Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 490

The Gurkha troops have now passed the most basic formation training and have begun to engage in some more complicated projects.

Formation training seems meaningless, but it actually trains the obedience of soldiers. This is not a problem for Gurkha soldiers. Gurkha soldiers may be the most obedient soldiers in the world. When accepting a combat mission, they will instinctively think about the fastest way to complete it. Gurkha soldiers will not, they will complete the combat mission they receive rigidly and resolutely, even if they are close to death, they will not back down.

Not to mention detours.

This is an advantage, but it is also a disadvantage. However, there is no need for Rock to change. It is enough for the new First Cavalry Division to have a group of smart Chinese, and a group of not-so-smart Gurkhas can form a better synergy. , Coordinated operations.

When it comes to coordination, carrying a log is the easiest training method.

The key is that carrying round logs is simple and fast, and you can use local materials. There are still a lot of trees in India in this era. Choose those that are almost hugged by one person, and cut a section that is seven or eight meters long. Six or seven people carry it together and run together. , the most effective way to train coordination, and at the same time, it can strengthen weight bearing, increase physical strength, and exercise muscles. There are really many benefits.

On the battlefield, the only thing soldiers can rely on is their comrades-in-arms, so coordinated operations are very important, and for the new First Cavalry Division, there is still a problem of running-in between Chinese soldiers and Gurkha soldiers, so the trees around the camp are What happened was that six or seven soldiers could be seen on the training ground in the barracks at any time, panting heavily, shouting commands, with red eyes, running wildly with logs on their backs.

In this way, after a day or two, there is no need for Rock to emphasize that the Gurkha soldiers who have just joined the army understand the importance of comrades in arms.

There must be such a log of seven or eight hundred catties. The key is that one person really cannot carry it, and can only rely on the strength of his comrades.

After passing this hurdle, Gurkha soldiers began weapons training.

The weapon training of the newly formed First Cavalry Division is also unique. It is not that one person fires a rifle and makes bullets on the training ground, but the first thing to do is to learn how to maintain a rifle.

How to say that, soldiers should treat weapons as they treat their own eyes, or as they treat their lovers.

Anyway, it’s all the same, no matter what it is, it fully demonstrates the importance of weapons, so after Gurkha soldiers get weapons, the first thing they learn is maintenance.

The weapons used by the new [-]st Cavalry Division are all Lee Enfields. Rock will not favor one over the other. Equip Chinese soldiers with Lee Enfield and Gurkha soldiers with Martini Henry. This will not only give Logistical work brings a heavy burden and at the same time affects the unity of the troops. It is asking for trouble.

The requirement for the soldiers of the new First Cavalry Division is that all soldiers must be proficient in weapons. The first thing after battalion is to maintain the rifle.

First, the rifle is disassembled into parts, and then each part must be carefully wiped with the distributed buckskin. The barrel also has special maintenance tools. The new First Cavalry Division has almost strict requirements on this point.

Along with the rifles, the traditional dog-leg machetes of Gurkha soldiers were issued to the troops.

Speaking of which, after the engineers of the Nyasaran Arsenal conducted research on the Gurkha machete, they were surprised to find that there was not much room for improvement of the Gurkha machete. The scimitar popular in Nepal is very good for chopping, especially in the jungle or mountains. The effect of chopping is better than the military shovel issued by the new First Cavalry Division.

Moreover, the shape of the machete is very peculiar, completely different from all traditional Chinese knives. The blade of the Chinese is swept back for easy cutting, while the blade of the Gurkha machete is turned inward, which is obviously top-heavy and easier to chop.

So the biggest improvement is the material.

Relatively speaking, the metallurgical level of Fawalt Iron and Steel Works is more than one grade higher than that of Nepal. High manganese steel can be used to make steel helmets, and it can also be used to make machetes. The results of large-scale industrialization are shocking. The supply ship that sailed once a week directly sent two thousand Gurkha scimitars to Rock. Not only the Gurkha soldiers, but all Chinese officers and soldiers also changed their outfits.

The newly distributed scimitars are the same style as the previous scimitars. Of course, the appearance is very different. The scimitars used by these Gurkhas have not been passed down for many generations, and damage is inevitable. Some scimitars are even Same as broken.

The scimitar issued by the new First Cavalry Division has a walnut handle and a cowhide scabbard. The handle is carefully wrapped with a layer of leather rope to prevent slipping.

Not to mention the blade, the specially treated blade has almost no reflection. Only when the blade is facing the sun, there will be a faint cold light flashing away, as if the light is inadvertently split by the sharp blade. On the first night of the machete, many Gurkha soldiers slept with the machete in their arms.

When it was time to be generous, Roque was still very generous. When the scimitar was distributed, Roque promised that one such scimitar would be distributed every year, and only one. After retiring, Gurkha soldiers could carry these scimitars. knife home.

In other words, Rock gave these scimitars to these Gurkha soldiers as a benefit to them.

This is simply a fortune for the Gurkha soldiers, because the labor contract they signed with the new First Cavalry Division is to serve in the new First Cavalry Division for 15 years.

15 years!

For a young man who is just 20 years old, this is basically a lifetime. After they retire, they will only be 35, 40, and no more than [-] years old. At that time, due to physical reasons, they will no longer be suitable for fighting. The first line, but there are still umbrella companies waiting to take over, because although the physical strength is gradually weakening at this age, it is the period when the experience and energy are the most vigorous.

Another benefit given to these Gurkha soldiers by the new First Cavalry Division is that these Gurkha soldiers are allowed to immigrate their families to Johannesburg.

Of course, it is only limited to immediate family members. It is normal for a family these days to have seven or eight children. The big family starts with a hundred and ten people. Rock will continue to recruit Gurkha mercenaries in the future. If immigrants are released, say It may affect the demographic structure of Johannesburg, so the gain outweighs the loss.

The new immigrants definitely need jobs, the income of these Gurkha soldiers in the new [-]st Cavalry Division can provide their families with a happy life in Nepal, but not in Johannesburg, with their salaries, they may be able to support them in Johannesburg It's enough for me.

But this is not a problem. There is still a big shortage of labor force in the farms around Johannesburg. Although the Chinese farmers are working hard every day, the work can never be done. A farm with hundreds of acres is converted into metric system. Qian Mu, people must be hired during the busy farming season, but in Johannesburg, only Zulu people can be hired now.

However, the Zulu people are extremely resistant to Rock, so the Gurkhas have become the best labor force supplement.

Now many Gurkha soldiers still don’t take this benefit seriously, because they have never been to Johannesburg, and they don’t know how far Johannesburg has developed, but those Gurkha mercenaries who have already gone to Johannesburg began to urge themselves with frequent telegrams The family traveled to Johannesburg.

So there is a supply ship every week, and when it returns, it is full of people, and there are people laying berths in the corridor.

This wave of immigration has not spread to the Gurkha mercenaries stationed in Nakla, but it has already attracted the attention of the Nepalese government, so the Nepalese government immediately lodged a protest with the British Governor-General in India, protesting against the new [-]st Cavalry Division. mass immigration.

Lord Belloc appeared at Naquera the next day.

"Large scale? Are you kidding? There are only less than 1 people, and 90.00% of them are children. The Nepalese government would rather watch them starve to death in the country than allow them to immigrate. This is a serious anti-human behavior. We It should be a warning to the Nepalese government!" Rock is now a standard colonial thinking, no matter what is wrong, it is someone else's.

The Nepalese government still attaches great importance to Gurkha mercenaries. There is no way to do this. Nepal is a standard agricultural country with many mountains and hills in its territory. It is not even considered an agricultural country, and food cannot be self-sufficient. The income of soldiers is a very important income for the Nepalese government.

Until the 21st century, pensions and severance pay for Gurkha soldiers by the British government accounted for [-]% of Nepal's GDP.

Rock is now directly removing the family members of those Gurkha mercenaries, which is tantamount to drawing the bottom line for the Nepalese government, which is definitely unacceptable to the Nepalese government.

"Locke, we can't do that." Lord Bellouk was also very helpless. What Rocke meant was obvious. Don't pay attention to the protests of the Nepalese government. Makes sense.

This is standard colonial thinking.

But for the current British government, launching a war rashly is definitely unacceptable to the British government. The Boer War has taught the British government too many lessons.

"It doesn't matter my lord. If the Nepalese government has any complaints about me, let them come to me directly. I will be responsible for this matter." Rock took everything in his hand. Britain was afraid of spending money in war, but Rock was not afraid.

The war was overwhelming for the British government, but for Rock, the firing of the cannon was really equal to ten thousand taels of gold.

The Russo-Japanese War is the best example.

　I saw this book "1792 Rich America" ​​today, which is very similar to my last book "Rich America". If you are interested, you can go and read it. It's very interesting——

　　

　

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