Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2196

While the Saar Conference was taking place, Italian East Africa was being transformed in accordance with the wishes of the Federal Government of Southern Africa.

The greatest achievement of the Saar Conference was the division of southern Africa and the spheres of influence of Britain and France in Africa.

In fact, it is to carve up Italian colonies in Africa.

According to the principle of who conquers, who governs, Italian East Africa is temporarily under the management of Southern Africa, and the Abyssinian Empire has also become the sphere of influence of Southern Africa.

After the restoration of the Abyssinian Empire, Imru I, who had just ascended the throne, submitted an application for membership to the Southern African Union.

Rock happily approved the application of the Abyssinian Empire, and the Abyssinian Empire officially became a member of the Southern African Union.

After removing the Abyssinian Empire, only Italian Somalia and Italian Eritrea remained in Italian East Africa, with a total area of ​​about 60 square kilometers.

In such a small place, with British Somalia and French Somalia in between, the situation is a bit complicated.

After the annihilation of the Italian East African Army, the security of the British colonies in East Africa and the Mahdi Kingdom has been guaranteed. Rock offered to let the Second Army withdraw from British East Africa and the Mahdi Kingdom.

Winston was very sensible, and without waiting for Rock's proposal, he took the initiative to invite the southern African troops to station in British Somalia, and at the same time stated that he would withdraw all British troops in British Somalia.

This is already the limit.

According to Stoudemire, Winston simply gave the British Somalia to southern Africa.

But things are not that simple. The Prime Minister Winston is different from Roque. Roque can resolve many matters in southern Africa with one word. Afterwards, he will notify Congress and vote with a show of hands.

No matter what Winston does, it needs to be discussed by Congress and approved before it can be implemented.

Some time ago, the "islands for destroyers" plan caused great controversy in the UK. Winston was criticized for this, and some members of Congress even decried Winston as a "British traitor".

But the threat of German submarines is imminent, threatening the British shipping lanes at all times. If this problem is not resolved, then the pampered members of Congress will have to take the British "national dish" as their staple food. This is definitely something that most members of Congress cannot accepted.

So he had to agree to Winston's proposal.

But this also laid the seeds of disaster for Winston's future predicament.

Never mind how dangerous things were in Britain at the time of the "Battle of Britain".

Now that Winston has made the decision to "exchange islands for destroyers", he must accept the consequences.

When the war is over and the threat of the Germans is lifted, Britain will definitely settle accounts after the autumn, and Winston will pay the price for it by then.

This is the same as Neville's appeasement policy.

Neville's appeasement policy also requires the approval of the British Parliament.

If the British Parliament disagrees, then Neville has no power to sign the "Munich Agreement" with Mustache.

After Mustache blatantly tore up the "Munich Agreement", Neville became a scapegoat and stepped down sadly, and died amidst the controversy. The "Munich Agreement" will also become the biggest stain in Neville's life.

The same goes for "islands for destroyers".

Maybe it will become the biggest stain in Winston's life.

Therefore, Winston can only do so much, and it is impossible to directly send British Somalia to southern Africa.

Even British Somalia was of little value to Britain.

As for French Somalia.

After the surrender of France, French Somalia was acquired by the Second Army without even waiting for the establishment of Free France. Charles de Gaulle could even send French colonies in Asia to southern Africa, and there was no need to discuss French Somalia.

The area of ​​French Somalia is only 2.32 square kilometers. In another time and space, this is the most densely populated area of ​​foreign military bases in the world.

Although nominally, French Somalia and British Somalia are not yet the territories of southern Africa, but after the British withdrew the Indian troops stationed in Berbera, the coastal areas of the African part of the Red Sea, except for some British colonies, have been completely Owned by Southern Africa.

When Italian East Africa surrendered, there were about 25 Italian immigrants in the territory.

The East African Legion does not count.

The main members of the Italian East African Legion are colonial servants, and only a small number of officers are Italians. They are all organized into prisoner-of-war camps and are under the care of the Second Army. Ports along the coast of Eritrea undergo transformation.

Port transformation can be regarded as a traditional skill in southern Africa.

In the above-mentioned areas, there are many areas suitable for development as ports, but due to the incompetence of the British, French and Italian colonial governments, there has been no improvement for decades.

The only ports that can be named in the entire Red Sea coast and Somalia are Mogadishu and Berbera. Djibouti is not called Djibouti now, but French Somalia.

Objectively speaking, the colonial governments of Britain and Italy have done their best to develop the local economy.

However, this "maximum capacity" is what they think, and it is still quite different from the standard in southern Africa.

In fact, there is no way to do this. After all, the colonial government has neither money nor personnel, so even if it wants to develop the colony, it is powerless.

Southern Africa has money.

After the surrender of the Italian East African Legion, nearly 30 more laborers were created out of thin air. The Italian officers in the East African Legion still wanted to receive treatment that matched their status after surrendering. This is impossible in southern Africa.

The consistent attitude in southern Africa is that whoever does not work shall not eat.

"Yes, we have always advocated that those who do not work shall not eat." Feng Fu emphasized to Tony Pellegrini many times when he met with Tony Pellegrini.

"But how can you let the noble Italian kingdom officers do manual labor like those lowly colonial servant soldiers?" Tony Pellegrini couldn't accept it. He really didn't mean to insult those colonial servant soldiers. At this time, in the eyes of most Europeans, not only the soldiers of the colonial servants, but all the natives of the colonies are inferior.

including Southern Africa.

So do Southern Africans.

Although southern Africans never say it.

In the Italian East African Legion, Tony Pellegrini was a major general.

After the surrender of Italian East Africa, most of the generals were sent to southern Africa to serve their sentences. Among the captives in Italian East Africa, Tony Pellegrini had the highest position, so Tony Pellegrini naturally became the Italian East African Legion representative.

"Don't worry, the situation will improve soon. I plan to set up a labor camp according to the establishment of the former East African Legion, and let the officers and soldiers of the East African Legion use labor to atone for their mistakes—" Feng Fuyou Planning, free labor, useless.

"But—" Tony Pellegrini wanted to speak, but Feng Fu stopped him with gestures.

"No, but, both officers and soldiers must participate in labor." Feng Fu's attitude is firm. Of course, it is also labor, and there is also a division of tasks.

"I plan to completely transform the entire Mogadishu within six months, directly flatten the current Mogadishu, and then build a new city. The new city will have a well-equipped port and spacious and flat streets. , beautifully landscaped gardens, well-organized residential areas and commercial areas—” Feng Fu continued, saying that by the standards of southern Africa, the current Mogadishu is simply an ignorant and uncivilized tribe.

Like most colonial cities, Mogadishu did not have any planning at the time of construction. The entire city was naturally formed around the port. The rich areas and slums in the city are clearly separated. The rich area is of course not bad, separated by a wall The slums in China are all kinds of mess.

Feng Fu didn't even know how the Italians endured this situation.

Of course, it may be that the Italians need this kind of contrast to satisfy the vanity of the colonists.

Southern Africa needs no such vanity.

In southern Africa, even the communities where the common people live have the most basic bottom line. The slums have completely disappeared from southern Africa.

"Impossible, it is simply impossible to complete within six months, or even six years." Tony Pellegrini shook his head again and again, thinking that this was an impossible job.

Don't think that colonial government officials are domineering every day, and never thought about developing the colonial economy.

The Europeans who have immigrated to the colony have actually become part of the natives of the colony. Unless they are officials appointed by the natives, the officials from the real colony still hope to develop the colonial economy.

The crux of the problem is a lack of resources.

A single colonial economic system does not have the possibility of developing a colonial economy. The Italian Somali economy is dominated by animal husbandry, with no industry at all, and even the most basic cement and steel. How to develop the economy?
Cement and steel are available in southern Africa, and after decades of development, the output of cement and steel is even a bit surplus. In southern Africa, the price of cement and steel is ridiculously cheap, let alone Mogadishu, Ten more are fine.

"Just wait and see—" Feng Fu didn't talk nonsense with Tony Pellegrini. The efficiency of southern Africa is not comparable to that of the Italians.

Soldiers, act vigorously and resolutely. The next day, the relevant order to form a labor camp was issued. Tony Pellegrini was appointed as the battalion commander of the first labor camp, with 1 subordinates.

Toni Pellegrini is no stranger to how to run an army.

But Tony Pellegrini was at a loss as to how to manage the labor camps, and he didn't know where to start.

Fortunately, there are staff from Christian Human Resources Company to help.

"It's very simple. You can manage the entire labor camp as a company and introduce a competitive mechanism, which is much easier than managing the army—" Chris from Nyasaland has experience.

Chris, who is white, dropped out of high school to join Christian Human Resources and became a notorious HR manager.

It is said that it is a human resources manager, but it is actually a slave trader's job. In southern Africa, there are many workers from the Southern African Union countries, and most of them are provided by Chris.

"How to introduce a competition mechanism?" Tony Pellegrini asked humbly. He now knows that the performance of the captives is closely related to the treatment he can get.

"Don't worry—" Chris was not in a hurry.

The next operation of the Second Army made Tony Pellegrini amazed.

To flatten and rebuild a city like Mogadishu, the first step is to demolish the old city.

The time Feng Fu requested was only six months, and the task was heavy in a short period of time. Although there were only 7 battalions in Mogadishu, it was actually not difficult to complete this task.

There are 7 people in 7 battalions, excluding drinking water, calculated based on the fact that each person only needs one kilogram of supplies per day, 70 tons per day.

Feng Fu first divided the 70 tons of materials into two parts, half of which was distributed as basic materials, and the other half was used as rewards, and each of the 7 battalions was assigned according to the progress of completing tasks every day.

Since it is a reward, there must be more or less.

The battalion with the fastest progress every day can get the most rewards, and the share is about twice that of the battalion with the slowest progress.

From about the third day, Tony Pellegrini was surprised to find that almost all the prisoners, whether they were officers or native soldiers, had an unprecedented enthusiasm for work.

the reason is simple.

The battalion with the fastest progress not only has enough food, but also has special rewards. The supplies include coffee and fresh fruit. In the former East African Legion, this was a luxury that only officers were eligible to enjoy.

The camp with the slowest progress, not to mention coffee and fresh fruit, can't fill the stomach, and the food only has potatoes and corn, and half a salted fish per person.

In fact, it's not bad, after all, there are fish.

However, compared with coffee and fresh fruit, the fish was really too salty, and the native soldiers began to work hard without the supervision of the officer in charge of the work.

The Second Army launched a competition mechanism, and the various labor camps also followed suit. Tony Pellegrini was unlucky. The first battalion he was in charge of was ranked last in progress after the first day of work, so the first battalion The amount of supplies obtained in the second day was exactly double that of No.1.

"Veratti, the sixth team you lead ranks last among our ten teams, so the materials allocated by the sixth team tomorrow are only half of the first team." Tony Pellegrini thought Qi Qi, he has now realized that the six months Feng Fu said seems to be really possible.

"The tasks assigned to us by the southern Africans are too heavy for us to complete." Verratti complained.

"Don't make excuses, I believe you can do the work that other people can do—" Tony Pellegrini handed Veratti a silver jug ​​with a warm smile: "This is a personal gift from me A gift from you—a fine brandy from Cape Town, and I hope you will get it by your work tomorrow.”

The rules are all set by people. In order to stimulate the efficiency of the officers, among the supplies distributed by the Second Army to the labor camps, there are some good things that are rare for indigenous soldiers.

Like the brandy that Toni Pellegrini gave Verratti.

Or coffee from West Africa.

Another example is the cigars produced in Nyasaland.

(End of this chapter)