Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 858 Pure Land

Nyasaland's companies are already very satisfied with the one-time purchase of tens of millions of pounds similar to the British military purchases, but Nyasaland's companies still underestimated the scale of the world war, and France sent more money to Nyasaland. Multiple orders, this time also at the level of tens of millions of pounds, but the unit is no longer "pieces" or "parts", but tons.

France's first order is [-] tons of food and [-] tons of nutritious military feed.

The southern Africans, including Stoudemire, were stunned by this huge order, but this is not all. The French promised that if the products provided by southern Africa meet the requirements of France, such orders will come every month , and will only increase in size.

Rock is not surprised. Southern Africa, like the United Kingdom, only maintains a small-scale army. It does not have enough understanding of large army countries such as France, Germany, and Russia. There are two standing troops in southern Africa, which add up to 4 people. There are not many supplies, and after installing a large number of mechanical equipment, the types of materials needed are different from those in Europe that still use a large number of military horses. In Europe, an army organized into two divisions usually has about 3 people , Such an army needs 550 tons of food and 850 tons of fodder every day.

After the national mobilization, France has 180 million troops, divided into 97 infantry divisions and ten cavalry divisions. These troops need a lot of supplies every day.

Russia, known as the "European Steamroller", has 350 million troops, which are divided into 114 infantry divisions and 36 cavalry divisions.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire had 130 million troops, 47 infantry divisions, and 11 cavalry divisions.

Even the Kingdom of Serbia, which had only 25.5 troops before the war, urgently recruited 12 people a week after the war broke out, and organized them into [-] infantry divisions plus one brigade.

[-] tons of food is just what a group army needs for ten days.

That's not fodder.

Therefore, large-scale wars are really not something that southern Africa can afford.

"The problem now is that the French have no money to pay, so they need to borrow from the Rand Bank, and France wants to trade in francs, not pounds or rand." Eat enough, plus France, this is the rhythm of eating.

Unlike governors in suits and leather shoes in other states, Anton was more used to wearing casual clothes before. After the war broke out, Anton changed into a hunting jacket and overalls with a more military color. He still retains his southern African military status , the military rank is lieutenant general, if necessary, the governor Anton can also take up arms at any time.

That also means that all the people of Nyasaland have become soldiers, and Roque has tried his best not to let this happen. If it reaches this point, it means that the army has been exhausted, the border police and the national army have also been exhausted, and the factory All workers, including women workers, must be organized.

"It's a good idea, you can get a loan, let the French go to the Rand Bank to discuss it, you don't need pounds or rands, but it is absolutely impossible to use francs, you can use gold, the equivalent gold settlement, and you have to add interest .” Roque knew that the Entente would win the final victory, so he was not worried that France would not pay back the money, nor did he worry about not being able to pay it back.

If it doesn't work, just use Madagascar to pay off the debt. Rock is willing to make Madagascar a part of southern Africa, even though France has not completely conquered Madagascar until now.

Even if the Allies win the final victory, inflation and currency depreciation are inevitable, the current franc is still pegged to gold, which looks good, but as time goes by, France will cancel the exchange between the franc and gold during the world war , so it is definitely not possible to use francs for settlement.

Rock understands the nature of these imperialist countries very well. Don't overestimate the degree of civilization of a "civilized society".

"The Russian Empire also wants to buy weapons, but they need Mosin Nagant. We may have to adjust the production line." Only now Anton truly understands what is the trouble of happiness. Worry when there is no order, and worry even more when the order cannot be fulfilled , Seeing orders flying over like snowflakes, they are all white money——

No, yellow orange gold.

"Yes, but be careful of the Russian Empire. You can only trade with the Russian Empire in cash, and you must remind Ada that you must never give the Russian Empire a loan, not a cent." Rock is firm, and now giving the Russian Empire a loan is tantamount to Joined KMT in 49.

"Why?" Anton couldn't figure it out. According to Rock's thinking, the Allied Powers could win the world war, so the Russian Empire's ability to repay should also be fine.

"There is no reason, no, no, no—" Rock refused a little bluntly, and then thought about throwing the pot to Brad: "The Russian Empire is very unstable, and there may be regime change. When the time comes, the Russian Empire says I may not renege on it."

Although Rock didn't explain what would happen to the Russian Empire, he had already made it clear enough, which was obviously beyond Anton's understanding.

"Repudiation? No way—" Anton still doesn't know enough about imperialism.

"Of course!" Rock was categorical. The Russian Empire did not renege on its debts once or twice. It even dared to renege on money from Britain and France, not to mention southern Africa.

Compared with Anton, Ada obviously has a better understanding of European countries. During the Russo-Japanese War, Russia’s loan from the Rand Bank has not yet been repaid, although the interest repaid by Russia has far exceeded the original loan amount of Russia.

"French loan of 5000 million rand, secured by income from Madagascar, the money can only be used to purchase materials in southern Africa, 80.00% of which will be in Nyasaland." Ada perfectly realized Rock's idea, and the conditions proposed were very harsh , but the French have no choice. Compared with the United Kingdom, France's financial situation is more difficult. Before the outbreak of the World War, it already needed the support of the United Kingdom to persist in the arms race.

"Great job!" Rock was very satisfied, and it would be even more satisfying if the southern African army didn't need to go to Europe.

The British War Department has been in frequent contact with the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa during the recent period. It not only requires the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa to be prepared to attack Southwest Africa, but also requires Southern Africa to exercise restraint in the direction of Tanganyika. At the same time, it also hopes that the troops in Southern Africa will immediately Embark on a ship for Europe.

On August [-]rd, France responded to Germany's ultimatum with war mobilization yesterday. Germany declared war on France today. When Roque and Ada met, Britain had not yet declared war on Germany, but had already ordered war mobilization.

This general mobilization of war is not only the British mainland, but also the huge colonies and overseas dominions. This means that starting today, the British mainland, Canada, Australia, southern Africa, New Zealand, India and other places have all entered a state of war at the same time. Continued until the end of the World War.

Compared with other colonies that have just begun to mobilize, Southern Africa is the most well-prepared. Rock has prepared an African division composed of six African soldiers for the mainland, which has been trained and is ready to go to Europe at any time.

After the general mobilization of the war, the Ministry of National Defense once again recruited 18 African soldiers to form ten divisions, and they were going to send them to Europe to participate in the war. This is only the first batch, and there will be a second, third, and Nth batch. Rock was so positive about sending African soldiers to fight in Europe.

From the perspective of the Ministry of War, this is probably the greatest loyalty of Rock, Viscount Nyasaland, to Britain.

Although the preparatory work in southern Africa is well done, it is not the largest compared to other colonies.

Regardless of how the various overseas territories fought for power and interests in the past, now is the time for all to unite and put aside disputes for the time being to win the war. India's mobilization plan includes 200 million troops and hundreds of millions of financial donations. In order to mobilize India's enthusiasm , Britain promised that after the end of the world war, it would give India the same self-government status as Canada, Australia, and southern Africa.

This must be a bluff, but the Indians firmly believe in it and launched a huge donation for the World War. Many farmers even donated their rations to the United Kingdom.

Like India, which has lost everything, Australia has also entered a state of war. The Australian mobilization plan with a total population of 550 million includes 45 regular troops, ranging in age from 18 to 46. These are all troops to be sent to Europe to participate in the war. In case of defeat If there is no war, Australia will be over.

Compared with India and Australia, southern Africa still has great potential for war. There are now more than 500 million Africans in southern Africa. They abound, and most African families in Home Office data have no more than three children.

In Africa, more people do not mean more power, but more taxes to be paid. After the war is mobilized, southern Africa will also levy a war tax. Each rand is not a problem for Chinese whites. , For African families, let alone one rand per person, many African families can't even make up one rand.

So even Brad's office can't figure out how many Africans there are in southern Africa. The Ministry of the Interior estimates it to be 500 million, while Brad's office estimates it to be more than 900 million. The gap between these two figures is too big. I don't know which one to believe.

According to the 1912 census, the combined number of Chinese and whites in southern Africa had just reached 800 million, of which 560 million were Chinese and 240 million were white.

Now southern Africa continues to immigrate, not only the population of Chinese is increasing rapidly, but the population of whites is also soaring.

After all, for Europe, which has fallen into the abyss of war, southern Africa, which has not been affected by the war, is really a pure land.

(End of this chapter)