Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 316 Perfection

The army of the Congo Free State is under the command of the army commander directly under the king, including a teaching battalion and several regular companies.

In 1888, in order to effectively occupy the area delineated by the Congo Free State, Leopold II began to form a private army. At that time, there were only 8 companies.

By 1902, the army of the Congo Free State had reached 85 companies, and the number of troops exceeded 5. Soldiers were recruited from Africans and served for 7-[-] years.The officers are all Europeans.

This force played a huge role in Leopold II's conquest of the Congo Free State. They successively defeated the Yakoma warriors, conquered the kingdoms of Kuba, Luba and Lunda, and occupied Katanga. The Arabs in the area east of the Lomami River were driven away, and eventually the current Congo Free State was formed.

Perhaps it was precisely because he played a huge role in the process of conquering the Congo Free State, which gave Jim the illusion that the colonial army of the Congo Free State was invincible in Africa, and gave Jim the confidence to fight against Nyasaland's almost certain revenge .

On the battlefield, the consequences of misjudgment of the situation are fatal. In the Congo Free State of 230 million square kilometers, there are 1000 million local indigenous Africans, but the colonial army that Leopold II was proud of was only 1. I really don't know where Jim got his confidence.

Martin also couldn't understand the confidence of the Belgians. It is said that the situation of the Portuguese should give the Belgians enough vigilance and let the Belgians maintain enough respect for the Chinese. I didn't expect the Belgians to be so arrogant. They began to study the Yao people all over the world. In the game mode, the Belgian dared to challenge Nyasaland, which really made people laugh.

After knowing that the Belgians shot and killed the Chinese fishermen for no reason, Martin felt extremely indignant. On the night Rock ordered Martin to go to Lake Tanganyika, Martin completed the handover with the sheriff who accepted Kronstad, and then boarded to go to Lake Tanganyika. Assaran's train.

When Rock arrived in Nyasaland, Martin had already arrived at Lake Tanganyika and successfully took over the defense of Lake Tanganyika.

The officer who led the team from Little Rock to Lake Tanganyika was Isiah Ulysses, who was also a German. He was a major when he was discharged from the army in Germany. Now he has been naturalized in Nyasaland and became a Nyasa The head of the Lan security forces.

The troops brought by Isiah Ulysses totaled more than 500 people, of which 100 were professional security guards who had received long-term training, and the other 400 were temporarily assembled members of the militia. These two parts together constituted the Niassa Lan's current armed forces.

In other words, although Nyasaland does not have a single soldier on the surface, if a war breaks out, Nyasaland can gather 10 people at any time.

In other words, all adult males in Nyasaland can be temporarily transferred to soldiers when war breaks out.

Considering the level of training of the Nyasaland militia, the combat effectiveness of the militia is not inferior to the regular armies of Britain, France, Germany and other countries, and it basically explodes the slave army formed by the African colonies.

This is Isiah Ulysses' evaluation of the Nyasaland Militia. Isiah Ulysses also participated in the Franco-Prussian War and has a full understanding of the German and French armies, so Isiah Ulysses Lises' assessment of the Nyasaland militia is still convincing.

"100 people are enough. When we killed Joubert, there were only more than 100 people. Now we are beating the Belgians, 100 people are enough!" Martin was full of confidence. They chop melons and chop vegetables, and now dealing with the Belgians, Martin really feels like killing chickens with a sledgehammer.

In Martin's view, the Nyasaland militia is not needed to deal with the Belgians. It is enough to send some Yao people.

In fact, Lala has already led a 3000-member Yao army to Lake Tanganyika, and is currently setting up camp at Lake Cheshi, which is only 40 kilometers away from Lake Tanganyika. It only takes an order from Martin, and Lala will be there. Able to lead troops to rush over for reinforcements.

"Yes, I think so too. Although I don't know the training level of the Congo Free State Army, I can be sure that the training performance of the soldiers of the Congo Free State Army cannot be 30% excellent, and it is impossible for them to carry 50 kilograms of weight. To be honest, I used to think only mules could do that.” Isiah Ulysses’s words didn’t sound right, but Martin knew that this was Isiah Ulysses Seth was expressing his love and admiration for the members of the Nyasaland vigilante.

The training of regular members of the Nyasaland Militia is very strict. In the impression of Isiah Ulysses, none of the German and French troops can reach the training intensity of the Nyasaland Militia.

After winning the Franco-Prussian War, the German Army has become the de facto number one army in Europe. Even so, the shooting performance of German soldiers in training is not 100% excellent, and the Nyasaland militia has done this.

In the Nyasaland Militia, shooting and full-armed training are the basic subjects. All people must achieve excellent shooting results and excellent results in full-armed training before they can become regular members of the Nyasaland Militia.

And becoming a regular member of the Nyasaland militia can win great honor and sufficient economic benefits for the family. You must know that there is no private land in Nyasaland. In principle, all land belongs to Rock, the Nyasa It is owned by Lord Nyasaland, but there is a special regulation in Nyasaland. As long as you become a regular member of the Nyasaland militia, you can get 100 acres of private land granted by the Baron Nyasaland. The 100 acres of land do not need to pay taxes. They can also receive subsidies from the government every year. As long as members of the militia can stay in the militia and serve in the militia, the land will always belong to the member's family.

This one hundred acres of land can be turned into permanent private property. If members of the militia have served in the militia for 20 years, or members of the militia die during their service, or members of the militia accumulate military exploits in the war, any achievement is achieved. One hundred acres of land will become the private property of militia family members, never need to pay taxes, and can be resold freely.

Stimulated by this policy, all Nyasaland Chinese hope to become regular members of the militia, and hope to break out of war and accumulate military exploits in the war, or "die for the country", so that their families can get a fortune permanent wealth.

This is also the only way to acquire private freehold land within Nyasaland.

"If you want to say that, every policeman in Johannesburg is a mule." Martin was annoyed. Unfortunately, Martin can also meet this standard.

And referring to the figure of Isiah Ulysses, Isiah Ulysses must not be able to reach it.

"Is every policeman in Johannesburg this good?" Isiah Ulysses expressed disbelief.

"Hehe, think about Joubert—" Martin was proud, Martin could blow Joubert's meme for a lifetime.

The point is, this "meme" is really convincing. Everyone who hears this story, the first reaction is basically impossible. In a customary sense, the police are used to bully civilians, and the army is possible. Established meritorious deeds, but the police in Johannesburg is such a strange existence. The Boers in the past didn't know it, so the Boers suffered a big loss. Now the Belgians don't believe it, so the fate of the Belgians is destined to be even more miserable.

While Martin was chatting with Isiah Ulysses, a troop returned to the camp through the forest path. This was the vigilante force that had sneaked into the Congo Free State to carry out revenge operations. Martin sent only a hundred soldiers. None of the regular members of the militia and those temporarily recruited militia members were sent, although in Isiah Ulysses' view, even those temporarily recruited militia members had good strength.

"Inspector, Major, it's a good luck not to disgrace!" The team was led by two second lieutenants, one named Truman and the other named Frank, both Chinese and white.

"How's the situation?" Martin wasn't worried about not being able to complete the task at all. In Martin's eyes, the servant army composed of Africans was nothing more than chickens and dogs. He didn't know how many whites (Boers) died at the hands of Chinese Americans. People really can only hehe.

"Everything went well. We wiped out all the enemies without leaving any survivors. We carried all the enemies to the gate of the camp and lined them up. Then we burned the camp. We also seized some supplies and rescued several soldiers in the enemy's camp. One of their prisoners, Frank thought they might be useful, so we brought them back." Truman was a young man who performed well in vigilante training. Lises learned a lot of military knowledge, so he was promoted to second lieutenant.

Don't be fooled by the term "civilian regiment". In fact, everything in the militia is no different from the regular army. In the Barony of Nyasaland, Roque did not have the right to form an army, so he used the nondescript term "civilian regiment" In fact, the Nyasaland militia is not the same as the Boer militia.

It doesn't need to be said by Truman, Martin can also see that Truman and the others have gained a lot this time.

When they left the camp, Truman and the others traveled lightly, and now everyone had extra bags on their bodies. Everyone had smiles on their faces, and a few guys whose bandages were still oozing blood were especially happy.

Wounded in battle, they will also be rewarded by the Nyasaland government. Rock implements the military medal system in the Nyasaland militia, and all wounded will receive the Merit of Service Medal. With this medal, they can receive it after retiring. pension.

Although the retirement pay brought by a medal is not much, considering that the members of the militia will not only participate in one battle, this is a process that accumulates.

"How are your casualties?" Martin is still concerned about this issue. Since the establishment of the Nyasaland militia, the militia has spent at least [-] pounds to train a regular member of the militia, so every member is very precious.

In other words, it's worth the money!

"Only four people were wounded, no one was killed!" Truman was a little regretful, if there were not even those four wounded.

That would be perfect.

(End of this chapter)