Chapter 43: Linear Tactics
In the Huayong Battalion, the highest military rank that the Chinese can obtain is corporal, and the rank of corporal and above, the Chinese have no chance, no matter how good the Chinese are, the corporal is the glass ceiling of the Chinese.
In the Cape Town Police Department, Roque still doesn't know what the glass ceiling of the Chinese is, but judging from the situation of the Indian police, the sheriff should be the glass ceiling of the Indian police, so by analogy, the sheriff is also the glass ceiling of the Chinese police.
Roque's current position is the deputy captain of the commando team, wearing the rank of sergeant, which means that Roque has touched the glass ceiling, if there is no accident, Roque's life is at the pinnacle of this, even if Roque's case-solving rate reaches 100%, Roque will be a sheriff in his life.
This is certainly not what Roque wants.
Relatively speaking, Henry's promotion has no glass ceiling, so if the relationship between Henry and Roque is iron enough, then Roque can indeed climb up with the help of Henry.
In this case, Roque's plan will be changed, originally Roque wanted to capture those rebels with his own hands, and now it seems that this credit should be given to Henry, because Roque is very sure that if Henry captures those rebels with his own hands, then Henry should get much more than Roque can get.
Of course, before that, Roque still had to get on good terms with Henry, so after returning to Cape Town, Roque invited Henry to a table mountain bar for a drink in the evening.
"Really? So generous? "Henry couldn't believe that an iron-rooster-like Chinese policeman would take the initiative to treat him.
Well, it might be fine to use the iron rooster to describe other Chinese police officers, but it is not appropriate to describe Roque, Roque is not stingy, and Henry also knows that there are always cigars and champagne in the living room of Roque's dormitory, although Henry has never been to Roque's dormitory.
"If you don't want to go, forget it." Roque wants to get away with it.
"Of course I want to go, I'm going to slaughter you, I know you've made a lot of money lately." Henry immediately took the bait, and whoever could pay 500 pounds to buy Sharma would definitely be slaughtered.
To tell the truth, although an Englishman should not admire a Chinese, but in terms of "righteousness", Henry still admires Roque, Roque's subordinate, and he is also Henry's subordinate, if it was Henry who went to find Sharma at that time, maybe Henry would say a few good words for Royce, but Henry would never use all his wealth to bribe Sharma.
Yes, as far as Henry knows, Roque's entire net worth is now around £500.
This guess is correct, although Henry does not know all of Roque's income, but Roque's current net worth is about 500 pounds, after all, Roque earns more and spends more, of course, this algorithm does not include the murderous mansion that Roque bought, if you do not consider the hidden attributes of the "murderous mansion", the actual value of the murderous mansion has reached about 500 pounds.
As night fell, Roque and Henry walked through the doors of Table Mountain Bar with shoulder-to-shoulder, like two pure Britons who usually go to a pub to have fun.
Yes, the friendship between men is so magical, and when he left the Doge's Manor, Henry had already regarded Roque as a friend, the kind of friend who could talk about everything.
Table Mountain Bar is the hottest bar in the whole Cape Town, although the official Cape Colony does not limit the opening hours of the bar, but because Cape Town has now become a military city, after 10 o'clock in the evening, Cape Town is subject to curfew, if the drinkers are not enough to have fun at 10 o'clock in the evening, it doesn't matter, Table Mountain Bar is upstairs is a hotel, and drinkers can go to the hotel to open a room and continue the party.
As the most popular bar, of course, the drinkers are also diverse, businessmen who come and go to Cape Town, local officials, and local residents of Cape Town, who are quite wealthy, are accustomed to coming to the bar to have fun, of course, more are the lobster soldiers in uniform, Cape Town is now a military city, there are not too many troops gathered, ordinary soldiers may not be eligible to go to Table Mountain Bar to spend, those noble children who serve in the army do not care, people are already rich.
Roque and Henry did not wear police uniforms, and certainly did not wear tuxedos, on summer nights, the gentle sea breeze mixed with the intoxicating aroma of wine, the air became viscous, Henry originally wore a reversible suit, but after seeing Roque's simple white shirt, Henry immediately threw away the reversible suit.
That's right, what kind of suit to wear on a summer night, a simple white shirt, simple and capable, as well as the vitality of young people, very relaxed.
"Handsome guy, bring me two of every drink in your bar." Henry saw that the posture was really going to kill Roque, and when he arrived at the bar, he startled Roque.
"He's joking, two cups of Madame Veuve Clicquot." Roque won't go crazy with Henry, there are not a hundred kinds of alcohol in Table Mountain Bar, but dozens of kinds, a glass of each one, and if you don't get drunk, you have to die.
"How about two cups, at least two bottles!" Henry slapped the bar and shouted, attracting frequent sideways glances from other customers, Roque was a little embarrassed, and he didn't know why, Henry, who was normal on weekdays, was a different picture when he arrived at the bar.
In fact, it is also normal, Britain is rich in gentlemen, but also rich in alcoholics, and in the 21st century, British football hooligans and football have gone to the world together, and alcohol has played an important role.
"Okay, two bottles for two." Roque paid and pulled Henry to sit in a random corner, not wanting to cause trouble.
I can't afford to provoke it, there are too many soldiers in Cape Town recently, and eighty percent of the customers in the bar are lobster soldiers.
"Keep a low profile, those people have been in a bad mood lately, so there's no need to look for trouble." Roque reassured Henry, because of the defeat at the Battle of Ladysmith, the soldiers were not in a good mood, and no one could have imagined that the Boers, with a total population of less than 400,000, could bring such a big trouble to the British Empire.
"A bunch of rubbish, even the Boers can't beat it, they really should be in a bad mood." Henry was unforgiving, but he still knew the severity and his voice was not loud.
"Actually, you can't blame them all, look at the military uniforms on their bodies, don't be too conspicuous in the forest or in the field, the most popular tactics of the army are linear tactics, and it's not surprising that they failed." Roque casually said that since the defeat at the Battle of Ladysmith, many people in Cape Town have been discussing war, and there are all kinds of theories, no matter what Roque says, it is not surprising.
"Isn't linear tactics wrong?" Henry pulled his neck and argued with Roque, Henry also served in the colonial army, and did not think that it was the wrong tactics that led to the defeat of the British army.
"In the era of flintlock pistols or smoothbore guns, linear tactics were really fine, but what about now? Tactics always change with the progress of technology, and if you don't change it, the war will force you to change it. "Roque also has to be subtle about Henry, which is the real reason why Roque asked Henry for a drink.