The qualifications here, of course, also vary from person to person.

Roque did not have the luxury of training Africans into an invincible iron army, and it would be a waste to throw such troops into the flesh mills of the World War, Roque only hoped that the Africans he would recruit would be similar to the colonial servant army of southern Africa, which was not a high demand.

Southern Africa has accumulated a lot of experience in the training of troops, and the "Army Drill Code" compiled by the Army Academy is such a military work that draws on the strengths of others.

Lieutenant Colonel Derek Dodd is now Lieutenant General Derek Dodd, and it was only after coming to Nyasaland that Lieutenant General Derek Dodd began to come into contact with Eastern military thought, and then in the vast ancient texts, Derek Dodd most admired the Art of War.

The Art of War is 2,300 years earlier than Clausewitz's Theory of War, but many of the lessons in the Art of War are still of great use even in the twentieth century.

Combining The Art of War and Clausewitz's On War, Derek Dodd presided over the compilation of the Army Code of Conduct in Southern Africa, which is now the Bible of the Army Academy in Nyasaland, and even a less experienced instructor can train qualified soldiers in strict accordance with the requirements of the Army Codex.

In fact, it is a question of whether the standard is strict, the former colonial servant army, almost never conduct shooting training, these years to defeat the enemy on the battlefield by lining up to shoot, whether the soldier's shooting is accurate or not really does not matter, so the emphasis of the army is discipline, is bravery, to let the troops dare to face the enemy's artillery fire, the front will not collapse in the process of advancing.

The troops in southern Africa emphasize the allocation of firepower, and the requirements for the quality of individual soldiers are very high, and for Africans, physical fitness is not a problem, the main thing is attitude, and the attitude is not good, and there are countless ways of punishment in the army to make people change their ways.

It is impossible to shoot, that is the most untechnical way, and there are many ways to punish the Southern African Ministry of Defense, the most basic is to wash socks, then to clean the toilet, then to carry 30 kilometers of weight-bearing off-road, and finally to the small black house.

It's not the kind of small black room where people talk and someone talks, but the kind of small black room that is completely closed, no matter how strong a man is, he will be locked up for three days and guaranteed to come out, which is a pile of mud.

"Three months of basic training, and then three months of intensive training, half a year can train an ordinary person into a strong and fearless soldier, there are now four million Africans in southern Africa, and it is easy to recruit 100,000 troops, and if it is not enough, you can train again." When Roque saw this number, he suddenly realized a fact.

At the time of the autonomy of southern Africa, the population of Africa at that time was almost four million, and in 1908, the total population of Africans in southern Africa was estimated at 4.5 million, and it is estimated that it is not much different now, that is, the total number of Africans in southern Africa has hardly increased in these years.

Relative to the population growth rate of this era, this figure is very abnormal.

Under normal circumstances, in the case of southern Africa, the natural population growth rate should be maintained at more than 5 percent, but given the continuous migration of Roque and the federal government, the population growth rate in southern Africa should be even higher than that, so the natural population growth rate of Africans is indeed a bit low in comparison.

"Locke, have you ever thought about the consequences of training these Africans into qualified soldiers." Xiao Si is not worried about whether Roque can train Africans into soldiers, but whether he will be attacked by Africans in the future.

"Of course, I thought that these soldiers would be sent to Europe in the future, and even if they could come back alive, I would send them overseas as mercenaries." Roque had no intention of letting these people go back to southern Africa.

One thing that must be determined first is that Africans in this era are really different from Africans in the 21st century.

Africans in the 21st century are simply spoiled by populism and leftism, which is why they have all kinds of laziness, unmotivation, and all kinds of criminal behavior.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Africans had no so-called "human rights" at all, the Congo Free State and Portuguese West Africa had to cut off their hands at every turn, the United States was still implementing the apartheid policy, the French Foreign Legion did not even have Africans, and all countries in the world, it is estimated that only Africans in the Johannesburg Police Department can enjoy some of the legitimate rights as human beings.

Attention, this is only part of it.

Therefore, Africans in this era have no lazy capital at all, they will be tortured and killed at will if they don't work hard, and they don't even think about criminal behavior, even if whites evade taxes in southern Africa, they may only be fined, and Africans will be thrown into the mines for labor reform even if they are spitting.

That's why Roque dared to form an all-African army, and of course the officers must still be white or Chinese, which is irrefutable.

"Are you so sure that there will be a war in Europe?" Xiao Si only questioned it at this time, and it was also an afterthought.

"So what do you think is the end of the arms race? Even to justify the need for an arms race, a war is needed. Roque casually signed the report, then raised his hand to hand it to Zach.

The Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa, or the Ministry of War of Southern Africa, Roque can really decide these things in one word, and there is no need to ask Hopkins for instructions, now Hopkins is the only marshal in Southern Africa, and Roque is only a general.

"Whatever, we're a bunch of forgotten people in the world!" Xiao Si is also very helpless, as an Englishman, even if Xiao Si is dissatisfied with the British government, he also hopes that the British Empire will live forever, but Xiao Si can only watch the British Empire slide into the abyss but is helpless.

The day after Roque signed the order, the Department of Defense sprang into action.

The first African soldiers to be recruited were all from the umbrella, and it was only then that Roque noticed that the total number of African mercenaries in the umbrella company was nearly 6,000.

It's just a pity that all these 6,000 people can't be recruited, Jonathan weighs left and right, and in the end he can only give 2,000 places to the Ministry of Defense, and the rest has to be recruited by the Ministry of Defense from the people.

"Two thousand people are enough, two divisions are only, at least we can ensure the basic combat effectiveness of the two divisions, and the officers are easy to handle, these two thousand mercenaries are enough to fill the officers of the two divisions." Martin was overjoyed to learn of the situation, and after the Bechuana exercise, Martin is now the director of the War Division of the Ministry of Defense in Southern Africa, one level lower than Roque.

The Ministry of War, where Martin worked, had only four integrated divisions of professional soldiers in southern Africa, which were mainly responsible for overseas operations and defense missions, and were not responsible for anything else.

In addition to these four regular divisions, there are sixteen conscripts in Southern Africa in the engineering corps, which are not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.

Two infantry divisions of Africans, which are the first echelon in the battle sequence of the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa, are collectively known as the Afrika Kops.

The officers of the Afrika Korps must have been drawn from the four divisions under the Ministry of War, plus a group of honor students who graduated from the Nyasaland Army Academy, Martin did not approve of this arrangement, but this was Roque's decision, and Martin did not have the qualifications to question it.

"Officers still have to be drawn from the existing units and train these two divisions as professional soldiers." Roque will not easily lower the standard, and the troops made up of Africans will not be combat-ready? Not necessarily.

In Roque's impression, Africans have no concept of discipline.

There is a study in the 21 st century that says that Africans do not have a high IQ, but in fact this is really not a shortcoming, and if the IQ is not high, they may not be able to get a high score in the exam, and they may not be able to engage in scientific research, but they may not be able to engage in other professions.

For example, in the military.

Soldiers don't need to think, the whole world is the same, the biggest duty of a soldier is to obey orders, this profession needs dedication, what is needed is not afraid of death, what is needed is the righteousness of the country, thinking too much may lead to other problems.

Then there are the African ramblings.

In the case of good social welfare, no worries about food and clothing, and no starvation if you don't do anything, no matter what race you are, there will be people who don't want to make progress.

Institutional factors here account for most of the reasons, and have nothing to do with temperament, really to resolutely implement that those who do not work are not allowed to eat, and those who do not pay have no gain, and Africans can still be scattered?

Impossible!

Southern Africa is a capitalist country, not to mention Africans, even whites or Chinese people don't work, or the work they do not meet the requirements, it is normal to be hungry, and then talk about Africans -

To be honest, for Africans in southern Africa, being a soldier is a very good way out, at least during the service, the Ministry of Defense does not arbitrarily deduct salaries, in case the families of the war dead can still receive pensions, which is already a very good condition.

"Okay, resolutely complete the task." Martin doesn't talk nonsense, and his long-standing trust in Roque makes Martin lazy to think a lot of the time.

This is not a bad thing, military personnel really don't need independent thinking, once they think too much, something will happen, why there are so many mutinies and so many junta in Africa in the 21st century, it is because of this.

If a society wants to develop harmoniously, it needs to be not overdone in all aspects, the duty of a soldier is to protect the family and defend the country, the duty of an official is to strengthen the country and enrich the people, and the duty of a farmer is to have more children and more trees.

He just didn't float too far.

No way, in the environment of southern Africa, don't float -

It really takes a lot of self-control.

The surrounding areas of southern Africa, Tanganyika and Southwest Africa are now younger brothers, Portuguese West Africa and the Congo Free State are all grandsons, and Roque does not need to wait for the outbreak of world war if he wants, and he can easily subvert the surrounding areas by casually excluding some military advisers from the surrounding areas.

This can only be imagined, before the outbreak of the world war, Britain also had the largest fleet in the world, southern Africa is also part of Britain, after the annexation of Portuguese East Africa, the expansion of southern Africa has aroused the vigilance of London, Roque even if his heart is higher than the sky, he must follow the rules.

Beginning in October, Southern Africa officially called up Africans to join the newly formed 101st and 102nd Divisions.

The status of these two divisions in the Ministry of Defence of Southern Africa can be seen from the numbers.

But this is not a problem, for Africans in southern Africa, they have no choice, this is their only chance to integrate into southern Africa, as long as Africans successfully join the 101st Division or the 102nd Division, then their families can get a ten-acre land in their hometown, this land does not need to pay taxes, although compared with whites or Chinese, owning land does not mean obtaining the right to vote, or other rights, but this still makes many Africans rush to it.

In present-day southern Africa, Africans mainly live in Natal, Basutoland, Eswatini, and Lorenço Marques.

Africans in Natal are better, although they have no political rights, but they can barely make ends meet, and the vast majority of Africans in the territory exist in the form of tribes, because of the previous Natal rebellion, the federal government still maintains a certain degree of respect for Natal Africa, and does not persecute too much.

The Africans of Basutoland, Eswatini, and Lorenzo Marques are not, Africans in these three regions are basically submissive, without their own political opinions, without their own interests and even their own survival instincts, they are completely slaughtered, they were bought and sold as slaves at will a few decades ago, and how much resistance can there be now?

Not at all!

In just ten days, the 101st and 102nd Divisions were fully manned.

And because of the different speed of information diffusion, after the full ranking, there were also groups of school-age young people who came to Frankfurt on the border of the Transvaal and Natal to ask to enlist.

"Yes, of course, as many as you want, we can screen first, if there are too many qualified soldiers, two divisions are not enough, then three divisions, four divisions don't matter." Roque opened up and took as much as he wanted.

"It's not so easy to expand the troops, you have to train, equip, and pay to bring in, and our standards are still so high, we can't afford to raise them-" Hopkins finally finished his vacation and went straight to Nyasaland to find Roque.

"It's not that difficult, I just said, we have to screen first, all the unqualified ones are eliminated, and only those who are qualified can stay for training, and the federal government is responsible for the supply of troops, and the last thing we lack now is food, and don't worry about equipment, London will be responsible for all equipment." Roque doesn't worry, it's a good thing no matter how it is calculated, this year's London funding is almost coming, Roque has been promised by Ade, and the federal government will not deduct any of the funds given by London this year.

No, London gives pounds, so it should not be deducted a penny.