The instructor who led the team to Johannesburg was Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd, a senior instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, who graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 20 years ago and has been teaching at the school since his excellent grades.

In other words, Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd has a wealth of teaching experience, but the actual combat experience is equal to zero, he has never been on the battlefield, not even to the front line as a military observer, which is very much in line with Roque's requirements, Roque does not need the combat experience of the instructors, only the teaching experience of the instructors.

With these instructors in place, Roque was going to start forming a staff department.

The results of the Franco-Prussian War showed that a professional and efficient staff department was very suitable for the development of modern military, so after the Franco-Prussian War, all countries followed the example of Germany and set up their own staff departments, and Britain just set up a professional staff department last year.

The main task of the staff department is to coordinate, not only to coordinate the cooperation between the various arms of the armed forces, but also to coordinate the docking of troops and other functional departments.

Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd is an excellent staff officer, and Roque hopes that Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd can help Roque establish a complete staff department, so Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd is specially taken care of by Roque.

In fact, when General Victor Foster selected the instructors to come to Johannesburg, the vast majority of the instructors were resistant to Johannesburg.

Although Roque boasted about Johannesburg, almost no one believed what Roque said, and it was finally General Victor Foster himself who called him by name and Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd was forced to agree.

After arriving in Johannesburg, Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd discovered that what Roque said was actually the truth, the air in Johannesburg is indeed fresher than London, the sky is bluer, the water is clearer, the city construction is more advanced, the greenery is more beautiful, and even the drinks in the Johannesburg bars are richer than those in London.

On his first night in Johannesburg, Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd fell in love with the Eldis wines produced in Cape Town, as well as the locally produced Agni vodka in Johannesburg.

Agni, the name is really strong, it vividly proves the alcohol content of vodka, and drinking it in the stomach is really like a fire, just like those hot bar girls in the bar, it is simply intoxicating.

After Roque made arrangements, he took Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd and the other faculty members from the De Beers Hotel to Purple Town.

In October, the town of crape myrtle is ready to welcome the crape myrtle flowering period, and some can't wait for the crape myrtle flowers to bloom, and the whole town is shrouded in a faint fragrance of crape myrtle flowers.

In addition to the purple tree in Ziwei Town, the most is a variety of fruit trees, as long as it is a fruit tree that can be found in southern Africa, almost all are planted in Ziwei Town, October in Ziwei Town is spring, sweet oranges, apples, mangoes are the most common fruits, cherries and strawberries are also very common, basically every household will plant a few in front of the corridor or in the garden, the fruit here can be eaten casually, as long as it is not deliberately damaged, the owner will not interfere, this situation can only occur in Ziwei Town.

"Lieutenant Colonel, your home is here—" Roque personally came forward to receive the instructors, and the house prepared for Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd was 21 Garden Road.

There are no extra houses in Ziwei Town before, Huayuan Road was just built this year, and the location is between Ziwei Public School and Medical College, there is no doubt that this will be the best community in Ziwei Town in the future, only professors from the Medical School and teachers from Ziwei Public School are qualified to live here, not even the doctors of Ziwei Hospital.

However, the doctors of Ziwei Hospital are not uncommon, Ziwei Hospital has its own community, which is next to Ziwei Hospital, and the environment there is also very good.

Well, in Ziwei Town, there is no place with a bad environment, there is not even a piece of paper on the streets of the whole town, the residents of the town will habitually clean the sanitation in front of the door, there are garbage bins every short distance on the side of the street, if someone throws garbage casually, it will be despised by everyone.

"Thank you very much, Lord—" Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd was a little incredulous.

The houses on Garden Road are three-storey structures with attics, all of which are newly built, with marble foundations, timber structures, and all painted facades with varnish that retains the original colours, so that the whole house looks natural.

When building these houses, the management committee of Ziwei Town fully considered the future demand for cars, not only is the garden road wide, parking spaces have been drawn on the side of the road, each house is also equipped with a special garage, and now a "Tiger" brand military car produced by the Nyasaland Automobile Factory is parked in the garage of Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd's house.

The "Tiger" is a jeep very similar to Willis, and at the moment in 1905, Willis has not yet appeared, and there is no concept of "Jeep", so it does not matter what the name of the "Tiger" brand military car is.

Like the historical Willis, the "Tiger" brand military car also has no roof and doors for ease of use, and the canvas roof is placed in the trunk and can be pulled out at any time when needed.

The biggest difference between the "Tiger" and Willis is that the body of the "Tiger" is relatively high, this is to ensure passability, there is almost no difference in other aspects from the appearance, there may be differences in performance, but don't forget that it is 1905, and Willis will not appear until 1940, and it is impossible to ask for too much now.

Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd has not noticed the "Tiger" in the garage, after all, the cars in the world are now only in a very primitive stage, from the appearance, except for the "Tiger", almost all other cars are no different from the appearance of the carriage, but an engine is added to the carriage, and the engine is also stupid, ugly and big, it is really unacceptable, as long as it is a little aesthetic, I am afraid that it will not be able to accept the cars of this period.

Of course, this is only for Roque, because Roque knows what the car of the future will look like, and others don't, so this does not hinder the rapid development of the automotive industry.

In 1900, nearly 10,000 cars had been produced all over the world, and Ford in the United States had already set up a car factory last year, so it didn't take too long for the era of automobiles to arrive.

"This is the 'Tiger' military car that Nyasaland Automobile Factory has just successfully developed, the 'Tiger' uses an improved four-stroke diesel engine, which is more stable when running, and the performance is more advanced, and it can run at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour on the road, this kind of car has passed the test and officially became the officer car of the new 1st Cavalry Division and the Northern Rhodesia Division, so you should pay attention to this problem in the future, the way the army moves and moves at a speed that is very different from the previous army." Roque reminded Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd to be aware of this.

The advent of automobiles, for the increase in the speed of the transfer of the army is across the era, military staff in the development of troop action plans, the speed of movement is a very important reference index, the Franco-Prussian War and the Second Boer War have proved that the emergence of the train for the war of great effect, in the just-concluded Russo-Japanese War, if not for the Siberian Railway has not yet been fully opened, Japan estimates that it should be difficult to win the war.

Last month, Japan and Russia signed a treaty in Portsmouth, officially ending the Russo-Japanese War.

"Yes, my lord, all the staff officers of the world have to readjust to this." Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd, although he had not been directly involved in the war, had also seen relevant war materials at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and was no stranger to this situation.

"In order to better take care of your life in Ziwei Town, I have provided you with maids, cooks, and drivers, and the new 1st Cavalry Division will also provide you with orderlies and guards later, and you can choose to eat at home or in the officers' canteen, either way, you can enjoy a meal allowance of ten pounds a month." Roque will start the silver bullet offensive now, and the problems that can be solved with money, Roque is too lazy to waste his feelings.

"It's not in order." Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd is a little worried, ten pounds a month is not a small number, some low-level teachers, the monthly salary is just like this, Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd They came to southern Africa, and they themselves had a colonial subsidy, plus this so-called "meal subsidy", these teachers were instantly promoted to the high-income class even in London.

"This is the regulation of the new 1st Cavalry Division, don't worry, all the officers of the new 1st Cavalry Division have it, and the Transvaal Governor's Office and the Johannesburg City Government jointly pay for it." Roque is in a happy mood now, after sending all the former troops to Cape and Natal, the Transvaal now has enough money to raise troops, but Roque has not stopped asking the Mining Alliance for money, which should not be in vain.

In other words, if you only rely on the military funds provided by the Transvaal Governor's Palace and the Johannesburg City Government, the finances of the new 1st Cavalry Division can be very relaxed, but it is difficult to buy a car.

Hearing Roque say so generously, Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd and the other faculty members were overjoyed.

Roque certainly didn't treat the other faculty members badly, they all lived on Garden Road, each with a separate house, which was simply not possible at Sandhurst.