It was necessary to resolve the prisoner of war issue in an honest and fair manner, to complete the tasks assigned by August Russell, and not to take the blame and leave a handle for the Boers after the war. This was the entirety of Rock's plan.
The key to the perfect implementation of the plan lies in the British soldiers stationed at Simonsburg. Rock found Major Bill Bradley, whom he met at the Oak Bar. Major Bill Bradley was very interested in Rock's plan. After all,
, this is an opportunity for "cowards" to prove themselves.
Best of both worlds.
Both Rock and Bill Bradley were pleased with the result.
"Yes, that's it. The Boer coalition prisoners of war in the refugee camp rioted. They attacked the police patrolling at night, took away their weapons, and killed two patrolmen. Fortunately, Major Bill Bradley of the 3rd Wiltshire Regiment was in time.
Led the troops to arrive, and they stopped the prisoners of war's riot. 127 prisoners of war were shot dead during the riot, and 11 were missing. Major Bill Bradley is stepping up the pursuit." Rock did not take credit, and gave all the credit to Bill.
·Bradley.
This is exactly what Bill Bradley wanted. Not everyone has such an opportunity. Compared with those cunning and cruel guerrillas, disarmed prisoners of war are like tigers without teeth.
Oh, by the way, the two Webley revolvers that were stolen were unloaded.
"Well done! Inspector." August Russell looked at Roark with admiration in his eyes. Compared with those Indian policemen who were lying on their backs, Roark was really outstanding.
"I'm sorry, Director. I let you down. This shouldn't have happened." Rock was still blaming himself and apologizing.
"Hehehehe" August Russell stood up from the chair, he was at most 1.7 meters tall: "Locke, you don't need to apologize, this is not your problem, go back and work hard, I am considering your reward."
This promise has no effect. It means to consider it, to think about it in two days, to be about the same, and to be far away in the future all mean the same thing.
"Yes, Director, I will definitely work hard!" Although he knew that there would probably be no reward, Rock still wanted to express his gratitude.
After leaving the police station, Rock had a small gathering with Henry as usual.
"Well done, Locke, I knew you could do it." Henry's words were exactly the same as those of August Russell, but their tone was completely different.
"Walking with fear is like walking on thin ice." Luo Ke really has no pride. The flowers are boiling in the fire. If this kind of thing is not handled well, there will be endless troubles.
"Come on, be happy. The director is considering appointing you as a senior inspector. This is what you deserve. At the same time, the director is communicating with the Huayong camp to hire more Huayong to serve as police officers in Cape Town. You may not know yet,
After a while, when the annexation of the Transvaal and Orange is completed, the police systems in these two places will begin to be rebuilt, so be prepared." Henry provided more information and the amount of information was large.
, Rock takes a while to absorb.
It would be great if he could be appointed as a senior inspector. Currently, the Cape Town Police Department only has one superintendent, Henry, and the next senior inspector will also be Austin Burns. If Roark is appointed as a senior inspector, that means
Now, Rock has become the fourth-in-command of the Cape Town Police Department, which is of great significance.
Compared with being appointed as a senior inspector, Roque would rather see the Cape Town Police Department hire more Hua Yong as police officers. In June, the Boer War came to an end, and the Eight-Nation Allied Forces were also formed at the same time. Around June 6,
The plans of the Eight-Nation Alliance were successively approved by the governments of various countries, and the war was about to break out.
If Rock had not arrived in Cape Town, then Rock might have participated in this war.
Now things have turned around. If the Cape needs to hire more Huayong as police officers, then maybe the Huayong Battalion will not participate in the war, and there will be no need to leave a stain on history.
There are also police systems in the Transvaal and Orange. After the Cape Colony annexed these two areas, the police systems will definitely have to be rebuilt in these two areas. This also means that there will be a large number of vacancies.
, based on Rock’s performance during this period, Rock has every reason to expect a higher position.
It is probably impossible for the top leader to be the regional police chief, but the deputy chief can indeed be expected, especially if Henry is appointed as the police chief.
"If you have the chance, take the road of the Governor's Palace." Rock reminded Henry that the current Governor Alfred Milner will soon become the local administrator and governor of the Transvaal and Orange. Now
What a great opportunity to meet Alfred Milner.
"How do you think I know this news? I just attended the celebration dinner for the capture of Pretoria. After the dinner, His Excellency the Governor came to me specifically and asked me what I thought of the Boers." Henry said proudly, this is
The advantage of being a British person is that no matter how good Roark performs, he will never have such a chance.
"How did you answer?" Roark was a little nervous. If Henry did not perform well, he would be relegated to the sidelines by Alfred Milner.
"How else to answer? We have talked many times. The Boers are not worthy of trust, but to control the Transvaal and Orange, we must rely on the Boers, as well as the Zulus. We must create Boers
The conflict between the people and the Zulu people, then we can mediate in the middle, and a divided Cape is more in line with the interests of the British Empire." Henry was flawless, and the British were indeed good at adding sand.
"Okay, not bad." Rock felt relieved. The most noisy talk now was that all the Boers should be killed.
This statement is nonsense. Let’s not talk about whether we can kill all the Boers. If we kill all the Boers, who will dig for gold?
Expect those pampered British people?
Don't be ridiculous, British people are fine with eating, drinking and having fun, just work.
What's more, there are not only Boers in the Transvaal and Orange, but also hundreds of thousands of Boers in the Cape. It is impossible to kill all these Boers.
Therefore, the most realistic way is to "use barbarians to control barbarians". After all, for the British, the gold from the Rand Mine is the most attractive. For that gold, the British should not mind giving certain benefits to the Boers. In fact,
Shortly after the end of the Boer War, the British gave the Cape autonomous status. As long as the Cape honestly sent gold to London, the British did not care who controlled the Cape.
It can't be said that he doesn't care. Whether they are Boers or British, at least they are white people, not people of color. Therefore, Rock still has a lot of work to do.
