Chapter 716 Surprise Inspection
In the eastern part of Matabele Province, East Africa is actively building a new eastern defense line to protect the strategic security of the entire Matabele Province.
As the most important industrial province in East Africa, Matabele Province's status in East Africa is second only to the Central Province, and its status is one level higher than the Oriental Province, which has a single city (Mombasa).
The Eastern Defense Line is based on the borders of Matabele and Hechingen Provinces and is a military defense line deployed to protect Mozambique.
The entire defense line is more than 1,300 kilometers long, extending from the city of Tete in Mozambique to the Republic of Swaziland.
With such a long border, it is naturally impossible to fortify everywhere in East Africa, but many fortifications have been built on important military roads and important transportation nodes.
Taking full advantage of the terrain advantages of East Africa, a certain amount of troops were deployed in river valleys, mountain passes, and the gentle intersection of plateaus and plains.
At this time, Glade, the special commissioner of the East African military, was leading people to inspect the construction of the entire eastern defense line to prevent anyone from messing up.
At present, Glade has arrived at Chipinga Fortress, which was an important commercial route for Portuguese merchants in Mozambique to complete transactions with the interior of Africa and the indigenous people. It was originally a commercial stronghold. Later, East Africa expelled the local Portuguese merchants, and Jiuzhan The magpie's nest gradually evolved into a military fortress.
To this day, it is also an important commercial port, and merchants are very profitable. Although East Africa has offended them before, East Africa can bring them greater benefits, especially with the construction of East Africa, the productivity of the African interior has been further improved. This This saves them the cost of commercial colonization.
Through cheap commodities from East Africa, the upper echelons of the indigenous people in Mozambique can be bribed, and economic benefits can be obtained by further exploiting the indigenous people at the bottom. This is a model for the development of plantations in Mozambique.
At the same time, some products rich in East Africa, especially tobacco, wine, leather, etc. in Matabele Province, can also be transported to all parts of the world through Portuguese traders.
The current place where Portuguese merchants trade with East Africa is less than three kilometers east of the Chipinga Fortress, forming a large-scale trade market.
Driven by commerce, a new commercial route from Mozambique to Matabele Province has also been formed.
Normally, there is no danger to this commercial route. However, once the relationship between East Africa and Portugal deteriorates, this commercial route may become a strategic channel for the two to compete. Therefore, Chipinga Fortress is important for controlling this commercial route. Military stronghold.
However, East Africa has the ability to build a fortress and control the first half of the trade route, but the Portuguese do not have the ability, or the idea, to build a tit-for-tat military stronghold to compete with East Africa.
After all, there are too many places bordering Mozambique and East Africa, and Mozambique's population is far less than that of East Africa. Therefore, Mozambique does not pay attention to the construction of defense lines except for places that cannot be ignored.
Glade has a standard Austrian appearance, with a high nose bridge and deep-set eye sockets. His eyes have a murderous look that has been battle-tested for a long time. He is not angry and intimidating. The surrounding air seems to be a few degrees colder. In the warm weather in East Africa, It gives people a chilling feeling.
"Start testing!"
As the deep voice came, the soldiers stationed in the Chipinga Fortress Company felt a little uneasy, and they turned their attention to the company commander Eugene.
"What are I doing, not taking the officers on a tour?" Eugene yelled, feeling guilty.
Eugene really didn't expect that the "inspection team" would come to Chipinga Fortress to inspect today, so he was not prepared at all to deal with this surprise inspection.
The inspection process was very simple and meticulous. Several military policemen used various professional instruments to start measuring parameters and at the same time inspected the layout of various facilities to find loopholes and non-compliance.
Time passed little by little. Glade looked at his watch and found that more than ten minutes had passed before he knew it. Eugene, who was standing next to him, was already sweating coldly due to the pressure.
"Captain Eugene, are you worried?" Glade's devilish voice came from Eugene's ears.
This made Eugene shudder, and then he pretended to be calm and said: "Sir, it's okay, it's okay!"
But his tone had betrayed him, and now Eugene could imagine himself being scolded to death.
Glade added: "Don't worry, if you follow the orders of the division headquarters and do your usual work well, I will naturally report it truthfully, and your contribution will be indispensable."
hehe! Eugene thought with disdain, if he really did his job according to the regulations, would he still be frightened?
My family knew about their own affairs, because Qipinga Fortress was rarely inspected, and the logistics would come regularly to deliver supplies. Eugene's company was a little slack, and he didn't expect his superiors to suddenly drop in for inspection.
Therefore, this inspection may be a dead end. Just as Eugene expected, the inspection results will be released soon.
"Reporting to Colonel Glade, we found a total of seven violations, including trench blockage, fortress drainage system problems, firearms maintenance, ammunition storage, etc. There are big loopholes."
Colonel Glade said coldly: "Captain Eugene, do you want to explain?"
Eugene lowered his head and did not defend himself.
Glady criticized with hatred: "Look what you have become now? Can you escape without speaking? Then what's the use of military law and discipline! We are all soldiers, supported by the country and the people." , you should reflect now, with this kind of shoddy construction and laziness, how can our military protect our country?"
Eugene could only say: "It's all my fault. I didn't strictly follow the requirements of the army."
Glade emphasized: "This is not a request of the army, but a request of the country and the people. The army is a sacred place, and our East African Defense Force is the umbrella of the people, so no details can be ignored. Any army that does not pay attention to details is doomed." fail."
"There are only a few months until the rainy season. We must make up all the debts we owed before. I will also report the problems you and your company have truthfully."
"By the way, the new instructor should take office immediately. I remember that the instructor in your company has been vacant for various reasons. Now it seems that the lack of instructor supervision is indeed a big problem. This situation does not happen in other companies."
Eugene said with shame: "I will definitely correct my mistakes actively next."
Glade said: "It's useless to promise me. I don't know what punishment you will receive. Temporary demotion is not impossible, but you must clean up your mess before the new instructor arrives. At the same time, you must not forget the border guarding work. Here It is a border, and it may become a front line at any time. We have great conflicts with Portuguese businessmen, so you frontline troops must be prepared at any time."
After inspecting the Chipinga Fortress, Glader continued to patrol south and inspected combat troops and units within the entire 411th Division jurisdiction.
The Chipinga Fortress also accepted the regular staff again after the new instructor was in place, especially to correct the unhealthy habits of the company and establish the "correct" political concept of the East African country. This is one of the important features of the professionalization of the East African army.
As for Eugene, he was warned by the battalion headquarters and given a demerit, but was not demoted. At the same time, he had to reflect on this incident.