While in Johannesburg, there was a time when the relationship between Phyllis and Ada eased due to the brotherhood between Arthur and Gavin.
Now that the relationship between Jessica, Phyllis and Ada has dropped to a freezing point again, it may take an opportunity to relax.
Phyllis did not hesitate. Phyllis was also very busy during this period. Rock was busy digging holes for the Germans, and Phyllis was busy settling the Gurkhas who immigrated to Nyasaland.
According to statistics in May, the number of Gorkhas who immigrated to Nyasaland has exceeded 50,000, making them the second largest ethnic group after the Chinese in Nyasaland. However, Rock does not want to resettle these Gorkhas in Nyasaland.
, but resettled these Gurkhas in batches to Bechuanaland State. Phyllis was responsible for this task.
Generally speaking, although there are many high-quality talents from Europe in Nyasaland, the overall population of Nyasaland is still dominated by Chinese. The Chinese account for 95% of the total population in Nyasaland.
Above, Rock has no intention of changing this status quo.
Relatively speaking, Bechuanaland State has a territory of nearly 600,000 square kilometers and a population of only 100,000 including Africans, so there is enough space to accommodate the Gurkhas.
Hundreds of thousands is really not an exaggeration. Although the British government has never paid much attention to Bechuanaland and has not even counted the specific population in Bechuanaland. However, in another time and space, Bechuanaland only had 2.25 million people until 2016.
People, so in 1908, it was probably an exaggeration to say that Bechuanaland had a population of 100,000.
Even a mere 100,000 people would have to face the crazy plundering of the Germans in Southwest Africa. Rock sent a regiment of troops to station in Rhodes City to stabilize the situation in Bechuanaland, but compared to the 600,000 square kilometers of land
Generally speaking, the strength of a regiment is really a drop in the bucket, so the key is to enrich the population in Bechuanaland, so as to ensure that Bechuanaland remains in the federal government of Southern Africa.
Compared with native Africans, there is no need to question the fighting ability of the Gurkhas. Gorkha families who immigrated to Nyasaland have an average of more than five children, and some older children are actually old enough to work.
, but because southern Africa has age requirements for military service, these children cannot enter the army yet.
But you don’t have to wait too long. In three or five years, these children will reach the age of military service. By then, it is estimated that the arms race in Europe has entered a fever pitch, and it will come to a critical moment when a war will determine the fate of these children.
Children can come in handy.
I would like to explain here that in theory, the military service system implemented by the federal government of Southern Africa is a combination of compulsory military service and professional military service. All southern Africans who reach the age of 18 must join the army and serve for two years. If they are serving
If you perform well during this period, you can join the regular army and become a professional soldier.
The difference between professional soldiers and compulsory soldiers mainly lies in the annual salary. The salary of compulsory soldiers is very small, which is basically equivalent to pocket money, but the salary of professional soldiers is very generous. The average annual salary of each professional soldier can reach at least one hundred yuan.
Pounds are enough to support a family's decent life.
After the establishment of the federal government, if new immigrants want to obtain all the rights of normal citizens, there is usually an inspection period, which is about five years. However, if they join the army and serve, the inspection period will be shortened to about two years.
If there is no criminal behavior within two years, then after retirement, you can enjoy all the rights enjoyed by citizens of the federal government of Southern Africa.
Including the right to vote.
When Roque formulated this regulation, it was widely questioned, including by the Immigration Bureau.
However, Rock insisted on this issue. There are currently only four regular army divisions in Southern Africa. Among them, the only troops with overseas combat capabilities are the Northern Rhodesia Division and the 1st Cavalry Division. The current size of the troops is used to maintain Southern Africa.
The stability is enough, but if the First World War breaks out, it will still be unable to expand externally or even provide assistance to the British mainland. Therefore, in the future, Rock plans to expand all the current four divisions into professional soldiers.
Reorganize the divisions and then form ten to twenty ordinary units composed of volunteer soldiers, so that the defense system of the Southern African federal government can be completely established.
Of course, when he explained it to Ade, Roque's reasons were still very good. The reason why Ade agreed was because he took into account the actual situation of the federal government in Southern Africa.
Although a unified federal government has been established in southern Africa today, the connections between various places are not close. There is not even a road between the three capitals of Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town. There is only one road.
Railway, this certainly does not meet Adelaide's requirements for southern Africa.
The ordinary troops Rock wants to form are actually engineering troops. Because they will not undertake combat missions, they do not need to train hard. Then the time can be used to build roads and bridges. At the very least, this can save the federal government a lot of money.
Funding, after all, compulsory soldiers do not need salaries, and the federal government currently has no money to hire people from construction companies like Christian, so Roque's suggestion received full support from Ade.
Back to the issue of the Gorkhas.
Rock once wanted to settle Chinese people in Bechuanaland, but this idea was not realistic in a short time. After all, Nyasaland and Transvaal have not yet been fully developed, and Xiaosi also strongly requested the introduction of Chinese people.
Rhodesia, so Roque does not have the ability to resettle too many Chinese to Bechuanaland in a short period of time.
The introduction of the Gurkhas can effectively alleviate the tense situation in Bechuanaland. After all, the Gurkha people are strong and brave. As long as they are given full rights, it will be very difficult for the Germans in Southwest Africa to do whatever they want.
“Each Gurkha family who voluntarily goes to Bechuanaland will be given ten acres of land as a reward. If a family member is serving in the federal army, they can also apply for a loan from Rand Bank and then use it for expansion.
Farms, or purchasing livestock, the arsenal is recently preparing to add a rifle production line to fully meet the security needs of Bechuanaland." Anton is also very concerned about the resettlement of the Gurkhas. The Gurkha mercenaries in southern Africa are mainly
Serving in the Northern Rhodesian Division and the 1st Cavalry Division, Anton, as Rock's chief steward, is also bound to take responsibility for this issue.
"Don't produce rifles. Those Martini Henrys must be completely eliminated. If the new immigrants in Bechuanaland need weapons, we can provide them with shotguns or pistols. Weapons such as rifles cannot be spread to the civilian population." Rock said.
The deputy minister of defense is also the deputy minister of justice. For the safety of federal police, some precautions must be taken in advance.
Compared with shotguns and pistols, rifles are more powerful and have a longer range, so they do require a certain degree of control.
Before the establishment of the federal government, guns were prohibited in all regions of southern Africa. Even British arsenals, for the sake of profit, encouraged civilians to own guns. This resulted in the proliferation of guns in southern Africa. Many Africans who herded cattle even carried rifles. Social security
There are great hidden dangers.
After the establishment of the federal government, the control of weapons is gradually being standardized. Although in principle the federal government does not ban guns, ordinary people are no longer allowed to possess high-power weapons, including rifles. Even rifles purchased before can be used.
The federal government will provide financial subsidies to weapon stores to replace them with new, less powerful weapons at a discount to further reduce the number of rifles held by civilians.
In fact, at close range, shotguns and pistols are more powerful than rifles and more convenient to use. Ordinary people do not need rifles to protect their personal and property safety, so the control of weapons in southern Africa will be further strengthened in the future.
"Bechuanaland still needs rifles in the face of threats from Southwest Africa." Anton actually has his own calculation. After all, Bechuanaland is not Nyasaland, but the Nyasaland Arsenal is Nyasaland.
It is a local enterprise in Saran, so Anton will not care about the proliferation of guns in Bechuanaland and whether it will affect the security and stability of Bechuanaland. It is serious to increase more profits for the Nyasaland Arsenal.
Roque just smiled and said nothing. Most of the so-called threats Bechuanaland faced were actually hyped up by newspapers and magazines in Southern Africa. The real situation was far from as bad as described in the newspapers.
Before the establishment of the federal government, Bechuanaland State was indeed facing serious threats from Southwest Africa. German mercenaries from Southwest Africa crossed the border many times and entered the then Bechuanaland Protectorate to plunder people and livestock, causing serious problems to the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Due to the loss, the border areas of Southwest Africa and the Bechuanaland Protectorate are often even dozens of kilometers in no man's land.
After the establishment of the federal government, the Ministry of National Defense officially notified the Governor-General of Southwest Africa that if Southwest Africa did not restrain such behavior, the federal government would take corresponding retaliation to protect the interests of Bechuanaland.
If this note was sent by Bechuanaland, then the Governor of Southwest Africa probably wouldn't care at all.
But this note was sent by Roque on behalf of the Ministry of National Defense, and it was signed with Roque's name, which had to attract the attention of Southwest Africa.
By the way, Roque now has a bad reputation. If the Governor-General of Southwest Africa does not care about Roque's note and continues to send mercenaries into Bechuanaland to commit crimes, then Roque will really use corresponding means to retaliate against Southwest Africa. As for Roque's revenge?
Southwest Africa cannot afford it. Just look at Tanganyika now.
It’s not just Tanganyika. Roque’s evil reputation was not built in a day. The fate of Portuguese West Africa and the current situation of the Congo Free State and Tanganyika jointly created Roque’s evil reputation. If Southwest Africa does not understand
