The troops on the right flank burned down the supplies that the British had painstakingly brought here from all over the world, including, but not limited to, rifles, machine guns, artillery, and ammunition from the British mainland, and local grain and grass collected in South Africa. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info British Empire's Ceylon black tea in India, coffee on the Gold Coast, a large number of things, medicines, tents and other military necessities, the Boers turned everything here into a huge fire, thousands of tons of supplies were burned, and it is said that the black smoke in the sky can be seen even by people across the Orange River!

Of course, the Boers did not blindly destroy, and they still collected as much as they could use the materials they could, such as 300 tons of grain, forage, some ammunition, medicine, tents and other materials. They even received two British 15-pounder field guns and more than 300 shells.

By now, anyone realizes that the British army is finished, not only Kirsberg, but even the British army in Bloemfontein is probably in danger! Because they have lost at least a month's worth of supplies and a stable line of transport, if the Boers attack decisively, they will probably be exhausted of most of their ammunition within 4 days, and then forced to evacuate!

But the question is, are you gone? The railway to the rear has been blocked, and there are still a large number of cavalry in the hands of the Boers, once the front cannot be carried and the whole line is shaken, then under the impact of the cavalry, the entire front may collapse! And what's even worse is that after Kaluput contributes to Kirsberg, he will definitely have the next move! It is quite possible to take the south bank of Orange directly, and at that time, the British army in Bloemfontein will really never return home!

What do we do next? Looking at Kirsberg, who had been reduced to ruins, Pershing was complacent and planned his next move. He was now considering whether to continue south to expand his gains or to go north, occupy the bridge over the Orange River, and completely block the British retreat.

"The troops rested on the spot for three days!" When Calyput said this suggestion, both Pershing and Wiljon were surprised, he didn't expect that in this good situation, Caluput would actually have to rest and recuperate, instead of continuing to expand the results!

"Even if we don't go to our opponents, they will find us, so why don't we put ourselves in a defensive position to meet our opponents in a desperate fight?" Calyput laughed sinisterly.

"Look at our current situation, just now, we have been in contact with Kruger's army, we have told His Excellency the President the news of the capture of Kluersberg, the frontal Boer army will soon start to act, at least 4 days, at most a week, the British will definitely be defeated, tens of thousands of troops will have to flee for their lives, they must first cross the Orange River, and then break through our blockade and pursuit, because of the lack of ammunition and food, they can only choose the nearest road, otherwise, without us fighting, they can starve them to death!"

"We are in very good shape, if it weren't for the fact that there is still a main force of British cavalry here, we would have been able to wait for the British to surrender now, the messenger of the 1st Cavalry Regiment has just sent an important piece of information, a day ago, the British cavalry suddenly turned, and they hastily abandoned the pursuit of the 1st Cavalry Regiment, so where would this force go? I think everybody knows that. ”

"We don't know their route, we don't know when they'll meet us, but they'll come back to us! In that case, why don't we block the main roads of transportation, build fortifications, and wait for work? It is impossible for the British to come over in 3 days and still have the strength to fight, they need at least 5 days! We can rest for a longer period of time. Wiljon, who thought he had found the crux of the problem, hurriedly said.

If you can win lying down, you will never win standing up! How to exchange the smallest sacrifice for the greatest result is one of the eternal themes of war, and Calipt has made it very clear what the British are trying to do, they will fight themselves at all costs, and then win a way for the main force of Bloemfontein!

Note that the Calyput army must be spelled out, even if it is not possible to join the main force of the rout in advance, because the Calyput army can easily cut off the supply line in the south, even if the British are grouped, they still can't get enough supplies, so let the British army graze all the way back? Now the British force simply provided enough cover for the line of communication, so the British army forced to the edge of the cliff could only use mobility to spell out Calyput in order to ensure the safety of the line of communication, or at least to entangle this mobile force so that he could not interfere with the retreat of the British army.

"That being the case, we can get to the south bank of the Orange River, where there are only a handful of places to cross it, and the English have even fewer ferries to choose from! We can just sit there and relax! We could even dig fortifications and wait for the British to crash their heads under our impregnable walls! Pershing developed Wiljon's plan.

"In that case, we have a 50% chance of failing! Don't fight positional battles with an overall strong opponent! Even if the local battlefield is superior! The British front-line troops can still support it for 7 days! That's been a long time! If they had contracted their defenses, it would have been longer, and in such a long time, the British would have been able to mobilize a new force from Cape Town into battle! This campaign was not a victory, it was just a beginning! If we give up maneuvering and prepare for positional warfare, then we may have to face two waves of British troops! They may even carry back a large number of artillery! ”

"So, we will only have three days to complete the rest, and then take the initiative to search for opponents, carry out continuous strikes, we have already choked the British, so they will fight with us!" Calyput said as he pointed to the British cavalry unit that had been spotted two days earlier on the map.

After learning that the rear route was cut off, it was not clear how many troops the British would be able to concentrate, but one thing was certain, the British would definitely move their forces to the limit of their transport capacity! In fact, upon learning of the news, Sir Roberts, the commander-in-chief of the British forces in South Africa, mobilized all his mobile forces to form a northward corps, which was to be supported under the command of Colonel George.

That's right, this time the team was led by a naval colonel, the British army in South Africa has basically dried up, they are either on the frontal battlefield, or defending in various important strongholds, according to the British themselves, 40% of their troops are scattered all over the place! Although there are huge numbers, they are scattered. And at this time, the marines, made up of personnel drawn from the Navy, became the only unit that the British had a chance to save the front-line corps!

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