After the end of the Second Boer War, southern Africa experienced about three years of military control, and it was not until the situation stabilized that the colonial government gradually liberalized military management in various places.

The current states of Victoria and Dias are, strictly speaking, actually military administration, after all, Victoria and Dias have not officially joined southern Africa, but are mandated territories in southern Africa.

As the name suggests, military management is a special form of coercive management and control exercised by the armed forces under special circumstances to take over government power and exercise control over the whole country or some regions, certain industries, and individual departments.

St. John's is not the largest port in Southern Africa, not even the largest port in the Cape, and if the Ministry of Defense decides to impose military control on St. John's, it will not have much impact on the Cape, but the impact on Rich Deuer will be more serious.

"The Cape has the ability to wipe out McClair's rebels and doesn't need the help of the federal government." Rich Deyul is still stubborn, he can't afford the consequences of St. John's Port being taken under military control, in which case Rich Deyul's political career will come to an end.

"Of course, we believe in the capabilities of the Cape state government, and the Ministry of Defence's takeover of Port St. John's is also to prevent the rebels from receiving support, and the Edward fleet will not intervene without the Cape government's request." Jackson Marshall sneered, if the Cape state government had this ability, the rebels would not have grown to this extent.

"What do you mean?" Rich Deeul's face turned pale, and Jackson Marshall's words poked Rich Deeul's sore spot.

Galbraith, if he had a few weapons hidden, would not be enough to arm thousands of rebels.

Bullard's office has intelligence that Galbraith is doing everything he can to buy weapons, and as the closest port to McClair, Port Saint John is an important channel for the McClair rebels to obtain supplies, which is the real purpose of Jackson Marshall's visit to Port Saint John.

"Mr. Mayor, that's what you mean—" Jackson Marshall was too busy to talk nonsense with Rich Deeul, and in just a few moments, nearly a thousand Marines had landed, and there were more and more supplies on the docks.

"I'm going to complain to the state about your actions!" Rich Dejule was furious.

"Whatever!" Jackson Marshall is not afraid, don't look at Cape Town as the judicial capital of southern Africa, but the Cape state government has little influence over the Ministry of Justice, and wants to sue the Ministry of Defense?

Let's talk about it after Henry's level first.

In fact, there was no need for Rich Deoull to threaten, when the Edward fleet took over St. John's Harbor, the Cape government sent a harshly worded telegram to the federal government, demanding that the federal government respect the rights of the Cape state government and immediately withdraw the Edward fleet.

"What to do? Edmund Lawco said that if the federal government does not stop interfering in the Cape government, then the Cape government will take the case to London. Henry laughed, probably Edmund Law also knew about Roque and Henry's relationship, so he simply crossed over to London to file a complaint.

This possibility is not impossible, although southern Africa is autonomous, the British government has not relinquished control of southern Africa, and has been trying to increase its influence in southern Africa.

In the past, southern Africa, under Ade's painstaking management, was monolithic, and the influence of the British government became less and less.

Now, if the Cape state government really brings the lawsuit to London, it will be tantamount to a big gift to London.

"I think that's what it means to take Edmund Law to court." Roque is ruthless, and Edmund Law's behavior can be called a traitor.

Unfortunately, there is no such provision in southern African law, and the people in the Legislative Department don't know what they are doing.

Don't look at the fact that Britain and the United States talk about the "separation of powers", the most thorough way to really play the separation of powers is to look at southern Africa.

The "separation of powers" between Britain and the United States is only at the level of words, and if you look at southern Africa, even the capital has come up with three, which are responsible for "legislative, judicial, and executive" respectively, and this is the only one in the world that dares to play this game.

The intentions of the three capitals are good, and the consequences are serious, which did not seem obvious before, but now as the development of southern Africa is getting more and more advanced, the inconvenience caused by the three capitals is also becoming more and more obvious.

"You shouldn't have sent the Edward fleet to St. John's, and let the Cape government toss it itself, and when they can't toss it anymore, wouldn't it be easier for you to come forward and take over." Henry is really ruthless.

Roque didn't speak, he really wanted to let the rebels sit big, and it was the Cape who would be hurt in the end, and Roque would never allow this to happen.

The contradiction between the Cape state government and the federal government will definitely not make the Cape people pay in the end, after all, the small people of the Cape state government cannot represent the entire Cape.

"Lord, the Prime Minister's telegram—" Feige looked serious.

In the telegram, Philip asked Roque to act quickly to end McClair's rebellion, and not to allow McClair's rebels to create even more chaos.

On this issue, Philip's attitude is the same as that of Roque.

After reading it, Roque handed the telegram to Henry, and then instructed Feige: "Send a telegram to General Marshall, ordering him to act immediately-"

With Philip's order, Roque can be regarded as having obtained the sword of Shang Fang.

"I've got to go back and prepare for the trial of Edmund Law, and this time I have to get this guy to court." Henry's six relatives don't recognize him, and Edmund Law is also from the Liberal Party, so he is in the same camp as Roque and Henry.

In fact, when Roque received Phillip's telegram, Jackson Marshall had already begun to order the Air Force to reconnoiter McClair in preparation for subsequent military operations.

Although the aircraft carriers in southern Africa have not yet been installed, naval aviation has been established, and the Nyasaland aviation has been further improved on the basis of naval aircraft, and the new generation of naval fighters has been named "Eagle".

Compared with the naval fighters made for Britain in southern Africa during the World War, the Eagle fighter has a longer range, a larger reserve of bombs, and a faster speed, and is a grade higher than the whole, with a performance of about 30 percent.

In addition to the Eagle fighters, Nyasaland Airlines also sent two helicopters that are in the testing phase.

After the successful development of the helicopter, the team was disbanded on the spot, and Roque selected some people from it to form a helicopter research institute to further improve the helicopter.

With the guidance of Roque, the golden finger, the helicopter research in southern Africa has been on the right path from the very beginning, and has hardly taken any detours, and now it is initially capable of combat.

"We have installed aviation machine guns and rockets on the helicopter, which is a new weapon just developed by the military industry, which is powerful, powerful, simple and convenient to use, and has a good effect on ground attack - the role of helicopters is not only ground attack, but also plays a huge role in anti-submarine, reconnaissance cover, fire support, air transportation, and transporting the wounded - " The chief engineer of the Helicopter Research Institute is Mapro from the Nyasaland Military Industry, who also came to Port St. John this time, The purpose is to verify the performance of the helicopter in combat.

"Anti-submarine?" Jackson Marshall was not interested in reconnaissance cover, but still attached great importance to anti-submarine.

During the World War, the outstanding performance of the German submarine forces caused huge losses to Britain.

After the end of the World War, the British military industry has taken anti-submarine as the main research direction, and southern Africa is no exception.

"Yes, the helicopter also performs very well in anti-submarine, we have a sonar hoisted on the helicopter, which can reconnoiter the sea surface, and if the presence of a submarine is detected, it can be attacked directly with depth charges, and once the submarine is detected by a helicopter, there is almost nowhere to escape." Mapulo is full of confidence, in previous experiments, the helicopter has performed amazingly, in many areas, and is a complete all-rounder.

"How far is the helicopter going to be able to get to McClair?" Jackson Marshall still had doubts and did not fully understand the role of helicopters.

"Yes, McClair is less than 110 kilometers from Port St. John's, which is completely within the operational range of helicopters." Mapro looked confident, and then changed his mind: "But now you can't send helicopters to fight alone, you have to cooperate with the ground forces to send helicopters." ”

"Why?" Jackson Marshall was disappointed.

"We still have some problems that have not been completely resolved." Mapro is straightforward, the helicopter is not in perfect condition now, and it needs to be continuously improved to meet Roque's requirements for helicopters.

Jackson Marshall nodded, understood, to put it bluntly, it is not possible to count on it now, and the solution still depends on the ground forces.

Just before Jackson Marshall was committing to the ground forces, the Cape state government finally made a move.

On 11 February, 2,500 National Guard soldiers mobilized by the Cape state government, led by Mackenzie, also arrived in Port St. John's to begin an assault on McClair.

"It is the responsibility of our Cape state government to crush the rebels, and the IDF cannot be involved in the attack on McClair until we have requested help from the federal government." Mackenzie was resolute in the face of Jackson Marshall, and with 2,500 National Guards against 3,000 rebels, Mackenzie was still very confident.

The rebels, a rabble, have received military training for a month or two at most, and may not even have mastered the formation and formation, and they simply have no ability to fight head-on with the regular army.

Although the National Guard in Cape State is not a national defense force, it is also the only military organization in Cape State, and its daily training work is also good, so there is no reason why it cannot defeat even a group of rebels.

"Alright then, I'm waiting for your good news—" Jackson Marshall doesn't take credit, you can do it.