From 1830 to 1917, the French had ruled Algeria for more than eighty years.
In the past eighty years, the French's policy of ruling Algeria has been changing. There are colonial high-pressure policies, assimilation policies, and tolerant policies.
The reason why it changes so frequently is also related to the political turmoil in France itself.
In the past eighty years, France has experienced the July Monarchy, the Second Republic, the Second Empire, and now the Third Republic.
Look, the French are really free-spirited. On average, they will have a major uprising every 20 years to overthrow the existing government.
With such frequent political turmoil, it was naturally impossible to maintain a consistent colonial policy.
Therefore, even though France has formally occupied Algeria for more than 80 years, it has never truly occupied this land.
The naturalization policy promoted by the French still has a certain effect. After decades of tireless efforts, some Algerians do agree with France's rule of Algeria. These people are called Haggis by the indigenous people, and they maintain their views on the Governor's Palace.
With a cooperative attitude, he not only actively participated in colonial management, but also joined the Foreign Legion and shed blood and sacrificed for France.
This is also the reason why Qin Zhiyuan was unable to attack the women and children outside the headquarters a few days ago.
Those people are actually the family members of the Haggis. If Qin Zhiyuan uses violent means to forcibly disperse them, it may trigger an Algerian version of the mutiny, a consequence that even Qin Zhiyuan cannot bear.
Corresponding to Haggis, there are some Algerian nationalists who have now established their own parties and put forward their own political demands.
These people emphasize the religious language and national pride of the tribe, believe that those Haggis who cooperated with the French should apologize, and declare: We do not want to assimilate, assimilation is impossible, because that will make us lose our individuality.
But at the same time, these nationalists do not demand complete independence, because their strength is not enough to defend their independence. They demand that Algeria become a democratic country under the protection of France.
See, this is what it is, a standard story of the farmer and the snake.
Although the Algerians themselves have problems, the French also have unshirkable responsibilities.
The biggest problem of the French is that they have not turned Algerians into French people, and the fetishism of the Algerians played a key role in this process. This is also the reason why Qin Zhiyuan advocates religious freedom.
Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to comment on the French government's own problems. As the commander-in-chief of the Foreign Legion, he didn't know how long he would be able to serve, so he couldn't afford to go to war over this matter.
Qin Zhiyuan wanted to use Sidi Bel Abbas as an experiment.
You must know that the Republic of China is also a multi-ethnic country. Qin Zhiyuan wanted to use Sidi Bel Abbas to test his own governance level, so as to prepare for returning to the Republic of China in the future.
With Qin Zhiyuan's current strength, after returning to the Republic of China, it would be no problem to become the governor of a province. If he even works hard, he might even have a chance to win the presidential palace. It is necessary to familiarize himself with government affairs in advance.
So when the first batch of black mercenaries from Senegal arrived in Sidi Bel Abbas, the Foreign Legion resumed its patrol system and resumed trading with the locals, and Sidi Bel Abbas gradually returned to normal.
It just seems normal.
Recruitment points in West and Central Africa have been working overtime. In order to attract Africans to join the Foreign Legion, Qin Zhiyuan made a proposal to Congress: as long as they serve France for five years, they can exchange for French citizenship.
The proposal was quickly adopted and then spread throughout Africa.
The French are now eager to send all their women to the battlefield. They have no right to choose now. As long as someone is willing to join the army and bleed and die for France, the French do not care about their creed or skin color.
The temptation to become a French citizen is actually not that great for Africans.
France now does not have that many social benefits.
It seems that the life of ordinary French people is not much better than that of Senegalese and Algerians.
This is also the fundamental reason why the French’s assimilation of Algerians was not successful. If it were in the 21st century with good social welfare, the Algerians would have been eager to be assimilated, and the Senegalese would not have left France.
After all, it's all about profit.
Even without the temptation of French nationality, the treatment of the Foreign Legion is very good. An ordinary soldier of the Foreign Legion, their daily salary is about 10 francs. This salary can actually support a family's life, which is still very good for Africans.
Tempting.
So by the end of September, the Foreign Legion once again had six regiments of soldiers, four Senegalese infantry regiments and two Moroccan infantry regiments.
These soldiers began training almost as soon as they arrived in Sidi Bel Abbas. The instructors were the officer corps brought by Qin Zhiyuan. The original instructors at the Foreign Legion headquarters were temporarily suspended. They had to receive training before they could
Serve as instructor again.
In other words, the original instructors at the Foreign Legion headquarters are now also the students of the Chinese instructors.
There is a reason why Qin Zhiyuan does not let his former instructors continue to work in training. As an agent with a background in plaza, Qin Zhiyuan has many reasons to look down on the French army.
In fact, whether it is a soldier of the Foreign Legion or a soldier of the French Army, being a soldier is just a job and does not have much special meaning in it. Apart from being more dangerous, the rest of the job is
Similar to fishermen who go to sea every day.
It’s surprising that troops trained with such army-building ideas can have combat effectiveness.
The training of the Foreign Legion is also very strange. When Qin Zhiyuan and the others saw the previous training plan, Qin Zhiyuan and the others were shocked to find that the daily training volume of the Foreign Legion was about half the training volume of the Chinese army every day, even the same as that of the Corsican Army.
The amount of training for the Boy Scouts on the island is about the same, which is far from the requirements to train a strong troop.
It was also after Qin Zhiyuan arrived in Sidi Bel Abbas that he discovered that there was a service agency in the Foreign Legion headquarters.
This service agency was actually a brothel within the French army.
military prostitute
It's really powerful. Although it's already the 20th century, military prostitutes still appear so openly in military camps. It's really jaw-dropping.
After asking Marco, Qin Zhiyuan finally understood the reason for setting up a service agency.
The reason is very simple, it is for these soldiers to vent their excess energy.
It is better to vent your anger in the service club than to vent it to the civilians outside the military camp.
Marco explained it this way.
But in Qin Zhiyuan's view, Marco's explanation is pure nonsense. How can soldiers have extra energy? If they follow the training methods of the Chinese army, these foreign legion soldiers will be exhausted every day and wait until they go to bed.
I'm often so exhausted that I don't have any extra energy to vent into the service club.
Now that he knew something was wrong, Qin Zhiyuan immediately abolished the service agency.
Although this goes against the tradition of the French army, Qin Zhiyuan is still unwilling to retain the service club. There is nothing to say about this, it is a matter of principle.
Although Qin Zhiyuan does not mind that these foreign legion soldiers have become playboys, after all, there are still many Chinese instructors living here during this time, and Qin Zhiyuan does not want these Chinese instructors to be led astray.
Qin Zhiyuan's troops can't be said to be tough and plain now, but they are reliable in terms of being clean and self-sufficient. At least the Chinese troops are not a stallion troop, and they will not lose control of their belts and show mercy everywhere.
After the Senegalese came to Sidi Bel Abbas, all tasks of dealing with the locals were handed over to the Senegalese, and a police station composed mainly of Berbers was also being formed.
Using ethnic minorities to manage the majority ethnic groups is one of Qin Zhiyuan's ideas.
In this case, the conflict between the indigenous people and the mother country may evolve into a conflict between the ethnic minorities and the majority within the indigenous people. The colonial authorities will step back from the front line and deal with it with a detached attitude.
Conflicts among residents.
The image of the mediator was obviously more conducive to colonial administration.
This is actually a consistent method of the British.
What the British are best at is to sow discord among the various races in the colonies, divide the colonial residents, support one or more factions with a smaller population, and attack the faction with a larger population. In this process, the British play a role
The role of mediator. In this way, whether it is a minority or a majority, if it wants to gain the upper hand in a fight, it must rely on cooperation with the colonial authorities to gain the upper hand.
This is a British specialty.
In fact, this is not only true in the colonies, but also in the European continent. If the Germans look stronger on the European continent, the British will win over the French and suppress the Germans, and vice versa.
It is impossible for the British to allow the birth of a united Europe, which would jeopardize the interests of Britain alone outside the continent.
The leader of global colonization still has two skills in colonization.
Qin Zhiyuan now wants to learn all kinds of experiences, whether they are positive or dark and shameless, as long as they are effective, they can be used for my use.
There is actually not much morality between countries. This is a world where heroes are judged by their success or failure.
Supporting the minority and attacking the majority will inevitably lead to a strong backlash from the majority, especially when the majority has already formed a preliminary organization.
So in early October, Azshara approached Qin Zhiyuan again and asked Qin Zhiyuan to change the manpower structure of the police station and stop using Senegalese people for patrols.
The fetishism believed by the Algerian natives is dull and relatively closed, but the characters of the little black people from Senegal are naturally out-of-the-box. It is rare that they will not cause trouble if the two ethnic groups are mixed together.
