Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 719 Advanced Cannon Fodder

"It's good to be isolated and helpless, and only being alone can show the preciousness of giving charcoal in a timely manner." Rock likes to do this kind of thing the most. Regardless of the fact that the Ottoman Empire is dying, a favor at this time will benefit a lot in the future.

"Be careful and don't overplay it. You are the only one who thinks so in the whole world." Stoudemire, who has returned to Nyasaland, is a little sour. Unlike Rock, who is causing trouble everywhere, Stoudemire doesn't have much motivation now, and the Portuguese are too lazy to grab it. territory, not to mention North Africa thousands of miles away.

The Portuguese East Africa established by the Portuguese has now been completely disintegrated, and most of it has been merged into southern Africa, and the north is now the king of Mozambique.

To the west of Rhodesia, there is also Portuguese West Africa established by the Portuguese. Although Portuguese West Africa is already a Portuguese colony on the map, it will take until 1922 for the Portuguese to completely occupy Portuguese West Africa. So if Stoudemire has Rock's ambition may also be able to tear a piece of flesh in Portuguese West Africa.

The crux of the problem is here. Stoudemire is not as ambitious as Cecil Rhodes and Rock. It was precisely because of this that Cecil Rhodes handed over Nyasaland to Roque, let Roque resist pressure from Tanganyika and German South West Africa, as well as from the British government.

The reason why Rock is now attacking everywhere is to expand a larger living space for the Chinese.

Stoudemire has no desires or desires in this regard. The problem of the British is completely opposite to that of the Chinese. The Chinese have a large population and a small land area, while the British have a small population and a large land area. So Stoudemire is just a friendly reminder.

"Why not? The Ottoman Empire is over, and the peninsula must belong to our Commonwealth in the future. Do you want to leave the peninsula to those Persians?" Rock knew how much wealth was hidden under the desert of the peninsula, and he would not let it go no matter what.

"Those deserts? If you want sand, you might as well compete with the Italians for North Africa." Stoudemire laughed.

It is said that Tripoli and Cyrenaica will be Libya in the future. Needless to say, there is nothing under the desert in Libya. Card Dazuo was the existence of Wuchang, relying on Libya's oil.

How good is Libyan oil?

It is said that it can be used directly after extraction, no refinery is needed at all, and the quality of oil is better than that of the peninsula.

So if possible, Rock really wants to go to Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

I can only think about it. Now Italy and the Ottoman Empire are fighting for Tripoli and Cyrenaica, and there are Britain and France watching. If Rock intervenes at this time, he will be held down and beaten by a group of people. , can't afford to provoke.

So Roque could only laugh without saying a word. Stoudemire and Roque cooperated tacitly in southern Africa. Whatever Roque did, Stoudemire would do. He has made a lot of money following Roque these years. Cecil Rhodes Although Stoudemire passed away, the South African company not only remained undamaged, but grew stronger. However, Stoudemire was overseas, and Stoudemire could not keep up with Rock's rhythm. Adan Company did not have Stoudemire's shares.

"Have you read the telegram from London?" Stoudemire asked Rock mainly to find out.

Ernest Oppenheimer is still very energetic, and he actually found someone in London who is willing to stand up for him. The British Colonial Affairs Department sent a telegram to Pretoria yesterday, requesting the federal government to investigate the Johannesburg Mining Union Explain the behavior of the company and ask the federal government to thoroughly investigate whether the Johannesburg Mining Union has violated the rules in the process.

"Look, don't worry, I don't think the Prime Minister will ask at all." Rock is not afraid, the money for the gold mine auction has been distributed, and the benefits that should be given to the federal government have been given. As the beneficiary, the federal government now has to bear the burden responsibility.

"Do you think it's a good idea for us to sue Ernest Oppenheimer for smuggling?" Stoudemire is good at biting back. Ernest Oppenheimer didn't even wipe his butt clean, and he still has the face to sue ,amazing.

"No, the lid has been lifted, and everyone is not going to have a good life." Rock is sensible, the amount of gold smuggled by the Anglo-American mining company is only as much as the little gold smuggled by the Rock Gold Mine and the gold mine under the name of Stoudemire. It's just that the British government doesn't know that's all. If you really want to tear everyone apart, Rock and Stoudemire are also in trouble.

Ernest Oppenheimer also dared to go to London because of this.

"I'll send someone to London to kill him!" Stoudemire can be ruthless when he should be ruthless, and he must be ruthless when cutting grass.

"No need—" Rock understated it. In fact, London was not too far away for Rock. With Winston and Neville around, it was not difficult for Rock to kill anyone.

Winston's current position is the Secretary of the Interior. Although Neville has just been elected as a member of the Birmingham City Council, he will immediately serve as the chairman of the Birmingham Municipal Planning Committee. It is so easy for these second-generation officials in the UK to climb up. Ten years of struggling in southern Africa is not as good as having a good father.

"Winston and Neville's life is not easy. Our Prime Minister requests to limit the power of the House of Lords. Once this bill is passed, the House of Lords will lose its veto power. I don't know what the Prime Minister thinks. I will throw it to the members of the House of Lords." A rope, let them tie their own hands and feet, how is it possible." Stoudemire is at ease, this proposal has nothing to do with Stoudemire or Rock.

Britain's House of Lords is made up of the aristocracy and has veto power over parliamentary votes, a right that has always given the aristocracy a special status in Britain.

Now that right is under threat, not so long ago when British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith called for the removal of the House of Lords veto.

Roque didn't know what Herbert Henry Asquith thought. In his previous life, Roque heard a joke that Turkey proposed in the United Nations to cancel the veto power of the five permanent members. As a result, this proposal was rejected. The five permanent members voted against it.

Turkey is a country formed after the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire.

However, to everyone's surprise, the proposal of Herbert Henry Asquith was successful. Probably next year, the Parliament will pass this resolution, which also marks the gradual withdrawal of the nobles from the center of British power.

"Why is it impossible? Haven't you always opposed the aristocratic system? Only by canceling the privileges of the aristocrats can you become a nobleman." Rock has a profound meaning. Every year there are rumors that Stoudemire will be knighted, but every year it fails.

Stoudemire was looking forward to it at the beginning, but every time he hoped, he would fail. In the past two years, Stoudemire has not paid attention to this convenient news, and Rock rarely mentioned it in front of Stoudemire.

In the final analysis, it is still the British government's fear of the South African company. In the case of the South African company, if Stoudemire has a title, then Rhodesia will become Stoudemire's private property, which is more difficult to control than Roque, who owns Nyasaland. After all, Rock is a Chinese, and his influence outside southern Africa is limited after all. If Stoudemire, a white man, has a title, he will be a carp jumping over the dragon's gate.

That's why Roque said that Stoudemire would have the possibility of having a title only after the privileges of nobility were cancelled.

At that time, the nobility will become a tool to win people's hearts. Whether or not Stoudemire can be knighted will not affect Britain's control of southern Africa.

"Hahahaha, I don't even want to give it to me now!" Xiaosi said fiercely, obviously insincere.

"Go to Portuguese West Africa and take it, and I will definitely give you a great title." Rock incited. Around southern Africa, only Portuguese West Africa and the Congo Free State are left to conspire. Tanganyika and Germany It is impossible to belong to Southwest Africa.

"Hahahaha, it's your job to expand the territory of the British Empire." Xiao Si was not fooled, and he had the posture of Huang Shiren oppressing Yang Bailao.

Yang Bailao didn't realize it, and he was absent-minded when chatting with Xiaosi, and he was still dealing with work.

The outbreak of the Italian-Turkish war sounded the alarm for Roque. The Italian-Turkish war has already been advanced. God knows whether the world war will be advanced. Therefore, Roque must prepare early, and now he must expand his army and prepare for war. In order to cope with possible reinforcements from Europe in the future, Southern Africa will add two new reorganized divisions composed of Africans, with a total strength of 3 troops. If London asks Southern Africa to send troops to support in the future, Rock intends to use these two divisions to deal with it.

Although these two divisions are definitely cannon fodder, Roque still wants to make cannon fodder more valuable, so the weapons that should be equipped must be available, and Roque will not discount the training that should be provided. The officers are still from the current four regular divisions. Draw, plus some outstanding graduates from the Nyasaland Army Academy.

"Are you sure you want to arm the Africans?" Stoudemire knew of Rock's plan. The southern African army was a major customer of the South African company. Except for weapons, all of them were provided by Stoudemire's South African company.

During this period, whites were generally skeptical about the discipline of Africans. It is estimated that all countries in the world used Africans as regular troops. However, Africans in the United States also formed an independent army during this period, and only officers were White men acted.

During the Boer War, the British Expeditionary Force began to try to recruit some Africans as scouts, but they did not equip these Africans with weapons. After the war, many African scouts who served the British Expeditionary Force during the war were hired by the Johannesburg Police Department. Now There are many African-American mercenaries in the umbrella company.

In fact, the performance of Africans in the army is still very good. They are brave in battle, not afraid of sacrifice, and can live in the wild for a long time with very little supplies.

But the discipline of Africans is seriously flawed, and their attitudes are not correct enough, and they always like to complete tasks in their own way.

The more serious problem is that white people are colonizers in Africa. For hundreds of years, countless hatreds have accumulated between white people and Africans. No one can guarantee whether white people will become Africans once Africans are armed. It is also because of this that Stoudemire questioned Rock's decision.

"It doesn't matter, even if he is a fool, I can train him into a qualified soldier." Rock is not worried, don't care about the so-called discipline, attitude, etc., it's just cannon fodder, no matter how advanced the cannon fodder is, he is also cannon fodder.

(End of this chapter)