Chapter 649 New Frankfurt City
Military mobilization requires railway assistance. Now East Africa can also use railways to roughly mobilize troops nationwide, and the Hessian railway is still in the construction stage, which greatly delays the northwest region. With the progress of the army moving south, if it is completed, East Africa will not even need to dispatch the northwest region's troops south in advance. Instead, they will directly use the railway to move to the front line during wartime.
Kapiri Mposhi Town.
“According to provincial government and central government documents, from next month our town of Kapiri Mposhi will be officially renamed New Frankfurt City, and its level will also be upgraded to a municipal administrative unit. Based on the resume of previous years, the city will Some effective internal staff have been promoted." Mayor Hans Peter announced the good news to his subordinates quite excitedly.
What makes Hans Peter so happy is that he is also among the promotions. Since the construction of the central railway was completed, Hans Peter has been serving as the mayor of Kapirimposhi Town, so Years of hard work finally paid off.
Hans Peter went on to say: "Compared with everyone who knows the meaning of the name Frankfurt, the renaming of the town of Kapilimbosch to the new city of Frankfurt fully demonstrates the importance the country attaches to our city. Frankfurt is the most important city in Germany and even in Europe." It is one of the transportation hubs, and the city of New Frankfurt will also become the main artery of railway transportation in East Africa in the future.”
Hans Peter is right, the East African government does have this plan, because the town of Kapirimposhi was originally planned. It is the core hub of the Central Railway.
The vertical and horizontal main lines of the Central Railway cross here and become a cross railway. With the construction of the Hessian Railway, the current town of Kapirim Poshi, which is the future city of New Frankfurt, will become a north-south railway in East Africa. , the core point of two east-west national railway arteries.
From New Frankfurt (Kapirim Poshi Town) eastward through Mbeya City, Dodoma City, and arrive at Dar es Salaam City.
Go west to the city of Mongu. Because most of the land in Angola is still under the control of the Portuguese, this railway line currently ends abruptly in the Hohenzollern Province.
According to Ernst's idea, he prefers to go northwest from Mongu City to open up the connection between the northern seaport of Angola and the interior of East Africa. As for the southern part of Angola controlled by East Africa, there is a lack of good ports, and Southwest Africa is too poor to It is cost-effective, so the western line of the central railway line has always been a work-in-progress.
Going north from the city of New Frankfurt (the town of Kapirimposhi), you enter the junction of the provinces of Hohenzollern and Swabia, which is the copper belt in East Africa, and connects to Ndola in turn. City, Kitwe and Lubumbashi, which are also important railway sections for the current export of copper mines in East Africa.
At present, the northernmost point of the northern section of the longitudinal line is Lubumbashi, and the starting point of the Hessian Railway under construction is Lubumbashi.
Going south from New Frankfurt (Kapirimposhi Town) are Lusaka, Harare, Bulawayo, Oto and other central and southern cities.
The geographical location of New Frankfurt is also somewhat related to the African railway pattern in previous generations.
In the previous life, Kapirimposhi was an important railway hub in Zambia and the terminal station of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway. The eastern section of the Central Railway's horizontal line basically overlapped with the previous Tanzania-Zambia Railway, so East Africa rebuilt Kapirim at this location. The town of Rimposhi.
In fact, when there was no Tanzania-Zambia Railway in the previous life, Kapirimposhi was an important railway station. During the British colonial period in Zambia, Kapirimposhi was on the Southern Railway built by the British. of a station.
The Southern Railway built by the British runs from the Copperbelt Province of Zambia through Kapiri Mposhi south, through Zimbabwe and Botswana, and all the way to the port of Cape Town, South Africa. Later, this railway was attacked by the southern white people. The country's blockade led to the birth of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway.
Hans Peter: "The new Frankfurt in the future will be one of the key cities in East Africa. Our current goal is to turn this transportation advantage into an economic advantage and drive the development of the city. "Occupy a place in the future East African cities"
What Hans Peter said is very meaningful, because apart from the advantage of a railway transportation hub, New Frankfurt has no advantages compared with surrounding cities. The only city that is somewhat similar to New Frankfurt is Dodoma City, which also relied on railways to make its fortune, but it has an earlier development history. It was the capital of a region as early as the colonial era in East Africa, and now it has become the capital of Plateau Province.
In comparison, the city of New Frankfurt is much inferior. The city of New Frankfurt has not yet been officially established. It will take a month. The original Kapirimposhi was just a small town. This small town , which arose thanks to the Central Railway, was a deserted land at the beginning.
Before the construction of the Central Railway, Dodoma City has always been the provincial capital in the province, and its economy is second only to Mwanza City in Plateau Province.
The town of Kapirimposhi can only rank seventh in the economy of Hechingen Province, followed by the provincial capital Lusaka and two important industrial and mining cities, Embera and Kitwe. , and the following four are either cities that were developed relatively early or are mining towns.
The transportation advantages of Kapiri Mposhi Town have not been transformed. Because of the late construction, there are no roads to connect with other areas. In addition, the jurisdiction is small and there is no economic hinterland. Therefore, Hans. Even if Peter wanted to develop, he didn't have the corresponding authority.
After the new Frankfurt City is established next month, it will be able to be divided into large jurisdictions. Hans Peter will then work with the first New Frankfurt City leadership to formulate the economic development strategy of the New Frankfurt City.
New Frankfurt City does not have much mineral resources, so the option of mining can be given up. However, because it is a railway hub, related industries must be developed, such as locomotive maintenance and manufacturing, railway technical schools, etc.
The surrounding agriculture is relatively developed, mainly tobacco, grains, livestock, etc. However, before, Kapiri Mposhi Town and surrounding rural areas were within the jurisdiction of Kabwe City. These resources Kapiri The town of Mposhi also has no right to transfer.
After the new Frankfurt City is established, many areas will definitely be removed from Kabwe City as the jurisdiction of the new Frankfurt City. At that time, the new Frankfurt City can rely on local agriculture to develop related industries.
“After next month, other jurisdictions in the city will definitely need manpower to complete the city’s property and population census, and integrate and reconstruct the city’s resources. Our city must give priority to the development of industry and agriculture. , on this basis, we should vigorously develop the manufacturing industry, especially apply for the introduction of railway equipment manufacturing, agricultural product processing, and urban transportation construction, connect the urban area with surrounding roads and stations, and maximize the advantages of our province."
Hans-Peter then emphasized: "It is precisely because our city does not have any resource advantages, or that many other cities have many things, so we must seize the opportunity of the railway hub and build the new Frankfurt city around the railway into a city like Frankfurt in Europe." A big city. ”
“The premise is that the city’s economy develops and the freight volume must be increased as much as possible. High, this requires agriculture as the foundation, and it is also the industry that is most likely to produce results. It is best to formulate our own agricultural plan and form misaligned competition with surrounding areas.”
Agriculture is the future of New Frankfurt City, in addition to railways. is the only industry, and the work in Kapirimposhi Town in recent years has mainly been to provide auxiliary work for the marshalling yard and ensure logistics and other services.
Many of the industrial products or agricultural products that Kapiri Mposhi Town needs are mainly purchased from other areas. This is related to the railway. After all, transportation is a double-edged sword.
He can concentrate the population and industries, but the population and industries are numerous. Since they are concentrated in one area, other areas will definitely decrease. This is also an important reason why Hans Peter emphasized the development of his own economy.
(End of this chapter)