159 Northern Rhodesia Division (400 monthly passes plus changes)
The captives were brought back by the Tetera of Ngangundu-on-Lomami, the chief of the Tetera who was once a slave of the Sultan of Zanzibar, and when the Belgians invaded the Lokmi River valley, Lutei led the Tetera warriors to fight valiantly against the Belgians, and at one point also fought in conjunction with Kabongo of the Luba Kingdom, and repeatedly defeated the colonial army.
But in the face of the modernized army, the Tetera warriors still failed.
In September 1892, Lu Taitai surrendered.
However, the Taylorians did not give in, and in 1895, 1897 and 1901 they revolted three times, and are still fighting the Belgians.
Historically, the Tétera rebellion lasted until 1908, when the Belgian Congo was established and the Belgian government encircled the Tétera people, and Téterra ended its rebellion against the Belgians.
The current Congo Free State is still the private property of Leopold II, so the resistance of the Teryla people is very strong.
After interrogating several of the Tytaras, Martin finally decided to send them back to Little Rock.
Roque is rearmament in Little Rock, which has been agreed upon by Frank, the head of the War Office.
Roque's reasoning was simple: even if the British government did not agree to start a war against Belgium and did not allow Nyasaland to retaliate against the Congo Free State, then Nyasaland must have a certain military strength, otherwise the interests of the British government could not be guaranteed in Central Africa.
This is not a rhetoric, but an objective fact, and it is impossible for the British government to send troops to Nyasaland unless Roque agrees to bear the cost of the garrison.
Even if the British government doesn't need Roque to pay for it, Roque will not agree to the British government to send troops into Nyasaland, but Nyasaland does not have the right to train the army, and at the same time has the need to protect its own interests, so Roque and Xiao Si thought of a way to cover their ears and steal the bell, and put the Nyasaland army into the ranks of the Rhodesian army, so as to successfully get Frank's consent.
It's funny, the serious British baron does not have the right to form an army, but the South African company that controls Rhodesia has the right to form an army, how good the relationship between Roque and Xiao Si is, Xiao Si doesn't even need to pay for Roque, and directly sent Roque the clothing of the Rhodesian army, as well as enough weapons and equipment for a thousand people, so the militia in Nyasaland turned into a regular Rhodesian army.
It even has an establishment, the full name is the "Northern Rhodesia Division", which is under the command of the South African company.
In other words, even the British government could not command this force, and the command of the troops was in the hands of Xiao Si.
It's in Roque's hands.
As the director of the War Office, although Frank does not want to see Roque and Little Smin's plank road dark, but there is nothing to be done, the procedure for the birth of the "Northern Rhodesia Division" is completely legal, no one can find fault, the right of the South African company to form an army is given by Queen Victoria, who dares to say that it is not legal, it is questioning Queen Victoria's authority-
Isn't it good to live well?
Nominally, the division headquarters of the northern Rhodesia division was in Salisbury, but in fact the division headquarters must be in Nyasaland, and Roque did not even have a qualified division commander in his hands, so he had to wait for a suitable candidate to be heard.
"Anyway, the troops are yours now, you have the final say on the size, if you have the ability, it's no problem to integrate everyone in Nyasaland, as long as you can afford it-" Xiao Si was also curious, Roque, who was proficient in fighting behind enemy lines, had finally begun to enter the regular army mode now, and Xiao Si was still looking forward to the northern division of Rhodesia.
Because of the lack of manpower, although the South African company has the right to form an army, in fact the South African company cannot be formed, and can only maintain a police force of about 1,000 people in Salisbury.
Although the Northern Rhodesia Division was formed by Roque, if Rhodesia is in need, Roque will definitely not sit idly by, so Xiao Si still hopes that the Northern Rhodesia Division will have strong strength, so as to better safeguard the interests of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
"It definitely doesn't need to be too big now, it's enough to maintain a training battalion, the current size of the militia is exactly a training battalion, if necessary, the establishment can be pulled up at any time, so that the cost of maintaining the army will not be too high." Roque is also far-sighted, I don't know how long ago he started planning this day, otherwise the size of the militia would not happen to be a teaching camp.
The militia in Nyasaland has a military rank system, and when the militia was formed, Roque hired retired European officers to work in the militia, and it was in this context that Isaiah Ulysses and Frank came to Nyasaland.
The joining of these retired officers has effectively improved the strength of the Nyasaland militia regiment, and Roque has offered these retired officers high salaries, allowing them to train the technical and tactical ability of the militia members on the one hand, and the comprehensive military quality of the militia members on the other hand, and the training standards are all in accordance with the standards of the officers of the military powers of Britain, France, and Germany.
Therefore, even the most ordinary soldiers in the militia have a comprehensive quality that surpasses that of the junior officers of the military of the military powers of Britain, France, and Germany, who now need the most experience in the war, and the Congo Free State is a good opponent.
Relatively speaking, the Belgians in the Congo Free State are still good, although Belgium's military strength is not as good as Britain, France, and Germany, but after all, Belgium is also a white country, and fighting with whites, on the one hand, can accumulate experience, on the other hand, improve the level of psychological quality, which can not be achieved by eliminating many African armed forces.
"Vigilante!" Xiao Si was quite speechless, perhaps in Xiao Si's impression, the Nyasaland militia was also similar to the Boer militia.
"Don't underestimate the militia in Nyasaland, each of them has received at least a year of military training, the kind that goes on non-stop." Roque solemnly reminded.
"How long have you only been in Nyasaland!" Little Si laughed, and then the smile on his face gradually froze.
That's right, Roque has been in Nyasaland for less than a year.
However, the training of those militia members did not start after Roque got Nyasaland, after the establishment of the Roque Gold Mine, Roque has begun to consciously train the security guards of the gold mine, and the current Nyasaland Ministra is formed with the security team of the Roque Gold Mine as the skeleton, which fully shows how far-sighted Roque is.
Or rather, it's cunning!
"How many people in Nyasaland have military training?" Xiao Si also has illusions, hoping that Nyasaland will not throw away Rhodesy Asia-Pacific Far Away.
"You don't want to know!" Now it was Roque's turn to laugh, Nyasaland now has 200,000 Chinese, at least 1 in 10 of whom have received a month of military training, and this number will increase rapidly as time is delayed.
Nyasaland is a corporate system, in other words, all people in Nyasaland are employees of the Nyasaland Agricultural Company, Roque has never neglected military training while building Nyasaland, in principle, all adult males who immigrated to Nyasaland have to receive a certain degree of military training, now limited to objective conditions, only adult males between the ages of 18 and 25 have the opportunity to enter the militia for training, and then the militia selects the outstanding "top students" from among them as permanent members of the Nyasaland militia.
It can be said that in addition to artillery, Nyasaland can now pull out a unit at any time, and in three months, the shortcomings of artillery will also be filled, Nyasaland now has a technical school called "Nyasaland Staff Technical School", but in fact it is an artillery school with retired British officers as instructors, although there are only 30 cadets in this school, but this is also 30 tinder.
At the same time as Roque and Xiao Si were chatting, the door number had been changed to the militia headquarters of the northern Rhodesia division, and the new militia training list was also freshly released.
There are a total of 3,000 people in this phase of the militia training list, all of whom are young people who have performed well in the previous training, in the past, each training of the militia was only one month, and the members of the militia only received some basic training such as formation queues, shooting, and physical fitness, but this time the training time is three months, not only the training time is long, the training intensity is high, and more combat skills have been added.
"Why are there Zulu and Yao people on the training list?" Anton had just arrived in Nyasaland and was not yet aware of the situation in Nyasaland.
After receiving Roque's telegram, the Cape Town Police Department approved Anton's order, and Anton came to Nyasaland as soon as he got the order, he parachuted in to serve as the head of the Nyasaland militia.
"These Zulu and Yao people were sent by Lala and the scum, and after they have been trained with us, they will become officers in the army of the Kingdom of Mweni Matapa when they return to Mweni Matapa." Wilde, who has been in charge of the training of the militia group, explained in detail that if it was someone else who parachuted in the militia leader, Wilde might still be dissatisfied, because Wilde always believed that the position of the militia leader must be his own.
Anton will not have any opinion on the head of the airborne militia, after all, when he was in the Cape Town Police Department before, Wilde was Anton's subordinate, although in the past two years, Anton has stayed in Cape Town and has not been by Roque's side, but the old man around Roque, everyone knows the relationship between Roque and Anton, so Wilde really has no opinion, and he does not dare to have an opinion.
"Then we have to invite a few old masters to tell them about the Three Principles and the Five Constants." Anton is still very thoughtful, and knows how to control those Zulu and Yao people ideologically.
"Hehe, the lord said, no, if Lala and the scum are distracted, just find two more people to replace Lala and the scum, if those Africans are also taught to be full of mouths, then I can't stand it." There is a strong self-confidence in Wilde's tone.
Anton thought about the scene where the black buddies were full of mouths, and immediately laughed.
Forget it.