Although Dennis Wild is British, the main business of the Anglo-Belgian Rubber Company is in the Congo Free State, so Dennis Wild’s position is not that obvious.
Rock still remembers that it seems that the last time Dennis Wilder came to Rock, the purpose was not to mediate the conflict between Nyasaland and the Congo Free State. At that time, Dennis Wilder was just watching the excitement and wanted to take advantage of the fire. Rock can actually understand why Dennis Wilder is trying to make ends meet, because Nyasaland's progress in the Congo Free State has exceeded Dennis Wilder's expectations. Dennis Wilder did want to profit from chaos at the beginning, but now,
Nyasaland's progress in the Congo Free State may endanger the interests of the British-Belgian Rubber Company, so Dennis Wilder must make a choice.
A very simple reason is that under the rule of Leopold II in the Congo Free State, the Anglo-Belgian Rubber Company was able to obtain a lot of profits from rubber plantations.
However, once Nyasaland gains control of the Congo Free State, it is hard to say whether the British-Belgium Rubber Company can maintain its current interests, let alone fish in troubled waters.
After all, under Rock's rule, there was no need for Africans to exist, and if the Anglo-Belgian Rubber Company hired Chinese workers, it would have to fully guarantee the interests of the Chinese workers. This would actually be more of a loss than the gain for the plantation owners. After all, the plantation owners
The profits are far lower than those of gold mines, and planters in the Congo Free State cannot afford to pay as high a salary as the miners in the Transvaal.
The key is whether you can afford it or you are unwilling to give it!
"You can convey my opinions to the Belgians. As for how to choose, it depends on the Belgians. I will leave Nyasaland and return to Johannesburg today. If you have anything to do, you can go to General Anton." Roque decided.
As for the tone, let Anton discuss it slowly with the Belgians. Anyway, Roque is not in a hurry. The Belgians are anxious now.
The Northern Rhodesia Division was established, and all the Nyasaland Militia were officially established. Even the temporary members of the militia became the reserves of the Northern Rhodesia Division.
As the leader of the Nyasaland Militia, Anton's current military rank is major general, and he also serves as the deputy division commander of the Northern Rhodesia Division. The division commander is Xiaosi.
Stoudemire envied Roque's title, and Roque didn't envy Stoudemire's South Africa Company. In Rhodesia, the South African Company enjoys contracting, organizing local government, setting up the army and police, doing business, setting up banks and joint-stock companies, building roads,
Privileges such as the exploitation of land, forests and mineral resources basically cover all aspects of diplomacy, military, politics, economy, etc. It can be said that the rights of the South African Company in Rhodesia, and the Governor's Palace of Bead in the Trans
Watts and Orange have even greater rights.
Therefore, Anton can casually become the major general of the Northern Rhodesian Division without having to say hello to London. This is Rhodesia's internal affairs.
To put it bluntly, if Rock had Stoudemire's conditions, Rock would have become the King of Africa without having to wait until World War I.
"Lord, the Belgians are still in Little Rock. It wouldn't be appropriate for you to go back to Johannesburg now -" Dennis Wilder didn't dare to let Roque go. Once Roque left, negotiations would basically be out of reach.
"Of course it's appropriate. I'm still the chief of the Johannesburg Police Department. It wouldn't be good to be away from Johannesburg for a long time. I don't want to derelict in my duties." Rock said seriously. Johannesburg really needs Rock. It's been several months, and Rock is the only one here.
The Johannesburg family has a great business, but if it were anyone else, they would have been fired hundreds of times.
Of course, in the evening, Rock and Phyllis took the train back to Johannesburg, leaving Dennis Wilder and the Belgians to Anton.
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Although Rock left Nyasaland, the order given by Rock to Lara was not cancelled.
After receiving Roque's order, Lara immediately launched an attack on Lubumbashi.
Just like how the Yao people dealt with the Portuguese before, Lala's troops had besieged Lubumbashi for more than a month. For more than a month, Lubumbashi's external communications were completely cut off, relying entirely on the power stored in the city.
Supplies are needed to maintain morale.
Lubumbashi is the largest Belgian stronghold in the southern part of the Congo Free State. Lara besieged Lubumbashi but refused to attack it, and did not let go of the strongholds around Lubumbashi.
Over the past month, Lala's troops have swept through strongholds within a 100-kilometer radius around Lubumbashi. Except for a few small strongholds on the border between the Congo Free State and Rhodesia, which they did not have time to attack, the southern part of the Congo Free State
In the salient, there are no more organized Belgian troops.
The current Yao people are no longer the same as the lost Yao people in Portuguese East Africa. During the Portuguese East Africa period, the Yao people did not even have heavy machine gun shooters. It was only thanks to the Zulu people in the Transvaal that the Yao people had heavy firepower.
, now that Roque has transferred most of the Zulus from Portuguese East Africa to Madagascar, the Yao people finally have their own heavy machine gun shooters.
However, although there are, there is still a huge gap between Yao heavy machine gun shooters and Zulu heavy machine gun shooters, not to mention the Nyasalands who can use heavy machine guns to their advantage.
Lala used to work in the Johannesburg Police Department and had also visited the training of the Nyasaland militia. In this regard, Lala was really ashamed of herself. I don’t know how it was in actual combat. Anyway, during the training, a Nyasaland heavy machine gun was fired
The heavy machine gun controlled by the shooter can easily suppress three to four Yao heavy machine guns.
Lara felt that Nyasaland heavy machine gun shooters still had their hands full. If it were in actual combat, the gap would be even greater.
If you think about it, you can understand that heavy machine gun shooters also need bullet training skills. There is an arsenal in Nyasaland, and bullets can of course be used casually. Therefore, heavy machine gun shooters in Nyasaland can be fully trained, just like the former Johannesburg Police Department.
Just like the police.
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The Yao people cannot do this. Although Nyasaland presented a batch of heavy machine guns to the Yao people, Nyasaland did not send bullets, so the Yao people's heavy machine gun shooters lacked actual combat training.
Fortunately, this time, when the Yao troops entered the Congo Free State, it was all paid for by Nyasaland. Otherwise, relying solely on the power of the Yao people, Zha Zha would not be able to send troops to the Congo Free State.
It is precisely for this reason that Lala fully realized the real gap between the Yao troops and the Nyasaland troops.
It’s not bullets at all, nor heavy machine guns, nor the quality of soldiers. Compared with the Yao troops and the Nyasaland troops, the biggest gap is logistics. The other gaps are easy to say and can always be made up with hard work, but in terms of logistics
The gap is so huge that Lala despairs.
After Nyasaland entered a state of war, the army's logistics was immediately raised to the highest level. This highest level basically includes unlimited cans, bread, and biscuits, one pack of cigarettes per person per day, one piece of chocolate per person per day, about 3.5 ounces, and fruit.
On the other hand, the supply of bananas can be opened up, and even rare apples can be provided to everyone every day.
In addition, each person has 3.5 ounces of banana wine per day, which is the favorite thing of Yao warriors. As long as they drink banana wine, Yao warriors can conquer Kinshasa in one go.
These seemingly inconspicuous cans, bread, and biscuits are actually industrial products. All the logistical materials provided by Nyasaland, except bananas, can be found everywhere, and anything else, even toilet paper, is very important to the Yao people.
They are all luxuries.
There are really many Yao warriors who are reluctant to part with toilet paper. Many Yao warriors use toilet paper as napkins and even use it to wrap wounds. No matter how hard Lala scolds them, they can't correct it.
In the past, when Lara knew that Luo Ke supported the Yao people in establishing their country, she had some ambitions.
Now these ambitions are gone, and the huge industrial gap is enough to erase any gap in human resources.
What's more, there is no shortage of people in Nyasaland. This is a fact that everyone knows.
After learning all this, Lara gave up completely. In fact, it was not bad to live with the Nyasalans. At least the Nyasalans treated Africans much better than the white people treated Africans. Lara was in the expeditionary force.
When I was serving, I never even saw a can of chocolate, let alone chocolate.
"We only have 24 hours - no, there are 22 hours left now, so gentlemen, we must seize the time to defeat Lubumbashi. Not long ago, the Northern Rhodesian Division annihilated 7,000 soldiers in three hours.
White mercenaries, there are less than 2,000 white people left in Lubumbashi now, and there are still many old, weak, women and children. It’s time to show the bravery of our Yao people. Mark my words, you can rob, you can burn, you can even kill.
But you must not insult a white person, otherwise I will cut off his lifeblood with my own hands and set off!" Lala emphasized at the end.
The reason why the British do not trust Africans is not only because Africans are inherently loose and lazy, but also because military discipline is a serious problem.
Before white people came to Africa, there were countless African tribes on the African continent. These tribes also attacked each other and fought in melee for thousands of years.
Generally speaking, after a tribe defeats another tribe, it will kill all the adult men in the defeated tribe, and then take away the women and children. These women and children become the spoils of the victor.
Africans have become accustomed to all this, so the women and children of the defeated tribes will not resist and accept their fate calmly.
Roque knows the problems of Africans, so Roque does not directly manage Africans, but relies on Africans to manage Africans.
This method is very effective, because Africans may be submissive to white people, but they are extremely submissive to Africans because they know that if they make a mistake, the Africans who manage them will not hesitate to kill them. "Victory! Victory!! Victory!!!"
The Yao officers received the order and shouted slogans to assemble their troops.
Lubumbashi in the distance is as helpless as a trembling sheep among wolves.