Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2064 You can't afford it

Competition within the Southern African military is fierce.

After the end of the World War, there were only two divisions in southern Africa for a long time. If the generals did not perform better, they could only retire from active service.

Even Don Juan left the army for a while to go to the navy, which shows the fierce competition within the army.

In the days when the army was downsizing, the life of the generals was also difficult. Some people retired sadly, some went to the Army Academy as instructors, and there were countless people fighting for a director position in overseas military bases. The generals tried countless ways to stay.

Now the situation has improved a lot. While the British and the French were still struggling with congressional appropriations, southern Africa had quietly begun to expand its military.

The army plus two ace divisions has now expanded to seven divisions, and the five new divisions are all armored divisions according to European standards.

The Southern African Union still has 12 divisions, all of which are mainly light infantry. Once the world war breaks out again, the Union troops should still be cannon fodder.

The biggest variable is the Marine Corps. At the beginning, there was only one brigade of Marine Corps in southern Africa, stationed in Halifax.

With more and more overseas military bases, the Marine Corps in Southern Africa has now increased to 10 brigades, with Halifax and Cyprus, Port Elizabeth each deploying two, and Changi Naval Base has four.

Excluding the coalition forces, the Army plus the Marine Corps has a total strength of more than 25.

If the air force and navy are added, the total force exceeds 60.

The expansion of the army has brought enormous pressure on the federal government. The military budget of the United Kingdom last year was only 2000 million pounds, and that of southern Africa was 2.2 million rand.

You must know that the military expansion in southern Africa is still in progress.

The Abyssinian Empire lost the Battle of Mechu, and Leopold was the saddest.

After the outbreak of the war, Leopold and the Abyssinian Empire carried out four transactions successively. The Abyssinian Empire used gold to pay all of them, and the price was of course very beautiful.

The Abyssinian Empire lost the Battle of Mechu, and Leopold lost a major client, but things took another turn.

Haile Selassie I was not reconciled to failure, and now that the Italians had broken through the Mechu defense line and approached Addis Ababa, Haile Selassie I planned to move the capital to the gray area in the west to continue fighting.

On February 2, 27 days after the Battle of Mechau, the Umbrella Corporation headquarters in Berbera welcomed a special guest.

On this day, the Umbrella Headquarters was heavily guarded, and mercenaries in full armor appeared on the streets to patrol the streets. The street in front of the Umbrella Headquarters was blocked, and vehicles and pedestrians were not allowed to pass.

The Umbrella Company even drove out armored vehicles and set up barricades at both ends of the street, preventing the hooded policemen of the Berbera colonial government from entering.

Leo Porter and Nick Bernard waited anxiously in the umbrella company, along with Stuart Jamie who came from Port Elizabeth, sent by the headquarters of the umbrella company.

"Haile Selassie I will soon go into exile overseas. He himself wants to continue to fight against the Italians, but the ministers of the Abyssinian Empire do not want Haile Selassie I to stay and lead Abyssinia in the future. The Sinnian Empire may be the Duke of Imru—” Stuart Jamie was dressed in a black formal suit, the buttons of the vest were neatly buttoned, and the white shirt at the collar was very conspicuous.

"Is this the Duke of Imru we are waiting for?" Leopold had expectations, and he was not willing to part with the big client of the Abyssinian Empire.

"Yes, this is the Duke of Imru." Stuart Jamie crossed his legs, holding a cigar made in Brazil in his hand. After the new government of Brazil was established, cigars produced in Brazil are popular in southern Africa. popular.

Every region has its own specialty.

Southern Africa actually produces cigars, and the quality is good, but compared with Brazilian cigars, the gimmicks are not as good.

Brazilian cigars are said to be rolled out by unmarried girls on their own laps——

Listen, this sounds like an LSP. If a cigar manufacturer in southern Africa dares to do this, Brad's office can't beat you to death.

However, this kind of gimmick perfectly fits the preferences of some people. They just like this kind of weird and weird things.

"Can the Duke of Imru lead the Abyssinians to defeat Italy?" Nick Bernard was curious.

"Maybe it can, maybe it can't, who knows—but since the Abyssinians are willing to try, we have to give them some support, who made us peace-loving in southern Africa—" Stuart's expression was half a smile, That is arrogant and indifferent, the standard Anglo-Saxon.

At ten o'clock in the evening, a black car entered the main street where the Umbrella Company was located, and Stuart and Leo Porter greeted him at the Umbrella Company foyer.

Duke Imru is also African. He was born in Addis Ababa, educated in England, and is fluent in English.

It can be seen that Duke Imru is under great pressure. He is wearing a black cloak that covers his head and upper body, but his pants are white with white leather shoes.

I don't know why, Africans like white things very much.

Many people may not know that Africans also need to wear sunscreen, although it is limited to the palms and soles of the feet.

Only these two parts of Africans are lighter in color.

Although the probability of these two parts being directly exposed to the sun is extremely low.

"Welcome to civilized society—" Stuart revealed the truth in one sentence, which was a bit hurtful.

"Thank you, I'm sorry to keep you waiting until now." Duke Imru was not in the mood to care, or he was used to it.

A duke is not the same as a duke.

If the duke of Imru was the duke of England, if Stuart said so, he would probably be tied up and thrown into the sea.

Duke of the Abyssinian Empire—

In Stuart's eyes, they were probably similar to tribal chiefs in Africa.

When they returned to the office, they sat down separately, and Stuart did his part to sit on the main seat.

Nick Bernard wasn't angry, after all, he was sent by the headquarters. Stuart's position was indeed higher than Nick Bernard's.

Duke Imru sat across from Stuart. His chair was obviously one size smaller and lower than Stuart's.

Duke Imru was already thin.

This caused Duke Imru to raise his head slightly when he looked at Stuart.

"Mr. Jamie—" Duke Imru's voice was hoarse, and there was still a faint smell of gunpowder smoke on his body. It seemed that he was just like any "warrior emperor", Duke Imru had just come off the battlefield.

"Duke, just call me Stuart."

"Mr. Jamie, the Abyssinian Empire needs the help of the Umbrella Company." Duke Imru ignored Stuart's correction.

Regardless of how high the Duke of Imru is in Stuart's eyes.

In the Abyssinian Empire, the Duke of Imru was under one man and more than ten thousand people, and had held a high position for a long time. Imru naturally had his own pride and would not let Stuart manipulate him.

"Duke, the Umbrella Company will not intervene in the war between the Kingdom of Italy and the Abyssinian Empire." Stuart put on a show, and Leopold and Nick were a little speechless.

It has already reached this level, what's the point of continuing to emphasize this point?
"Heh—" The smile on the corner of Duke Imru's mouth was obviously mocking.

"You may already know that our emperor is about to go into exile overseas, and I will stay as the emperor's representative and continue to lead the Abyssinians to fight." Duke Imru's expression was serious. This is a very dangerous thing.

The emperor is about to run away, but the duke Imru wants to stay and continue fighting. In short, he is chanting for the dead.

Stuart's expression finally became serious.

"All our elite troops have been lost in the Battle of Mechau, and now there are less than 10 people left. Not only lack of training, but also lack of weapons and ammunition, medicine, food, in short everything is lacking." Im Duke Lu is facing many difficulties, and the umbrella company is his only hope.

After Italy invaded the Abyssinian Empire, Haile Selassie I had used different channels to make his voice heard as much as possible.

It's a pity that both Britain and France remained silent and did not give any response to Haile Selassie I.

This made the Abyssinians very sad.

The same goes for Southern Africa.

The United Kingdom and France have interests in the Abyssinian Empire, and neither spoke for the Abyssinians. Why did Southern Africa stand up for justice?
Although the Umbrella Corporation is greedy, it is rare, willing and able to help the organization of the Abyssinian Empire.

Even if the organization is a commercial company.

"We need everything related to the war, the most urgent thing is the instructors of the Umbrella Company, and the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company—" Duke Imru raised his hand to prevent Stuart from interjecting, his eyes were fierce: "—I know the Umbrella The company will not intervene in the war between the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Abyssinia, we can make a verbal agreement, and no written record will be left."

Leopold and Nick looked at each other with excitement in their eyes.

Duke Imru is now fighting with his back to the wall.

If the agreement is not signed, then even if the umbrella company takes the money and does nothing, Duke Imru has nothing to do.

Of course, in that case, the Umbrella Company would not be able to earn any more money from the Abyssinian Empire.

"How many people do you need?" Stuart was also tempted, he came to Berbera himself just for this matter.

"At least 10 people!" Duke Imru had a big appetite.

"No, no, no, it's impossible, you can't afford to hire 10 people—" Stuart's words were a bit hurtful.

But it is a fact.

One hundred thousand umbrella company mercenaries are very expensive, and may cost 1000 million rand a month.

It's not that Stuart underestimated the Abyssinian Empire. The little gold in the Abyssinian Empire can be used for the consumption of the royal family of the Abyssinian Empire, but it is a drop in the bucket when used for war.

ps: I wish my brothers a happy holiday, and the days of autumn are high and crisp, which is very suitable for going out for a walk.

(End of this chapter)