Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1057 Shame

As far as Roque is concerned, Roque's performance in terms of sex and sex is simply a saint.

It is undeniable that Roque also has stains, but compared with other nobles in Britain, those stains of Roque are not worth mentioning. At least Roque did not abuse them when recruiting Africans, so that they can fill their stomachs and give them money. Some of their rewards, even if those rewards are insignificant, are already benevolent compared with other colonists.

As for Ada—

Cough, who hasn't got any gossip yet? Earls like Rock, commander-in-chief, and high-ranking officials in the colony, no gossip news, I'm sorry for Rock's titles. Everyone around Rock counts as one, except for the lifelong unmarried Ade and Kitchener, everyone else counts as one, more or less have this problem.

The same is true for Stoudemire. As far as Rock knows, Stoudemire has a lot of affairs.

"Why do you want to be the director of the Relief and Rehabilitation Agency? This is not like you." Rock teased that a winner in life like Stoudemire actually doesn't need to go through this muddy water.

Sometimes Rock is very envious of Stoudemire's living conditions. His family is rich and powerful. He has an old man who has done a lot to the British Empire. He has hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land under his name. With an income of tens of millions of pounds, if you are replaced by a person with a weak will, most of you will have to do something before you live to be 40.

Compared with those prodigal sons in the UK, Stoudemire has indeed worked very hard. Compared with the South African company when the old Cecil Rhodes was alive, the current South African company has developed into a collection of agriculture, industry, trade and investment. If the old Cecil Rhodes knows about the trust-style giant that integrates finance and finance, he should be able to smile nine springs.

"You have already served as the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, and I can't fall too far behind, otherwise I will have no face to educate Gavin in the future." Xiao Sili is very straightforward. Gavin was just born, and Xiao Si became Gavin's godfather. Intentionally marrying his youngest daughter to Gavin and becoming an in-law with Roque, this is the rhythm of completely binding with Roque.

Regarding marriage, Roque neither opposes nor takes the initiative. It all depends on the children's own choices. With Roque's current wealth, he doesn't need marriage to enhance his strength. , Narok is also happy to hear it.

Compared with Gavin, Arthur is actually more popular. Although Gavin is more important than Arthur in name, there are not many families in southern Africa who are eligible to marry the first heir of Earl Nyasaland. So Arthur became a better target instead.

It's a pity that with the improvement of Rock's status, Arthur's status has also risen. Now Arthur is a Baron of Cyprus before he is an adult. He also has a bright future, and there are fewer and fewer girls who are eligible to become Mrs. Cyprus.

"You don't have much face now, what can you teach Gavin? Wine tasting? Hunting? Gambling?" Rock's series of questions made Stoudemire speechless. Gambling here refers to horse racing, one of Stoudemire's favorite sports. one.

Horse racing has always been a favorite sport for Johannesburgers. During the Boer War, the mine owners in Johannesburg organized horse racing, which shows the enthusiasm of the mine owners for horse racing.

Stoudemire is the largest bookmaker in the horse racing industry in Southern Africa. Four of the top ten horse racing horses in Southern Africa belong to Stoudemire. Through horse racing every year, Stoudemire earns more than 1000 million rand in profits.

"Then what can you teach Gavin? Fighting? Killing people? How can you be a qualified Minister of War? You are not qualified!" Secretary of War.

Rock raised his eyebrows and didn't speak. If Rock said a few more words at this time, it must be the favorite mode of hurting each other again.

Rock's time is so precious, he doesn't have time to talk nonsense with Stoudemire.

Stoudemire came to Roque for something. The "Relief Committee" established by the Allied Powers not only provided relief and reconstruction for post-war Europe, but also had an important task, which was to participate in the armed intervention against the new Russian government.

On this issue, Rock really dare not participate, daring to participate is 404, but on the two issues of disaster relief and reconstruction, Rock still has a great say.

Disaster relief requires a lot of supplies, especially in the context of the pandemic in the United States. The demand for medical supplies has skyrocketed. The Johannesburg Pharmaceutical Company has put into operation two mask factories with a daily output of [-] pieces, but they still cannot meet the needs of the expeditionary force.

In addition to medical supplies, what Europe needs most is food.

One of the most important reasons why Winston advocated opening the Black Sea estuary was to obtain the grains produced by the Russian Empire.

After the new Russian government withdrew from the war, it basically stopped grain exports, and the food crisis once eased by Britain and France broke out again.

Southern Africa does not produce grain, so it is basically self-sufficient and unable to export to Europe.

At this time, the United States became the only choice for Britain and France, so the Allies would consider appointing Hoover as the director of the Relief and Recovery Agency.

"You should go to Henry for this issue. It's useless to ask me." Rock didn't want to cause trouble, as long as it was related to the new Russian government, Rock didn't want to participate.

Most of the steel and cement in southern Africa are produced in Henry's fief Fawalt. The Fawalt Iron and Steel Company and the Fawalt Cement Company are now the largest steel and cement companies in the UK.

During the World War, although there were no German troops landing in Britain, the British mainland also suffered some losses due to the bombing of the German army. Last year, several British cabinet officials went to southern Africa for inspection. Highways are very enviable. The three northern states refer to Nyasaland, Rhodesia and Transvaal. These three states have a better financial situation, so the three-state government took the lead in building an interstate highway connecting the three states. Now the interstate highway between Los Angeles and Salisbury, Pretoria, and Johannesburg has been put into use, Nyasaland is building the interstate highway between Los Angeles and Port Edward, and the Transvaal is also Construction of the interstate highway between Johannesburg and Walvis Bay.

After those cabinet officials returned to London, they proposed to Congress that they hope to upgrade the roads in the UK to a high-standard road similar to the southern African interstate road. This proposal is being reviewed by Congress. Once passed, Fawalt Steel Company And Fawalt Cement Company can get another big order.

"Who says it's useless? Whether it's relief or reconstruction, a huge amount of money is needed. This is useless for the Rand Bank?" And cement has Henry, and the funds still need to be settled by the Rand Bank. Britain and France have exhausted their fortunes for the world war. Although they can get compensation from Germany after the war, the Germans have no money now.

Rock didn't speak, resting his chin on his imagination. In another time and space, it seemed that after Germany was defeated, it obtained funds from British and American banks, and then gradually rebuilt the entire country from the ruins of the defeat.

Now this business is out of the hands of the Americans, and the Rand Bank now has plenty of money.

"You go back and make a plan, and then give it to Ada for review." Rock doesn't care about the operation of the Rand Bank, and believes that Ada will not miss this opportunity. Now for Rock, defeating the German army is the top priority .

At a time when all kinds of bulls, snakes, ghosts and gods are planning to divide up the interests after the war, the whole expeditionary force is actively preparing for the counterattack.

In the plan of the Expeditionary Army Staff, the counterattack of the British Expeditionary Force still started from Arras, with Vimy Ridge as the center. Rock invested 75 divisions and nearly 120 million people to launch a full-scale counterattack against the German army. The troops set the goal of the campaign. After breaking through the German defense line, Roque allowed the troops to advance as far as possible, preferably directly into the German territory, causing the greatest damage to the German army and forcing the Germans to the negotiating table as soon as possible.

The scale of this attack was so large that both Winston and Kitchener contacted Rock, whether they should cooperate with the Royal Navy to launch a landing attack off the coast of Germany to open up a second battlefield.

This statement is wrong. If a new battlefield is opened up, it should be the fourth or fifth battlefield.

After much consideration, Rock still rejected Winston and Kitchener's suggestion. Compared with directly investing in the infantry attack, landing across the sea would take longer to prepare, and what Rock lacked most now was time.

Seeing that summer is coming, Rock hopes to end the war before winter comes.

At the end of May, the British Expeditionary Force stockpiled nearly 1000 million shells, 120 billion rounds of ammunition, 150 million tons of various aerial bombs, 15 tons of fuel, and 460 million tons of various materials needed for combat in France. The preparations for the counterattack have been completed .

On May 27, Roque and Pétain met in Paris and decided to set the time for the counterattack as June [-].

At this time, the British Expeditionary Force has completed the mobilization of troops, and Rock is still investing in the Southern African Expeditionary Force, the Canadian Legion, and the Anzac Army. The British native troops will serve as the reserve team for the entire campaign.

In order to give full play to the role of the colonial servant army, Roque also organized the Indian Legion and distributed them equally to the participating troops to cooperate in the battle. If cannon fodder is needed, the Indian Legion can come in handy.

It was also at the end of May that the bad news of India finally came. Because of the British government's search of India, the great famine in India has caused at least 2000 million deaths.

2000 million!

Rock couldn't believe it when he saw this figure. Not all of these 2000 million died of starvation, and a considerable part died of the American flu and natural deaths. The Indian colonial government was a bit lazy and counted these figures because of the famine Among the deaths caused by this, it is obvious that the shame of the British government is not big enough.

(End of this chapter)