Cecil Rhodes has always attached great importance to the information related to the Transvaal Republic, and there are many British expatriates in the Transvaal Republic, which also provides conditions for Cecil Rhodes to carry out intelligence work on the Transvaal Republic.

The Boers were extremely wary of these British expatriates and imposed that foreign nationals residing in Johannesburg were required to pay full taxes, but were not entitled to participate in presidential and legislative elections unless they had lived in the Transvaal for 14 years and were naturalized. In addition, all aliens are not allowed to hold government office and their children cannot attend government-funded schools. This provision is actually aimed at British expatriates. Naturally, such an attitude also made the British expatriates extremely dissatisfied, and they naturally looked forward to the day when the British Empire would be able to destroy these ignorant and shameless Boers. So these expatriates were also willing to provide Britain with intelligence about the Transvaal Republic.

Before Cecil Rhodes became Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, there was already an organization of British expatriates in the Transvaal, the "Aliens Reform Committee", which was initially just an ordinary organization of British expatriates fighting for their interests in the Transvaal. But after Cecil Rhodes became Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, and thanks to Cecil Rhodes's efforts, the organization quickly turned into an intelligence and riot dedicated to the destabilization of the Transvaal. Disorganized. Cecil Rhodes now has information that this organization has sent it.

Because the Boers were very wary of the British expatriate, it was very difficult for them to get really specific information, but it was really difficult to hide that Johannesburg was preparing to start building a large fortress complex.

Cecil Rhodes knew that the Boers were not the unenlightened of the Zulus, and that with the military might of the Cape Colony, he could easily crush those, but it was not so easy against the Boers. To be honest, Cecil Rhodes still has a good idea of the level of the colonial army in his hands. I'm afraid the level of these guys is not as good as the mine police in their own company, and most of them are more than lucky to the Boers.

But Cecil Rhodes still wants to take a risk, and there is no other lucrative business in the world that doesn't need to be risked. He decided to send a large number of armed mine police to the Witwatersrand gold mine in Johannesburg, and then join forces with the Aliens Reform Committee guys to start a rebellion. If they succeeded, they could overthrow President Paul Kruger's rule and plunge the Transvaal Republic into chaos. Then Britain naturally had a chance to annex it. Even if it didn't work, it wouldn't be a big deal, and would the Boers still dare to attack the Cape colony because of this? If so, that's great. Because it would only plunge the British Empire into the war against the Boers at once. Once the British Empire decided to do it, the tiny Transvaal Republic, no matter how good it was, would only be defeated. Of course, he will definitely lose the position of "Prime Minister of the Cape Colony", but as long as he can annex the Transvaal Republic, his goal will be achieved, so what do you want that boring position for? Even if the Transvaal Republic endured. There was no counterattack against the Cape Colony, but in any case, they had to deal with the mine policemen who attacked them, and the British expatriates who launched a rebellion. It was the policy of the British Empire to protect the diaspora, and if London sat back and watched those expatriates involved in the rebellion being hanged one by one, they would definitely be scolded to death by the opposition at home, and they would suffer heavy losses in the subsequent elections. So, they have to intervene, and this can easily lead to war. For Cecil Rhodes felt that no matter how much he carried out a deathly provocation, the final result would be very favorable to him. In that case, why not do it? Cecil Rhodes did not think much about what would happen to the mine policemen he had sent and those who had cooperated with the Aliens Reform Committee that had launched the rebellion. Because no one can die on his head anyway. As for the victim, as a subject of the British Empire, for the sake of the Empire, it is not rightly to sacrifice? The United Kingdom will remember theirs, the flag of the British Empire has their blood-stained cross.

After careful consideration, Cecil Rhodes made the decision to prepare the police of the South African company for the expedition, and at the same time began to contact the people of the "Aliens Committee" to discuss how to cooperate with the outside world to capture Johannesburg and overthrow the Boer rule in one fell swoop.

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"Mr. President, we have noticed that some of the guys of the 'Aliens Reform Committee' have been haunting our fort sites and near the police department lately, and they have recently purchased quite a few weapons." Johannesburg's police chief, Laudrup, reported to President Kruger.

The Boers had always trusted the British expatriates and had always kept a close eye on them. And these guys themselves are not professional intelligence officers, they lack training to carry out such activities, and when they do things like this, the movement is too loud, and it is easy for the Boer police department to notice.

"They procured weapons?" President Kruger asked.

"Yes, in the name of organizing a hunting club, they bought a lot of weapons, including rifles, shotguns, pistols, etc., which add up to about hundreds."

"What do they want to do? Do they want to start a rebellion? President Krueger muttered to himself. Then he said to Director Laudrup: "Keep an eye on them, how many of them are there?" Do you want me to send you some more cops? ”

"No, Mr. President." "They have a lot of them, but we have more of them, two of them and one of them, and I have more than a hundred people left in the reserves." ”

"Don't be careless. I still asked the people in the army to be prepared, and of course, in order to avoid attracting their attention, I asked them to wear the police. Pretend to be your subordinate for the time being. If they start a rebellion, you can mobilize them to crush those damn Brits! President Kruger said.

"Yes, Mr. President." Director Laudrup replied.

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After more than a month of "secret preparations", Cecil Rhodes finally gave the order to attack Johannesburg. His old friend Jensen will lead 500 South African company police officers and a few machine guns to Johannesburg, where they will join the members of the "Aliens Committee" and launch an attack.

On February 28, 1996, Jensen led the mine police to set out, and at the same time the "Aliens Committee" began to mobilize before the war. In the auditorium of the "Aliens Committee", more than a hundred British expatriates who were preparing to participate in the rebellion were gathered here. The leader of the "Aliens Committee", Mr. Dahl, after conveying the instructions from Cecil Rhodes, told all those who attended: "This operation will be very dangerous, and many people may die as a result. So, if anyone is scared, it's still too late to quit. ”

The other members responded with a firm oath: "There are no cowards among us!" ”

"Good!" "Then I'll start laying out our actions, and once I've started talking about the plan of action, no one can quit." Have you figured it out? ”

"Let's get started! Mr! ”

"We're fed up with those damn Boers!"

"There are no cowards among us! Who dares to be a coward, Lao Tzu broke him with one shot! ”

All sorts of voices rang out.

"Be quiet!" Mr. Dahl said, "I was very touched by everyone's patriotic enthusiasm and heroism. Okay, let's talk about this operation. At the same time, he opened the curtain that hung on the wall, revealing a large-scale topographical map of Johannesburg.

"Mr. Jensen's mine police force will launch an attack on the presidential palace from this direction. Caught off guard, the Boers would certainly have mobilized all their military forces in this direction. Mr. Jensen had at his disposal 500 well-trained mine policemen, who were more elite than the average army. The only people who could be temporarily mobilized by the Boers were the Johannesburg police, who numbered only about 400 people. To withstand Mr. Jensen's attacks, the fool Laudrup would have to mobilize all his police in this direction. Yes, that idiot will definitely do it, and even if he doesn't, Kruger will let him do it. In this way, from here, here, this large area will become an unprotected area with no defense. At that time, we set out from here and divided into two teams, one led by me and attacked in the direction of the presidential palace, and the other led by Mr. David and attacked the police station. In this way, the Boers will surely collapse when they are attacked on their backs, and by that time the whole of Johannesburg, nay, the whole of South Africa, will be our British. ”

"Long live the British Empire!" The men below suppressed their voices as hard as they could, clenching their fists at the same time.

"Mr. Jensen will attack in the early hours of January 3, tomorrow morning, and now there are still ten hours before they attack. Tomorrow morning, forty minutes after the battle began, the Boer police should have been drawn in this direction. At that point, we'll attack! Now, do you have any questions about this operation? ”

Those British expatriates look at me, I look at you, and they all shook their heads at the end.

"Very well," said Mr. Dahl, "then it is determined." Act on this plan tomorrow! He paused, then jerked up his arms and let out a low roar, "Down with the Boole. Politics, South Africa belongs to the United Kingdom! ”