African Nationhood

Summary courts were easily set up, and the English prisoners panicked when they were told they were to be tried.

Each of their hands is stained with the blood of the Boers. Once they are tried, how will they have a chance to survive?

They cursed their superiors for being a bunch of fools and for believing Nanhua Company's lies.

If they want to protest and resist, the Nanhua Army will naturally not give them a chance. They can't kill you but can't they injure you?

When a group of bruised and bruised British soldiers were escorted to a simple court with their hands tied, the Boers, who were full of hatred, applauded and cheered.

Wu Ruofei and Brussels Pierre came to the middle of the crowd. The crowd burst into cheers and gave Wu Ruofei a thumbs up.

In this summary court, Wu Ruofei is the judge.

The court is located in the square of the town, with ropes surrounding the court area, judge's bench, prosecutor's box, jury box and criminal area.

Pierre of Brussels formed a jury together with twelve Boers who had blood feud with the British army, and the rest of the Boers were the audience.

Wu Ruofei assigned an English-speaking soldier Shen Jia to act as the prosecutor and a Boer teacher to serve as the clerk.

Wu Ruofei sat on the judge's bench and knocked the gavel, "As a member of Nanhua Company, our General Manager Shi has always taught us to treat others equally and to behave with integrity.

However, the British Expeditionary Force committed evil deeds in the Boer country in order to safeguard the honor of British soldiers and demonstrate the bottom line of civilized mankind.

General Manager Shi sent our South China Army to bring justice to the Boers and enter the Transvaal Republic to clean up and judge the scum among these expeditionary forces.

Now the court is in session, please let the prosecutor speak. "

Public prosecutor Shen Jia first translated the speech for the temporary judge, and then said in English: "I will invite our first witness, Ms. Vera Truss, to accuse the prisoner."

Ms. Vera Truss is very beautiful. She has a delicate and small head and a fair and handsome face.

When she came to the witness stand, she bowed her head to Wu Ruofei, and then she softly told about the inhuman abuse she had suffered.

“On October 1901, 10, I was sorting crops on my farm when I suddenly heard my husband calling me anxiously. When I responded to my husband’s call and ran to him, I watched his head turning on me. It shattered in front of him.

Only then did I realize that behind him there was a British soldier wearing a blue and black military uniform. It was this villain who killed my husband with a rifle.

When I tried to run away, he caught me and raped me next to my husband's dead body.

Then he dragged me back home and dumped my husband's body alone on the ground. "

At this point, Ms. Truss couldn't help lowering her head and her shoulders couldn't help shaking.

After a while, she calmed down and continued her accusation.

"When I got home, I discovered that the villain was not a person, but a team of soldiers.

And my child, 8-year-old Conley, has been killed by them because Conley threw stones at them.

In order to survive and protect Pooh, I could only serve them carefully. They ate and drank in my house for two days.

During the past two days, a group of them continued to gang-rape our mother and daughter, and Winnie became insane due to the severe stimulation.

Finally, they sent us, mother and daughter, to a concentration camp, where we didn’t have enough to eat every day.

The Indian guards often allowed me to satisfy their animal desires at the expense of food. If I didn't agree, they would let us starve.

Woohoo~~My beloved Lord, what kind of devils are these!

When the South China Army arrived, they killed those evil and ugly Indian guards, which was considered a trial for them in advance.

This is forgiveness for them, they should have suffered more punishment!

Apart from those disgusting Indian guards, there are scoundrels who have committed serious crimes with impunity and I hope the courts will sentence those scoundrels to death! "

Shen Jia nodded, "Okay, Ms. Truss, we will never let a villain go.

Now please identify the murderer who violated and maimed you and your family. "

Ms. Truss turned to look at the bound British soldiers. She identified them carefully and then identified them one by one.

The clerk wrote quickly, and every time he wrote down a crime, he couldn't help but pause his pen heavily, as if this would cause some harm to the villains.

"These criminals have been accused once, are there any other witnesses to come forward to identify them?" Shen Jia's words caused dozens of Boers to raise their hands and demand the prosecution of British criminals.

Shen Jia nodded and said, "Don't worry, everyone. None of these criminals can escape. We will identify them one by one. After clarifying their crimes, they will be handed over to the court for execution."

Upon hearing the execution, the Boers present became excited. They cursed at the bound British soldiers, and some threw stones and spit at them.

Wu Ruofei saw that the scene was about to lose control, and he hurriedly banged the gavel.

"Quiet, keep quiet here!"

The soldiers of the South China Army entered the scene to maintain order, fearing that the Boers would lose control and run in and beat the British soldiers to death.

After maintaining order, the soldiers exited the court area.

The trial continued, and the next Boers came up with similar accusations, all of which were unforgivable crimes.

The summary court trial lasted four days in total before the witnesses could complete their accusations.

The summary court, based on the opinions of the jury, sentenced all these British soldiers who had committed numerous crimes to death by hanging.

Because there were so many people, the Boer firing squad had to cut down trees to erect temporary gallows to execute the British criminals.

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After the trial, Wu Ruofei sent the recorded testimony back to Mapu Port.

Then he sent a copy of the list of death row prisoners and gave it to a British soldier who was lucky enough to survive.

Next, Wu Ruofei asked the Boers to relocate by rail to Mapu Port, where they would be resettled.

A battalion of soldiers stood guard at Komatiput, waiting for the British response.

If the British don't attack, they will continue to advance and continue to judge the British Expeditionary Force according to this process to see how long they can hold on.

However, Wu Ruofei's plan came to nothing, because the Orange Grove garrison division on the western front came out from Mafeking (today's Mefogen Town, South Africa) and was attacked by the British as soon as it reached the outskirts of Rand Fortress City.

The Third Battalion of the Orange Grove Garrison Division fought back bravely, repelling the attack of the British Expeditionary Force, killing 128 British troops and capturing 321 British troops.

In this battle, 28 soldiers of the third battalion were injured and 6 died.

At this point, General Manager Shi Jintang of Nanhua Company made a public statement:

In view of the heinous crimes of the British Expeditionary Force and their lack of repentance, they took the lead in attacking our Nanhua Company garrison.

This is a blasphemy against fairness and justice, and a betrayal of the British spirit of fraternity and equality.

Nanhua Company will uphold the banner of justice and give fair trials to the expeditionary force criminals with blood on their hands.

If the British Expeditionary Force recognizes its mistakes and repentes and surrenders voluntarily, it will be forgiven and given a light sentence. If it stubbornly resists, it will be a dead end!

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Once Shi Jintang's public statement was released, it immediately caused waves in Western countries.

Germany, France, Russia, the United States, Belgium and other countries have reprinted it, praising Nanhua Company for its courage to face power and denounce injustice and evil, which is the conscience of all civilized mankind!

Prime Minister Balfour in London angrily denounced Nanhua Company Shi Jintang as a shameless traitor and a public enemy of the British. The British Empire showed no mercy to traitors!

The British media continued to throw dirty water on Shi Jintang, and also accused Nanhua Company Shi Jintang of communicating with foreign countries and leaking state secrets.

The British Foreign Office asked other countries to help inventory the assets of Nanhua Company Shi Jintang...

European countries are waiting to see the situation, and naturally they will not agree to the British request.

But these countries are also prepared. Once the Nanhua Company is defeated, they will take the lead in nationalizing these assets and will not take advantage of the British.

The battle between Nanhua Company and the British Expeditionary Force is about to break out! (End of chapter)