"Hmph, these East Africans are so hateful! Look at this gun, the oil on it is all new, the rifling is not worn, and at first glance it is a new product that has not been used, and they are willing to use it for the white bandits. ”

Little Pretorius scolded angrily when he saw the sample of the firearm that Blanca had sent, while the others were intercepted by Blanca and used to expand the army.

"Mr. President, the East African border guards use Mauser rifles, and this is clearly the Vondel rifle used by the Austro-Constitutional troops, but given the relationship between East Africa and Austria-Hungary, it is not too easy for East Africa to obtain this rifle, but they obviously have concerns about directly intervening in our conflict with the Oranges, so they do not blatantly directly provide the Oranges with their own weapons." Little Pretorius's staff analyzed.

"This is obviously a good thing for us, which shows that East Africans are still afraid of Britain, otherwise I am afraid that the battlefield is now considered to be the standard weapon of East Africa, although the quality of weapons in East Africa is a little worse than that of the German region, but correspondingly, logistics, cost, spare parts, etc. are much easier than importing from Europe."

"In addition, East Africa chooses to use Austro-Hungarian weapons to support the Oranges, which is an additional procedure, that is, to cross the sea, and then transfer land in ports, and finally send inland by rail, which consumes a lot of time, so there will inevitably be problems in supply, and as long as we fight fast enough and good enough, then there will definitely be problems with the logistics system of the Oranges."

Little Pretorius was not the slightest bit happy, what does it mean to fight fast enough, good enough, then the overall performance of the current Transvaal Restoration Army must not meet this standard.

He interrupted: "What is the overall situation on the front line now! How effective is the radiation in the area of control of our army? ”

"Brandefort to the north of Bloemfontein, Berlin to the northeast, Saunas to the east, the banks of the Carfu River to the south, the Solt pool to the northwest, and Bosland to the west have all been taken by us, effectively guaranteeing our control and strategic security over Bloemfontein, and now the great danger near Bloemfontein no longer exists." The commander of the Restoration Army, Mi Dilyka, reported to Pretorius the Younger.

This result made the Transvaal dignitaries present very satisfied, which means that the area of more than 300 kilometers around Bloemfontein has formed a safe area, not to mention the military significance, the safety of one's own life is enough to make people happy.

"In addition to our success in Bloemfontein, we also occupied new cities and military fortresses such as Bertrfontein, Peterresburg, and Redsburg, further reducing the living space of the Orange people and greatly expanding the living home of the Transvaals......

"Ahem, General Mi's Laika, don't say anything that is not conducive to unity." Little Pretorius interrupted.

Although the Transvaal did this, it would not look good to tear off the fig leaf, just like the Transvaal Restoration Army's official definition of the Orange Free Resistance Army as "white bandits", and it is absolutely impossible to distinguish the Orange and the Transvaal too clearly, which is very detrimental to the Orange forces who are in a wait-and-see or neutral attitude.

And for little Pretorius personally, he did not have any prejudice against the people of Orange, and even hoped that the two families would be like brothers, because his father was old Pretorius, a recognized hero of the Boers, and his father participated in the establishment of the Transvaal and Orange, and it can even be said that he played a leading role.

It's a pity that now that little Pretorius is sitting in this position, he can't help himself, with the British Emperor and the old ministers of the Transvaal, both of whom are pushing him to lead the Transvaal and Orange people to separate, and all that Little Pretorius can do is to delay this trend as much as possible.

For example, Mi's Laika was not interested in uniting the Oranges, but in winning the war, which helped him personally, and at the same time increased his power in the army.

"Under the guidance of the British adviser Charles, we have adopted a step-by-step strategy, and through the three-month offensive, we have obtained a large number of base areas, and it is impossible for the 'white bandits' to pose a serious threat to our side, and the balance of war is naturally tilted in our favor."

After receiving instructions from the President, Mitilaika replaced the Orange Free Resistance Army with the term White Bandit, even though the two were the same thing.

"Well, you did a good job, now we just need to reduce the living space of the 'white bandits' step by step, and the most important thing is to cut off their ties with the East Africans, then this war can be regarded as the real end." Little Pretorius said.

However, his words silenced Mitilaika, if it was easy to expand the Transvaal's occupation step by step, but to cut off the ties between East Africa and the Orange people was to be a strongman.

So Mithleka still chose to throw this difficult question out and be honest with the government officials: "It is too difficult to cut off the connection between East Africa and the 'white bandits', not because I am prestigious, but which of you has a solution to the fact that the Orange Free State is surrounded by East Africa on three sides?" ”

East Africa is like a big mountain, pressing on everyone present, if it were not for the British colony of Cape Town, maybe everyone would have found a way to move south, just like when the British threatened the Boers to go north.

Now the Transvaals have no choice, they cannot reconcile with East Africa, and East Africa is the same, so they can only choose to serve the British.

And this choice was indeed the best option for the Transvaals, at least now that they were back at the center of political power, albeit by watching the doves occupy the magpie's nest.

Therefore, in the face of interests, there are no so-called Boers, only the Transvaals and Oranges, as for the great cause of recovering the country.

There may be people who still don't forget their original intentions, but more old foxes know that it is basically impossible to complete that goal, unless East Africa suddenly disintegrates, and this probability is very small, even if East Africa disintegrates, the local forces left in East Africa will fill the vacancy, and there is still no chance for the Transvaals.

Of course, it is not completely out of the question, that is, the British intervened, but the vast majority of people are no longer optimistic about the dispute between Britain and East Africa in South Africa.

Britain's global power and structure can easily suppress East Africa, but in Africa, the British encountered the same dilemma as they faced in North America.

The British colonies in all of Africa could not shake the foundations of East Africa, and of course, it was possible to support the Egyptian or Abyssinian Empires, which were populous enough and bordered East Africa.

But it is clear that Britain could not do this, and now that Britain controls the Suez Canal and the Red Sea coast, how can it make trouble for itself.

Although the existence of East Africa interrupted Britain's strategic deployment plan in Africa, it did not threaten Britain's core interests, one is the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and the other is Cape Town, which are still in British hands, and the colonization of Africa is actually not so important to Britain.

Now Britain is the world's largest colonial power, controlling most of the elite colonies, of course, the more colonies, the better, if you can't get it, there is no big regret.

The main reason why Britain is now hostile to East Africa is that the territory of East Africa is too large, and the land area also represents potential, but no one will think that the potential of East Africa can be compared to the United States, and East Africa is more like an enlarged version of Brazil.

(End of chapter)