Rock finally agreed to Henry's request. There was no way, Fawalt was also short of people. Rock and Stoudemire were working hard to build their own territory, and Henry couldn't be too salty.
In fact, the situation in Favart is also good. With steel plants and cement plants, it is actually very simple to develop Favart. Rock developed Nyasaland along rivers and lakes, and Henry developed Favart along the railway.
It is also very convenient. Apart from anything else, it is actually very simple to build two cities around steel plants and cement plants. Many big cities around the world have developed in this way.
The only regret is that Henry can only rely on the Zulu people to develop Fawalt. Whites and Chinese will not go to Fawalt. If this continues for a few decades, Fawalt will also be dominated by the Zulu people.
It’s not necessarily true. If the Chinese work harder on having children, it’s hard to say who will own southern Africa in the future. Roque can at least guarantee that Nyasaland and Rhodesia will not evolve into black countries.
There are basically no black people in Nyasaland now. After Nyasaland started buying its own boats, the cost of immigration was greatly reduced. Tens of thousands of Chinese arrived in Nyasaland every month, and most of them were
Settled in the Zambezi River Basin, some people took over the plantations left by the Portuguese, while others worked hard to open up the land. Rock strived to turn the Zambezi River Basin into the next Nyasaland within two years. p>
After returning to Johannesburg, Roque faced another round of flattery.
Philip held a celebration banquet specially for Roark, and Roark and Phyllis became the center of the banquet.
"——The reason why it went so smoothly was not that the Northern Rhodesian Division was so strong, but that the Zulu rebels were too weak——" Rock has repeated this sentence too many times recently. It is impossible not to repeat it. Everyone wants to
Hear Roark's stories from Natal and get curious about the Northern Rhodesian Division.
"Is it possible that our Transvaal army is the same as the Northern Rhodesian Division?" Ade also took time out of his busy schedule to attend Rock's celebration banquet. After the Zulu rebellion subsided, everyone
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Now is the time to celebrate and relieve the stress of the past period.
As Governor-General, Ade also serves as Commissioner of South Africa. The construction of the army is also Ade's job.
In terms of civil affairs, Ade is indeed very good at it. In terms of military affairs, Ade is not very familiar with it. Therefore, the garrisons in the Transvaal and Orange have basically been in a sheep-herding state. Henry's father-in-law is also good in this aspect.
There is no special ability. Now that a good player like Roque has appeared, Ade will definitely not let him go.
The military and police are a family——
"It's difficult. The Northern Rhodesian Division's successful counterinsurgency relies on equipment advantages and strict daily training. The training is okay. As long as the requirements are strict, the soldiers' personal technical and tactical abilities can be strengthened. It is difficult to deal with the equipment advantage.
The Northern Rhodesian Division was built by Cecil and I. Now there are more than 1,000 people in the Northern Division, and the military expenditure has already exceeded 100,000 pounds, which averages over 100 pounds per soldier." Rock told the truth.
To be honest, strength is built with money, and given the current financial situation of the Transvaal and Orange, they may not be able to afford it.
It was only after the Northern Rhodesian Division was established that Rock realized why the United States' military spending was so high in his previous life.
Combat effectiveness is really made of money. The equipment of the troops, the salaries of officers and soldiers, various materials needed for logistics, consumption in daily training, etc. Everything costs money. Those automatic weapons equipped by the Northern Rhodesian Division,
Even the British army couldn't afford it, otherwise they wouldn't have created a Lee Enfield and had to add a magazine divider to the magazine.
Without mechanized troops, it would be difficult to achieve the level of firepower of the Northern Rhodesian Division. This is the main reason why Rock did not dare to expand the size of the Northern Rhodesian Division. As far as the current equipment of the Northern Rhodesian Division is concerned,
If we want to continue to expand the scale, even the financial resources of Rock and Stoudemire will not be able to bear it. The reason why the Northern Rhodesian Division can reach this level has a lot to do with the Nyasaland Arsenal. If Rock had not taken precautions, it would have been in the
Nyasaland has established an arsenal. Not to mention anything else, the bullets and artillery shells used for training alone can make Rock feel distressed to death.
In the Northern Rhodesian Division, the bullets used for training every day are calculated in units of "ten thousand".
Training consumes not only bullets, but also weapons. You must know that weapons also have a lifespan. The smelting technology these days is not good enough. The steel used in weapons is not strong enough. As the loss increases, weapons must be replaced after they reach their limit.
, otherwise the best technology will be useless.
Therefore, Ade's idea is doomed to fail. If the garrisons of the Transvaal and Orange are really required to reach the level of the Northern Rhodesia Division, then the troops of the Transvaal and Orange can defeat the Transvaal and Orange.
Watts and Orange are financially bankrupt.
"The Northern Rhodesian Division only has more than a thousand troops?" Ade was very curious. According to the report submitted by Rock, the Northern Rhodesian Division went to Natal to participate in the war with more than 3,000 troops. Considering that Rhodes
It is unlikely that all the northern divisions of West Asia will leave Nyasaland, so this number is still conservative.
"Now the official members of the Northern Rhodesian Division are indeed only more than a thousand, and the others are temporarily recruited Nyasaland militia." Rock is still very proud. This trick of hiding troops from the people is really effective.
, You don’t need to spend much military spending in peacetime. When a war breaks out, you will need a large number of troops that can be formed at any time. No wonder the small countries in Europe are so rich in the 21st century.
"If the scale is small, then we have no problem." Adelaide's mind is still very active. Even if the Transvaal cannot support a thousand troops like the Northern Rhodesian Division, it can only support three or five hundred.
Or two or three hundred is still possible.
"I'll compile a training plan for the Northern Rhodesian Division later and give it to General Hopkins." It's not convenient for Roark to express his position on this aspect. Ade is willing to pay, so let Ade do the work. Roark doesn't want to rebel anyway, even if
If Ade trains an army, he will not cause trouble to Rock.
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However, Rock estimates that even if Ade is willing to pay, he may not be able to train a force like the Northern Rhodesian Division.
The combat weapons of the troops are on the one hand, but the role of people is also very important. The garrisons in the Transvaal and Orange are mainly Boers. The Boers are very resistant to the Transvaal and Orange governments themselves, so even if there are
Once you have good equipment and a complete training plan, whether you will strictly follow the training plan is another matter.
This kind of organizational structure of the British army makes it difficult to train strong combat effectiveness. When Hopkins went to Natal, he took servants and chefs with him, and a dozen large boxes of his daily necessities. Such a style
, it is indeed difficult for ordinary officers and soldiers to have the feeling of "working together".
The Northern Rhodesian Division is different. According to British military tradition, even Anton and Martin would be qualified to take servants and cooks to Natal. However, everyone in the Northern Rhodesian Division is very conscious, even Rock
They didn’t even take servants or cooks with them to Natal. If Anton and Martin dared to take them with them, Rock would have driven them back to Nyasaland in a matter of minutes.
"Locke, I don't mean General Hopkins's troops, I mean reorganizing a force, just like the Northern Rhodesian Division." Ade is not stupid either. The colonial troops in Cape are in
His performance in the Boer War was obvious to all, and Adelaide did not place his treasure on Hopkins at all.
Not to mention the colonial troops, even the British regular army performed very weakly in the Boer War. This time, the performance of the Natal troops and Cape troops in counterinsurgency made everyone speechless. The upright regular army actually
It can't even defeat the rebels, which is simply an embarrassment to the British Empire.
It was precisely with this in mind that Ade wanted to reorganize a force to counter the rebellion this time. By the time the support troops from the Transvaal and Orange arrived in Natal, the rebels had already retreated to Basutoland.
, this in itself is very revealing. You must know that Hopkins received the order not too late, but why did the Transvaal and Orange troops arrive in Natal so late?
This question cannot be thought about deeply. If you think about it deeply, Henry's father-in-law will be very embarrassed.
"Reorganize, in what name?" Rock was surprised, but he didn't expect that Ade had this idea.
"Name? Why do you need a name?" Ade didn't react for a while.
Rock suddenly remembered that Ade is the governor and the commissioner of South Africa, so Ade can decide these matters with one word. He does not even need to ask London for instructions. After the new unit is established, he can just report the number to London.
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"Of course, of course." Rock gave a definite answer this time.
"Then prepare yourself and write me a report on the training plan and equipment situation you just mentioned." Ade still trusts Rock, and maybe the new unit will be led by Rock.
This is not new. Although Roque is still serving as the police chief of Johannesburg, in Ade's heart, Roque's status is irreplaceable.
To put it bluntly, the current troops in the Transvaal and Orange may not even be able to defeat the police.
It's not impossible, it's almost certain. Ever since the Cape Town police killed Joubert, the commander-in-chief of the Boer coalition forces, the police in Southern Africa are famous for their ability to fight. Others don't know it, but Ade must know it very well.
It seems that Henry is nominally the big boss of the Transvaal Police, but in fact Roark is the backbone of the Transvaal Police.
"Okay, I will write the report as soon as possible." Rock was in a happy mood. Compared with the police, Rock actually preferred the army. After all, guns are the last word.
It's almost the same. If Rock goes to the army, he will no longer be the police in Johannesburg, but the police in the entire Africa.
Thinking about it this way, it seems to feel better!