In fact, the situation is much simpler than Yochen imagined. Not long after the Anglo-Boer War began, the French jumped out to sympathize with the Boers and condemn the banditry of the British.

After all, there is no Fashoda crisis in the current world, and the United Kingdom, which reached an early agreement with Germany on African issues, is making smooth progress in advancing its own 2C Africa plan, while the French are implementing the 2S Africa plan because of some changes in the neighboring Germans.

Therefore, the Sultan fell into the control of the British early on, and the French naturally did not have the ability to compete with the British, so they have always been blind to the British colonial expansion in Africa.

The British invasion of the Transvaal gave the French an opportunity to attack the British. The French newspapers were no less bitter than their counterparts on the British Fleet Street, and the British became heinous and shameless scoundrels in the French newspapers, and it was rare in France that the British were scolded more than the Germans, and then the British and the French began to fight each other.

While France jumped out so cooperatively and let the British point the finger at the French, Germany was divided over whether to speak for the Boers.

"We cannot make such a statement, Your Majesty, and I understand your support for these Boers, and your friendship with the Dutch government, but now is not the time for us to openly oppose the actions of the British, even if we all know that there will be many opposition in England this time, but among these opponents there can be no us, no German government." The new Prime Minister, Marshall, objected to Frederick III's desire to make a statement opposing the British invasion of the Transvaal.

"So are we just going to do it? Watching the British occupy the entire Transvaal? You should know why I am against the actions of the British, Adolf. "Frederick III though would not be angry at Mashal's objections. But dissatisfaction with this is inevitable.

"Of course, Your Majesty, but it's not worth it for us to turn the other cheek with the British, especially if we have more important interests in the Far East." Mashal replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

The Germans, of course, could not look at the Boers differently simply because of this kinship, and the Transvaal gold mines were also needed by the rapidly developing Germany, and the government of the Transvaal Republic was moving closer to Germany in order to counter the British.

Moreover, a greater part of the Boers were of Dutch descent, and the Germans had always been very keen to co-opt the Dutch, who also spoke the Low German language, and the Dutch government protested the British invasion from the outset. Therefore, Germany also wanted to support the Netherlands in order to gain favor.

Then there was the natural kinship of the Germans themselves to the Boers.

Maybe Machar is right. Germany could not turn against the British because of this matter, especially when the interests of the Far East were involved in the energy of the Reich, but it was a little reluctant to let Jochen give up this opportunity to pit the British Empire.

In Jochen's opinion, there are times when he hides trouble. Trouble will come its own way. Even if the Germans don't do anything now. A future Anglo-German confrontation is also inevitable. Moreover, the Boer War involved too much energy from the British, and even if the Germans were to block the British now, the British would not be able to overreact.

However, since the Prime Minister of the Reich has said that the Reich Government cannot be directly involved. Then let's go to the British in another way: "Your Excellency, the Imperial Government cannot be involved, so it is not the people of the Imperial Government who can support the Boers, right?" It would be enough to ensure that the Imperial Government stayed out of the matter. Jochen deliberately accentuated the term Imperial Government.

As soon as these words came out, Frederick III immediately pondered, looked at Jochen with a smile, and then asked: "Jochen, if the imperial government stays out of the matter, then the people of the empire 'maybe' support the Boers, so what kind of behavior 'maybe' will appear?" Frederick III asked with a smile.

"The 'folk' behavior can be varied, and it's hard to predict, father. However, I don't think the 'civil' business will stop, and there may be some goods that flow into the hands of the Boers through the 'non-people' channel, and some of these materials may be 'dangerous goods'. Jochen replied solemnly.

"Your Highness, Germany cannot be swept up in it, this kind of behavior is dangerous, and if our behavior causes the British to find out that they are in danger, Britain will still be hostile to Germany, and they will not care whether it is the people or the government." Marcal hurriedly objected.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister's concerns are justified, but now all of Europe is opposed to the barbaric invasion of the British." "So we're not the only ones who will be moving. I believe that no other government will directly intervene in this matter, as we do. But there are many people in each country who are sympathetic to the Boers, so I believe that the civil behavior of other countries will also occur, so that the German mixture will be much smaller, and as long as we do something more covert, I believe that the British will not be the main spearhead against us. ”

"Well, I did hear about organized volunteers in France and the Netherlands going to Africa to help the Boers in their wars." Frederick III pondered.

"Father, since Your Excellency the Prime Minister is worried that the actions of the people in support of the Boers will be seized by the British, I think it is not wise to let volunteers go to the Boer to go to war with the British, but on the contrary, for the purpose of protecting our people, we should close the Imperial route to the Transvaal, and call on the people of the Empire not to go to the chaotic areas.

On the other hand, there is a certain amount of support for the Boers in terms of supplies and weapons, and I don't think it is possible for those foreign volunteers to bring any supplies into the Transvaal, so they will need food, medicine and weapons. "Yoheng built yì to.

Some ordinary people went to the Transvaal to play a limited role, and Jochen's original plan was to let the special forces play the role of volunteers to cause trouble for the British, but now it seems that it will definitely not be agreed to by Machar, so it is better not to let the German citizens die.

"No German citizens were involved in this war. This will indeed allow the Imperial Government to stay out of the matter, and as for material support, it can indeed be more hidden. Frederick III nodded in agreement

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, even if it is the 'spontaneous behavior' of 'civil volunteers', I hope that the imperial government can also supervise and supervise it to control the scale." Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were determined to support the Boers, Machar also knew that it was useless to persuade him, so he had to hope that the actions of the Germans would be restrained, otherwise this "civil volunteer" would become a joke.

"Of course, Mashaal. You are the Prime Minister of the Empire. I'm sure you can get the balance right. "Frederick III's words can be regarded as an explanation to Mashal, I will not make a big news for you to give you a headache.

"Rest assured, Prime Minister, that we will not embarrass the Reich Government, and if the supplies we support are not of German production. Then we will be safer in our actions. In this way, the British will point the finger at someone else. So if it's made in France, it's the best. Jochen was determined to let the French carry the blame.

"But even if there is external support, the Transvaal has only a few troops, and the amount of support we provide cannot be too large. I think for the Boers, strategy and tactics are much more important than a little materiel. Jochen said.

"Do you have any ideas? Jochen? Frederick III asked.

"Father, there is a fundamental disparity between the national power of the British Empire and the Transvaal Republic, and if the war goes on for a long time, when the British transport force and the colonial army are fully mobilized, the Boers will have little ability to win in the end, unless there is a country sufficient to contain the power of the British to formally intervene in the matter. But obviously, no one is going to do that.

Then the chances of the Boers could only be in the early stages of the war, before the British were fully assembled, to continue to win and finally disrupt the plans of the British. ”

Jochen said this is pure nonsense, the British want to solve the Boer determination can not be changed by a few major setbacks, but Jochen can not directly say that the Boer will be defeated, we need to turn South Africa into a quagmire that consumes the British national strength, so it can only be said that the Boers have a chance in the early stage.

Originally, the environment in the Transvaal was very suitable for the Germans to do some sneaky things, but presumably the Reich Chancellor would never agree to it, so it was impossible to have the German regular army disguise itself as the Boer army and do some sneaky things.

The Germans could not go on it themselves, so they had to teach the Boers how to do it, and the British fought very badly in the early days of the war, on the one hand, because the British colonial armies in Africa were loosely disciplined, lax in training, and outdated in equipment, and on the other hand, the British army itself could not keep up with the times.

At least the Boer army, which knows that it plays squatting and obscene, still has a lot of advantages in defensive warfare compared to the British army, which is still using dense formations. So the 30,000 British troops of the South African colonies at the beginning of the war were quickly crushed, and within only a month of the start of the war, they conquered two British cities and surrounded the other three.

However, this was a strategic mistake on the part of the Boers, so Jochen decided to remind the Boers: "The gap between the Boers and the British in terms of national strength is too great, there is no chance of winning a head-to-head battle, and the British's strong transportation capacity and vast colonies allow them to quickly assemble a large army, so if the Boers want to fight hard, the end will be very miserable."

Therefore, it is better to remind the Boers not to waste time and troops on the territory of the attack, and not to gnaw hard bones, and use the time of the British to gather troops, and carry out piecemeal and bit by bit, so as to reduce the difference in strength between the two sides. ”

"But how can we get the Boers to listen to us? They won't let our men command their armies, and we can't send people to command them. Frederick III asked.

This is indeed a problem, and now that Germany cannot even send military advisers, it is completely impossible to get the Boers to fight the war according to the Germans' opinion.

Jochen had no other choice but to say with a look of frustration: "It seems that we can only tell Mr. President Sù Kruger our opinion, and the rest is only up to God's will." (To be continued......)