Vol 5 Chapter 114: Counterinsurgency

Genius remembers this site address in one second: (Vertex Chinese), the fastest update! No ads!? Kingdom of Netherlands
After receiving an official reply from the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Dutch government did not know whether it should be happy or worried.
This result is almost exactly the same as they guessed. Bulgaria really has no interest in Nanyang, which deserves their celebration.
Unfortunately, precisely because of the lack of interest, the Bulgarian government does not even bother to send troops.
The Bulgarian government plans to form a mercenary to help quell the rebellion, but can this mercenary alone stand up?
You must know that the insurgents in Southeast Asia are extraordinary. After so many battles, everyone has evolved.
The elite troops among them, in terms of combat effectiveness, are not much worse than the regular troops of some countries!
Moreover, there is the support of the Japanese behind them, which is not easy to deal with.
If the mercenaries fail to counter the rebellion, the Bulgarians are likely to let go. Anyway, their investment is small and they can stop the loss at any time!
This is not more influential than having the Bulgarian government send troops directly!
If it is to send troops directly, it is different. Even if it is for its own sake, the Bulgarian government must suppress the rebellion.
We must know that behind the colonial rebellion in Southeast Asia, there are a series of political factors.
The Dutch government is pretty good, anyway, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has long since fallen, so shame it!
Anyway, there is the British Empire to support, this time the record of the British army is not as good as them?
How can you not use it as a politician?
With the addition of the British Empire, the Dutch people feel that the government has worked hard. The Dutch army's record on the battlefield is better than the world's hegemon.
This is enough to prove that this government is still capable.
The attention of the Dutch people is attracted, and it does not mean that the matter is over. The rebellion still needs to be suppressed. Every time a day is delayed, the loss is a huge amount of money!
"Your Excellency, the mercenaries formed by the Bulgarians can only arrive in Southeast Asia in September and adapt to the weather conditions for one month. After the rainy season is over, they just launched an offensive. We also have to prepare the necessary supplies in advance!" Dutch Foreign Minister Robinson said
"Well, how many are there in this Bulgarian mercenary?" Prime Minister Daan asked concerned.
"There are four infantry divisions plus one air division, with a total strength of about 70,000." Robinson thought for a while and said
"It's just such a small army? There are no tanks and armored units yet, can this work?" Prime Minister Daan asked worriedly
"Your Excellency, the Bulgarians have given an explanation. They believe that in the jungles of Southeast Asia, our enemies are yet another group that has not yet completed the evolution and does not need to be equipped with too much heavy firepower.
As for the tanks and armored units, even fewer are used. They think we have enough armored units in the Nanyang region.
Their reasons convinced me that these armored forces really have no way to shuttle in the jungle, and our enemy is just a group of indigenous people and does not have the ability to produce weapons and ammunition.
In this context, what the counterinsurgency army needs is the ability to be flexible, mobile, and capable of rapid assaults. Although these heavy equipment is powerful, they cannot reach the enemy at all! Robinson explained
"Damn it, then who is the idiot who asked us to send armored troops before?" Prime Minister Daan said angrily.
Obviously they were fooled. On a battlefield that does not require the use of these heavy weapons and equipment, it is obviously abnormal to require heavy firepower to deploy reinforcements.
But knowing that it is knowing, everyone has no intention to continue to study it, it is nothing more than profit.
The army does not need these heavy equipment, how can these domestic arms dealers make money? How do people in this chain of interests make profits?
They are well aware of these problems, but they have done too much this time to make them angry.
Originally, war funds were not sufficient, and as a result, when the money for weapons and equipment was purchased, most of the money was wasted on these unnecessary heavy weapons.
As long as people with a slightly normal IQ know that there is a very serious mess in it, maybe these so-called weapons and equipment are all a pile of fake goods, purely for defrauding money.
They were sent to the battlefield for a stroll, and then they were properly scrapped. Then all relevant personnel, from frontline officers to weapon manufacturers, took a share of money from it.
Therefore, Prime Minister Daan just caught an officer scolded, gave him an idiot hat, and exposed the incident on the grounds that the officer's personal ability was not enough.
If it is really pursued, it will be deadly. Although not many prime ministers have been assassinated in the Netherlands, Prime Minister Daan did not want to test the integrity of interest groups.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a small country in itself, and there are few wars. The domestic arms dealers have a poor life. If they dare to cut their only way of making money, then they should not die?
This is not only the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but also in many countries around the world.
Many people think that the arms trade is profiteering, and this is indeed not wrong. But this is just a single piece of gross profit. In fact, their sales are not large, and the overall profit is not so abnormal.
Especially small countries, their own domestic market is very limited, and in the international arms market, they cannot compete with the major powers.
If they encounter an arms race, they can indeed make a lot of money, and if they encounter a peaceful era, they can only live miserably.
Take the Kingdom of the Netherlands as an example. In peacetime, their army was less than 100,000 people. How big can this arms market be?
If the arms dealers don’t sell these
valuable
big guys, and just sell rifles, how much is 100,000 rifles?
It can be said that 100,000 rifles are sold for 100,000 pounds in this era. This is already a profit of two to three hundred percent. From the perspective of gross profit, this is indeed a huge profit.
(Reference: In January 1904, the "Beiyang" government purchased 12,000 6.5mm Meiji 1930s rifles, 2,000 carbines, and 7 million rounds of ammunition;
There were 650 pistols with 130,000 rounds; there were also 48 Japanese wild cannons and 16 Japanese mountain cannons, which were the latest Meiji 31 ​​rapid-fire guns at the time, with 25,856 rounds.
Together with accessories, ammunition carts, etc., a total of 1.2 million taels of silver was spent. )
However, these rifles do not need to be changed every year. In fact, 10 to 30% of them are changed every year, which is already very good.
In other words, the annual domestic rifle sales of Dutch arms dealers are only tens of thousands of pounds.
If it is replaced with a tank, a tank with supporting facilities can be sold for thousands of pounds, and the profits of both parties will not be on the same level.
In short, arms dealers who sell guns can't make a lot of money, unless they catch up with the world war, they can still lose money.
If in peacetime, at this point of sales, after excluding labor, mechanical maintenance costs, and production costs, almost no money will be made, and losses often occur.
In this context, arms dealers will naturally push governments of various countries to upgrade their weapons and equipment, and every time they change their outfits, they earn a blood.
This is also the reason why many countries are not suitable for using certain equipment at all, regardless of the actual situation, giving a lot of equipment.
"What about the issue of strength? Now that there are millions of rebels in our South Seas colonies, do the Bulgarians think that they can be dealt with with a mere 70,000 troops?" It seemed that the curse was almost over, Daan asked
"This~~" Robinson hesitated, not knowing whether to continue.
"Let's talk, there are no outsiders here, and it won't be spread!" Prime Minister Daan broke his concerns
"The Bulgarians think that our counter-insurgency strategy is slightly problematic. They suggest that we use the navy to block the rebels from the outside world, and isolate the rebels on the islands!
With our troops in the Nanyang region, plus these 70,000 mercenaries, it is more than enough to deal with the rebels on any island alone, and they recommend breaking them one by one!
Now that the islands occupied by the rebels are establishing power, the rebels have also walked out of the jungle. As long as the army defeats their main force, these people will immediately flee.
We can slowly wipe out. In the future, as long as we strictly control the arms trade in the colonies, without ammunition supplements, these rebels will be dragged to death! "Robinson organized the language and said
The faces of everyone are ugly, although they didn't say it clearly, in fact this is saying that they are too wasteful, and a simple strategy can't be worked out.
The conscience of heaven and earth, they are all pure politicians. Those who use soldiers to fight the gods and horses are given priority political consideration.
Politically speaking, when they first started to counter the rebellion, these islands were only part of the rebellion, and of course they had to be wiped out at the same time.
Otherwise, the rebellion on this island will be wiped out and the island will be completely occupied. Isn't it a waste of effort?
The current situation is different. Basically, they are all fallen. They don't need to care about political influence anymore. Anyway, it will not be worse than the current situation.
But everyone is old fried dough sticks, and they quickly reacted. As long as the rebellion can be suppressed and the current big problem can be solved, let's talk about it!
"Then let's do it. The Ministry of Finance raises a sum of money as soon as possible. We must prepare the logistics materials first, and don't delay the counter-insurgency process because the materials are not in place at the end!" Daan said without changing his face.
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London
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin was about to be mad, and the performance of the British Army had already lost the face of the British Empire in his pants.
Similar to the performance of the British army in Southeast Asia during the Second World War in history, it was dubbed by the London media as "fleeing after hearing the enemy, and defeating the enemy!"
Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, the performance of the British Army really failed. With equal strength and superior firepower, can't defeat the rebels?
Even if there are Japanese in the rebel army, this should not be a normal performance of the British army!
The international media have equated the British Army with the Italian Army. Their existence is to refresh the bottom line of the military's combat effectiveness!
These are problems that ordinary people see. The real reason is very clear. That is, the British army's adaptability is too poor, and they have not been able to adapt to fighting in the unique geographical environment of Southeast Asia.
The most obvious sign is the large number of non-combat attritions. Many British officers and soldiers have lain down before they even go to the battlefield.
It seems that this is a reincarnation, and Churchill sent them to death in history, and this time there is no exception.
These issues are not important now.
The biggest headache for Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin now is who should be sent to counter the rebellion. Civil officials don't need to think about it. Even if he dares to send, someone should dare to go.
He personally visited the few remaining famous generals in the British Army, but the results were undoubtedly rejected.
Suppressing the colonial rebellion is obviously a chore. If you win, you should be incapable.
Coupled with the policy of unloading the grievance and killing the donkey consistently implemented by the British cabinet, no one wants to jump into this fire pit, even if he has repeatedly promised it, it has no effect.
If these famous figures are unwilling to do it, then they can only promote newcomers. The British army does not have no one available, but there are too many people available.
Soon after the end of the world war? The British Army now has few other things, that is, there are many generals. There are more than 500 officers in active service at or above brigadier generals.
Don't be surprised, now there are many generals from all over the world. For example, the British Army mobilized millions of people somehow, and hundreds of colonial divisions.
Many of these troops are still in the plan and have not had time to go to the battlefield, but it does not affect the existence of their officers, right?
How can a division commander be a brigadier general? Wander around on the battlefield and come back, and you will become a major general!
If you have achieved combat exploits, then the deputy commander and chief of staff will also become major generals. Needless to say, higher-level officers, even the brigade commanders and regiment commanders below will become brigadier generals.
After the end of the world war, the British Army gave birth to more than 2,000 officers of brigadier generals and above, which can be described as generals walking everywhere.
With so many personnel, who has the stronger military capability and whose military capability is worse, is this Stanley Baldwin able to know?
If he knew it, there would be no such big defeat, and the Southeast Asian rebellion would have been extinguished long ago.
"Your Excellency, I think Major General Archibald Percival Wavell is good. He is now recognized as a genius general within the Army. His ability to fight against the United States has also been recognized by colleagues from all over the world. !" The Secretary of the Army proposed
"You mean the Cyclops general?" Stanley Baldwin asked
"Yes, Prime Minister!" replied the Secretary of the Army
"He is the person recommended by your War Department, so what is the difference between our Cyclops general?" Stanley Baldwin asked
"Your Excellency, as you know, our army is now a mob, lacking even the most basic training, and Major General Wavell is the general with the strongest training ability in our army!
At the same time, his accommodating ability is also very strong. In all previous exercises, he has performed very well and has been recognized by everyone!
For this reason, I have also consulted, many generals in China, they all think that Wavell is the most suitable candidate! "The Secretary of the Army thought for a while and said
"Well then, let this Cyclops general try it first, I hope he can bring us good luck!" Stanley Baldwin rubbed his forehead and said
"Don't worry, Prime Minister! No matter what, it won't be worse than now~EbookFREE.me~ At least General Wavell can train us a good soldier!" The Secretary of the Army comforted.
The main reason for the current situation is that after the end of the World War, the British Cabinet, in order to avoid the expansion of the military's influence, tried to find a way to send all the generals who had made great achievements back home.
Often these people who have made military exploits are also the most capable in the British army. After these people have retired, the remaining people are either mediocre or have not grown up.
Otherwise, this kind of battle would not be commanded by a major general. At any rate, there would be hundreds of thousands of troops. Even if a marshal was dispatched, the British Empire would not be unable to get it out.
It's just that their civil service system is dominating all of this, so naturally they can't allow these people with outstanding military exploits and extraordinary influence in the army to exist.
The war between civil and military affairs, regardless of things, is indispensable both at home and abroad. The Stanley Baldwin cabinet just caught up, and this Southeast Asian rebellion exposed the sequelae of civilian leadership.
The decides the head, knowing that you know, but don’t expect Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to change all of this. In order to create such a political pattern, a king of Britain was sent to the guillotine, which defeated the influence of the army!
How can he drive a historical reversing now?
(Remarks: Archibald Percival Wavell (born May 5, 1883-May 24, 1950), used 50,000 troops in Africa to break the Italian army 300,000 in World War II. Famous for its 130,000 enemy.
Later, because of Churchill's blind command, he lost to Rommel. He was transferred to the commander of the Southeast Asian Theater, and because of insufficient combat readiness and the intervention of Mr. Churchill, he was defeated by the Japanese Southern Army Terutouichi Division.
One of his eyes was blinded in the First World War, so he was nicknamed "Cyclops". )