Truth be told, this result surprised the British and German governments, and even the federal government of Southern Africa.

Although the Northern Rhodesian Division had previously performed well in the Natal rebellion, no one really valued the combat effectiveness of the Northern Rhodesian Division, even in Southern Africa.

After all, the Natal rebels are a rabble, and although the Natal rebels have defeated the Cape Servants before, that does not mean that the Northern Rhodesia Division is on par with the new "World's First Army".

The 2nd Tanganyika Division is a litmus test, and if the strength of the German regular army is measured by a perfect score of 10, then the 2nd Tanganyika Division can at least get a passing grade.

Now that the Nyasaland troops have wiped out the 2nd Tanganyika Division in an hour and a half, what should be the combat effectiveness of the Nyasaland troops.

In fact, all the speculation of the outside world on this issue is wrong, because they do not know at all that Roque only sent a regiment of 1,800 men into Tanganyika to fight, and if this criterion is not clear, then it is impossible to have a correct measure of the combat effectiveness of the Nyasaland troops.

With the improvement of Roque's status, the British government's requirements for Roque, or its expectations, are getting higher and higher.

"Locke, you've done a great job in Tanganyika, but it's not enough, you're going to have a bigger test next, I hope you can do better, and there's a place for the Earl and the Marquis—" The Earl of Selburn had high expectations for Roque, but the London government in the strategic contraction phase was a bit stingy, and there was no actual benefit except for a title that didn't hurt or itch.

"Sir, it's hard to be honest, there are only two dissatisfied divisions in Southern Africa right now, and it's okay to deal with the Tanganyika servants, in case the Germans send in a large number of regular troops from the mainland-" Roque also said that half of it would be left and half left, and the British government wanted Roque to perform better, and it would definitely not work without giving some real benefits.

Wilhelm II really did not want to give up Tanganyika, so the German General Staff had decided to send more troops to Tanganyika.

However, Germany's current energy is focused on the arms race, and the army does not have the extra troops to reinforce Tanganyika.

Therefore, the German General Staff issued a mobilization order, and three new integrated divisions were formed in Germany and left for Tanganyika.

The German establishment, three integrated divisions, is about 50,000 people, although there is a gap from the requirements of Erich von Falkingham, but it is already the limit of Germany's mobilization capacity.

In the words of the Navy men, a colony like Tanganyika, which could not produce profits, but had to consume a lot of money, manpower, and material resources to maintain a colony like Tanganyika, was completely unnecessary.

"Locke, I believe you, the three new divisions of the Germans seem to be strong, but in fact they are not, those farmers who have just laid down their plows, even if they pick up their rifles, cannot be as skilled as they are with plowshares, I am waiting for your good news in London." The Earl of Selborne could not give Roque more promises, only some unnutritious encouragement.

"Lord, during the Boer War, those members of the Boer coalition had just put down their plows and picked up their rifles—" Roque's stab was neither soft nor hard.

It sounds like what the Earl of Selborne said is right, but in fact, the difference between farmers and soldiers in this era is not obvious, and those farmers in the Boer coalition army also defeated the British army in the early days of the Boer War, which made the British Empire lose face, so the British government had to mobilize troops from all over the world to reinforce the Cape.

However, Roque is also secretly changing the concept, soldiers and professional soldiers are not the same, this is obvious in the past battles, in front of the northern Rhodesia division, the second division of Tanganyika is not professional enough, and as a result, a division was actually wiped out by a regiment of the northern Rhodesian division.

As for the auxiliary Fort Glory rebels, those people are okay to fight with the wind, and once the situation is unfavorable, it will be a mountain of defeat.

That's the difference between a soldier and a farmer.

"Locke, what do you want?" The Earl of Selburn finally realized that without giving some practical benefit, Roque would certainly not continue to cause problems for the Germans as the British government expected.

"The biggest problem is the lack of funds, the federal government has just been established, and there is not much money to support the construction of the army, and now the federal government only has two divisions, the third and fourth divisions are still on paper, and even the first and second divisions are not yet full, and they are not fully staffed, not to mention supporting the Fort Glory rebels, the defense capability from Bechuana to Nyasaland is not enough-" Roque of course asks for money, and it doesn't take too much, just give one or two dreadnoughts enough.

Anyway, because Tanganyika must have had an impact on Germany's shipbuilding program, since Germany has reduced the number of ships, then Britain should also reduce it accordingly, and the money saved is just right to support southern Africa.

I believe that this reason is acceptable to London, even if Southern Africa is self-governing and the federal government is established, Southern Africa is still nominally part of the British Commonwealth, so the allocation of money to Southern Africa is also to preserve the territorial integrity of the British Empire.

"How many troops have fought in Tanganyika before?" The Earl of Selborne finally asked this question, and Roque thought that the Earl of Selborn didn't care.

"One regiment, 1,800 people." Roque still can't help but be proud, no matter how good he says, he still has to make achievements on the battlefield after all, in order to be convincing.

"A regiment? 1800 people? "The Earl of Selburn was unbelievable.

After the Battle of Helmut, the Federal Government did not report the details to London, but only reported some of the events of the Battle of Helmut in vague terms.

This kind of thing can't be reported, and if you leave some written records or something, it may leave hidden dangers in the future, so the federal government didn't even include the information about the federal government's participation in the war in the report.

Before receiving the report, the British government also assessed the results of the battle of Helmut.

The British government's estimate was that at least one division, or about 8,000 men, would be sent from southern Africa to achieve this result.

So when he learned that Roque had only sent one regiment, Count Selborn's expression was so surprised.

It's really not pretending.

"Yes, there is only one regiment, 1,800 men, and against the kind of troops of the 2nd Tanganyika Division, it is not worth the entire Rhodesian Division." Roque can now proudly say that the Colonial Servant Army of Tanganyika is all scum in front of the Northern Rhodesian Division.

Although the Northern Rhodesian Division was also nominally a colonial servant army.

The Earl of Selburn nodded repeatedly, his expression still a little complicated.

After all, it was the new "world's first army", even if it was a colonial servant army, the officers were all regular officers serving in the German army, and after the Franco-Prussian War, the British government also assessed the strength of the German army. As for the result-

Therefore, Britain will be more determined to develop its navy and maintain its naval superiority.

Don't think that the "empire on which the sun never sets" is powerful and invincible in the world, look at the Boer War just past, in order to deal with the Boers with a total population of only 450,000, the British government mobilized 440,000 troops from all over the world, what kind of combat effectiveness is this!

So before the Franco-Prussian War, France could proudly claim to be the world's largest army.

Then, after the Franco-Prussian War, Germany became the new world's first army.

As for the United Kingdom, the British government has no confidence in its own army.

So the Count of Selborn is clearly reassessing the strength of the Southern African army.

Or rather, it was a measure of the strength of the Nyasaland army, because the Earl of Selborne knew very well the strength of the colonial servant armies of Cape and Natal.

In the past, those colonial servant armies in Cape and Natal could not even defeat the rebels in Natal, so there was nothing to say about their strength, and it was okay to maintain order in peacetime, but it was useless in wartime.

"If there are enough funds, then the third and fourth divisions can be successfully formed, and the first and second divisions will be able to be used for overseas operations at that time." Roque's words mean a lot.

The troops of the federal government went to Tanganyika to fight outside the country, and of course they went to Europe to fight outside the country.

In Europe today, those who know the situation know that the arms race will definitely end in war.

After the dissolution of the Three Emperors Alliance due to the contradictions between Russia and Austria-Hungary in the Balkans, Britain and France signed the "Sincere Agreement" three years ago, and in order to cope with the assistance of Britain and recover its strength from the shadow of the defeat in the Russo-Japanese War as soon as possible, Britain and Russia signed the "Anglo-Russian Treaty" this year, and the Triple Entente was formally formed.

In order to cope with the pressure of the Triple Entente, Germany had to choose to move closer to Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria, so that the two major military alliances were formally formed, and the outbreak of war was getting closer and closer.

Once war broke out, Britain certainly had great strength at sea, but on land, even the British government was not confident in the combat effectiveness of the British Army, and Britain would inevitably draw troops from colonies around the world to participate in the war.

So will helping the federal government to build troops now help in the upcoming war in the future?

This issue does not need to be discussed.

"Locke, London needs to see how you perform before you can decide how far you can go." The Earl of Selborn is also the Lord of the Eagles without seeing rabbits.

Britain has nothing, that is, it has money, the cost of a dreadnought is millions, the British government does not set an upper limit at all, the German Navy dares to build one, the British Navy will build two, so take out part of the military expenses to support southern Africa, it is not a question of whether there is money, but whether it is worth it.

Under normal circumstances, the cost of a dreadnought is roughly equal to the formation of an infantry division.

In this way, it is significantly more cost-effective to give money to southern Africa.

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