African Nationhood

After the South China Army's rocket attack, General Buller and the other three used their binoculars to see the dense "sea of ​​people" rushing towards them. They knew that it was inevitable that the battle would end in failure.

Unable to survive, they decided to escape separately. To escape, they had to go with the soldiers, otherwise they would not be able to return to Cape Town even if they escaped.

After all, there were many Boer guerrillas roving and attacking along the way. Only with the soldiers could they ensure their own safety.

Who would have known that General Buller was so unlucky that he was directly targeted by a South China Army detachment and pursued closely.

The soldiers around him repeatedly retreated but failed to stop the South China Army's pursuit. The helpless General Buller chose to maintain the dignity of a noble and surrender openly.

Because he had harvested a big fish, Zhang Yang directly asked "Ye Laosan" Ye Chao to lead the soldiers in his squad to escort Admiral Buller back, and he would continue to pursue the enemy.

……

Shi Jintang looked at the battlefield in front of him with infinite emotion in his heart.

This battle will be a battle for the Nanhua Army to "conquer the gods", completely crushing and defeating the British soldiers without any suspense.

At this stage, no country in the world's armies can resist the attack of the South China Army under the same number of people.

The world's number one army should be able to maintain its reputation for a while.

When other countries develop weapons and equipment, the Nanhua Army's advantages will disappear.

But when the time comes, the Nanhua Army will "develop" aircraft and tanks, and it will be able to lead the way again.

For a long time, Nanhua Company will lead the world's weapons development trend.

……

"Sir, the soldiers below captured the enemy's General Buller."

"Well, has it been interrogated?"

"After interrogation, he told Lieutenant General Kitchener and Major General Hamilton that they had also escaped. One of them fled to the direction of Randburg City, and the other went to the direction of Ladysmith."

It goes without saying that you should not chase after a poor enemy. The most important thing at the moment is to clean up the mess in Pretoria.

"Well, don't worry about those who escaped. Instruct us to go down and clean the battlefield first."

"Yes."

Now that the British army has been dispersed, the subsequent cleaning work will be easy.

The British prisoners needed to be taken into custody, and the Boers in the concentration camps in the city needed medical treatment. These matters were very complicated.

Shi Jintang gave the orders one by one. By the time these things were finished, it was almost late at night.

Just as Shi Jintang was about to fall asleep, Shi Ming came to report again, "Lieutenant General Kitchener was caught."

Hearing that the commander of the expeditionary force had also been arrested, Shi Jintang became interested.

"Bring him here."

Lieutenant General Kitchener was very dirty and was captured in a mud pond.

When he escaped, he chose the train, intending to escape to Rand Fortress City to organize soldiers to continue the struggle.

Unexpectedly, the train he was riding exploded just after leaving Pretoria. It turned out that the Boer guerrillas led by Louis Botha had returned, and they were specifically ambushing people on the railway south of the city.

Unexpectedly, the culprit this time was actually the commander of the expeditionary force. General Kitchener was very lucky. The train was blown up but he himself was only slightly injured.

Relying on the remaining soldiers to protect him, he quickly escaped, and Louis Botta and his men pursued him on horseback.

Two legs cannot run as well as four legs, so in order to survive they can only run into the mountains around Pretoria.

They got lost after entering the mountain. They also encountered two ferocious beasts on the road and were frightened half to death by them.

As time passed, they became thirsty and tired, and wanted to find some water to drink. Before they could take a few sips, they were discovered by the Boers who arrived.

They ran a section of the river and found that they could not dodge the Boer bullets.

Lieutenant General Kitchener could no longer run and had no choice but to surrender.

So Louis Botha returned to Pretoria with the captive commander of the British Expeditionary Force.

Seeing Lieutenant General Kitchener's desolate appearance, Shi Jintang couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

He nodded to Luis Botta first, then took out the cigar box, "Would you two like one?"

Luis Botta reached for one, lit the cigar alone, and tasted it leisurely for a while.

"Smoking a cigar feels so good!"

Lieutenant General Kitchener did not pick up the cigar and ignored Luis Botta's taunt. He just looked at Shi Jintang and said, "Bring me some food, I'm hungry."

Shi Jintang nodded to Shi Ming, who quickly brought a piece of barbecue and a few steamed bun slices.

After Lieutenant General Kitchener took it, he wolfed it down.

Shi Ming handed him another glass of wine, and he drank it in one gulp. At this moment, his whole body was relaxed and he lost all the defensiveness he had when he first came.

His eyes were blurred, "I need to rest. If you want to ridicule me or ridicule me, wait until I wake up tomorrow."

Shi Jintang admired the general's free and easy attitude and said with a smile: "Take him down. It's time for Mr. Botha to rest. I'm very tired too."

That night, all three of them had a good sleep. …

When Shi Jintang woke up, he wanted to discuss matters with several military leaders, but found that Ye Shilong, Ding He, Qi Lin and others all had blood-red eyes and tired faces.

They didn't have any rest last night. They had to arrange for their troops to be accommodated, and then they had to arrange for the march.

So Boss Shi asked them to have something to eat and not mind business in the morning, and rest for half a day before coming back to discuss matters in the afternoon.

The three of them expressed their gratitude to Boss Shi for his care and went to rest as ordered.

……

The most urgent thing right now is to take over Pretoria. Last night Ye Shilong and others had sent the vanguard into the city.

The vanguard troops entered the city firstly to clear out the remaining British troops, and secondly to do a good job of eliminating counter-revolutionaries and clear out all the British in the city.

Lest a spy emerges from the crowd and shoots Boss Shi, it will be over.

……

On April 4, Shi Jintang led the security regiment into the former capital of the Boers. In just a few months, the city changed hands three times.

Now this city has become the spoils of war for the South China Army. The South China Garrison has sent troops to all corners of the country to clear out the remaining British troops in the Transvaal and rescue a large number of Boers imprisoned in concentration camps.

The roads were lined with jubilant Boers, who were close to the South China Army who had helped them defeat the British.

Many young Boer women would then take the opportunity to kiss the young soldiers when they were delivering things to them. Seeing the shy expressions of the soldiers, their faces would also show happy smiles.

The Boer children waved actively to the South China Army soldiers, hoping to win the favor of the South China Army soldiers and respond to him.

The old Boer people sincerely gave gifts and food to their benefactors.

The South China Army soldiers were ordered not to accept gifts from Boer civilians, so they politely refused.

This made the Boers very puzzled, but the two sides were very anxious to communicate due to language barriers.

Anyway, one is determined to give and the other is determined not to receive.

Old Boer, who failed to give the gift, sighed and shed tears of emotion.

……

Twenty years ago, Boss Shi signed the "Pretoria Secret Treaty" here with little Pretorius and Louis Botha.

It was that secret agreement that established the friendly situation between Nanhua Company and the Boers.

Twenty years later, the city has not changed much, and the damage in the war was not too serious.

Shi Jintang couldn't help but sigh, "Mr. Botha, what are your plans next?"

Louis Botha is the most awkward at the moment. Their Boer capital was recovered from the hands of the Chinese army.

But he couldn't say anything harsh to the Chinese Legion who had recaptured the city. After all, their guerrillas could survive to this day only because of the support of the Chinese Legion.

The Boers have not yet reached an agreement on how to negotiate with the Nanhua Company, so Louis Botha can't say anything.

He cleared away the bad emotions in his mind and whispered: "General Manager Shi, I hope you can assist us with another batch of weapons. We must continue to march towards Cape Town and strive to capture Cape Town as soon as possible."

Shi Jintang did not directly answer the Boers' request.

On the second day after the Battle of Pretoria, Shi Jintang received a contact request from Governor Milner.

The British expressed their willingness to surrender and the two sides chose a location for peace talks. At that time, Minister Chamberlain would negotiate with the South China Company on behalf of the London Cabinet.

Shi Jintang agreed, and then ordered Ye Shilong, Ding He and others to send troops to control all the gold mines in Rand Fortress City.

Taking control of the gold mines in the Rand Basin means directly controlling the British by seven inches.

The Battle of Pretoria is now a perfect end, but before the arrival of Cabinet Secretary Chamberlain, the South China Company needs to occupy as much territory as possible in the Boer country to lay the foundation for subsequent peace talks.

In addition, Shi Jintang asked the British cabinet to give an order to the troops invading various places of the Nanhua Company to surrender immediately.

Otherwise, he would refuse peace talks and directly send his troops south to capture Cape Town before negotiating peace.

Governor Milner said that he wanted to report it, but he just hoped that Boss Shi would give him some time and stop attacking the British army.

Shi Jintang directly refused and told the other party that if the British troops did not surrender for one day, they would be attacked one day.

Shi Jintang did not tell Louis Botha about the British request for peace. The Boers were no longer qualified to interfere in the matter.

Since the Boers wanted to continue attacking the British, Shi Jintang had no reason not to support it.

Think of it as putting pressure on the British to make them surrender as soon as possible.

Shi Jintang directly agreed to Louis Botta's request.

This time he gave the Boers 5 rounds of shell-gun bullets, and 1 grenades and grenadier shells each.

Boss Shi told the other party that these two things were not enough for the Nanhua Army.

Although Luis Botha didn't believe it, he had no choice but to leave with the aid. (End of chapter)