In line with the principle of adding blockage to the British, the Germans and the French expressed their willingness to support the Boers, and as the home country of the Boers, the Dutch, they even formed a volunteer army in the country to prepare to go to South Africa to fight.

These actions by the countries of Europe gave the Republic of Transanswar the confidence to defeat the British invasion, but at the same time brought disaster!

The Boers decided not to compromise with the British and began preparations for war, preparing to expel the British invaders by force.

The Boers may have lacked other things, but they did not lack gold, sensed the danger, and frantically purchased weapons and trained soldiers from various European countries.

War was imminent, and Britain could no longer tolerate it, and thanks to the efforts of the capitalists, the quarrelling Parliament finally passed a resolution to wage an all-out war against the Boers.

At the end of 1895, British troops began to assemble in the two Boer republics (the Republic of Transvaal and the Republic of Orange).

At the beginning of the war, the British army numbered about 30,000 men, and it was supplemented by conscription, with outdated weapons, poor training, and lax discipline.

Apparently the British underestimated the strength of the Boers and sent a rabble directly into battle, suffering a big loss at the beginning of the war.

The ending has nothing to do with Ferdinand, the actions of the British in South Africa have already aroused the dissatisfaction of European countries, especially the Germans!

Although he did not support the Boers, he sold weapons and equipment, helped train soldiers, and all kinds of small actions did not stop!

The sudden outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War successfully diverted the attention of the British, the contradictions between Britain and Germany, and between Britain and France intensified, and Salisbury's plan ended without a hitch!

Ferdinand's purpose was reached, but he knew that South Africa was a quagmire, and the Boers were not so easy to mess with!

Now there are Germans and French nurses for them, and life is much better than during the "Anglo-Boerish" war in history.

The Anglo-Boer War has been fought for three years in history, and there are a large number of nurses at this time, and the preparation of the British is not as adequate as in history.

Historically, the Germans abandoned the Boers due to a compromise between Britain and Germany over the partition of the South African colony.

The British co-opted the Portuguese and cut off the overland supply lines from the Portuguese colonies, and the Royal Navy took advantage of the Portuguese military port in Mozambique to block the Gulf of Dragoa and cut off the Boers from the only outlet to the sea, cutting off the Boers from the outside world to get supplies.

Under a series of unfavorable factors, the Boers could only fight alone, and after holding out for three years, they finally failed.

None of this has happened yet, as soon as the Anglo-Boer War broke out, Germans, French, Dutch, etc., and ships from various European countries continued to enter and leave Dragoa Bay.

A shipload of strategic materiel, which was sold to the Boers. The British government could not do anything about it, and it was clear that the European countries did not want the British to get South Africa easily!

If it weren't for the fact that the contradictions between Germany and France were too great, it would be time for the two countries to intervene together. Even so, the two countries still reached a tacit understanding that "the British cannot easily get South Africa"!

In the era of the gold standard, whoever has gold in his hands will dominate the world's finance, and South Africa is precisely the most critical part of it!

Directly with the empire on which the sun never sets, before it reaches that point, there is no pressure on everyone to stumble.

In January 1895, the German consul openly expressed his support for the Transvaal Republic's tough measures against the British.

After the failure of the invasion of the British colonial army in Africa, Wilhelm II personally sent a congratulatory message to President Transvaal Kruger, congratulating them: completely on their own, they crushed an invasion of bandits!

The French Gazette also published the attitude of the French government towards the Boers: the French Republic was willing to support the Transvaal Republic and oppose the British colonial rule.

Le Figaro, the editor-in-chief even put the Boers' resistance to the British invasion and the American independence movement together, calling on the French people to donate money to the Boers and support the Boers to continue to work for national independence!

In addition to calling on the Dutch people to donate, the Dutch Telegraph also directly solicited volunteers from all over the world to prepare to take concrete actions against the British riots.

If you just look at it from the point of view of public opinion, the British are angry and resentful this time. From Western Europe to Eastern Europe, the media of various countries are attacking the British and calling on the whole world to unite to organize the atrocities of the British in South Africa!

In essence, what should I do, at most I fool a few hot-blooded young people and go to the battlefield in South Africa to tear up the British!

Or sell all kinds of supplies to the Boers and make a lot of money. It is estimated that except for the Dutch, who are really angry, other countries are stumbling on the British for the sake of profit.

Not only that, but the pressure of public opinion was useful, at least during the Anglo-Boer War, the British trade exports to Europe fell by ten percentage points; Trade exports to the Netherlands have fallen to an all-time low in more than a decade, less than a third of what it was in its heyday.

Ferdinand knew that this might be the core of the collective European opposition to Britain!

Britain has suffered a lot, and the consequences of not having allies are fully revealed, and even the world's largest power is powerless to prevent the European continent from collectively stumbling!

This also laid the groundwork for the British to abandon their non-aligned diplomacy and implement a new diplomatic strategy.

In order to be able to cut off the logistical supply lines of the Boers and block the blood transfusion to it on the European continent. The British Foreign Office approached the Portuguese in the hope of gaining support, but it was not so easy at this time.

The Germans, the French, and the Spaniards all said we don't agree! In the face of pressure from various countries, the Portuguese easily did not dare to express their position, and hesitated again and again to declare neutrality!

They could withstand the pressure of other countries, and the Spanish increased their troops on the border, which frightened the Portuguese.

The actions of the Spaniards, everyone understands very well, the British rose on the bones of the Invincible Armada, not to mention the lost colonies, and still occupy the Strait of Gibraltar.

The Spaniards have no strength and are looking for the bad luck of the British, but it is still no problem to teach the independent Portuguese a lesson, and this time there are European countries to support them!

What's more, before the Spanish-American War, Spain was still the No. 1 power in Europe, at the same level as Italy, and it has not declined, and it still has the ability to lose a little temper.

Historically, in 1898, the Spanish-American War broke out, and the Spaniards had no energy to interfere with the Portuguese moving closer to the British.

With the intervention of the European countries, the Portuguese were very aware of the current situation and expressed neutrality. The Portuguese pretended not to see the merchant ships carrying arms to and from various countries, but they had made up their minds not to lie in the muddy waters.

The British's plan to use Portugal's financial crisis to force Portugal to compromise had not yet had time to begin to fail. The loan sharks in France have long sharpened their knives and have made it clear that they are willing to lend to Portugal.