Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

At the same time as the Saar Conference was going on, Italian East Africa was being transformed in accordance with the wishes of the Southern African federal government.

The greatest achievement of the Saarland Conference was the division of southern Africa and the spheres of influence of Britain and France in Africa.

In fact, it was to carve up Italian colonies in Africa.

According to the principle of whoever conquers it governs it, Italian East Africa was temporarily under the management of Southern Africa, and the Abyssinian Empire also became the sphere of influence of Southern Africa.

After the restoration of the Abyssinian Empire, Imru I, who had just ascended the throne, submitted an application to join the Southern African Union.

Rock happily approved the Abyssinian Empire's application, and the Abyssinian Empire officially became a member of the Southern African Union.

After removing the Abyssinian Empire, Italian East Africa actually only had Italian Somalia and Italian Eritrea, with a total area of ​​about 600,000 square kilometers.

With such a small area and British Somalia and French Somalia in between, the situation is a bit complicated.

After annihilating the Italian East African Army, the security of the British colonies in East Africa and the Mahdi Kingdom had been guaranteed. Roque took the initiative to withdraw the Second Army from British East Africa and the Mahdi Kingdom.

Winston was very sensible and took the initiative to invite the Southern African troops to station in British Somalia without waiting for Rock's suggestion. At the same time, he stated that he would withdraw all British troops from British Somalia.

This is already the limit.

According to Stoudemire, Winston might as well have given British Somalia to southern Africa.

But things are not that simple. Winston, the Prime Minister, is different from Roque. Roque can decide many issues in southern Africa with just one word. He can then inform Congress afterwards and just show his hand to vote.

Whatever Winston does must be discussed and approved by Congress before it can be implemented.

The recent "island-for-destroyer" plan caused huge controversy in the UK. Winston was criticized for this, and some members of Congress even dismissed Winston as a "British traitor".

However, the threat of German submarines is imminent and threatens British waterways at all times. If this problem is not solved, then the pampered members of Congress will have to regard Britain's "national dish" as their staple food. This is certainly something that most members of Congress will not be able to do.

accepted.

So I had to agree to Winston's proposal.

However, this also laid the foundation for Winston's future difficulties.

Never mind how dangerous Britain's situation was during the Battle of Britain.

Now that Winston has made the decision to "replace islands with destroyers", he must accept the consequences.

When the war ends and the Germans threaten to contact Britain, Britain will definitely have to settle accounts later, and Winston will pay the price for it.

This is the same as Neville's appeasement policy.

Neville's policy of appeasement also required the approval of the British Parliament.

If the British Parliament does not agree, then Neville has no power to sign the "Munich Agreement" with Mustache.

After Mustache brazenly tore up the Munich Agreement, Neville became the scapegoat and stepped down sadly. He died amidst controversy. The Munich Agreement would also become the biggest stain in Neville's life.

The same goes for "islands for destroyers".

Maybe it will become the biggest stain in Winston's life.

Therefore, Winston could only do this, and it was impossible to directly give British Somalia to southern Africa.

Even British Somalia was of almost no value to Britain.

As for French Somalia.

After France surrendered, French Somalia did not even wait for the establishment of Free France, and was easily captured by the Second Army. De Gaulle could even give French colonies in Asia to southern Africa, so there was no need to discuss French Somalia.

The area of ​​French Somalia is only 23,200 square kilometers. In another time and space, it is an area with the highest density of foreign military bases in the world.

Although French Somalia and British Somalia are not yet territories in southern Africa in name, after the British withdrew the Indian troops stationed in Berbera, all the coastal areas of Africa along the Red Sea, except for some British colonies, have been

Owned by Southern Africa.

When Italian East Africa surrendered, there were approximately 250,000 Italian immigrants in the territory.

The East African Corps does not count.

The main members of the Italian East African Army are colonial servants. Only a small number of officers are Italians. They are now organized into prisoner of war camps and are under the supervision of the Second Army. They are responsible for Italian Somalia, British Somalia, French Somalia, and Italian Somalia.

Ports along the Eritrean coast undergo renovation.

Port renovation can be regarded as a traditional skill in southern Africa.

In the above-mentioned areas, there are many areas suitable for development into ports, but due to the incompetence of the British, French and Italian colonial governments, there has been no change for decades.

On the entire Red Sea coast and in the Somali region, the only ports that can be named are Mogadishu and Berbera. Djibouti is not called Djibouti now, but French Somalia.

Objectively speaking, the British and Italian colonial governments have done their best to develop the local economy.

However, this "maximum capability" is what they think, and it is still quite different from the standards in southern Africa.

In fact, there was no way around it. After all, the colonial government had neither money nor people, so even if it wanted to develop the colonies, it was powerless.

Southern Africa has money.

After the surrender of the Italian East African Army, nearly 300,000 extra laborers were created out of thin air. The Italian officers in the East African Army still wanted to receive treatment commensurate with their status after surrender, which was impossible in southern Africa.

The consistent attitude in southern Africa is that those who do not work cannot eat.

"Yes, we have always advocated that those who do not work shall not eat." Feng Fu emphasized to Tony Pellegrini many times when he met with him.

"But how can you let the noble officers of the Kingdom of Italy do manual labor like the lowly colonial servant soldiers?" Tony Pellegrini couldn't accept it. He really didn't mean to insult the colonial servant soldiers.

At this time, in the eyes of most Europeans, not only colonial servants but also all colonial natives were inferior.

Including southern Africa.

Southern Africans think so too.

Although southern Africans never say that.

In the Italian East African Army, Tony Pellegrini is a major general.

After the surrender of Italian East Africa, most of the generals were sent to southern Africa to serve their sentences. Among the prisoners in Italian East Africa, Tony Pellegrini had the highest position, so Tony Pellegrini naturally became the Italian East African Legion.

representative.

"Don't worry, the situation will improve soon. I plan to set up a labor camp according to the previous establishment of the East African Army, so that the officers and soldiers of the East African Army can use hard labor to atone for the mistakes they have committed -" Feng Fuyou

Plan, free labor, don't use it in vain.

"But -" Tony Pellegrini wanted to speak, but Feng Fu stopped him with a gesture.

"There is no but, both officers and soldiers must participate in labor." Feng Fu's attitude was firm. Of course, it was also labor and there was a division of tasks.

"I plan to completely transform the entire Mogadishu within six months, directly bulldoze the current Mogadishu, and then build a new city. The new city will have a well-equipped port and spacious and smooth streets.

, beautifully landscaped gardens, neat and standardized residential areas and commercial areas -" Feng Fu continued. By the standards of southern Africa, Mogadishu today is simply an ignorant and uncivilized tribe.

Like most colonial cities, Mogadishu was built without any planning. The entire city was naturally formed around the port. The rich areas and slums in the city are clearly separated. The rich areas are not bad, separated by a wall.

The slums are full of filth and chaos.

Feng Fudou didn't know how the Italians endured this situation.

Of course, it may also be that the Italians need this kind of contrast to satisfy the colonial vanity.

Southern Africa has no need for such vanity.

In southern Africa, even the communities where the civilian class live have the most basic bottom line. Slums have completely disappeared from southern Africa.

"Impossible, this can't be completed in six months, or even six years." Tony Pellegrini shook his head repeatedly, thinking that this was an impossible task.

Don't think that colonial government officials acted arrogantly every day and never thought about developing the colonial economy.

The Europeans who have immigrated to the colonies have actually become part of the colonial natives. Unless they are locally appointed officials, officials with real colonial origins still hope to develop the colonial economy.

The crux of the problem is insufficient resources.

A single colonial economic system has no possibility of developing a colonial economy. The economy of Italian Somalia is mainly based on animal husbandry, and there is no industry at all, not even the most basic cement and steel. How can we develop the economy?

Cement and steel are available in Southern Africa, and after decades of development, the production of cement and steel is even a bit surplus. In Southern Africa, the prices of cement and steel are ridiculously cheap, let alone Mogadishu.

Ten more will be fine.

"We'll see--" Feng Fu didn't talk nonsense to Tony Pellegrini. The efficiency of Southern Africa cannot be compared to that of the Italians.

As a soldier, he works vigorously and resolutely. The next day, the order to establish a labor camp was issued. Tony Pellegrini was appointed as the commander of the 1st labor battalion, with 10,000 subordinates.

Tony Pellegrini is no stranger to running an army.

But Tony Pellegrini was at a loss as to how to manage the labor camps and didn't know where to start.

Fortunately, the staff of Christian Human Resources Company are here to help.

"It's very simple, you treat the entire labor camp as a company management and introduce a competition mechanism. It is much easier than managing the army -" Chris from Nyasaland has experience.

Chris is a white man who dropped out of school after high school to join Christian Human Resources and became a notorious human resources manager.

He is said to be a human resources manager, but he is actually doing the work of a slave trader. In Southern Africa, there are many workers from Southern African Union countries, and most of them are provided by Chris.

"How to introduce a competition mechanism?" Tony Pellegrini asked humbly. He now knew that the performance of the prisoners was closely related to the treatment he could receive.

"Don't worry-" Chris was not in a hurry.

The next operation of the Second Army amazed Tony Pellegrini.

To bulldoze and rebuild a city like Mogadishu, the first step is to demolish the old city.

The time required by Feng Fu was only six months. The time was short and the task was heavy. Although Mogadishu only had 7 battalions, it was not difficult to complete the task.

There are 70,000 people in 7 camps. Not counting drinking water, each person only needs one kilogram of supplies per day, which means 70 tons are needed per day.

Feng Fu first divided the 70 tons of supplies into two parts, half of which were distributed as basic supplies, and the other half as rewards, and were allocated to 7 battalions each according to the progress of completing the tasks each day.

Since it is a reward, there must be more or less.

The camp with the fastest progress every day can get the most rewards, and the share is about double that of the camp with the slowest progress.

Starting from about the third day, Tony Pellegrini was surprised to find that almost all the prisoners, whether they were officers or indigenous soldiers, had unprecedented enthusiasm for their work.

the reason is simple.

The battalion with the fastest progress was not only well fed, but also received special rewards. The supplies even included coffee and fresh fruits. In the former East African Legion, this was a luxury that only officers were eligible to enjoy.

The camp with the slowest progress could barely fill its stomachs, let alone coffee and fresh fruits, and the only food available was potatoes, corn, and half a piece of salted fish per person.

It's actually not bad, after all, there are fish.

However, compared with coffee and fresh fruit, the fish was really too salty, so the indigenous soldiers began to work hard without the supervision of the officer in charge of overseeing the work.

The Second Army launched a competition mechanism, and the various labor camps also followed suit. Tony Pellegrini was unlucky. The first battalion he was responsible for ranked last in progress after the first day of work, so the progress of the second battalion was ranked last.

The amount of supplies obtained in the second day was twice as much as the first place.

"Verratti, the sixth brigade you lead ranks last among our ten brigade, so the materials allocated to the sixth brigade tomorrow will only be half of those of the first brigade." Tony Pellegrini thought.

Qi Qi, he has now realized that the six months mentioned by Feng Fu seems to be really possible.

"The tasks assigned to us by the Southern Africans are too heavy and difficult for us to complete," Verratti complained.

"Don't make excuses. I believe you can do the work that others can do -" Tony Pellegrini handed Verratti a silver flask with a warm smile: "This is a personal gift from me.

My gift - fine brandy from Cape Town, I hope you can get it tomorrow for your work."

The rules are all set by people. In order to stimulate the efficiency of the officers, the supplies distributed by the Second Army to the labor camps included some rare goodies for indigenous soldiers.

Like the brandy given to Verratti by Tony Pellegrini.

Another example is coffee from West Africa.

Another example is the cigars produced in Nyasaland.