Although Roque repeatedly ordered him, there were still people who fell ill one after another, and the most surprising thing for Roque was Dennis Feng, who succeeded Jiyishu as the head chef.

Chefs have a bad problem, when they buy something, they like to taste the taste, and they will buy it only when they are sure that the ingredients are qualified, and Dennis Feng fell ill because of this taste.

Roque had a headache, when the new 1st Cavalry Division left Johannesburg, it brought a total of 20 cooks, and now the troops have not yet gone to Dhaka, and the cooks have been reduced by one-tenth, I am afraid that if it continues, the officers and soldiers will not even be able to eat.

Therefore, Roque emphasizes food safety awareness here, especially the cooking class, if there is a problem again, Roque will really have to deal with people.

On January 5th, the troops were finally about to leave for Dhaka, and the night before departure, Zach came to Roque with the Golden Buddha that Visa had given to Roque the other day.

"Are you sure it's gold-plated?" Roque couldn't believe it, don't give it if you don't want to give it, give a gold-plated Buddha statue to Roque, this is looking down on people.

Zach was pretty sure that he had a lot of gold in Johannesburg, and whether it weighed it right or not, he would know it by weighing it in his hand.

Roque was speechless, thinking that Visacam was more reliable, but now it seems that Harry Spencer is right, in India, it is better not to believe anyone.

Dhaka is located in central Bangladesh, 240 kilometers from Kolkata, but it is not easy to get to Dhaka by land, or it is easier to take a boat, on January 20, a month after arriving in India, the new 1st Cavalry Division finally arrived at its destination, Dhaka.

Dhaka is the capital of the East Bengal region, and the city is also known as the "City of Mosques" with a large number of Mughal architecture and mosques.

The new 1st Cavalry Division was stationed at Ferguson Barracks in the north of the city, where a British army was previously stationed, and the facilities in the barracks were quite perfect, and there was an independent water source, so Roque was finally relieved.

"If you don't want to live in the barracks, you can stay in the Bara Katla Palace, which was built by a prince during the Mughal Empire to receive caravans from the East, which should be more in line with your habits." Lord Belloc had special care of Roque, a British tradition, and very few high-ranking officers lived in the barracks.

"No, it's good to live in the barracks, so it's convenient to command the troops." Roque declined Lord Belloc's kindness, and although Roque would not be approachable enough to eat and live with the officers and soldiers, it would be too much to live outside the barracks.

"Alright then, from now on, we're going to get into the working state, your troops are mainly responsible for the security of the North City, no problem, right?" Lord Belloc was in a completely different state after leaving Calcutta, and he had the same responsibilities as Roque.

"No problem!" Roque is categorical, the northern city is the wealthy area of Dhaka, many ancient monuments left over from the Mughal era are in the northern city, and the southern city is the slum of Dhaka, and it seems that Lord Beloc does not pay attention to it at all.

The next day, Roque ordered his troops to gradually take over the defense of Beicheng District.

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Dhaka also has a police station, and the new 1st Cavalry Division mainly cooperates with the work of the police department, setting up fixed sentry posts at major intersections, and then arranging troop patrols on the main streets to deal with emergencies.

On the day the new 1st Cavalry Division arrived in Dhaka, there was a tribal conflict in the Nakra area north of Dhaka, and the Nakra Police Department was powerless to stop it, so it asked Dhaka for help, and Lord Beloc immediately ordered the 35th Battalion stationed in Dhaka to send reinforcements to the Nakra area, and ruled Roque to prepare for the dispatch of troops.

"The 35th Battalion is an all-Indian force, and these units have almost no use, so it is estimated that the 35th Battalion will not be able to stop the conflict in the Nakri area, and if the gaffe expands further, then the new 1st Cavalry Division will need to be dispatched, and the new 1st Cavalry Division is already the most effective unit in Dhaka." Although Lord Belloc knew that it was inappropriate, he could only use the 35th Battalion on top first, and the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division had just arrived at Ka, which needed some time to recuperate.

"It's okay Lord, the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division can carry out its mission now." Roque was not at all worried, compared to the training in Johannesburg, the officers and men of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division were now like an outing, they did not need to be repaired at all, and they were ready to go into battle.

It's just a clash of clans, maybe it's still at the level of a shuttle broadsword, so Roque doesn't think it's that difficult it is to stop the conflict.

"Don't worry Locke, there will be a chance." Lord Belloc is not in a hurry, in Dhaka's situation, the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division will definitely have a chance to go to the battlefield.

I am afraid that neither Roque nor Lord Belloc could have expected that the 35th Battalion would be defeated so quickly and so badly, that only one day later, the 35th Battalion fled back to Dhaka, and not only did they fail to stop the conflict, but they were defeated and lost, and some of the soldiers even lost their weapons.

Lord Belloc was simply crazy, knowing that the troops composed entirely of Indians were useless, but he didn't know that it was so unbearable, all the officers of the 35th Battalion were locked up as soon as they returned to Dhaka, and all the soldiers were left in the barracks and forbidden to go out, and Lord Bellok even considered requesting the cancellation of the 35th Battalion.

"I'm sorry Locke, the new 1st Cavalry Division must be dispatched, we must stop the conflict as quickly as possible, and we can shoot if necessary, I will give you all the rights." When Lord Belloc found Roque, he had no reservations, as long as he could contain the situation, Lord Beloc didn't care if Roque used any means.

"Leave it to me, Lord, but I only have two companies, and I'm also in charge of security in the North District, and I'm going to give me some auxiliaries." Roque had a request and wanted to see how unbearable the all-Indian army was.

The 21st Battalion, which was responsible for assisting the new 1st Cavalry Division, was a half-Indian, half-Gurkha unit, and Roque was still quite expecting this force, the Indian troops were not able to hold up the wall, and the Gurkha troops had been performing well, and Roque wanted to know what the difference was between them.

The Gurkha people are a mountainous people in Nepal, not tall, but they are strong, hard-working, brave and good at fighting, because 80% of Nepal is mountainous, so the Gurkha people have walked on the bumpy mountain roads since childhood, and have trained a pair of "iron feet", they have a strong personality, strong body, and are particularly good at mountain warfare and close combat.

Beginning in 1815, the British government began to recruit Gurkha soldiers, and in all conflicts or wars related to Britain since then, Gurkha mercenaries have participated in the war.

In 1857, when a national uprising broke out in India, the British colonial rule of India could have collapsed without the Gurkha troops fighting for the British, and the most famous achievement of the Gurkha was in 1919, when in Amritsar, Gurkha mercenaries machine-gunned a crowd of peaceful demonstrators for an hour, killing thousands of Sikhs and Hindus.

All the British servant armies in India, the officers were pure British, and the commander of the 21st Battalion was called Mars Howard, who was a member of the Howard family, but like Winston, he did not have the right to inherit the title, so he came to work in India.

"Of course, the troops composed entirely of Indians are unreliable, I have two companies of Indians in my army, two companies of Gurkhas, no matter under any circumstances, I will not send troops composed entirely of Indians to carry out tasks, they can't even do the simplest work, many people have been in the army for more than a year, and they can't learn to maintain their rifles normally, if I were given the choice, the Indians would not even be qualified to undertake the work of husbands." Mars Howard has a great grudge against Indians, and the British government wants to use India's human resources, so India is described as "the most dazzling jewel in the Queen's crown", which is not the case at all.

"Major, can't you form an all-Gurkha force?" Roque was curious why the British government was still obsessed with the fact that there were better soldiers.

"General, this is the problem, the old men of Congress do not know the actual situation of the Indians, so they still have high hopes for the Indians, all our troops, all of us require at least some Indians to be recruited, otherwise these Indians will rebel - " Mars Howard was also helpless, he could only say that the ideal is very plump and the reality is very skinny.

On January 25, Company A of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division, together with the 21st Battalion, with a total of 850 troops, left Dhaka and set off for the Nakra area.

In order to take care of the emotions of the officers and men of the 21st Battalion, Company A did not take a car, but set off on foot, just like the 21st Battalion.

It's still different, although Company A didn't take a car, the supplies and equipment were transported by car, so the officers and men of Company A could go into battle lightly, which was in stark contrast to the 21st Battalion.

What Roque didn't expect was that the equipment level of the British troops was also very low in these years, not to mention the 21st Battalion, not to mention the cars, the whole army even had a pitiful number of horses, only officers and a small number of heralds had horses, so Mars Howard was very envious of Company A.

"Sir, it's hard to imagine that the equipment of your newly formed First Cavalry Division has advanced to such an extent, I feel that I have been disconnected from civilized society in India, and after staying here for a long time, I feel that I am a real hillbilly, and I have no idea the progress of the civilized world." Mars Howard sat in Roque's "Tiger" and sighed, and had a new understanding of the equipment level of the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division.

Roque was speechless, it was really Roque who came to India without a war horse, otherwise Roque would not want to be in the limelight.

A day later, the troops arrived at the border of the Nakra region, where the situation was really bad, and the mob destroyed all the external communication arteries in the Nakra region, and the cars could not move at all.

Roque also wanted Company A to be in charge of clearing the passage, and Mars Howard smiled evilly: "Let the first company and the second company go, this is the meaning of their existence!" ”

The first and second companies of the 21st Battalion were all Indian troops, and Roque suddenly understood why the Indian troops performed so poorly, and I am afraid that it was inseparable from the way the British officers used them.

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