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If the soldiers are willing to buy their own pistols as defensive weapons, why not do it, which can not only increase the attack power of the troops, but also stimulate the development of the military industry in southern Africa.
The Military Service Agency is a separate organization set up by the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa for military personnel, this organization is a commercial company that takes into account the postal business, selling all kinds of daily necessities, but also responsible for sending all kinds of trophies of the expeditionary officers and soldiers back to southern Africa, of course, this kind of business between continents, the postal cost must be a bit expensive.
The officers and soldiers who have gained a lot on the battlefield will not care about the postage, all kinds of pocket watches and rings are the most, if it is silver, the officers and soldiers are not rare, at least gold can start, it is better to have all kinds of gems and diamonds inlaid on it, of course, there are a lot of silver daily necessities, all kinds of bowls, chopsticks, candlesticks and clocks are very much, if the officers and soldiers do not want to pay for postage, they can also directly sell them to the military service agency at a discount, this kind of business military service agency is more welcome.
After the Southern African Expeditionary Force came to France, it sent back nearly 20,000 parcels of various kinds to Southern Africa every day, and on average, every officer and soldier had to send something home at least once a week.
To Roque's relief, almost all the parcels were sent by officers, African soldiers preferred to sell their loot at a discount to the Military Service Society, a pocket watch studded with precious stones sold for thousands of rand on the market, the purchase price of the Military Service Society was one hundred, the RAND Bank made a fortune, they used paper to print into rand to buy things, and everyone was happy.
The officers and men of the attacking unit of the 101st Division were not happy.
South Persian Chen has disappeared from the surface, and it is difficult to find the complete corpses of German officers and soldiers, and the trophies are all in the ruins and dirt, and if you have patience, you can pick them up little by little.
The battle broke out very suddenly and ended even more quickly, and the attacking troops did not even throw grenades, which is a good habit handed down by the umbrella company.
The weapons used by the mercenaries of the umbrella company are all purchased at their own expense, and a grenade is a rand to watch and do it by themselves, if you have money, you can throw as much as you want, and if you don't have money, you still have to be frugal and economical.
In the umbrella, even bullets are consumed very little.
So this would explain why there are so many precision shooters in the southern African forces.
Under the repeated bombardment of large-caliber artillery and a huge number of mortars, the precision shooters did not have a chance to perform, and the battle ended quickly, and the officers and men of the 101st Division, who had left a suicide note and were ready to sacrifice before the attack, were a little dazed, and the cheers of celebration were not enthusiastic enough, and this was the end?
It's really over.
Xia Fei and Frenzi couldn't believe their eyes.
In order to attack South Persian Chen, Xia Fei and Frenzi were ready to lose a brigade, and as a result, the battle ended so easily that the attacking troops were as easy as an outing.
Behind the relaxation, there is rigorous training day after day, which is the most sweaty in peacetime and one less drop of blood in wartime.
"Excellent, congratulations Lord Nyasaland—" Xia Fei turned up his rating of Roque again.
"Very good performance, Marshal Locke, I apologize for the previous arrogance, you have a very good army, and it is an honor for the expeditionary force to have such an excellent army." The expeditionary force that Frenzi is talking about is the British Expeditionary Force.
"Uh-huh, if our troops also have so many artillery-" Haig was so angry that he forgot that his cavalry had always been talking about deciding everything.
"If more shells can be exchanged for the precious lives of soldiers, it will obviously be worth it." Marcos Lloyd was convinced that he had reached the age of retirement, that his generation was coming to an end, and that the future was the era of young people like Roque.
Roque is now 33 years old, which is not young in terms of the average life expectancy of this era.
But for the leadership of a country, Roque is simply outrageously young.
"Lord Nyasaland, if you have time in the evening, I hope we can have dinner together—" Foch hoped to communicate more with Roque, who would definitely have time in the evening, and the 101st Division had successfully captured South Persian Chen, and the battle, although not fierce, would surely make the headlines of tomorrow.
"Sir, there are 11 people in the 101st Division who were wounded, basically all of them sprained in various ways, and only one unlucky soldier who jumped into a crater broke his leg—" Angel reported the losses of the troops, and the guy who broke his leg was indeed unlucky, but certainly not as unlucky as the unlucky guy who was injured in the mouth and could only smell it.
"Very good, send the wounded soldiers back to Calais to take good care of them, they are all lucky guys, those who break their legs can get a contribution medal, and a sprained ankle is also a contribution medal, and this special contribution medal will be worthless-" Roque pretended, if this standard is followed, Roque can also get a contribution medal.
Roque was bitten by a bug when he was sleeping last night, and he doesn't know where so many bugs came from in the winter.
Regardless of whether it is worth it or not, every month for the rest of their lives, the winner of the Contribution Medal will receive a bonus starting from a shilling, and the bonuses of various medals can be accumulated, and there is no limit to the number of times, and there is a contribution medal for every injury, and there are many copper mines in Upper Katanga.
The Medal of Contribution also contains gold, but the proportion is relatively small, and compared to the actual value, it is mainly an honor.
Although the process is relatively dull, but victory is victory, it is worth writing about, Roque discussed with Xia Fei and Frenzi, and the German losses were confirmed to be 10,000, but because the artillery fire was too fierce, the corpses of the German army had turned into powder and could not be counted.
No one cared about the actual casualty figures of the German army, the figure of 10,000 was given to the newspapers, and Roque, Xia Fei and Frenzi were quite face-picking, and did not confirm that the German 92nd Division was completely annihilated.
In fact, it doesn't matter if they are all sprayed to death, anyway, the Entente countries can't see the German newspapers, and for this battle, the German newspapers will definitely describe the 92nd Division as fighting bravely with one heart, and only retreating after inflicting heavy casualties on the attacking Anglo-French forces, as for whether the attacking troops are Anglo-French forces or the Southern African Expeditionary Force, the Germans who "celebrate victory" will not care.
After returning to Paris, Christian returned from London with the news that Roque wanted most.
"Russia is in urgent need of all kinds of military-related war materials, our list of goods has been bought by the Russians, in addition to artillery shells, the largest commodity purchased by Russia is vodka, which is purchased according to the current demand of one kilogram per person per day for front-line troops, the delivery method has become the biggest problem, the Ottoman Empire has closed the Dardanelles, and we must open the passage between Russia and Russia as soon as possible." Christian, who is full of money strings, has actually begun to pay attention to the war, and there must be something wrong with the way it is opened.
"It's Winston's business to get through the Dardanelles, how many orders do we get?" Roque doesn't care about the Dardanelles, even if the Royal Navy knocks down Constantinople, there is nothing to do in southern Africa, Britain, France and Russia have fought for Constantinople for hundreds of years, the Dardanelles are all brains, and southern Africa has no chance.
"20 million, every month!" Christian laughed, no need to ask, his trading company also has a lot of orders.
There are actually 20 million, or so every month, Roque is smiling, Lloyd George is really a good comrade, and companies in southern Africa should crowdfund Lloyd George to issue a one-ton medal.
The kind of gold!
It sounds like a ton of gold is a bit much, but it's not much, using the exchange ratio before the outbreak of the world war, it is less than 140,000 pounds.
After the outbreak of the world war, London announced that it would stop the gold exchange of the pound sterling, and the gold coins had been stopped from circulation, and the RAND Bank was still adhering to the gold standard, but it had quietly lowered the exchange ratio of gold, one rand to five grams of gold.
Before the outbreak of the world war, the ratio of the pound to gold was 1:7.32238, and the number after the decimal point was a bit long.
"Is it really okay for you two to calculate London and St. Petersburg like this—" Ida reclined on a chaise longue, and even threatened Ade with resignation in order to chase Roque to France.
Ida is now the female finance minister of the Federal Government of Southern Africa, and she has a good reason to come to Europe, because the source of the financial resources of the Federal Government of Southern Africa is now Europe, and the amount of taxes collected by farmers is the main thing, and international trade is the main thing.
In order to increase the federal government's fiscal revenue, Ida is also racking his brains, and some members of the Southern African Parliament proposed the establishment of a state-level trading company to export to Europe in the name of the federal government to increase the profits of the federal government, and then the proposed parliamentarian was directly impeached, and the national trade was stillborn.
Southern Africa is engaged in international trade is the Nyasaland company, the South African company, the Favarte company such a giant, the most important has to be the Christian company such a deep background of the combination of government and business, these private enterprises will never let others involved in this industry, Congress is studying the "Trade Act", the restrictions on enterprises with international trade qualifications, the reason is also very good to ensure the quality of products, strictly prohibit the export of inferior goods, can not affect the reputation of southern African products in Europe.
"How can it be calculated, we are working overtime to raise supplies for the Entente to defeat the evil group, London and St. Petersburg should give us medals." Roque is righteous and awe-inspiring, anxious to think about what people think, proper access to profits is a normal business behavior, pie will not fall from the sky, and love for no reason must be harboring evil intentions.
These are the values of white people.
"It's Rasputin who should be blamed, this guy doesn't do anything, and it makes a lot of money easier than ours-" It can make Christian remember, and it is estimated that there are many benefits for Rasputin.
These people really deserve to be killed.