Chapter 464: Boers

In southern Africa, a place known as the Transvaal Republic, there was a new ethnic group of Dutch, French, and white German descendants called the Boers. They have lived in South Africa all year round and have formed a new people. Still, they were predominantly of Dutch descent, and now none of them knew that a catastrophe was ready to befall them. However, at this time, a "great savior" has been brought to their heads.

"Mr. President, I think we're actually very close to each other. Our Governor General of Taiwan, Her Majesty Wang, has officially married Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, and the vast majority of you Boers are of Dutch descent, and we are actually a family. Tsai Ben of Taiwan's General Intelligence Agency said.

At present, this Cai Ben is wearing very ordinary clothes, and he secretly came to this southern Africa to negotiate with this republic formed by the Boers. Because Cai Ben knew that Taiwan was going to sell those weapons and equipment, and since there were not many customers at the moment, they naturally had to be ready to find a customer who was willing to buy them. So now this Boer is one of the very important customers, so it's good to have people come and talk to them. As for the future, there are many ways for them to purchase weapons.

The president of the Transvaal Republic immediately asked: "What is your purpose, don't you use it to get close to me, we have no relationship with the Netherlands for a long time." If you have anything to say, you don't have to go around in circles. ”

"......" Cai Ben was speechless.

Originally, Cai Ben thought that he would be able to get closer to the relationship between the two sides through the marriage of Wang Guorui and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. As a result, I didn't expect that they didn't take the Dutch seriously, and they didn't even think of themselves as Dutch. This is simply too strange, and he actually left the motherland and did not recognize himself as a member of the motherland. And if it is Chinese, many have even left for hundreds of years. Their descendants will also recognize themselves as Chinese. Why are the Dutch so miserable that they leave their homeland and do not recognize themselves as motherlanders? It is conceivable that the cohesion and cultural influence of this nation are not too high, and it is easy to be changed by other cultures. Once you leave the collective, it is easy to cut off the cultural inheritance. The Chinese, on the other hand, are different, even if they have been away for hundreds of years. The cultural influence is deeply imprinted in the bones.

"Okay, then I'll tell you the truth! We in Taiwan have received important information that the British are ready to do something against you, that is, they are going to start a war. The British are going to fight you with all their might, and they will send hundreds of thousands of people over. What will you do then? Cai Ben asked.

And when the Transvaal president heard this, his face immediately changed. Now the conflict between the Boers and the British is very serious. In fact, the Boers and the British were also very conflicted, and the contradiction between them is now getting deeper and deeper. Since the First Boer War, British rule over the Boers has existed in name only, and the Boers have been able to establish a state on their own. However, if the British were to start another war, it would be really a big problem. So, the president of the Transvaal, of course, was very surprised when he heard this.

Because the Boers though established a republic. But in fact, compared to the strength of the British, they must still be very insufficient. The British empire on which the sun never sets is not blown out in vain. They're really powerful! If the British sent hundreds of thousands of people to attack the Boers, the number of the opposing army, which was almost equal to the number of Boers, would be very dangerous.

And Cai Ben thought to himself: "You are innocent of the truth, your Boer country is so weak, but it occupies the world's largest gold mine." Isn't this looking for death? This gold mine accounts for a quarter of the world's gold reserves, and I would be tempted if it were me. The British are not moved, then there are ghosts. With this gold mine alone, you have nothing to negotiate with. Next, you will definitely have to face the blows of the British. That was a tragedy. However, the more tragic you are, the happier we are that we have a home for our munitions. ”

President Transvaal immediately said: "We Boers will never give in, and no matter how strong the British are, we will have the courage to fight with them." If they want to rule over us, if they want to take away our homeland, then we will fight with them. We will certainly tell the British that we Boers are an unyielding people, a people who will not yield. ”

"Mr. President, we thought we could work together. Although you Boers are very brave and unyielding, the strength of the British is also a very great fact. Not to mention that the British have a population of tens of millions, which is hundreds of times that of yours. And this is still their main nation, and if it includes the peoples of their various colonies in various places, they can completely draw a large number of servant armies to attack you. And you are only a population of hundreds of thousands, can you hold on? Coupled with the fact that the British have a well-established industrial system, they can produce a lot of guns and ammunition, and will you be able to resist it? When the time comes, their guns and ammunition will be well transported to attack you, but you don't have much of an industrial base, and you can't produce your own rifles and cannons, and you will definitely suffer a lot. Cai Ben said.

President Transvaal immediately asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Quite simply, we can benefit from each other, we have a large amount of military equipment to be decommissioned, and we intend to sell it to you. We don't need too much of a high price, and we can all sell it to you at a relatively low price, so that you can all have enough weapons against the British. And we have received information that the British will launch a major offensive next year to start a war, so you can take advantage of this time to accumulate arms and various supplies, so that you can have enough accumulation to fight the British for a long time. As long as you have a gun and all of you are soldiers, you will be able to defeat the British. Cai Ben said.

Cai Ben didn't think about the fact that the Boers could defeat the British, because it was impossible for the Boers to defeat the British, because the British didn't know how many times more than the Boers in terms of population alone. The Boers did not have much of an industrial system, and they could only choose to resist the British through constant attrition, and they did not have any confidence to fight the British at all. Although everyone is very heroic, and everyone is a soldier, this is just a tragic color.

As for Taiwan, it is hoped that the Boers will attract the attention of the British, so that the Boers can attract hundreds of thousands of British troops. If the hundreds of thousands of British troops are attracted by then, then Taiwan can also enter the mainland with a swagger, and then gain a foothold on the mainland and gradually seize power on the mainland. This is also the idea of the so-called long-distance and close attack, and the Boers and the British have contradictions, and a great war is about to break out. As long as Taiwan can make friends with them, then it is completely possible to achieve its goal of containing the British through them.

As for the final outcome of the Boers, this Taiwan will not care, because the Boers are friends of the dead and not poor, they just want to contain the British, if they can't beat the British, then Taiwan will not send troops to save them. Taiwan will not break out a large-scale war for the Boers and the British, anyway, the Boers are not worth such a desperate effort in Taiwan.

"You're going to sell us military equipment?" President Transvaal felt the light in his eyes.

If Taiwan sells military equipment to itself, it is not unacceptable. Because at present the Boers really lack equipment, and at the moment the Boers do not have a complete industrial system, and they are simply not able to produce weapons on their own. At most, it will produce some rifles, but it will definitely not be possible to produce cannons and the like. So now that they hear that someone is willing to give them equipment, they are all very happy. They now all know that the British have bad intentions for themselves, and I am afraid that it is really as Taiwan said, and the British will soon start a war. If you don't prepare early, I'm afraid you will definitely face a very miserable result next. Therefore, if the Boers wanted not to be defeated by the British, they had to accumulate weapons and equipment as soon as possible and prepare for a big war with the British.

Therefore, at present, they can consider purchasing some military equipment to strengthen their own strength. However, many countries are reluctant to sell military equipment to them, even their home countries of the Netherlands and France, because they are afraid to sell because of heavy pressure from the British. And now they want to purchase equipment, but they can't find the temple gate with a pig's head, and they all feel very depressed. And now there are people who are willing to sell equipment, which is already very good, so President Transvaal feels very interesting!

"This is our equipment list, there are Mauser rifles, as well as our own grenadiers invented in Taiwan, and even we can sell heavy machine guns to you, and then you can slowly choose and purchase, and we will help you get it." Cai Ben said.

The president of the Transvaal Republic took the list and began to look at it, thinking about what kind of weapons to buy, and whether the price would be within his acceptable range, and whether he would have to keep the price down. (To be continued......)