The army of the Congo Free State is under the command of the army commander directly under the King and consists of a training battalion and a number of regular companies.

In 1888, in order to effectively occupy the boundaries demarcated by the Congo Free State, Leopold II began to form a private army, which at that time had only eight companies.

By 1902, the army of the Congo Free State had reached 85 companies, with more than 10,000 troops, recruited from Africans and serving for 5-7 years. The officers were all Europeans.

This force played a huge role in Leopold II's conquest of the Congo Free State, defeating the Yacoma warriors, conquering the kingdoms of Kuba, Luba, and Ronda, capturing Katanga, and driving out the Arabs east of the Lomami River, eventually forming the current Congo Free State.

Perhaps it was because of his huge role in the conquest of the Congo Free State that Jim gave Jim the illusion that the colonial forces of the Congo Free State were invincible in Africa, and gave Jim the confidence to fight Nyasaland's almost certain revenge.

On the battlefield, the consequences of misjudging the situation are fatal, with 2.3 million square kilometers of the Congo Free State, 10 million indigenous Africans, and Leopold II's proud colonial army of only 10,000 people, I really don't know where Jim's confidence comes from.

Martin also can't understand the self-confidence of the Belgians, according to the situation of the Portuguese, the Belgians should be vigilant enough, so that the Belgians maintain enough respect for the Chinese, I didn't expect the Belgians to be so arrogant, when the whole world began to study the Yao model, the Belgians actually dared to challenge Nyasaland, which really made people laugh off their teeth.

Furious at the fact that the Belgians had shot the Chinese fishermen for no apparent reason, Roque ordered him to go to Lake Tanganyika on the night of the same day, where he completed the handover with the sheriff who had accepted the Kronstad and boarded the train to Nyasaland.

By the time Roque arrived in Nyasaland, Martin had already arrived at Lake Tanganyika and took over the defense of Lake Tanganyika.

The officer who led the team to Lake Tanganyika in Little Rock was Isaiah Ulysses, also a German who was discharged from the army in Germany with the rank of major, and has now become a naturalized Nyasaland and has become the head of the Nyasaland security forces.

Isaiah Ulysses brought a total of more than 500 troops, 100 of whom were long-trained professional security guards and 400 of whom were members of the vigilante group that had been temporarily assembled, which together formed the current armed forces in Nyasaland.

In other words, although Nyasaland does not have a single soldier on the surface, Nyasaland can muster 100,000 men at any time in the event of war.

That is, all adult males in Nyasaland can be temporarily transferred to the military when war breaks out.

Considering the level of training of the militia in Nyasaland, the combat effectiveness of the militia is not inferior to that of the regular armies of Britain, France, Germany, and other countries, and it has basically completely destroyed the servant armies formed by the African colonies.

This is the evaluation of the Nyasaland militia by Isaiah Ulysses, who also participated in the Franco-Prussian War and has a good understanding of both the German and French armies, so Isaiah Ulysses's evaluation of the Nyasaland militia is still convincing.

"100 people are enough, when we killed Joubert, it was only more than 100 people, and now we are fighting the Belgians, 100 people are enough!" Martin is full of confidence, Joubert was surrounded by elite Boer gunmen at the time, and they were all cut by the police, and now against the Belgians, Martin really feels like killing chickens with knives.

In Martin's opinion, to deal with the Belgians, there is no need for the Nyasaland militia to take action, and it is enough to send some Yao people.

In fact, Lala has already led a 3,000-strong Yao army to Lake Tanganyika, and is currently camping in Lake Chexi, which is only 40 kilometers away from Lake Tanganyika.

"Yes, I think so too, although I don't know the level of training of the Congo Free State army, but I am sure that the training performance of the soldiers of the Congo Free State army cannot be 100 percent excellent, and they cannot travel 50 kilometers a day with a weight of 30 kilograms, to be honest, I used to think that only mules could do this." Isaiah Ulysses' words didn't sound appropriate, but Martin knew that they were Isaiah Ulysses' expression of affection and praise for the members of the Nyasaland militia.

The training of regular members of the Nyasaland militia was very strict, and Isaiah Ulysses had the impression that neither the German nor the French troops could match the training intensity of the Nyasaland militia.

After winning the Franco-Prussian War, the German Army had become the de facto first army in Europe, and even so, the German soldiers were not 100% excellent in shooting, and the Nyasaland militia did just that.

In the Nyasaland militia group, shooting and all-armed training are basic subjects, and all people must achieve excellent shooting results and excellent results in all-armed training in order to become a regular member of the Nyasaland militia group.

You must know that there is no private land in Nyasaland, and all land in principle belongs to Roque, Lord of Nyasaland, but there is a special provision in Nyasaland, as long as you become a regular member of the Nyasaland militia group, you can get 100 acres of private land granted by the Baron of Nyasaland, this 100 acres of land does not need to pay taxes, and you can also get subsidies from the government every year. As long as the members of the militia remain in the militia and serve, then the land will always belong to the members' families.

If a member of the militia has served in the militia for 20 years, or a member of the militia dies in the course of service, or if a member of the militia has accumulated military exploits in the war, and any achievement is achieved, the 100 acres of land will become the private property of the militia family, and they will never need to pay taxes, and they can be freely resold.

Spurred on by this policy, all Nyasaland Chinese wanted to become regular members of the militia group, and hoped to break out into war and accumulate military merits in the war, or "sacrifice their lives for the country", so that their families could get a permanent fortune.

It is also the only way to obtain private freehold land within Nyasaland.

"If you were to say that, every police officer in Johannesburg is a mule." Martin is not angry, and unfortunately, Martin can also meet this standard.

And referring to Isaiah Ulysses' figure, Isaiah Ulysses will definitely not be able to reach it.

"Every police officer in Johannesburg is so good?" Isaiah Ulysses expressed disbelief.

"Hehe, think about Joubert-" Martin is proud, Joubert is a terrier, Martin can blow for a lifetime.

The point is, this "stalk" is really convincing, everyone who hears this story, the first reaction is basically impossible, in the customary sense, the police are used to bully civilians, and the army is likely to establish meritorious service, but the police in Johannesburg are such a strange existence, the previous Boers did not know, so the Boers suffered a big loss, and the current Belgians do not believe it, so the end of the Belgians is destined to be more miserable.

While Martin and Joubert were chatting, a force crossed the forest path and returned to the camp, this is the militia force that had quietly entered the Congo Free State to carry out the retaliatory action, Martin sent only a hundred regular members of the militia, and none of the members of the vigilante who were temporarily conscripted, although in the opinion of Isaiah Ulysses, even those who were temporarily conscripted were of great strength.

"Inspector, Major, I'm glad I didn't lose my life!" In charge of leading the team were two ensigns, one named Truman and the other named Frank, also a combination of Chinese and white.

"How's it going?" Martin is not worried about not being able to complete the task at all, those servants composed of Africans are like chickens and dogs in Martin's eyes, and the whites (Boers) who died in the hands of the Chinese don't know how many, and the Africans can really only hehe.

"All went well, we annihilated all the enemy, leaving nothing alive, all the enemies were carried to the camp gate and lined up, and then the camp was burned, we also captured some supplies, and rescued a few of their prisoners in the enemy's camp, Frank thought they might be useful, so we brought them back." Truman was a young man who excelled in militia training, not only for his personal skills and tactics, but also for learning a lot of military knowledge from Isiah Ulysses, so he was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant.

Don't be fooled by the name "militia", in fact, everything in the militia is no different from the regular army, in the barony of Nyasaland, Roque does not have the right to form an army, so he will use the nondescript title of "militia", in fact, the militia in Nyasaland is not the same thing as the original Boer militia.

Needless to say, Martin could see that Truman had gained a lot this time.

When they left the camp, Truman and his family were lightly dressed, and now everyone had extra bags on them, and everyone had smiles on their faces, and a few guys who were still oozing blood from their bandages were especially happy.

Wounded in battle will also be rewarded by the Nyasaland government, and Roque has implemented a military merit medal system in the Nyasaland militia group, and all wounded will receive the Meritorious Service Medal, with which they can receive a discharge pay after retirement.

Although a medal does not bring much money for veterans, it is a process that adds up, considering that members of the militia will not participate in only one battle.

"What about your casualties?" Martin is still concerned about this issue, since the establishment of the Nyasaland militia, for every regular militia member, the militia spends at least a hundred pounds, so each member is precious.

Or rather, it's worth the money!

"Only four people were wounded, no one was killed!" Truman was a little sorry if he hadn't even had the four wounded.

That's perfect.