On January 1, 1905, Baron Nyasaland finally had the legitimate first heir to the title.
Philip wanted the child to be named Bowen, which means "educated nobleman".
Neither Roark nor Phyllis liked the name. Roark was too embarrassed to bring it up directly, but Phyllis rejected it without ceremony and named the child "Gavin".
The meaning of Gavin's name is "Eagle of Victory". This name entrusts Roark and Phyllis's best wishes to Luen.
"Gavin Locke, this name is not bad." Locke is very satisfied with this name. In the future, Locke's descendants will probably use "Locke" as their family form.
"He's so cute, with the same black hair as you." Phyllis looked at Gavin intently, and Rock could feel that his status in the family would plummet in the future.
In fact, the newborn baby is not good-looking at all, his hair is sparse and not black at all, his body is covered with vernix, and he looks dirty.
Dr. Kay Mallory actually didn't know the function of vernix. As soon as Gavin was born, Dr. Kay Mallory had to wash off the vernix from Gavin's body.
Rock refused decisively. The original function of vernix is to protect the fetal skin from the infiltration of amniotic fluid. Without this layer of vernix, the fetal skin would ulcerate.
After the baby is born, the vernix can still protect the baby's skin and reduce the occurrence of skin diseases. Generally, this layer of vernix will be absorbed by the baby within a day or two, so there is no need to wash it off at all.
This is basically common sense in the 21st century, but at the beginning of the 20th century, even the best doctors in Johannesburg didn't know it.
"Yes, I think so too. Would you like to eat an apple?" Roque was very attentive at the moment. He had to put aside all the big things. Children and wife were the most important thing.
"I don't want to eat" Phyllis is still very weak and needs to eat nutritious meals carefully prepared by Dr. Kai Mallory for every meal.
Rock didn't mind, he peeled an apple and ate it slowly, but after just a few bites, Phyllis couldn't help it, so Rock handed the half-eaten apple to Phyllis, and he peeled another one.
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Then Phyllis became very dissatisfied and insisted that she would not eat what Rock had eaten and that she would eat a new one.
Luo Ke doesn't argue, the child is the biggest in the world.
At noon, Henry, Stoudemire, and Owen would take turns coming over to have dinner with Rock. Rock was very happy. Lacey and Carina also often came to accompany Phyllis. As a result, Rock was disliked and stayed at home for less than a month.
On Sunday, Phyllis rushed me to work.
In fact, there is really nothing good to do in the class, and that's not it. During the time when Rock was at home, the training of the new 1st Cavalry Division was going on normally. After Johannesburg implemented the democratic representative system, the city government also began to provide training to the new 1st Cavalry Division.
With the funds allocated, the size of the new First Cavalry Division has now been expanded to 2,000 men.
The size of the new First Cavalry Division is expanding, and the garrison led by General Hopkins is shrinking. When the Transvaal Provisional Government was established, General Hopkins had nearly 20,000 people under his command. Now with the new First Cavalry Division
With the expansion of a cavalry division, most of General Hopkins' troops were transferred to the Cape and Natal, leaving less than 8,000 men in the Transvaal. It is estimated that they will wait for the full implementation of democracy in the Transvaal.
Under the representative system, all the former colonial troops would withdraw from the Transvaal.
If the Transvaal allocates all military expenditures to the new 1st Cavalry Division, then the size of the new 1st Cavalry Division can be easily expanded to 5,000 men, enough to cope with any situation that arises in the Transvaal.
Roque had very strict requirements for the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division, especially the newly established artillery unit, for which Roque had great hopes.
Artillery is known as the god of war. An army without artillery is incomplete. It can only be used as a rat in southern Africa. If Rock wants to make a difference in World War I, he must pay attention to the artillery unit.
Therefore, the artillery unit in the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division has a very high starting standard. Among the total 350 artillery officers and soldiers, more than 10% of the members have a college degree.
"We are now cooperating with the medical school to organize all the efforts to compile the firing table. However, the professors at the medical school are not professional artillery experts. This work is progressing very slowly, and our current firing table is only limited to 75mm infantry rapid-fire guns. There is a lack of
Conduct research on large-caliber artillery. Can you buy some 105mm or 120mm artillery? The caliber of 75mm rapid-fire artillery is still too small for division-level troops. Our companies are now equipped with 60mm-caliber mortars. 75mm
Millimeter rapid-fire artillery is quite suitable for regiment-level troops, but division-level troops are really a bit shabby." Suo Chao also thinks that the bigger the caliber of artillery, the better. A few years ago, the mainstream artillery caliber in European countries was 60 to 90 mm. Now,
The caliber has quickly climbed to more than 100 mm, and the 75 mm caliber is like a toy compared with those large-caliber artillery.
"First get familiar with the current artillery, and then talk about the large caliber." Rock is not in a hurry. Large caliber artillery is of course good and everyone wants it. As long as it is still a question of whether it is suitable, there is no need for the new First Cavalry Division now.
Equipped with large-caliber heavy artillery, there is no opponent worthy of using heavy artillery in Africa.
Of course, this does not mean that Rock does not pay attention to heavy artillery. The Nyasaland Arsenal is currently studying a 120 mm caliber artillery. This artillery combines the advantages of Krupp and the French Miss 75. It is estimated that it will be installed in the army in two years.
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Relatively speaking, Rock pays more attention to mortars and heavy artillery. Even compared with Miss 75, mortars have a huge advantage. Even Miss 75, which is famous for its lightness and compactness, weighs more than one ton.
Engineers at the Nyasaland Arsenal tried every means to improve the 75mm rapid-fire gun, but they only reduced the weight from about 1.2 tons to about one ton.
In contrast, the weight of the 60mm caliber mortar does not exceed 40 kilograms. After separating the barrel and the back seat, two soldiers can easily carry it to accompany the infantry. It takes at least one squad of people to move Miss 75.
Pushing and dragging, considering the bad traffic conditions in this era, it is not easy to go up a row in rainy weather.
Therefore, Rock's ideal infantry support weapon is the mortar. As for Miss 75, it is a transitional product for the Northern Rhodesian Division and the new 1st Cavalry Division. Rock's ideal division-level support artillery caliber should be in
Over 120mm, Miss 75 is really too "petite".
In 1901, Germany first learned that the French army was equipped with Miss 75, and was shocked by the rate of fire of Miss 75. At this time, the average rate of fire of the mainstream Armstrong breech-loaded gun in European countries was two rounds per minute, and it was equipped with a station retreat machine.
The Miss 75 can fire fifteen rounds per minute, and can reach an astonishing rate of fire of thirty rounds per minute in its ultimate state.
Because of the hatred of the Franco-Prussian War, France refused to authorize the drawings of Miss 75 to Germany. Germany was forced to have no choice but to embark on the road of large-caliber and long-range.
Large-caliber long-range shooting is easy to say, but difficult to achieve. Most of the artillery of this era, including the gun mount, weighs about one to four tons. The reason is also very simple: larger guns cannot be dragged by pack horses.
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This is not a problem in Nyasaland, because Nyasaland now has trucks. In theory, Nyasaland’s trucks can tow any heavy artillery.
Therefore, Nyasaland has an absolute advantage in developing heavy artillery. Heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm has a huge advantage over Miss 75. The killing effect of heavy artillery no longer relies on the steel balls carried in the warhead and the fragments of the single head, but
A high-explosive grenade filled with explosives will produce a huge shock wave when it explodes. The enemy will not be killed by the explosion, but will be shocked to death, and they will have nowhere to escape even if they are hiding in the bunker.
"Brothers have worked very hard. They have to train during the day and study at night. They work hard to memorize the table every day. Many brothers memorize it while eating. Our brothers have not even gone to school for a few days. Now they can only die.
Kung Fu." Suo Chao has no choice. The cultural gap cannot be caught up in a day or two. Fortunately, artillery does not require systematic learning, it only requires rote memorization, which is much simpler.
"You have to memorize it when it's time. If you become a qualified artilleryman, your salary will be doubled, and the benefits will be better. It's worth the hard work." Roque will definitely not feel bad at this time. If you fall behind, you will be beaten. If you don't want to be beaten, you will be beaten.
Work harder than others.
The college graduates of the new First Cavalry Division can each receive an annual salary of more than 100 pounds per year. This salary is not low in the UK. At least they are middle class. In the new First Cavalry Division, the officers and soldiers
Basically, there is no place to spend money. In other words, you can take home as much as you earn from these salaries. If you don't want to do this, Rock can only hehe.
In fact, the salary of soldiers in this era was very low. Soldiers could only receive a salary of 12 shillings per week, which worked out to 31 pounds and four shillings per year. Johannesburg was a colony, and soldiers had special allowances and higher salaries.
The newly formed 1st Cavalry Division has sufficient military expenditures. The annual salary of each soldier can reach about 50 pounds. The salary of the artillery will be doubled to 100 pounds. What is there to be dissatisfied with!
"That is, in the past few months, our brothers have basically moved their families to Johannesburg. Many brothers do not want salaries and are more willing to exchange their salaries into land to buy a farm for their families. Unfortunately, the nearby farms have been destroyed.
It's sold out, so if you want to buy it, you have to go to the outer suburbs. The price of the farm has also doubled. It's the brothers who started early who have the foresight." Suo Chao was very proud when he said this, he was also one of those who started early.
A group of farms with more than a thousand acres to their name are located right next to the Rock Gold Mine and are in a very advantageous location.
When Socha bought the farm, the price of an acre was less than a pound.
You don't have to think about this price now. The price of the farm next to Ziwei Town has exceeded ten pounds an acre. It is impossible for the Chinese who later came to Johannesburg to afford it.
