447 Overseas operations

Brad, who is mainly in charge of the federal government of southern Africa, is still very powerful, and in just three days, a steady stream of news has been gathered to Roque.

First of all, there was the issue of guns, and Roque first determined that the heavy machine guns used by the bandits did not flow from official channels, and then began to investigate the source of the heavy machine guns.

The problem is not complicated, and the Cape and the Transvaal have always been very strict in the management of heavy weapons, and it is unlikely that bandits will get heavy machine guns from the Cape and the Transvaal.

What's more, there is such a thing as a heavy machine gun, it does not mean that a casual person can be proficient in using it, even in the army, there are not many soldiers who can skillfully use heavy machine guns, and under normal circumstances, the most that can be proficient in using heavy machine guns is at least a sergeant, and in the current military system of the Federal Government of Southern Africa, you can become a professional soldier.

So in this way, people and weapons are combined, then the answer is coming out.

So all the investigation revolved around Orange.

The first is the source of heavy machine guns.

According to the information provided by the state of Orange, during the Boer War, the Boer army obtained at least more than 50 heavy machine guns from German southwest Africa, including the "Woo Gang Cannon", which made the expeditionary force suffer enough, all of which came from German southwest Africa.

If you look at it this way, it is understandable that after the end of the Boer War, Roque repeatedly targeted German South-West Africa and Tanganyika.

It's not that you don't report it, the time has not come.

Most of the heavy machine guns that the Boer Allied Army received from German South-West Africa were destroyed during the Boer War, but more than a dozen are still missing.

Roque had every reason to suspect that the heavy machine guns used by the bandits were probably hidden by someone or an organization after the Boer War.

Since most of the information from the Boer War was missing, and it was impossible to verify the whereabouts of these weapons, the ensuing investigation revolved around people.

In the territory of Orange, the former Boer coalition members are about 45,000 people, of which the number of people who can skillfully use heavy machine guns is less than 100 people, after all, during the Boer War, the machine gun positions of the Boer coalition army are the key objects of the expeditionary force's firepower, so the heavy machine gunners are the troops with the highest casualty rate on the battlefield, and they can survive until after the war, all of them are veterans.

Only about 60 of these people still live in Orange, nearly 40 of whom are employees of the state government, and only 19 are left outside the state capital.

Of the 19 men, 10 were serving their sentences in Auguste prison, six were unable to take care of themselves because of their disabilities, and in the end only three suspects remained.

Among the three people, a person named Luke Kate is the most suspicious, this person is a heavy drinker, drunk all day long, and is in debt because of his gambling addiction, Luke Kate's neighbors confirmed that Luke Kate has always been very dissatisfied with his current situation, and most of the people who usually come and go are militants in the former Boer coalition army, and then just three days before the attack, Luke Kate suddenly disappeared, and no one knows where Luke Kate went.

At the same time as the investigation into Orange, the Justice Department is also correcting itself.

Since the bandits clearly knew the transfer route of the Ministry of Justice, it indicated that someone within the Ministry of Justice may have leaked the information, and as a result, the director of the judge's office, Tony Spender, was placed on file for investigation, and this fool suddenly had a large amount of money in his account in the RAND Bank recently, and Tony Spender could not explain the source of the funds, becoming the first high-ranking official to fall after the establishment of the Ministry of Justice.

After Tony Spender was arrested, several high-ranking officials were dismissed along the line of Tony Spender, and then Samson, a former Boer coalition general who lived in Kimberley and was idle at home, surfaced.

"After the end of the Boer War, in accordance with the provisions of the peace negotiations, Samson was relieved of all duties, but Samson was obviously unwilling, and there were many radicals among the Boers gathered around, after the establishment of the federal government, Samson tried to enter the Ministry of Defense and rejoin the army, but was rejected by the Ministry of Defense, and the Kimberley confirmed that about half a month ago, Samson left the Kimberley and went to Walvis Bay, but Walvis Bay confirmed that Samson did not go to Walvis Bay, but went to Puakana in German southwest Africa." By the time Roque reported to Ade, it had been determined that Samson was behind the attack on the train.

"Are you sure it's Samson?" Ade looked very tired, Southern Africa had just been established, and there were a lot of things to do, and Ade was also very busy with his work, and every time he met with Roque, he only had ten minutes.

When Southern Africa was founded, there were indeed a lot of former Boer generals who took the initiative to return to the army.

The Ministry of Defence has refused to allow all former Boer generals to return to the army due to security concerns, and is gradually purging senior Boer officers from the Southern African Defence Forces, so it is not uncommon for Samson to take risks in desperation.

However, this also gave Roque a pretext, and before Roque refused to allow Boer generals to join the Ministry of Defense on the pretext that the Ministry of Defense not only did not need to be expanded, but needed to be streamlined, which had caused strong opposition from Louis Botha and Jan Smozi.

Now that Roque finally has a reason, if people like Samson really let them return to the army sequence, it is really hard to say whether there will be a civil war in southern Africa in the future.

"Yes, we have synthesized all the clues, although we have no direct evidence, but only Samson has the ability to organize an attack of this scale, at the end of the Boer War, Samson also led the guerrillas to fight on the front line, so it is entirely possible that Samson hid some weapons, and the weapons used by the bandits in this attack have been confirmed to be produced by the German Mauser Arms Manufacturing Joint Stock Company - oh, at that time, the Mauser Arms Manufacturing Joint Stock Company was not the current name, it was called the Royal Arsenal at that time." Although there is no evidence in Roque's hands, the investigation has been sufficient to this extent.

Once Roque also thought that the truth of the facts should be present to solve the case, but now Roque doesn't think so, Ade only gave the Ministry of Justice a month, the truth is really not important, the important thing is to be able to give an explanation to the public.

As for whether the evidence is sufficient, it can be slowly supplemented after Samson is caught, of course, if he can't catch the live mouth, then it is okay to be killed on the spot, and the truth will be determined by the Ministry of Justice at that time.

"Then take him back, as well as those officials who have absconded, if they resist during the arrest, I authorize your Ministry of Justice to shoot him on the spot without interrogation." Ade is also about to cut through the mess, and does not seem to realize that in German South-West Africa, the Ministry of Justice of the Federal Government of Southern Africa has no law enforcement powers.

There are also no extradition regulations between Southern Africa and German South-West Africa, so how Samson can be brought back is still a question.

So Roque didn't speak.

"What are you waiting for?" Ade asked casually, already bowing his head and starting to sort out the papers, looking like he was about to start working again.

"Samson is hiding in Puacana in Southwest Africa, a small town near the border between Southwest Africa and the Congo Free State, not to mention whether we have the ability to carry out foreign arrests, once the arrest operation begins, Samson may escape into the Congo Free State, and then we will have to face pressure from both Southwest Africa and the Congo Free State." Roque is not exaggerating the difficulties, Samson is also very smart, knowing that he is about to be exposed, so he fled to Southwest Africa early, and it is said that he has obtained the right to live in Southwest Africa as a new immigrant, so it is really not easy for the Ministry of Justice to arrest Samson.

This was the case in these years, not only in German South-West Africa, but also in southern Africa, where there were also many prisoners who committed crimes in Europe and were then exiled to southern Africa.

So on this issue, the attitude of all colonies in the world is actually the same, each colony does not care whether the new immigrants have a criminal record, as long as they are willing to emigrate, the colonies are open to acceptance.

Even for German South-West Africa, the government of South-West Africa was particularly welcoming to people like Samson, who was not only appointed consul and magistrate of Puacana by the Viceroyalty of South-West Africa after he went to South-West Africa, but also sent a company of troops to be stationed in Puacana, which was clearly providing protection for Samson.

"The Ministry of Justice is incapacitated abroad, don't you have it yet?" Ade seems to be careless, but he actually knows a lot about Roque's abilities.

For Ade, the existence of the umbrella company is not a secret, India now has the largest branch of the umbrella overseas, and there is also a mercenary base in Nepal, the umbrella company's business has expanded into Asia and Europe, and in order not to attract attention, there are many branches that use the name of the umbrella company that is not even the umbrella company.

But for these situations, Ade is certainly clear.

That's why Ade mocked Roque for pretending.

"Okay then-" What Roque actually wants is this sentence, after this incident, the umbrella and Brad will surface one after another, and it is difficult to hide the strength, Roque simply let Brad and the umbrella take the initiative to expose their strength, at least for some people, the existence of the umbrella and Brad is a huge deterrent.

In the past, as long as criminals fled abroad, the colonial government of southern Africa had no choice but to do anything about Samson, even if the colonial government knew that the Samsons were in southwest Africa, but because there was no extradition regulation, the colonial government could not do anything about Samson.

It's different in the future, what Roque wants is this kind of deterrent, fleeing abroad does not mean escaping, as long as you dare to break the law and commit crimes, then no matter where you flee, you have to pay the price.