If a member of a Gurkha family serves in the Southern African Army, then the family members need a three-year waiting period before they can become official residents of Southern Africa.
But if two members of the family serve in the Nyasaland army, the three-year waiting period can be shortened to two years, which is very attractive to the Gurkhas.
The "service" here is of course service in the regular army, that is, those professional soldiers, compulsory soldiers are not included. After reaching the age of 18, Southern Africans must enter the army and serve for two years if they are not pardoned by the Prime Minister. The amnesty group here
Mainly for those students who have received university admission notices, they are exempt from military service. However, if they choose to perform military service, their student status will still be retained and will be recorded in their files. They will have greater opportunities in future jobs. p>
It is precisely because of the compulsory military service that southern Africa is able to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction. The road from Port Edward to Johannesburg is under construction, connecting Nyasaland, Rhodesia, and the Trans
It is expected that the road in Wasandi will not be completely completed until two years later.
Among the 70,000 professional soldiers in southern Africa, about 20,000 are Gurkhas. The Boer and British combined do not exceed 5,000. The rest are Chinese. The Natal Division is mainly composed of Gurkhas.
Composition.
Rock accompanied Viscount Glaston to visit the recruitment propaganda point set up by the Ministry of Defense. The work here is in charge of a second lieutenant. Most of the staff are women and are responsible for the recruitment work in the entire Ulysses region.
Only then did Viscount Glaston learn that there were women in the southern African army, which was unimaginable in Europe.
"Women have huge advantages in many aspects. They are more approachable, work more carefully, and have irreplaceable natural advantages in nursing. Many nurses in the army are women. Most of them are from the Johannesburg Medical College and have received complete training.
Systematic training." Roque took the initiative to introduce that women enjoy the same rights as men in most fields in southern Africa, such as enrolling in school, working, and joining the army.
More than 40% of Nyasaland University are now female, and it is a co-educational school, so there is no difference.
In the earlier Johannesburg Medical College, because most of the students came from Ziwei Hospital, the proportion of female students once exceeded 80%.
The current Nyasaland State Government also has many staff members who are women, especially in office desk work and reception work. Women have unparalleled advantages in this area.
So the presence of women in the military is not surprising in southern Africa.
These women in the army have also changed people's inherent image of women as weak and submissive. The female soldiers at the recruitment work station all wear pistols in conspicuous places on their bodies. These pistols are not decorations. Female soldiers also need to receive basic training.
In some areas that you are not good at, such as physical fitness, the requirements may be relatively low, but in shooting, the requirements are still very high. Women who can become professional soldiers must at least have good shooting scores.
Even the nurses are the same.
"It's hard to imagine a woman picking up a gun -" Viscount Glaston shook his head repeatedly, obviously disapproving of the Ministry of Defense's decision.
This is also a stubborn old man.
"There is no way. The population in southern Africa is too small. We must use every available force as much as possible. The police system is also considering hiring more female police officers. Of course, women will not be on the front line of the battle. Then
It's our men's responsibility." Roque still has a bottom line. Compared with Europe, Southern Africa already treats women as men, and it would be too much to use them as livestock.
"The army is a male group. If there are women, it will cause a lot of problems -" Viscount Glaston's worries are not groundless. Discipline has always been a very important issue.
"Of course we also have precautions. If it is free love, then no one has the right to interfere. But if the entanglement continues, then we must be careful of the military police looking for trouble. As for more serious situations, it has not happened so far. The Constitution and the
Certain provisions in the Criminal Law do not apply to military courts. During the military's overseas operations, some violent acts are allowed in military courts, but if this is involved, the military courts will deal with it severely." Roque said.
Never show mercy when you are ruthless. The military is an institution of violence. It does not matter if you are angry when operating overseas. When you return to southern Africa, you must abide by the law.
Viscount Glaston did not say much on this issue. A strong military in southern Africa is also a need of the Commonwealth. As long as the addition of women will not affect the combat effectiveness of the troops, Viscount Glaston is happy to see it happen.
When visiting the recruit camp in the afternoon, Viscount Glaston finally saw the powerful military side of southern Africa.
This is finally a purely male group, and the entire recruit camp is full of hormones.
The number of recruits in the recruit camp is one thousand, which is almost the size of a battalion. Those recruits who volunteer to join the professional army must undergo four months of rigorous training in the recruit camp before they can get the opportunity to join the four standing troops.
Viscount Glaston felt the cruelty coming from the training plan in the new military camp.
Fully armed five-kilometer training is a common practice in the recruit camp. It is done twice a week, and there is also a long-distance training once a month. The distance is basically fifty kilometers away.
From six o'clock in the morning to eleven o'clock in the evening, every day's training program is fully arranged, and the meal time is compressed to less than half an hour. When you open your eyes, it is either obedience training such as formation formation, or various physical fitness training.
The cooperation training between the fighting teams, as well as the newly added infantry-artillery coordination and infantry-tank coordination, require half an hour of language learning before going to bed at night.
Seeing the training plan, Viscount Glaston understood why Rock was not worried that the addition of women would affect the combat effectiveness of the army.
According to this training plan, the recruits will be squeezed to the limit every day, and they have no time or energy to think about the romantic affairs.
This is just a training plan for new recruits. Not all recruits have the opportunity to become professional soldiers. The elimination rate of recruits will be at least half. When they arrive in the army, there will be a more rigorous training plan. Professional soldiers are not the same as before.
The troops who are dawdling are always preparing for battle. There is no best, only better.
When Rock and Viscount Glaston arrived at the training ground, the recruits were training in company units.
Thanks to the sparsely populated area along the North Sea, the recruit camp covers a large area. The training ground covers an area of four to five square kilometers. Under the leadership of officers, the recruits are running circles around the training ground for physical training. Some are standing in military postures.
Bursts of gunfire can be heard from time to time from the shooting range not far away. Bullets here are free because there are a lot of copper mines in Nyasaland, and the bullet casings are made of brass.
Of course, you still have to recycle it after use. You can be luxurious, but you can't waste it.
"There are a total of fifteen such recruit training camps in Nyasaland. It can be said that a standing division can be formed at any time. If these soldiers do not meet the requirements to become professional soldiers, they will go to the local military affairs department after leaving the recruit camp.
For the record, if war breaks out, they will also have the opportunity to join the army." Roque stopped talking about professional soldiers at this time. Southern Africa would rather have a shortage than an excess in this regard.
"Your requirements are too strict. They are actually very good soldiers." Viscount Glaston was heartbroken. According to the standards of the British War Department, these recruits are all qualified soldiers.
And it’s still an elite one.
"I know, but I can't help it. The Ministry of National Defense's military expenditures are so small. It is very difficult to maintain the current scale of the army. There is no room to expand the scale." Roque also knew that these recruits are actually qualified soldiers. Southern Africa has introduced Gurs.
The Ka people were originally introduced based on this standard.
However, the Ministry of National Defense only has so much funding. Even with the interest-free loan from the Ministry of War, it is unable to form more troops. This is the purpose of Rock bringing Viscount Glaston to inspect the new barracks. Do you want more help in the future? p>
Talk with money!
"I will report it, but I can't give you any guarantee." Viscount Glaston was indeed moved. He also knew very well about the capabilities of the veteran soldiers in the British Army. If possible, Viscount Glaston hoped that the War Department
If all army funds are given to southern Africa, the British Empire will have an invincible army.
It's a pity that this can only be thought about. If Viscount Glaston really writes this suggestion into the report, then the generals in the War Department will definitely think that Viscount Glaston is crazy.
However, it is still possible to obtain more funds. The British Navy has a huge advantage over the German Navy and is basically unshakable. The Army has huge hidden dangers. Now the British War Department places its hopes on the French Army. This is actually unrealistic. The results of the Franco-Prussian War
It has been proved that the French Army is no match for the German Army.
Even if the British Army is added, it is no match for the German Army.
"Then I can't give London any guarantee. After all, the military in Southern Africa still needs to protect the security of Southern Africa -" Roque is qualified to bargain.
"That's not what you said before -" Viscount Glaston was surprised that Rock also learned to cheat.
Viscount Glaston was referring to Rock's previous promise to London. In order to obtain an interest-free loan from London, Rock promised that once a war broke out between Britain and Germany, Southern Africa would send troops to support it.
"Yes, I did say it." Roque is not lying. When it is time to fulfill his promise, Roque will definitely fulfill his promise, but the content of his promise may be somewhat biased.
The compulsory military service system implemented in southern Africa also includes Africans.
Therefore, there are now African troops in southern Africa. These troops are actually engineering troops, and they will be sent to Europe as cannon fodder in the future.
