If accuracy is not taken into account, Lee Enfield will not be able to use up ten rounds in a minute, and a skilled shooter can empty the magazine in fifteen seconds, which is of course quite impressive.

While ensuring accuracy, it is also necessary to output crazily, which is why there is the saying "crazy minute".

Ordinary soldiers use Lee Enfield, and the process of pulling the bolt with a shot takes a second or two, and the movements of the precision shooters are simply invisible, they all use Patton's way to put the middle finger on the trigger, the index finger and thumb control the bolt, and the middle finger pulls the trigger at the same time, the index finger and thumb are ready to complete the series of actions of shelling and pushing the bullet to load, and after being proficient, it is so fast that people can't see clearly.

Almost as soon as the gunshots rang out, George White was stunned, and for a moment, George White wondered if the Lee Enfield used by these precision shooters was the same gun as the Lee Enfield used by the British Native Army.

Lee Enfield, who was equipped by the British army, is still using the magazine divider, which is obviously the most advanced magazine rifle in the world, and is gorgeously used as a single-shot rifle.

Lee Enfield in Southern Africa canceled the magazine divider from the beginning, and the consumption of bullets was not limited, precision shooters were fed with bullets, and no matter how good the talent was, it would take a lot of training to realize it, George White did not understand this truth, but he could not accept it ideologically.

Compared to ordinary soldiers, precision shooters require less preparation time, they only need a second or two to aim, and the hit rate is still very high, and George White needs a telescope to see the head target from a hundred meters away, but these precision shooters are used to it.

It's said to be crazy for a minute, but in fact, it doesn't work at all, even the longest-used precision shooter didn't take more than fifty seconds to shoot ten bullets, and the last precision shooter got up and immediately began to count the results, George White felt a little tired, and Roque asked people to move a chair to let George White rest.

"When I see you young people, I really feel old-" George White's tone sighed, it was not okay to refuse to accept the old, it was indeed time for their generation to come to an end.

"The martyrs are in their twilight years, and the empire still needs your contributions, and we also need you to escort them." Luo Ke must have picked up a good thing at this time, he knows in his heart whether he is old or not, it doesn't matter if he is old, and his thinking is stubborn and old-fashioned.

"Hahahaha, thank you, Lord, your words make me feel so much better." What George White wants to hear most is these words, the so-called disobedience to old age, in fact, is unwilling to be abandoned by the times.

The statistics were quickly rescued, and 46 accurate shooters averaged 9.5, a result that Roque was satisfied with, but far beyond George White's imagination.

"It's an amazing result—"

"If you hadn't seen it in person, it would have been unbelievable—"

"These precision shooters are all qualified to go to the Army Academy as instructors-"

The other military observers were talking, but there was also discord in the midst of the praise.

"Why equip them with scopes when their shooting skills are already so good? Scopes should be given to soldiers who do not shoot very well. ”

Such idiotic remarks are estimated to be too many seats in the office, or they are hangovers and do not wake up.

"In fact, it's not just accurate shooters, our ordinary soldiers, the hit rate of the 100-meter head target is also 50% to 70%, which requires rigorous training day after day, they spend more than ten hours a day in training, a lot of repetitive training is actually extremely boring, but they can persevere, so they have the current results." Roque did not respond to idiotic remarks that southern African recruits undergo a full six-month training, even for African soldiers, but the requirements for African soldiers are relatively lower than those of professional soldiers.

The UK is much worse, with only three months of training for recruits, and a lot of time to spend on formation and platoon training to ensure that the thin red line tactics can be executed smoothly.

The army's emphasis on courage and discipline is inherently correct, but if it goes in the wrong direction, even if Roque is the Minister of War, it is useless.

"Ten hours!"

"Every day?"

"Sir, how did you put them through this almost rigorous training?"

Observers have a lot of questions, and the answers to this are actually in the "Army Drill Code" compiled by the Army Academy in Nyasaland, and Roque believes that the War Department must have obtained the relevant information, but it is estimated that no one has read it carefully.

Before the thin red line tactic causes heavy losses, don't expect those officials to take the initiative to change.

In fact, in the final analysis, the thin red line tactics practiced by the British army are also determined by the personal qualities of the British soldiers.

Britain has always had a small army, and its international status is mainly based on the powerful Royal Navy, so Lu Jun is grandmother does not love his uncle and does not love him, and he will only be temporarily recruited when needed, just like during the Second Boer War.

Temporarily conscripted troops did not have time to conduct complete military training, so the "thin red line" became the most convenient and effective tactic.

The strength of the army in southern Africa is visible to the naked eye, but it also costs a lot of money to maintain such a strong force, and the Ministry of War is powerless.

"There are no shortcuts to troop training, it depends on strong will and perseverance, the Northern Rhodesia Division and the 1st Cavalry Division are professional soldiers, many of them have received more than ten years of military training, and the whole person is a sophisticated killing machine-" Seeing that it was almost noon, Roque invited the observers to the officers' cafeteria for dinner.

"Well, then, there aren't many such soldiers in southern Africa—" George White finally realized the problem.

"How can there be more, if there are more, the Ministry of Defense will go bankrupt." Roque admits that in this regard, southern Africa is different from Europe, with different national conditions and different ways of coping with it.

In France, for example, men enlist in the army at the age of 20 and serve for three years before being transferred to the reserve, which lasts for 11 years, then seven years for the local self-defense forces, and the same for seven years, so that they can not be completely discharged from active service until they are 48 years old.

The situation is similar in the United Kingdom, Germany and France, where it is generally discharged from active duty at the age of 45.

Therefore, Britain, France and Germany will have a huge reserve, so that once a war breaks out, Britain, France and Germany can expand their troops as quickly as possible.

Southern Africa implements a compulsory military service system, but the units that serve in compulsory military service are infrastructure troops, and all field troops are professional soldiers, although this can ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops, it is not conducive to the rapid expansion of the army after the outbreak of war.

The national conditions of southern Africa do not require a large-scale military expansion, nor do they want to compete for global hegemony, but only maintain local superiority in southern Africa, and the existing military scale is sufficient.

"This can't be done, we need more troops, just tens of thousands of people, and it's not enough to even plug the gaps." George White was very dissatisfied, Britain, France and Germany were frantically expanding their armies, Southern Africa had a relatively safe regional situation, rich natural resources, almost free labor, and now there was relevant technology and population replenishment from the Far East, which was the right time and place, but Southern Africa was still so conservative, which made George White very disappointed.

"It's true that we only have tens of thousands of professional soldiers, but at the same time we have millions of workers, millions of farmers, and if war breaks out, we can also contribute to the empire, and believe me, workers and farmers will be more important than soldiers." All else is good, and Roque will not change his position on this issue.

"Without the bloody battles of the soldiers, where would the workers and factory owners come from?" George White didn't understand that Roque's thinking was dangerous in George White's view, and that soldiers should work hard to gain the right to speak.

"Mine is a professional soldier, not all soldiers, Southern Africa has prepared an expeditionary force of more than 100,000 troops, is this not enough?" Roque argues that within the Commonwealth as a whole, Roque positions southern Africa as factories and farms, local finance plays the role of a-stirring stick on the European continent, and India's main role is to provide enough human resources, as for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, they are congenitally deficient and far away from Europe, and their importance is decreasing.

"There is no need to argue about this issue, gentlemen, let's see how the Indians have reciprocated us, we have helped them build a unified state, we have helped them build railways and factories, and we have more jobs for the Indians, but the situation in India is still a mess." Clark Bell couldn't help but say something fair.

After Gandhi returned to India, India's anti-colonial sentiment was brewing, and the British originally wanted to use India as the granary of Britain, but now it seems that once the war breaks out and there is a shortage of materials, it would be good for India not to ask for local support, and it is simply unreliable to count on the Indians.

On the contrary, Southern Africa is becoming more and more important with its growing industrial strength.

Originally, Britain positioned southern Africa as a source of raw materials, but with the efforts of colonial officials such as Roque and Henry, and Xiao Si, Southern Africa provided more and more products for the mainland, from the original gold and iron ore to the current airplanes and aircraft carriers, Southern Africa is the most potential country.

This was evident at the tables in the officers' canteen, where the chef prepared egg custard, whitebait, chicken, and ham for the observers, all of which had six dishes, to the great satisfaction of the observers.

Even in London, a sumptuous luncheon like this is worth a lot, especially considering it's Egypt.

At this time, no one said that southern Africa was extravagant and wasteful.