Immediately, Pretorius Jr. appointed Wiggins as the prefect of the city of Pretoria, but Wiggins needed to recruit his own soldiers, because there were not many people in Pretorius Jr.'s organization to resist the East African invasion, and he did not have many soldiers.

Little Pretorius said to Wiggins, the commander of the light pole: "At the time of the country's survival, there are still many people who do not know much about the style of the Germans, in fact, when they invaded the Transvaal Republic, I knew that they were not good, the Germans attacked the Transvaal for nothing more than land, but some of the people naively thought that it was just a change of ruler, and chose not to resist, let the Germans invade, in the future they will definitely regret their choice today." ”

In fact, some Boers don't care much about the so-called East African invasion, and the East Africans are not Germans! So what are you afraid of? In fact, the vast majority of Boers were not averse to German rule, and the Boers were mainly composed of white immigrants from the Netherlands, Germany, and France, and they also had some affinity with Germany.

Of course, if the Boer farmers knew about the policy of the Kingdom of East Africa, they would definitely say to East Africa, as little Pretorius said, damn Prussian barbarians!

Now that East Africa is fighting to control the entire Transvaal Republic, the Boer farmers have not yet been able to see the mode and means of the East African kingdom, so many unknown Boers have even taken the initiative to welcome the "king", and it will not be long before they will become the most staunch anti-East Africans.

Wiggins: "Your Excellency, since you handed over Pretoria to me, then I will definitely guard him until the last moment, but I need manpower, even if it is not much, I must ensure that the initial conscription and mobilization are completed, and the East African gangs will be fought with the strength of all Pretoria!" ”

Little Pretorius nodded and said, "Yes, but I can only leave you with a team." ”

Wiggins: "Enough! ”

Wiggins's view is the same as that of little Pretorius, East Africa is not here to help the Boers alleviate poverty, if you just want to rule the Transvaal Republic, you don't have to start a war, you can talk first and then fight.

Wiggins's idea, if Ernst knows, must be scoffed, talk first and then talk well, but I don't know whether the Boers are talking with the British or East Africa, the Kingdom of East Africa is not so prestigious, through negotiations to convince the Boers, they can completely wait between Britain and East Africa to sell, or even no one to choose, continue to govern, Ernst attacked the Transvaal Republic so that the Boers will not be able to make any reaction, and then the Boers will not have the right to choose, the war is like this, the winner takes all.

After handing over the administration of Pretoria, Pretorius Jr. and his supporters traveled south to the Orange Free State, while Wiggins, who was in danger, prepared to carry out a general mobilization in Pretoria against the East African Army there.

Wiggins, who monopolized the military and political power in Pretoria, first faced the problem of conscription, so he first launched a public opinion offensive against the citizens of Pretoria, and now the people in the towns of Pretoria are panicking, war, everyone is no stranger, no one knows what the military discipline on the other side is, and what the attitude towards civilians is, so Wiggins used rumors to make the people of Pretoria re-understand the East African Kingdom.

"Citizens of Pretoria! You may not know much about the so-called Kingdom of East Africa, but I am sure that some of you know absolutely well about Prussia, which is a kingdom of soldiers who are even more barbaric and subject to a reign of terror than Prussia, and as a Boer who has served in prisons in the Kingdom of East Africa, I can tell you something 'truthful'. ”

Sure enough, Wiggins' words sparked a heated discussion among the citizens of Pretoria.

"Hared! Your ancestors were Prussians, you should know what Prussia is like, right? Willit, who is of Dutch descent, asked his neighbor.

"Willit, you are right, my grandfather fled from Prussia to Africa, he told me that under Prussian rule, people are indeed not taken seriously, and they raise troops to fight every year, recruit soldiers from the civilian population, and the military discipline of the troops is extremely poor, and the noble officers often withhold food and educate the soldiers below with sticks......"

Harred sprayed Prussia's crimes all over the place, in fact, these are the truth, Hared's grandfather's time, Prussian rule was like this, it is not today's Germany, nor is it reformed Prussia, in Hared's grandfather's time, many German immigrants chose to leave for various reasons, the former German region was indeed unlivable, and who suffered from the war and taxation every year.

Willitt: "Oh my God? It's terrible, we must not let the Transvaal become a country like that! ”

And at this time, Wiggins, who gave the speech, continued: "While I was captured by the vicious East Africans, I also noticed their composition and way of life, the whole East African kingdom is a large military camp, there are no so-called free people, all of them are subject to strict laws, and accept the rule of the East African kingdom like sheep, and the king of the East African kingdom is a member of the Prussian Hohenzollern family......"

Wiggins is right, in fact, he has no contact with the civilians of East Africa, and the Kingdom of East Africa imprisoned him in the royal palace in Bulawayo in order to prevent him from stealing information, and did not let him contact anyone, so Wiggins's rule over East Africa is conjecture, exaggeration and smearing.

However, the Boers below think that what Wiggins said must be right, after all, many Boer ancestors at the scene really came from Prussia, and Wiggins's statement is in line with the image of Prussia in the mouth of his grandparents.

Seeing that the mood of the masses was mobilized, Wiggins said: "Can you allow the tyrants of East Africa to impose on us the backward monarchy of Europe?" ”

"Of course not!"

"Then will you allow the Kingdom of East Africa to turn beautiful Pretoria into a gruesome barracks?"

"It will not be allowed, down with the East African invaders, long live the Transvaal Republic!"

……

Wiggins' conscription was achieved by mobilizing popular sentiment, and so far it seems to have been completed, and the citizens of Pretoria enthusiastically joined the army, allowing Wiggins to assemble an army of more than 2,000 men.

The next headache for Wiggins is how to defeat the East Africans, Letoria is originally a defensive town, so it is an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, and it is not difficult to defend, if you can use Letoria well, it is not difficult to hold out until reinforcements arrive.

Wiggins began to carry out targeted education for his officers and soldiers according to the situation of the East African Army during the last Ndebele uprising, weakening the image of the East African Army, "Although the East African Army imitated Prussia everywhere, they did not learn the essence, but only showed it, in the battle between Ndebele and the Germans, the performance of the East African Army was that any European instructor had to shake his head, full of loopholes, and the reason why he was able to achieve victory was entirely due to advanced weapons, coupled with the lack of training of the Ndebele people, many people could not operate muskets, The weapons we provided were turned into burning sticks in their hands, and that was the reason for the defeat of the Ndebele people. ”

In Wiggins's mouth, the Middle East African Army is vulnerable, as long as it encounters a slightly experienced army, it will be defeated, and the Boers do not say that they are a division of a hundred battles, and it is indispensable to often go toe-to-toe with the Zulu Kingdom in the East, so the advantage is in me, with the help of the terrain and architecture of Pretoria, to give East Africa a head-on blow.

(End of chapter)