703 Fishing catches your own people

Bunia and Mankayaane are both in Eswatini, to be exact, the entire 103rd Division is from Eswatini, and the 105th Division is from Basutoland, which is the only two African-concentrated areas in southern Africa, although there are Africans in other states, but they do not even have the right to live, just work, they do not have the right to buy assets, and they are willing to pay.

Southern Africa still does not recognize the status of Africans, so in the parliament, some members of Basutoland and Eswatini demand independence, since the federal government does not recognize Africans, then simply exclude African settlements from the federal government, so that the federal government does not have to allocate financial subsidies.

These parliamentarians who put forward the demand for independence are all white, they are not fighting for the rights of Africans, but for Basutoland and Eswatini, the federal government has a clear attitude towards Africans, hoping to use Africans to build southern Africa, but does not want to bear the responsibilities brought by this, Basutoland and Eswatini are now compulsory education is still just a formality, the two states together do not even have a hospital, only white-run sporadic clinics, basically did not enjoy the dividends brought by the development of southern Africa.

That's why Roque fishes, and the hidden dangers in southern Africa are not only in Orange, but also in Basutoland and Eswatini.

"The six divisions that will go to Europe for support are only the first batch, and then six more divisions will be drawn from the conscripts to support Europe, and at the same time, twelve more divisions are being formed, and it is expected that they will not be able to leave for Europe until next year." This is the first time that Roque has presented the Department of Defense's war plans to Congress, and the old Marshal Hopkins is also there, and he was just yesterday awarded the title of "Viscount", the fourth viscount in southern Africa.

The first four are Roque, Philip, and Small.

The British government finally got the hang of it, in order to maximize the support of southern Africa, Britain was knighted in large numbers before the outbreak of the world war, and the titles were scattered everywhere like no money, Ade became the first earl of southern Africa, Philip is now Viscount Matilda, Xiao Si finally got his wish and was named Viscount of Rhodesia, there are a total of twelve barons, Anton and Martin and Louis Botha are among them, there are 75 from the baron, and even Sidney Milner is mixed with a from the baron.

It was customary for those who were knighted to go to their homeland to receive the king's face-to-face awards, but now the situation was exceptional, and if all of them went to London, southern Africa would immediately become a mess, so there was no award ceremony, and it was not until the end of the war.

It is estimated that by then, more people will be knighted.

"Now there are more than 17,000 people in each division, even if it is 17,000 people, we have to send 24 divisions, with a total number of more than 300,000 people, is it too much for us in southern Africa?" Dr. Malan from Cape questioned, and many MPs burst out laughing as soon as the words ended.

"Ahem, 400,000, 412944 to be exact." Roque is really embarrassed, a dignified congressman, with the title of doctor, simple arithmetic is not right, it is estimated that he graduated from a seminary.

Yes, they are pastors.

"Even if it is 400,000, our total population is only 8 million, 1/20, covering almost all the young adults, Lord Nyasaland, you are gambling on the future of our southern Africa." Edmund Gaunt, also from the Cape, also objected, and it is surprising that the most fierce opposition was actually the Cape, which was the earliest British colony in the ten states of southern Africa.

"Councillor Gaunt, out of these 410,000 people, 400,000 are Africans, and they are not among the eight million number." Roque made no secret of the fact that even if 400,000 were white or Chinese, it would not be a big problem for southern Africa.

As a country of immigrants, the demographic structure of southern Africa is different from that of European countries, and the situation of European countries cannot be applied to southern Africa.

If you think about it, you can understand that in southern Africa, the number of people over the age of 60 does not exceed 1 percent of the total population, and 85 percent of the total population is under the age of 45 among the 8 million people today.

"If these troops are lost, they will have to be replenished, so the final number will certainly not be less than 400,000—" finally spoke to the parliamentarian from Basutoland, fifty-five-year-old white congressman Bruce Emerson.

"So what? Since Africans enjoy the protection of the federal government, they should be obliged. "Ultraman Brewster will certainly not sit back and watch Roque fight alone, dozens of parliamentarians from Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Transvaal, Bechuana, and Lorenço Marques are waiting to charge.

Ultraman's speech was like a bugle in the air, and he immediately responded in droves.

"Since Southern Africa is part of the world, then Southern Africa cannot stay away from the world war!"

"How much you pay now, how much loot you can win after the war, think about the situation after the Allies lose the war, can you still sit here and talk about it at that time? I'm afraid I have to go to the German plantations to cut rubber. ”

"If you can't accept the war plan of the Ministry of Defense, then you can make one yourself? Standing and talking doesn't hurt your back! ”

"This kind of behavior of yours is treason!"

The hall of parliament immediately became chaotic, and the voices of the few opponents who were still violent, were extremely weak at this moment, like small sampans in a storm.

"Quiet, quiet, gentlemen, please be quiet, or I'll ask the security guards to get you out—" Philip struck the hammer so hard that he accidentally threw the head of the hammer out, holding the wooden handle in disbelief.

There was a moment of silence in the tumultuous scene, and then there was a burst of laughter like a roof, and the hammer supplier was expected to be unlucky.

"Gentlemen—" Finally, it was Ade's turn to speak, and the councillors still had a lot of respect for Ade, and the doctors with their chests heaving violently had to be patient.

"No matter how many disputes we had before, we should now unite and deal with this war of unprecedented proportions, Germany No. 1 declared war on Russia, Germany No. 3 declared war on France, Germany No. 4 declared war on Belgium, we also declared war on Germany, and just now, Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia - by now, almost a billion people are at war, and we in southern Africa cannot stand alone, as Congressman Eden just said, if we lose this war, Then our southern Africa will also become a colony of the Germans, and then we will all go to herd sheep for the Germans, at this critical moment, everyone must work together, and all opinions must be kept for the time being, this is the first time that our federal government has entered the state of war mobilization since its establishment, and those who do not understand war mobilization can go back and understand the meaning of war mobilization - "Ade finally showed his iron side, and he was no longer the good old man who always had a smile on his face.

How could the man who had planned and decisively eliminated the two Boer countries be a good man.

"The federal government has entered a state of war, your job now is to requisition materials, to mobilize the army, to stabilize law and order, to coordinate and cooperate, no other voice is allowed, I repeat again, during the war, any act of treason will be severely punished, the Ministry of Justice should simplify the trial procedure, increase the punishment, the Ministry of Defense should rationally allocate troops, support Europe is important, domestic stability is even more important." Ade was murderous, and the last two sentences gave Henry and Roque Shangfang the sword.

Looking at the expressions of the parliamentarians, some are jubilant, some are full of ambition, some are heavy-faced, and even more uncertain.

Later, Luo Ke, who came to get Shang Fang's sword, was also dissatisfied, Luo Ke's original intention was to fish, and he was warned by Ade, and some guys who were going to jump back are probably scared back.

"Locke, the most important thing in the federal government now is stability, strictly speaking, those opponents are not our enemies, they just think too much about their own interests, or in recent years, the Transvaal, Rhodesia, and Nyasaland have developed a little fast, and they can't accept this reality." Ade didn't know the future evolution of Southern Africa in another plane, so he didn't have as much thought as Roque.

"There are militia groups assembling in western Orange, and now there are nearly 10,000 people, the Ministry of Defense has military officers and secret contacts in southwest Africa, there are parliamentarians in Orange who want to restore the independent status of the Boers, and Eswatini and Basutoland are also unstable, and these problems must be resolved." Roque patiently explained that the situation was really not as rosy as Ade thought.

"Nearly 10,000? Wasn't it just over six thousand a few days ago? "Ade knew about the situation in Orange, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

"Yes, it was more than 9,000 yesterday, and now it is estimated that it has exceeded 10,000." Roque was waiting, and there were troops gathering around Bechuana and the Transvaal around Orange, waiting for the rebels in Orange to raise their counter-flags.

"Locke, so many people, are they all enemies? There must be some of them who are being coerced, and this matter must be dealt with as soon as possible. "Ade doesn't want to see too many people killed, even though most of the rebels are innocent.

"Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible." Roque promised very simply, but it was not easy to implement.

The efficiency of the militia is still not comparable with the army, Roque gave an order, the engineer composed of compulsory soldiers picked up a gun and turned into a local garrison force, and after a day on the train, they could appear hundreds of kilometers away to perform the task, even if the militia in Orange wanted to assemble, it would take several months, they still lacked weapons including rifles, pistols and shotguns to scare the beasts, it was really useless on the battlefield, if it was against two armies, the troops using Lee Enfield could completely let the militia with shotguns run 39 meters first.

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