With the change of mentality of Count Roberts, the South African battlefield has undergone a very negative change, which has always taken the initiative to attack the coalition forces, abandoning the original style of play, and instead began to turn to the normal operation mode of the army.

According to the previous state of the British army, they wanted to directly rely on "advanced" military weapons to directly abolish East Africa in waves, but they far underestimated the opponent of East Africa.

In fact, the British commanders on the front line could not tell their bitterness, and they could not directly admit their lack of preparation and the bad results caused by underestimating the enemy.

Therefore, the order of Count Roberts just gave them a step to get off the donkey, and the commanders of the British army began to become professional in tactical tactics, but this also led to the slow progress of the war situation on the front line all of a sudden.

The East African Defence Force (EDF) was uncomfortable with this change, as the British command became more professional, and it became more difficult to deal with.

In this situation, the time is suddenly in May.

Although there are new weapons such as the Maxim machine gun in East Africa, and there is also artillery that is not inferior to the British army, although the Maxim machine gun is extremely powerful, after the British army adapts to this weapon, as long as it changes the tactics slightly, it can be avoided as much as possible.

At the same time, Britain also urgently promoted the production of the "Maxim machine gun" in China, and at the same time urgently purchased a batch of Maxim machine guns from Belgium for use in the South African battlefield.

The difference between the two sides in strength is not large, and it depends on who can further gain tactical superiority, which will test the ability of military commanders even more.

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Military advisory groups of the Southern Military District, Germany and Austria-Hungary also arrived in South Africa.

As two European continental powers, the two countries naturally paid attention to the South African war, and in fact, many countries in Europe and the United States were paying attention to this unprecedented war.

However, the status of Germany and Austria-Hungary was more convenient than that of other countries, and they could go deep into East Africa for observation and guidance.

Merk, the East African representative in charge of hosting the military advisory group, asked: "What do you two say about the state of our East African Defence Force?" ”

"Along the way, I have gained a preliminary understanding of the strength of East Africa, and their army, whether in terms of discipline, logistics or weaponry, is in any way inferior to many European military powers, and it is no longer surprising that the British have difficulty in achieving results here." The head of the Austro-Hungarian Military Advisory Corps, Hezendorf, exclaimed.

"That's right, at least the few fronts we have reached before, the mental outlook and combat awareness of East African soldiers are much stronger than ordinary countries, and if there are such excellent soldiers, even if they are placed in Europe, they are enough to support many wars." This was stated by the head of the Prussian advisory group, Plitwitz.

The East African Defence Force (EADF) attaches great importance to discipline building, and the implementation of various rules and regulations is very strict, which of course is also based on the high military expenditure of the East African Defence Force.

The only pity is that as a country of immigrants, the cohesion of East African nationals is not yet up to the standard of a normal country, which was also considered by the East African General Staff before the war, so it tends to be conservative in its style of play.

However, compared with the British, who went thousands of miles to South Africa to fight, the war in East Africa turned into a patriotic war against aggression, which increased the legitimacy of the war in East Africa to a certain extent, so the morale of East Africa was higher than that of the British.

And with the passage of time, the filter of the British army as the "world's first power", because of the feedback from various battlefields, shattered the stereotype of East African soldiers about Britain, and to a certain extent, inspired East Africa's confidence in resisting the "invader".

Of course, this is also a coincidence, if Britain starts the war a month later, the "Patriotic War" in East Africa will probably turn into a "war" of aggression.

"This is the Maxim machine gun used in East Africa?" Plitwitz studied the domestic machine gun in East Africa.

"Our domestic machine gun in East Africa is called the 1885 heavy machine gun, and he did refer to some of the structures of the Maxim machine gun, but the two came out almost at the same time, mainly the results of our independent research and development of the East African military industry."

Prittwitz looked at the so-called 1885 heavy machine gun, which was no different from the Maxim machine gun, and was speechless, plagiarism is plagiarism, which is all carved out of a mold, so as not to say anything about independent research and development.

Merk: "The 1885 heavy machine gun played a huge role in the early stage of the war, greatly hindering the offensive of the British army, with trenches and barbed wire, it can cause great lethality to the enemy, in the entire Tugeira River campaign, the Maxim machine gun killed and injured more than 1,000 people, but in the later period, with the adjustment of British tactics, the effect of the Maxim machine gun was greatly reduced, but it was still a good firepower supplement. ”

The Germans and Austria-Hungary had no idea where the Tugela River was, but they knew from Merk's tone that the Maxim machine gun played a huge role in the South African War.

The German Army itself was armed with MG80 heavy machine guns, so Plitwitz was interested in the results of the Maxim machine guns.

"After all, the impact of a weapon on war is limited, and more consideration is given to the ability of the commander and the will of the soldier to fight." Herzendorf said from the side.

Merk did not refute: "You are right, the biggest problem of the East African Defense Forces and the British Army at present is also on this point, neither of us has a clear advantage in weapons and equipment, which has also become an important constraint on the progress of the war." ”

After East Africa and Britain actually fought each other, everyone realized that both sides were rookies, and Britain was a sea power country, so the army and navy were not very strong compared to each other.

On the contrary, although East Africa is a land power, the East African Army has no experience in major wars, so it has led to the current military tug-of-war between East Africa and the United Kingdom.

In this case, the point of competition is the ability of both sides to withstand war, which is certain, and for the East African Defense Forces, "the advantage is mine".

The longer the war lasts, and if there are no accidents, it is certain that East Africa will have greater and greater advantages, in addition to the fact that East Africa has national strength to support and at the same time has a local combat advantage.

The negative sentiment of the coalition will also increase as the war goes on, and the more mistakes the enemy makes, the greater the chance of victory in East Africa.

It's just that this advantage of East Africa has not yet been fully brought into play, and according to the requirements of the East African General Staff, the main thing now is to attrition the enemy, war is a complex system, and waiting for a critical point is the best time for East Africa to launch a counterattack.

Now, of course, the East African Defence Forces are also preparing forces to launch an offensive against coalition forces in several key theaters, but this will take time.

In the past, the East African Defense Forces did not fully grasp the initiative in the war, but passively responded to the changes in the British army, and this situation continued until the British army's tactical adjustment.

At present, the front between the British army and East Africa tends to stabilize, and this is a good time for East Africa to prepare for a counterattack, just like a turn-based game, the British made the first move, and then it is time for East Africa to play its cards.

The direction of East Africa's cards is the Republic of Boer and northern Mozambique, two battlefields that East Africa has been preparing for since two months ago, and the next stage is the implementation phase.

Previously, the British and allied forces launched surprise attacks on East Africa from three directions, which caught East Africa by surprise to a certain extent, and this time East Africa also had to put pressure on the coalition forces on multiple fronts.

East Africa withstood the pressure of the early stage of the war, and if the coalition forces cannot resist it now, then the war can declare the coalition forces to a passive state.

(End of chapter)