African Nationhood

Hearing General Manager Shi say this confidently, several Boer leaders had smiles on their faces.

“I can see that you are very confident, but the British are also very strong.

With the artillery and artillery provided by Germany, it would be difficult to win this battle, right? "

James Herzog said half seriously and half worried.

His words were both concerned about the allies and partly complained about the allies withholding German aid.

Lucas Meyer immediately smoothed things over with a smile, "General Manager Shi, don't think too much, Herzog is worried about your combat power."

Now is the time to employ people, there is no need to create barriers.

Shi Jintang smiled and said, "Let's go and take you to see the strategic reserves of my Nanhua Company, lest you think I am bragging."

The three Boer leaders looked at each other, and Louis Botha took the lead to follow, "I also want to see what your confidence is in fighting the British."

……

Mafujing Railway Station is a busy scene at the moment. Chinese militiamen are nervously unloading goods. Most of them are shirtless, and everyone's face is covered with sweat.

Seeing these people working in full swing, several Boer leaders were also infected.

“Chinese workers are very motivated!”

Shi Jintang nodded, "They work hard and earn a lot of money. Working here for one day is better than working for five days in the factory, so they are willing to work hard."

Everyone nodded and followed Shi Jintang to a large warehouse.

The main items transported here are various types of bullets, grenades and hand grenades. There are also many multiple rocket launchers stored in the corner of the warehouse, and no large artillery is seen.

"This is my ammunition warehouse. This shell is a small hand-held cannon shell that can hit 300 meters away."

Everyone looked at the grenade launching grenades, and it was difficult to understand what kind of cannon could hit so close.

Shi Jintang nodded to Shi Ming, and then Shi Ming asked his men to bring a grenade and demonstrated it to the three Boer leaders on the spot.

When they discovered that this compact artillery could be operated by one person, they immediately became interested.

Louis Botha immediately asked him to try it, and Shi Jintang agreed.

Shi Ming personally taught him how to operate this small mortar. Luis Botha quickly mastered the method of use, but his accuracy was not good enough.

"This kind of gun is a great test of the gunner's feel, that is, proficiency. Only after a long period of training can high accuracy be achieved."

Louis Botta nodded excitedly after hearing Shi Jintang's words.

"Can General Manager Shi give us some artillery pieces like this?"

"Of course, I can give you 500 of these artillery pieces and equip them with 3 shells."

The Boer chiefs were delighted to hear that considerable assistance was to be received.

James Herzog looked at the small grenade with a smile on his face, "Since your company has built such a small artillery, then there must be a large artillery of the same type."

Shi Jintang nodded slightly, "Well, the larger artillery of this type has a formal name, called 'mortar', and this smaller one is called 'grenade'.

The technical requirements for mortars are relatively high and cannot be mastered in a short period of time, so I will not assist you, but I can still give you some grenades. "

The smiles on the faces of the three Boer leaders froze, and their psychology inevitably fluctuated, but they soon returned to normal.

Shi Ming then demonstrated to the three Boer leaders how to operate grenades, which amazed the three Boer leaders.

The two sides soon agreed on the number of assistance weapons: 500 grenade launchers, 3 supporting grenades, 5 hand grenades, 2000 shell guns, and 10 rounds of bullets.

As for the rifle Shi Jintang has no assistance, his own soldiers are not enough.

Moreover, we must also be on guard against the Boers using their own aided weapons to attack the Nanhua Company in turn.

Before leaving, the Boer leader asked Shi Jintang: How will Nanhua Company treat the Boers after the British are beaten away? Shi Jintang smiled and said nothing. No one is a fool, and the Chinese Legion is not a saint.

Jump out of hard steel and they know exactly what the British are doing.

Shi Jintang didn't say it clearly but just gave them a psychological buffer period to decide how to talk about it.

The Boers were conflicted, but they still had to get down to business. The hatred between the British and them was too deep.

Facing the general trend of the times, their choices were very limited, and the Chinese had always been friendly to the Boers, which was much better than the British in this regard.

……

Before Louis Botha left, he handed Shi Jintang a Rhodesia Company Equity Transfer Agreement and a posthumous letter from Cecil Rhodes.

The business tycoon and imperialist asked Shi Jintang in his letter, hoping that he could be buried on the land of Rhodesia, so that he could watch the land he conquered forever.

In addition, he hoped that Shi Jintang could leave his assets to Dr. Jameson and use some money from it to establish a scholarship fund to support students from his alma mater, Oxford University and Rhodesia's future universities.

After all, his idol could not escape his fate.

It seems that too many people have died in the past two years. Shi Jintang couldn't help but feel a little sad when he thought about the dead and himself.

The eternal fame of a thousand years of achievements cannot escape the fate of a handful of loess.

He couldn't predict when the anomaly in his time would be cleared.

He only hopes that before he dies, he can leave to his family and Chinese compatriots a country with a vast territory and a complete industrial foundation, so that his time travel will not be in vain.

……

As time passed, the east and west routes advanced at a fast pace. The British's bunker and barbed wire defense system had limited effect in front of the Nanhua garrison, which was mainly infantry.

The ultra-long-range projectile grenades of mortars are very lethal to the British troops defending the firepower point on the top of the bunker. Basically, one or two grenades can eliminate the firepower point on the top of the bunker.

And the bunkers they built were not solid in the face of heavy artillery. It has to be said that the German artillery was still very powerful.

Moreover, Nanhua Company also had explosive charges. As long as the light infantry approached the bunker, there was no bunker that the explosive charges could not solve.

The British generals in Pretoria frowned as they looked at the battle reports coming from below.

They are all excellent generals, but they cannot escape the shackles of the times, and their vision restricts their imagination.

……

It's been more than half a month since the war started, and they still don't understand the full picture of the Chinese Legion's secret weapons.

I only know that the opponent's "artillery" fires from a long distance and is not very selective, and the sound of firing the shells is very small.

In addition, the Chinese Army's fire suppression was so fierce that the British army had no chance of getting close to the battle. They were basically eliminated as soon as they broke out of the bunker.

As for the cavalry, under attack from Maxim machine guns and unknown artillery, they could not even get close to the Chinese regiment.

Moreover, the fighting style of those Chinese legions was very fierce and showed no mercy when facing the enemy.

The number of casualties of the British army rose rapidly. In just half a month, casualties of thousands of British troops and thousands of colonial servants were reported.

Nowadays, the British soldiers are so war-weary that the generals are afraid that they cannot suppress them, so these soldiers surrender directly to the other side.

The Boer guerrillas in the rear became more active, and railway lines and British garrison points were often attacked suddenly.

They all rode horses and walked like the wind, giving the British army no chance to pursue them.

Reports of casualties from the rear increased significantly, and Governor Milner repeatedly asked the generals when they would be able to return to deal with the Boers.

The London cabinet is also asking about the situation ahead. Lieutenant General Kitchener is really under great pressure! (End of chapter)