Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 683 I guess not

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" said: Ten can surround it, five can attack it, double it can divide it, the enemy can fight it, if it is small, it can escape, and if it is weak, it can avoid it.Therefore, the strength of a small enemy is the capture of a big enemy.

This cannot be said to be wrong. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" is also a compulsory course at Nyasaland Army Academy, but military experience in the era of cold weapons must be appropriately improved in the era of hot weapons.

According to the data given in "Sun Tzu's Art of War", to wipe out an army with a total strength of [-], at least [-] troops are needed to encircle it, [-] troops to attack, and [-] troops to find a way to disperse the enemy. That's it. Also kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.

War in the era of hot weapons, the influence of weapons on the battlefield situation is becoming more and more important. In 1891, the Herero people in Southwest Africa armed against the German colonial invasion. A German colonial army was attacked by the Herero people. A surviving German military doctor Killed 1000 Herero warriors with a single machine gun.

In 1893, more than 50 of Cecil Rhodes' men defeated 5000 Zulu warriors with four machine guns in Rhodesia, killing more than 3000 people on the spot.

In 1898, in the last battle of the Mahdi Uprising in Sudan, six Maxims killed 11000 people, and the British army suffered only 28 casualties.

Therefore, to annihilate an army of 10 people with backward equipment, 2000 people are not needed at all, only [-] people are enough.

This is still taking into account the complex terrain near Lake Toba, and more troops are needed to search for the enemy who slipped through the net, otherwise 2000 people will not be used up.

"Instead of fighting with mercenaries, fight with Medan troops." Alan Jennings added difficulty.

"Sir, the Medan troops haven't finished training yet, and they can't take on combat missions yet." A staff officer objected directly.

The Nyasaland Army Academy does not have as strict requirements as the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy. If the instructor makes a mistake in teaching, the students can point it out directly. If it is at the Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, even if the students speak Yes, it must be a confinement if you don't respect the chief's big hat.

But at the Nyasaland Army Academy, if the cadets are right, the students will not only not be punished, but will be rewarded, so the cadets at the Nyasaland Army Academy are very skeptical.

The Ministry of National Defense of Nyasaland actually has no relevant regulations in this regard, but it is an irresponsible act to send soldiers who have not undergone strict training to the battlefield. Although it is not illegal, it will definitely be condemned by public opinion.

"There is no question of whether it can be done. If Nyasaland is invaded by foreign enemies and the flames of war have reached Lake Nyasa, then not only the soldiers, but everyone must bravely take up arms and fight the enemy bravely. Everyone here, including Men, including women, the elderly, and children, I believe that the Lord will lead by example and fight on the front line against the enemy.” Alan Jennings was resolute, and now the establishment of the Nyasaland Army Academy is actually a battalion. When it comes to life and death, Dean Derek Dodd is the battalion commander, and the students are soldiers, who can be directly pulled to the battlefield to fight.

All the staff officers are silent, but their expressions are very firm. In fact, Nyasaland Army Academy has always attached great importance to patriotic education. If Nyasaland is really invaded by foreign enemies, then everyone will not hesitate Take up arms.

It must be emphasized that this is Nyasaland, not Southern Africa.

"The same is true in East India. The soldiers of the Medan army are all Medan people. They have the responsibility and obligation to protect Medan from foreign invasion. There is no personal right in wartime. All of us have no choice." Alan. Jennings went on to emphasize that Nyasaland Army Academy reminds students of the importance of responsibility and obligation anytime, anywhere.

Then continue to calculate, this time the required troops are indeed a bit more, but not too much, as long as there are [-] Medan troops, the Second East India Division can still be wiped out.

Alan Jennings was finally satisfied. It didn't matter how many people were needed. The key was to let the students abandon the traditional way of thinking, which was more important.

When it came time to send troops, of course the main force would be the mercenaries from the umbrella company.

"The Medan army will also participate in the battle as an auxiliary force. We will fight a beautiful battle of annihilation and teach the Dutch a profound lesson. After this battle, the mercenaries will gradually withdraw from the front line, and the Medan army will be the main force in future operations." Lord, they need to be prepared." Spike Dobbin has rich experience, and according to the military common sense at this time, the members of the Medan Army are actually qualified soldiers. During the Franco-Prussian War, many white youths assembled in a hurry and only learned No matter how you shoot, you go directly to the battlefield. As a result, the Prussian army also defeated the French army, which is known as the world's number one army.

"If the troops want to expand rapidly, they still need to launch an attack on Batavia as soon as possible." Alan Jennings was a little worried. Although the population of East India is large, there are actually not many people in the province of Sumatra, and more people are in the Java, Kalimantan, Suwei Laxi, and the Medan troops are mainly Chinese. If they are confined to Sumatra, it will be very unfavorable for the expansion of the Medan troops.

Of course, Alan Jennings will definitely not question why the Medan army should be dominated by Chinese. There is no answer to this question. Southern Africa is also dominated by Chinese. The Boers shouted unfairness every day. At that time, many Boers even wanted to avoid compulsory military service.

Southern Africa is still very persistent on this point. Except for the Chinese and whites, only the Gurkhas have the opportunity to become professional soldiers. Africans can only serve in the conscript army. Even if the quality of individual soldiers is strong, they cannot become professional soldiers. .

Compared with professional soldiers in southern Africa, the Umbrella Company has much looser requirements in this regard. Earlier this year, the Umbrella Company tried to recruit a group of African mercenaries. Compared with Chinese whites, the prices of these African mercenaries are cheaper. They are more obedient and easy to use, but they seem to have some problems in learning. It’s not that they can’t learn, but they don’t want to learn. The same shooting, Chinese mercenaries and white mercenaries are both striving for excellence, and African-American mercenaries just need to pass. Even if the grades will affect the future salary and treatment.

Africans are also deeply ingrained in this point. The Africans recruited by Christian Construction Company are also very serious and hardworking when they work, but as soon as they get paid, they will immediately let themselves go. They will never come to work until they spend all their salary.

The umbrella company has very strict requirements in this regard, and the salaries of mercenaries are also graded. Even the lowest grade salary can guarantee that people will not starve to death.

Many Africans work for umbrella companies with starving salaries. They are not incapable of fighting for higher salaries, but they are simply unwilling to fight for them. The standard is to be drunk today.

"Wait a minute, we need more troops. There is a problem that Mr. Christian has not figured out. What kind of East India do we want—" Spike Dobbin sneered, picked up a photo and handed it to Alan Jan Nings.

The photo shows a burning village on the shore of Lake Toba. This was taken by the pilot from the plane. People in the village don’t need to ask. Most of the villages passed by the Second East India Division are now in ruins. It is certainly a disaster for the East Indians, but it may be a good thing for the Adam Company. At least in this way, the unclaimed wasteland will increase a lot.

Most of the people living in the village are Javanese or Malay. Even if there are Chinese, most of them are Baba Nyonya who have already regarded themselves as East Indians. Many Baba Nyonya can’t even speak Chinese. They themselves do not recognize their Chinese ancestry.

Relatively speaking, both the overseas Chinese and the new customers live in the city. In fact, the overseas Chinese regard themselves as Dutch in their bones, and they are extremely disapproving of their identity as Chinese. New customers, these new customers still retain many Chinese habits, and they agree with their Chinese identity.

"Hehe, we don't have to worry about this problem, let David handle it." Alan Jennings is also a bottomless person. In order to get more business, the umbrella company can actively create security needs. In the wasteland, of course, you can also paint a cat like a tiger, anyway, it will be all pushed to the Dutch in the end, and the winner is eligible to write history.

David, who still doesn't know what role he will play, is making pre-war preparations. The Umbrella Company has [-] mercenaries in Medan, most of whom are stationed in the Port of Medan. Various materials, although the staff department has given various plans, but it is still inevitable to be in a hurry when things come to an end.

"—The specific situation is like this. A force of about 8000 people is attacking Medan Port. Our task is to eliminate them. The task is not difficult, even quite easy, but I still ask you to give [-]% attention , don’t be negligent because the difficulty is not high, and the tragedy of Bandar cannot be repeated.” David emphasized at the pre-war preparation meeting that in fact, in David’s view, the defeat of Li Wan’s troops in Bandar was very inappropriate, after all The officers of the troops at that time were also mercenaries.

As a result, the entire army was wiped out, and the mercenaries serving as officers also suffered casualties. Four mercenaries were killed on the spot, and two mercenaries were seriously injured and captured. These two people are said to have been sent back to Batavia and will become the umbrella company. Direct evidence of interference in the internal affairs of the East Indies.

If possible, David hoped that some Dutch officers from the Second East India Division could be captured in this battle, so that the Umbrella Company could make a deal with the Dutch colonial government.

"We will set off tomorrow morning. The Second East India Division was still at Lake Toba during the last plane reconnaissance. I hope they will not be dispatched overnight." David is not very worried about this problem. The troops that can be dispatched overnight in this era are all elites. , The Second East India Division probably won't work.

(End of this chapter)