Roque couldn't believe that he could defeat a battalion of rebels, with a total number of less than five hundred.

Even if it is a servant army composed entirely of Indians, it is a regular army in India, and the level of equipment is not comparable to that of the rebels, at least the Indian soldiers use Martini Henry, and some of the rebels actually use front-loading smoothbore guns, these guns can enter the museum, so Roque wanted to break his head, and he didn't understand how the 35th battalion lost.

Compared to Roque, Mars Howard was even more shocked, and he finally saw how the new 1st Cavalry Division fought.

After being equipped with armored vehicles, the tactics of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division were all arranged around armored vehicles.

In addition to a heavy machine gun on the roof of each armored vehicle, there is also a 40 mm caliber grenade launcher, a level of firepower that the poorly equipped rebels cannot compete with.

The infantry of the new 1st Cavalry Division also performed very well, and Mars Howard was surprised to find that when the new 1st Cavalry Division launched an attack on the rebels, it did not use the thin red line tactics common to British troops, but launched an attack on the rebels in squads, accompanied by armored vehicles.

In the eyes of ordinary people, such an act must not be brave enough, but it effectively avoided casualties, the rebel weapons did not do anything against the armored vehicles, but the infantry could effectively use the cover of the armored vehicles to shoot at the rebels accurately.

The equipment of the infantry of the new 1st Cavalry Division also surprised Mars Howard, in addition to the basic Lee Enfield, Mars Howard noticed that the infantry squad of the new 1st Cavalry Division was also equipped with light machine guns and simple grenade launchers, and the infantry's actions also revolved around light machine guns and simple grenade launchers, and Mars Howard even found accurate shooters with scopes on their rifles, which was not inferior to even the most elite units of the British Army.

No, the new 1st Cavalry Division is also a British unit, so now the new 1st Cavalry Division is already the most elite unit in Britain.

"Lord, is the equipment of the troops on the home turf advanced to this level now?" Mars Howard did not expect that all the weapons used by the new 1st Cavalry Division were produced in Nyasaland.

"No, it should be that only a few troops can reach this level, after all, the more automated weapons the troops are equipped with, the greater the pressure on logistics and transportation, and the new First Cavalry Division can be equipped with so many automatic weapons because of the use of trucks, and it is difficult for ordinary troops to do this." In fact, Roque also wanted to take advantage of this trip to India to explore whether it was possible to realize the mechanization of the troops under the current conditions.

In fact, there are still many difficulties, the only supply that the new 1st Cavalry Division can obtain in India is the 7.7 mm bullet that Lee Enfield can use, and other 40 mm grenades such as the grenade launcher and the 37 mm grenade equipped by the Indian troops are not universal, and must be supplied from Nyasaland itself.

Another important issue is the diesel used in trucks, although the diesel engine does not require high fuel for oil, but the diesel in India still does not meet the requirements of trucks, and even Nyasaland cannot produce diesel, diesel has to be obtained from distant Europe.

Therefore, the new First Cavalry Division is very dependent on logistics, and it may only take half a day for ordinary troops to be dispatched, and the new First Cavalry Division must be at least one day in advance before it can make preparations.

Of course, this "half-day" is only relatively speaking, and the troops composed entirely of Indian soldiers will be dispatched, and the preparation and mobilization work will take at least a week, and then the troops will still encounter all kinds of troubles after dispatching.

"Are the trucks, as well as the military vehicles equipped by the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division, all locally produced?" Although Roque said that the situation was serious, Mars Howard was still very envious of the various equipment used by the new 1st Cavalry Division.

"No, these trucks and military vehicles are made in Nyasaland." Roque can now finally say these words in the open, autonomy in southern Africa is inevitable, and the British government's influence in Nyasaland is becoming less and less.

All thanks to the impetus of the Earl of Selborne, who, like the previous Ade, now holds the position of Commissioner of South Africa, plus the Governors of the Transvaal and Orange.

It was clear that the Earl of Selborn was extremely resistant to these positions, so the Earl of Selborn was now pushing for joint autonomy in Southern Africa, so that the Earl of Selborn could return to the Admiralty and continue his ambitious plans for naval expansion.

The British dreadnought program was promoted by the Earl of Selborn, who once said in his speech in the House of Commons: "In my opinion. All the country's expenses are to maintain its bank credit and its navy. ”

Therefore, the Earl of Selborne did not have the slightest interest in southern Africa, and how to maintain the naval superiority of the British Empire was the focus of the Earl of Selborne.

"Isn't Nyasaland in Southern Africa?" Mars Howard was so surprised, although he did not understand the position of the automobile in modern industry, but he also knew that the production of cars is a very complicated thing, in Mars Howard's impression, southern Africa is a more backward place than India, Mars Howard never thought that southern Africa can actually produce cars.

And it's a car that looks more advanced than Europe.

In fact, there are armored vehicles in Europe now, but that armored vehicle is still at a relatively primitive level, and it cannot be compared with the armored vehicles equipped by the newly formed First Cavalry Division.

"Yes, Nyasaland is in southern Africa, but that doesn't stop Nyasaland from being able to produce cars, you know, in southern Africa, there is steel, there is rubber, there are workers, there are all the resources needed to produce cars." Roque deliberately reduced the difficulty of producing cars, it is one thing to have resources, and it is another thing to effectively integrate resources together, India also has steel and rubber, but if India wants to produce cars, it will be at least a few decades later.

Even in another time and space, the reason why India can produce cars is also because of the resources left by the British, and even the Indian car brands were originally British, which has nothing to do with India.

By this time, the battle had actually ended, but the result was still very good, a total of 95 rebels were killed, about 400 were captured, and the women of Lakshmi's family had been found, and Roque did not ask about the women.

As for the looted property, which was nowhere to be found, Roque still noticed that even though Mars Howard had personally shot several soldiers who had looted the property, many Indian soldiers were still bulging with money, and Roque felt that if he stayed in India for a long time, he would sooner or later become more and more impatient.

Military discipline is a big problem at any time, and the discipline of the British army is actually very strict, but the regulations are one thing, and the implementation is another, and many times on the battlefield, the officers will not be strict with the soldiers for the sake of morale.

In fact, Roque is not qualified to ask the Indians on this issue, the performance of the troops in southern Africa is also unbearable in the war, when the northern division of Rhodesia clashed with the free state of the Congo, the northern division of Rhodesia in the free state of the Congo can also be robbed and robbed, and burned if it cannot be taken.

Forget about people, the Northern Rhodesia Division does not kill people, but at that time, in order to increase the burden of the Congo Free State, it was necessary to kill, and the Northern Rhodesia Division was able to do the same.

So just now Roque noticed that some soldiers of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division threw large bags and small bags into the armored car, and Roque didn't see it.

Upon his return to Dhaka, Lord Belloc hosted a gala dinner for Roque and Mars Howard.

At the banquet scene, Roque saw Visacam again, he didn't know that the golden Buddha he gave to Roque had been exposed, even if he knew, it was estimated that Visacam didn't care very much, and Roque didn't expose Visacam, and continued to greet Visacam warmly, as long as Visacam was willing to buy agricultural products from southern Africa, Roque didn't care whether the Golden Buddha was pure gold or gold-plated.

However, what Roque didn't expect was that the price given by Visa was far lower than Roque's bottom line.

Unlike the Japanese and Russians who were crazy about purchasing during the war, at that time the whole world was in short supply, as long as the Japanese and Russians could buy materials, they would not care about the price at all, and the procurement of materials was actually a battlefield where there was no gunsmoke, one side bought enough war materials, and the other side would have a shortage of war materials, which was also a blow to the opponent, so the Japanese and Russians were crazy at that time, and they had no money to buy even if they had a loan.

Visacam is much more stingy, and the prices offered for the purchase of agricultural products are almost as cheap as if they were almost free.

Roque immediately changed his face, and he had no money to do business!

"Sir, what we are going to do is a long-term cooperation, so we have to fully consider each other's interests, although the price is a little lower, but there is no requirement for quality, southern Africa is vast and sparsely populated, any farm has hundreds or thousands of acres, where the fruit is even everywhere, it doesn't matter if the price is lower-" Visacam only considered his own interests, not Roque's interests at all.

"Yes, fruits are indeed everywhere in southern Africa, and the locals don't even need to work to get enough supplies, and there are even wild animals everywhere in southern Africa, and the locals can hunt plump prey with bows and arrows, and simple traps—" Roque's words whetted Visacam's appetite, and Roque even noticed that Visacam was still swallowing.

"The point is, you need to work to turn these things into products, so you want to get them for free, so you send someone to pick the fruit and catch the prey—" Roque will not get used to Visacam's problems, and if Roque agrees to this price, then Visacam will have to ask for free shipping.

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