Expedition to Europe

From 1830 to 1917, the French had ruled Algeria for more than 80 years.

During these 80 years, the French ruling policy towards Algeria has been changing, including colonial high-pressure policy, assimilation policy, and appeasement policy.

The reason why the changes are so frequent is also related to the political turmoil in France itself.

In the past 80 years, France has experienced the July Monarchy, the Second Republic, the Second Empire, and the current Third Republic.

Look, the French are really free-spirited. On average, they have a major uprising every 20 years to overthrow the existing government.

With such frequent political turmoil, it is naturally impossible to maintain a consistent colonial policy.

Therefore, even though France formally occupied Algeria for more than 80 years, it has never really occupied this land.

The "naturalization" policy promoted by the French still has a certain effect. After decades of unremitting efforts, some Algerians do recognize France's rule over Algeria. These people are called "Haggis" by the natives. They cooperate with the Governor's Office, not only actively participate in colonial management, but also join the Foreign Legion and shed blood for France.

This is also the reason why Qin Zhiyuan couldn't do anything to the women and children outside the headquarters a few days ago.

Those people are actually the relatives of the "Haggis". If Qin Zhiyuan uses violent means to forcibly disperse them, it may trigger an Algerian version of "mutiny", and even Qin Zhiyuan cannot bear this consequence.

Corresponding to the "Haggis" are some Algerian nationalists who have now established their own parties and put forward their own political demands.

These people emphasize religion, language, and national pride to their people, and believe that those "Haggis" who cooperate with the French should apologize, and declare: We don't want assimilation, assimilation is impossible, because it makes us lose our individuality.

But at the same time, these nationalists are not asking for complete independence, because their strength is not enough to defend their independence. They ask Algeria to become a democratic country under the protection of France.

See, this is the fact, a standard "farmer and snake" story.

The Algerians themselves have problems, and the French also have an unshirkable responsibility.

The biggest problem of the French is that they have not turned the Algerians into French, and the Algerians' fetishism has played a key role in this process, which is why Qin Zhiyuan advocates "religious freedom".

Qin Zhiyuan does not want to comment on the problems of the French government itself. He, the commander-in-chief of the Foreign Legion, does not know how long he can work, and it is not worth it to start a war for this matter.

Qin Zhiyuan wants to use Sidi Bel Abbas as an experiment.

You must know that the Republic of China is also a multi-ethnic country. Qin Zhiyuan wants to use Sidi Bel Abbas to test his own governance level, so as to make some preparations for returning to the Republic of China in the future.

With Qin Zhiyuan's current strength, after returning to the Republic of China, it is not a problem to be a provincial governor. Even if he works hard, he may have the opportunity to compete for the presidential palace. It is necessary to familiarize himself with government affairs in advance.

So when the first batch of black mercenaries from Senegal arrived in Sidi Bel Abbas, the Foreign Legion resumed the patrol system and started trading with the locals again, and Sidi Bel Abbas gradually returned to normal.

It just seems normal.

The recruitment points in West Africa and Central Africa have been working overtime. In order to attract Africans to join the Foreign Legion, Qin Zhiyuan proposed a suggestion to Congress: as long as you serve France for five years, you can exchange for French nationality.

This suggestion was quickly passed and then promoted throughout Africa.

The French are now eager to send all women to the battlefield. They are not qualified to pick and choose now. As long as someone is willing to join the army and shed blood for France, the French do not care about their beliefs and skin color.

The temptation of joining French nationality is actually not too great for Africans.

France now does not have so many social welfare.

It seems that the lives of ordinary French people are not much better than those of Senegalese and Algerians.

This is also the fundamental reason why the French have not been successful in "assimilation" of Algerians. If it were in the 21st century with good social welfare, Algerians would have been eager to be assimilated, and Senegalese would not have left France.

It all comes down to interests.

Even without the temptation of French nationality, the treatment of the Foreign Legion is very good. An ordinary soldier of the Foreign Legion has a daily salary of about 10 francs, which can actually support a family's life, and it is still very tempting for Africans.

So by the end of September, the Foreign Legion had 6 regiments of soldiers again, including four Senegalese infantry regiments and two Moroccan infantry regiments.

These soldiers began to receive training almost as soon as they arrived in Sidi Bel Abbas. The instructors were the officers brought by Qin Zhiyuan. The original instructors of the Foreign Legion headquarters were temporarily suspended. They had to receive training before they could serve as instructors again.

In other words, the original instructors of the Foreign Legion headquarters are now students of Chinese instructors.

There was a reason why Qin Zhiyuan did not allow his former instructors to continue training. As an agent from the PLA, Qin Zhiyuan had too many reasons to look down on the French army.

In fact, whether it is for the soldiers of the Foreign Legion or the French soldiers, being a soldier is just a job, and there is not much special meaning in it. Except for being more dangerous, the rest of the work is similar to that of fishermen who go out to sea every day.

It would be strange if the troops trained with such an army-building idea could have combat effectiveness.

The training of the Foreign Legion is also very strange. When Qin Zhiyuan and his team read the previous training plan, they were shocked to find that the daily training volume of the Foreign Legion was about the training volume of the Chinese troops in half a morning every day, and even about the same as the training volume of the Boy Scouts on Corsica, which is far from meeting the requirements of training a strong army.

It was also after Qin Zhiyuan arrived at Sidi Bel Abbas that he discovered that there was a service club in the headquarters of the Foreign Legion.

This service club is actually a brothel within the French army.

Military prostitutes!

So powerful! Although it is already the 20th century, military prostitutes still appear in the barracks so openly, which is really jaw-dropping.

After asking Marco, Qin Zhiyuan finally understood the reason for setting up the service club.

The reason is very simple, it is to let these soldiers vent their excess energy.

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Venting in the service club is better than venting to civilians outside the barracks.

This is Marco's explanation.

But in Qin Zhiyuan's view, Marco's explanation is pure nonsense. How can soldiers have excess energy? If they follow the training methods of the Chinese troops, these soldiers of the Foreign Legion will be exhausted every day. By the time they go to bed, they are often exhausted and have no extra energy to vent in the service club.

Since he knew it was inappropriate, Qin Zhiyuan immediately abolished the service club.

Although this is contrary to the tradition of the French army, Qin Zhiyuan is still unwilling to keep the service club. There is nothing to say about this. It is a matter of principle.

Although Qin Zhiyuan does not mind that these soldiers of the Foreign Legion have become playboys, after all, there are still many Chinese instructors living here during this period. Qin Zhiyuan does not want these Chinese instructors to be led astray.

Qin Zhiyuan's troops are not simple and frugal now, but they are still reliable in terms of keeping themselves clean. At least the Chinese troops are not a stallion army, and they will not be unable to control their belts and show mercy everywhere.

After the Senegalese came to Sidi Bel Abbas, all tasks of dealing with the locals were handed over to the Senegalese, and a police station mainly composed of Berbers was also being established.

Using ethnic minorities to manage the majority is one of Qin Zhiyuan's ideas.

In this way, the conflict between the indigenous people and the mother country may evolve into a conflict between the minority and the majority within the indigenous people. The colonial authorities will retreat from the front line and deal with the conflicts between residents in a detached manner.

The image of a mediator is obviously more conducive to the management of the colonial authorities.

This is actually a consistent method of the British.

The British are best at provoking relations between the various ethnic groups in the colonies, dividing the colonial residents, supporting a faction or several factions with a smaller number of people, and attacking a faction with a larger population. The British play the role of a mediator in this process. In this way, whether it is the minority or the majority, if they want to gain the upper hand in the struggle, they must rely on cooperation with the colonial authorities to gain the upper hand.

This is the British's forte.

In fact, it is not only in the colonies, but also in the European continent. If the Germans seem to be stronger in the European continent, the British will win over the French to suppress the Germans, and vice versa.

The British cannot allow a united Europe to be born, which will endanger the interests of Britain, which is isolated outside the continent.

The global colonial leader still has two hands in colonization.

Qin Zhiyuan now has to learn all kinds of experience, whether it is positive or dark and shameless, as long as it is effective, he can use it for me.

There is actually not so much morality between countries. This is a world where success or failure determines heroes.

Supporting the minority and attacking the majority will inevitably cause a strong backlash from the majority, especially under the premise that the majority has already had a preliminary organization.

So in early October, Azshara found Qin Zhiyuan again and asked Qin Zhiyuan to change the human structure of the police station and stop using Senegalese to patrol.

The fetishism of the indigenous people of Algeria is old-fashioned, dull and relatively closed, but the black people from Senegal are naturally lively and it would be a rare thing if these two ethnic groups did not cause trouble when mixed together.