Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1088 Who Are We?

A total of 575 soldiers were killed and one officer was slightly injured in the riots in the servant camp.

Rock didn't press for specifics, and he didn't ask Colonel George Jensen to write a report, as if the incident hadn't happened.

If you don't write a report, you won't leave a file, and you won't have future troubles.

The colonies of the British Empire spread all over the world. I don’t know how many such things happen every year. From last year to this year, the number of people who starved to death in India has increased to more than 3000 million. There is no written record in the UK, and of course newspapers will not report it. Recently During this period, the focus of British media attention was the Paris Peace Conference.

There were only 240 servants left in the streamlined servant army, and more than 20 people were unwilling to shoot those rebels and voluntarily withdrew.

Rock didn't embarrass them, and let them leave freely. When they left, each of them returned five pounds of severance pay.

"For the remaining 240 people, their monthly salary and benefits are doubled, so that they can relocate their families to Berbera as soon as possible, and the relocation expenses will be borne by the Berbera city government." Rock was never stingy when treating his own people.

To ensure the loyalty of these soldiers, they must be given enough benefits. When the umbrella company began to recruit mercenaries from Gurkha, it also immigrated the mercenary's family to Nyasaland, so as to ensure the loyalty of the mercenaries.

"We only have this few people left now. We can't even guarantee the safety of Berbera. Should we recruit some soldiers?" Colonel George Johnson was uneasy. 240 people could not guarantee the safety of Berbera. La, just like an undefended city.

"Don't worry, if the rebels dare to attack Berbera, then Berbera will be the cemetery of the rebels." Rock was not worried. That night, a thousand Gurkha mercenaries arrived in Berbera and stationed in the servant army barracks.

Angie was appointed by Roque as the supreme officer of this mercenary unit. There are 1000 people, no more, no less. It is very important to Berbera now. This is Rock's test for Angel.

At this time, Angie didn't even know Gurkha. Fortunately, the junior officers in the army were all Gurkhas drawn from the Umbrella Company. Not only could they speak English and Gurkha, some of them even knew some Chinese. , which provides Angie with the greatest convenience.

"Our soldiers have been trained for more than half a year. They are the best soldiers. Originally we were going to participate in the World War, but the World War was over before they finished training. Many of them were very They are worried that the unit will be disbanded, so they cherish this job opportunity.” An Qi’s deputy, Captain Dennis, has served in India, is fluent in French and Gurkha, and has worked in the umbrella company for five years.

"Very well, let them get ready. We will start action immediately after the Second Cavalry Division arrives in Berbera." An Qi was a little nervous. This was his first time as a military officer. It is normal to be nervous. .

From that night onwards, the mercenaries began to work. They wanted to take over the defense of the entire city, and at the same time sent out night patrols. Rock specially sent ten armored vehicles to cooperate with Angel to make sure everything was safe.

In fact, it was only one night. After dawn, the forward troops of the Second Cavalry Division arrived in Berbera on two passenger ships. They not only carried armored vehicles and artillery, but also transported tanks by ship.

Roque entertained Don Juan, Commander of the Second Cavalry Division, and Chief of Staff Brad at the temporary headquarters.

The temporary headquarters is a manor located on the outskirts of Berbera, originally owned by a wealthy businessman. After the outbreak of the World War, the wealthy businessman returned to the British mainland, and the manor was expropriated by the colonial government of Somalia.

"Are you disappointed? Although the world war is over, our battle is not over." Rock joked after seeing Don Juan and Brad. Lieutenant General, but their positions have not been promoted. Rock plans to appoint Don Juan to replace Tang En as the general manager of the Umbrella Company after a while. At that time, Brad may serve as the commander of the Second Cavalry Division.

"Not at all. Brad and I were worried that the Second Cavalry Division would be disbanded after the end of the World War. When I was free for a while, I skipped a bowl of meals every day—" Don Juan was not disappointed at all. The stage is the battlefield.

As a person who hates buffet parties extremely, Rock chose an oriental banquet to find Don Juan and Brad, but none of them were focused on the dinner table. The current situation in Somaliland.

"—This is probably the case. The Kingdom of Italy is unable to help, so we have to face the rebels alone. The problem now is that we don't know the situation of the rebels, how many people there are, and where they are mainly distributed. , the air force has already begun to investigate the rebels, but the results are minimal, and there is no specific information yet." Colonel George Johnson respectfully, his rank is the lowest in the entire combat command room, and even several brigades of the Second Cavalry Division His rank is higher than his.

"I don't know how many people there are, I don't know the equipment situation, and I don't even know where the rebels are. How do we fight?" Don Juan had a headache. This was the first time he encountered such a situation, which was completely different from the Western Front.

On the Western Front, at least there was no need to identify German soldiers.

"Actually, there is the simplest way. We just need to drive all the Somalis to the territory of Italian Somalia." Rock will drive them all out, but this is not realistic. If we really drive all the Somalis away, then Somali Lan also lost its value.

You can't let the noble white man herd the sheep——

"I think it will work!" Don Juan said without thinking, Roque's words were the imperial decree.

The expressions of Rock and Colonel George Jensen were all broken.

"Before it was impossible to identify the identities of the rebels and civilians because the government forces were insufficient. Now we have nearly 2 people, and we can fully implement the scorched-earth policy of the Boer War. Any hostile behavior that dares to oppose us must be brutally attacked. Kill, arrest the Somali men, build permanent fortresses along the coastline, our troops are scattered and stationed, obtain supplies through the coastline, and trap the rebels alive in the wilderness." Brad is really ruthless, when he was in the south In Africa, Kitchener squeezed the living space of the Boer coalition forces little by little, and finally forced the Boer coalition forces to surrender completely.

"Agreed!" Colonel George Jensen was the first to agree.

Rock and Don Juan looked at each other and nodded subtly.

Then do that. Early the next morning, Brad led a troop to Hargeisa, with the purpose of opening the passage between Berbera and Hargeisa, connecting Berbera and Hargeisa, and then West to East to implement the "scorched earth policy" suggested by Bullard.

The guides of the servant army played an important role. They took the second cavalry division and Gurkha mercenaries to find the Somali tribe, read the colonial government's policy to the Somalis, and warned them not to have any contact with the rebels. Report it in time, otherwise everyone in the tribe will be thrown into a concentration camp.

Just three days later, all the Somali tribes around Berbera were wiped out, and the channel between Hargeisa and Hargeisa was completely opened. Brad led a regiment to station in Hargeisa. Colonel George Johnson came from Berbera He and Hargeisa recruited nearly 4000 Somali laborers to start building permanent fortifications along the coastline of Somaliland.

At this time, another problem arose. After all, the construction of permanent fortifications required money, and the poor Somali colonial government could not even afford the cost of stationing the Second Cavalry Division in Somalia, let alone pay for the construction of permanent fortifications.

After getting a full understanding of Somaliland, Rock discovered that there is not even a decent mineral resource in Somaliland. Animal husbandry is the only economic pillar of Somaliland, and because of years of war, Somaliland's animal husbandry has been severely damaged. A devastating blow, Roque and Don Juan racked their brains, but they couldn't figure out where to get the money.

"If you want money, it's easy to do. I don't know how many ships pass by the outer port of Berbera every day, and we don't want too many. One hundred pounds for a ship. It takes him half a year and a few months. Hundreds of thousands are easy." Don Juan actively thought of a solution, but the idea he put forward was not very reliable.

Even if it was such an unreliable idea, Rock carefully weighed the possibility.

It seems that it is not impossible. For an ocean-going freighter, a hundred pounds will not hurt the muscles and bones, and Rock will not collect it for years and months, but only for a few months. The ships passing by should be able to bear it.

What I want to explain here is that the ships that pass through the outer port of Berbera are basically either British or French, so setting up a card to collect money is really not a matter of just accepting it. Maybe Rock will be held responsible .

"Otherwise we can only sell the land, but I don't know if anyone will buy it. This place is too poor—" Tang Juan killed the chicken to get the eggs, anyway, what he was selling was the land of the Somali colonial government, and it has nothing to do with Tang Juan. No.

It’s not impossible to sell land. The key is the price. If the price is too high, no one will buy it.

"Leave the land sellers in advance, collect money, and collect money according to the size and nationality of the ship. Our ships charge less, French ships charge generally, and Japanese ships charge deadly—" Rock still chose to change The simple way, soldiers, it is better to be simple and rough, what to do with so much thinking.

"We?" Don Juan wasn't sure what Roque meant.

"As long as it is a ship of the British Empire, it is ours!" Rock was speechless, and Don Juan asked whether this "us" did not include ships of British nationality.

Rock's meaning is very clear, as long as southern Africa does not separate from the British Empire, the British Empire belongs to "us".

ps: In fact, there is nothing I want to say, but if I don’t ps, I always feel that there is something I haven’t done——

(End of this chapter)