Chapter 606: You're Going in the Wrong Direction! Attack the concentration camps!
In January 1894, it was already smoking in Johannesburg!
Bi Buckle! Bi Buckle!
Da Da Da ...... Da-da-da-da!
Bang! Bang!
Originally, this was a very chaotic place, the British only wanted gold, and they didn't care about order or anything, but now it's even more fighting, and there are battlefields everywhere!
To say that this Johannesburg uprising is also particularly interesting, originally everyone was prepared, in the present, that is, in 1894, everyone started to do it, but unexpectedly, an accident broke out.
It's a black uncle, after being shot, this guy wants to fiddle with it, one didn't get it right, the gun went off, this black uncle is also unlucky, when he fiddled with the gun, there happened to be a British soldier shit outside the house, and this shot was hitting the guy's ass!
Well, there are also rumors that the shot hit the poop, and directly came a stirring dung, so this was exposed......
Let's do it, there's no way.
Where can we make sense in this matter?
But it's not bad, it's good to do it in a hurry, after all, the British army in South Africa is also quite unexpected, although they are also warned that South Africa is afraid of trouble, but but, from all indications, it seems that nothing is wrong.
That's right, what kind of warships and armies of the Pacific Empire, we haven't seen them, all we can see is the same as before, there are merchant ships and gold diggers......
As a result, the rebel army had the advantage at the beginning, but as the battle deepened, the rebel army exposed a lot of problems......
"Forward!"
"Ahhh
"Shoot!"
Bi Buckle Bi Buckle ......
Theodore Roosevelt took the binoculars and looked at the battle ahead, only to see these black men. Really......
It sucks!
It's hard to imagine that. It should be said. It is true that our rebel army is not a professional army, and it is true that we should not be too demanding, but ......
When you see a man in the trench with a rifle, then the gun is released!
Put it in the sky!
The trenches have been dug and the weapons are good, but this person who fights is simply amazing.
To know. At this time, many of the British troops in South Africa were colonial troops, well, South Africa was originally a British colony, but these colonial troops, they have always been suppressing the locals, that is, killing those who are civilized in the eyes of the British, so these British troops still maintain relatively old tactics.
That is, everyone walks in a row and walks in unison. Then to the place, everyone half-squats for shooting!
It really is. That's how they fought, even if the trenches were already known to many people at this time, everyone had heard of this thing, but they hadn't experienced the colonial army!
And in the face of such a fight, these black rebels actually shot into the sky, which ...... Ay~
It should be said that this uprising, or the war for human rights, or more directly, for the ugly war for this big gold mine, Theodore and James have been preparing and planning for a long time, and many things, the empire has also done a very good job.
I want a weapon, there is!
How many spears you want!
Cannon?
This is still for mortars, this thing is about the same.
As for transportation, okay, let Lanfang Company carry private goods and be a smuggler, that's it.
Moreover, Theodore and James also did a lot of intelligence gathering. You know, the embarrassment before. Stewart left a good team, and after Theodore came over, it was even more powerful, and he mastered a lot of things in South Africa, so he said that his hunting, it was not just hunting.
The current situation is that the preparation is very good, it is already very good, and it can't be better, but now......
Ay~
These black people are just ...... Theodore realized that he was a little stupid at this point, because how could he have pinned his hopes on these people he had already despised in the first place?
Yes, Theodore didn't treat black people as human beings in the first place, but now the situation is that there are a lot of black people, and these guys are still not satisfied with the status quo, they have all the conditions to fight.
But, it really can't beat those British troops!
To say, there were not many British troops in South Africa at this time, the previous Boer War was 500,000 people, but then the Boer War was over, so these individuals couldn't stay here all the time, right?
Moreover, isn't the war going to war in Europe right away, Roberts rushed to the European battlefield with a lot of troops, so the British army in South Africa at this time was only 20,000 or 30,000.
It is precisely because of this matter that Theodore wants to do it so much, and he also has the support of the Central Committee of the Pacific Empire, but now, is it not such a failure?
Unwilling! Very unwilling!
"Sir! There is a telegram for you to see. ”
"What?"
Theodore didn't expect that he would receive any telegram, could it be that his family cared for him?
The telegram was also very interesting, with a name at the beginning, Standard Oil of Romania......
Standard Oil, which is the mega-corporation of the Pacific Empire, and apparently ...... This company has nothing to do with itself, so, this telegram ......
It's definitely not some standard oil for me, so I have to watch it, and I have to watch it seriously!
It's simple, just one sentence......
Attack the concentration camps!
"......" Theodore's talent, he can understand it in an instant, but how to understand these words?
Why attack the concentration camps?
Isn't the concentration camp what the British did against the Boers, then this thing......
"Call James! I have something important to discuss! ”
"Yes!"
Soon, James came over......
"What's the matter? Do you want me to come? I'm getting ready to rush with someone! ”
"Big deal!" Theodore grimaced and said solemnly: "We change our strategy now!" Concentrate on attacking the concentration camps! ”
"What?" James is so confused.
But that's what Theodore said right away.
"This is a great order! Also from a great person. Do you understand? ”
"This ......," James stopped talking. Because of course he understood.
What do you understand?
Well, simple. That's this telegram, of course, it was sent by Li Mengyang, the emperor of the Pacific Empire!
I have to say, Theodore. Roosevelt was indeed a very capable guy, definitely a cadre, and he didn't have a brain, so he could see it almost instantly. This should come from the center of the empire, and it can even be said that it is the will of His Majesty the Emperor of the empire!
This Theodore really guessed right.
Indeed, this telegram was sent by Li Mengyang, and his purpose was very simple, that is, to know about Nafei's uprising work......
Of course, as an emperor, it is not good for Li Mengyang to directly intervene in this matter, after all, Britain is our ally, and we must give others some face.
However, there are some things that still need to be guided. Especially when Li Mengyang learned about Theodore and James's plan, they were ready to take advantage of the self-revolutionary consciousness of the black masses.
This is naturally good. However, Li Mengyang knows very well that the ability of these black people, hey~
It is said that in the land of Africa in later generations, two groups of people shot at each other with 56 charges, and hundreds of people shot a few shuttles, and in the end, few people were injured...... The bullets are all in the sky.
Therefore, Li Mengyang naturally expected this ending, some of the abilities of black people are quite strange, of course, there is really no discrimination here, but the reality is like this, the black group at this time, they themselves are not educated enough, and they don't have much combat experience, weapons or something, even if they can shoot, even if they are good, they are not to blame.
Then since this result can be expected, then of course Li Mengyang has to find a way, but he still wants this South African gold mine, what should he do?
How can the British be defeated?
It's a really good time, and it's not easy to miss it. So, Li Mengyang thought of a way.
Destroy that camp and let all the Boers inside!
Can this be done?
It can be done!
First of all, there is something that must be understood, that is, how did the concentration camps come about?
It was at this time that the British, in order to deal with the Boers, had such a strange thing as a concentration camp appeared!
By the way, the truth is that the concentration camps did not exist after the end of the Boer War, but at the time of the Boer War, and furthermore, the British were able to win the Boer War, on the one hand, because they cut off German aid, and on the other hand, because of this concentration camp!
There is a truth involved here that only Li Mengyang can understand at this time, and that is......
What is the military and civilian fish and water situation!
As soon as I say this word, of course, I think of the people's soldiers, but in fact, the emergence of this word is because of a method of warfare, that is, guerrilla warfare!
Where did modern guerrilla warfare begin?
It was from this Boer War that these Boers used a very flexible tactics to fight the British!
Originally, if from the perspective of war, this method of war could be won, if the British were only on the battlefield, they would not be able to kill the Boers.
But how did the British win right away?
It's because of this concentration camp!
The concentration camps, in the beginning, were to bring in the relatives of the Boers and lock them up, that is, to separate the fish from the water!
It is to destroy this situation of the army and the people, completely destroy the soil for the survival of your Boer guerrillas, so, almost instantly, the Boers surrendered, and they had no way to fight at all!
And now, all we have to do is destroy all the camps and let the Boers pick up the guns again, so what is the result?
I have to say that what Li Mengyang learned is really useful...... (To be continued.) )
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