Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 463 Unexplainable

Before school started, Rock took the initiative to visit General Victor Foster at Sandhurst Royal Military Academy and thank General Victor Foster for taking care of Rock.

Victor Foster was a navy-turned-army soldier who fought in the Zulu War and the First Boer War.

Both wars took place in southern Africa, so Victor Foster is very concerned about southern Africa. Philip and Victor Foster are old friends, and they proposed to Victor Foster, hoping to make Rock went to study at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, an offer that Victor Foster happily accepted.

Victor Foster lives in a detached villa at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Rock brought Victor Foster two bottles of wine produced in the town of Oak in Cape Town, Vic Do Foster liked it very much.

The topic between the two soldiers must be inseparable from the war. It can be seen that Victor Foster still admires Rock.

"I participated in the first Boer War. The Boers left a deep impression on me at that time. They were accurate in marksmanship, good at small-scale operations, and flexible in combat methods. The expeditionary force at that time suffered a lot. Almost all battle results were negative Unsatisfactory, usually after a battle, the casualties of the expeditionary army are more than a hundred people, and the losses of the Boers are all in single digits. At that time, I began to think about what went wrong that led to this result Happened." Victor Foster is over 60 years old this year, because he was too old, so he did not participate in the Second Boer War, otherwise Victor Foster would be even more disappointed. More than 20 years after the Boer War, the British Expeditionary Force still hadn't made any progress.

"I have also considered this issue. In the Transvaal and Nyasaland, I conducted some verifications, and the results were not optimistic. In modern warfare, weapons play an increasingly important role. In the face of dense defense lines, skirmishing The effect is getting smaller and smaller, which is obvious in the Boer War, that is, the Boers lack heavy weapons and cannot pose a major threat to the expeditionary force, but if we are facing a force with advanced equipment, then I am afraid we will suffer heavy losses." Roque is willing to discuss these issues with Victor Foster, if Roque's words can give Victor Foster some inspiration, so that Britain will commit fewer crimes in the First World War wrong, then I am afraid that the outcome of the First World War will change.

In the two world wars, except for the United States, all participating countries were losers.

Although Rock doesn't like Britain, he doesn't like the United States even more. The United States is too shameless, and the natural conditions are too good. Not only is the country large enough, but there is no shortage of human resources. There are no natural enemies in the Americas. The threat is far greater than the UK.

After the two world wars, the United States established its global hegemony and has since become a parasite of the world.

The weakening of Britain is now inevitable. If possible, Roark hopes that the future world will be a multipolar world rather than bipolar hegemony.

"The role of weapons is indeed increasing, but the courage of soldiers is also very important. Now a very important problem is that soldiers don't know why they are fighting. War is also more and more influenced by politics. We are located in the middle of the world. We have been at the top for so long that many of us have forgotten that we started our country with the arms in our hands, not the debates of politicians." Victor Foster also knows that Britain exists now There are many problems, but I don't know how to solve them.

The biggest problem in Britain now is internal friction. Victor Foster is right. The British Empire has stood on top of the world for too long. Almost everyone has lost their sense of crisis and thinks that the British Empire will always be on top of the world. As a result, more and more problems arise.

This can be regarded as a common characteristic of the last dynasty. Everyone is busy fighting for power and profit, and no one will think about the whole country. People will not realize the seriousness of the matter until the building is about to collapse, and it will not help to wake up at that time.

In a sense, even if there were no two world wars, Britain would inevitably slip into the abyss. Now the main contradiction in Britain is not the royal family and Parliament, but the emerging bourgeoisie versus the traditional aristocracy. This contradiction is basically impossible. Reconcile, the aristocrats control the House of Lords, the emerging bourgeoisie control the House of Commons, both sides refuse to give in to each other, Britain needs a reform to break the current deadlock, another time and space is the two world wars, this time and space does not know what it is.

"Politics is too complicated for us soldiers. We still do our own thing well. When the war breaks out, defeating all opponents is our main task." Rock didn't want to talk to Victor Foster. Talking about politics, a very serious problem is that more and more people seem to like to play a role in areas they are not familiar with, such as the military involved in politics, or civil servants running the army, and those who have probably never been to a colony was appointed governor of the colony.

In fact, it's all nonsense. If people can settle down a little bit, there will be fewer disputes in this world.

"Yes, this is what we are best at. The way you killed Joubert in Orange has been written into the textbook of the academy. Unfortunately, it can only be used as a reference. Most people think that the battle was just a coincidence , not very convincing.” Victor Foster still regrets that the conservative thinking within the British army is also extremely serious. The “gun tactics” have been used for hundreds of years, and many generals still insist that “ The volley tactics" are the best tactics in the world and don't need any changes.

It is indeed a coincidence that the commando of the Cape Town Police Department killed Joubert, but after all, it was based on Rock's careful observation and bold actions. The nature is very small. After all, no one would have thought that the commander-in-chief of the Boer coalition forces would appear in Orange.

"They must be beaten to death in front of the facts, and then they learn to learn from experience and lessons." Rock looked down on those people in the military department. In comparison, the British Army is really not on the table.

"I noticed your role in the Boer War two years ago. Killing Joubert was just one of your achievements in the Boer War, as well as your suppression of the guerrillas, and your attack on an army in Kronstad. You performed wonderfully in the attack launched by the Boer position, more wonderful than most expeditionary generals, but it is a pity that you were not a soldier at the time, otherwise you would have been able to come to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst." Victor Foster hated meeting Roque late, and stayed with Roque for lunch at noon.

Both Phyllis and Mrs. Foster were amazed that the two of them continued to talk happily at the dinner table.

Mrs. Foster was a very kind old lady, and her and General Foster's children had all grown up and left home to have families of their own.

The concept of family in Britain is a bit weak, and the children don't come back for a long time. Apart from General Foster and Mrs. Foster, there are only a few servants left in the family.

So Mrs. Foster was very enthusiastic about Phyllis. As soon as Rock and Phyllis arrived, Mrs. Foster asked for lunch.

Lunch is not very rich, there are roasted tomatoes and fried sausages, plus mushroom soup and French fries, but the taste is very good.

Rock's mind was definitely not on the content of the lunch. At the dinner table, he discussed with Victor Foster how to use the colonial aborigines.

"Africans are actually very good. They are determined and tireless. In the Zulu War, the defense line of the expeditionary force has been defeated, but the Africans can still fight. Several companies were completely wiped out. Fighting to the end A moment, so Africans can still be trusted if used in the right way.” Victor Foster has a very different view of Africans than Roque.

It's amazing, Rock never expected that Victor Foster would associate Africans with the words "firm consciousness and hard work". Rock's impression of Africans who are "undisciplined" , "loose personality" and other shortcomings are nothing in the eyes of Victor Foster.

The Africans of this era are still very reliable. The "Zulu War" mentioned by Victor Foster actually refers to the Battle of Isandelwana. This battle is not very important politically or militarily. It is not meaningful, but it is the colonial natives, and the greatest victory against the British army is indeed worthy of special mention.

In this war, the British army lost thousands of people and cost 500 million pounds in military expenditure. The Conservative Party's Disraeli government became the target of public criticism and was forced to give way to the Liberal Party.

"Africans have major flaws in their character and cannot be entrusted with important tasks. They can be used as auxiliary troops. At most, they can be used as scouts and supplies. They cannot become the main force, and it is difficult for them to understand too complicated tactics. I am still Explore how to make better use of Africans, and sometimes I ask, if the education of Africans is strengthened, the result will be better." Rock mainly refers to the Yao people, Zulu people forget it, let They are left to fend for themselves.

"You want to strengthen the education of Africans? This is not a good option—" Victor Foster was talking, and a young man in a college uniform walked into the restaurant.

"Grandpa, grandma, I'm back—"

"My dear little Jackson, come here and let me introduce you, this is Lord Nyasaland, Major-General of the Transvaal -- Lord, and this is my eldest grandson, Jackson Foster, who is currently at Sandhurst Studying at the Royal Military Academy—" Victor Foster took the initiative to introduce, Rock stood up with a smile, but found that Jackson Foster's eyes were not looking good.

Inexplicably, Rock had no recollection of offending Jackson Foster.

(End of this chapter)