After Zhang Cheng pocketed Jiangnan Shipyard at a very low price, he also successfully entered the eyes of the business alliance. It's just that for Zhang Cheng, what matters now is to crush the Boer army and occupy the gold mining areas that countless people are looking for.

Zhang Cheng knew very well in his heart that it is always better to fight quickly than to delay for a long time. In the face of such a huge wealth, I don't know how many people are turning their brains at this moment. The truth of long nights and dreams is very clear.

After Wang Yan left, Zhang Cheng sat calmly in his chair with a telegram and said nothing. After a long time, he put down the telegram and turned off the lights to rest.

The next morning, the sky was bright, the golden crow was rising, and it was another sunny and sunny day.

The distance between Dundee Town and Ladysmith is not that far. For armored forces it was nothing more than a mechanized march of several hours. If it is replaced by a fighter in the sky, the distance will be even shorter.

Not long after dawn, the army fighters, which had rested all night, quickly attacked from various field airfields. Thanks to the hard work of the ground crew, these fighters were loaded with bombs and roared from the field airfield. After marshalling in the sky, it flew in the direction of Dundee Town.

"General." Wang Yan held a telegram in his hand, and came to Zhang Cheng, who was wearing a shirt and shaving next to the extended trailer, with a happy face: "Call from Cape Town, the Boers over there have all retreated. Cape Town is safe. ”

"Hmm." Zhang Cheng raised his neck and motioned to Wang Yan to wait for a while with his eyes. After Zhang Cheng finished washing, he took the telegram from Wang Yan's hand and read it, and then chuckled: "The Boers have been defeated, and they have brought back the army from Cape Town to save their lives." ”

"What now?" Wang Yan smiled and said, "Do you want to let all the planes stationed in Cape Town come back?" ”

Zhang Cheng narrowed his eyes, pondered slightly, and after a moment, responded, "Don't be in a hurry for the time being." Let them keep an eye on the movements of the Boers, and do not let anyone knock them back. ”

"Okay." Wang Yan nodded, "I'll send a telegram." ”

At this moment, the sound of a roaring engine gradually came from the sky. The soldiers on the ground immediately began to cheer. A large number of Army planes whizzed over the heads of the soldiers, speeding away in the direction of the town of Dundee in the distance. The brilliant results of the army aviation greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers.

"Not bad." Zhang Cheng nodded with satisfaction: "Today, we must wipe out all the main forces of the Boers here!" "Zhang Chengke knows very well how terrifying the attack power of the armored troops who have mastered air supremacy is under the cover of heavy artillery and aircraft! This is how German armored forces at the beginning of World War II swept the world.

The battle in Dundee is like a textbook lesson plan. The demoralized and disorganized Boers were first attacked by a frenzied array of aircraft. Under the bombardment of bombs. Hundreds of Boers fell in pools of blood. Almost all the heavy equipment was destroyed. The greatest effect of air raids was not to cause huge casualties, but to greatly damage their morale and will to fight. Especially when these soldiers were a group of herders not so long ago.

When armoured troops appeared on the outskirts of Dundee, a large number of Boer militia chose to abandon their improvised positions and flee. They don't have any confidence in fighting these steel monsters.

Lu Zhiyuan and Jun Mo each took an armored force around the two sides of Dundee Town, preparing to encircle the Boers here. Seeing that nothing could be done, the commander-in-chief of the Boers, General Jobbel, gave the order to disperse and retreat in despair. In fact, the troops were so disorganized that they could only use the method of escaping. As for whether he can escape in the end, it depends on the fate of the individual.

It turns out. The cavalrymen on their horses could not outrun the tanks and armored vehicles even if they escaped. Not to mention the fact that there are warplanes hovering in the sky. Every dive of the planes in the sky took the lives of a group of Boer militiamen.

Horses are not slow, but they cannot run continuously for long periods of time. In the vast wilderness on the outskirts of Dundee, a large number of tanks and armoured trucks kicked up a cloud of dust in pursuit of the scattered Boers. The counterattack was ineffective, and most of the Boers who had no way to escape chose to dismount and surrender. At the same time, many others were killed. Among them was a group of high-ranking Boer officers.

General Delaree fell from his horse while retreating, and died of his wounds. General Meir surrendered after being surrounded. Fewer than 1,000 of the more than 20,000 Boers who had been stationed in the town of Ladysmith to attack the port of Durban were able to escape. Among them were their commander-in-chief, General Joubert, and the famous black general, Kronye.

After only two days of fighting, the Ming armored troops, with the support of the army aviation, annihilated and captured nearly 25,000 enemy troops with a force of no more than 10,000 people. Destroyed a large amount of supplies, and captured the important strongholds of Ladysmith and Dundee, opening the way to Pretoria.

After the destruction of this Boer army. There was no longer a large Boer army on the railway line from Dundee to Pretoria. As for the Boer army that was far away in the Western Cape. Unless they incarnated as airborne troops, it would be absolutely impossible to enter Pretoria before Zhang Cheng.

The results of the Ming armored forces and the army aviation quickly spread all over the world through the reports of journalists from various countries. People from all over the world are amazed and terrified.

It was able to achieve such impressive results in such a short period of time, and the casualties of the Ming army itself were very low, with a total of no more than 1,000 casualties. This kind of combat effectiveness has greatly changed the tactical thinking and concepts of this era. A large number of experts began to study this war, which they could not understand, beyond the traditional mode of warfare. At the same time, the evaluation of the Ming Dynasty in various countries has changed again. The Americans, for example, immediately withdrew the remnants of their own flying fleet.

These are all things that Zhang Cheng wants, but he doesn't have time to think about them now. Zhang Cheng was now busy leading his morale-boosting troops to the capital of the Boers to seize the great honor.

The first ascension still existed in the Ming army. But it's not about climbing the walls. It's about capturing important targets. What could be more attractive to the soldiers than the enemy's capital?

Tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of vehicles of all kinds roared like a long dragon through the wilderness of northern South Africa. The disorganized Boers were simply powerless to resist, and even as soon as they gathered their forces, they were bombarded by a large number of aircraft. In this case. Zhang Cheng soon rushed into the city of Pretoria with his army.

Named after the famous Boer leader Pretorius, the city is full of different flowers and trees, and the scenery is very beautiful. January is the hottest time here, and the whole city is in full bloom. But all that changed when the occupying forces entered the city.

Zhang Cheng is definitely not a gentleman. The Ming army under his command was also not a beret peacekeeper. He had come to loot the world's largest gold mine from the Boers. As for the soldiers making a little fortune or something along the way, Zhang Cheng didn't care at all.

The Boers did not organize a massive resistance in the city of Pretoria. Because they have little power to resist in their hands. The last formed Boer troops are still desperately trying to get from the Western Cape to this side. The Boers, unwilling to beat the capital to ruins, declared Pretoria an undefended city. All government agencies were withdrawn. handed over his capital to Zhang Cheng.

In fact, Zhang Cheng was not having a good time at this time. He's almost reached his limit.

These vehicles under Zhang Cheng's command, whether they are tanks, armored vehicles, trucks, or whatever, have had many occasional breakdowns. Many vehicles have been abandoned on the road because of breakdowns.

The technological level of this era is certainly not comparable to that of modern time and space. It is remarkable that these vehicles under Zhang Cheng's command have been able to sustain until now. Historically, the German armored forces broke down all the way during the first sortie and did not engage in any battle at all. It has become the laughing stock of the world.

In addition to vehicle breakdowns. As the battle line lengthened, Zhang Cheng's fuel and ammunition were about to reach the limit level. The railway line from Durban to Pretoria did not work because there were no locomotives and wagons. Most of the petrol transported from Durban to the front line is used by transport vehicles. When Zhang Cheng's armored forces entered Pretoria, many vehicles were completely shut down on the roads inside the city.

Fortunately, Zhang Cheng's rapid progress in the adventure still achieved miraculous results. Instead of organizing the citizens to resist, the panicked Boers chose to flee. This gave Zhang Cheng time to catch his breath. After finding the locomotive and wagons from the Pretoria City railway station, Zhang Cheng immediately ordered the train to rush back to the port of Durban to deliver the urgently needed supplies.

After a few days of rush shipping. The troops under Zhang Cheng's command finally regained their combat effectiveness. The railway was actually built by the Boers themselves, and they were reluctant to destroy the railway, which contained all the efforts of the Boers. can only watch Zhang Cheng swaggeringly use this railway for transportation.

By the time we entered February, Zhang Cheng had firmly grasped the large area between Pretoria and the Vaal River. BHP Billiton's machinery and employees also arrived in the area and mining work soon began.

It is true that the world's largest huge gold mine is not blown. BHP's engineers estimated and told Zhang Cheng that if they were fully mined, the annual output of those shallow gold would even exceed 2,000 tons!

Zhang Cheng nodded with satisfaction and told the engineers, "Don't think about the environment, and don't care about waste." Do your best to mine the gold here. Just let me know if you need anything. I don't want any cost books and miner casualty data. All I need is gold! ”

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