The 19th century was a tragic century, especially for the indigenous people in colonial areas and countries. United States and East Africa are both typical countries transformed from colonies. When East Africa persecuted the Southern Africa indigenous people, the United States people were also doing the same thing.
Also in 1890, the Battle of Ondideney, also known as the "Wounded Knee Massacre", broke out in the United States. On December 29, 1890, the Battle of Ondideney was a landmark event in American history. It was the last armed conflict against Indians in the United States. It brought a tragic end to the Indian War that lasted for more than three hundred years.
Sure enough, with the support of his peers, Ernst's treatment of black people appears to be extremely "merciful". After all, compared with massacre, it is always more "humanitarian".
However, this also means that the United States Indians will never be able to succeed. United States has completely eliminated the local resistance, and East Africa will take longer.
Maputo Port.
As in the past, a merchant ship East African national flag docked at Maputo Port. This should not have caused any concern, but something different obviously appeared on Maputo Port today.
East African National Defense Army blocked the port, and then moved a lot of big guys off the ship, or drove off a lot of big guys.
"Chu, tug, tug..." Thick black smoke accompanied by huge noises were lined up in a row on the pier. There were as many as eight tractors. A well-informed person would definitely recognize them as "tractors."
It's just that this is the world's earliest internal combustion engine-powered tractor, not a traditional steam tractor. As East Africa's "cutting-edge technology", it makes sense for the military to escort it.
"Captain Kols, I'm sorry to trouble you in the next few days. The final transportation location of these tractors is Shaoqui Town. They are used for farm development in the Limpopo River plain. They are valuable items, so they cannot be driven directly to Shaoqui Town. They must be sent to Shaoqui Town by vehicle." The driver leading the team said to the leader of the group Kols.
Looking at these "monsters", leader Kols was quite surprised. He had only seen tractors in newspapers before, and this was the first time he saw the real thing.
"Mr. Saul, don't worry, we will use the army's heavy artillery vehicles to transport these big guns this time, and it will not delay your trip."
There are many people following Saul, including three repairmen, two engineers, a mechanical expert, and eight drivers. They are all going to the Shaoqui Town state-owned farm this time. Saul itself is a member of the management staff of a Dar es Salaam city state-owned farm.
In this era, drivers are definitely a scarce talent. Even the number of car drivers is very rare now, and drivers of "special vehicles" like tractors are even more scarce.
Subsequently, with the cooperation of the military and the Saul team, the tractors were moved onto large vehicles, with eight horses required to pull one.
Internal combustion engine tractors are much lighter than steam tractors. In 1890, this year, Benjamin manufactured a wheeled steam engine tractor with all-metal wheels, 7.3 meters long, 60 horsepower, and the entire vehicle weighed 22 tons, of which the water used to provide steam alone weighed more than two tons.
Therefore, a steam tractor is basically no different from a locomotive. Even if the weight is reduced, it is still the weight of a "small locomotive". Such a tractor is naturally difficult to use for plowing.
Moreover, East African internal combustion engine-powered tractors use solid rubber-coated iron tires to achieve further weight reduction. As for hollow tires, obviously the current technology is not adequate for the weight of the tractor. Of course, this is much lighter than all-iron wheels.
Of course, tractors also have crawler tractors. Unfortunately, the current technology does not meet the requirements. There are currently more than 100 invention patents related to crawler tractors in the world, but the prototypes have all failed in tests.
For example, Benjamin, the developer of the United States tractor mentioned earlier, originally went to the UK, the pioneer country of Industrial Revolution, in 1903 to investigate the development of crawler tractors. However, he was disappointed. He did not see a successful example, so he hastily ended his trip to the UK and returned to his own factory of United States to continue developing crawler tractors.
It is only 1890 now, so it is naturally impossible for East Africa to make a breakthrough in crawler technology in a short period of time. However, East Africa's current research on crawler tracks is considered to be at the forefront of the world.
Ernst knows that the success of crawler tractors in history, especially the later application of this technology in the military, led to the emergence of the "King of Land Warfare" tank.
Therefore, Ernst will naturally not ignore this issue. The current research on crawler structures in East Africa is mainly led by research institutes in several cities such as Dar es Salaam, Mbeya and Harare.
With direction and support, progress is naturally not slow. Mbeya city Mechanical Research Institute has taken the lead in achieving results, but it is still too early to apply crawler tracks to special vehicles.
After all, tractor technology is not very mature now, otherwise East African government would not have equipped these eight tractors with such a luxurious team.
Rather than saying that these eight tractors are coming to develop the southern plains of Mozambique, it is better to say that these eight tractors are serving eight big men in East Africa.
The performance of the next eight tractors may be unsatisfactory. There should not be too many big problems, but there will definitely be too many small problems to cause headaches.
Because Dar es Salaam Tractor Factory had only produced prototypes before, and there were still many technical deficiencies, and Dar es Salaam city's current main business is actually steam tractors.
As for the internal combustion engine-powered tractor, it is a new track opened in East Africa. The internal combustion engine-powered tractor performed well in the test field, but in "wild" areas like Mozambique, it may be difficult to satisfy people.
However, there is no way around this. If East Africa wants to gain something in the industrial field, it must dare to be the first, and slowly improve the technology when it is not mature. As long as there is enough time, East Africa will one day become a leader in this field.
In fact, East Africa is already far ahead. Although the technology of internal combustion engine-powered tractors is immature, it appeared nearly a decade earlier than in history.
The internationally recognized world's first gasoline tractor is the "No. 1" tractor manufactured by Hart and Parr in Charles City, Iowa, USA, in the winter of 1901. The machine's serial number was 1205. It was sold to farmers in July 1902 and was successfully used for 17 years.
Although the technology of East African tractors is still questionable, they were researched early. As long as they can withstand the test, East Africa will be able to complete a roundabout overtaking in the agricultural field.
As the loading of the tractor was completed, Saul asked people to cover the vehicle with a rainproof cloth. From a distance, the people who did not know the truth might just think that this was the army transporting confidential items such as artillery.
"Captain Kols, I'd like to trouble you now." After confirming that there was no problem, Saul said to Kols.
"No problem!"
So under the escort of Defense Force, Saul and his party headed towards Shaoqui Town with East Africa's "big country's important weapons".
The establishment of Shaoqui Town's first state-owned farm also heralded the coming of an era of great changes in East African and world agriculture. It was destined to write an important chapter in the history of East African agriculture. It was considered the starting point of agricultural mechanization in East Africa and was thus remembered by East Africans.