Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 853 The Beginning of Francistan

When he was in Pretoria, Douglas Haig said that Berlin would be captured in three months, and a military parade would be held at the City Palace. This kind of thing meant that even Douglas Haig himself did not believe it.

As the Minister of Defense of Southern Africa, Roque will not be as irresponsible as Douglas Haig. When Douglas Haig was the Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force, he suffered such heavy losses that Prime Minister Lloyd George wanted to resign. If such a person were in Southern Africa, Rock wouldn't even give him a chance for a minute.

"Southern Africa has no right to launch foreign wars at all. When did it have a conflict with Tanganyika?" Haig's words were a bit heartbreaking. This is the Achilles' heel of Southern Africa, but he said brazenly in front of Rock Come out, it really shouldn't be.

"You've been in India for too long, go back to London and look up the information." There were no outsiders present, and Roque was unscrupulous. When the Honor Hold troops rebelled, the ambush by the southern African army in Tanganyika had already been regarded as a classic. The battle examples are included in the textbooks of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Seeing Rock and Haig confronting each other, the other members of the procurement team looked at each other at a loss, Button Angie on Rock's side looked fierce and remained silent, while Stoudemire and Sidney Milner were speechless.

Stoudemire came to win the order, and Sidney Milner came to supervise. Although the federal government has not withdrawn its foreign trade autonomy, it still has to collect the taxes that should be collected.

"This shape may have some problems when it is used. Will it roll around when thrown out?" Edward Kitchener still has a good understanding of the military. It is different to have an uncle who is the Minister of War.

"The reason why our grenade is not equipped with a wooden handle like the M24 equipped by the Germans is that it can be used as a grenade. There is a reserved socket at the end of our grenade. Just screw on this special wooden strip and insert it into the gun. It can be launched by using empty shells on the mouth, and the launch distance can reach about 150 meters - and our grenade is not egg-shaped, but barrel-shaped, so that when necessary, we only need to install a fragmentation sleeve outside the offensive grenade, and attack A small grenade can be turned into a defensive grenade, which is very convenient to use—" Rock is still willing to answer such questions, after all, picky customers are the real buyers.

British troops were not equipped with so many grenade launchers in southern Africa. The British War Department did not have a deep understanding of the role of grenade launchers, but the frontline troops had a strong demand for grenade, so the grenade came into being.

The entire procurement group, except for Douglas Haig, who had a black face, was conquered by these whimsical ideas of the southern African military personnel. A small grenade can play so many tricks. No wonder the southern African army There are no disadvantages on the battlefield.

Compared with all kinds of whimsical ideas, thanks to the various rare metals rich in southern Africa, the quality of weapons produced in southern Africa is also excellent. The same is the engineering shovel. Stones will curl their blades, and the engineering shovel produced in southern Africa can be used to chop wire directly. More than [-] hairs.

The barrel life of [-] rounds does not mean that it will be scrapped after firing [-] rounds of ammunition. In fact, it can still be used if you persist, but the accuracy will be greatly reduced.

The rifles eliminated in Southern Africa are now sold to the Congo Free State and the Republic of Congo, as are the rifles of the Nej Sultanate. The stricter you are, the more you doubt yourself.

In addition to grenades, Nyasaland Arsenal also provides smoke bombs, which are very useful in combat, but they are not taken seriously now. There are two types of smoke bombs provided by Nyasaland Arsenal, one for individual soldiers Carry, one for mortars.

Rock had great hopes for the smoke bomb report, but it was a pity that Haig remained unmoved. Haig believed that while the smoke bomb provided cover for the attacking troops, it would also affect the fire support troops and at the same time affect the operations of the troops.

Rock now finally knows why the British and French allied forces suffered heavy losses in the Somme. The "thin red line" tactic is certainly problematic, but the commander's stubbornness is the root cause.

It was still a popular banquet in the evening. After the banquet, Rock also arranged an opera, this time accompanied by Anton, and Rock didn't show up anymore.

Rock wants to study with Stoudemire how to deal with Haig.

"As long as this guy is the head of the purchasing team, we don't want to sell too many things. This guy is still a miser. He is only willing to pay 50 pounds for the best war horse. At this price, we can't even buy a draft horse. "Stoudemire was also very dissatisfied with Haig, who was too obsessed with the cavalry.

"Perhaps it is for this reason that London appointed him as the head of the procurement team." Rock will not lower the price even if he can't sell it. Now the situation in the UK can persist. After the outbreak of the world war, the UK's demand for various materials will explode.

"You're really not worried—" Stoudemire was dissatisfied with Rock's attitude. As long as weapons and ammunition are well maintained, they can be stored for decades without any problem. Food is not good, and the longest shelf life is no more than two years.

Although Rock knew that a world war would break out at any time, Stoudemire didn't.

"The members of the procurement team are very complicated. Douglas can't cover the sky with one hand. We have to make good use of Edward Kitchener and others, so as to achieve our goal." Rock is not hanged on a tree, Edward Kitchener is a very A good object can give his uncle more influence.

"Give him a check he can't refuse!" Stoudemire spent a lot of money, public relations expenses are indispensable.

"It's better to choose some more thoughtful gifts, such as a mansion in London, or lend him a top-end Lord's car--" Rock knows this well. Edward Kitchener is a young man, and money is important to Edward Kitchener. As far as Qin Na is concerned, the attractiveness is probably not as good as the Lord car.

"Great idea, I'll arrange someone to do it right away." Stoudemire is a standard action guy. A Lord car with top configuration is only more than 1 points. A wrong decimal point on the purchase list will generate millions of profits. .

Port Edward was very busy that night, and brokers and merchants were everywhere. Except for Douglas Haig, everyone in the purchasing group had a great harvest.

From the second day onwards, the members of the purchasing group who had no sense of existence before became much more active.

Individual soldier rations are very popular. Each individual soldier ration in guaranteed packaging is priced at 0.5 pounds. This price made the purchasing group hesitate before. Now, except for Douglas Haig, everyone else agrees that it is high quality and low price. The South African company Originally only 1000 million were prepared, but the purchasing group directly placed an order for 5000 million. Anyway, the shelf life of this thing is two years.

Although there are only 100 million orders for medical kits, the demand for medicines is very large. The purchasing group is like a country bumpkin who rarely enters the city. They want almost everything they see. Alcohol and tobacco are also included in the scope of medicines. The degree of alcohol Relaxed to fifty degrees, exactly the degree of potato vodka.

The English do love to drink--

No, the British really like to use alcohol to disinfect the stomach.

At the insistence of Edward Kitchener and others, Douglas Haig also had to make concessions and greatly increase the purchase of general-purpose machine guns and bullets.

The price of the Vickers machine gun produced in the UK is 175 pounds, and the price of the general-purpose machine gun produced in southern Africa is 225 pounds. The bullets are all [-] pounds per thousand rounds. The War Department orders one billion rounds at a time.

Sounds like a lot doesn't it?

In fact, it is not too much. The intensity of the world war is beyond imagination. A Vickers machine gun can consume [-] rounds of bullets a day. The Ministry of War has purchased [-] general-purpose machine guns. Can light up.

So the war is really unbearable, and the bullets are still cheap. The price of a 1.5mm mortar shell is [-] pounds. salary.

In just five days, the purchasing group placed an order worth [-] million pounds in Port Edward, and successfully completed the task arranged by the Ministry of War. Except for Douglas Haig, everyone was happy.

According to the agreement, these orders will be delivered successively within the next year, and there will definitely be new orders next year.

After the contract was signed, Rock and Stoudemire certainly laughed heartily, and Sidney Milner was equally happy from ear to ear.

For this batch of orders, the federal government can get at least 1000 million pounds in taxes, which is a timely rain for the federal government whose finances have been on the verge of collapse.

"Locke, there will be a French procurement team coming in a few days, you have to be prepared." Sidney Milner seems to be stationed in Nyasaland, and while he is the first secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, He also serves as a member of the Southern African War Coordination Commission.

This "War Coordination Committee" was specially established to serve the Allies.

"No problem. Southern Africa has the most complete product system in the world. As long as the French need it, we can provide it." Rock is confident that it doesn't matter if the bullet caliber is not universal. Adjusting the production line can meet the needs of the French army. The size of the French colony is comparable to that of the United Kingdom. In fact, the value of deserts in North Africa is far less than that in Southern Africa, otherwise it would not be France's turn to occupy North Africa.

France's North African colony mainly provides France with the human resources that France desperately needs. Rock knows to set up African troops in southern Africa, and France also recruits natives in North Africa to join the colonial servant army.

Unlike southern Africa, France’s promise to the North African natives is that after the end of the World War, the natives who participated in the war will be admitted to become true French citizens. This is probably the beginning of Francestan.

(End of this chapter)