While Roque and Buck were obsessed with studying Chinese herbal medicine, Anton and Martin were busy calculating the Belgians.

Since the decision of the Congo Free State to cede Lake Tanganyika to "Rhodesia", calm has finally returned to the border areas of Nyasaland and the Congo Free State.

Compared to Lake Tanganyika, which covers an area of 32,900 square kilometres, Lake Mweru, which is only 5,100 square kilometres, is less remarkable.

Lake Mweru is also located on the border of Nyasaland and the Congo Free State, when Nyasaland and the Congo Free State clashed, the Zulu led by Lara once occupied the entire territory of Lake Mweru, but unfortunately when the final peace talks with the Congo Free State, Duncan did not claim the rights to Lake Mweru, and now according to international practice, Lake Mweru is half of the family of Nyasaland and the Congo Free State, which makes Anton and Martin very dissatisfied.

"Duncan's old killer should be killed, shipbuilding is a good hand, and the ability to negotiate is not good, this Lake Mweru is not bad at all compared to the North Sea, why is it so cheap for the Belgians? No, we'll have to find a way to take Lake Mweru. Anton stood on the "East Lake" marine police ship that had just arrived at Lake Mweru, and looked at the mighty Lake Mweru with a heartache.

Lake Mweru is also a freshwater lake, rich in fish and water birds, and is also of great development value.

The Chinese development of Nyasaland is taking place along lakes and rivers, and Lake Mweru is also part of the development plan for Nyasaland.

The Marine Police Ship was newly developed by the Nyasaland Shipyard, and the ship used a diesel engine produced in Nyasaland, with a displacement of 300 tons, a fixed crew of 20 people, and was equipped with the Makqin 37mm rapid-fire gun produced by the Nyasaland Arsenal, which was the "Woo Gang Cannon" used by the Boers in the Boer War.

The "St. Petersburg Declaration" of 1868 and the "Hague Conference Convention" of 1899 stipulate that the weight of the explosive projectile must be greater than 400g, so in order to meet this provision, the "Bah Cannon" uses a caliber of 37 mm.

In all fairness, the power of the "Woo Woo Cannon" is still good, with a rate of fire of 367 meters per second, a maximum range of 4110 meters, and a blasting warhead with 17 grams of mixed explosives, which is probably about the same as a future grenade.

Like the Maxim heavy machine gun, the Maxim 37mm rapid-fire gun was fed with the iconic canvas cartridge belt and had a wooden cartridge, which was essentially an enlarged version of the automatic grenade launcher, but with a much longer range than the future grenade launcher, which the British Expeditionary Force suffered during the Second Boer War.

Nyasaland now has the ability to produce the Maxim heavy machine gun, so it is logical to produce the Maxim 37mm rapid-fire gun, Roque has ordered the Nyasaland Arsenal to further reduce the weight of the Maxim 37mm rapid-fire gun, and at the same time find a way to increase the power of the blasting warhead, before the Nyasaland Arsenal can not produce artillery, the Maxim 37mm rapid-fire gun is the heavy weapon of the Nyasaland army.

On the "East Lake", a total of three Makqin 37 mm rapid-fire guns were installed, two in the bow and one in the stern, because the ship used a base that can rotate 360 degrees, so it can shoot 360 degrees, which is definitely a big killer in the inner lakes of southern Africa, and is very conducive to the Nyasaland Marine Police to compete for the inner lakes of southern Africa.

From the name "East Lake", you can see the ambition of Nyasaland, in Nyasaland, Lake Tanganyika is now the "North Sea", then Lake Mweru becomes "East Lake", Roque no matter what happened to the Congo Free State, he first changed the names of Lake Tanganyika and Lake Mweru, that is, Roque is a baron of Nyasaland, and the name of Lake Nyasa cannot be changed now, otherwise Roque will replace the name of Lake Nyasa.

"At that time, we were staring at Lake Tanganyika from top to bottom, not even Lubumbashi, and directly returned it to the Belgians, who would have thought that Lake Mweru was so big-" Martin also regretted that under Roque's leadership, the police-born officials were all gluttonous, and they could only enter but not exit, and they had to go up and take a bite of anything good they saw.

Roque has popularized this concept to both Anton and Martin, from now until the end of the First World War, it is the barbaric growth period of Nyasaland, at this time the world's sphere of influence has not yet been fixed, and after the First World War, it will be very difficult to expand the territory of Nyasaland, so hurry up.

During the First World War, Germany lost its colonies all over the world, including Tanganyika in Africa and German Southwest Africa, which were the future Tanzania and Namibia.

Of course, Leopold II was also aware of Nyasaland's ambitions, so when the war between Nyasaland and the Congo Free State was armistice, Leopold II used Britain and Germany to exert pressure on Nyasaland, and finally forced Nyasaland to return Lubumbashi to the Congo Free State.

"If it weren't for the fact that it was too difficult to get the boat here, we would get a dozen or twenty marine police boats over, and as long as the Belgians dared to go down to the lake, we would blast them into scum and see who dared to come and rob us." Anton also regrets that transportation is the biggest constraint on Nyasara's expansion.

To get the police boat from Lake Nyasa to Lake Mweru, it would have to be transshipped through the Zambezi and Luanwa rivers, a large circle that is not much more difficult than dismantling the boat and carrying it from Lake Nyasa to Lake Mweru.

Don't think it's unrealistic to carry a marine police boat to Lake Mweru, during the First World War, British Lieutenant Colonel Simpson led a force to carry two gunboats from the Congo Free State to Lake Tanganyika by tractor and shoulder, the whole journey took four months.

Nyasaland certainly wouldn't be so stupid, Duncan had already ordered people to build shipyards on Lake Tanganyika and Lake Mweru, and build ships directly on the spot to meet the needs of fishing and "land grabbing", in which neither the Germans nor the Belgians had set foot in this, and Nyasaland chose the right time.

"As far as the Belgians are concerned, there are not enough training for our marine police." Martin is also arrogant, like Nyasaland, the Belgians developed the Congo Free State along the river, and in the future, Nyasaland and the Belgians still have a dispute on the river, and now it seems that Nyasaland has the advantage.

Although Leopold II had occupied the Congo Free State more than ten years ago, Leopold II himself was unable to develop the Congo Free State, so Leopold II's development of the Congo Free State could only rely on commercial companies such as Katanga, Antwerp, Kasai, and British and Belgian Rubber Companies.

These companies, whether in terms of execution or strength, can not be compared with the behemoth of Nyasara, the commercial companies are "seeking money", and they will not compete with Nyasaland, although these companies have mercenaries, but the scale is maintained to the extent that they are used to suppress the Congolese resistance, and the northern Rhodesian division armed to the teeth is certainly incomparable.

As for the marine police in Nyasaland, although it is only a police establishment now, in fact, Roque's requirements for the marine police are no different from the navy, in order to make the marine police combat effectiveness as soon as possible, Roque hired a retired naval officer from the United Kingdom with a high salary as a marine police instructor, and the captains and key positions of the marine police ships are now experienced white people, and each of them has three young and diligent Chinese marine police officers as assistants, and it will not be long before the Chinese marine police in Nyasala can form combat effectiveness.

After the formation of the northern division of Rhodesia, it formed a combat strength in a very short time, thanks to Roque's long-term emphasis on training.

In fact, as long as there are rich people, it is really easy to train the army, a soldier who has not received training, from the beginning of training to the completion of all training subjects, that is, two or three months, the marine police of Nyasala are selected from the northern division of Rhodesia, and they themselves have a strong personal technical and tactical level and acceptance ability, after having the relevant knowledge, the rest is a proficiency problem, which requires years of training, and it is indeed not something that can be solved overnight.

While Anton and Martin were chatting, a fishing boat appeared on the lake in front of the "East Lake", and Anton and Martin immediately became excited.

Nyasaland's development of the North Sea has only just begun, and Lake Mweru has not yet been taken into account, so the fishing boats that appeared in Lake Mweru at this time must have belonged to the Congo Free State.

"David, rush, rush!" Anton howled at the top of his throat.

"Yes, sir!" David, a middle-aged man in his forties, older than Anton and Martin, retired from the British Navy four years ago, and before retiring from the army, David was already the first mate of a destroyer.

It is said that forty years old is the age of the most energetic, at this time people should have energy, experience and experience, and physical strength is not much worse than that of young people, and the social backbone usually refers to people of this age.

The reason for retiring from the British Navy was that David had to leave the British Navy because he was injured in the leg during an exercise.

The British Navy has dominated the seas for hundreds of years, and there are many talents in the domestic navy, so David was retired because of a leg injury.

Nyasaland did not dislike David, not only gave David twice the salary in the British Navy, but also allowed David to return to work, which was the real reason why David accepted Nyasaland's invitation.

Whether it's money or feelings, there is a lot of one.

On the fishing boat were two Belgians who were fishing, and when they saw the "East Lake" rushing towards them violently, the two Belgians actually picked up the rifles on the boat and tried to resist.

Immediately afterwards, they gave up this act of seeking death, and the 37mm guns on the "East Lake" looked much more powerful than rifles.

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