Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 664 Cannon Fodder

If a member of a Gurkha family serves in the Southern African Army, members of the family need a three-year waiting period before they can become official Southern African residents.

But if two members of the family serve in the Nyasaland army, the three-year waiting period can be shortened to two years, which is very attractive to the Gurkhas.

The "service" here is of course serving in the regular army, that is, those professional soldiers. Conscripts are not included. After the southern Africans reach their full age, if there is no prime minister's amnesty, they must serve in the army for two years. The amnesty groups here are mainly those Students who have received the university admission letter can be exempted from military service, but if they choose to serve in the military, their school status will still be retained, and it will be recorded in the file at the same time, and they will get greater opportunities in future work.

It is precisely because of the compulsory military service system that southern Africa is able to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction. The road between Port Edward and Johannesburg is under construction. This road connects Nyasaland, Rhodesia, and Transit The roads in Washan are not expected to be fully completed until two years later.

Among the [-] professional soldiers in southern Africa, about [-] are Gurkhas, the total number of Boers and British descendants does not exceed [-], and the rest are Chinese. The Natal Division is mainly based on Gurkhas. composition.

Roque accompanied Viscount Gladstone to visit the recruitment propaganda point set up by the Ministry of Defense. The work here is in charge of a second lieutenant, most of the staff are women, and they are responsible for the recruitment of the entire Ulysses area.

Only then did Viscount Gladstone know that there were women in the southern African army, which was unimaginable in Europe.

"Women have great advantages in many aspects. They are more friendly, more careful in their work, and have irreplaceable natural advantages in nursing. Many nurses in the army are now women. Most of them are from the Johannesburg Medical School. Systematic training.” Rock took the initiative to introduce that women enjoy the same rights as men in most fields in southern Africa, such as enrolling in school, working, and joining the army.

Nyasaland University now has more than 40.00% girls, and it is still a coeducational school, without any difference.

In the earlier Johannesburg Medical School, because most of the students came from the Bigwei Hospital, the proportion of female students once exceeded 80.00%.

In the current Nyasaland State Government, there are also many staff members who are women, especially in office writing work and reception work. Women have unparalleled advantages in this regard.

So it's not surprising that women are in the military in southern Africa.

These women in the army have also changed the inherent image of women as weak and submissive in people's minds. These female soldiers in the conscription workstations all wear pistols in conspicuous positions on their bodies. In some fields that are not good at, such as physical requirements may be relatively low, but shooting is still very demanding. Women who can become professional soldiers must at least achieve good shooting results.

Even the nurses are the same.

"It's hard to imagine a woman picking up a gun—" Viscount Gladstone shook his head again and again, obviously not in favor of the Ministry of Defense's decision.

This is also a stubborn one.

"No way, the population in southern Africa is too small. We have to use every available force as much as possible. The police system is also considering hiring more female police officers. Of course, women will not charge on the front line of the battle. Then It is our men's responsibility." Rock still has a bottom line, compared with Europe, Southern Africa already treats women as men, and it would be too much to use them as livestock.

"The army is a male group. If there are women, it will cause many problems—" Viscount Gladstone's worries are not groundless, and discipline has always been a very important issue.

"Of course we also have precautions. If it is free love, then no one has the right to interfere, but if it is entangled, then be careful of the military police making trouble. As for the more serious situation, it has not happened so far. The "Constitution" and "" Some provisions in the Criminal Law do not apply to military courts, and some violent acts are allowed in military courts when the army is operating abroad, but if this aspect is involved, the military courts will deal with it severely." Rock said When you are ruthless, you will never be soft. The army is a violent institution. It doesn't matter if you are angry or complain when you are operating abroad. When you return to southern Africa, you must abide by the law.

Viscount Gladstone did not say too much on this issue. A strong military force in southern Africa is also a need of the Commonwealth. As long as the addition of women does not affect the combat effectiveness of the army, Viscount Gladstone is happy to see it.

When it was time to visit the new barracks in the afternoon, Viscount Gladstone finally saw the powerful side of southern Africa.

This is finally a purely male group, and the entire boot camp is full of hormones.

The recruit battalion has 1000 people, which is almost the size of a battalion. Those recruits who volunteer to join professional soldiers have to undergo four months of rigorous training in the recruit battalion before they can get the opportunity to join the four standing troops.

Viscount Gladstone felt the cruelty coming from the training plan of the new barracks.

Five kilometers in full gear is commonplace in the new barracks. It has to be done twice a week, and there is also a long-distance training once a month, and the distance is basically [-] kilometers away.

From six o'clock in the morning until eleven o'clock in the evening, every day's training programs are fully arranged, and the meal time is compressed to less than half an hour. When you open your eyes, it is not obedience training such as formation queues, but all kinds of physical fitness For the cooperative training between fighting teams, as well as the newly added infantry coordination and infantry coordination, there is also half an hour of language learning before going to bed at night.

After seeing the training plan, Viscount Gladstone understood why Rock was not worried that the addition of women would affect the combat effectiveness of the troops.

According to this training plan, the recruits will be squeezed to the limit every day, and there is no time or energy to think about those romances.

This is just a training plan for recruits. Not all recruits have the opportunity to become professional soldiers. The elimination rate of recruits will be at least half of them. When they enter the army, there will be a stricter training plan. Professional soldiers are not the same as before. Troops that are dawdling are preparing for battle all the time. There is no best, only better.

When Rock and Viscount Gladstone came to the training ground, the recruits were training in companies.

Thanks to the sparsely populated area along the coast of the North Sea, the recruit camp covers a large area, and the training ground covers an area of ​​four to five square kilometers. Some recruits are running around the training ground for physical training under the leadership of officers, and some are standing in a military posture. There are bursts of gunshots from the shooting range not far away. The bullets here are free, because Nyasaland has a lot of copper mines, and the shell casings are all made of brass.

Of course, it still needs to be recycled after use. It can be a luxury, but it cannot be wasted.

"There are fifteen such recruit training camps in Nyasaland. It can be said that a standing division can be formed at any time. If these soldiers fail to meet the requirements to become professional soldiers, they will go to the local military department after leaving the recruit camp. For the record, if a war breaks out, they will also have the opportunity to join the army." At this time, Rock stopped talking about professional soldiers, and southern Africa would rather have shortages than excesses.

"Your requirements are too strict. They are actually excellent soldiers." Viscount Gladstone was heartbroken. According to the standards of the British War Department, these recruits are all qualified soldiers.

And it's kind of elite.

"I know, but I can't help it. The military expenditure of the Ministry of National Defense is so small. It is very difficult to maintain the current size of the army. There is no room for expansion." Rock also knows that these recruits are actually qualified soldiers. The Ka people were originally introduced based on this standard.

However, the Ministry of Defense has only so much funds. Even with the interest-free loan from the Ministry of War, it is unable to form more troops. This is the purpose of Rock bringing Viscount Gladstone to inspect the new barracks. Do you want to have more help in the future?

Talk about money!

"I'll report it, but I can't give you any guarantee." Viscount Gladstone was really moved. Viscount Gladstone was also very clear about the capabilities of those veteran soldiers in the British Army. If possible, Viscount Gladstone hoped that the Ministry of War would Give all the army funds to southern Africa, then the British Empire will get an army that is invincible across the world.

It's a pity that I can only think about it. If Viscount Gladstone really put this suggestion into the report, then the generals of the Ministry of War will definitely think that Viscount Gladstone is crazy.

However, it is still possible to fight for more funds. The British navy has a huge advantage over the German navy and is basically unshakable. The army has huge hidden dangers. Now the British War Department pins its hopes on the French army. This is actually unrealistic. The result of the Franco-Prussian War It has been proven that the French Army is no match for the German Army.

Even with the addition of the British Army, it is not an opponent of the German Army.

"Then I can't give London any guarantees, after all, the southern African army has to protect the safety of southern Africa—" Rock is qualified to bargain.

"That's not what you said before—" Viscount Gladstone was surprised that Roque had also learned to cheat.

Viscount Gladstone was referring to Roque's previous promise to London. In order to obtain an interest-free loan from London, Roque promised that once a war broke out between Britain and Germany, Southern Africa would send troops to support it.

"Yes, I did say it." Rock is not cheating. When it's time to fulfill the promise, Rock will definitely fulfill it, but there may be some deviations in the fulfillment content.

The compulsory military service system implemented in southern Africa, this obligation also includes those Africans.

So southern Africa now also has troops composed of Africans. These troops are actually engineering troops, and they will be sent to Europe as cannon fodder in the future.

(End of this chapter)