Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 726 Southern African Operation

Hopkins spent nearly R25 in total on the whim of Brett Hopkins, including compensation to victims and the cost of restoring Cecil Rhodes Square .

Because the previous statue has been completely damaged, the new statue is also made by an Italian sculptor. According to Roque’s request, the new statue needs to be installed with a base, guardrails around it, and protective piles around the square to prevent further damage. Cars drive into Cecil Rhodes Plaza.

On the second day after the accident, the scene was cleaned up and the square returned to normal. Compared with before, there seemed to be no difference except that there was one less statue. Some citizens spontaneously sent flowers to the statue at the location of the previous statue. Regardless of how notorious Cecil Rhodes was in another time and space, in this time and space of Nyasaland, Cecil Rhodes' image is still very positive.

It is no exaggeration to say that although Nyasaland became what it is now under Roque's management, without Cecil Rhodes, there would be no Nyasaland now.

"Nyasaland is good in everything, but it is too close to the border!" Owen said, this is indeed the biggest hidden danger of Nyasaland.

The entire Lake Niassa is divided among the three families of Niasaland, the Kingdom of Mozambique, and Tanganyika.

On the side of Nyasaland, with Little Rock as the center, there are more and more towns and towns on the shore of Lake Nyasaland, and the degree of development is getting higher and higher. Along the lake are high-quality farms that have just been developed for a few years. The soil here The conditions are so good that the crops do not even need to be fertilized or watered, and they have a bumper harvest every year.

Compared with Nyasaland, the Kingdom of Mozambique and Tanganyika are relatively primitive, and basically there is no trace of human development. A few years ago, there were people rowing boats to catch fish in the lake area controlled by Tanganyika What, in the past few years, as the equipment of the Nyasaland water police has become better and better, Lake Nyasaland has almost become the inner lake of Nyasaland, and the Germans in the Tanganyika-controlled area followed the The rebels also moved away one after another and were forced to give up their interests in Lake Nyasa.

"It doesn't matter, the military is confident in protecting the interests of Nyasaland." Rock is not worried. If it weren't for this reason, the Ministry of Defense would have no reason to maintain so many troops. Now that the entire federal government is tied up by the interests of the Ministry of Defense, who would dare Cut the defense budget of the Ministry of Defense, and you will be responsible for the future of southern Africa.

"What do you think about disarmament?" Owen needs to communicate with Roque in time so that they can cooperate better.

Many times Rock's actions are really incomprehensible. When Southern Africa was first established, everyone felt that more energy should be put on developing the economy, but Rock insisted on forming an army composed of professional soldiers to replace the previous Colonial servants, which is also the reason why southern Africa's military expenditures remain high until now.

Now that the whole world is engaged in an arms race, Roque wants to reduce the number of troops and recruit Africans into the army, which has caused great controversy.

According to the practice in southern Africa, soldiers will enjoy many benefits after enlisting in the army. For example, it takes at least five years for ordinary immigrants to obtain the right to vote in southern Africa, but it only takes three years to serve in the army.

Because of this regulation, many new immigrants in southern Africa rush to join the army, seeing it as a shortcut to integrate into southern Africa as soon as possible.

Roque has indeed fulfilled his promise. Whether it is a Chinese or a Gurkha, as long as he serves in the Southern African Army for three years, he can become an official citizen of Southern Africa and get all the rights including the right to vote.

But before that, the Ministry of National Defense in southern Africa excluded Africans. The Ministry of Defense did not recruit Africans at all, and naturally there was no issue of African rights. Now that the Ministry of Defense wants to recruit Africans into the army, should we give Africans The corresponding rights of people have become a widely discussed issue in society.

"How else can you think about it? The cost of maintaining two divisions of 3 people is enough to maintain ten divisions if you form a force composed of Africans." Rock is simple and clear. The military expenditure of the Ministry of Defense has reached the limit for the current southern Africa. If you want to increase your military strength without increasing costs, you can only downsize.

As for whether the troops composed of Africans are powerful or not, Rock doesn't care about this issue, they are all cannon fodder anyway, no matter how powerful the cannon fodder is, he is also cannon fodder.

"But you only formed two—" Owen still didn't understand.

"Indeed there are two, but the Ministry of National Defense has now added the navy and the air force. The cost of these two items is higher. The cost of a cruiser is 10,000+, and the cost of an aircraft is several thousand—" Rock also said nothing. The method, in order to gain a better sense of presence after the outbreak of the world war, Rock is now also working hard.

There is one question that needs to be clarified in advance. The Nyasaland Military Industry Group sells weapons to the Southern African Ministry of Defense. A state-of-the-art aircraft, not a castrated version of the one sold to the Italians and Ottomans.

The "Strong Wind" combat force currently produced by Nyasaland has applied the latest technology engine, and its performance has been further improved.

However, the planes sold to the Italians and the Ottomans were still the previous version of the engine. Rock even removed the engines from the old planes and installed them on new planes and sold them to the Italians and the Ottomans. Anyway, for Italy and the Ottoman Empire, Airplanes are also consumables, and they won't be used for decades.

Regarding the cruiser, the Edward has been built and successfully delivered for sea trials. This sea trial is just a formality. With the technical support of the British Royal Dockyard, there should be no problem with the performance of the Edward. The British War Department is even considering buying it from the Port Edward Shipyard. Order a cruiser.

After the completion of the Edward, the Ministry of National Defense of Southern Africa decided to continue to order. This time, three ships were directly started at the same time, and it is expected that they will not be completed and delivered until next year.

"After all, the Nyasaland Military Industry Group is our own company. It would be cheaper to sell products to the Ministry of Defense—" Owen obviously had opinions on this issue.

Everyone has an opinion. The Nyasaland Military Industrial Group is completely owned by Roque. No matter how much money he makes, the federal government and the Nyasaland State Government can only collect fixed taxes, and Roque takes more profits alone. Go, this reality really makes many people feel unwilling.

But there is nothing to do if you are unwilling. When Roque first established the arsenal, the Southern African Federal Government had not yet been established. Now the Southern African Ministry of Defense has clearly stipulated that any newly established military-related enterprises in Southern Africa must go through the Ministry of National Defense. Therefore, the Nyasaland military-industrial group has no competitors in southern Africa at all, and the Ministry of Defense has no choice.

"Why doesn't Price sell the chairs to the Congress at a discount? The Ministry of Defense buys chairs for only a dozen rands, and the Congress buys chairs for fifty rands. Are MPs' butts more precious?" Rock snorted, and only allowed state officials People are not allowed to light lamps by setting fires.

Price is Owen's eldest uncle and Karina's older brother.

The Matilda family is flourishing in southern Africa, and of course more and more relatives are coming to join them. As long as they can make some connections, no matter how reluctant they are, they all want to report to the Matilda family in southern Africa. thick legs.

If Owen can turn a blind eye to the seven aunts and eight aunts who cannot be reached, relatives like Price still need to pay attention to it, so Congress only needs fifty or so to buy a chair.

"What if I don't sell more than fifty? I don't have the ability to be an official, I don't have the brains to do business, and I can lose money in managing gold mines, so I can only pay for it. I didn't let me buy the chairs. I am also the largest in Congress. The leader of the party doesn’t care where to buy the chairs of the Congress.” Owen immediately turned black, because every family has a few strange relatives who can’t eat what they can’t do and what they can’t do. If they are distant relatives, it’s better. Ignore it directly, you can't ignore the uncle, or the grape trellis at home will fall.

Of course, Owen is not so ugly. Even Owen doesn't know how Price got the order from Congress. If the Department of Justice didn't get involved in this matter when investigating a case, Roque wouldn't know either.

That's the end of this matter, and there is no need for Roque to come forward. The independent prosecutor investigating the case directly suppressed this matter. Of course, it still has to be reported to Roque, so Roque laughed at Owen for this matter.

While Rock and Owen were chatting, Phyllis and Karina were watching a few children playing on the lawn with a smile on their faces.

It’s because Phyllis’s tutoring is too strict. Gavin and Alvin have had a lot of learning tasks since they were young. Although Rock did not deliberately protect Gavin and Alvin, a family like Rock is destined to be friends of Gavin and Alvin. Rarely, Owen's eldest daughter, Eva, is already in school, and his youngest son, Carlos, is just a toddler, at the age of rolling around.

"You asked Price to manage the gold mine?" Rock was also surprised, not knowing when Owen got the gold mine.

"Hehe, even if I have a gold mine, do you think I'll let Price manage it?" Owen also looked disdainful towards his uncle, without explaining too much.

Rock later learned that Price took the initiative to find Stoudemire at the Johannesburg Mining Union, hoping to find a job in the Johannesburg Mining Union.

Because of the relationship between Price and Owen, Stoudemire would definitely not refuse, so Price became an executive of a gold mine under Stoudemire's name.

It didn't sound very good to say it, and Stoudemire didn't take the initiative to mention it to Owen. As a result, Price really had serious problems at work. "Losing money" is just a good way to say it. If it wasn't for Owen's face, Price is expected to go to court.

Even so, Stoudemire did not fire Price, but simply transferred Price to the Mining Alliance to support him with a high salary. As a result, because of the chair of Congress, Owen finally knew about Price's series of scandalous operations.

Now Price has been sent back to the British mainland by Owen, a standard southern African operation.

(End of this chapter)