Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 274 Mars Touches Earth

People who are used to being poor, suddenly made a small fortune, will inevitably be at a loss, and Lala is now in this state of mind.

Referring to the casualty ratio between the Yao people and the Portuguese in previous battles, the Yao people eliminated 5000 Portuguese with less than 4000 casualties this time, which is indeed very brilliant.

Frank also referred to the results of previous battles between whites and Africans, so he came to the "not bad" conclusion.

Rock obviously didn't think so, and even Rock felt that it was the mentality of Lala and Zhaza that led to the current battle result.

If it were replaced by Roque, the Portuguese might not be able to reach the second line of defense at all, and even the supporting Portuguese would not be able to reach Marupa at all. This is the real power of guerrilla warfare.

Now Lala has this kind of attitude of getting rich, and Frank is just muddling along. Rock is really dissatisfied. He failed to achieve the tactical goal. It is not an unforgivable mistake to completely wipe out the Portuguese in Marupa. The key is Lala. This kind of attitude is unacceptable and dangerous.

"Yes, I know I was wrong." Lala realized her mistake in time, with a regretful expression on her face.

Rock suddenly realized that something was wrong, and blindly blaming her was not right. After all, it was not Chinese who died, so there was no need to find fault with Lala, but to encourage her more, so Rock gave Stoudemire a wink.

Stoudemire felt lucky at this time, and immediately came out to ease the atmosphere: "No matter what, this is a rare victory. When I go back, I will go to Victor. I have prepared wine and cigars for you. Take them back to Zha Zha and tell him Make persistent efforts and strive to clear the coastal strongholds as soon as possible, and then I will support you in rebuilding the Mweni Matapa Kingdom."

This is a bad face, and a red face, Lala still has to look at Roque's face, seeing Roque nodding slightly, Lala is overjoyed.

Frank saw the interaction between Rock, Stoudemire, and Lala, and the expression on his face was very melancholy for a while.

It is estimated that it is necessary to re-evaluate Rock's influence on the Yao people.

Frank did not expect that Lala was not from the Yao ethnic group at all, but a policeman from Johannesburg.

There are compiled!

"We must clear the Portuguese stronghold on the northern coast as soon as possible, but it is not easy. The Portuguese have a navy and can obtain supplies through the port. Unless we have a way to block the Portuguese port, it will be very difficult to clear the coastal stronghold." Lala has been fighting on the front line, matured very quickly, and has more and more independent views on war.

"Don't worry about this. The coastal strongholds cannot be cleared by your strength. What you have to do now is to gradually clear the Portuguese strongholds in the inland north of the Zambezi River, so that the Portuguese inland have no A foothold, forcing the Portuguese to the negotiating table, and then forcing the Portuguese to voluntarily give up their coastal strongholds." Rock is not in a hurry, the Portuguese still have chips, but as time goes by, the chips in the hands of the Portuguese will become less and less.

After the Yao people have cleared all the Portuguese strongholds in the inland area north of the Zambezi River, it is almost time for the South African company to intervene in this war. vast territory within.

If the Portuguese do not agree, the Yao people can cross the Zambezi River and attack the southern part of Portuguese East Africa where Lorenzo Marquez is located, and they can incite the Ngoni and Zhaonao people to respond. At that time, the Portuguese Whether Lorenzo Marquez can be kept is a question.

Roque believes that the Portuguese should make a wise choice.

"Forcing the Portuguese to give up is the best way. The fortresses built by the Portuguese along the coast are very strong, and there are also fort defenses. If they want to attack from the front, the casualties will definitely be heavy." If possible, Lala does not want to use crowd tactics. .

The Africans, who have always been careless, actually know the tactics?

Both Frank and Stoudemire were a little surprised.

While waiting for dinner, Frank made a tentative request: "Can you find some smarter Africans to receive training?"

Rock almost forgot that Frank had a mission to investigate how to use minorities more effectively.

"Of course, but it may be difficult for these Africans to learn how to be agents. It would be more realistic to find some veterans to teach them how to fight." Rock does not recommend training Africans as agents. It is not that Africans are not suitable, but It is the general rejection of Africans by the whole society, which will cause Africans to have no access to the upper class, and they will not be able to obtain important information.

Relatively speaking, it is more realistic to train Africans to be combatants. Even from Rock's point of view, Africans have basically nothing wrong with them except for being loose, undisciplined, and prone to bloodshed.

In terms of physical condition, the physical condition of Africans is actually very good. Although most Africans are very thin, they actually have a lot of stamina, because their bodies are thin and very flexible. This is actually very useful in guerrilla warfare. Advantageous.

As for discipline and laxity, to put it bluntly, Africans themselves don't care about their own lives, and Roque has nothing to care about.

"Teaching them, I guess the result will be more troublesome." Frank also has his own considerations.

"Then do you think the secret agents are more difficult to deal with, or the army is more difficult to deal with?" Rock was more thoughtful.

After thinking about it carefully, Frank had to admit that what Rock said made more sense.

Compared with the army, it is true that agents are more difficult to deal with. As long as agents do not take action and keep lurking, it will be difficult to expose.

The army is much easier to deal with. No matter how powerful the Yao people in Portuguese East Africa are, the weapons and ammunition they use are all provided by Nyasaland. It will also collapse completely between ten months.

Therefore, Rock, like the Portuguese, would never allow the Yao people to have military production capacity.

For the same reason, Rock purchased the machine from the Royal Small Arms Manufacturing Factory through Ade. If Rock came forward to buy it, he would definitely not be able to buy it, at least it would not be so smooth.

"Retired military officers are easy to handle. They have as many as they want. Let the Yao tribe send some people over to try it out. We can also train some agents to serve the Yao tribe—" Frank, as the leader of the secret service, also has a bad stomach.

"Yeah, it's really necessary." Rock has no bottom line in this regard.

The two hit it off immediately, and Rock immediately asked Lala to go back and select some who had better English skills, combat experience, and brighter heads and sent them to Nyasaland.

In this regard, Nyasaland actually has needs.

Of course, what Nyasaland needs is not the queuing and shooting tactics, but other technologies outside the tactical system, such as artillery, and Rock can't do anything about it.

Artillery is actually a highly professional arm. European artillery before the [-]th century was called "scientist troops", which shows the high technical content of artillery.

At present, among the army forces in the world, the strongest artillery units should be Germany and France. The British army is scumbag. It can't even defeat the Boers, which shows how weak the British army is.

However, a weak army does not mean that the technology is also weak. What Rock needs is British technology. As for the quality of the troops, as long as the weapons are not lagging behind, who are the Chinese afraid of?

It is a pity that Rock did not have time to wait for the "military academy" to be established. At the end of September, Rock left Nyasaland and returned to Johannesburg.

The rainy season in Johannesburg is from October to February.

During last year's rainy season, there was almost no rainfall in Johannesburg, which resulted in severe drought in the Johannesburg area this year.

The situation this year is much better. Since October, it has been raining continuously for half a month. The mood of Johannesburg officials and farmers has gradually changed from happiness to worry.

This year's rain is too heavy, as if it wants to make up for all the rain that didn't rain last year at once. If this continues, Johannesburg will face floods.

Thanks to the construction of water conservancy in Johannesburg since the previous year, Johannesburg has not yet been flooded.

In comparison, Orange is in a miserable state. Throughout last year, Orange was eating, taking, waiting, and demanding, and had no awareness of building water conservancy at all.

As a result, the rain this year has been endless. Several rivers in Orange have breached their embankments. Two-thirds of the urban area of ​​Bloemfontein has been flooded. The Boers finally have something to do. Fight the rain every day.

"Our Johannesburg is not bad. When the city was rebuilt last year, the first thing to rebuild was the sewer. As a result, although the rain this year was heavy, it had no effect on Johannesburg. However, the rain had a great impact on the farms around Johannesburg. How about the farm appropriation, do you want me to fight for it for you?" Owen knew that Roque valued the farmers around Johannesburg, and the city government's decision also meant to show favor to Roque.

After all, Roque is now "Lord Nyasaland", one of the two existing barons in the Johannesburg area, and the relationship between Roque and the Matilda family is so close, no matter how money is spent, it will always be spent Yes, while spending money, you can win people's hearts, so why not do it!

"Don't be funny, you are the leader of the Liberal Party. The farmers in Johannesburg are all hard-core members of the Liberal Party. It is your task to seek benefits for the party members. How come you help me fight for it?" Rock would not give away favors for free, and put Owen in this position. , just to fight for these hidden benefits, the position of the real party leader is given for nothing?

If Roque is allowed to choose, there are many people who are more suitable to be the party leader than Owen. A large part of the reason for choosing Owen is because of the relationship between Owen and Philip. Now it is time for this relationship to play a role. The city government is considering giving Most of the farm subsidies have something to do with Owen.

"Heh heh heh, I only know now that this is a fucking pit." Owen regretted it.

"Don't want to do it? If you don't want to do it, the city government will be your secretary. There are many people who want to do it." Rock disdains, Owen is just making a profit and acting good, as long as Owen is the leader of the Liberal Party, then once De Lan Swaa has a de facto democratic representative system. As long as Philip is willing, the Liberal Party can lift Philip to the position of prime minister.

At that time, the governor of the Transvaal will still be Adelaide, and Philip will be the prime minister, and the status of the British in the Transvaal will be solid.

Of course, this must be based on the premise that all Chinese farmers in Johannesburg firmly support the Liberal Party.

"Let's not talk about this, Locke, when are you going to propose to my father?" Owen suddenly changed the subject.

Proposal!

Rock seems to have forgotten that Phyllis came to Cape Town because she ran away from marriage. If this is the case, Phyllis almost reached the age of engagement two years ago.

Now two years have passed, and Phyllis is still not engaged. If this were placed in London, Phyllis could be included in the ranks of older leftover women.

Rock is duty-bound.

"Tomorrow, I'll go tomorrow!" Rock was full of confidence. Before, Rock was lacking in confidence, but now there is no such problem. Now Rock is Baron Nyasaland, Baron Matilda, and Baron Farwalt. On equal terms, in the whole of southern Africa, there is no candidate more suitable for Phyllis than Roque.

This sentence is also true when reversed. In southern Africa, there is no candidate more suitable for Rock than Phyllis.

"Great, I want to inform Henry." Owen was ecstatic, God knows how much pressure Owen felt during this time.

When Ada was in Cape Town before, Owen didn't know that Phyllis had Ada as a strong competitor.

Now Ida is in Johannesburg, not only taking over the operation of the Locke Gold Mine, but also in charge of the Rand Bank and the Crocodile Bay Reservoir. For a while, all Johannesburgers knew this "famous" Mrs. Capet.

Of course Owen also met Ida, at a dinner held by the city hall.

Although Owen is full of hostility towards Ada because of Phyllis, Owen has to admit that Ada is the kind of woman that people can't hate.

At the dinner party held by the city government, Ada was good at dancing, thoughtful of every aspect, and treated everyone like a spring breeze. Although Ada was "famous", no one dared to offend Ada. This was not only because everyone knew that Rock The relationship with Ada, Ada has a dual aristocratic background in England and France, no one can force Ada to do anything unless Ada is willing.

There are also pretentious guys at the banquet, trying to attract Ada's attention, but Ada is obviously not interested in this kind of person. Ada's attention is on Mayor Philip Matilda, and there is not much sense of presence. But no one dares to ignore Phyllis, even Irving and Ida don't want to talk to her, that kind of sense of proportion that makes people feel happy on the surface, but actually rejects others. In fact, Owen is also very good at it.

Some good-natured people may very much hope to see the tit-for-tat confrontation between Mars and Earth when Ada and Phyllis meet.

In fact, no, Phyllis and Ada acted as if they didn’t know Rock, and had a cordial exchange about the Purple Via Girls’ School. Finally, Phyllis invited Ada to visit the Purple Violet School Weiwei Girls' School, Ada expressed on the spot that she would donate [-] pounds to Weiwei Girls' School.

The money was paid out of Ada's own pocket.

(End of this chapter)