Wind" went to France to fly over the English Channel when it was really amazing, but after the baptism of the North African battlefield, the various technical properties of "Strong Wind" are no longer a secret, Italy and France are stepping up the research on aircraft, there are already too many aircraft with performance not inferior to "Strong Wind", which makes Nyasaland's engineers have a sense of urgency.

The study of Italy and France is actually an imitation of the "strong wind", and Roque never expected that the Chinese, who were famous for their cottages in another time and space, would actually become the object of European cottages in this time and space.

After Britain completed the Industrial Revolution, it became the object of copycats all over the world, and Germany's Krupp also started by copycats, but people are better than blue, which makes people have nothing to say.

In order to continue to maintain its performance advantage, Nyasaland has also been making continuous improvements to the "Strong Wind" and has not slept on its laurels.

The crux of the problem is that Roque doesn't know much about aircraft, and Roque can give constructive guidance on some simple structural problems, but Roque is not clear about the specific technical details.

Basically, Roque's knowledge of aircraft has now been applied to "strong winds", and Roque can no longer give technical guidance for the next research, and it is up to the engineers in Nyasaland to work hard.

In fact, this is the normal way of technological progress, and the research on aircraft in Europe has gradually become dominated by the government or large conglomerates, and there will be fewer and fewer handicraft workshops to accumulate aircraft.

However, in terms of large bombers, as far as Roque knows, only Nyasaland and Russia are still conducting research in this area, and Italy is quickly developing a bomber specially used for ground bombing, but neither the range nor the bomb load can be compared with large bombers.

In October, the legendary Belgian Expeditionary Force was still far from being formed, and it was said that there were now less than 3,000 men, and there was still a lack of equipment, not even a single rifle with outdated performance.

The key is that the money given is not in place, Leopold II used to grab tens of millions of profits from the Congo Free State every year, but now he is unwilling to pay high salaries to the expeditionary force, the Belgian government wants to pay money but has no money, those big companies in the Congo Free State maintain a wait-and-see attitude, they are waiting for the side to win the final victory, for these big businesses, it doesn't matter if they cooperate with Leopold II, or cooperate with the Belgian government, or cooperate with the rebels, as long as they can make money.

Also in October, the Congolese Party was defined as a rebel by the Belgian government for the first time.

Unable to accept this result, the Congolese party declared independence, modeled itself on the French Republic of the Congo, and made contact with the real rebels.

The purpose of the contacts is to negotiate peace, and there are only a little more than 10,000 whites left in the Congo Free State, and it is certainly impossible to eliminate the rebels who have already numbered more than 1.6 million, and this 1.6 million is the figure announced by the Congo Free State rebels themselves, and no one knows how much.

The rebels in the Congo Free State are chaotic, and it is estimated that Banda himself does not know how many of his subordinates he has, for many Africans, the addition and subtraction of more than ten is beyond their calculation power, and many chiefs do not even know the number of their own tribes, so counting the number of rebels is an absolute disaster for the current Congo Free State.

There are now less than 10 million Africans in the Congo Free State, and even if the figure of 1.6 million is correct, it is not too exaggerated, and even if the rebels have to lay down their arms now, it is estimated that the new Republic of the Congo will not dare to hire the current Africans for work, so negotiations are the best option.

The Congo Free State, which is more than 2 million square kilometers, has hundreds of thousands of square kilometers at will, enough for more than 10,000 white people to live happily.

It's just that they may have to work themselves in the future, and if they want to oppress and enslave Africans like before, they have to consider the consequences of being eaten by Africans.

The negotiations took place in Bukavu, which had already been rebuilt.

Southern Africa probably has the world's most experienced team in rebuilding cities, with ten workers able to build a house in a week using a variety of materials, and there are many styles to choose from, large and small, and customizable in some decorative materials.

Compared with building houses, the various infrastructure in the city takes more time, sewers and roads in the city are the most time-consuming, but the greening can be done slowly, Nyasaland in order to rebuild Bukavu, nearly 3,000 workers were busy for about a month, and a new city was erected not far from the original site.

The new town has a well-developed infrastructure, and a small dock that can be used for thousand-ton river steamers, the first house built in the city is the church, and the people who have experienced the trauma of the war need more spiritual comfort, in front of the church is a small but clean and tidy small square, the square is surrounded by primary schools and hospitals that are common in southern Africa, but difficult to see outside of southern Africa.

and a library of mostly Chinese and English books.

Parks are the last thing Africa lacks is meadows and forests.

A brand new city was already a huge surprise for the refugees in Bukavu, and with the hospital and library, the surprise immediately rose to the point of ecstasy.

On the day the school was inaugurated, 1,400 residents of Bukavu voted en masse to join Southern Africa, a situation that Roque had submitted to Ade, who welcomed it, but had no right to make a decision and had to report it to London for a final decision.

This is the biggest inconvenience of staying within the Commonwealth, if Southern Africa is an independent country, there is no need for so many procedures at all.

It's more troublesome now, and with the efficiency of London's work, a reply within half a year is considered a quick response.

So Bukavu, which has not yet joined southern Africa, has become the best option for Isaac Pansy and Banda to negotiate.

Before coming to Bukavu again, Isaac Pansy thought that Bukavu, which had been destroyed by the war, might not even have a place to live, so he actually brought a tent with him.

It was only after arriving in Bukavu that Isaac Pansy learned why Isaiah Chamberlain had agreed to negotiate with Banda in Bukavu, and Isaac Pansy immediately understood why the inhabitants of Bukavu wanted to join Southern Africa.

After the establishment of the Republic of Congo, Isaiah Chamberlain was elected president, and Isaac Pansy was still appointed prime minister, and he was only a few days after he took office, and he was about to face the situation of the country being divided and encroached, which made Isaac Pansy very sad.

Of course, even if it is difficult to accept, it cannot be shown in front of Feng Xun, who is temporarily serving as the magistrate of Bukavu, Feng Xun has married Luisa a week ago, and Luisa naturally became a southern African citizen, which makes many Bukavu people very envious.

It was also after marrying Feng Xun that Luisa learned that Feng Xun also had a farm with an area of 1,000 acres in Rhodesia, Feng Xun's family now lives on the farm, his parents work on the farm, and his younger brothers and sisters are still in school.

Compared with the family atmosphere of the Chinese, the family atmosphere of the white people is a little too cold, among the white adult men, the proportion of alcoholism and gambling is a bit high, and many Chinese also have these problems, but there are not many in southern Africa, and those who have repeatedly taught have been repatriated to the Qing country, and the southern African government is very decisive in this regard.

"Welcome to Bukavu, my name is Feng Xun, and I'm the sheriff here for the time being." Feng Xun was a little embarrassed, he was appointed by the Beihai Sea Police, and he had nothing to do with the Republic of the Congo and the rebels.

"It's hard to imagine, it's unbelievable, my God, hasn't Bukavu been destroyed?" Isaac Pansy was very surprised, there were no ruins, no gunshots, and no ragged refugees and beggars, when Isaac Pansy and his party walked into the town, many residents on both sides of the road took the initiative to walk out of the door and looked at Isaac Pansy and his party with complicated eyes.

Isaac Pansy looked at them with more complicated eyes.

A few months ago, these poor people who survived the catastrophe were Belgians like Isaac Pansy, but after the outbreak of the war, men ran to death, and women and children became the biggest victims of the war.

Nominally, Isaac Pansy is now the Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo, but in the rebellion in the Republic of the Congo, Isaac Pansy did not give these women and children the help they deserved.

Of course, Isaac Pansy will not think that the rebels let Bukavu go, with Isaac Pansy's knowledge of the cities in the Republic of Congo, the previous Bukavu is certainly not as clean and vibrant as the current Bukavu.

This is evident in the clothes worn by these women, many of whom wear not traditional Belgian women's clothing, but cargo pants and checkered shirts, which are common in southern Africa but are rarely seen outside of southern Africa.

These are actually men's clothes, which are seen by those who are more traditional, and will think that these women are all rebellious.

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