Chapter 609 Promotion
Herbart understood Judli's difficulties, so he consoled him: "Don't worry about that. The supplies have been prepared and will arrive in two or three days, so you can come back in three days."
It was definitely too late to purchase weapons from the Austro-Hungarian Empire at this time, but East Africa could still raise a batch of Austro-Hungarian weapons to provide to the Orangemen.
After all, as a country as big as East Africa, it will definitely purchase a small amount of military equipment from other countries. This is the case in many countries. However, the "small amount" for East Africa may not be the case for Orange.
The Orangemen don't need too many rifles and ammunition now, at least that's the case in East Africa, because the Orangemen's army is not large. Before East Africa, wars in Africa were often controlled below the scale of 10,000 people. Especially after the arrival of the colonists, wars involving thousands of people were considered large-scale wars.
It was East Africans and Italians who destroyed the regional balance, and rolled the war in sub-Saharan Africa into a war involving more than 10,000 people. This was especially true during the colonial era in East Africa, when every citizen was mobilized, often with an armed force of more than 100,000 to wipe out the indigenous forces in the heart of Africa.
On the contrary, after the professionalization of the army, such a grand scene no longer exists, but East Africa's mobilization capabilities have been further strengthened. The only difference is that more mobilization mechanisms are used in national infrastructure construction and other aspects, which can be regarded as military-to-civilian conversion, and vice versa. Of course, the fundamental reason is that the population in East Africa is now relatively sufficient and no longer requires frequent extreme mobilization.
Although Herbart said so, Judry was still worried. He said, "This matter is serious, so I can stay here for a few days. I can send someone back with the news. This way, there won't be any confusion on all sides."
Herbart also agreed with Judli's words. If it were him, he certainly wouldn't want to make a wasted trip, so he said, "Okay, but Fort Tenison is a military stronghold after all, so you can't stay here. Fortunately, there is a storehouse outside the city, so you can stay there for a few days!"
There are very few civilians in Tenisonburg, and most of them are military dependents or military service personnel. Therefore, it is a typical military fortress in the Southern Frontier Province, or a "soldier city". Therefore, it is naturally not easy for outsiders like Judley to stay in the city for a long time.
The trading post was built outside the city and was the place where East Africa conducted trade with the Orange Free State. East Africans certainly could not sell goods in the Orange Free State, after all, the British and Transvaal people prohibited East Africans from entering the country.
However, they could not stop their own merchants from crossing the border to do business in East Africa, so the trading post was equivalent to an official trading place built by East Africa on the banks of the Fette River.
Judry said, "Of course. My mission is to receive the weapons. I am very satisfied with your positive response, General."
After saying this, Judley led his men out of Fort Tenison slowly, which was in stark contrast to the haste in which they came.
There are only two reasons for this result. The first is that now that they have received confirmation from East Africa, their mission should be completed smoothly. However, they are afraid that East Africa will drag its feet and keep the Orangemen hanging.
The second reason is that it will take several days for the weapons to be delivered, and he is not in a hurry to go back, so he has some free time.
As soon as he had some free time, Judley began to observe Tenisenburg. He didn't pay much attention to it when he came in before. After all, he was in a hurry and didn't have the leisure to do so. Now that he paid close attention to it, Judley had a psychological understanding of how East Africa was able to defeat the former Transvaal Republic.
This so-called Tenissenburg is very similar to the castles in medieval Europe, but there are also big differences. However, you can tell at a glance that many defensive measures have been added to deal with modern warfare.
There should not be many people in the city. After all, although Fort Tenison is very important, it is just a stronghold on the Fette River defense line in the South Frontier Province of East Africa, so the number of troops allocated to it is not large.
This is not a lot for East Africa, but it is a large number compared to the Orange Free State. There should be a few thousand people in Tenisenburg, most of whom are soldiers.
You have to know that before the civil unrest broke out in the Orange Free State, the Transvaal Restoration Army had only more than 6,000 people. Now the number should have increased a lot, probably close to 10,000, but this is a lot for the people of Transvaal.
After the destruction of their country, the population of the Transvaal people has been around a hundred thousand in recent years, and ten thousand people is only one-tenth of the population.
The Orange people were better off, with a population of only around 200,000, and this was the result of absorbing some Transvaal people. However, the Orange Free State did not have a standing army before, so the Transvaal people came from behind.
Judley said to his subordinates with great envy: "East Africa has strong military strength, inherited the martial spirit of the German region, and has strict discipline. No wonder they were able to destroy the Transvaal group of ungrateful wolves in a very short time!"
"Mr. Judley, the East African army should be on the same level as Europe. Unlike us in Orange, we didn't pay much attention to this aspect before, so we are relatively backward." The subordinate responded.
Judry shook his head and said, "I don't think so. If you want to build a strong army, you need the support of national strength. Look at the army organized by the Transvaal people. Their military discipline is lax and they can only fight when the wind is favorable. How can they have the spirit of the East African soldiers?"
Of course, compared with the Transvaal people, the Orangemen’s armed forces had even less military discipline and even less organization. However, Judry could not fault his own people, so he could only keep belittling and mocking the Transvaal people.
The good military discipline of the East African Army is actually established after many reorganizations and repairs.
At least during the invasion of the Transvaal Republic in East Africa, the East African Army was probably not much better and was only at the same level as Europe.
Now, speaking of military discipline alone, perhaps only the German army can be compared with East Africa. This is the result of the improvement of East Africa's national strength.
The East African government can now have relatively abundant financial revenue without relying on robbery and exploitation of the natives, so it has the confidence to correct the bad practices in the army.
The number of immigrants to the East African Defense Force has increased significantly in recent years, and the number of citizens has increased rapidly, but the number of army troops has not actually increased much compared to the colonial period.
An important part of this is to carry out comprehensive transformation and upgrading of the East African Army and replace those people who are just filling in the gaps in the army.
The East African Navy does not have such requirements. Because the navy was established relatively late, the relevant systems are more complete. In addition, the navy has a high threshold and there are academic requirements for entering the navy. Therefore, the quality of soldiers is higher than that of the army from the beginning.
Of course, the treatment of the East African army has been greatly improved compared to the past, because now there are disciplines and learning requirements for joining the army, which not only restrains personality but also requires hard training, so naturally more support must be provided in terms of welfare.
On the other hand, the living standards of East African citizens have greatly improved compared to before, and the military is a more dangerous profession for the people, so the East African government must also improve the treatment of the East African military.
Apart from other things, in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, the East African army is already much better off than civilians. Education and medical care are more widely available, and even the future prospects after demobilization are broader.
(End of this chapter)
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