African Nationhood

As of early May, the British had mobilized reinforcements from the outside world to exceed 5 people.

These reinforcements developed from India and the Mediterranean initially to Canada, Australia and New Zealand where the British were the majority.

After these soldiers arrived in Cape Town and Durban, the security situation in the two places deteriorated extremely.

Governor Milner was worried and at the same time sent a report to the cabinet, hoping that the cabinet could order to restrain the reinforcement officers in each colony and not let these reinforcements be too unrestrained.

Lieutenant General Methuen's commanding ability was completely exposed. He was indeed not suitable to be the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, but none of the several generals in South Africa could take on the major responsibility.

As the war continued, the true strength of both sides slowly emerged.

The Boers were indeed lacking in ability to attack fortresses. They urgently contacted Germany to request the delivery of artillery and artillery shells.

The Boers had no port, so these cannons and shells could only be transported to Walvis Bay Port in South China. The German East African colonies also transported some firearms and bullets to Map Port.

Nanhua Company, which received the goods, first intercepted one-third of the goods, and then discussed with the Boers where to deliver the goods "offensively and defensively".

As a result, the Nanhua Company and the Boers frequently engaged in tug-of-war offensive and defensive battles at the junctions of Mafeking and Neway.

Later, in order to facilitate delivery, Nanhua Company negotiated with the Boers: Mafuking and New Castle Town in the Neway Republic would be occupied by the Chinese Legion, and each delivery of materials would be attacked instead.

Nanhua Company, which is paid to do things, is very dedicated, and every time it "fights" all night long before withdrawing from the battlefield.

The number of "deaths" on the books also soared from the initial few hundred to tens of thousands.

Then General Manager Shi instructed the finance department to pester the cabinet for money and force the cabinet to provide pensions.

Otherwise, tell the cabinet that he, General Manager Shi, can no longer suppress the emotions of the soldiers below. If a "mutiny" occurs, the British Empire will be disgraced.

Every time the Prime Minister and the Colonial Secretary read the telegram from Nanhua Company demanding payment, their eyelids would jump with anger.

But it had to be given, because if the Chinese Legion also started to cause trouble with the Boers, the British Empire would really lose face.

The military expenditure allocated by the cabinet to the South China Company soon rose to 1000 million pounds.

Because of the realistic acting skills of Nanhua Company, the cabinet ministers all recognized that Nanhua Company was really fighting for the British Empire.

After all, Nanhua Company really occupied two strongholds and often fought "bloody battles until dawn" with the Boers, showing a commendable spirit.

This is much stronger than the generals of the British Empire.

In today's main battlefield in South Africa, only the "safe flow" of General Buller, who had committed crimes on the Eastern Front, has established some military exploits.

However, positions often were lost and regained. This was the only gain the British gained on the South African battlefield.

The battlefields on the western and central fronts have been unable to open up the situation for a long time. This group of generals were beaten by the elusive guerrilla warfare of the Boers and lost their temper.

They also wanted to learn from Admiral Buller's safe flow, but it took time to transport horses and heavy artillery.

The South African battlefield became a financial black hole for the British Empire. From the beginning of the war to the end of May, nearly 5 million pounds had been invested in military expenditures. However, there were too few victories, which made the British cabinet lose face.

The media in various European countries, especially Germany, often ridiculed the British Empire for its poor army strength, while at the same time vigorously advocating for the heroic justice of the Boers in resisting aggression!

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Seeing that the situation on the battlefield in South Africa was falling into a balance of power, Shi Jintang began to look towards the distant Far East.

In mid-June, Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty supported the Boxers to fight against the great powers and openly declared war on the eleven great powers.

The situation in the outer Northeast also became extremely tense. Tsarist Russia saw that the Qing Dynasty was weak and could be bullied, and began to make moves against the Qing Dynasty's Northeast region.

Their first target is the Chinese immigrants in the outer Northeast, hoping to clear out the Chinese in the territory to gain more resources for the Russians. …

The representative of Nanhua Company in Vladivostok, Liu Yu, who had reported a letter to the Tsarist Crown Prince, came to the residence of the governor of the Amur region in the Russian Far East.

After being notified that the Tsar's benefactor was coming, Gribsky, the governor of the Amur region, welcomed Liu Yu in.

"Mr. Liu, what do you want to do here?"

Liu Yu handed over a list of items without saying a word. Gribsky took a look at the list and found that the goods on it were all that he urgently needed.

For example, there are 2 bottles of spirits. This is a vodka brewed by Nanhua Company specifically for the Maozi area.

At this time, the name of vodka was not yet famous, and Maozi basically called the spirit they brewed "bread wine" or "table wine No. 21."

There were also plenty of bicycles and fur coats, as well as tens of thousands of bottles of Coca-Cola.

This unique and sweet drink makes even Maozi, who has a strong sweet tooth, obsessed with it.

"Are you going to sell this to me?"

Liu Yu nodded and shook his head, "These items are both given to you and sold to you, because I want to use these goods in exchange for your immigrants. You know that our Nanhua Company is in urgent need of immigrants."

Gribsky scratched his head, "We are also in short supply of immigrants here."

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Aren't there a lot of Qing immigrants here? As far as I know, these Qing people have occupied many industries on your side, especially farmland. If the Qing immigrants occupy it, the civilians of your country will not be able to cultivate it." .

So I think you can issue a decree to arrest all these Qing immigrants and hand them over to us for transportation.

This will not only make room for immigrants coming from the interior of your country, but also give us a source of immigrants. "

According to the "Treaty of Qing's Russia Aihui", residents of the Qing Dynasty have permanent residence rights here (Hailanpao, Jiangdong Liusitun and other places). The Qing government has jurisdiction over the residents here, but the Qing government has no jurisdiction here. sovereignty.

After the 1890s, a large number of Tsarist Russian Cossacks entered the Liusitun area of ​​​​Jiangdong, and the conflicts between them and more than 14000 Chinese people became increasingly intensified.

Russia did everything possible to force the Chinese to leave and make room for the Russians.

They often send Russian officers and soldiers here to cause trouble, check household registrations, collect all kinds of messy taxes, and smash them up if they resist the slightest.

In order to protect its citizens, the Qing government also negotiated with Russia, but to no avail. Tsarist Russia paid no attention to the poor and weak Qing Dynasty and continued to go its own way.

Now Nanhua Company wants to buy out the immigrants here, which is a good thing for the Tsarist Russian government.

A smile appeared on Gribsky's face, "I'll think about this for a while and I'll get back to you in the next few days."

A few days later, the Blagoveshchensk (Hailanpao) City Council authorized Governor Gribsky to clean up the Qing people in the territory on the grounds that Qing immigrants in the Far East were causing Boxer chaos.

Tsarist Russian soldiers arrested more than 4000 Qing immigrants, regardless of age or sex, and gathered them into a sawmill on the outskirts of the city.

Liu Yu came to the sawmill with a large amount of supplies and told these Qing immigrants: If they want to survive, they should immigrate to Southwest Africa of the Nanhua Company, otherwise they will have to face the butcher knife of Tsarist Russia.

This choice is not difficult at all. It is important for the Qing immigrants to save their lives.

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After finishing the immigration matters of Hailanpao, Liu Yu followed the Russians and went to Jiangdong Liusitun, Boli and other places to accommodate Qing immigrants. He also bribed Qing officials in Heihe, Aihuicheng and other places to organize Qing immigrants.

A total of more than 200,000 immigrants were transported this time. During this time, the Qing people in the Northeast were almost extinct. (End of chapter)