Qualification here, of course, varies from person to person.
Rock did not have the luxury to train the troops composed of Africans into an invincible iron army. It would be a waste to throw such troops into the flesh and blood mills during the World War. Rock only hoped that the Africans he recruited could be as good as the former colonies in southern Africa.
A servant army is almost enough, this requirement is not high.
Southern Africa has accumulated a lot of experience in training troops. The "Army Drill Code" compiled by the Army Academy is such a military work that draws on the best of others.
Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd is now Lieutenant General Derek Dodd. After coming to Nyasaland, Lieutenant General Derek Dodd began to come into contact with Eastern military ideas, and then read the vast ancient classics
Among them, the one that Derek Dodd admires most is "The Art of War".
How great "Sun Tzu's Art of War" is, I won't go into details here, you just need to know one thing. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" is 2,300 years earlier than Clausewitz's "On War", but there are many experiences in "Sun Tzu's Art of War"
, it still plays a huge role even in the twentieth century.
Combining "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and Clausewitz's "On War", Derek Dodd presided over the compilation of the "Army Code of Conduct" in southern Africa. This Code of Conduct is now the Bible of the Nyasaland Army Academy, even if it is an experience with no experience.
A large number of instructors can train qualified soldiers by strictly following the requirements of the "Army Drill Code".
In fact, it is a question of whether the standards are strict. In the past, the colonial servant army almost never conducted shooting training. Today, defeating the enemy on the battlefield depends on lining up and shooting. It is really not important whether the soldiers' shooting is accurate, so the army emphasizes
What matters is discipline and bravery. The troops must dare to advance in the face of the enemy's artillery fire, so long as the front line does not collapse during the advance.
The troops in Southern Africa emphasize the allocation of firepower and have high requirements for the quality of individual soldiers. For Africans, physical fitness is not a problem, the main thing is attitude, and if the attitude is bad, there are countless ways of punishment in the army to make people change their past.
Not.
It is impossible to shoot to death. It is the most unskilled method. The Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa has many punishment methods. The most basic is washing socks, then cleaning toilets, then 30 kilometers of cross-country driving with heavy loads, and finally
Little dark room.
It's not the kind of small dark room where people chat and talk, but the kind of small dark room that is completely closed. No matter how strong a man is, if he is locked up in it for three days, he is guaranteed to be a pile of mud when he comes out.
"Three months of basic training, and then three months of intensive training, it takes half a year to train an ordinary person into a strong and fearless soldier. There are now four million Africans in southern Africa, and it is easy to recruit 100,000 troops."
, you can practice again if it’s not enough.” When Rock saw this number, he suddenly realized a fact.
When Southern Africa became autonomous, the population of Africa was almost four million. In 1908, the population statistics of Southern Africa estimated the total African population at 4.5 million. It is estimated to be about the same now. In other words, in recent years, Southern Africa has
The total number of Africans in Africa has barely increased.
Compared with the population growth rate of this era, this number is very abnormal.
Under normal circumstances, with the situation in Southern Africa, the natural population growth rate should be maintained at more than 5%. However, considering that Roque and the federal government continue to immigrate, the population growth in Southern Africa should be even higher than this.
Higher. In comparison, the natural population growth rate of Africans is indeed a bit low.
"Locke, have you ever thought about the consequences of training these Africans into qualified soldiers?" Stoudemire was not worried about whether Rock could train Africans into soldiers. What he was worried about was whether there would be backlash from Africans in the future.
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"Of course I have thought that these soldiers will be sent to Europe in the future. Even if they can come back alive, I will send them overseas as mercenaries." Roque had no intention of letting these people return to southern Africa. One thing must be determined first: Africans in this era are really different from Africans in the 21st century.
Africans in the 21st century are simply spoiled by populism and leftism, so they engage in all kinds of laziness, lack of progress, and various criminal behaviors.
Africans at the beginning of the 20th century had no so-called "human rights" at all. The Congo Free State and Portuguese West Africa had their hands chopped off at every turn. The United States was still implementing apartheid policies. The French Foreign Legion did not even have Africans. Everyone in the world
The country, it is estimated that only Africans in the Johannesburg Police Station can enjoy some of the legitimate rights as human beings.
Note that this is only part of it.
Therefore, Africans in this era do not have the capital to be lazy at all. If they do not work hard, they will be tortured and killed at will. Criminal behavior is completely unthinkable. Even if white people evade taxes in southern Africa, they may only be fined. Africans can be punished wherever they go.
Anyone who spits will be thrown into the mines for labor reform.
That's why Rock dared to form a force composed entirely of Africans. Of course, the officers must still be white or Chinese. This is irrefutable.
"Are you so sure that a war will break out in Europe?" Stoudemire only questioned it at this time, but only in hindsight.
"So what do you think the outcome of the arms race will be? Even to prove the necessity of the arms race, a war is needed." Rock signed the report casually, then raised his hand and handed it to Zach.
The Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa, or the Department of War in Southern Africa. Roque can really decide these matters with one word. There is no need to ask Hopkins for instructions. Now Hopkins is the only marshal in Southern Africa, and Roque is only a general.
That’s all.
"Whatever, we are just a group of people forgotten by the whole world!" Xiaosi is also helpless. As a British man, even if Xiaosi is dissatisfied with the British government, he still hopes that the British Empire will live forever, but now Xiaosi can only watch.
As the British Empire slid into the abyss, it was helpless.
The day after Roque signed the order, the Ministry of National Defense immediately took action.
The first African soldiers recruited were all from Umbrella. It was only then that Rock noticed that the total number of African-American mercenaries in Umbrella Company was nearly 6,000.
Unfortunately, all of these 6,000 people could not be recruited. Jonathan weighed the options and in the end could only give the Ministry of National Defense 2,000 places, and the rest had to be recruited from the private sector by the Ministry of National Defense.
"Two thousand men are enough, just two divisions. At least we can guarantee the basic combat effectiveness of the two divisions, and the officers will be easy to handle. These two thousand mercenaries are enough to fill the officers of the two divisions." Martin knew this situation.
Overjoyed, after the Bechuanaland military exercise, Martin is now the director of the War Department under the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa, one level lower than Roque.
The Ministry of War where Martin serves has only four existing integrated divisions of professional soldiers in southern Africa. These four divisions are mainly responsible for overseas operations and national defense tasks and are not responsible for other aspects.
In addition to these four regular divisions, there are 16 engineering corps composed of conscripts in southern Africa. These troops are not under the jurisdiction of the War Department.
Two infantry divisions composed of Africans are the first echelon in the battle order of the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa, collectively known as the African Corps.
The officers of the African Corps must be drawn from the four divisions under the Ministry of War, plus a group of top students who graduated from the Nyasaland Army Academy. Martin does not agree with this arrangement, but this is Rock's decision, Martin
There is no qualification to question.
"Officers still need to be drawn from the existing troops and train these two divisions as professional soldiers." Roque will not lower the standards easily. Does the army composed of Africans have no combat effectiveness? Not necessarily.
In Rock's impression, Africans have no concept of discipline.
Don’t worry about this. In fact, Africans who are strictly trained are also qualified soldiers. In the 21st century, there are studies saying that Africans’ IQs are not high. In fact, this is not a shortcoming. If you have a low IQ, you may not be able to score high in the exam.
It may not be possible to do scientific research, but it may not be impossible to engage in other professions.
For example, joining the army.
Soldiers do not need to think, and it is the same all over the world. The greatest duty of a soldier is to obey orders. What this profession requires is dedication, bravery and fearlessness, and national justice. Thinking too much may lead to
Other questions.
Then there are Africans who are undisciplined.
When social welfare is good, food and clothing are secure, and people will not starve to death if they do nothing, no matter what race they are, there will always be people who are unwilling to make progress.
Institutional factors account for most of the reasons here, and have nothing to do with temperament. If we really must resolutely implement that those who do not work will not get food, and those who do not pay will gain nothing, how can Africans still be undisciplined?
Impossible!
Southern Africa is a capitalist country. Don’t talk about Africans. Even whites or Chinese don’t work, or the work they do doesn’t meet the requirements and they are hungry. Then let’s talk about Africans——
To be honest, for Africans in southern Africa, being a soldier is a very good way out. At least during the service, the Ministry of National Defense will not withhold salary at will. If the family members of those killed in the war can receive pensions, this is already very good.
The conditions are met.
"Okay, resolutely complete the task." Martin didn't talk nonsense. His long-term trust in Rock made Martin too lazy to think many times.
This is not a bad thing. Soldiers really don’t need to think independently. If you think too much, something will happen. Why are there so many mutinies and military governments in Africa in the 21st century? It’s because of this.
If a society wants to develop harmoniously, it must adhere to the rules in all aspects. The duty of soldiers is to protect the country, the duty of officials is to strengthen the country and enrich the people, and the duty of farmers is to have more children and more trees. As for Rock's accusation -
—
Just don't let him drift too far.
There is no way, in this kind of environment in southern Africa, it is not easy to drift——
It really requires a lot of self-control.
In the surrounding areas of Southern Africa, Tanganyika and Southwest Africa are now younger brothers, and Portuguese West Africa and the Congo Free State are all grandsons. If Roque is willing, he does not need to wait until the outbreak of the world war and casually excludes some areas from the surrounding areas.
Military advisors can easily subvert surrounding areas.
This can only be thought of. Before the outbreak of the World War, Britain still had the largest fleet in the world, and Southern Africa was also part of the United Kingdom. After the annexation of Portuguese East Africa, the expansion of Southern Africa had aroused London's vigilance.
Even if your heart is as high as the sky, you still have to follow the rules.
Starting in October, southern Africa officially recruited Africans to join the newly formed 101st and 102nd Divisions.
The status of these two divisions in the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa can be seen from their designations.
But this is not a problem. For Africans in southern Africa, they have no choice. This is their only chance to integrate into southern Africa. As long as Africans successfully join the 101st Division or the 102nd Division, their families can
I received a ten-acre piece of land in my hometown, and there was no need to pay taxes on this land. Although compared with whites or Chinese, owning land did not mean obtaining the right to vote or other rights, but this still attracted many Africans. In southern Africa today, Africans mainly live in Natal, Basutoland, Swaziland, and Lorenzo Marquez.
The Africans in Natal are better off. Although they have no political rights, they can barely make a living. The vast majority of Africans in Natal exist in tribal form. Because of the previous Natal rebellion, the federal government’s control of Natal
Africa still maintains a certain degree of respect and does not push too hard.
The same cannot be said for the Africans in Basutoland, Swaziland, and Lourenço Marquez. The Africans in these three regions are basically submissive and have no political opinions or interests of their own.
Without their own survival instinct, they are completely at the mercy of others. A few decades ago, they were sold as slaves at will. How much resistance can they have now?
Not at all!
In just ten days, the 101st and 102nd Divisions were fully staffed.
And because information spreads at different speeds, after the army was full, groups of young people of school age came to Frankfurt on the border of Transvaal and Natal to request to enlist.
"Yes, of course, as many as come. We can screen them first. If there are too many qualified soldiers and two divisions are not enough, then three divisions or four divisions doesn't matter." Rock opened his mouth and accepted as many as he wanted.
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"It's not easy to expand the army. To recruit it requires training, equipment, and salary. Our standards are still so high, we can't afford it-" Hopkins finally ended his vacation and came directly to Nyasaland.
Find Rock.
"It's not that difficult. As I said just now, we have to screen first and eliminate all those who are unqualified. Only those who are qualified can stay for training. The federal government is responsible for the supply of the troops. The most important thing we lack now is food, not to mention equipment issues.
Worry, London will be responsible for all the equipment." Rock doesn't worry, it's a good thing anyway. London's funding for this year is coming soon. Rock has received Ade's promise that this year's funding from London will not be deducted by the federal government.
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No, London pays in pounds, so it should not deduct a penny.