Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 681 The Way of Thinking in Southern Africa

The poor quality of the East Indians does not mean low requirements. At noon the next day, Li Wan and Ling Zhi came to Medan Port and questioned the list of weapons provided by Andy.

"There are only old Maxims on the list, no new general-purpose machine guns, and no artillery including mortars. If there is a problem with the price, we can discuss it." Li Wan has made a lot of money during this period, and his subordinates The disastrous defeat made Li Wan have higher requirements for weapons.

The weapons provided by Adan Company to Li Wan and Lexus are indeed incomplete. There are no obstacles to short-range weapons such as pistols and shotguns. You can have as many as you want. As long as it is a product of Nyasaran Military Industry Group, Adan Company can do it Sold to Li Wan and Lexus.

Automatic weapons and heavy weapons are not on the weapons list. This is not because Andy has reservations, but because the use of machine guns and artillery requires strict training. It is a special skill for the British army to be able to use machine guns proficiently. Logos are sewn on the sleeves of the soldiers, and the umbrella company is the same. They can skillfully use machine guns and artillery, and their salaries are higher than ordinary mercenaries.

"The Maxim is enough to deal with the Dutch troops. As for the newer general-purpose machine gun, it takes a lot of bullets to train a qualified machine gunner. Are you sure you can afford it?" Andy didn't mention artillery at all. Not to mention proficiency, soldiers who can use artillery can be regarded as mathematicians. There are not many in Southern Africa, not to mention East India.

The heavy machine guns sold by Adan Company to Li Wan and Lexus each come with a box of 250 rounds of ammunition, and additional ammunition needs to be calculated separately.

The price of bullets is not cheap. The price of [-] rounds of bullets is almost the same as the price of a machine gun. The general-purpose machine gun produced by Nyasaland Military Industry Group has a faster rate of fire than Maxim, and the wear and tear on the barrel is also greater. , So Andy doesn't think Li Wan needs a general-purpose machine gun at all.

"Then who are these general-purpose machine guns prepared for?" Li Wan was envious. There were at least one hundred general-purpose machine guns in the arsenal at Medan Port.

"These general-purpose machine guns are mine—" Christian finally made his appearance, but he wasn't overbearing. That fat body really affected his image.

"This is Mr. Christian from Southern Africa—" Andy offered to introduce.

"Nice to meet you—" Li Wan took the initiative to greet Christian.

Christian strode up to Li Wan, looked at Li Wan from head to toe with impolite scrutiny, and asked softly, "If I give you enough money, how long will it take you to drive the Dutch away?"

enough?

This quantifier is not clear enough, at least Li Wan does not understand how much "enough" is.

"I have 7000 people under my command now." Li Wan was full of confidence.

Christian didn't answer, and looked back at Lexus.

"Five thousand." Lexus didn't talk much, but he still had confidence. It's not bad to be able to gather a team of 5000 people in such a short period of time.

But obviously none of them could satisfy Christian's appetite.

"Let's go to Medan and have a look—" Christian needs more judgment, even if he burns money, Christian needs to see the results before speaking.

Then go to Medan.

When leaving the Port of Medan, Li Wan and Ling Zhi finally saw Christian's ostentation. Christian came to the Port of Medan on a cruise ship, and a dozen armored vehicles were sent along with the ship. When he left the city, an army was in charge of protecting Christian. , all of them are mercenaries composed of Gurkha people. These Gurkha mercenaries are all extremely sturdy and unusually equipped with the same equipment as professional soldiers in southern Africa. They are all one long and one short plus the iconic Gurkha bend There are more than a dozen light machine guns in troops with less than 50 troops.

There are also cars in East India, and Li Wan and Ling Zhi are well-informed, but it is the first time Li Wan and Ling Zhi have seen armored vehicles. Needless to say, the large-caliber heavy machine guns and rapid-fire guns left a deep impression on Li Wan and Ling Zhi. In Andy's words, when the Governor of Southern Africa travels, the level of security is not so high.

Christian was sitting in one of the command vehicles. This kind of command vehicle can only be used at the general level in southern Africa. Christian can only buy it through Rock without asking. The price must be much higher than that ordered by the Ministry of Defense. But at Christian's level, the price is no longer a concern for Christian.

The road between Medan Port and Medan has not yet been built. Even though the cars in southern Africa have the best shock absorption of this era, Christian still couldn't help complaining all the way.

"We usually go to Medan by boat, and it's the first time to take a car." Andy is helpless, and he doesn't know whether he will be rewarded or suffer.

"Can't we build roads first? We need to build roads to ensure better control." Christian doesn't understand military affairs, but he has seen a lot in Nyasaland how Roque annexed large territories one by one, so basically The steps are still known.

The expansion of southern Africa is accompanied by the extension of railways and roads. Rock has very high requirements for transportation. Whether it is Port Edward or the North Sea, it is because of the developed transportation that the barren land has gradually become a fertile land.

If Rock is in Port of Medan, then the road between Port of Medan and Medan must have been built, so that if something happens in Medan, the mercenaries in Port of Medan can reach Medan as quickly as possible.

Of course, the distance is not very far, less than [-] kilometers, the speed of the armored vehicle is not fast, and it arrived at the military camp in Medan in an hour.

The military camp is also built in a valley.

"It used to belong to a local king, but now it is our barracks. Nearly 6000 people here are receiving formal training as mercenaries. The troops here are basically composed of Chinese, and at least they must have Chinese blood. Those Javanese or Troops composed of Malays were sent out to raise funds, but the biggest problem was the lack of weapons, and the rifles here were not even guaranteed to have one.” Andy was indeed facing many difficulties, but fortunately, Christian sent enough Many weapons.

"The earth king is quite smart, and he will benefit after the Dutch are driven away." Christian said generously.

Li Wan and Ling Zhi looked at each other with a playful look in their eyes.

"The earth king is dead—" Andy was more honest.

"That's a pity!" Christian didn't really have any regrets. This kind of thing is normal. In order to obtain enough labor force, Christian has killed countless tribal chiefs over the years.

There are at least a thousand people receiving training at the same time on the school field in the military camp. The training content is mainly in formations. Even if weapons training is added, it is also a three-stage shooting that is still very common in Europe. This is a training method that has been eliminated in southern Africa. .

Christian actually didn’t know if three-stage shooting was the most advanced tactic, but Christian had a way. Some of his entourage were experts, and someone immediately explained to Christian: “The time is too short, many people here have just accepted Training, obedience is the basis of all training, these trainings are actually obedience training, when the troops are trained to the conditioned reflex, it is almost the same, even if it is a death situation, these soldiers will not fear death."

"Then how are these soldiers doing?" Christian wondered.

This cannot be blamed on Christian. In southern Africa, Christian has become accustomed to the neat appearance of professional soldiers. Even during rest time, professional soldiers have high requirements for clothing.

Compared with the professional soldiers in southern Africa, the soldiers in Medan are like beggars. They don't have uniform uniforms, some are obviously malnourished, some don't even have shoes, and the ground of the school field is not hardened. During this period of time, there was probably a lot of rain, and there was a lot of mud on the school field. These soldiers were training in the mud, but their attitude was not bad.

"Compared with our professional soldiers in southern Africa, there is definitely a gap, even worse than our conscripts, but it's not bad, at least better than those slave soldiers in the peninsula." The expert under Christian is probably in the New Cape of Good Hope stayed.

"How does it compare to the Dutch army?" Christian still couldn't forget the Dutch.

"You won't know until after the fight." The expert didn't jump to conclusions, but this answer obviously didn't satisfy Christian.

"Andy, how much does a set of Umbrella Company mercenary uniforms cost?" Christian mainly wanted to solve practical problems.

"Complete summer clothes, including helmets and uniforms, combat uniforms, training uniforms, and military boots—about 20 pounds." Andy is still a businessman at heart, and these data come from his mouth.

"6000 people, 12 pounds—[-]?" Christian was surprised to find that raising soldiers was really expensive.

"Yes, this does not include backpacks, blankets, tents, gas masks, underwear and personal hygiene products." Andy was also helpless. It was really not easy for Umbrella Company to raise so many mercenaries.

"David, can you guarantee the loyalty of these troops?" Christian didn't want to spend money to make wedding clothes for others.

"Of course, Mr. Christian, you should have noticed that these instructors are all mercenaries of our umbrella company. In name, they are Li and Ling's troops. In fact, the obedience training we conduct is to require them to obey the instructors 100% In addition, Li and Ling do not have the ability to command the troops, so they have to rely on us to control the troops." David also seemed to be loyal and treacherous.

"That's it. Give them uniform uniforms and weapons. If you want them to dare to fight against the Dutch, you must first build up their confidence. A group of beggars can't beat a group of gentlemen anyway. Tell me how much it costs. In short, I will launch an attack on Batavia in the shortest possible time, and I will kill all the Dutch in the East India!" Christian yelled, before Andy and David just wanted to drive the Dutch away, but when they came to Christian, We must kill all the Dutch.

The best enemy is only the dead one, that's the Southern African way of thinking.

(End of this chapter)