Roque finally agreed to Henry's request, there was no way, Favart was also short of people, Roque and Xiao Si were working hard to build their own territory, and Henry couldn't be too salty.

In fact, the situation of Favart is also good, with steel mills and cement plants, Favart's development is actually very simple, Roque's development of Nyasaland is carried out along rivers and lakes, and Henry's development of Favart along the railway is also very convenient, not to mention, around the steel plant and cement plant, to build two cities is actually very simple, many big cities around the world are developed in this way.

The only regret is that Henry can only rely on the Zulu people to develop Favart, and neither the whites nor the Chinese will go to Favart, and in a few decades, Favart will also be the world of the Zulu people.

Not necessarily, if the Chinese work harder on childbearing, it is difficult to say who will be in southern Africa in the future, and Roque can at least guarantee that Nyasaland and Rhodesia will not evolve into a black country.

Now in Nyasaland, there is basically no black people, after Nyasaland began to buy its own boats, the cost of immigration has been greatly reduced, tens of thousands of Chinese arrive in Nyasaland every month, most of them are settled in the Zambezi River Basin, some of them take over the plantations left by the Portuguese, and some people are working hard to pioneer, Roque strives to turn the Zambezi River Valley into the next Nyasaland within two years.

Back in Johannesburg, Roque faced another round of touting.

Philip held a special celebration banquet for Roque, and Roque and Phyllis became the center of the feast.

"—The reason why it went so well was not because the Northern Rhodesian Division was strong, but because the Zulu rebels were too weak—"Roque has been repeating this passage too many times lately, and everyone wants to hear Roque's story in Natal and is curious about the Northern Rhodesian Division.

"Is it possible that our Transvaal army is also the same as the Northern Rhodesian Division?" Ade also took time out of his busy schedule to attend Roque's celebration banquet, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief after the Zulu rebellion had subsided, and now was the time to celebrate, to relieve the pressure of some time ago.

As the governor-general, Ade also served as the commissioner of South Africa, and the construction of the army was also Ade's responsibility.

In terms of civil affairs, Ade is indeed handy, and Ade is not very familiar with the army, so all along, the garrisons of the Transvaal and Orange are basically in a state of herding sheep, and Henry's father-in-law has no special ability in this regard, and now that there is a good player like Roque, Ade will definitely not let it go.

The military and police are a family——

"It's very difficult, the northern division of Rhodesia successfully quelled the rebellion, relying on the advantage of equipment, as well as strict training in peacetime, the training is good to say, as long as the strict requirements, the soldiers' personal technical and tactical abilities can be strengthened, and the equipment advantage is not easy to do, the northern division of Rhodesia, I and Cecil worked hard to build, now the northern division has more than 1,000 people, and the military expenditure has been more than 100,000 pounds, with an average of more than 100,000 pounds per soldier." Roque told the truth that strength is all made with money, and with the current financial situation of the Transvaal and Orange, it may not be able to afford it.

It was only after the establishment of the Northern Rhodesia Division that Roque understood why the United States' military spending was so high in his previous life.

Combat effectiveness is really made of money, the equipment of the troops, the salaries of officers and soldiers, all kinds of materials needed for logistics, the consumption in daily training, etc., everything costs money, and the automatic weapons equipped by the northern division of Rhodesia cannot even be used by the British troops, otherwise they would not have made a Lee Enfield, and a magazine divider would have to be added to the magazine.

It is very difficult for the troops that have not achieved mechanization to reach the level of firepower intensity of the Northern Rhodesia Division, which is also the main reason why Roque does not dare to expand the scale of the Northern Rhodesian Division, as far as the current equipment situation of the Northern Rhodesia Division continues, if it continues to expand the scale, even with the financial resources of Roque and Xiaosi, the reason why the Northern Rhodesia Division can reach this level has a lot to do with the Nyasaland Arsenal, if it weren't for Roque to take precautions and set up an arsenal in Nyasaland as early as possible, not to mention anything else, Training bullets and shells alone can make Roque die of distress.

In the Northern Rhodesian Division, the daily bullets to be used for training were calculated in units of "ten thousand".

Training consumes not only bullets, but also a loss of weapons, you must know that weapons also have a lifespan, the smelting technology of this year is not good, the strength of the steel used in the weapon is insufficient, with the increase of loss, the weapon must be replaced after reaching the limit, otherwise the best technology is useless.

Therefore, Ade's idea was destined not to be realized, and if the garrisons of the Transvaal and Orange were to be required to reach the level of the northern Rhodesian division, then the troops of the Transvaal and Orange would be able to bankrupt the finances of the Transvaal and Orange.

"There are only a thousand people in the northern division of Rhodesia?" Ade was very curious, according to the report submitted by Roque, there were more than 3,000 troops of the Northern Rhodesian Division going to Natal to participate in the battle this time, considering that it was unlikely that all the Northern Rhodesian Division would leave Nyasaland, then this number was still conservative.

"Now the official members of the Northern Rhodesia Division are indeed only more than a thousand, and the others are all temporarily recruited Nyasaland militia regiments." Roque is still very proud, the trick of hiding soldiers in the people is really useful, it doesn't cost too much military spending in peacetime, and a large number of troops are needed to be formed at any time when the war breaks out, no wonder those small countries in Europe in the 21st century are so rich.

"If it's small, then we're fine." Ade's mind is still very active, even if the Transvaal can't afford to raise a thousand troops like the Northern Rhodesian Division, it is still possible to raise three or five hundred, or two or three hundred.

"I'll go back and compile a training plan for the Northern Rhodesia Division to General Hopkins." It is inconvenient for Roque to express his position in this regard, Ade is willing to pay money, so let Ade toss, anyway, Roque does not want to rebel, even if Ade trains the army, it will not cause trouble for Roque.

However, Roque estimates that even if Ade is willing to pay for it, he may not be able to train troops like the Northern Rhodesia Division.

The combat effectiveness weapons of the troops are one thing, and the role of people is also very important, the garrisons of the Transvaal and Orange are mainly Boers, and the Boers are very resistant to the Transvaal and the Orange government itself, so even if you have good equipment and a perfect training plan, whether you will strictly follow the training plan is another two different things.

When Hopkins went to Natal, he took with him a servant and a cook, and a dozen large boxes of his daily necessities.

The Northern Rhodesia Division is different, if according to the British tradition, even Anton and Martin are qualified to go to Natal with servants and cooks, but the Northern Rhodesia Division is very conscious, and even Roark went to Natal without bringing servants and cooks, if Anton and Martin dare to take them, Roark will drive them back to Nyasaland in minutes.

"Locke, I don't mean General Hopkins' troops, I mean regrouping a force, as in the case of the Northern Rhodesian Division." Ade is not stupid, the performance of the colonial forces in the Cape in the Boer War is obvious to all, and Ade did not put the treasure on Hopkins at all.

Not to mention the colonial troops, even the British regular army, the performance in the Boer War was very weak, this time the performance of the Natal troops and the Cape troops in the counterinsurgency made everyone speechless, the dignified regular army, even the rebels could not be defeated, it was a shame for the British Empire.

It is precisely with this in mind that Ade wants to reorganize a force, this time to counter the rebellion, and wait for the support forces of the Transvaal and Orange to arrive in Natal, and the rebels have already retreated to Basutoland, which in itself is very telling, you must know that Hopkins was not late in getting the order, but why did the troops of the Transvaal and Orange arrive in Natal so late?

This question cannot be pondered, and if you think deeply, Henry's father-in-law will be very faceless.

"Regroup, in what name?" Roque was surprised, but he didn't expect Ade to get the idea.

"Nominally? Why do you need a nominal name? Ade didn't react for a moment.

Roque suddenly remembered that Ade was the governor or the commissioner of South Africa, so Ade could decide these things in one word, and he didn't even need to ask London for instructions, and when the new troops were formed, he just needed to report to London.

"Of course, of course." Roque gave a definite answer this time.

"Then you prepare and write me a report on the training plan and equipment you just mentioned." Ade still trusts Roque, and maybe, the new army will also be led by Roque.

This is not new, although Roque is still the police chief of Johannesburg, but in Ade's heart, Roque's position is irreplaceable.

To put it mildly, the current forces of the Transvaal and Orange may not even be able to beat the police.

Not immune, it's almost certain, since the Cape Town police killed the commander-in-chief of the Boer coalition army, Joubert, in the Boer War, the police in southern Africa are notoriously able to fight, others don't know, Ade must be very clear, don't look at the name Henry is the big boss of the Transvaal police, in fact, Roque is the backbone of the Transvaal police.

"Okay, I'll get the report out as soon as I can." Roque is in a good mood, compared to the police, Roque actually prefers the military, after all, the barrel of the gun is the last word.

It's about the same, if Roque had gone to the army, it would no longer have been the police in Johannesburg, but the police in the whole of Africa.

When I think about it, it seems to feel better!