Merk's statement is not an exaggeration, because the Boers did not have a power system, so they could not coordinate and organize counterattacks on the battlefield in a timely manner.

East Africa has one of the best telegraph lines in the whole of Africa, and there is only one specialized telegraph line in the Republic of Boer, which leads from Cape Town to the Kimberley mines.

Now the Boer Republic is not like the previous life, it controls the gold mines of South Africa, so it is very backward in all aspects of construction, and they have to maintain a huge military force, and the infrastructure construction is basically zero.

As for the telegraph line in the Kimberley region, it was built by British merchants in the diamond-producing area, the only important mineral in the Boer Republic under the control of the British.

These were reported to the East African government by the East African Defense and Security Agency, so the Boer Republic is not only a small country with a small population, but also very backward, and this backward state is tantamount to a very unfavorable war progress for the Boer Republic.

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Midnight.

Although it is the rainy season in South Africa, the banks of the Fite River, which are deep inland, do not encounter too much rain, which brings some convenience to East Africa.

East Africa was very well prepared to cross the river, and from the day the Transvaal Republic was destroyed, the East African government was well aware of the bad relations with the Boers, so the two sides would definitely be at war.

Therefore, unlike the previous British troops on the Tuguera River, which were not even fully prepared for ships, the East African side prepared countless plans to attack the Orange Free State in peacetime, and ships that broke through the Orange River were indispensable equipment, and almost every stronghold had a certain reserve.

This time, East Africa sent 30,000 troops directly, and began to cross the Fette River under the cover of darkness, although it was located in the heart of the South African highlands, where the rain was not very abundant, but the abundant rainwater from the Drakens Mountains replenished the tributaries of the Orange River.

This is similar to the Shabelle River and the Juba River in Somalia, where rain is scarce, but the abundant rainfall in the Ethiopian highlands makes these two rivers a perennial flow.

The large-scale movement in East Africa was still discovered by the Boers, but at this time, it should have been a time to rest, and many Boer soldiers had not even come out of the camp, and the East African army had already killed ashore.

The East African army after going ashore was not so easy to solve, and the result was caused by the slackness of the Boers, who had been on the defensive for the previous three months and had not launched an offensive.

In this state, the Boer front-line soldiers were easily paralyzed, and in fact it was also the case, and the East African Defence Forces attached great importance to discipline because of Ernst.

However, the Transvaals, who were the younger brothers of the British, did not have this kind of consciousness, and they could be said to be similar to the British army in army construction, and it is more appropriate to describe them as "bandits".

The only pity is that East Africa did not give these "bandits" the opportunity to rob the East African mainland, which can be seen from the industrial layout of East Africa, the industrial areas of East Africa are located in the rear, even the agriculture on the southern border has not been developed much.

"The East Africans are calling!"

The first to discover the East Africans was a Boer drunkard Lawrence, as a logistics officer, Lawrence can often get a lot of good things, such as today, the whiskey imported from England, drunk with a few Boer soldiers during the day, and then woke up in the middle of the night to go to the river to solve physiological problems.

Then, in his blurred gaze, he seemed to see a faint light in the river, which was the light reflected by the East African steel helmet.

Lawrence came to his senses instantly, but in the face of the approaching East African army, he was a little overwhelmed, and was stunned for three seconds before he reacted, and began to run towards the position.

As Lawrence shouted, more and more Boer soldiers began to be woken up and hurriedly organized a revolt.

Faced with the bustling Boers, they were responded to by East African artillery fire.

With the arrival of the East African army, the artillery began to organize attacks on the Boer bunkers, and of course, the artillery that crossed the river this time actually used grenadiers, which were used on a large scale in the East African Army's light portable small-caliber artillery.

Although the small boat could bear the weight of East African heavy artillery, it was unstable and inefficient, and it was not easy to carry because it was a night raid.

But it should be enough to deal with the Boers, who are arguably the worst equipped in the coalition forces, especially for the lack of heavy weapons.

And at this time, their heavy weapons did not play a role, because of the night, now they do not know the specific location of the East African army at all, only feel that there are people everywhere.

It's hard to believe that the Boer fortifications were crude, even more defeated than they were before the war, and they weren't East Africans.

The real reason was that the rainy season caused a certain degree of collapse of the Boer defensive line, and the delay in launching an offensive in East Africa made the Boers gradually less concerned with the maintenance of the fortifications for three months.

Originally, the Boer defense line was very crudely built, most of which were mainly civil structures, and although the rain in South Africa was scarce, it also had a certain destructive power to this rough fortification.

But the main reason was the poor maintenance of these fortifications by the Boers, who now had to pay for their carelessness.

These fortifications were completely vulnerable as the shells of the grenadiers fell, and the East African artillery generally made few mistakes by locating the "firelight".

Most of these fires were used for night lighting or heating bonfires, and now they have become a talisman for the Boers.

Even if a smart person starts to run into the darkness, it is easy to be injured by mistake, not to mention that the darkness itself has certain dangers, such as tripping over debris, or being pushed by others.

The entire Boer position was in chaos, after all, the first time it faced such a scene, it was still in the dark of night, and it was difficult to be pacified.

The Boer officers watched the chaos of their own soldiers, but they could not do anything about it, and even if they wanted to organize a counterattack at this time, it would not be possible.

Because of the darkness of the night, the Boers now do not know the generals and the generals, and the loud noise of artillery and bullets in East Africa has increased the difficulty of command, or the command system of the Boer army is completely paralyzed.

After a round of artillery fire, the Boers had completely collapsed, and the East African army began to harvest them, of course, because of the night, many Boers chose to run away and did not confront the East African army.

At this time, it was very difficult for the East Africans to pursue these deserters, but as long as they took the Boer positions along the river, the rear of the Boer Republic was no longer in danger, and the Boer Republic government could not gather these troops in a short time.

The offensive on all three fronts in East Africa was very smooth, with only the west experiencing a little trouble, where the British were obviously more experienced than the Boers, but only slightly longer than the Boers.

At present, although the number of Boer front-line troops is large, the short-term expansion of the army has also made the Boer army a mixed number of soldiers, especially some Orange people have no intention of responding to the war.

Under their leadership, the Transvaals also chose to flee for their lives, only many of the original landlords of the Transvaal Republic were staunch resistors, after all, East Africa had actually hurt their interests before, and more low-level Boers collapsed without a fight.

(End of chapter)