The next day.

The British Governor in Kabul looked at the corpses of the British soldiers collected yesterday with a grim face, and the number of puppet troops was even larger.

"How many people died yesterday?"

"Our men only died 385 people, and the total number of casualties was 2,407, and the Afghan government forces lost more than 200 people, and the casualties were probably more than 500."

"How can we lose so much more than the Afghan government army?" The Governor exclaimed.

If you want to say how many Afghan government troops died, he didn't feel distressed, but the soldiers of the British Empire, he had a headache when so many people died, and the Afghan government army suffered fewer casualties than the British army?

Knowing the Governor's doubts, the British general, who was eager to get rid of his responsibilities, hurriedly said: "Your Excellency the Governor, it is obvious that the Afghan government forces have not contributed to the work, and they may have fought because they sympathized with the terrorists or were afraid of death, so they did not do their best to fight. ”

This is certain, after all, the government army is now a puppet army in Afghanistan that everyone shouts and beats, assisting the British in suppressing Afghanistan, of course, these government soldiers are also mixed food, there is no need to fight bloody for the hegemony of the United Kingdom.

The governor of Kabul sighed and said: "We lost so many people this time, fortunately Kabul did not lose it, otherwise it would be difficult to explain it in the country!" ”

More than 300 people died, which was definitely a big defeat for the British army, you must know that the British only lost more than 1,300 people in the Zulu War in the previous life, and the next Afghan resistance groups everywhere are probably ready to move, and the number of casualties will rise.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the rebels and government insiders colluded, which caught us off guard, and many soldiers reacted, and our numerical advantage was not obvious, and the Afghan government army acted again, and we could only rely on our own people and terrorist militants to fight, so the number of casualties this time was too large."

The British army in Kabul is actually not much, because Afghanistan has not been completely conquered by the British, the central government has surrendered, and the local forces may not be of the same mind as the central government, and most of them choose to wait and see.

Even some remote regional forces threatened that the central government of Afghanistan had betrayed the country, so it was an illegal government, and chose to stand on its own, which led to the fact that the main forces of the British army had to be scattered in various places to deter the Afghan opposition.

If the main forces of the British army were concentrated in Kabul, giving Mutila ten guts would not have chosen Kabul as a target.

The combat effectiveness of the British was still good, and after the chaos, they quickly completed the assembly and entered the combat state, so as not to let Kabul fall into the hands of the enemy, otherwise the governor in Kabul would be in great trouble.

In fact, his own troubles were already in big trouble, so the British governor in Kabul began to have a headache about the aftermath and at the same time had to face an even bigger storm.

However, if the British governor in Kabul knew that he was killed by the Kabul rebels in another time and space, I don't know if he would feel some comfort.

"Now immediately investigate the suspicious elements in the city, and at the same time the whole city will be under martial law for three days, and all those who do not cooperate will be arrested, I don't want to repeat yesterday's incident."

Although the British army had already conducted a survey of the whole city after the battle yesterday, the governor in Kabul was still apprehensive after the assassination.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he said again: "By the way, yesterday the mayor of Kabul was heroic, let his family choose one to make up for it!" ”

I don't know if the mayor of Kabul, who is a substitute for the dead, will be glad that the governor in Kabul still remembers him, at least the governor in Kabul is kind and has not forgotten to block the gun.

"Inform the military everywhere, strengthen precautions, don't let the Afghan resistance group take advantage of the loopholes, and the identity of the group of bandits yesterday has been confirmed?"

"It has been confirmed that their leader is called Murat, a former religious leader in the city of Kabul, who disappeared after we occupied Kabul, and did not expect to join a terrorist armed group."

"I must catch this terrorist named Murati, and I will hang him on the walls of Kabul."

……

The news of Kabul can't be hidden, after all, so many people died, it still happened in Kabul, and the uprising, as long as someone fired the first shot, someone else would follow, just like the so-called spark, it can start a prairie fire.

Sure enough, there were many riots in southern Afghanistan, which gave the British army in Afghanistan an extreme headache, and the terrain of Afghanistan made it difficult for the British army to exert it, and the riot area could not be suppressed in time.

The governor in Kabul had to ask for help from home and gather more troops, after all, Afghanistan had already eaten into its mouth, and it would be too embarrassing to spit it out, and it was not reconciled, and Britain could only choose to continue to follow up.

10 Downing Street.

The Benjamin government also had to turn its attention to Afghanistan, which suffered losses in East Africa last year, and if Afghanistan could not hold on any longer, then what kind of colonization would it be.

Benjamin was already an admirer of colonialism, and the signing of the Treaty of Gandamak between Afghanistan and Britain in the middle of the year was one of the biggest achievements of his current tenure.

"What is the situation in Afghanistan now? How could it suddenly take a sharp turn? ”

"Your Excellency, the current situation in Afghanistan is still under control, but because of the bad impact of the Kabul riots, many cats and dogs have jumped out again, and the Governor General in Kabul has reported to us that Afghanistan has a fragmented terrain and a large area, and more troops are needed to ensure stability on the ground."

"Hmph, he still has the face to say? He should have been killed by the rebels then! ”

"The prime minister is angry, he can't help it, as far as Afghanistan is concerned, it is really difficult to govern there, otherwise the rebels will not get weapons support."

"Well, speaking of weapons support, where did the rebels' weapons come from?"

"We think the biggest suspects are Russia, who are closest to Afghanistan and have been allies of Afghanistan before."

"Are you sure? Then why didn't the Russians stop us when we entered Afghanistan before, but did it after we occupied Afghanistan? ”

"Your Excellency, you have forgotten that at that time the Russians had to deal with the Ottomans, and naturally wanted to curry favor with us, but now it is different, Russia and the Ottoman Empire are deadlocked, and the two sides are likely to compromise, and Bismarck still wants to reconcile with it, the Russians may have begun to contact the Germans, intending to end the war, and the Russians, who have free time, will naturally want to trouble us."

"Could this just be your guess?"

"Our people found one thing when they collected the rebels' weapons, that is, the Afghan rebels have a lot of weapons, and even we have a lot of weapons, but there are not many Russian weapons, which is very abnormal, so it is very likely that the Russians secretly support Afghanistan, but because the Russian-Turkish war has not ended, they don't want to offend us, so they can only play tricks behind their backs."

Benjamin thought about it carefully, there is really such a possibility, the Russians must be unhappy that Britain occupied Afghanistan easily, but because of their own reasons, they could not fully support Afghanistan, so they secretly provided support to the local Afghans.

"It's very likely, in that case, we can't let the Russians be too leisurely, they will make trouble for us as soon as they are idle, and if they really get involved in Afghanistan at this time, maybe our previous efforts will be in vain."

"So what do we do?"

"Contact the Ottoman Empire and destroy the opportunity for peace talks, we will provide some help to the Ottomans, so that they can continue to consume with Russia, as long as Russia is condemned to death in a state of war, they will not have idle dogs to take mice."

Benjamin also instructed: "As for Afghanistan, gather more Indian troops from India, and the Cape Town Army will also disperse a part of it into Afghanistan to fight, and there must be no big chaos in Afghanistan." ”

When Britain was negotiating trouble for Russia, Elijah's report on the Kabul uprising was also sent to China, after all, as a planner and commander, his credit was great, of course, as a bare-bones commander, he actually did not have much say in the Afghan resistance organization, and could only give advice to Mutilati, but this did not affect his exaggerated role in his own report.

And the Tsarist government quickly replied to Ilya, intensified its efforts, continued to make trouble for the British, and also provided a batch of weapons to support Ilya's voice in the resistance group.

Britain and Russia, with the help of East Africa, started the dog-eat-dog days in advance, and even part of the troops used to deal with East Africa in Cape Town were transferred, and it was impossible for Britain to trouble East Africa in a short time.

(End of chapter)