Chapter 397: Attack and Defense in South Africa (4)

When Zhong Sheng, the head of the "private army" of the gem wine industry, led his troops on the ship heading south, he was quite puzzled in his heart. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Wei Kun, this young man looks very normal, whether it is physical, intellectual, or knowledge, he is a normal person. However, this normal young man was so effective in arousing the opposition of the East African administrative bureaucracy that the gang soon went south on a large scale.

Of course, Zhong Sheng also has to admit it. Wei Kun was the son of the governor of Wei Zedu, and the resistance of the bureaucrats did not reach a very fierce level. They chose the strategy of "I can't mess with and can't hide". And although Zhong Sheng was unwilling to tear his face with the bureaucrats, he had no intention of offending Wei Kun. He left a very reliable army of 3,000 men for Wei Kun, and he himself led the rest of his troops south, and no matter what Wei Kun assured, Zhong Sheng did not believe that the powerful British Army would not be able to defeat the Zulu and the Boers of the Transvaal Republic.

When leaving, Zhong Sheng simply asked Wei Kun directly, "Director Wei, uh, Wei Taishou, what is the governor's evaluation of the war in South Africa?" ”

"My father didn't have anything special to say. When I asked him, he said only one sentence, analyzing the future of the British according to the level of mastery of the laws of war. I don't think the British have been able to stand on the right side of the day, the right place and the right people. That being the case, why should we believe that the British were able to win? At least now, when the British do not have an absolute superiority in military strength, I do not see the inevitability of the British winning. Wei Kun answered Zhong Sheng's question.

Zhong Sheng frowned, Wei Kun was right, when the British Expeditionary Force of the Labor Expedition was not in South Africa, compared to the British Expeditionary Force, the Zulu and Transvaal Republic in South Africa were the head snakes. Since both blacks and whites are land snakes, the local popularity is naturally aimed at the locals. The time and place are favorable, and none of these three Britons are occupied.

Even with this judgment, Zhong Sheng was unable to link the defeat to the British. The Zulu Kingdom is a black country, and the Transvaal Republic can only be called a small country. Britain is a powerful country, and it is not uncommon for Britain to lose to the more powerful China, if even these two forces cannot defeat ....... Zhong Sheng felt that if such a thing really happened, he would probably be able to accept the view that black people are also normal people.

"If we go to war, the British will definitely lose." Zhong Sheng still stated his opinion.

Wei Kun immediately replied: "Although I also doubt the conclusion I have reached earlier, but if what I said earlier is correct, then if we do not enter the war, the British will also lose." ”

Neither of them has seen the latest battle situation, and this discussion can only stop there. The steamer waits for no one, and Zhong Sheng must go south with the brigade. After separating from Wei Kun, Zhong Sheng thought about it, but he really couldn't think of the possibility of the British losing the war. The actual war has to be ended by fighting, and if it is purely from the perspective of the right time, place and people, the Liberation Army in North America is probably also a guest army. However, the Liberation Army was able to defeat the United States, the head snake of the land. Since the Liberation Army can win, the British will probably be able to win too.

Thinking of this, Zhong Sheng got up from his bunk and prepared to go to the deck to breathe some fresh air. As he walked through the passage on the upper deck, Zhong Sheng heard the officials smoking and chatting near the passage say, "It's great that you don't have to live in that big stove in Khartoum anymore." ”

"Hmph, that kid Wei Kun is so arrogant, even if he is the son of the governor, he has never seen anything like this. If you come up, you will cut off everyone's financial route. What is he pretending?! ”

"As soon as we leave, let him pretend to be himself. I don't believe that such a gentleman would really like to stay in that hellish place in peace. ”

"Yes! Let's just wait and see how he runs away with his tail between his legs......"

The two officials talked happily, and Zhong Sheng's steps were light and silent, and he only noticed the two officials when he got close. They immediately shut up, and Zhong Sheng didn't want to get into trouble. He went up the passage, pushed open the hatch and went onto the deck.

There are so many places to make money in the East African administrative region, and there is a lack of supervision by these officials, so it is the norm to make a lot of money. In fact, a group like Gem Liquor has long known that the local officials are very dark, so they have repeatedly warned the people below not to get involved with the officials no matter what. Judging from what the officials said, Zhong Sheng felt that Wei Kun's preparation to launch the action of the black brothers was undoubtedly moving the meat in the officials' bowls. And the officials chose to run away instead of resisting, and it really had to be said that the prestige of the governor of Wei Zedu played a role.

"But can Wei Kun really hold on?" Zhong Sheng has no confidence in this. Deeply cultivating East Africa, no matter how good it is, it is nothing more than dominating the wild land of East Africa. In the eyes of the Republic of China, Africa is a wild land, and it cannot be put on the table. If Wei Kun is really willing to compete with his brother for the throne, then he should stay in Asia and run it well. Why did you come to Africa?

couldn't figure out what the prince thought, so Zhong Sheng gave up trying to figure it out. Perhaps because Zhong Sheng is very disgusted with corrupt officials, hearing those officials vigorously cursing Wei Kun's future, Zhong Sheng hopes that Wei Kun can succeed, at least not to make the officials look like a joke. And Zhong Sheng suddenly found another thing in his mind, if the British really failed as Wei Kun expected, it would be a good thing for Wei Kun. The East African Administrative Region took the joke in stride, and Wei Kun had more time to complete the work he had planned. In the event of a great victory for the British, the troops of the province of Madagascar would probably immediately have to go to the goldfields rented by China to secure them. Wei Kun could only accept that the resources he had the opportunity to obtain were cut.

"I hope the British don't win so easily." Zhong Sheng sighed in his heart.

At this time, in the eastern part of the Cape Town colony in South Africa, a group of Boer cavalry stopped next to the railway. They skillfully removed the bolts with wrenches, used horses to drag the rails, and then used the parts they carried to assemble brackets and drag the sleepers away. Just as the gang was about to put the rails on the sleeper team, a sentinel in the distance came up and waved a small red flag vigorously. It was a warning that the British were coming along the railway.

The crowd could only take a sip, then poured gasoline from an iron drum on the sleepers and tied some explosives to the rails. They lit the fuse of the dynamite, ignited the gasoline on the sleepers, and rode away.

It didn't take long for the British cavalry units to arrive at the place where the loud noise was made. I saw some railroad tracks on the ground that had been damaged by explosives, and the sleepers were burning. The faces of the British cavalry were filled with anger, not because of the damage to the railroad that had caused them to be angry at the loss of the British Empire's property. There have been so many such losses in recent months, so much that you have become numb to the British soldiers.

What really made these British soldiers insensitive, was the strong reaction of their superiors to such things. As soon as a lot of land was destroyed, the British army leaders would ask the British to increase patrols in the area. The terrain of southern Africa is mountainous on the southeast coast, desert on the west, and less rainfall in the middle of the Cape Town colony and the Boer Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State. Patrolling such a wasteland can be a painful task. This pain was also very effective in fueling the anger of the British army against the Transvaal Republic.

But anger doesn't really matter, whether it's a damaged railroad track or a burning sleeper, anger can't solve it. The British army again sent a liaison force to inform the people from afar, and there was also a problem here.