The "cadets" that Roque sent to Frank were all Chinese police officers who had been disabled during the war and in the course of their work.

Maybe Frank still had fantasies before, if Roque sent Frank a group of young people who were not deeply involved in the world, then maybe Frank could also bring some private goods during the training, and instigate one or two students sent by Roque to plant a nail or something next to Roque.

Don't think about it now, these retired Chinese policemen who have been disabled by injuries have already felt the cruelty of society, and the British government's way of treating them is to pay a pension, and then no longer care about their future lives, and even send people back to their places of origin.

Roque did not abandon them, and when he was in Cape, Roque tried his best to find jobs for these retired police officers who were disabled by injuries, so that they could continue to shine; When they arrived in Johannesburg, Roque bought them a farm, brought their families to Johannesburg for reunion, bought them cows and horses, and hired Zulus to run the farm, so the gratitude of these retired police officers to Roque is indescribable, and they can give their lives at any time if Roque needs them, because they know that in this world, who can really let them rely on, even if they die, Roque can take care of their families.

Rebelling against them?

Dream!

Iron Hook is the representative of these retired police officers.

"Don't worry, sir, our seventeen brothers, all came with real knives and guns, if someone really wants to eat inside and out, you don't need to speak, sir, I will slaughter people with my own hands, and then wipe my neck." Iron Hook uses his life to guarantee the loyalty of these retired policemen, and the War Office may be very good at plotting rebellion, but the feelings of carrying guns together are not a joke.

The so-called rebellion refers to secretly instigating members of a hostile party to defect.

This agitation is nothing more than temptation, but in Nyasaland, it is really not easy to tempt these retired policemen who have walked in front of Hades.

To put it simply, what the war office can give to these retired policemen, Roque can give it, what the war office can't give, Roque can also give, take 10,000 steps back and say, the families of these retired police officers are in Johannesburg, and the big family behind everyone has dozens or even more than one mouth, betraying Roque?

How to carry it!

"Don't worry, sir, there are really people among our brothers who have two hearts, even if people run to the ends of the earth, we have to catch people back to three knives and six holes!"

"Three knives and six holes? Light the sky lantern! ”

"Even his wife and children!"

"Wife and children? Punish him for the Nine Clans! ”

The retired police officers are gossiping, and this kind of question is an insult to them.

"Brothers, it's not that serious, our brothers' lives are getting better and better, now it's just eating and drinking, and in the future, it's free, who wants to put a good life is just a moth, and there is a pit in the brain-" Roque doesn't think this is a problem, a fool will abandon his wife and children and go with the British, before the clan is not broken, the influence of the clan on the clan is immeasurable, as long as the families of these retired police officers are still in Johannesburg, Roque is not afraid of betrayal.

Even if someone betrays, Roque has a way to make him pay.

"Our territory is getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more people, there are all kinds of birds in the forest, there are not only us Chinese in Nyasaland, there are many white people, we need an organization to monitor these white people, and some Chinese whose hearts have not yet stabilized, you go to the war office for training, pay more attention to observe the organizational structure of the war office, see how they train agents, see how they brainwash, and when you learn, we must also set up our own organization and train our own agents, I won't talk about the meaning, there must be rights, it depends on whether the brothers can grasp it. "Roque's goal is clear, the war office has not yet set up an intelligence bureau, Roque wants to be one step ahead of others and make arrangements as soon as possible.

In 1902, all countries in the world had not yet attached importance to intelligence work, and none of the four major intelligence organizations had made the intelligence bureau first, and it was definitely not just for the sake of being different, especially in the complicated Cape and Johannesburg, which was very necessary.

Relatively speaking, intelligence work in hostile areas like in Portuguese East Africa is really not important, intelligence officers are non-combatants, and if the War Office sends intelligence officers to Portuguese East Africa, it would be putting the cart before the horse, and the army can play a greater role in Portuguese East Africa.

"Sir, are you going to get a drop of blood?" The guy who shouted three knives and six holes just now has a very bright head.

Blood droplets are more of folklore, the secret history of the palace, and the masses of people are still very gossipy.

In fact, what really exists is the "sticky pole", which is ostensibly responsible for sticking cicadas, catching dragonflies, and fishing, which is the real intelligence organization of the Qing State.

"How ugly the drops of blood are." There was immediate opposition.

"Brad—isn't it good?" Three knives and six holes persisted.

"It's not good, it's not good, Brad sounds too dazzling, we can't make a noise if we want to do this kind of thing, what is the specific name, you have to listen to the lord." This one has the most eyesight.

"Don't guess, you don't have a compilation, you don't have a name, you will hang it under the city government in the future, just find an office at will." Roque also knew that intelligence work should be low-key, and it was best for no one to notice.

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Roque's temporary office for the war office was on the outskirts of the west of the city, and since it was temporary, the standard of requirements for housing would certainly not be high, and a hundred and ten construction workers worked together to build a temporary camp within three days, a total of more than a dozen wooden buildings, and the outside was also enclosed with a wooden fence, although the ground had not yet had time to be leveled, there was still plenty of space.

Compared with the marble buildings around Cecil Rhodes Square, the wooden building is indeed a bit shabby, but Frank feels very good, and happily chooses a wooden building to live in, and the others naturally have nothing to say.

The seventeen "fledgling agents" who needed to be trained were even more shabby, some of them had broken hands, some of them had broken legs, and the prosthetic limbs of these years were not well developed, and those with broken hands could still be connected to an iron hook, and those with broken legs could only use crutches, which was indeed shabby compared to those well-dressed staff and college students in their prime.

Xiao Sidu was a little overwhelmed, frowning and complaining to Roque: "Can't you pick something outstanding?" ”

"You don't think they're good?" Roque doesn't think so, don't look at these college students who are all proud like little roosters, they really want to play with their lives, these "waste people" with broken hands and feet, one person can kill a group of them.

The War Office is also exploring intelligence work, so this group of college students who have been selected for training can all be called outstanding, not only in appearance, but also in figure.

In fact, there is a reason for this, people engaged in intelligence work are not as ordinary as possible, after all, the occasions where intelligence officers go in and out in the future are high-class places, and the people they come into contact with are all high society, and that kind of occasion is normal if you want to be super first-class in appearance, let these people sent by Roque go, I'm afraid they won't even be able to enter the door.

This is the difference in demand, Roque needs an instructor, Frank needs an executor, so there is such a big difference.

"You're going to train your own intelligence officers? Why do you need so many intelligence officers? "Xiao Si has an instinctive wariness of intelligence officers.

"What? It's so useful, I'm in Johannesburg, here in Nyasaland, and I need someone to keep an eye on me; It's the same in Johannesburg, we need someone to help us get information, you don't? You also need someone to help you monitor Rhodesia-" Roque has bad intentions, if Xiao Si also needs manpower, but he can't train himself, hehe-

"Of course I need to-" Xiao Si was very entangled, but if Xiao Si wanted to learn from Roque to set up a department to be responsible for intelligence work, Xiao Si really didn't have this talent in his hands.

In fact, the main problem is loyalty, and the South African company's government-enterprise integration model has completely disappeared in the future, just because it can't keep up with the times.

Although nominally, the South African company belongs to Xiao Si, but Xiao Si's control over the South African company is not very strong, and even Dr. Starr Jameson, the chief executive of Rhodesia, went to the Cape to run for prime minister, and the situation of Rhodesia can be imagined.

"It's not that I'm alarmist Cecil, if you don't change the pattern of Rhodesia, Rhodesia won't last long." Roque reminded Xiao Si to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

"How to change?" Xiao Si also knew that Rhodesia had hidden dangers, but he didn't know how to solve them.

"To strengthen the organizational structure, you need a strong government department, you need a strong violent agency, and you also need a strong means of surveillance." The three of Roque were powerful, and they directly confused Xiao Si.

Anyone can say that they are obedient, but it is not easy to do.

Roque is three "powerful", and Xiao Si also understands the truth, but it is difficult to do.

In other words, according to Xiao Si's observation, Roque did not achieve these three "strong" in Nyasaland either.

"Nyasaland is different from Rhodesia, the main population of Nyasaland is Chinese, and if the Chinese want to live in Africa, whether they want to or not, they must rely on Nyasaland, which is the natural advantage of Nyasaland; Rhodesia is different, the main population of Rhodesia is Africans, and the number of whites is far less than that of Africans, which is a huge hidden danger, and it doesn't seem obvious now, but if there is an accident, such as the current Portuguese East Africa, think about it-" Roque still instigated Xiao Si to expel all Africans in Rhodesia, and only if Xiao Si did this, Roque would allow the Chinese to enter Rhodesia.

"Portuguese East Africa – yes, Rhodesia has to change." Xiao Si finally made up his mind, and the tragic situation of the Portuguese in Portuguese East Africa became the last straw that crushed Xiao Si.

A long time ago, Roque emphasized to Xiao Si the dangers of Africans, and the reason why Xiao Si has not made up his mind is that the development of Rhodesia is inseparable from the labor of Africans.

It was now clear that the Chinese were also able to provide enough labor for Rhodesia, and with the upheaval in Portuguese East Africa, Xiao Si finally set his heart on cleaning up the Africans.

"Don't worry, even if I train agents here, I promise that they will never be used in Rhodesia." Roque assures Xiao Si that although this assurance does not seem very convincing, Xiao Si can only choose to believe in Roque's character.

"Hmph, it's better - no, I'm going to find Frank too." Xiao Si is not stupid, it is better to ask for others than for himself.

Later, Lara finally returns to Nyasaland, and Roark asks before taking Lara to see Frank.

"The Portuguese are in their coastal strongholds, we already control most of northern Portuguese East Africa, and the Ngoni and Recruits want us to go south as quickly as possible, and they promise to respond to us, but our current activities are north of the Zambezi River, and we will not rush across the Zambezi until the Portuguese forces are driven out of the northern region." Lala is very optimistic about the situation, and the smooth sailing during this period has given Lala a lot of confidence.

"You ambushed the Portuguese some time ago, how much did you lose?" Frank has to assess the strength of the Yao people, which is very important for the smooth implementation of the "Two Cs Plan".

Lara probably couldn't understand Frank's accent, and was a little dumbfounded.

Frank frowned, the language barrier was a serious problem.

Roque helped translate, and then Lala could understand: "We killed more than 4,000 Portuguese, this is a great victory, Africans have never won such a big victory against European colonial aggression-"

"Stop, get down to business—" Roque interrupted immediately, and if no one stopped, Lara would be able to blow until tomorrow morning.

"Hmm—we have less than five thousand casualties." Lala's expression was still proud.

"Five thousand! Nearly 30,000 troops besieged less than 5,000 Portuguese, half of whom were old, weak, sick and disabled, and even let more than 1,000 people successfully return to Pemba, and your own casualties were less than 5,000, do you think this result is very glorious? "Roque is simply heartbroken, such a big advantage, has not yet annihilated the Portuguese, in Roque's opinion, Lara and scum have to be judged.

"Not bad!" Frank thinks it's good, and maybe from Frank's standpoint, such an outcome is already acceptable.

Lara didn't look at Frank, but looked at Roque with a blank eye, and if there was a tail behind his ass, he should be waging happily.

"Alas, how can you fight like this when you have ample weapons, overwhelming superiority, and professional soldiers as guidance?" Roque was not angry because of this result, but because of Lala's pride just now.

Yes, it's pride, and maybe Frank and Lara think it's good enough to do this, but Roque thinks it's entirely possible to do better.

For example, if you wipe out all the rescue forces on the way to Marupa, you can continue to encircle and send reinforcements.