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After receiving an official reply from the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Dutch government did not know whether to be happy or worried.

This result is almost exactly the same as their guess. Bulgaria is indeed not interested in Nanyang, which is worth celebrating.

It's a pity that because of lack of interest, the Bulgarian government didn't even bother to send troops.

The Bulgarian government plans to form a mercenary to help counter the rebellion, but can this mercenary alone do the job?

You must know that the rebels in Southeast Asia are extraordinary. After so many battles, they have evolved.

The elite troops among them are not much worse than the regular armies of some countries in terms of combat effectiveness!

Besides, they have the support of the Japanese behind them, so they are not easy to deal with.

If the mercenaries fail to suppress the rebellion, the Bulgarians will probably let go. Anyway, their investment is very small, and they can stop losses at any time!

This is not as influential as letting the Bulgarian government send troops directly!

It would be different if the troops were sent directly. The Bulgarian government had to suppress the rebellion even for the sake of its own face.

We must know that there are a series of political factors behind the colonial rebellion in Southeast Asia.

The Dutch government is not bad, anyway, the Kingdom of the Netherlands has long since fallen, so shame on it!

Anyway, with the help of the British Empire, the record of the British army this time is not as good as theirs?

How could a politician not take advantage of it?

With the addition of the background of the British Empire, the Dutch people feel that the government has worked hard, and the record of the Dutch army on the battlefield is better than that of the world hegemon.

This is enough to prove that this government is still capable.

The fact that the attention of the Dutch people has been attracted does not mean that the matter is over. The rebellion still needs to be suppressed. Every day of delay will cost 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 a month. After the rainy season is over, we just launch an attack. We must also prepare the necessary supplies in advance!" Dutch Foreign Minister Robinson said.

"Well, how many mercenaries are there in Bulgaria?" Prime Minister Daan asked with concern

"A total of four infantry divisions plus one air division, with a total strength of about 70,000 troops." Robinson thought for a while and said

"There is only such a small army? There is no tank and armored force yet, can this work?" Prime Minister Daan asked worriedly

"Your Excellency, the Bulgarians gave an explanation. They believe that in the jungle areas of Southeast Asia, our enemies are a group of **** that have not yet evolved, and they don't need to be equipped with too much heavy firepower.

As for the tank and armor units, even less are used. They think that we have enough armor in the Nanyang region.

Their reasons convinced me that these armored units really have no way to shuttle through the jungle, and our enemy is just a group of natives, who do not have the ability to produce weapons and ammunition.

In this context, what the counter-insurgency army needs is the ability to be flexible, mobile, and capable of quick assaults. Although these heavy equipment are powerful, they simply cannot reach the enemy! ' explained Robinson

"Damn it, then who was the idiot who asked us to send armored reinforcements earlier?" Prime Minister Daan said angrily

Obviously they were fooled. On a battlefield that does not need to use these heavy weapons and equipment, it is obviously abnormal to ask for heavy firepower to configure reinforcements.

But if you know it, you know it, and everyone has no intention of continuing to delve into it. It is nothing more than profit.

The army does not need these heavy equipment, how do these domestic arms dealers make money? How do people in the relevant interest chain make profits?

They are all well aware of these problems, but this time they have gone too far, which made them angry.

There wasn't enough money for the war.

As a result, most of the money spent on purchasing weapons and equipment was wasted on these unnecessary heavy weapons.

Anyone with a slightly normal IQ will know that there is a very serious trick in it. Maybe these so-called weapons and equipment are all a bunch of fake goods, purely for defrauding money.

Send them to the battlefield for a walk, and then let them be scrapped reasonably, and then all the relevant personnel, from the front-line officers to the weapon manufacturers, got a share of the money from it.

So Prime Minister Daan just caught an officer and scolded him, branded him an idiot, and exposed the incident on the grounds that the officer's personal ability was not up to standard.

If the investigation continues, it will kill people. Although not many prime ministers were assassinated in the Netherlands, Prime Minister Daan did not want to test the integrity of interest groups.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands itself is a small country, and there are very few wars. The domestic arms dealers are not doing very well. If they dare to cut off their only source of income, why don't they risk their lives?

This is the case not only in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but in many countries around the world.

Many people think that the arms trade is profiteering, and there is nothing wrong with that. But this is just a huge profit for a single piece. In fact, their sales volume is not large, and the overall profit is not so abnormal.

Especially for small countries, their own domestic market is very limited, and they cannot compete with the major powers in the international arms market.

If they encounter an arms race, they can indeed make a lot of money, but if they encounter a peaceful age, they can only live miserably.

Take the Kingdom of the Netherlands as an example. Their army was less than 100,000 in peacetime. 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?

Let's put it this way, in this era, 100,000 rifles can only be sold for 100,000 pounds, which is already a profit of 200 to 300%. From the perspective of gross profit, this is indeed a huge profit.

(Reference: In January 1904, the "Beiyang" government purchased 12,000 6.5mm rifles made in the 30th year of the Meiji era, 2,000 carbine guns, and 7 million bullets;

There are 650 pistols with 130,000 rounds of bullets; there are also 48 Japanese field guns and 16 Japanese mountain guns, which were the latest Japanese Meiji 31-style rapid-fire guns at that time, with 25,856 rounds of shells.

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 replaced every year. In fact, changing 10% to 30% every year is already very good.

In other words, the annual domestic sales of rifles by the Dutch arms dealers is only tens of thousands of pounds.

If it is replaced by a tank, a tank and supporting facilities can be sold for thousands of pounds, and the profits of both parties are not at the same level at all.

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 make a lot of money.

In peacetime, with this little sales, after deducting labor, mechanical maintenance costs, and production costs, there is almost no money to be made, and losses often occur.

In this context, arms dealers will naturally push the governments of various countries to update their weapons and equipment. Every time they change their equipment, it is a blood profit.

This is also the reason why many countries are not suitable for using certain equipment at all, and they have given a large amount of equipment regardless of the actual situation.

"Then what about the problem of military strength? Now there are millions of rebels in our Nanyang colonies. Do the Bulgarians think that only 70,000 troops can handle it?" Daan asked again, as if he was almost scolding.

"This~~" Robinson hesitated, wondering if he should continue

"Let's talk, there are no outsiders here, so it won't spread!" Prime Minister Daan broke his concerns

"The Bulgarians think that there is something wrong with our counter-insurgency, and they suggest that we use the navy to block the connection between the rebel army and the outside world first, so that the rebel army on each island can be isolated!

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. They suggest breaking down one by one!

Now that the islands occupied by the rebels are establishing political power, the rebels have also come out of the jungle. As long as the main army defeats their main force, these people will immediately flee in all directions.

We can wipe them out slowly. In the future, as long as we strictly control the arms trade in the colonies, without ammunition replenishment, these rebels will be dragged to death! "Robinson organized the language and said

Everyone's faces were ugly. Although they didn't say it clearly, they were actually saying that they were too useless and couldn't even formulate a simple strategy.

The conscience of heaven and earth, they are all pure politicians, they are considered soldiers if they have touched a gun. Those who use troops to fight wars, they all give priority to political considerations.

From a political point of view, when they first started countering the rebellion, these islands were only part of the rebellion, and of course they had to be wiped out at the same time.

Otherwise, if the rebellion on this island was wiped out and that island fell completely, wouldn't it be a waste of effort?

The situation is different now, they have basically fallen, and they don't have to care about political influence, anyway, it won't be worse than the current situation.

But everyone is an old fritter, and they quickly realized that as long as they can suppress the rebellion and solve the current big trouble, they can say whatever they like!

"Then let's do it this way. The Ministry of Finance will raise a sum of money as soon as possible. We must prepare the logistics materials first, so as not to delay the counter-insurgency process because the materials are not in place!" Daan said without changing his face.

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London

Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin was about to go mad with anger. The performance of the British Army has already thrown the face of the British Empire into its pants.

Similar to the performance of the British army in Southeast Asia in the Second World War in history, it was dubbed by the London media as "fleeing when they hear the enemy, and they will collapse when they touch the enemy!"

Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, the performance of the British Army has indeed failed. With equal strength and superior firepower, how could they not defeat the rebels?

Even if there are Japanese mixed in the rebel army, this should not be a normal behavior of the British army!

The international media have equated the British Army and the Italian Army. Their existence is to refresh the bottom line of the combat effectiveness of the great powers!

These are problems seen by ordinary people. The real reason is very clear, that is, the adaptability of the British army is too poor. They have not been able to adapt to fighting in this unique geographical environment in Southeast Asia.

The most obvious sign is a large number of non-combat attrition. Many British officers and soldiers have already lay down before going to the battlefield.

It seems that this is a reincarnation. Churchill also sent them to die in history, and this time is no exception.

These issues are not important now.

Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's biggest headache now is who to send to counter the rebellion. The civil servants don't have to think about it. Even if he dares to send, someone must dare to go?

He personally visited the few remaining famous generals in the British Army, but they were rejected without a doubt.

Suppressing colonial rebellions is obviously a hard job. If you win, you should. If you lose, you are incompetent.

Coupled with the consistent implementation of the policy of killing donkeys by the British cabinet, no one is willing to jump into this pit of fire. Even if he has repeatedly promised, it will not be effective at all.

These famous people are unwilling to do it, so they can only promote newcomers. The British army is not unavailable, but there are too many available.

The end of the world war is not long? There are not many other things in the British Army now, except that there are many generals, and there are more than 500 officers at the brigadier general level and above in active service.

Don't be surprised, there are many generals in countries all over the world. For example, the British Army mobilized millions of people, as well as the hundreds of colonial divisions.

There are still many of these troops that exist in the plan and have not had time to go to the battlefield, but it does not affect the existence of their officers, does it?

A teacher, why should he be a brigadier general, right? After wandering around on the battlefield and coming back, you will become a major general!

If you make military exploits, then the deputy division commander and chief of staff will also become major generals. Needless to say, higher-level officers, even the brigade commanders and regimental commanders below are not uncommon.

After the end of the World War, more than 2,000 brigadier generals and above officers were born in the British Army, which can be said to be full of generals.

With so many personnel, who has stronger military capabilities and who has worse military capabilities, can Stanley Baldwin know this?

If he had known, there would have been no such defeat, and the rebellion in Southeast Asia would have been extinguished long ago.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I think Major General Archibald Percival Wavell is good. He is recognized as a talented general in the army. His ability in the war against the United States has also been recognized by his counterparts from all over the world. !” suggested the Secretary of War

"You mean the one-eyed general?" asked Stanley Baldwin

"Yes, Your Excellency the Prime Minister!" replied the Secretary of War

"He is the candidate recommended by your Ministry of War, so what's so special about our one-eyed general?" Stanley Baldwin asked

"Your Excellency, as you know, our army is a bunch of mobs, 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 adaptability is also very strong. In previous exercises, he has performed very well and has been recognized by everyone!

For this reason, I have also consulted with many generals in the country, and they all think that Wavell is the most suitable candidate! "The Secretary of War thought for a while and said

"Okay then, let this one-eyed general try it first, and 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 it is now. At least General Wavell can train us an elite army!" The Minister of War comforted

The main reason for the current situation is that after the end of the World War, in order to avoid the expansion of the military's influence, the British cabinet tried 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 retire, the remaining people are either mediocre or have not grown up.

Otherwise, it would not be possible for a major general to command such a battle. At any rate, there would be hundreds of thousands of troops. Even if a marshal was sent, the British Empire would not be unable to take it out.

It's just that their civil service system is in charge of all this, so naturally they can't allow these people with outstanding military exploits and extraordinary influence in the army to exist.

Civil and military disputes, regardless of east and west, are indispensable in ancient and modern China and abroad. Stanley Baldwin's cabinet just caught up. This Southeast Asian rebellion exposed the sequelae of civilian leadership.

The ass decides the head, and you know what you know, but don’t expect Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to change all of this. In order to create such a political structure, a British king was sent to the guillotine, which defeated the influence of the army!

How could he turn back the wheel of history now?

(Remarks: Archibald Percival Wavell (born May 5, 1883-May 24, 1950), in World War II, defeated the Italian army with 50,000 troops in Africa and defeated 300,000 Italian troops. It is famous for its 130,000 enemies.

Later, because of Churchill's blind command, he was defeated by Rommel. He was transferred to the commander of the Southeast Asia theater, and due to insufficient combat preparations and the intervention of Mr. Churchill, he was defeated by the Japanese Southern Army Terauchi Kotobuichi.

One of his eyes was blinded during the First World War, so he was nicknamed "The One-Eyed Dragon". )