[2nd Update]

The Transvaal Republic was still arguing with Britain over the issue of diaspora in early June, and Kruger was obviously not willing to meet each other in his original intentions, after all, the British Empire was a powerful country, and no European country in this era could compete with it, let alone the Transvaal in remote Africa.

For most of the year, he purchased a large number of arms from Europe and Asia through the nearby Chinese-controlled Maputo territory, and the Transvaal Republic effortlessly paid howitzers from Krupp, Chinese water-cooled heavy machine guns, mortars, and even 5oo Arab war horses from the neighboring Portuguese colonies, thanks to huge mining taxes.

But what finally made the Transvaal decide to go to war was a secret piece of information from the colony of Cape Town, bought by a reliable local Boer from a British merchant at a large price, and it was verified that although the British continued to increase their troops in South Africa, in fact, it was not easy for British troops from all over the world to converge in Cape Town.

After the increase in troops that lasted for more than half a year, the British regular army in the entire Cape Town colony was only 98oo people, and it also needed to protect several times the defense line of the Boer country, and what was even more strict was that the heavy firepower of the British 6th Army stationed in South Africa was strictly lacking, and the regular army of nearly 10,000 people only had 2 artillery battalions, and there was no heavy artillery.

The situation of the Transvaal army in Kruger's hands is much better than that of the British, excluding the National Guard, the regular Transvaal army has two full-fledged 6 divisions and more than 15ooo people, although the National Guard currently has only 6ooo troops, once the conscription order is issued. Within a month, it would be possible to form two divisions of 20,000 paramilitary troops, and the Boers were superior to the British in terms of weapons and heavy firepower. Each division had 12o guns, which was more than 4 times that of the British.

So. Under the unanimous impetus of the Transvaal military, and the accurate military information from the colonies, Kruger finally issued an ultimatum to Milner on July 1, demanding that Britain stop the increase of troops in South Africa, and withdraw all British 6th Corps that arrived in the colonies after January 1, and submit the diplomatic contradictions between the two sides to Germany, France, Austria, and Italy for mediation.

The British, who were tormented to death by the Anglo-French diplomatic negotiations, were naturally reluctant to have a new round of diplomatic negotiations, July 13. British colonial secretary Neville Chamberlain sent a telegram to Milner, asking him to relay to the Boers that the British Empire had rejected all the demands of the Transvaal, which were excessive and unseemly, and that on 15 July, the Transvaal Republic and the Orange State declared war on the British Empire!

The Second Boer War finally broke out......

The clarion call of war immediately made the scum of the 6th Army in the Beijing Military and Political Department smell the smell of gunpowder, and then Liu Ji of the 17th Army and Ma Desheng of the 20th Army immediately took advantage of the excuse of visiting the old boss to complain to Qin Kai. As for the legion artillery, the recruit eggs only shoot once a month, 3 each time. It's still an artillery crew working together, and training shells is played for half a day.

Qin Kai looked at the two second-class goods silently, playing and singing, secretly funny in his stomach, these two guys themselves are very familiar, they are all old horses brought out by the horsetail, Li Desheng was born in hunting, he is an old slippery head, this time he is willing to act so hard, there must be a group of senior military generals instigated. As for Liu Ji, he was originally a straight person. It is estimated that no one will pick him up, and he will jump out on his own.

After the two middle two guys finished complaining, Qin Kai smiled and poured special bitter tea for the two of them. Then he scolded unceremoniously, "TND, in the past, one old Mauser per person, you practiced so diligently one by one, and now you are all generals with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but you still care about military expenses, let me honestly explain, have you rubbed oil from it!" If you lose the soul of being a soldier, even if you change to new equipment at that time, you are not a group of bear soldiers! ”

Liu Ji didn't look at the general's pile very horizontally, even when he saw that several brains in the Ministry of Military Affairs dared to argue in person, but when he heard Qin Kai open his mouth and curse, he immediately wilted, and immediately jumped up and hurriedly explained, "Prime Minister, my old Liu's salary is enough to support my mother-in-law and baby, and my father and mother have been sent to Yingkou to live in a new building, so what can I use for more money...... I just heard that the Northern Fleet is adding new warships every year, isn't it uncomfortable, worried that our 6th Army will drag the country back......"

This thing is chattering, Li Desheng on the side is more active than his head, every word that Qin Kai scolded just now, but he didn't let go, he couldn't hear the words "new equipment" clearly, he immediately interrupted Liu Ji's betrayal, "Prime Minister, you can rest assured, we will toss those rabbit cubs every day when we are full, and we will not pull down the training and confrontation, our Nanyang military soul, my Lao Li's soldiers will definitely not fall...... By the way, Prime Minister, you received new equipment...... Tell me something, I'd better go back and make sure the guys in the military and political department have a meeting! ”

Seeing that the two guys were obedient, Qin Kai was secretly amused in his heart, the equipment upgrade of the 6th Army was far easier than that of the Navy and the Air Force, and he naturally had a plan in his heart, however, the big trouble of the 6th Army was that there were too many people, and now there were nearly 9O divisions, if the AKO2 rifle was replaced, the bullet production line would inevitably have to make a big move, not to mention the heavy firepower redress, however, it seems that if there is no leakage today, these guys in the second middle school will definitely have to chew their tongues when they go back.

"6 Army...... Sooner or later, it will have to change to mechanization and sophistication, and this method will inevitably change in the coming year by marching on two legs and running around with food on their backs...... However, when the Ministry of Finance has money, at present, it is still mainly training! ”

"Prime Minister, there are three divisions of our Seventeenth Army, two of which are cavalry divisions, and in terms of mobility, no one in the entire Northern Military Region is stronger than me!" As soon as Liu Ji heard the word mobility, he immediately became energetic, and he completely got rid of his previous wilting appearance, revealing his true nature of teeth and claws.

The corners of Qin Kai's mouth rose slightly, he glanced at the goods with great disdain, and made a very contemptuous jet sound, which once again completely suppressed the aura of the goods, and when this guy honestly shut up, he continued: "In the past ten years, the country can be said to have gathered all its strength to show the army, and now it is necessary to gather the strength of the whole country to show the industry, so the military expenditure must be saved, but the necessary training will not make you embarrassed, military cars, tractors and other heavy industrial products, the troops are configured according to 3oo to 1, go back and train well!"

Military Automotive ...... That's a good thing...... Tractor...... This somewhat made the two guys a little inexplicable, do they want to match the field army......

"Prime Minister, you are asking our 17th Army to engage in military reclamation...... And then...... After selling food, he bought weapons and ammunition for training, and ...... "Liu Ji's brain immediately opened up, and he seemed to find a new big 6 and said his clever plan!

However, he immediately saw that something was wrong from Qin Kai's elongated face...... He immediately laughed and changed his words: "I know, Prime Minister, don't worry, I will go back and personally get on the tractor and take those rabbit cubs to train, so that they can open horizontally, vertically, front and back, and they can drive the majesty of our 17th Army!" ”

"Donkeys are teachable!" Qin Kai sighed secretly, now every coin is thinking about how to put it into reproduction, a huge country has an almost unimaginable labor force, and if it is not fully utilized, it is really a shame to be in this great era.

Li Desheng and Liu Ji returned to the Ministry of Military Affairs in frustration, and brought back the news that dozens of generals were confused, mechanization and motorization are not difficult to understand, however, the idea is very full, but the display state is very backbone, although the car as a military product has entered the military system three years ago, but today's car is definitely a luxury luxury, mostly used to tow important artillery vehicles, to transport the entire army with military vehicles, naturally formed a high-level army...... It's just that this cliff is an unimaginable problem, and even more outrageous is the tractor!

Tractor...... How can this thing be played by the military! (To be continued)

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