Maybe someone said it. Let the 50,000 Boer front-line troops resist the more than 200,000 British troops, isn't that looking for death? Nonsense, at this time, how is it just a matter of death, a different way of dying. The key is to seize the early stage! You know, in the beginning, the Boers had an advantage.

The British still underestimated the enemy, and they underestimated the financial and mobilization capabilities of the Boers. The reason why the British dared to fight the Boer War back then was what the Boers had? There are only more than 200,000 in total, and the two Boer republics are plateaus, very flat and have railways, and they need to deal with 2,000 to 3,000 Boer militias. How many people were in the British Empire in South Africa? More than 20,000! Whether it's equipment, numbers, or supplies, it's a proper crushing advantage, what are you afraid of? Straight and just right!

As a result, when the war began, the British were dumbfounded, and the first wave of Burgher concentrated 35,000 troops, which was almost twice as many as the entire British garrison in southern Africa! So at the beginning the Boers had an advantage, but alas, this advantage was not brought into play. Or that you can't beat it.

It's good for Kruger to strategize. As soon as the war began, the Boer army began a centripetal offensive into the Eastern Cape (in what is now eastern South Africa. The centre of gravity was the port of Durban, while two other forces were to the north to cut off the Cape from Rhodesia, and the other to the south, to cut off the Eastern and Western Capes. Generally speaking, the movement of troops at that time was mainly by ships and railways, without which the speed of the Napoleonic army was not as fast as that of the Napoleonic army. After all, there are more people and more equipment, and it is still horses that pull carts and cannons.

The choice of the Boers to attack the Eastern Cape was of strategic importance, first of all, because there were a large number of Boers in the Eastern Cape. Everyone has the same kind of natural to take care of each other, and another key is to occupy Durban, although with the strength of the British Royal Navy, occupy Durban, the British can easily blockade the surrounding seas, but after losing a foothold on land. It was not so easy to counterattack, and the three forces were like three knives slicing through the entire Eastern Cape.

The idea is very good, but the fight is not like this at all, not only did Durban not be defeated, but also a small place like Rhodes. On the one hand, the siege had to be ensured, and on the other hand, it was necessary to defend against the British troops coming from the direction of Cape Town, and the most tragic Boers had to leave nearly half of their troops to defend against the blacks! So it is conceivable how many troops can be used to fight the British army head-on!

The Boers started out with only 35,000 men, and the troops besieging Rhodes alone numbered 4,000, plus troops from other areas. The number of Boers defending against the British from the direction of Cape Town would not exceed 20 thousand! But even this was the force that performed well in the field, and the 30,000 British troops under the command of British commander Buller were ineffective against the Boer lines. Instead, they were beaten to the point of losing their soldiers.

However, the good days of the Boers soon came to an end, and from the beginning of the war to the present, the Boers have successfully achieved the advantage by relying on their elite troops, but 5 months have passed, which is enough time for the British Empire to concentrate its forces to fight with the overwhelming force of Mount Tai! At this time, the Boer army was scattered because the place it should have taken was not captured. In the face of hundreds of thousands of British troops, the so-called main forces of the Boers obviously had little room to jump. The real front-line mobile force is much lower than the total strength, then the result is obvious, being **** to home!

Before Calyput came, Ruprecht, who was Ruprecht, had analyzed the situation of the Boer War for Calyput based on his own memories, and although in general His Royal Highness the Prince was still not optimistic about the Boers, but in order to make the British bleed. On the principle of trying to make him bleed, Prince Ruprecht still developed a more realistic tactic!

In fact, from a purely tactical point of view, this tactic is no different from Kruger's idea, after the start of the war, concentrate forces to quickly take the port of Durban, and before the British react. Get a batch of supplies from the sea. Then concentrate the forces to bring the whole of Natal under their control and ensure strategic depth, and then concentrate the main force of the Boer army to meet the British forces from the direction of Cape Town.

The key lies in strategy, first of all, in order to realize this plan, the Boers must concentrate a sufficiently strong field corps, and have a strong ability to attack fortifications and a complete logistics system. We must abandon the guerrilla style of fighting wherever we go. The Boers had a large army, 88,000 men. According to the establishment, there were also 2 armies, and the strength was not much less than that of the Bavarian army. On the other hand, it is necessary to shake hands with the surrounding African chiefs, so it is necessary to pay a lot of financial costs and even part of the land must first stabilize these people!

44% of the Boer army was spent on the black buddies who defended the northern front! If these tens of thousands of fresh troops had joined the offensive in the early stages of the war, many troubles would have been solved. By the middle and late stages of the war, the Boers were fighting the British guerrillas, while the Africans were fighting the Boers. What a tragic thing, so the British can win the Boer War, and they should also give the black buddies in Africa a medal!

As for how long the Boers can hold out, it is difficult to say, after all, where is the national strength of the British, but the Boers also have an advantage, after all, it is a local war, and although South Africa is the richest British colony in Africa, but the labor force and industry are still very limited, the railway line is not dense, if the Boers can destroy part of the railway line at the beginning, and destroy important transportation hubs, then the British have a strong force to mobilize but very boring. After all, 220,000 people seems like a lot, and it is nothing to spread to the whole of South Africa.

The troops are still fighting logistics, and the 4 million blacks in South Africa are very unhappy with the Boers, but even more unhappy with the British, and it is risky to recruit labor from the local area. There were still many chieftains and local powers in South Africa, and the British were naturally not afraid in peacetime, but it was different during the Boer War. You must know that there is also a nation called Zulu in this Gada in South Africa, and they fought with the British more than ten years ago, although they lost to their grandmother's house, but the hatred was buried. In short, if it is used well, and the Zulu people can understand and the other peoples can at least be neutral, then the quagmire can be very deep!

Of course, the diplomatic side of the matter had to be done by Kruger himself, and what Calyput had to do was how to build the Boers into a regular army that could attack fortifications and obey orders. Calipt swore that even if he put his rifle against the head of the Boers, he would let them carry those heavy cannons!

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