People who are used to being poor will inevitably be at a loss if they suddenly make a small fortune. This is the mentality Lala has now.
Referring to the casualty ratio in previous battles between the Yao people and the Portuguese, it is indeed brilliant that the Yao people wiped out 4,000 Portuguese with less than 5,000 casualties this time.
Frank also referred to the results of previous battles between whites and Africans, so he came to the conclusion that "it's not bad."
Rock obviously didn't think so, and Rock even felt that it was precisely because of the mentality of Lala and Zhazha that led to the current result of the battle.
If it were Roque's command, the Portuguese might not be able to reach the second line of defense at all, and even the supporting Portuguese would not be able to reach Marupa. This is the real power of guerrilla warfare.
Now Lara has this kind of attitude of being content with being rich, Frank is just getting along, Roque is indeed very dissatisfied, and the tactical goal has not been achieved. It is not an unforgivable mistake to completely eliminate the Portuguese in Marupa. The key is Lara's
This kind of attitude is unacceptable and dangerous.
"Yes, I know I was wrong." Lala realized her mistake in time and looked very regretful.
Rock suddenly realized that something was wrong, and it was wrong to blame blindly. After all, the person who died was not a Chinese. There was no need to criticize Lala, but more encouragement, so Rock winked at Xiaosi.
At this time, Xiao Si felt blessed and immediately came out to ease the atmosphere: "No matter what, this is a rare victory. Go find Victor when you go back. I have prepared wine and cigars for you. Take them back to Zha Zha and tell him
Keep up your efforts and strive to clear the coastal strongholds as soon as possible, and then I will support you in rebuilding the Mweni Matapa Kingdom."
This is one person who plays the bad guy and the other who plays the bad guy. Lala still has to look at Rock's face and see Rock nod his head gently, which makes Lala overjoyed.
Frank watched the interaction between Rock, Xiaosi, and Lala, and the expression on his face was very melancholy for a moment.
It is probably to re-evaluate Luo Ke's influence on the Yao people.
Frank didn't expect that Lala was not a Yao at all, but a Johannesburg police officer.
It’s organized!
"We must clear the Portuguese strongholds on the northern coast as soon as possible, but this will not be easy. The Portuguese have a navy and can obtain supplies through the port. Unless we have a way to blockade the Portuguese ports, it will be difficult to clear the coastal strongholds."
Lala has been fighting on the front line, maturing very quickly, and has become more and more independent in her views on war.
"Don't be anxious about this. The coastal strongholds cannot be cleared by your strength. What you have to do now is to gradually clear away the Portuguese strongholds in the interior north of the Zambezi River, so that the Portuguese have no inland areas.
To gain a foothold, force the Portuguese to the negotiating table, and then force the Portuguese to voluntarily give up their coastal strongholds." Roque is not in a hurry, the Portuguese still have bargaining chips, but as time goes by, the chips in the hands of the Portuguese will
There will be less and less.
After the Yao people have cleared all the Portuguese strongholds in the inland areas north of the Zambezi River, it is almost time for the South African Company to intervene in this war. By then, Xiaosi and the Yao people can force the Portuguese to abandon the territory including the Zambezi River Basin.
vast territory within.
If the Portuguese do not agree, the Yao people can cross the Zambezi River and attack southern Portuguese East Africa where Lourenço Marquez is located, and can incite the Ngoni and Zhao people to respond. At that time, the Portuguese
Whether or not Lorenzo Marquez can be kept is a question.
Roque believes the Portuguese will make wise choices.
"It is best to force the Portuguese to give up voluntarily. The fortresses built by the Portuguese along the coast are very strong, and there are forts for defense. If they want to attack from the front, the casualties will definitely be heavy." If possible, Lara does not want to use the human wave tactic.
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Africans who have always been careless actually know tactics?
Both Frank and Stoudemire were a little surprised.
While waiting for dinner, Frank tentatively made a request: "Can you find some smarter Africans to receive training?"
Rock almost forgot that Frank has a task, which is to examine how to use minorities more effectively.
"Of course you can, but it's probably a bit difficult for these Africans to learn how to be agents. It would be more realistic to find some retired officers to teach them how to fight." Rock doesn't recommend training Africans to be agents. It's not that Africans are not suitable, but that they are not suitable.
It is the general rejection of Africans by the whole society, which will result in Africans not being able to contact the upper class at all, and thus unable to obtain important information.
Relatively speaking, it is more realistic to train Africans into combatants. Even from Rock's perspective, there is basically nothing wrong with Africans except for being loose, undisciplined, and prone to being hot-blooded.
Speaking of physical conditions alone, the physical conditions of Africans are actually very good. Even though most Africans are very thin, they actually have a lot of endurance because their bodies are thin and very flexible. This is actually very useful in guerrilla warfare.
Advantageous.
As for discipline and laxity, to put it bluntly, Africans themselves do not care about their own lives, and Roque has nothing to care about.
"If you teach them, it will probably be more troublesome." Frank also had his own considerations.
"Then do you think it's the agents that are more difficult to deal with, or the army that's more difficult to deal with?" Rock thought more carefully.
Frank thought about it carefully and had to admit that what Rock said made more sense.
Compared with the army, agents are indeed more difficult to deal with. As long as the agents do not take action and remain lurking, it will be difficult to expose them.
The army is much easier to deal with. No matter how powerful the Yao people in Portuguese East Africa are, the weapons and ammunition they use are provided by Nyasaland. As long as Nyasaland cuts off the supply to the Yao people, then the Yao people will have an army of one million.
It will also completely collapse within ten months.
Therefore, Roque, like the Portuguese, would never allow the Yao people to have military production capabilities.
For the same reason, Roark had to go through Ade to purchase the machines from the Royal Small Arms Factory. If Roark came to buy it, he would definitely not be able to buy it, at least it would not be so smooth.
"Retired officers are easy to deal with. We have as many as we need. Let the Yao people send some people over first to try. We can also train some agents and give them to the Yao people." Frank, as the leader of the agents, also has a bad taste in his mouth.
"Yeah, yeah, it's indeed necessary." Rock also had no bottom line in this regard.
The two hit it off immediately, and Roque immediately asked Lara to go back and select some people with good English skills, combat experience, and bright minds to send to Nyasaland.
In this regard, Nyasaland actually has needs.
Of course, what Nyasaland needs is not the queuing-to-shoot tactics, but other technologies outside of the tactical system, such as artillery. Rock is powerless in this regard.
Artillery is actually a highly professional branch of the military. European artillery before the 20th century was called a "scientist unit", which shows the high technical content of artillery.
At present, among the world's army forces, the strongest artillery units should be Germany and France. The British Army is scum and cannot even defeat the Boers. This shows how weak the British Army is.
However, a weak army does not mean that the technology is also weak. What Rock needs is British technology. As for the quality of the troops, as long as the weapons are not lagging behind, who can the Chinese fear?
Unfortunately, Roque did not have time to wait for the establishment of the "Military Academy". At the end of September, Roque left Nyasaland and returned to Johannesburg.
The rainy season in Johannesburg is from October to February of the following year.
During last year's rainy season, there was almost no rainfall in Johannesburg, resulting in a severe drought in the Johannesburg area this year.
The situation this year is much better. Since October, it has been raining continuously for half a month. The mood of Johannesburg officials and farmers has gradually changed from happiness to worry.
The rain this year has been so heavy that it seems to be making up for all the rain that did not fall last year at once. If this continues, Johannesburg will face floods.
Thanks to the construction of water conservancy projects in Johannesburg the year before last, Johannesburg has not yet experienced flooding.
Comparatively speaking, Orange is in a worse situation. Throughout last year, Orange was eating, taking, waiting, and asking for food, and had no intention of building water conservancy projects.
As a result, it rained endlessly this year, and several rivers in Orange broke their banks. Two-thirds of the urban area of Bloemfontein was flooded. The Boers finally had something to do.
I have to fight against the rain every day.
"We in Johannesburg are pretty good. When the city was rebuilt last year, the first thing to rebuild was the sewers. As a result, although the rain this year was heavy, it had little impact on Johannesburg. However, the rain had a great impact on the farms around Johannesburg. The city government is considering increasing the number of
How about the farm grant, do you want me to help you get it?" Owen knew that Rock valued the farmers around Johannesburg, and the city government decided to show his goodwill to Rock.
After all, Roque is now "Lord Nyasaland", one of the two existing barons in the Johannesburg area, and the relationship between Roque and the Matilda family is so close, no matter how the money is spent, it will always be spent.
Yes, you can win people’s hearts while spending money, so why not!
"Don't be ridiculous, you are the leader of the Liberal Party. The farmers in Johannesburg are all die-hard members of the Liberal Party. It is your task to benefit the party members. How come you are helping me fight for it?" Roque will not give free favors and put Owen in this position.
, just to fight for these hidden benefits, is the position of party leader really for nothing?
If Roque is asked to choose, there are many people who are more suitable to serve as party leaders than Irving. A large part of the reason why Irving was chosen is because of the relationship between Irving and Philip. Now the time has come for this relationship to come into play. The city government is considering giving
Farm subsidies are mostly related to Irving.
"Huh huh huh, I realize now that this is a fucking trap." Owen said regretfully.
"Don't want to do it? If you don't want to do it, the city government will be your secretary. There are so many people who want to do it." Roque was disdainful. Irving was just making a profit and being good. As long as Irving is in the position of leader of the Liberal Party, then once Delan
Swarovski has a de facto democratic representative system. As long as Philip is willing, the Liberal Party can elevate Philip to the position of prime minister.
At that time, the Governor-General of the Transvaal will still be Ade, Philip will be the Prime Minister, and the status of the British in the Transvaal will be solid.
Of course, this must be based on the premise that all Chinese farmers in Johannesburg firmly support the Liberal Party.
"Stop talking about this, Locke, when are you going to propose to my father?" Owen suddenly changed the subject.
Proposal!
Roque seems to have forgotten that Phyllis came to Cape Town because she was running away from marriage. If you calculate it this way, Phyllis was almost of age to get engaged two years ago.
Now two years have passed, and Phyllis is not engaged yet. If this were placed in London, Phyllis would be included in the ranks of the leftover women.
Rock has no choice but to take responsibility.
"Tomorrow, I will go tomorrow!" Roque is full of confidence. Roque was not confident before, but this problem does not exist now. Roque is now Baron Nyasaland, Baron Matilda, and Baron Fawalt.
On an equal footing, there is no one more suitable for Phyllis than Roque in the whole of southern Africa.
This sentence also holds true in reverse. In the entire southern Africa, there is no more suitable candidate for Roque than Phyllis.
"Great, I want to inform Henry." Irving was ecstatic. God knows how much pressure Irving felt during this time.
When Ada was in Cape Town, Owen didn't know that Phyllis had Ada as a strong competitor.
Now Ada is in Johannesburg, not only taking over the operation of the Rock Gold Mine, but also taking charge of the Rand Bank and Crocodile Bay Reservoir. For a time, all Johannesburg people knew this "famous" Mrs. Capet.
Owen had of course met Ada, at a dinner held at the city hall.
Although Owen was full of hostility towards Ada because of Phyllis, Owen had to admit that Ada was the kind of woman that no one could hate.
At the dinner held by the city hall, Ada was good at dancing, thoughtful, and treated everyone like spring breeze. Although Ada was "famous", no one dared to offend Ada. This was not only because everyone knew Roque
Regarding the relationship with Ada, Ada has a dual aristocratic background in England and France. No one can force Ada to do anything unless Ada herself is willing.
There were also pretentious guys at the banquet, trying to attract Ada's attention, but Ada was obviously not interested in such people. Ada's attention was all on Mayor Philippe Matilda, and he didn't have much sense of presence.
But no one dared to ignore Phyllis, even Owen and Ada didn't want to deal with it. She seemed like a breath of fresh air on the surface, but in fact was very difficult to control. In fact, Owen was also very good at it.
Some good people may really want to see the kind of tit-for-tat confrontation between Ada and Phyllis when they meet.
In fact, there really wasn't. Phyllis and Ada acted as if they didn't know Roark. They had a cordial exchange about Ziwei Girls' School. Finally, Phyllis invited Ada to visit Ziwei at an appropriate time.
Weiwei Girls' School, Ada said on the spot that she would donate 20,000 pounds to Ziwei Girls' School.
