Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 489

To become the commander of the Gurkha troops, one must learn the Gurkha language, which is an express requirement of the British army.

Relatively speaking, the troops under the management of Mars Howard had already had contact with the Gurkha language because of the Gurkha company, and it was relatively easy to learn it.

Rock is a bit difficult. Rock has never been exposed to Gurkha before, so he has to learn it from the beginning. The teacher in charge of teaching Rock is named William Andrew. This is a writer and translator. He is very good at many minority languages. According to research, Rock's time is limited, and at least two hours a day should be devoted to learning Gurkha.

"Time is running out, and I'm not sure how long we can stay in India, so you have to follow me to class every day." Rock asked Guan Jing and Geng Biao to follow along. Cheerful face.

If Gurkhas are to be added to the new First Cavalry Division, there will be a number of new positions. If Guan Jing and Geng Biao can learn the Gurkha language in advance, they will be able to take the lead. This kind of opportunity is rare. Have.

"We all come to learn Gurkha dialect, what about the troops?" Geng Biao still doesn't understand how precious this opportunity is, and I'm afraid he won't care much if he understands it.

Everyone has their own aspirations. Compared with Guan Jing who is focused on climbing, Geng Biao is more willing to do specific work.

"Stop talking nonsense, learn as you please." Rock didn't explain, and directly ordered Geng Biao to shut up. Although Geng Biao often made mistakes, between Guan Jing and Geng Biao, Rock was indeed the stronger. I like Geng Biao.

More than 2000 Gurkha soldiers entered the new First Cavalry Division, and the originally loose barracks were suddenly overcrowded. Fortunately, those Gurkha soldiers had no requirements for conditions. If you earn a certain salary, you will work hard for your employer.

Rock didn't treat these Gurkha soldiers badly either. Fortunately, a week later, after the supply ship from Port Edward arrived in Dhaka, Rock sent some of the Gurkha mercenaries back to Nyasaland, and the barracks suddenly fell silent. .

They are not quiet either. According to the regulations of the new First Cavalry Division, these Gurkhas have to undergo half a year of complete training in the new First Cavalry Division before they can become official members of the new First Cavalry Division. It was very lively every day. There were five companies of mercenaries staying in Dhaka. Rock transferred some officers and soldiers from company A to serve as officers temporarily, responsible for the basic training of recruits, and everything was in order.

The riots in the Nakara area did not completely subside. After the withdrawal of the new 21st Cavalry Division and the [-]st Battalion, the rebels made a comeback. They were chopped off and piled up in front of Lakshmi's house as a way of expressing their unyielding attitude.

"My lord, take your troops to Nakla. This time you will stay there permanently. I have only one request. No matter what method you use, this kind of thing must not happen again." Although Mi is greedy, lazy and incompetent, he is a solid British pro-British faction. Now that his family has been exterminated, Lord Bellocco's face is really disgraceful.

"Yes Lord, I'll go right away." Rock didn't refuse. There was only Lakshmi, the king of the Nakara region. Even if the rebels wanted to continue their murder, they had no one to attack.

The next day, Rock ordered the troops to set off, not only the newly formed First Cavalry Division, but even the newly recruited Gurkhas had to move with the troops. A soldier can walk sideways throughout Dhaka.

At this time, we can see the benefits of the Gurkhas. It takes about two days for ordinary troops to travel more than 100 kilometers from check-in to Nakla. These Gurkhas do not need it. They have been walking in the mountains since childhood, I don’t even have any shoes, so now I put on the military boots issued by the new [-]st Cavalry Division, walking is not a problem.

When the troops set off, Rock discovered that almost all Gurkha soldiers did not wear shoes.

Rock immediately called the quartermaster over.

Quartermaster Julian was very aggrieved, saying that all the military boots had been distributed in full, and there was no shortage of supplies, but these Gurkhas were reluctant to wear them, and some even asked for help to deliver them as soon as the military boots were distributed. go home.

Rock definitely cannot tolerate this kind of thing happening, but he will not distribute more shoes to the Gurkha troops. Each of these Gurkhas has dozens or hundreds of relatives, and the number of military boots issued is not enough.

But walking barefoot is not good. The sanitary conditions are very poor these days. If there is a bump, it will cause trouble for the medical team, so Rock called the officers over and asked all the Gurkha soldiers Wear military boots and march.

The expressions of many Gurkha soldiers are very regretful, but they can still strictly implement Rock's orders, which Rock likes very much.

When they returned to Lakshmi's house, the corpses in the yard and the Jingguan at the entrance of the yard had been cleaned up, but there were still dark red blood stains on the ground, and blood stains could be seen everywhere in the yard. Rock could imagine those traitors How tyrannical the army is, although Roque doesn't like Lakshmi, Roque hates those rebels even more.

According to Lord Belloc's intention, Roque could live directly at Lakshmi's house.

But Rock is definitely not willing. Now Lakshmi’s family is probably full of innocent people. Rock doesn’t dare to live. It’s better to station outside the town with the troops. Anyway, the temporary camp is very convenient.

Rock would definitely not let those rebels go, so after the troops settled down, Rock asked local officials to find out about the situation.

"My lord, there are no officials in the Nakara region, and the only official is Lakshmi—" Tang En's report surprised Rock, who did not expect that the grassroots administrative institutions in India in the early [-]th century were so primitive.

Not to mention the beginning of the 21th century, the beginning of the [-]st century is similar to this.

"Then find a few older people." If he can get information, then Rock doesn't mind being a villain.

Soon, several old men with white hair and beards were "invited" by Tang En.

For Roque's inquiries, these people did not cooperate at all. No matter what Roque asked, they didn't know anything.

Rock was not surprised by their attitude, and immediately ordered Dunn to arrest the family members of these old men.

As a result, the old men immediately cooperated very well, and soon Rock knew the news he wanted.

There is no doubt that the rebellion in the Nakla region was sparked by Lakshmi's greed.

The reason is very simple. The sheriff in the Nakara area has a very beautiful wife, and Lakshmi has been coveting it all the time. So when the sheriff was out on business, Lakshmi sent someone to snatch the sheriff's wife into his home.

Of course, the sheriff would not let it go after he came back, so he led the police in the police station to plot a rebellion. Fortunately, Lakshmi also had an inside line in the police station, so Lakshmi was able to escape in time.

The sheriff's name is Uslam. It is said that after killing Lakshmi's family, he has fled to the nearby Bogora area. Rock doesn't believe that Uslam left so simply, unless Uslam wants to Desperate, otherwise Uslam will come back sooner or later.

It was also at this time that Rock knew that Ustam's wife had not died, but had returned to his natal family. This news made Rock overjoyed.

So Rock immediately ordered someone to invite Ustam's wife over. This time, he really invited, and there was no other meaning.

In order to avoid suspicion, Roque didn't even meet Ustam's wife, but asked someone to release the news. Roque believed that if Ustam knew the news, then even if Roque didn't go to Ustam, Us Tam will always come to the door.

As long as Ustam dares to show up, then it will be Ustam's death. Although Roque sympathizes with Ustam's experience, Roque will not forgive him. If he makes a mistake, he will have to pay the price. Already furious at the crown and becoming a beauty, and pretending to send his wife back to her natal family, such behavior is courting death.

These days, it is actually very simple to get away with it. With the current level of household registration management, there is no need for Ustam to flee abroad. Even if he escapes for a hundred kilometers and then hides his name, the Dhaka government will never find him. Ustam.

Although it is a temporary camp, it has all the necessary things. The camp is surrounded by a pre-prepared barbed wire. There are electric lights inside the barbed wire to provide lighting. There are armored vehicles at the four corners of the camp as defensive supports. The soldiers' tents are located 100 meters away from the barbed wire.

This distance already exceeded the effective shooting distance of many muskets. Even if the rebels wanted to harass the newly formed First Cavalry Division at night, it would not cause too much confusion.

Rock is still fully prepared, the troops have to take turns to rest, and there must always be a company that is ready to dispatch at any time. After arriving in Naquera Town, Rock announced that Naquera will impose a curfew at night. Anyone in Nacra Town, no matter what happens You are not allowed to go out for anything, and the patrolling soldiers are given the right to shoot. If someone is found to violate the order after the curfew, the soldiers can shoot and kill them directly.

It sounds a bit cruel, but it is actually just a basic operation for the British army. If the rebels have not caused substantial damage to the newly formed First Cavalry Division, or Rock's revenge will be even more ruthless.

For three days in a row, the weather was very calm and nothing happened.

Rock was not in a hurry, and ordered the troops to train according to normal procedures. Not only the Gurkha troops who had just joined the army, but also the two companies of the newly formed First Cavalry Division had to train together. Thousands of young men, big and small, were full of hormones. Well, Rock can only use training to vent the excess energy of the boys, otherwise so many people stay in the barracks doing nothing, something indescribable will definitely happen.

This can be regarded as the tradition of the British army, otherwise how can it be called a corrupt country.

(End of this chapter)