159 Northern Rhodesia Division (400 monthly votes plus updates)
Several captives brought back were all Tetera people from Ngundu on the Lomami River. The chief of the Tetera people, Gongo Lutetai, was once a slave of the Sultan of Zanzibar. The Belgians invaded the Lokmi River Basin.
At that time, Lu Taitai led the Taitaira warriors to fight bravely against the Belgians. At one time, he also fought in conjunction with Kabango of the Luba Kingdom and repeatedly defeated the colonial army.
But in the face of the modern army, the Tai Terra warriors still failed.
In September 1892, Lu Taitai surrendered.
However, the Teterans did not give in. They staged three uprisings in 1895, 1897 and 1901, and are still fighting against the Belgians.
In the original history, the resistance of the Tetera people lasted until 1908, when the Belgian Congo was established and the Belgian government tried to win over the Tetera people, only then did the Tetera people end their resistance to the Belgians.
The current Congo Free State is still the private property of Leopold II, so the Tetera people resisted resolutely.
After Martin interrogated several Teterans, he finally decided to send them back to Little Rock.
Rock is preparing for war in Little Rock, with the approval of Frank, the director of the War Office.
Rock's reason is very simple. Even if the British government does not agree to launch a war with Belgium and does not allow Nyasaland to launch retaliatory actions against the Congo Free State, then Nyasaland must have a certain military strength, otherwise the interests of the British government will not be there.
There are no guarantees for Central Africa.
This is not an unreasonable statement, but an objective fact. It is impossible for the British government to send troops to garrison in Nyasaland unless Roque agrees to bear the cost of garrisoning.
It's crazy that Rock can agree to pay for the garrison. Even if the British government doesn't have to pay for it, Rock won't agree to the British government sending troops to Nyasaland, but Nyasaland doesn't have the right to train its army.
At the same time, there was a need to protect their own interests, so Rock and Stoudemire came up with a deceptive method to include Nyasaland's army into the ranks of the Rhodesian army, thus successfully gaining Frank's consent.
It's funny, the serious British baron doesn't have the right to form an army, but the South African company that controls Rhodesia has the right to form an army. What a good relationship between Rock and Stoudemire. Stoudemire doesn't even need to pay Rock.
Rhodesian army uniforms and enough weapons and equipment for a thousand people were directly sent to Rock, so Nyasaland's militia was transformed into a regular Rhodesian army.
It even has an establishment, its full name is "Northern Rhodesia Division", which is under the command of the South African Company.
In other words, not even the British government can command this force, and the command of the force is in Xiaosi's hands.
That means it's in Roque's hands.
As the director of the War Office, although Frank did not want to see Rock and Xiao Siming secretly building the plank road, there was nothing he could do. The procedure for the birth of the "Northern Rhodesian Division" was completely legal, and no one could fault it. The South African Company formed the army.
The rights were given by Queen Victoria. Anyone who dares to say it is illegal is questioning the authority of Queen Victoria.
Isn’t it good to live well?
Nominally, the division headquarters of the Northern Rhodesian Division is in Salisbury. In fact, the division headquarters must be in Nyasaland. Rock didn't even have a qualified division commander candidate, so he had to leave it empty.
Let’s wait until we have a suitable candidate.
"Anyway, the army is yours now. You have the final say on how big it is. If you have the ability, it's no problem to recruit everyone in Nyasaland, as long as you can afford it." Xiaosi is also very curious and is proficient in fighting behind enemy lines.
Rock has finally begun to enter regular army mode, and Stoudemire is still looking forward to the Northern Rhodesian Division.
Due to lack of manpower, although the South African Company had the right to form an army, in fact the South African Company was unable to do so and could only maintain a police force of about a thousand people in Salisbury.
Although the Northern Rhodesian Division was formed by Rock, if Rhodesia is in need, Rock will definitely not sit idly by, so Stoudemire still hopes that the Northern Rhodesian Division will have strong strength so that it can be better maintained.
Interests of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
"It definitely doesn't need to be too big now. It's enough to maintain a training camp. The current militia is exactly the size of a training camp. If necessary, the establishment can be raised at any time. In this way, the cost of maintaining the army will not be too high." Rock.
It was also a long-term plan. I don’t know how long ago I started planning for this day, otherwise the scale of the militia would not be just a training camp.
The militia in Nyasaland implements a military rank system. When the militia was established, Rock hired retired European officers to work in the militia. It was against this background that Isiah Ulysses and Frank came to Nyasaland.
The joining of these retired officers has effectively improved the strength of the Nyasaland militia. Roque paid these retired officers high salaries and asked them to train the technical and tactical abilities of the militia members on the one hand, and the comprehensive military quality of the militia members on the other.
, the training standards are based on the standards of military officers of powerful military countries such as Britain, France, and Germany.
Therefore, even the most ordinary soldiers in the militia have a comprehensive quality that exceeds that of the grassroots officers of military powers such as Britain, France, and Germany. What they need most now is to accumulate experience in war, and the Congo Free State is a good opponent.
Relatively speaking, the Belgians in the Congo Free State are pretty good. Although Belgium's military strength is not as good as those of Britain, France, and Germany, Belgium is also a white country after all. When fighting white people, on the one hand, it can accumulate experience;
What has improved is the level of psychological quality, which cannot be achieved even by wiping out many African armed forces.
"Vigilante group!" Xiaosi was quite speechless. Perhaps in Xiaosi's impression, the Nyasaland militia was similar to the Boer militia.
"Don't underestimate the Nyasaland militia. Each of them has received at least one year of military training, non-stop." Rock reminded solemnly.
"How long have you been in Nyasaland!" Xiaosi laughed, and then the smile on his face gradually solidified.
That's right, Rock has been in Nyasaland for less than a year.
However, the training of those militia members did not start after Rock arrived in Nyasaland. After the establishment of Rock Gold Mine, Rock had already begun to consciously train gold mine security guards. The current Nyasaland militia is based on Rock Gold Mine.
The mine's security team was built as a skeleton, which fully demonstrates how far-sighted Roark is.
In other words, he is a cunning old man!
"How many people in Nyasaland have received military training?" Stoudemire still had illusions and hoped that Nyasaland would not leave Rhodesia too far behind.
"You don't want to know!" It was Rock's turn to laugh. There are currently 200,000 Chinese in Nyasaland, and at least one-tenth of them have received one-month military training. As time goes by,
This number will increase rapidly.
Nyasaland is a company system. In other words, everyone in Nyasaland is an employee of the Nyasaland Agricultural Company. While building Nyasaland, Rock never neglected military training and principles.
Technically speaking, all adult men who immigrate to Nyasaland must receive a certain degree of military training. Now, due to objective conditions, only adult men between the ages of 18 and 25 have the opportunity to enter the militia for training, and then the militia selects those with outstanding performance.
A "top student" and a regular member of the Nyasaland Vigilante Group.
It can be said that in addition to artillery, Nyasaland can now pull out a force at any time. In three months, the shortcomings of artillery will also be made up. Nyasaland now has a school called "Nyaasaland".
"Salan Staff Technical School" is actually an artillery school with retired British officers as instructors. Although there are only 30 students in this school, these are still 30 pieces of fire.
While Rock and Stoudemire were chatting, the door number had been changed to that of the Northern Rhodesia Division's militia headquarters, and the new militia training roster was also released.
There are a total of 3,000 people on the militia training list for this period. They are all young people who have performed well in previous trainings. In the past, each training of the militia only lasted for one month. The militia members only received some formations, shooting, physical fitness, etc.
For basic training, this time the training lasted for three months. Not only was the training time long and intense, but it also included more combat skills.
"Why are there Zulu and Yao people on the training list?" Anton had just arrived in Nyasaland and did not understand the situation of the Nyasaland militia.
After receiving Rock's telegram, the Cape Town Police Department approved Anton's transfer order. As soon as Anton received the transfer order, he came to Nyasaland and airborne as the leader of the Nyasaland Vigilante Corps.
"These Zulu and Yao people were sent by Lala and Zhazha. After they receive training here, they will become members of the army of the Mweni Matapa Kingdom after they return to Mweni Matapa.
Officer." Wilde, who has been responsible for the training of the militia, explained in detail that if it were someone else who parachuted into the militia leader, Wilde might still be dissatisfied, because Wilde always believed that the position of militia leader must belong to him.
Wilde would not have any objections to Anton being the leader of the airborne militia. After all, Wilde was Anton's subordinate when he was in the Cape Town Police Station. Although in the past two years, Anton has stayed in Cape Town and has not been in Luo.
Everyone knew about the relationship between Rock and Anton, but the old people around Rock knew about the relationship between Rock and Anton, so Wilde really didn’t have any objections and didn’t dare to have any.
"Then we have to invite a few old masters to talk to them about the Three Cardinal Principles and the Five Constant Rules." Anton is still very thoughtful and knows how to ideologically control the Zulu and Yao people.
"Hehe, Sir Alex said, no need. If Lala and Zhazha have second thoughts, just find two more people to replace Lala and Zhazha. If those Africans are also taught to talk nonsense, then I can
I can't stand it." Wilde's tone was filled with strong confidence.
Anton burst out laughing when he thought about the scene where the black guy was talking nonsense.
