Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 643

The police system is an important part of the Ministry of Justice. The director of the Police Division is the former Cape Town Police Chief August Russell. After Henry became the Minister of Justice, the Chief of the Pretoria Police was changed. Became former Bloemfontein Police Chief Joe Russell.

After Li De went to Adan Company, Gao De succeeded Li De as the chief of the Johannesburg Police Department.

The handover between Li De and Jonathan went smoothly. After the establishment of Adan Company, the overseas assets of Umbrella Company were only the headquarters of Mayotte, and other overseas assets belonged to Adan Company.

It was only at this time that Li De realized how powerful the silent umbrella company in southern Africa had become.

Not only Port Elizabeth and the Aldan Islands, the Umbrella Company has training bases in Nepal and France, and immigration transfer stations in Luzon and the Dutch East Indies. The Umbrella Company’s business has even expanded to the Americas. As of November 1909, the Umbrella Company The number of registered mercenaries in China has reached as many as 11, and they can be organized into two reorganized divisions at any time. The umbrella company even has a fleet of more than 9000 ships.

No wonder Rock wants to spin off Umbrella.

No wonder Jonathan happily gave up the management rights of overseas assets.

Compared with the Ardan Islands, the British government attaches more importance to Socotra Island and does not agree to sell Socotra Island to the umbrella company. Even if the umbrella company raises the price to [-] pounds, the British government still does not agree.

In fact, at this stage, the location of Socotra Island is more important than the Ardan Islands.

Because of their remoteness from the mainland, the Aldan Islands are almost unknown.

Socotra Island is located at the exit of the Gulf of Aden, guarding the Suez Canal, a traffic artery. The British government has set Socotra Island as a military restricted area. Even if Ad and Philip came forward, they did not get the consent of the British government.

Although southern Africa is nominally still a country of the Commonwealth of Nations, after all, southern Africa is self-governing. The British government is still very tough on this point. Even if Rock pays more, the British government will not sell Socotra Island.

If you can’t buy Socotra Island, Rock is not in a hurry. For southern Africa, Socotra Island is actually dispensable. Compared with Port Elizabeth and the Aldan Islands, the future value is far behind. The Aldan Islands To reflect its value, it will take at least 20 years. The importance of Port Elizabeth has begun to emerge with the discovery of oil, so Li De went to Port Elizabeth shortly after taking office.

Adan's headquarters is also in Port Elizabeth.

The area of ​​Port Elizabeth is no longer the original [-] square kilometers. After signing the agreement with the Ottoman Empire, the area of ​​Port Elizabeth has expanded to [-] square kilometers. The pilots sent by the Ottoman Empire received training in Port Elizabeth. .

The current Port Elizabeth is no longer the small fishing village it used to be. According to the usual practice, the port is still divided into a port area and a living area. Considering oil transportation, the planned port can dock 1912-ton giant ships. The construction of the port is still in progress , is not expected to be fully completed until [-].

The current Port Elizabeth is all the property of Adan Company. In order to protect Port Elizabeth, the Umbrella Company has stationed nearly [-] mercenaries in Port Elizabeth. The leader of the mercenaries is Tang En who also worked beside Rock.

When Li De was working next to Rock, Tang En served as Rock's bodyguard, and the relationship between the two was very good. Now Li De is the person in charge of Port Elizabeth, and Tang En manages [-] mercenaries in charge of operations. Very tacit understanding.

"The mercenaries in Port Elizabeth are divided into five regiments. Two regiments are stationed in Port Elizabeth, one regiment is stationed in the oil field, and the other regiment is stationed in the New Cape of Good Hope. Guess where is the last regiment?" I'm in a good mood.

The new Cape of Good Hope is Ras Al Khaimah. According to the new agreement signed by Nyasaland and the Ottoman Empire, Ras Al Khaimah is now also owned by Adan Company.

"I didn't know, this is your job." Li Dequan had clear responsibilities, and he would never interfere in matters that should not be meddled.

"Naizhi—" Tang En laughed out loud.

"Why go to Najd?" Tang En's answer surprised Li De a bit. According to the agreement between Nyasaland and the Ottoman Empire, Najd is now the territory of the Ottoman Empire.

"Let's see if we can take advantage of it—are we mercenaries? If we don't have business, we have to find a way to create business—" Tang En was not embarrassed at all. The current Nejd is not an independent country, and many tribes The melee is endless, and it is normal for the umbrella company to intervene.

History is sometimes very absurd. After the establishment of some countries, in order to prove the legitimacy of the regime, they will dress up their own history in various ways. In the Warring States Period of Japan, the total strength of a country was only fifty people. What is this? nation?It was not as large as the fighting in the two villages.

The same is true for Port Elizabeth. The population of the Abbasid Empire once reached 5000 million, but after a long period of evolution, the powerful Abbasid Dynasty was wiped out, and the peninsula was torn apart, leaving only small tribes of 2000 people.

Some tribes, with only a few hundred people, dare to call themselves a country, which really makes Tang En and Li De unable to understand.

For Roque, no amount of territory is too much, so Port Elizabeth cannot meet Roque's requirements at all. If possible, Roque hopes that the entire peninsula can become an enclave of southern Africa in the future, so that southern Africa can have Emboldened enough to have the right to speak in the future.

"Be careful, don't make people angry." Li De kindly reminded that during this time, as Li De's understanding of the Umbrella Company gradually deepened, Li De finally understood what the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company were.

Relatively speaking, the Chinese mercenaries and Gurkha mercenaries in the umbrella company are better. Those white mercenaries, to put it bluntly, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a "scum concentration camp".

In Europe, umbrella companies have exercised restraint.

Outside of Europe, umbrella companies exhibit standard colonial thinking.

In the previous agreement signed between Nyasaland and the Ottoman Empire, Ras Al Khaimah became the territory of Port Elizabeth. Ras Al Khaimah was once the trading center on the south coast of the Gulf, and its fleet sailed to Mumbai, India and the main trading ports in East Africa. The city's history can be traced back to 7 years ago, and it is indeed a long history.

But all of this did not become a reason for Umbrella Corporation to look at Ras Al Khaimah differently.

For the Umbrella Company, the only value of Ras Al Khaimah is to provide protection for the oil waterway in Port Elizabeth, so after the Umbrella Company took over Ras Al Khaimah, the name of Ras Al Khaimah was changed to the new Cape of Good Hope with strong southern African characteristics, All the aborigines living in Ras Al Khaimah were cleared out, the entire city was transformed by the Umbrella Corporation according to its own will, all the historical sites in the city were demolished, and the entire city was transformed into a war fortress with a strong military color.

This short paragraph hides many unstated truths. The aborigines who have lived in the New Cape of Good Hope for generations must be unwilling to give up their homes.

In the Umbrella Company's report, Li De did not see how the Umbrella Company dealt with these indigenous people, but according to traditional colonial thinking, most of these people have already suffered misfortune.

There are many such examples. The most recent example is the Herero people in German Southwest Africa. When the Herero people started their rebellion five years ago, the German army in Southwest Africa received an order: Once the Herero people are found, no matter whether they have Unarmed, kill him.

So the Herero people, who at one time might have been in the millions, no longer exist.

At least not in German South West Africa.

This is how the colonists used to rule the colonies.

Relatively speaking, the umbrella company is already quite humane, at least when the umbrella company encounters a problem, it will not raise the butcher's knife as soon as it comes up.

"Hehe, it doesn't matter. We are hired by the local natives of Najd. Do you know what they asked us to do? Kill everyone we see!" Tang En sneered. During this period of time, the tribes wiped out by mercenaries did not know How many, Tang En will not ask the specific number, let alone carry out related statistics.

"What do they use to pay? Pounds?" Li De was curious about the desert people's ability to pay.

"Gold, or land, or population, many mercenaries have made their homes in Port Elizabeth, even though many of them have families in southern Africa—" Tang En couldn't see any expression on his face. Too much, and I will have nightmares when I sleep at night.

No one is perfect, and moral standards cannot be used to demand mercenaries. Although monogamy is practiced in southern Africa, this regulation cannot be implemented smoothly in many areas of southern Africa, let alone mercenaries who are overseas. soldier.

Many mercenaries are not even southern Africans, and they cannot be restrained by southern African laws.

"No matter what, this is a good thing for us in Port Elizabeth." Li De also does not have high moral standards. Saints cannot survive in this era. Even the professors of Nyasaland University will not treat this Talking about things.

"The population of Port Elizabeth has now exceeded [-]. According to the regulations, schools and hospitals should be established now, but you also know that our umbrella company does not have these resources. Most of the children of those Gurkha mercenaries will still be employed when they grow up. Bing, we Chinese children, can't grow up and still lick blood on the knife head, let them enjoy the same education as in southern Africa." Tang En still attaches great importance to education, not only for the next generation, Tang En himself Now a student at Nyasaland Army Academy.

If you don't study, you can't do it. This is Rock's request. The officers of the army must undergo formal training. In the future, all work in southern Africa will gradually get on the right track. Imagine that they are as illiterate as before, and they will not even have the opportunity to join the army.

(End of this chapter)