Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!

Now it's just an excuse, an opportunity for everyone to join forces.

The power of the capitalists is strong, in the 19th century, in the era of the gold standard, no consortium dared to ignore the role of gold, behind these capitalists are British large and small conglomerates!

If the United Mining Company hadn't had Edward's face big enough, as a rising star, it wouldn't belong to any British consortium and would not be qualified to come in and get a piece of the pie!

The opportunity soon came, and on March 12, 1895, the British capitalist Cecil Rhodes' Wadeer Company discovered a new deposit in the Transvaal region.

There was a clash between the two sides, and unfortunately a bullet hit one of the Englishmen, who died of serious injuries afterwards!

The discipline of the media has always been very low, and under the influence of capital, the news has completely changed its flavor when it reaches London!

The London Daily, with its front-page headlines, published the "atrocities" of the Boers! It had already happened: representatives of Wadeer's company were procuring gold in the Transvaal, and the Boer soldiers had taken advantage of the wealth, looted the goods, and brutally murdered the British citizens!

The headline of the Times was even more crowned: This is a provocation to the British Empire!

If you look at the title, you can guess that the content that follows has risen to the point of challenging British world hegemony, and if you don't give them a taste of the color, is it still the British Empire?

The Sun directly began its analysis from history, exposing the "black history" of the Boers expelling British citizens and looting property for no reason, and slamming the government for inaction!

To sum up, the government should hurry up and start a war against the Boers, and whoever opposes it is a traitor!

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This alone is enough, the British have long wanted to attack the Boers, but they hesitated to support the Boers behind their backs and never did so!

Historically, in exchange for the neutrality of the Germans, the British agreed to the German partition of Portugal's African colonies, and on August 30, 1898, Britain and Germany signed a treaty of partition.

The treaty stipulated that once Portugal gave up its African colonies, it would be divided between Britain and Germany!

However, the British put the Germans along, and the treaty was only a "blank check", and the following year Portugal's financial crisis broke out, and the British abandoned the Germans and offered loans to Portugal.

On October 14, 1899, the two countries signed the Anglo-Portuguese Secret Declaration, under which Britain provided security for all Portuguese possessions, and when war broke out between Britain and Burundi, Portugal had to support British action.

None of this is happening now, and if there is a war now, the British will be in much greater trouble!

It was not in the interest of the British government to declare war on the Boers in the short term, but it had nothing to do with Ferdinand.

The more trouble the English encountered, the better it was for Ferdinand, and he decided to add another fire!

At the end of 1895, the British and South African colonial Prime Minister Rhodes sent troops to attack the Republic of Transansval, but failed!

Now it is only necessary to advance this time a little bit, and for the British capitalists, this is not a problem!

After all, at the end of the 19th century, the British Empire was in full swing, and the capitalists were confident enough in their own strength, and the small Boer Republic was already in their pockets!

At Ferdinand's instigation, an undercurrent began to spread in London. The media continued to exert pressure on the British government, the capitalists carried out public relations against MPs, and the main war faction had the upper hand!

Since the number of supporters exceeded that of the same period in history, South African colonial Prime Minister Rhodes was much more confident and bold.

An ultimatum was issued directly to the Transamswar Republic, ordering it to hand over the murderer within 24 hours, and to open the right for the Boers to vote, and for the British in South Africa to automatically get the right to vote.

Obviously, there is no need to talk about this at all, the Boers are not so weak, and besides, if the murderer is handed over, it is not equivalent to admitting that the soldiers robbed and killed, how is this possible? For no reason, why carry this black cauldron?

Open suffrage, even more nonsense! A person of British nationality who automatically gets the right to vote in the Republic of Transansval? Isn't that a world-class joke? Idiots can agree!

They knew very well that the British were just trying to create an excuse to do it, to avoid this and the next, unless they gave up all the gold mines, otherwise the two sides had nothing to talk about!!

Naturally, they did not hesitate to refuse the rude demands of the British, and issued an invitation to the international community, hoping that all countries would send investigation teams to investigate on the spot and uncover the truth of the matter!

The open invitation of the Boers was soon supported by the international community, the Germans, the Dutch, the French, the Belgians...... They all expressed their support and willingness to participate in this investigation mission.

Will the British compromise? Obviously, in the face of interests, the resistance of the capitalists has been infinitely weakened, and a little international public opinion pressure cannot scare them!

On March 26, 1895, an army of 3,000 men, composed of the South African colonial army and the gold miners, crossed the border line and launched an attack on the Republic of Transvaal. (five times more than in history)

This plan was opposed by Chamberlain, then British colonial secretary, who believed that Britain was not ready for war and that the chances of success of the adventurous plan were too small, so he ordered the plan to be cancelled!

However, due to the poor traffic conditions at the end of the 19th century, and the deliberate delay of some people, by the time Chamberlain's order reached the hands of the South African colonial Prime Minister Rhodes, it was already too late, and the coalition forces had already entered the Republic of Transansval.

This rabble army is very complex, composed of mercenaries, ruffians, and gold diggers.

In fact, James, the British officer in charge of leading the army, had limited command of the army, and as soon as he entered the Republic of Transvaal, he began to act on his own.

The sneak attack, which had been prepared, suddenly turned into a strong attack, and not surprisingly, the arrogant British army suffered a crushing defeat and was almost completely annihilated by the Boer Kruger!

Kruger, anyone who knows about the Anglo-Boer War, knows that he led tens of thousands of Boer troops and more than 200,000 British troops for three years in South Africa with a wry smile!

Even if you lose in the end, you will still be honored! A group of rabble, in the face of a famous general, stupidly went up to attack, and the result speaks for itself!

The army of 3,000 men was killed by the Boers, more than 800 were killed, more than 1,000 were captured, and less than 600 people managed to escape back!

By this time, there was no need for Ferdinand to do anything more. Blood is the best catalyst, and if the British can tolerate such a failure, the name of world hegemon will be in vain!

The Anglo-Boer all-out war is on the verge of breaking out!