Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 935

The power of capital is terrifying. The last one who ignored the interests of capital and was finally guillotined by the emerging bourgeoisie was Charles I. Until now, the British Army cannot be dubbed the title of "Royal".

When Lloyd George was Chancellor of the Exchequer, he had many conflicts with the aristocrats. The native British aristocrats had to abide by the rules more or less, and they would not completely tear their faces.

Rock has no such concerns. Southern Africa is isolated overseas, and British influence on southern Africa is getting weaker and weaker. More and more British people accept their Afrikaner identity, and their feelings for the British mainland are becoming Gradually thinned out.

Even after losing his earl status, Rock is still the leading businessman in southern Africa, the founder of the southern African army, the "king" of Nyasaland, and the leader of the three northern states. Any of these identities , After coming to London, they are all eligible to be the guest of George V.

Lloyd George's bargaining chip is far inferior to that of Rock. If Rock and Lloyd George have a conflict, no matter who is more responsible, Lloyd George will be the one who will be sacrificed. No one wants to risk offending Rock. The risk of defending Lloyd George.

After the meeting, Lloyd George returned to his office in a state of desperation, and Edward House, the diplomatic adviser to US President Woodrow Wilson, was waiting for him.

Another was waiting for Lloyd George with Edward House, Thomas Dupont from the Dupont family of America.

As the minister of munitions, Lloyd George's office was full of people, and he had to meet countless people every day. Dennis Zangwill from Watford and Joe Ford, a senior manager of the Rand Bank, were also waiting for Lloyd George to be interviewed.

Both Dennis Zangwill and Joe Ford came from poor aristocratic families. The British Empire has been established for hundreds of years. I don’t know how many such aristocratic families exist.

In the UK, nobility is often associated with words such as decadence, obsolete, extravagance and lust.

In fact, this is not the case. It is undeniable that the aristocratic class does have many problems. Most scandals in society are related to the aristocratic class, but this is determined by objective conditions. With a good education level and stricter family traditions, most of the descendants of nobles are quite good. There are only a very small number of dudes, but it is the disqualification of these very few people that has caused the whole society to resent the noble class.

Southern African companies represented by the Nyasaland Military Industry Group are not disgusted.

On the contrary, in order to better develop their business, as in France, southern African companies make full use of the network of British aristocrats and try to hire members of noble families to work for southern African companies. reason.

If the product is good, you have to be able to yell.

"We wiped out another 30 Germans during the spring offensive. Has anyone counted how many Germans we have wiped out since the outbreak of the war? The Germans who are suitable for military service are almost dead—" Joe Ford put down the gun in his hand Newspapers, topics in the lounge cannot be separated from the frontline battles.

"Just look at this kind of report. Divide the German losses by 2, and then multiply our losses by 2, which is probably the situation on the front line." Dennis Zangwill sneered. News of victory in newspapers is often accompanied by Large recruitment advertisements, this matter cannot be deeply thought about, if the front line has been winning, then why do so many recruits need to be added.

No one can answer this question.

"Gentlemen, shouldn't we be confident in victory?" Edward House offered to speak, but Dennis Zangwill and Joe Ford glared at him.

The United States has not yet joined the war. Americans have sharpened their heads and focused on doing business to make money, so Americans have no say in the war.

Like the profit-minded Americans, Dennis Zangwill and Joe Ford came to Lloyd George to make money, but while making money, South African companies have sent tens of thousands of people to help the British Empire fight, and have already Great sacrifices were made, and the "Times" made it clear that more than 10% of the casualties of the British Expeditionary Force came from the Southern African Expeditionary Force. Southern Africa is only one of the many British overseas territories, and the ANZAC, which has poor combat effectiveness, responded Compared with Canada, which is dull, and India, which does not work hard, southern Africa can be called a model worker of the British Empire.

Now the United States has not yet got rid of the images of "upstarts" and "barbarians" in the minds of Europeans. Don't look at Edward House and Thomas DuPont in suits and ties. One represents the president of the United States and the other represents the DuPont family. But for the old British As far as the nobles are concerned, the Americans are still a bit uninterested. People with a little bit of status are unwilling to deal with Americans.

"The Lord wiped out 20 Ottomans in the Garibaldi Peninsula. This should not be an exaggeration." Joe Ford ignored Edward House and continued to discuss with Dennis Zangwill.

"I guess it has to be divided by 2. The lord is also the lord of the British Empire." Dennis Zangwill chuckled, this is not a mockery, but a British cold humor.

In the propaganda of the British media, in the first stage of the Battle of the Dardanelles, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force commanded by Rock annihilated 20 Ottoman troops, with less than [-] casualties.

Compared with the heavy losses on the Eastern Front and the Western Front, this result is simply dazzling. The Russian Empire has lost 400 million people since the start of the war on the Eastern Front. It has lost 50 in the past May, and the combined British and French forces on the Western Front have lost 200 million. people, Germany also lost 200 million, even if these figures are true, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force is outstanding.

The actual situation is also the same. The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force did only annihilate 5 Ottoman troops in the first phase of the battle, but its own losses were indeed about 20, and they did not deliberately conceal the report. 5:20 is already too much. If it is 2:20, or 3:[-], it is really unreasonable.

It can't be that the two top European soldiers, Joffre and Frenzi, combined are not as good as Roque, a colonial soldier.

"The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force has indeed achieved brilliant results, but it is not enough just to control the Dardanelles. Only by occupying the Bosporus Strait can we truly have access to the Black Sea." Edward Howes didn't care, he was not thick-skinned At one point, you can still be called a politician.

"Opening the mouth of the Black Sea is not good news for the United States—" Dennis Zangwill still chuckled, this time it was a standard group ridicule.

The British and French allied forces hope to open up the Black Sea to the sea for the farm products of the Russian Empire. Southern Africa can provide industrial products and meat products, but agricultural products can’t do anything. The grains that Britain and France need are mainly imported from the Russian Empire. The Ottoman Empire closed the Dardanelles After the strait, the Allies turned to import grain from the United States, so opening up the Dardanelles is not good for the United States.

Once the Black Sea estuary is opened, most of the orders that the United States has finally obtained will still be returned to the Russian Empire. Perhaps in order to deal with possible difficulties in the future, Britain and France will keep the United States in the supplier list, but as long as the Russian Empire still has If materials are exported, the United States will no longer have the current massive orders.

"It doesn't matter. Just people are happy to see justice win in the end." Edward House was vague. This "justice" can refer to the Allied Powers or the Allied Powers. Whichever side wins the war is the one that is just. Rather than which side is just, which side will win.

"My lord, the Minister is waiting for you in his office." Lloyd George's secretary came over, and the first person he saw was Dennis Zangwill.

"Thank you, Anne." With a mature and charming smile on his face, Dennis Zangwill followed the secretary into Lloyd George's office.

As Minister of Quartermasters, Lloyd George had a large and luxurious office, which was no different from those of the noble officials he despised.

When Dennis Zangwill walked into the office, Lloyd George was resting his elbows on the large dark red desk, pressing his eyes with both hands, looking very tired.

Dennis Zangwill sat down at his desk, took out several documents from his briefcase and put them in front of Lloyd George. This was the supply list for the previous quarter. Responsible, now under the responsibility of the Ministry of Military Supplies.

Lloyd George didn't check it, he just turned to the last page and initialed his name.

"Thank you David, I look forward to our closer cooperation in the future." Dennis Zangwill didn't bother, picked up the file and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute, Dennis—" Lloyd George called to Dennis Zangwill.

"Is there anything else?" Dennis Zangwill asked calmly.

"I heard you have a good relationship with Judge Bartholomew." Lloyd George didn't know Sir Bartholomew, the newly appointed Lord Chancellor, but Dennis Zangwill certainly did.

"Yes, our two families are neighbors. When I was young, Bartholomew and I lived in Watford. My father was his godfather, and his father was my godfather—" Dennis Zangwill smiled, The aristocrats are intricately intertwined and their relationships are intricate, and it is difficult for officials of civilian origin to enter the aristocratic circle.

Unless after a few generations.

Of course, Roque is an exception. Although it is not uncommon in the British earl, but a powerful and economically strong feudal official like Roque is a top aristocrat even in the UK.

"If I have time, I'd like to treat Sir Bartholomew to a meal—" Lloyd George had a pleasant face. Who said that white people wouldn't use the back door to make connections?

The main thing is whether you need it or not. When necessary, you still have to worship the temple you should worship.

(End of this chapter)