For several months, the problem of the Boers remained unresolved. It is true that there are no Boer-occupied cities in South Africa anymore, but the British have not been able to restore order in South Africa, because South Africa is now full of Boer guerrillas. These partisans attacked the British at every opportunity. And when the British tried to exterminate them, they found that these guerrillas were like moles all of a sudden, and they all burrowed into the ground, and they could not be found at all.

The British know that in the blink of an eye, these guerrillas have become "peaceful residents", maybe you are walking down the street, and someone who walks past you is a guerrilla intelligence officer, or maybe a group of guerrillas is hiding in a certain cellar of the farmer while you are temporarily stationed in a certain farmstead to rest. In short, in the words of the New York Times:

"The British have been caught in the sea of the people's war. Now in South Africa, there are vigilant eyes everywhere, and there are vengeful guns everywhere......"

In recent months, not a single large-scale combat operation has taken place, but the number of skirmishes has been alarmingly high. In just two months, there were more than 300 battles. There are more than two battles almost every day, and the casualties in each case are limited. In some battles, there may not even be casualties, and even if there are serious casualties, they usually do not exceed 100 people. But the number of battles could not be sustained, and the British casualties in the past two months were several thousand. To make matters worse, the British soldiers had to be vigilant twenty-four hours a day, and they had to open one eye when they slept. As a result, a large number of British soldiers had a lot of nervous and nervous problems, and their morale naturally dropped to a mess.

A few days earlier, Boer guerrillas had successfully attacked the heavily fortified Johannesburg gold mine, blowing up some of its key equipment, pushing back the mine's reproduction by at least a month.

Naturally, the news caused turmoil in the gold market, and Lord Kitchener, the commander of the British military in South Africa, began to come under increasing pressure. Britain demanded that he take immediate and forceful measures to "restore order to South Africa, and not allow it to become an unhealing wound on the Empire." (The Times)

"It really seems that this is the only way to do it." In his office, Lord Kitchener said this to himself.

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In July 1899, during one of the coldest days in South Africa, Lord Kitchener, commander of the British forces in South Africa, issued an order:

"In order to restore order in South Africa and safeguard the interests of the South African people. The officer hereby makes the following order:

1. With immediate effect, the territory of the former Transvaal Republic shall be divided into the following appeasement zones...... The people of the appeasement zones were not allowed to cross the borders of the appeasement zones at will, and the British army had the right to shoot him on the spot as a partisan if he violated the order.

2. In order to ensure local security and peace, the British Imperial Army will establish blockade ditches, pillboxes and other military facilities at key locations, and military restricted areas within 300 meters of military facilities. The British Imperial Army has the right to use force to maintain security and peace by anyone who trespasses into a military restricted area without permission.

3. Any farmer who shelters the guerrillas and provides them with material information will be burned down and exiled for themselves and their families.

4. Every subject who is willing to submit to the order of the British Empire should be vigilant and consciously help the Imperial army to eliminate the guerrillas. Anyone who colludes with the guerrillas and whose neighbours do not report it is considered to be supporting the rebellion. and impose corresponding penalties.

5. Any person who has acquired British nationality and who supports or joins a guerrilla force shall be directly sentenced to death for treason.

6. For the sake of ease of administration and security considerations, the British Empire was prepared to establish centralized settlements for the inhabitants scattered in the countryside, and any peaceful inhabitants who supported the British Empire should temporarily leave their places of residence and move into safe concentration camps. Any confrontation with this policy will be seen as supporting the guerrillas......"

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"Dad, you see the British are here!" The farmer, Syver, had just finished breakfast and was about to go to his farmland when he heard his son Gray shout. He looked over there, and sure enough, he saw a group of British cavalry coming towards the farm.

"Damn British!" Syver spat violently on the ground.

The pair of English horsemen soon came to Seifer's door, led by a lieutenant, who rode up to Seifer's and looked condescendingly into Seifer's eyes. Syver raised his eyes angrily and stared at the guy.

"You're the owner of this farm?" The lieutenant asked with a blank face, shaking the whip in his hand.

"Not bad! This is my land. Seifer said through gritted teeth.

The lieutenant's whip shook for a moment, as if it was about to be pulled off. But the whip was not drawn, and the lieutenant said in a cold voice: "By order of Lord Kitchener of the British Empire, your family must be moved to the charre concentration camp at once. Didn't you receive this order? ”

"This is my home, and we won't go there." Before Seifer could reply, his wife, Emily, preemptively said so.

"Good." The lieutenant laughed suddenly, and then he suddenly half-bent down from his horse, and Sever, who was very amiable, said, "Mr. Farmer, is that also your opinion?" And your son, should I ask his opinion as well? ”

"No, this is our land, we're not going anywhere! This is what our whole family means. Seifer said firmly.

"What a pity." The lieutenant straightened up, handed the side of the horse in his right hand to his left, and shook his head. It looked as if he was leaving, but his now free right hand suddenly drew out the saber that hung on the side of the saddle and plunged it into Seifer's chest.

The movement was so fast as lightning that Emily couldn't react at all, and it wasn't until the lieutenant pulled the saber out of Cypher's chest that she put her hands to her lips and screamed.

"Anyone who refuses to carry out the orders of the British Empire is a traitor!" The lieutenant said this coldly, swinging his saber and easily unblocking the wooden fork that Gray had stabbed at him, and then in Emily's scream, the blade flashed, and a man's head flew up.

By this time several other horsemen had already gathered around, aiming their guns at Emily and staring at her towering breasts with beastly eyes.

"Lieutenant, what about that woman?" A guy asked in a hoarse voice.

"She's also rebellious." The lieutenant was wiping his saber with a cloth, and he didn't even look at Emily again, and said so.

"Head, brothers......" said the other cavalryman to the lieutenant with a flattering smile, "the woman...... People want to ......"

"That woman is also rebellious." The lieutenant repeated it again, and then said, "You have to move quickly, and when we get back, we will rush to the next house in the afternoon." ”

"Yes, sir. We get it. The cavalryman said with irrepressible joy.

Although the lieutenant stressed that he should set out as much as he could, the sub-cavalry remained in the farm for more than an hour, after all, the rebels were dead, and their belongings should of course be confiscated and state-owned. So it will take time to find out all their belongings, of course. Moreover, there are more than ten people in the whole team, but there is only one female rebel, of course...... In short, it took them more than an hour to settle all those things, all kinds of belongings were put in their pockets, and all the rebellions that dared to challenge the majesty of the empire and rebel against the order of the empire were all killed. Finally these loyal and brave warriors of the British Empire began to take their booty with them—three horses drawn from the farm, drawn by a cart of all kinds of captured booty, and five cattle, four big fat pigs, and six big fat sheep, followed by the cart. In addition, with the exception of the lieutenant with crisp white gloves, almost all the others had a chicken in their left hand, a duck in their right hand, and a ...... on their backs It's a big pocket, not a fat doll, and certainly not a fat time.

Behind them, the farm was burning, orange-red flames rising more than ten meters high, billowing black smoke rising into the sky.

The lieutenant looked around on his horse, and unsurprisingly saw smoke rising from other directions.

"Everybody's working hard today." "As soon as we have sent our things back," said the lieutenant, "we will set off for the next farm, and lunch will be eaten on the way, lest the fellows hear the wind and run away." ”

"Yes, sir! Just do what you say. The soldiers replied like a pack of wolves.

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Throughout the day, stories like this continue to play out on the land of South Africa. Thanks to the efforts of the loyal soldiers of the British Empire, thousands of rebels were killed on the spot in this single day, and those Boer rebels who dared to rebel against the order of the British Empire were dealt a heavy blow.

Immediately afterward, in accordance with the instructions of His Excellency Lord Kitchener, the invincible British army, with the support of peace-loving patriots throughout Britain, erected a total length of 6,000 kilometers of barbed wire, dug a 2,000-kilometer length of blockade trenches, and built more than 8,000 pillboxes in areas where rebel activities were rampant, greatly improving the security situation in the whole of South Africa. It has been praised by the South African people.

Of course, the warmongers who are on the side of the traitors can't see such a good thing. They have spread rumors and slandered the achievements of the British army in newspapers that lacked basic journalistic ethics, and even said nonsense that after the British army launched a law and order strengthening campaign, South Africa appeared "look up to the watchtower, go out with barbed wire." There is no village without filial piety, and there are cries everywhere". Such slander is naturally untrue, and it cannot deceive the people of the world!