Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 483

Despite Rock's repeated orders, some people still fell ill one after another. What surprised Rock the most was Dennis Feng, who succeeded Ji Yishu as the head chef.

Chefs all have a bad habit. They like to taste the food when they buy it, and only buy it after confirming that the ingredients are qualified. Dennis Feng fell ill because of this taste.

Rock had a headache. When the new First Cavalry Division left Johannesburg, it brought a total of 20 cooks with it. Now that the troops have not gone to Dhaka, the cooks have been reduced by one-tenth. I am afraid that if it continues, the officers and soldiers will not even be able to eat.

Therefore, Rock emphasizes food safety awareness here, especially in the cooking class. If there is another problem, Rock will really have to deal with people.

On January [-]th, the troops were finally about to leave for Dhaka. On the night before departure, Zach came to Rock with the golden Buddha that Visacam had given Rock a few days ago.

"Are you sure it's gold-plated?" Rock couldn't believe it. If you don't want to give a gift, don't give it. Sending a gold-plated Buddha statue to Rock is contemptuous.

Zach is very sure that he has come into contact with a lot of gold wares in Johannesburg, and the weight is right, you can tell by weighing it in your hand.

Rock was speechless, thinking that Wissakam was a more reliable person. Now it seems that Harry Spencer is right. In India, it is best not to trust anyone.

Dhaka is located in central Bangladesh, 240 kilometers away from Calcutta. However, it is not easy to go to Dhaka by land. It is more convenient to take a boat. January NO.20, one month after arriving in India, the new First Cavalry Division finally arrived Destination Dhaka.

Dhaka is the capital of East Bengal. There are a large number of Mughal Empire buildings and mosques left in the city. Dhaka is also known as the "City of Mosques".

The new [-]st Cavalry Division is stationed in the Ferguson barracks in the north of the city. A British army was stationed here before. The facilities in the barracks are relatively complete, and there is an independent water source. Rock is finally relieved.

"If you don't want to live in the military camp, you can live in the Bala Katra Palace, which was built by a prince during the Mughal Empire to receive caravans from the East, which should be more in line with your habits. "Lord Belloc has special care for Rock, which is also a tradition of the British army. Few senior officers live in the barracks.

"No, it's good to live in the barracks. It's convenient to command the troops." Rock declined Lord Belloc's kindness. Although Rock wasn't so approachable enough to eat and live with officers and soldiers, living outside the barracks was too much.

"Well, from now on, we will enter the working state. Your troops are mainly responsible for the safety of the northern city, no problem?" Lord Belloc was in a completely different state after he left Calcutta. Like Rock, he also had great responsibilities.

"No problem!" Rock was categorical. The northern city is the wealthy area of ​​Dhaka. Many monuments left over from the Mughal era are located in the northern city, while the southern city is the poor area of ​​Dhaka. focus on.

The next day, Rock ordered the troops to gradually take over the defense of the northern city.

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Dhaka also has a police station. The new First Cavalry Division mainly cooperates with the work of the police station, setting up fixed sentry posts at major intersections, and then arranging troop patrols on the main streets to deal with emergencies. General incidents are left to Dhaka. The Card Police Department is in charge.

The law and order situation in Dhaka is indeed very severe. On the day when the new 35st Cavalry Division arrived in Dhaka, a tribal conflict broke out in the Naqara area in the north of Dhaka. The Naqara police station was unable to stop it. They asked Dhaka for help, and Lord Belloc immediately ordered them to station The [-]th Battalion in Dhaka sent troops to reinforce the Naqara area and ruled Rock to prepare troops for dispatch.

"The 35th Battalion is a force composed entirely of Indians. These troops have almost no role. Therefore, it is estimated that the 35th Battalion is unable to stop the conflict in the Nakli area. If the gaffe further expands, then a new First Cavalry Division will be dispatched. The new 35st Cavalry Division is already the most effective unit in Dhaka." Although Lord Belloc knew it was wrong, he could only use the [-]th Battalion to top it first. The trimming of time.

"It's okay, my lord. The new [-]st Cavalry Division can carry out the mission now." Rock is not worried at all. Compared with the training in Johannesburg, the officers and soldiers of the new [-]st Cavalry Division are now almost like an outing, and they don't need it at all. Trimmed and ready for battle.

It's just a tribal conflict, maybe it's still at the level of the spear dart and sword, so Rock doesn't think it's difficult to stop the conflict.

"Don't worry about Locke, there will be a chance." Lord Belloc is not in a hurry. In the case of Dhaka, the new First Cavalry Division will definitely have a chance to go to the battlefield.

I am afraid that neither Roque nor Lord Belloc expected that the 35th Battalion would lose so quickly and so badly. Just one day later, the 35th Battalion fled back to Dhaka. Not only did they fail to stop the conflict, but instead It was a big defeat, and some soldiers even lost their weapons.

Lord Belloc was going crazy. He knew that an army composed entirely of Indians was useless, but he didn't know that it was so unbearable. All the officers of the 35th Battalion were imprisoned as soon as they returned to Dhaka. Staying in the barracks and prohibiting going out, Lord Belloc even considered requesting the cancellation of the 35th Battalion.

"Sorry Locke, the new [-]st Cavalry Division must be dispatched. We must stop the conflict as quickly as possible, and we can shoot when necessary. I will give you all the rights." When Lord Belloc found Rock, he never held back , as long as it can contain the development of the situation, Lord Belloc doesn't care that Roque uses any means.

"Leave it to me, my lord, but I only have two companies, and I have to be responsible for the security of the northern district. Give me some auxiliary troops." Rock had a request, and he also wanted to see how unbearable the army composed of all Indians was.

The 21st Battalion is responsible for providing assistance to the new First Cavalry Division. This is a unit composed of half Indians and half Gurkhas. Rock is still looking forward to this unit. It is a unit composed of Indians. It's just that the mud can't support the wall, and the Gurkhas have always performed well. Rock wants to know what is the difference between them.

The Gurkhas are a mountainous people in Nepal. They are not tall, but they are strong, hard-working, brave and good at fighting. Since 80% of the territory of Nepal is mountainous, the Gurkhas have been walking on the rough mountain roads since childhood, and practiced With a pair of "iron feet", they have a strong personality and a strong body, and they are especially good at mountain warfare and melee combat.

Beginning in 1815, the British government began to recruit Gurkha soldiers. In all conflicts or wars related to Britain since then, Gurkha mercenaries have participated in the battle.

In 1857, when the national uprising broke out in India, if there were no Gurkha troops fighting bloody for the British army, the British colonial rule over India might have completely collapsed. The most famous record of the Gurkhas was in 1919, when they Otherwise, Gurkha mercenaries fired machine guns at the peaceful demonstrators for an hour, killing thousands of Sikhs and Hindus.

All the servants and officers of the British army in India are pure British. The battalion commander of the 21st Battalion is Mars Howard. He is a member of the Howard family, but like Winston, he has no right to inherit the title, so he came here Indian jobs.

"An all-Indian army is of course not reliable. I have two companies of Indians in my army and two companies of Gurkhas. Under no circumstances will I send an all-Indian army." When the troops carry out their missions, they can’t even do the simplest jobs well. Many of them have been in the army for more than a year, and they still can’t learn how to maintain their rifles normally. If I had to choose, Indians are not even qualified to undertake husband’s work.” Mars Howard has a lot of resentment towards Indians. The British government hopes to use India's human resources, so it describes India as "the most dazzling jewel in the queen's crown". Not working as it should.

"Major, can't we form an army composed entirely of Gurkhas?" Rock was very curious, why the British government was still obsessed with the fact that there were better sources of soldiers.

"General, this is the problem. The gentlemen in Congress don't know the actual situation of Indians, so they still have high hopes for Indians. All our troops require at least some Indians to be recruited, otherwise these Indians will rebel. ——" Mars Howard is also very helpless, he can only say that the ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny.

In this situation, Rock really had nothing to say. On January 25, the newly formed Company A of the 21st Cavalry Division merged with the 850st Battalion, with a total of [-] troops, and left Dhaka for the Naqara area.

In order to take care of the emotions of the officers and soldiers of the 21st Battalion, Company A did not take a car, but set off on foot, just like the 21st Battalion.

It is still different. Although Company A did not take a car, its supplies and equipment were transported by car, so the officers and soldiers of Company A could travel lightly, which was in stark contrast to the 21st Battalion.

What Rock did not expect was that the equipment level of the British army was also very low these days. The 21st Battalion, let alone cars, had very few horses in the whole army. Only officers and a small number of orderlies had horses, so Mars Howard envied Company A very much.

"My lord, it's hard to imagine that the equipment of your new [-]st Cavalry Division has advanced to such an advanced level. I feel that I have lost touch with civilized society in India. After staying here for a long time, I feel that I am a real You're a country bumpkin who doesn't know the progress of the civilized world at all." Mars Howard sat in Rock's "Tiger" and sighed endlessly, gaining a new understanding of the equipment level of the new First Cavalry Division.

Rock was speechless. In fact, Rock didn't bring a war horse with him when he came to India, or else Rock didn't want to show off the limelight.

A day later, the troops arrived at the border of the Naquera region. The situation here was really bad. The rioters destroyed all the traffic arteries outside the Nacra region, and cars could not move forward at all.

Rock still wanted Company A to be responsible for clearing the road, but Mars Howard grinned grimly: "Let the first company and the second company go, this is the meaning of their existence!"

The 21st and [-]nd companies of the [-]st Battalion were all Indian troops. Rock suddenly understood why the Indian troops performed so poorly. It might be inseparable from the way the British officers used them.

(End of this chapter)