August 11, 1886

Li Fushou and his wife attended the inauguration ceremony, and personally read out the letter of appointment, appointing Huo Xiaohu to the rank of brigadier general and the post of commander of the Mozambican garrison.

Lei Xiaopeng was promoted to the rank of colonel and appointed commander of the Somali garrison, which includes the Great Hanish Island Fortress in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and Mogadishu.

Li Xuanzhu was promoted to the rank of colonel and appointed as deputy commander of the mobile division of the African Expeditionary Force.

The final highlight was Li Fushou's personal presentation of the medal to Mo Rufeng, commander of the African Expeditionary Force, and the gold Red Mountain Dragon badge for his promotion to the rank of major general in recognition of his outstanding merits.

The Chief of the Army's General Staff, Major General Conrad Adenauer, announced a series of letters of appointment and commendation orders for officers and men below the rank of lieutenant colonel, giving them promotions and awards for outstanding performance.

The inauguration ceremony of the Mozambique Garrison Command was transformed into a sea of joy, a moment of glory that every officer and soldier looked forward to.

The expedition

More like a pleasant trip to open red envelopes, the expeditionary force showed its fangs after the first few months of confrontation, caught the Portuguese by surprise, and quickly seized Portuguese towns and plantations, gold mines and pastures, and thus captured countless supplies and cattle and sheep granges.

What, you say you're a good citizen of Queensland?

How, firstly, you are a white Portuguese colonist, and secondly, you have incredibly vast pastures and a great deal of wealth, is it all through personal labor? Is food and financial support provided to the Portuguese armed forces?

And why are there knives and guns in the manor?

Is there a connection with the hostile armed forces of Portugal?

In any case, the expeditionary force captured extremely rich battles, completely uprooting the Portuguese in Mozambique for nearly 400 years, and the results were remarkable, although there were slight flaws in the implementation process, but the flaws were not hidden, and it could be described as a successful expeditionary operation.

If the colonial war could be fought so easily, the soldiers of the expeditionary force would like to come once a year, but of course this is absolutely impossible.

Li Fushou was also quite happy, this time the conquest of Mozambique came to a perfect end, the Red Fort paid very little, not even a lot of shells, but harvested an area of up to 1.1 million square kilometers (including Malawi) of African colonies.

Besides

Li Fushou was very satisfied with the value of 1.4 million pounds handed over by the expeditionary force, although he promised to return the Mozambican treasury in 2~3 years to support the construction of basic roads and water conservancy in the colony, but don't forget...... This part of the cash is made by the White Tiger City Coin Factory copper pennies and silver shillings, anyway, the copper and silver ore resources are sufficient, as long as there is a quota, you can make as much as you want.

Li Fushou paid some seigniorage and labor costs, and other costs were 0.

A large amount of diamonds, gold, jewelry, antiques, paintings, and other goods all went into the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and became the private property of the Earl, and year after year they piled up in the deepest part of the treasury and no one cared for it.

After the official inaugural meeting of the Mozambican Garrison Command, the large and small liquor stores in Seoul were crowded with joyful officers and soldiers, and the city was filled with a celebratory atmosphere, and people could be seen singing and dancing everywhere, holding wine glasses high and partying all night.

The only person who feels lost is probably Colonel Koch, who is confined at home.

After an internal review organized by the General Staff of the Army, Colonel Koch seriously violated a number of military disciplines during the expedition to Mozambique, including but not limited to conniving at his subordinates to loot Portuguese property, molesting women, fabricating charges to seize property, accepting Portuguese mistress Sophia and a large amount of money from his subordinates in violation of discipline, abusing his authority to exonerate Sofia's father and a group of relatives for war crimes, violating discipline and sheltering the Portuguese in Sorafa Town, turning a blind eye to their illegal possession of gunpowder and guns, and being suspected of dereliction of duty.

He was deprived of his status as a guardian knight, suspended from all duties and handed over to a military court, confiscated his illegal gains, and fined 20,000 pounds.

The most important thing is...... There is no clear evidence that Colonel Koch attempted to rebel, which is the most crucial one.

As for the other crimes, if you dig deeper, there are more or less unequal existences among the senior officers in the expeditionary force, at least the crime of conniving at subordinates will not escape.

After all, it is the army of feudal lords, it is already rare to be able not to kill the good and take the merits, it is pure fantasy to expect not to take a stitch from the masses, and the German army, which has always been known for its strict discipline, cannot do it, let alone other European and American powers, look at the British and French style of burning the Old Summer Palace, in the enemy country it is a group of bandits and robbers.

Considering that Colonel Koch had been in the army for many years and was the old team of the original German officer corps, Li Fushou showed great caution in dealing with Colonel Koch and never made a final decision.

Shooting him was easy, but it would chill the hearts of the German officers.

Don't talk about the ruthlessness of military law or anything, that thing is for ordinary soldiers and middle and lower-ranking officers, everyone hopes that the lord who loyally follows will be a generous and nostalgic person, more humane and less harsh.

It's like hoping for a good leader in the unit, and it's human nature to be generous to others.

After careful consideration, Li Fushou made the final disposal decision;

Colonel Koch, deputy commander of the African Expeditionary Force, behaved in a rebellious manner during the conquest of Mozambique, connived at the wanton behavior of his officers and men, violated military discipline by accepting bribes from money and women, sheltered war criminals, and deprived a senior officer of his rightful position, which should be severely punished.

For many years before and after the saddle of his horse, he still behaved dutifully, and opened his net in the virtue of mercy and forgiveness, and did not delve into it.

His conquest of Mozambique was offset by his demerits, and he was sentenced to two levels of military rank and transferred to the construction corps under the Mozambique Garrison Command.

Such a punishment can be regarded as being raised high and falling gently.

In the end, a life was retained, and Colonel Koch also became Major Koch, and he was transferred from the original field corps to the local garrison sequence, and he could basically consider the future pension.

After this adjustment of the army's establishment, the African Expeditionary Force was divided into two divisions, one being the mobile division under the Expeditionary Force, with a full establishment of 8,600 people. One is the Mozambique Garrison Command under the Expeditionary Force, with a full staffing of 4,200 people (belonging to dual leadership, militarily under the command of the Expeditionary Force, and local security matters are subordinate to the African General Administration, which is a powerful military organization).

The Expeditionary Force has other military departments, battalions, training battalions, medical teams, expeditionary horse farms and other institutions under the Expeditionary Force, with a total of 1,320 personnel.

Major General Mo Rufeng, commander of the expeditionary force, concurrently served as the commander of the mobile division, and Colonel Li Xuanzhu served as the deputy division commander and commander of the first regiment, and the mobile division was composed of the first and fourth regiments as the backbone, and some experienced officers and non-commissioned officers of the second and third regiments, plus more than 4,000 recruits.

Nearly half of the fresh blood has been replaced, the number of personnel has been reduced, and the well-disciplined officers and soldiers have been retained, and the combat effectiveness of the mobile division has increased instead of decreasing, and it has become a powerful force in the hands of Major General Mo Rufeng.

With such a strong mobile division in Mozambique, you can rest assured that you will be safe.

Major General Mo Rufeng incorporated all the cavalry battalions into the mobile division, and backhanded over most of the officers and men of the Second Regiment to Brigadier General Huo Xiaohu's garrison headquarters, in addition to a small number of officers and soldiers of the Third Regiment and the Fourth Regiment.

The 2nd Regiment is an old foundation brought out by Colonel Koch, including the regiment commander, deputy regiment commander and main battalion commander, most of whom are young and middle-aged officers of German descent, and their control over the 2nd Regiment is quite strong.

Now almost the entire transfer to the garrison headquarters is tantamount to greatly weakening the influence of German officers, and their career is gloomy.

The reason is simple;

In addition to having seven division-level establishments, the field army also has high-level institutions such as the Army General Staff Headquarters and the Whampoa Military Academy, and has great potential for future growth.

The garrison headquarters is the highest-level local garrison force, which is a whole level higher than the regimental level of the garrison, and the commander is only the brigadier general level, which is already the ceiling.

Brigadier General Huo Xiaohu has been here for one day, so don't think about this throne.

The remaining regimental and battalion posts are one radish and one pit, and unless there is an accident, it is difficult to change, and it is necessary to force it steadily, which is equivalent to blocking the passage for the rise of school officers.

In a few years, a large number of young officers from the Eagle School who were screaming and chasing behind them were generally promoted, and there would be nothing to do with German officers.

The transfer of the second regiment to the Mozambican garrison headquarters, rather than the fourth regiment brought out by Brigadier General Huo Xiaohu, is obviously the handiwork of Li Fushou, who can taste the taste of checks and balances.

The Chief of the Army Staff, Major General Conrad Adenauer, felt the bitterness, but he was helpless, knowing that it was the Earl's disgruntled and deliberately beating the German officer.

If you want to keep the present, you will lose the future.

Colonel Koch's internal investigation was arranged by the Army General Staff, which of course could not escape the hands of Major General Konrad Adenauer, and the details of this period will not be repeated, and the conclusions made by the General Staff are the most crucial;

There is no clear evidence that Colonel Koch attempted to rebel.

This crucial one allowed Colonel Koch (hereinafter changed to Major Koch) to escape the mortal situation, and also presented a problem for the Earl.

Suspected of rebellion is very simple, just reward a bullet, no one can say anything.

The second regiment was transferred to the Mozambique garrison, and only eighty-seven experienced grassroots officers were transferred to the mobile division, and most of them were promoted and reused to more important positions.

As an additional note, all of them were young officers from the Eagle School, and none of them were of German origin.

Major General Konrad Adenauer felt the pain of having his teeth knocked out and swallowing blood, because he had saved Major Koch because of his old feelings, but ruined the great future of a dozen German officers, and the price was so great that it made his heart ache like a knife.

Damn Major Koch, you deserve hell.