Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 216 Glory

There is no doubt that colonization was brutal and brought great disasters to the colonized people.

But objectively, colonization also promoted the prosperity of the colony and accelerated the social development of the colony.

Specific to Rhodesia, Cecil Rhodes annexed Rhodesia, changed the social structure of Rhodesia, incorporated the local primitive tribes of Rhodesia into Rhodesia as a whole, and became Rhodesia's Partly, this is not necessarily a bad thing.

If you write like this, someone should scold Yutou again——

In fact, Cecil Rhodes is already very good. In this era, there is not so much rational analysis, and there is not so much humanitarianism. It is reasonable to have a big fist. Whoever makes the rules has the right to interpret. The truth is written like this Bloody straight to the heart.

The Americans almost exterminated the Indians, but no one in the world blamed them.

In 1904, three years later, the Herero people in German Southwest Africa rebelled. The Germans killed 200 Herero people, leaving only 200, and imprisoned all of these [-] people on the opposite side of German Southwest Africa. As a result, a year later, these people all died of tuberculosis. Except for some written records of scaly claws, who knows about it?

Compared with Americans and Germans, the Rhodes family are all gentlemen. At least in Rhodesia, the Shona and Ndebele people can still survive, so Rock is willing to marry Cecil Rhodes Jr. make friends.

Of course, at this time neither Aiden nor Cecil Rhodes Jr. had imagined what kind of hardships Rhodesia would experience in the future. Aiden was just unwilling to fight with the guerrillas, and he was not a government official. Rhodes None of the governors of West Asia was appointed by the king, and even if he had credit, Aiden would not be rewarded.

Rock will definitely not give up this opportunity. For Rock, guerrillas are the food delivered to his door, so Rock has already started checking weapons and preparing for battle.

Not only Rock, but all the commandos were eager to try. They pulled out the magazine partition one after another, checked the firmness of the horse's equipment, and took the time to feed their old buddy some black beans. They will run out of time later .

The calmness of the commando also infected the Rhodesian police.

In fact, they are all young and strong guys, no one is convinced, the commando has defeated the guerrillas many times, and the Rhodesian police are not to be outdone, they are mules or horses who want to pull them out.

"Check your weapons and get ready to fight!" Seeing that he couldn't convince Rock, Aiden gritted his teeth and decided to stay with Rock.

"Aiden, you don't need to take part in the battle. You stay here to protect our ox cart." Rock was worried about Aiden. With his size, he couldn't do the charge.

It's not that Aiden can't do it, it's that Aiden's horse can't do it.

Although the horse Aiden was riding was also a good thoroughbred horse, but for Aiden's size, it would be more suitable to replace it with a tall and strong Shire horse. Aiden had ruined the thoroughbred horse.

"I'll forget it, let my children try it with you, and feel it." Aiden didn't push himself, but he still fought for the Rhodesian police to have a chance to see the world.

In fact, before this, the reputation of the Rhodesian police had been ruined.

Remember that rebellion orchestrated by Cecil Rhodes just before the outbreak of the Second Boer War?

It was the Rhodesian police who were in charge of responding.

In Cecil Rhodes' plan, the rebellion was initiated by a "reform committee" composed of British people living in Johannesburg. The core of this reform committee was Cecil Rhodes' brother Frank Rhodes .

According to the plan, the reform committee will launch a riot in Johannesburg and control the entire Johannesburg. Then Dr. Starr Jameson will lead the police force to Bechuanaland and enter Johannesburg on the appointed day to prepare for internal and external cooperation.

The scheduled date was originally December 1895, 12, but just a few days before the 28th, the "Reform Committee" who was preparing to riot was surprised to find that December 28th coincided with Johannesburg's traditional horse racing week, and horse racing is a The mine owner loves the sport, so the "Reform Committee" hopes to postpone the riot and make concessions for the horse racing week——

After Cecil Rhodes learned of this situation, he urgently contacted Dr. Starr Jameson, hoping that Dr. Starr Jameson would postpone his entry into Johannesburg.

Unfortunately, Dr. Starr Jameson did not receive the telegram.

So on December 12, according to the original plan, Dr. Starr Jameson led 29 armed policemen and 550 Zulu civilians into Johannesburg.

In fact, don't expect a group of mine owners who are too obsessed with horse racing to keep riots behind.

Before the riots started, the Republic of Transvaal had relevant information, so Dr. Starr Jameson led the Rhodesian police force into Johannesburg, and fell into the sea of ​​​​the people of Johannesburg.

Three days later, the troops led by Dr. Starr Jameson ran out of ammunition and food, and were surrounded in a valley not far from Krugersdorp. Dr. Starr Jameson finally surrendered helplessly.

After the surrender of Dr. Starr Jameson, the 'Reform Council', steeped in horse racing, realized what they were missing and rushed into action, only to be crushed straight away by the most elite police force in the Transvaal.

Come on, a riot, just because of the horse race, was spoofed into a farce.

After the expeditionary force captured Johannesburg, the mine owners in Johannesburg also tried to organize a horse racing week, but it was strictly prohibited by the Governor's Palace.

I have no idea how much they love horse racing!

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Half an hour later, the commando team, together with the Rhodesian police and the detective team led by Yaya, prepared to attack the guerrillas.

In fact, the gunshots were a little sparse at this time, and it is not known whether the patrol was wiped out or the guerrillas retreated on their own initiative.

"Commando, go forward!" Rock pulled out his saber and swung it forward vigorously.

This was just a symbolic action. At the same time as the sun rushed forward, Rock put away his knife and raised Lee Enfield in his hand.

Just kidding, for things like pretending to be coercive, just pretend for a while. If you pretend for a long time, you will inevitably overturn the car.

Capt. Ted Patton, surrounded on a hill, was already praying just as the commandos began to move.

The patrol team led by Captain Ted Barton has a total of 150 people. They set off from Kimberley in the morning, preparing to patrol around Kimberley and return to Kimberley before sunset.

During the patrol, the patrol team captured a group of Boers trying to escape from Cape, so Captain Ted Barton separated some of them and escorted the group of Boers back to Kimberley. As a result, the patrol team was left with less than 100 people.

In fact, 100 people are enough. Although the guerrillas are active around Kimberley, they are basically a dozen or dozens of people. There has never been a guerrilla with more than 100 people around Kimberley, so Ted Captain Patton was full of confidence. Even if he encountered a guerrilla attack, as long as the patrol could resist the first wave of guerrilla attacks, Kimberley's garrison would soon provide timely reinforcements.

Just an hour ago, the patrol team discovered a guerrilla group with only a dozen people, so Captain Ted Barton brazenly ordered the patrol team to pursue and completely annihilate this guerrilla group.

As a result, after chasing dozens of kilometers, the patrol led by Captain Ted Button entered the encirclement of the guerrillas. The guerrillas who had set up an ambush suddenly appeared. It was too late to break through, and was surrounded by this small hill.

"Dear Father God, I am willing to be with you, I am willing to be of one mind with you, to walk with you, and I am also willing to have full joy in front of you, healthy body and mind, and become a victor in spiritual warfare—" Tai Captain de Barton closed his eyes and muttered something.

"Mr. Captain, the enemy is coming up—" a patrol member howled.

"Fuck, kill them!" Captain Ted Barton broke in a second.

The gunfire suddenly became intense.

In fact, in terms of individual combat capabilities, the regular army of the expeditionary army is not as good as the Boer guerrillas.

Although the Boer guerrillas were poorly equipped and lacked guns and ammunition, those farmers who often faced wild beasts generally had very good marksmanship.

After the outbreak of the war, although the expeditionary force had a large number of troops, in fact, many troops did not have many opportunities to go to the battlefield. After all, the British Empire has been strong for a long time, and many troops have long been neglected. Not only the skills and tactics are not up to standard, but even the fighting spirit , are not as good as their predecessors who dared to line up and charge against the bullets.

Relatively speaking, the Boer guerrillas insisted on fighting on the front line every day. As long as they survived one or two battles, even new guerrilla members would quickly grow into veterans on the battlefield.

So the surrounded patrol has a hard time.

Because of the need to pursue lightly, the patrol did not carry the most effective heavy machine gun against the guerrillas, so they could only fight with Lee Enfield in their hands.

Lee Enfield is far more efficient than Martini Henry equipped by the guerrillas, but the main factor that determines the outcome of the battle is by no means weapons, but people. The guerrillas have prepared for a long time to plan this attack, and Not only is the expeditionary force headquarters under pressure, but the guerrillas are also under pressure in order to maintain their advantage on the negotiating table.

300 people, almost the sum of all guerrilla members around Kimberley. In order to plan this attack, the Boer guerrillas really did their best.

It seems that at least 200 guerrillas participated in this attack. They took turns to cover and shoot precisely at the patrol soldiers who counterattacked at any time. Many inexperienced patrol soldiers were only exposed to the bunker. The outer body area is slightly larger, and it was hit by the guerrilla's precise shooter.

Although the rifles of this era are not advanced enough, the power of full-charge bullets is still great.

What's more, the Boers still use dum bullets, so as long as they are shot, they basically declare the end of their lives. In the previous battles, the patrol team suffered heavy casualties, and now more than half of them have been killed, and the remaining patrol members are less than half.

If there are no accidents, it should be the last moment. Less than 5 minutes after the battle started, the patrol team was wailing again and again, taking care of one thing and losing another.

"Hold on, kill them, we are the Royal Lancers, we want to defend our honor, the king is watching us, God bless the British Empire—" Captain Ted Barton fired desperately while motivating his morale.

In fact, the soldiers of the Royal Lancers have done a very good job. About one-third of the casualties of an army is the baseline. Basically, if the casualties reach more than one-third, the morale of the troops will collapse.

Now more than half of the patrols of the Royal Lancers have suffered casualties, but they are still insisting, because they know very well that even if they surrender, the Boer guerrillas will not let them go, so if they want to survive, they can only fight to the end.

In fact, in terms of stature, the Dutch have the highest average height in Europe, so as descendants of the Dutch, most Boers are also tall.

Ordinarily, tall people are not conducive to cover when attacking, but the guerrillas are experienced. They skillfully use the terrain and features to advance alternately. While advancing, they can suppress the counterattack of the Royal Lancers with precise shooting, so Soon after the battle began, the counterattacks of the Royal Lancers became weaker and weaker.

"Captain, we can't hold on anymore-" A second lieutenant reported to Captain Ted Barton in a daze.

"If you can't hold on, you have to hold on. Do you want to surrender to the guerrillas? The glory of the Royal Lancers needs to be defended with our lives. You coward, go back to your position!" Captain Ted Barton would rather die than die. Believe me, when it comes to the last moment of the battle, Ted Barton will save the last bullet for himself, and he will never be a captive of the Boers.

"I'm not a coward, I just don't want to fight a battle that has no chance of winning. We have fulfilled our responsibilities as soldiers. Of course, I will use my life to defend the honor of the Royal Lancers!" The second lieutenant blushed and said With a loud roar, he suddenly pulled out his saber and jumped out of the trench.

"Come back!" Ted Barton reached out to pull, but didn't hold back.

There was no warning, but as expected, the moment the second lieutenant jumped out of the trench, he was hit by several bullets at the same time.

In the eyes of Captain Ted Barton, the second lieutenant's upper body was almost instantly dismembered by bullets, and the spurted blood formed a blood mist. The second lieutenant took another step forward before falling to the ground.

"Frank!" Captain Ted Barton's eyes turned red instantly, howling like a wounded beast.

The guerrillas rushed up all over the mountains and plains, and it seemed that the result of the battle was irreversible.

Ted Barton emptied the bullets of the Kimberley pistol, and there was no time to reload it. Ted Barton pulled out his saber, pulled out a cross from his collar, kissed it hard, and clenched the handle of the knife tightly. Get ready for the arrival of the guerrillas.

At this time, there is no need for Ted Barton to give orders. The remaining soldiers on the field are all bayoneting. The officer has set an example for them, and they will fight until the last moment.

In the distance, the dense sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded like thunder——

(End of this chapter)