The situation in Persia is very dangerous, Ahmad Shah Qajar, who just became king three years ago, is not yet fifteen years old, but he is already the third king of Persia to change in the last five years, the country is controlled by a large council of 500 parliamentarians, the country is full of contradictions, surrounded by wolves, not only facing the colonial intervention of Britain and Russia, but also facing the strong oppression of the Ottoman Empire, and is already on the verge of collapse.

Even if there is no umbrella company to get in the way, the current Qajar Dynasty will not last for a few years, the discovery of oil did not bring wealth to Persia, but brought countless greedy oil companies, in order to protect their own interests, the major oil companies have been looking for a spokesperson for interests in Persia, the real power warlords are the most popular, the traditional nobles and upper-class monks are also the objects of wooing, the whole Persia has been infiltrated with holes, everyone is thinking about their own interests, no one cares about the future of the country.

Even the Persians didn't care about the future of Persia, and Don didn't care, Reza Khan relied on a large number of new weapons obtained from the umbrella, and his strength was greatly improved, and Don promised to give Reza Khan more support at the cost of Huzestan, including Ahvaz.

Ahvaz is an important oil and gas producing region, located 120 kilometers from Basra, and its oil and gas resources will be the most important financial pillar of Persia in the future.

Alex's death did not cause any ideas, and the eyes of the world were focused on London, waiting for the negotiation process between the Ottoman Empire and the Balkan Alliance.

The negotiations were difficult, as the Balkan League demanded that all Ottoman territories (except Albania) and Crete west of the line from Enez to Midina on the Caspian Sea be ceded to the Balkan League, and Albania would become an independent state.

This demand was absolutely unacceptable to the Ottoman Empire, and just as the negotiations were deadlocked, a coup d'état broke out within the Ottoman Empire, and the new government completely rejected the demands of the Balkan League, and war broke out again.

"The Ottomans are crazy, they couldn't beat the Balkan League before, and now they can beat it?" Anton really can't understand the Ottomans, the performance of the Ottoman Empire in the North African War and the Balkan War is really unbearable, the people are understandably disappointed in the government, but it is impossible to see immediate results with a new government, the troops are still those troops, the generals are still those generals, the Balkan Alliance still has the support of almost the whole world, and it would be hellish if the Ottoman Empire could turn the tables.

"We must fully learn the lessons of the Ottoman Empire, in these wars, the reason why the Ottoman Empire has been losing and retreating one after another, mainly because the logistics of the troops cannot keep up, and the training of the troops is also seriously insufficient, weapons are not the main problem, advanced weapons do not necessarily bring victory, but because advanced weapons have stricter requirements for logistics, if there is no efficient logistics department, then the performance of the troops is a disaster." Derek Dodd was more technical, having sent military observers from southern Africa during the previous North African War and the First Balkan War, and had first-hand knowledge of the performance of the Kingdom of Italy and the Ottoman Empire.

The military observer mission is still very meaningful, and many problems can be found in the war, and southern Africa has also benefited a lot, since the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, southern Africa has insisted on sending observation missions, and after the Russo-Japanese War, the Johannesburg Medical College established a field military medical department, and after the North African War, the Ministry of Defense adjusted the authority of each department, giving the third division in charge of logistics greater powers, and it is estimated that after the end of the Balkan war, the third division is likely to become a separate department.

"The training of our troops is still no problem, it is stricter than the Italian army and the Ottoman army, and logistics is indeed very important, but fortunately, the pressure on our logistics work is not great." Anton is still very optimistic, compared to the Italian and Ottoman armies, whose performance is simply catastrophic, the armies of southern Africa are indeed more professional.

This also has a lot to do with the idea of unification that Roque has always adhered to, all countries in the world, it is estimated that only the rifles and light and heavy machine guns used by the southern African army are of a unified caliber, for which Roque would rather sacrifice part of the machine gun performance, mainly considering the logistical pressure.

For general-purpose machine guns, the caliber of 0.303 inches is indeed a bit small compared with Makqin, but the caliber of the machine gun is too large and it is meaningless, if you want to pursue a large caliber, there are larger caliber vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns in southern Africa, and the main role of the general-purpose machine gun is to accompany the infantry to advance, and even the class machine gun Roque cooperated by Browning and Nyasaland must insist on changing to 0.303 inch caliber.

Even so, the pressure on the army's logistics is still very great, in addition to the 0.303-inch caliber bullets required for rifles and light and heavy machine guns, there are also 9 mm bullets for pistols, 12.7 mm caliber bullets for vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns, and 20 mm caliber bullets for anti-aircraft machine guns, plus 40 mm grenades for grenade launchers and mortar shells of various calibers.

"How can it not be? It's just stressful, okay! Derek Dodd stressed that Anton and his generals were only in charge of fighting the war and did not know how complicated the logistics were.

As the military in southern Africa becomes more and more professional, the personnel needed by the army are becoming more and more detailed, and if war breaks out, Anton and his generals only need to think about how to defeat the enemy, and other tasks are in charge of special personnel.

"We now have cars, planes, and ships, so it's not difficult to support logistics." What Anton said is the fact that the armies of southern Africa are probably equipped with the most cars in the whole world.

"It is precisely because of these new equipment that our logistics work is becoming more and more complicated, the car will be damaged when it is used, at this time it will need professional maintenance personnel and spare parts, and at the same time, it also needs sufficient fuel, and it needs good traffic conditions, and the aircraft does not need an airport? Doesn't the safety of the waterway need to be considered? "Derek Dodd was heartbroken, and he really didn't know how Anton graduated from the Nyasaland Army Academy.

After Roque invited Derek Dodd and his gang from the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst to Southern Africa, the officers from Southern Africa went to the Nyasaland Army Academy in batches for further study.

"This is a matter for the logistics department to consider, and I am only responsible for destroying the enemy." Anton said that the reason why the performance of the Italian army and the Ottoman army was a disaster was that there were no professional logistics personnel.

"I now doubt that you really take your troops into battle and whether you can destroy the enemy." Derek Dodd grimaced with a serious face.

"You can doubt my ability, don't doubt the combat effectiveness of our army." Anton is confident that Roque has been an arsenal, a field doctor, and a military academy over the years, and has worked hard for more than ten years to build the current southern African army system, and the gap between this cannot be made up by the Italians and the Ottomans patting their heads.

"The relationship between the combat effectiveness of the army and the generals is getting smaller and smaller, modern warfare is fought as a whole, and the number of troops of the Ottoman Empire far exceeds the armies of the Balkan League, but the final victor is the Balkan League." Derek Dodd is concerned that the overall military power of Southern Africa is indeed very strong, but this is not a reason for pride.

Everyone now understands the truth that arrogant soldiers will be defeated.

Roque didn't participate, his fingers tapped lightly on the table, and Anton and Derek Dodd immediately died down.

"Anton, if you lead the Ottoman army, how will you defeat the Balkan Alliance?" Roque gave Anton a difficult question, and that was the point of the discussion, not a worthless war of words.

"If it were me, I wouldn't fight hard with the Balkan Alliance, the reason why the Balkan Alliance was established was mainly by virtue of the courage of blood and blood, there are many contradictions within the Balkan Alliance, and they are basically irreconcilable, as long as the war situation is in a stalemate, the internal contradictions of the Balkan Alliance will break out, and then look for opportunities to break them down." After the outbreak of the Balkan War, the Ministry of Defense and the Military Academy often held military flag deduction exercises, and Anton also participated in many times, so he is no stranger to this proposition.

"Hmph, think beautifully, if you don't take the initiative to attack, the Balkan Alliance will not take the initiative to attack, the most critical thing to quell the rebellion is time, to defeat the enemy in the shortest possible time, stabilize the regional situation, if the battlefield enters a state of stalemate, then as time goes by, it will become more and more unfavorable for the Ottoman Empire, and now the coup d'état of the Ottoman Empire is proof." Derek Dodd immediately found out Anton's loopholes, in essence, the Ottoman Empire and the Balkan Alliance were rookies pecking at each other, but this is the normal state of war, war never breaks out when it is ready, it always catches people off guard in an unexpected way, and this is the biggest test of the country's military system.

"It doesn't matter, I will force the Balkan Alliance to attack, such as attacking it and sending reinforcements, there will always be a way to use my brain." This is not the first time Anton has come into contact with this kind of deduction, there are more such exercises in the army, and when Anton was the commander of the Northern Rhodesian Division, he even held such exercises every month, when the imaginary enemies were Tanganyika and South-West Africa.

Of course, because the German forces in Tanganyika and Southwest Africa are too weak, the Northern Rhodesian Division will appropriately impose some restrictions on the Northern Rhodesian Division when conducting the exercise, such as one regiment against two divisions, etc., or if the logistics support is seriously insufficient, or it is deep behind the enemy and falls into heavy encirclement, in short, how difficult it is, and the Northern Rhodesia Division cannot be allowed to win too easily, otherwise in addition to raising a group of proud soldiers, such a deduction is meaningless.

"Let the Northern Rhodesia Division prepare, we are going to conduct an exercise in this regard." Roque is not afraid of spending money on exercises, and southern Africa does not have the power to launch foreign wars, so it can only use military exercises to test the combat effectiveness of its troops.

The inability to start a foreign war does not mean that the army does not have the opportunity to accept the baptism of war, before the rebellion in Tanganyika and the East Indies, the mercenaries of the umbrella company have the figure of southern African officers, and now there are more southern African retired soldiers among the mercenaries on the peninsula, these soldiers are actually professional soldiers, and after retirement, they are actually reserves, and they can return to active duty at any time.

"Do you want the 1st Cavalry Division to also participate?" Derek Dodd wants to test more troops, but in fact, it should be more about the African divisions that have just been established for a short time, and those armies really need combat experience.

Roque established the African Division to be sent to Europe to participate in the war, which the entire Ministry of Defense knows, so no matter how good the 1st Cavalry Division and the Northern Rhodesia Division are, they have no chance to appear in Europe, unless Southern Africa itself is facing war, the 1st Cavalry Division and the Northern Rhodesia Division will participate in the war.

In addition to salaries, the Ministry of Defense gives the soldiers of the African divisions a good treatment, and the usual food, food, housing and transportation are all equipped according to the standards of compulsory soldiers, although there is a gap between them and the first cavalry division and the northern division of Rhodesia, they are basically at a grade compared with the current European army.

At least stronger than the armies of Italy and the Ottoman Empire.

"Yes, there must be confrontation to progress." Roque doesn't feel distressed, but Derek Dodd does.

"I think we should adjust the intensity of the exercise, the current exercise intensity is too high, and there are casualty indicators for every exercise, and these losses are unnecessary." Derek Dodd thought that Roque was too strict with the 1st Cavalry Division and the Northern Rhodesian Division.

During this period, there was almost no such thing as military exercises in the European armies.

On the one hand, because there are too many wars, they have to be fought every once in a while, and they can't hide, and if there is no country to do, they will pull the army out and slip away.

On the other hand, the military is not professional enough, and accidents often occur during training, not to mention the confrontational mode of military exercises.

And there is another key problem, the exercise must be costly, even if it is just an exercise, the soldier always has to fire a few shots, the gunner has to shoot a few shots, and the car armored vehicle or something has to be put into use, all of which cost money.

In democratic countries, if they want to go out, they need the approval of Congress, otherwise they can only walk in the barracks and practice formations, and even live firing is very rare.

Bullets also cost money.

In the case of southern Africa, the Ministry of Defense can decide when and where to hold military exercises at will, and as long as Roque submits the training plan, Ade will definitely approve it without any obstacles.

Of course, the funds needed for military exercises must be raised by the Ministry of Defense itself, and the federal government spends so much money on the Ministry of Defense every year, and the Ministry of Defense will not add more funds even if it is spent in one day.