While Soga City was under construction, the Central Canal project was also advancing in full swing. The Ndebele people were organized and divided into two groups to excavate the canal. Together with the simultaneous construction of the Lake Malawi Industrial Zone and the Northern Industrial Belt, eastern Kingdom of East Africa was developing at breakneck speed.
As these projects commenced, the army in the Zimbabwe region had already begun military training, mainly focused on how to capture wandering Boers in the wilderness.
"Faced with the Kingdom's superior forces and powerful firepower, the Boers cannot possibly stand stiffly and confront us head-on. They will certainly be like cockroaches, crawling into every dark corner, able to strike you suddenly from anywhere. At that point, your enemy will no longer be those backward natives wielding spears, but Boers with some military experience who also possess firearms. If we encounter Boers fighting this way, how should we respond?"
Following the instructor's question, the soldiers below began discussing it. Quite a few of them had actually seen guerrilla warfare before, though it had previously been used by natives. The tactic was effective, but without advanced weapons it was practically a death sentence. When facing native ambushes, East African soldiers could often deal with them calmly.
Natives capable of using guerrilla tactics were already among the more clever ones in Africa. Most natives had been defeated by East Africa in a muddle, or simply could not organize themselves to oppose East Africa at all. The gap in weaponry was too vast, leaving ordinary natives without even the thought of resisting.
"First, divide and encircle them. Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla warfare—it is a method of fighting everywhere. Therefore, we must confine the enemy to a certain area and prevent them from ranging freely.
"Second, cut off communications between