332 Corrupt Country

To become the commander of a Gurkha unit, it was necessary to learn the Gurkha language, which was a written rule of the British army.

Relatively speaking, the troops that Mars Howard previously managed, because of the Gurkha company, had already been exposed to the Gurkha language, and it was relatively easy to learn.

Roque was a bit difficult, Roque had never been exposed to Gurkha before, so he had to learn it from scratch, and the teacher in charge of teaching Roque was called William Andrew, a writer and translator, who was very knowledgeable about many minority languages, and Roque had limited time, and had to spare at least two hours a day to learn Gurkha.

"Time is tight, and I'm not sure how long we can stay in India, so you have to follow me every day." Luo Ke asked Guan Jing and Geng Biao to study together, but before Geng Biao could react, Guan Jing looked happy.

If the new First Cavalry Division has to increase the number of Gurkhas, then a number of new positions will appear, and if Guan Jing and Geng Biao can learn the Gurkha language in advance, then they will be able to take the lead, and this kind of opportunity is not very rare.

"Let's all learn Gurkha dialect, what about the troops?" Geng Biao still doesn't understand how precious this opportunity is, and I'm afraid he won't care much if he does.

Everyone has their own ambitions, compared with Guan Jing, who is determined to climb up, Geng Biao is more willing to do specific work, it doesn't matter if he can't climb up, someone always has to do the work.

"Less nonsense, let you learn and you will learn." Luo Ke didn't explain, and directly told Geng Biao to shut up in the way of orders, although Geng Biao often makes mistakes, but among the two of Guan Jing and Geng Biao, Luo Ke does prefer Geng Biao.

More than 2,000 Gurkha soldiers entered the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division, and the originally loose barracks were suddenly crowded, but fortunately, those Gurkha soldiers did not have any requirements for conditions, as long as they could eat enough, dress warmly, and get a full salary at the end of the month, they would work hard for their employers.

Roque did not treat the Gurkha soldiers badly, but a week later, when the supply ships from Port Edward arrived in Dhaka, Roque sent some of the Gurkha mercenaries back to Nyasaland, and the barracks became quiet.

It is not quiet, according to the regulations of the new First Cavalry Division, these Gurkha people in the new First Cavalry Division must undergo up to half a year of complete training before they can become official members of the new First Cavalry Division, so the barracks are very lively every day, and the mercenaries who stay in Dhaka are a total of five companies, and Roque temporarily transfers some officers and soldiers from Company A to serve as officers, responsible for the basic training of recruits, and everything is in order.

The unrest in the Nakra area did not subside completely, and after the withdrawal of the new 1st Cavalry Division and the 21st Battalion, the rebels returned, this time killing Lakshmi's entire family, and the rebels cut off all the heads of Lakshmi's family and piled them up in front of Lakshmi's house as a way to show that they would not give in.

"Lord, take your troops to Nakla, this time you will be permanently stationed there, I have only one request, no matter what method you use, such a thing must not happen again." Lord Belloc is simply mad, Lakshmi is greedy, lazy and incompetent, but he is a real pro-British, and now he has been killed, and Lord Belloc's face is really disgraceful.

"Yes, Lord, I'll go right away." Roque did not refuse, there was only one king of Lakshmi in the Nakra region, and even if the rebels wanted to continue to commit murder, there was no one to commit murder.

The next day, Roque ordered the troops to set off, not only the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division, but also the newly recruited Gurkhas, who had just been recruited to move with the troops, plus these Gurkhas, Roque now had more than a thousand soldiers under his command, and he could walk sideways throughout Dhaka.

At this time, we can see the benefits of the Gurkhas, from punching in to Nakra more than 100 kilometers, ordinary troops have to walk for almost two days to go, these Gurkha people do not need to, they have been walking in the mountains since childhood, and they don't even have a pair of shoes, and now they are changing into the military boots issued by the new First Cavalry Division, and walking is not a problem.

When the troops set off, Roque found that almost all the Gurkha soldiers were not wearing shoes.

Roque immediately called the quartermaster.

Quartermaster Julian was very aggrieved, saying that all the military boots had been distributed in full, and there was no shortage of supplies, but these Gurkhas were reluctant to wear them, and some even wanted people to help send them home as soon as the military boots were issued.

Roque certainly couldn't tolerate this happening, but he wouldn't give more shoes to the Gurkha troops, who had dozens or hundreds of relatives in each family, and no amount of boots would be enough.

But it was not possible to walk barefoot, and the sanitary conditions in those years were very poor, and if there was a bump, it would cause trouble for the medical team, so Roque called the officers over and asked all the Gurkha soldiers to put on their military boots and march.

Many Gurkha soldiers had regretful expressions, but they were still able to strictly carry out Roque's orders, which Roque liked very much.

When he returned to Lakshmi's house, the corpses in the courtyard and the Jingguan at the gate of the courtyard had been cleaned up, but there were still dark red blood stains on the ground, and the blood stains in the courtyard were also everywhere, and Roque could imagine how tyrannical those rebels were, although Roque didn't like Lakshmi, but Roque hated those rebels even more.

If Lord Belloc had wished, Roque could have stayed directly in Lakshmi's house.

However, Roque is definitely unwilling, now Lakshmi's family is estimated to be full of unjust souls, Roque does not dare to live, it is better to be stationed outside the town with the troops, anyway, the temporary camp is very convenient.

Roque would definitely not let the rebels go, so after the troops settled down, Roque asked the local officials to find out the situation.

"Lord, there are no officials in Nakra, the only official is Lakshmi—" Donn's report surprised Roque, who did not expect the grassroots administrative institutions of India in the early twentieth century to be so primitive.

Not to mention the beginning of the twentieth century, the beginning of the twenty-first century is much the same.

"Then find a few older people." If he can get the information, then Roque doesn't mind being a villain.

Soon, there were a few old men with white beards and old hair who were "invited" by Tang En.

None of these people cooperated with Roque's inquiry, no matter what Roque asked, they didn't know anything.

Roque was not surprised by their attitude, and immediately ordered Don to arrest the old man's family.

As a result, the old men immediately cooperated very well, and soon Roque knew the news he wanted.

There is no doubt that the rebellion in the Nakra region was caused by Lakshmi's greed.

The reason is very simple, the sheriff of the Nakra area has a very beautiful wife, Lakshmi has been salivating, so when the sheriff is away on business, Lakshmi sends someone to snatch the sheriff's wife to his house.

Of course, the sheriff will not give up when he returns, so he leads the police at the police station to plot a rebellion, but fortunately, Lakshmi also has an inside line at the police station, so Lakshmi can escape in time.

The sheriff's name is Uslam, and it is said that after killing Lakshmi's family, he has fled to the nearby Bogola region, but Roque does not believe that Uslam has gone so simply, unless Uslam wants to die, Uslam will return sooner or later.

It was at this time that Roque learned that Ustam's wife had not died, but had returned to his parents' home, which made Roque overjoyed.

So Roque immediately ordered someone to invite Ustam's wife over, this time it was really pleased, and there was no other meaning.

In order to avoid suspicion, Roque didn't even see Ustam's wife, but just asked people to release the news, and Roque believed that if Ustam knew the news, then even if Roque didn't go to Ustam, Ustam would take the initiative to find him.

As long as Ustam dares to appear, then it will be Ustam's death, although Roque is very sympathetic to Ustam's experience, but Roque will not open the net, and if he makes a mistake, he will pay the price, obviously he has already been angry with the crown, and he sent his wife back to her parents' house in a fake way, such an act is looking for death.

In these years, it is actually very simple to want to get away with it, with the current level of household registration management, there is no need for Ustam to flee abroad, even if he escapes a hundred and ten kilometers, and then hides incognito, then the Dhaka government is tired, and he does not want to find Ustam.

Although it was a temporary camp, it had everything it should have, the camp was surrounded by a pre-prepared barbed wire fence with electric lights in the barbed wire to provide lighting, the four corners of the camp were supported by armored vehicles as defensive supports, and the soldiers' tents were located 100 meters away from the barbed wire.

This distance is already beyond the effective firing distance of many smoothbore guns, and even if the rebels want to harass the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division at night, it will not cause much confusion.

After arriving in Nakra Town, Roque announced that Nakra would impose a curfew at night, and no one in Nakra Town, no matter what happened, was not allowed to go out, and the patrolling soldiers were given the right to shoot, and if anyone was found disobeying the order after the curfew, the soldiers could shoot directly.

It sounds a bit cruel, but in fact, it is just a basic operation for the British troops, if the rebels have not caused substantial damage to the new 1st Cavalry Division now, otherwise Roque's revenge will be even more ruthless.

For three days in a row, the wind and waves were very calm, and nothing happened.

Roque was not in a hurry, and ordered the troops to train according to normal procedures, not only the newly enlisted Gurkha troops, but also the two companies of the newly formed First Cavalry Division to train together, thousands of young men, hormones are very sufficient, Roque can only use training to vent the excess energy of the young men, otherwise so many people will stay in the barracks and have nothing to do, and something indescribable will definitely happen.

This is also a tradition of the British army, otherwise how can it be called a corrupt country.