South Africa, a rich and beautiful land. The earliest indigenous inhabitants were the San, Khoi and later Bantu who migrated south. In 1652, the Dutch began to invade and waged several colonial wars against the local blacks. At the beginning of the 19th century, the British invaded and seized the "Cape Colony" in 1806, and the Dutch Boers were forced to migrate to the interior, and established the "Orange Free State" and the "Republic of Teresa" successively.

However, after Britain's crushing defeat in the world war, not only was its territory divided, but even its overseas colonies were completely lost. Most of Britain's overseas colonies were occupied by the Chinese Empire, and a small part was divided between the hardcore allies of Spain and Belgium. As for the other victorious powers, they did not get them, which also made the other victorious powers very dissatisfied with the Chinese Empire.

South Africa was rich in gold and diamonds, making it an important colony of the Chinese Empire. However, many of the gold and diamond fields belonged to the Boer establishment of the Orange Free State and the Republic of Teresa. The empire, of course, could not tolerate the occupation of these gold and diamond mines by the Boers. Therefore, the empire threatened the Boers with great military strength, so that the Boers had to agree to become a protectorate of the Chinese Empire and accept the colonization of the Chinese Empire. Subsequently, the Chinese Empire began to emigrate to South Africa, moving more than 200,000 people to the original British Cape colony.

Because the empire's territory is now too vast, there are many rich places that are no worse than South Africa. Therefore, there are not many people who are willing to go to South Africa. However, as the population of the empire grew faster and faster, so did the population. It is expected that more immigrants will soon be willing to move to South Africa. It's just that now the Boers have actually broken out in an uprising. If the empire wanted to migrate to South Africa, it had to put out the Boer uprising first.

The total population of the Boers is more than one and a half million. In southern Africa, it can be regarded as a big power. Plus the covert support of the Germans. So that they have a batch of weapons and equipment. The Germans assured the Boers that they would recognize Boer rule in South Africa as long as they were able to defeat the Chinese Empire. When the British drove them inland, it has always been a pain in the hearts of the Boers. Now there is an opportunity to reoccupy all of South Africa, and they certainly will not let it go. Of course, the Chinese Empire was too strong, which was also what the Boers feared. Only, the Germans assured them that at the time of the Boer uprising. There will also be a massive uprising in India. Among China's many colonies, India has a much higher status than South Africa. At that time, even if the Chinese want to suppress the uprising, they will definitely suppress the Indian uprising first. Only after the suppression of the Indian uprising will it turn to South Africa. By that time, the Boers might have occupied all of South Africa. Moreover, as long as those Chinese immigrants are captured, they will have the capital to bargain with the Chinese Empire. If nothing else, let the Chinese recognize South Africa's independence and promise not to invade South Africa again. That shouldn't be a problem. It was precisely because of this idea that the Boers and the Germans hit it off. After the Germans brought them a large amount of weapons and equipment, the Boers immediately began a rebellion against the Chinese Empire.

When the rebellion first broke out, the Boers used the troops they had obtained from the Germans. An army of fifty thousand people was organized. Moreover, the follow-up armaments are still arriving, and the Boers will form more armies. For the Boers, with a total population of only 1.5 million. The organization of fifty thousand people has not yet reached their limit. If necessary, they could even organize an army of 150,000 people. With such a large army. The Boers were confident that they would definitely be able to defeat the Chinese* army, which had come to suppress the uprising. Capture all of South Africa.

However, the subsequent progress was beyond the expectations of the Boers. Initially, their army soon captured the interior of South Africa. The Chinese immigrants and the army, who chose to retreat strategically, all retreated to the Cape colony. Moreover, the immigrants were quickly armed, and in addition to the regular army of 12,000 men in two brigades, 30,000 militia were armed. These armies, although not necessarily able to defeat the Boers, had no problem defending the entire Cape colony. After all, the Boer armies were not regular, and their combat effectiveness was not necessarily much higher than that of the Empire's militia. However, the Boers were nomadic people, they were very mobile, and they were better at guerrilla warfare, so it would be more difficult to exterminate them.

However, it was impossible for the Boers to capture the Cape colony and capture the Chinese Empire's immigrants in South Africa.

In early July and late July, the Boers launched two attacks on the Cape colony. However, they were greeted by heavy artillery fire and machine-gun bullets from the Imperial* troops. The dense firepower inflicted heavy losses on the Boer cavalry, and the Boers lost tens of thousands of men in both attacks. This forced the Boer cavalry to evacuate the Cape colony.

If you can't conquer the Cape colony, you won't be able to capture the immigrants of the Chinese Empire here, and you won't have the confidence to bargain with the Chinese Empire. How could the Chinese* army resist the Boer uprising once they entered South Africa in a big way?

When the 7th and 8th Cavalry Corps of the Imperial Chinese Army arrived in the Cape Colony, the Boers were very nervous. Two cavalry corps, more than 70,000 men. The entire army mobilized by the Boers is only this number, but the Chinese have sent so many troops lightly, which makes the Boers feel great pressure and the power of the world's first power. The fact that so many troops could be sent to suppress the Boer rebellion casually shows the strength of the Chinese Empire. If they could, the Boers would certainly not be willing to confront such a top world power. However, if they want to gain national independence and live a happy life no longer enslaved by the Chinese Empire, they have to do so.

Besides, the Boers have already begun to revolt, and in the previous battles, they have also killed a lot of Chinese. This made it impossible for them to compromise with the Chinese Empire, and there was no other solution than war.

A small town about twenty kilometers from Cape Town, the president of the Boers, Martinas. Pretorius arrived here. He was very anxious that the troops on the front line could not capture Cape Town for a long time and capture the Chinese in the city. After all, that was what he believed was the most important guarantee of the success of the Boer uprising.

To be able to become the president of the Boers, Martinas. Pretorius is certainly not a fool. He knew that the Germans had tricked the Boers into starting an uprising, and he had no good intentions. The Boers, however, could not do without the support of the Germans. Without the support of the Germans, the Boers would not have been able to get so many advanced weapons. With only old weapons, the Boers were no match for the Chinese Empire. Hence Martinas. Pretorius would have been in vain with Dalus.

Martinas. Pretorius knew very well that confronting the Chinese Empire with the strength of the Boers was simply hitting a stone with an egg. However, he also knows that if it works well, it may not be impossible to win. After all, the more than 200,000 Chinese in South Africa have become the best bargaining chips in the hands of the Boers. As long as these Chinese can be caught, they can use this as a condition to force the Chinese to agree to a series of conditions. Although, such an approach is somewhat shameless, but, for the sake of the nation, Martinas. Pretorius couldn't care so much about it. He was convinced that all the Boers would support his plan.

Unfortunately, after the outbreak of the Boer uprising, the Chinese immediately withdrew to Cape Town, and the Chinese army escorted them throughout the retreat. Although the Boer cavalry pursued closely and attacked like wild wolves, in the face of the dense firepower of the Chinese, the Boer cavalry did not take advantage of it at all, and watched the Chinese enter Cape Town.

Of course, the Boers did not gain nothing. During this time, they have captured thousands of Chinese, and the number of Chinese killed is no less than that. However, Martinas. Pretorius believed that the Chinese would certainly not compromise with the Boers for the sake of these thousands of people. After all, the population of the Chinese is too large, a whole 600 million people! This is already a full four hundred times that of the Boers. The safest way is to take Cape Town and capture all the Chinese in the city. That way, their hole cards are big enough.

However, the Boers had lost their best time. Cape Town's defenses were not too strong, but in the eyes of the Boers they were impenetrable.

In addition, the battleships of the Chinese Navy arrived in Cape Town and used the guns of the battleships to provide artillery support for the defenders of Cape Town, which made it even more difficult to attack Cape Town. The Boer attack in late July was heavily shelled by the Chinese navy. The power of the battleship's main guns cost the Boers heavy losses, and even now I still have palpitations when I think about it.

Subsequently, the arrival of Chinese reinforcements, a full 70,000 elite cavalry, made the Boers feel deep despair. The arrival of Chinese reinforcements made Cape Town's defense even stronger, and it was even more impossible for the Boers to break Cape Town. Moreover, they must always be ready to respond to the Chinese counterattack. After all, cavalry is an offensive class. Although the cavalry of the Boers was not weak, they really did not have much confidence in confronting the battle-hardened Chinese elite cavalry. (To be continued......)

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