Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 102 South Africa’s Proxy War
In Paris, the deputy foreign ministers of various countries are trying their best to fight for more interests for each country, while in South Africa, the representatives of various countries there have also launched various actions for this purpose.

South Africa, inside the temporary Governor's Mansion in East London, the new Governor of South Africa, Jobon, is in a good mood recently, because the recent war in the Zulu Kingdom, Libra, has been moving more and more towards the result that the British Empire wanted, especially When he saw the former governor Shepstone bowing his head in front of him, his heart burst with pride.

He even hummed a little song, and his relaxed mood made the serious guards outside the office look relaxed.

"The Netherlands and Prussia have been raised by those dogs in France. Aren't they afraid of being retaliated? At this time, the [-] support army formed by Asia is still heading towards the Transvaal Republic. Governor, this is not for us. Wonderful," said the ex-Governor Shep Stone, who is now an adviser to Jobon.

There is still a relationship between the two. At the beginning, the two were strong contenders for the governor of South Africa. In the end, due to their different attributes, Shepstone was a Tory, while Jobon was a Whig.

Shepstone was promoted by Prime Minister Staley when the Tory Party was in power in 1859. He defeated Joe Boone, who was supported by the Whig Party, and came to South Africa. He was sacked, and the queen also asked him to hand over the job to Jobon as a consultant.

Hence the present scene.

However, although the two are now in a subordinate relationship, the two have never stopped fighting, although it has not surfaced.

But the antagonism between the Tories and the Whigs extended to them.

But despite this, both of them dared not underestimate the situation here because they were both afraid of the pressure brought by London.

In particular, the opponents that London is facing now are not these natives, but opponents formed by other countries whose power is not much weaker than theirs. They are already using agents to fight against them, and their hearts are naturally for Britain. Looking for trouble.

"The convening of the Paris conference has made everyone see the truth and reality in the UK." Jobon stared at the channel of Sheps: "Don't forget, when we faced the situation in Belgium this time, it was the queen's relative who died." Uncle, but in the end, he gave in at the same time, what does this mean, you don’t need me to say, you understand.”

I understand your sister!

Shepstone cursed inwardly, why didn't I see you say that before? In London, as a member of the House of Commons, Jobon was known for his courageousness. In the past, when he was always competing with him for the position in London, He always criticizes Shepstone for being cowardly and dare not express his dissatisfaction with the development of the country. Unlike him, Jobon, even the Queen mourns the death of her husband all day long and forgets to manage the country. The newspaper expressed dissatisfaction and asked the queen to stop hiding on the Isle of Wight and lick her wounds alone. Instead, she should use grief and anger as strength to make the country more prosperous to erase the sorrow.

Hearing this, Sheps secretly rolled his eyes at the other party, and cursed secretly: How beautiful these words were at the beginning, making the whole of Britain like him the most patriotic, hehe, it has not been three days since he replaced himself as the governor of South Africa At both ends, they carried out the dumping operation and dumped all the crimes on me. Even now, facing London's retreat in Belgium, according to the past, there will definitely be a wave of criticism, but now it is as quiet as a cat. Turtle, stay still.

"Now the Zulu Kingdom is on the brink of death, and it will be a matter of time before it will be destroyed. Kaizhiwayo is already hard to escape from our pursuit, and as for the Republic of Transvaal"

Shepstone was about to sarcastically tease the other party, wanting to provoke the other party to be as timid as a mouse and dare not touch the Transvaal Republic, but he held the words in his throat before he started.

"Report to the Governor, a large-scale army has appeared in the Zulu Kingdom, the number is about 1. According to the analysis of our intelligence personnel in front, it is an army from the Transvaal"

Ah!
"Are you sure?" Jobon stood up immediately, and hurriedly grabbed the collar of the sergeant who delivered the message.

"Yes, this is the specific letter from Major General White on the front line." He took it and hurriedly opened it. His eyes quickly fell on it, and Xin Feng immediately fell to the ground.

"How dare they"

Shepstone picked it up, opened it, and there was a note on it: "Governor, the Transvaal Republic dispatched [-] troops to the south and entered the two towns of Dundee and Ladysmith on the border of the Zulu Kingdom. , and finally met our army in the southwest, and they launched an attack directly on us. The most abominable thing is that the Orange Free State also launched an attack on our town of Stromberg in the east at this time. The situation is urgent. Request support"

"Now the total number of British troops in South Africa is about 6, and 4 people are sent to the east to attack the Zulu Kingdom, and 1 people are in the north to guard against the Orange Free State going south. The remaining 1 people are in Cape Town. , to prevent the situation of the old nest being occupied last time.

There are also troops there to support the front lines. "

While Shepstone was a little worried at this moment, seeing the development of the situation above, he felt familiar. Isn't this the old road he walked?
At this moment, he felt a little sympathetic to Jobon, because if he was captured instead of being captured, then the anger in London would definitely be greater than when he faced it last time.

"Ask Cape Town to support 5000 people in the eastern battlefield." Qiao Buen hesitated, gritted his teeth, and said decisively: "Ask the army in the north to send 5000 people to the south to supplement here. I don't believe it. My luck is like this." Difference."

"So, will it be too risky?" Shepstone asked worriedly. He was not worried about Jobon's future, but worried that he might be captured by the enemy in East London. Lost his teeth, he will have no face to return to London.

In fact, he was right to worry, because the Zulu Kingdom's attack this time was not as violent as usual, and it was a situation where the troops were divided into multiple directions and went south.

The Zulu Kingdom has been occupied by the British army. Just when Major General Brett of the British Army on the Eastern Front thought that the other party was about to perish, although they suddenly showed fierce resistance, he didn't care because he thought it was just a Just dying.

But he was wrong, just like his boss Jobon, he was wrong, just like Queen Victoria and Viscount Palmerston took it for granted that this side is safe, the situation has deviated from their predictions again, Africa The complexity of the situation far exceeded their expectations.

1862 6 Month 6 Day.

Soldiers from the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State, which were camouflaged by the Zulu Kingdom, started shooting at close range with the British army at two places in the east at the same time with the cooperation of the soldiers of the Zulu Kingdom. .

The 15000 troops deployed in the east suffered losses of more than [-], and many others were injured. In short, more than half of their combat strength was lost.

On the 8th, the Zulu Kingdom deployed two armies of more than 20000 people in Stromberg and Durban, which was recaptured again.The army that had just suffered a defeat in the north-south pinch in East London, although it still has [-] people, how much combat power does the already terrified bird army have.

Soon London received the news of the defeat, and suddenly there was another wow and scolding.

　Chapter 3, there are two more chapters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)