Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 317 Rhodesian Northern Division ([-] Monthly Ticket Plus Changes)

The few captives brought back were all Taitera people from Ngandu on the Lomami River. The chief of the Taitera people, Gonggo Lutaitai, was once a slave of the Sultan of Zanzibar. When the Belgians invaded the Lokmi River Basin , Lu Taitai led the Tatera warriors to fight against the Belgians bravely, and once fought with Kabango of the Kingdom of Luba, defeating the colonial army repeatedly.

But in the face of the modernized army, the Tatera warriors still failed.

In September 1892, Lu Taitai surrendered.

But the Tatera people did not give in. They held three uprisings in 1895, 1897 and 1901, and they are still fighting the Belgians.

In the original history, the resistance of the Tatera people lasted until 1908, when the Belgian Congo was established, and the Belgian government won over the Tatera people, and the Tatera people ended their resistance to the Belgians.

The current Congo Free State is still the private property of Leopold II, so the resistance of the Tatera people is very firm.

After Martin interrogated several Taterans, he finally decided to send them back to Little Rock.

Rock is preparing for war in Little Rock, which was agreed by Frank, the director of the War Office.

Roque's reason is very simple. Even if the British government does not agree to launch a war against Belgium, and does not allow Nyasaland to retaliate against the Congo Free State, then Nyasaland must also have a certain military strength, otherwise the interests of the British government will be in the There is no guarantee in Central Africa.

This is not a rhetoric, but an objective fact. It is impossible for the British government to send troops to station like Nyasaland unless Roque agrees to bear the cost of the garrison.

Rock can agree to bear the cost of the garrison. Even if the British government doesn't pay Rock, Rock won't agree to the British government sending troops into Nyasaland, but Nyasaland doesn't have the right to train troops. At the same time, there was a need to protect their own interests, so Rock and Stoudemire thought of a way to hide their ears and steal the bell, and included Nyasaland's army into the ranks of the Rhodesian army, thus successfully obtaining Frank's consent.

Come on, the serious British baron does not have the right to form an army, but the South African company that controls Rhodesia has the right to form an army. The relationship between Rock and Stoudemire is so good. Stoudemire doesn't even need Rock to pay. The Rhodesian army uniforms and enough weapons and equipment for 1000 people were directly sent to Rock, so Nyasaland's militia transformed into a Rhodesian regular army.

There is even an establishment, the full name is "Northern Rhodesian Division", which is under the command of the South African Company.

In other words, even the British government cannot command this force, and the command of the force is in the hands of Stoudemire.

That is to say, it is in Rock's hands.

As the director of the War Office, although Frank didn't want to see Roque and Smythy go dark on the plank road, there was nothing he could do. The procedure for the birth of the "Northern Rhodesian Division" was completely legal, and no one could fault it. The South African company formed the army The rights are given by Queen Victoria, whoever dares to say that it is illegal is questioning the authority of Queen Victoria——

Is it good to live well?

Nominally, the division headquarters of the Rhodesian Northern Division is in Salisbury. In fact, the division headquarters must be in Nyasaland. Rock doesn't even have a qualified division commander candidate, so he has to leave it empty. Let's wait until there is a suitable candidate.

"Anyway, the army is yours now, and you have the final say on how big it is. If you have the ability, it's okay to include everyone in Nyasaland, as long as you can afford it—" Stoudemire is also very curious, proficient Rock, who was fighting behind enemy lines, has finally started to enter the regular army mode, and Stoudemire is still looking forward to the Northern Division of Rhodesia.

Because of the shortage of manpower, although the South African company has the right to form an army, in fact the South African company cannot form it. It can only maintain a police force of about [-] people in Salisbury.

Although the Northern Division of Rhodesia was formed by Rock, if Rhodesia needs it, Rock will definitely not sit idly by, so Stoudemire still hopes that the Northern Division of Rhodesia will have a strong strength, so that it can be better maintained The interests of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

"It certainly doesn't need to be too big now. It is enough to maintain a teaching camp. The size of the current militia is just a teaching camp. If necessary, the establishment can be pulled up at any time, so the cost of maintaining the troops will not be too high." Rock. It's also a forethought. I don't know how long ago I started planning for this day. Otherwise, the size of the militia would not just be a teaching camp.

The militia in Nyasaland implemented a military rank system. When the militia was established, Rock hired retired European military officers to work in the militia. It was against this background that Isiah Ulysses and Frank came to Nyasaland.

The joining of these retired officers has effectively improved the strength of the Nyasaland militia. Roque paid these retired officers high salaries, allowing them to train the militia members' technical and tactical capabilities on the one hand, and on the other hand to train the militia members' comprehensive military quality , The training standards are all based on the standards of officers from military powers such as Britain, France, and Germany.

Therefore, even the most ordinary soldiers in the militia have a comprehensive quality that exceeds that of the grassroots officers of the military powers of Britain, France, and Germany. What they need most now is to gain experience in the war, and the Congo Free State is a good opponent.

Relatively speaking, the Belgians in the Congo Free State are pretty good. Although Belgium’s military strength is not as strong as Britain, France, and Germany, Belgium is also a white country. On the one hand, the level of psychological quality has been improved, which cannot be achieved by eliminating many African armed forces.

"The militia!" Stoudemire was quite speechless. Perhaps in Stoudemire's impression, the Nyasaland militia was similar to the Boer militia.

"Don't underestimate the militia in Nyasaland, each of them has received at least one year of military training, the uninterrupted kind." Rock solemnly reminded.

"How long have you been in Nyasaland!" Xiao Si laughed loudly, and then the smile on his face gradually froze.

That's right, Rock got Nyasaland for less than a year.

But the training of those members of the militia did not start after Rock got Nyasaland. After the establishment of the Rock Gold Mine, Rock had already begun to consciously train the security guards of the gold mine. The current Nyasaland militia is based on Rock Gold The security team of the mine was formed for the skeleton, which fully demonstrated how far-sighted Rock was.

In other words, it's treacherous and cunning!

"How many people in Nyasaland have received military training?" Stoudemire still had illusions, hoping that Nyasaland would not leave Rhodesia too far away.

"You don't want to know!" Now it's Rock's turn to laugh. There are now 20 Chinese in Nyasaland, and at least one tenth of them have received one-month military training. As time goes by, this Numbers can add up quickly.

Nyasaland is a company system. In other words, everyone in Nyasaland is an employee of the Nyasaland Agricultural Company. While building Nyasaland, Rock never neglected military training. Generally speaking, all adult males immigrating to Nyasaland have to receive a certain degree of military training. Now limited to objective conditions, only adult males between the ages of 18 and 25 have the opportunity to enter the militia for training, and then the militia selects them for outstanding performance. The "top student" of the Nyasaland militia as a regular member.

It can be said that in addition to artillery, Nyasaland can now pull out an army at any time. In three months, the short board of artillery will also be made up. Nyasaland now has a school called "Niasaland "Saran Technical School" is actually an artillery school with retired British military officers serving as instructors. Although there are only 30 students in this school, it is also 30 fire.

While Rock and Stoudemire were chatting, the house number had been changed to the militia headquarters of the Northern Division of Rhodesia, and the new training list of the militia was also freshly released.

There are a total of 3000 people in the militia training list for this period, all of whom are young people who have performed well in previous trainings. In the past, each militia training was only for one month, and the members of the militia only received some formations, shooting, physical fitness, etc. For the basic training, the training time this time is three months. Not only the training time is long and the training intensity is high, but also more combat skills are added.

"Why are there Zulu and Yao people in the training list?" Anton had just arrived in Nyasaland and did not know the situation of the Nyasaland militia.

After receiving Roque's telegram, the Cape Town Police Department approved Anton's transfer order. Anton came to Nyasaland as soon as he received the transfer order, and was airborne to serve as the head of the Nyasaland militia.

"These Zulu and Yao people were sent by Lala and Zhaza. After they receive training from us and return to Mweni Matapa, they will become members of the army of the Kingdom of Mweni Matapa. Officer." Wilde, who has been in charge of the training of the militia, explained in detail that if someone else airborne the head of the militia, Wilde might still be dissatisfied, because Wilde always believed that the position of head of the militia must be his own.

As the head of Anton's airborne militia, Wilde will not have any opinion. After all, Wilde was Anton's subordinate when he was in the Cape Town Police Station. But the old man next to Rock knew about the relationship between Rock and Anton, so Wilde really had no objections, and he didn't dare to.

"Then we have to invite some old masters to explain to them the three cardinal principles and five constant principles." Anton is still very thoughtful, knowing that he must control those Zulu and Yao people ideologically.

"Hehe, the lord said, no need, if Lala and slag have two minds, just find two more people to replace Lala and slag. If I teach those Africans to talk about everything, then I can I can't stand it." There was strong confidence in Wilde's tone.

Anton thought about the scene where the black buddies talked about everything, and suddenly laughed.

just forget it.

(End of this chapter)