This part of South Africa is mountainous to the southeast and desert to the north, and from south to north there is a large area that can be described as a desert. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThese deserts are not devoid of grass, at least when it rains, there will be large patches of young grass. But in the dry season it's really bare.

On these fairly flat deserts, from south to north, there were three railways, which were the main transport routes for the British to attack the Boers, and which the Boers tried to destroy. On March 7, a large number of strange-looking trains appeared on all three railway lines. The nose of these trains was the same as that of the others, but the bodies were very different, and the British erected huge guns on the wagon chassis.

If you are a person from the navy, you can probably tell at a glance that this is a 4.5-inch caliber gun. This kind of artillery has long disappeared from the current capital ships of China and Britain, and it is not even seen on medium-sized warships. Because of the small muzzle and weak firepower, the 4.5-inch caliber guns were abandoned by the Chinese and British navies who took the route of heavy ship giant guns. However, the old guns were put to good use by the British, and the trains dragged the heavy guns on land, and these heavy guns were preceded by maintenance vehicles. On either side of the train were British cavalry.

The cavalrymen wore signal flags around their waists, and when they spotted suspicious targets, they drew small flags to contact friendly forces. In recent days, the Boer harassment detachments have become more and more arrogant, and whenever the British train passes, they come on horseback to harass them. The train was running fast, but it had to run along the tracks. The people on the train could only watch as the harassing detachments of the Boers flaunted their presence from beyond the range of their rifles. This put a lot of pressure on the British troops.

Now the train was dispatched, and the Boers soon appeared. The British cavalry were not as furious as hounds and rabbits were in the past. Although the British cavalry boasted of being very strong, compared to the Boers who were familiar with the terrain, the British cavalry was really no match for them. Failing to catch up, and finally letting the Boers escape, this kind of ending is actually not bad. Worst of all, the Boers often set up ambushes, causing considerable losses to the pursuing British cavalry.

The heavy gunners on the train were very leisurely, and these people were basically seconded by the navy, and compared with the bumps of the ships at sea, the movement of the train can be described as calm. At sea, the enemy's position changes just as quickly, and the undulations of the sea surface make the demands on the gunners very high. On land, a lot of the elements involved can be canceled.

"188 degrees, 5 km." The signalman shouted in a calm tone.

"Ready, 188 degrees, 5 km." The gun emplacement commander replied. The train had stopped, and several gun carriage pillars were installed on the cannon next to the artillery commander, one end of which was on the gun and the other on the ground.

Soon, the gunner adjusted his position. Everyone covered their ears tightly with their hands, and with a loud bang, the ground under the train shook with the shelling.

The British cavalry, who was responsible for guiding the shelling, was at this time on a small slope and watched as the enemy cavalry hid under a tree. There were also shrubs and even trees in the wilderness, and then a cannonball fell from the sky, scattering fragments of the trees and sending smoke and dust on the ground. Judging by the effect of such an explosion, the Boer cavalry near the tree was probably dead.

The British cavalry had long wanted to see the death of the damned Boers, and he urged his horses straight in the direction of the trees. A few minutes later, he arrived at the place where there had once been trees. The broken stump was burning in the heat, and the bark had been charred, and the black was ugly. After carefully counting, the British cavalry found that there were one, two, three, four, five, five corpses with men and horses under the tree. This pleased the British cavalry, and he was about to move forward to see if there were any other slain guys, when he heard a loud bang, followed by the sound of a cannonball piercing through the air. I got used to this kind of sound after hearing it too much, but what made the British cavalry completely unaccustomed and unacceptable was that this shell seemed to be flying towards the position of the cavalry.

Turning the horse's head, the British cavalry immediately began to gallop on horseback. Before he could run a few steps, the shell exploded at a distance of more than two hundred meters from the cavalry. The cavalry was taken aback, for the artillerymen, the correction data was just a little off, so that this shell could fall right on the head of the British cavalry. Feeling like they were escaping death, foul language gushed out of the mouths of the British cavalry like machine guns. While scolding, the British cavalry sped up and fled the area. God knows when the next shell will come, and in addition to running to safety as quickly as possible, the British cavalry also wants to find out which bastard gave the order to open fire. At this time, his mood was so integral, even if it was the commander-in-chief who gave the order to open fire, the British cavalry had the decisiveness to kill quickly.

Three cannon-laden trains were moving slowly, and with the search of the British cavalry, the British expeditionary force was doing its best to eliminate the Boer bases in the wilderness on both sides of the railway. After all, this is a wilderness, with an average rainfall of less than 400 and a barren wilderness in winter. The Boers did not have railways, and for them horses were the only means of transportation. All the British had to do was limit the harassment of these Boer cavalry.

The British had to deal with three railroads that had been frantically sabotaged by the Boers, because they were able to buy weapons and ammunition from China, especially explosives and gasoline. The Boers were much more efficient at destruction than the British thought. This time, the British were ruthless and must solve the problem of railway safety.

For to the north of the hundreds of destroyed railways, there were about 20,000 British expeditionary forces fighting the Boers. Having to assemble such an artillery train, the British had to rely on their own equipment superiority to solve the problems of the war. The British Expeditionary Force, which was fighting in the north, was communicating with the British rear by radio, and the Boer cavalry was fighting like flies around the British Expeditionary Force.

The British chased, and the Boers ran. The British were stationed, and the Boers harassed. The British were a little sluggish, and the Boers suddenly attacked. When the British tried to retreat, the Boers were in hot pursuit.

It is said that when facing the Zulus, the Boers defeated the Zulus, who were the snakes of the land, and seized a lot of land from the Zulus. Now the British can't find a solution in the face of such tactics, just like a cannon bombarding rats, not only is it inefficient, but there will also be the problem of misses.

On March 13, the Turtle Rush finally approached the expeditionary force. Then they suddenly received news that the Boers had launched a surprise attack and that the expeditionary force had suffered heavy losses.

In the early morning of March 14, telegrams from the British Expeditionary Force began to be sent at the same time. The content is also simple and identical. "On the way to retreat, there was a surprise attack by a large number of Boers, and I asked for reinforcements." "On the way to retreat, there was a surprise attack by a large number of Boers, and I asked for reinforcements."

It was not only the command of the British Expeditionary Force in Cape Town that received the telegram, but even London.

Then the telegram of the British Expeditionary Force never sent any more news.