Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 235

Fortunately, when the guerrillas came to the camp, the order in the camp was pretty good.

If this were changed to a week ago, when the expeditionary force managed the concentration camp, it would probably blow the guerrillas' lungs to pieces.

Everyone knows the virtues of the Expeditionary Army. They deliberately put the Boers to death, so the concentration camps managed by the Expeditionary Army are simply dirty, messy, and poor.

After the police station took over the concentration camp, Rock still habitually transformed the concentration camp. This was not only to reduce the incidence of diseases, but also to find work for the refugees. As long as people are busy, they will not be cranky, and the refugees in the concentration camp are the same .

Rock's work was fruitful. In just one week, the inside and outside of the concentration camp had a new look. Although the tents were still dilapidated and the refugees' clothes were still ragged, the sanitation conditions in the concentration camp had been greatly improved. There was no garbage and sewage everywhere. They were also clean. After a week of conditioning, the refugees' faces were more or less bloody, and they no longer looked as pale as vampires. This had a very good effect on stabilizing the mood of the guerrillas.

Not everyone is emotionally stable. All the detainees in Concentration Camp No. 35 are Johannesburg locals, and there are still many acquaintances with each other. A few guerrillas probably learned from the refugees that their family members had died, so they were speaking out. cry.

Rock can understand their grief, but Rock doesn't dare to take it lightly. At this time, there is a slight external stimulus, and the guerrillas who are in grief will collapse emotionally, so Rock tells Li De to be vigilant and focus on those who are crying guerrillas.

"Sir Rock, don't worry, let me go and have a look." Louis Botha didn't want to see another tragedy happen.

"Be careful, Louis—" Rock didn't stop him. Louis Botha was quite prestigious among the guerrillas, and Rock didn't want to see the tragedy happen.

With Roque's permission, Louis Botha walked among the guerrillas, hugged the crying guerrillas, and whispered something in their ears, giving the guerrillas maximum comfort.

It was indeed effective. The mood of the guerrillas gradually stabilized, and they followed Louis Botha out of the concentration camp gate.

"Thank you, Louis—" Rock took the initiative to meet him.

Luis Botha smiled at Roque, just about to speak.

A guerrilla next to Luis Botha suddenly drew his gun.

"Be careful!" Li De's eyes were tearing apart, and it was too late to step forward, so he could only sound a reminder.

Rock drew his gun at a faster speed——

Louis Botha's speed is not slow, the 40-year-old man is still very vigorous, almost at the same time as the guerrillas pulled out their guns, Louis Botha firmly grasped the guerrillas' wrists, twisted the board, and the guns were released. In the hands of Louis Botha.

"Let me go, let me kill him, they killed my family." The guerrillas who were crushed by Louis Botha screamed.

Louis Botha was not polite, he knocked out the guerrillas in time and space with a fist, and then raised the gun in his hand high: "Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive—"

"Put down your guns, don't shoot!" Rock was also trying his best to restrain the commandos.

Indeed, the atmosphere is already tense.

Regardless of whether it is a guerrilla or a commando, the reaction speed is not slow. As soon as Louis Botta controlled the people, the fast-reacting commando and guerrilla had already drawn their guns. , a fire is inevitable.

A few commandos came and took over the runaway partisans from Luis Botha.

Luis Botha handed the pistol to the commando and came to Roque with a pleading voice: "Sir Roque, if you may—"

"I understand, Louis——" Rock knew what Louis Botha wanted to say, but this matter must not be let go like this. The incident happened suddenly just now, and Rock's heart was still beating violently for a moment. , Rock almost went on a killing spree: "Leave it to us to deal with it. After a while, wait until his mood stabilizes."

This kind of behavior can be regarded as assaulting the police and attempted murder. During the period of military control, Rock had nothing to do with this kind of thing. Now that the military control has ended and the court has begun to resume its function, this out-of-control guerrilla will definitely be tried by the court.

"My lord, go back to the police station, I'll handle it here." Li De refused to let Rock stay at the scene, the scene just now was too dangerous.

With Rock's current status among the Chinese in Johannesburg, if something happened to Rock, the bright future he had just seen would soon be bleak, and the Chinese in Johannesburg would also become rootless. Li De is still afraid when he thinks about it now. No, that kind of situation must not happen.

"Let's go, let's go, let's find a place to have a drink." Aiden, who had just recovered, wanted to leave as soon as possible. Thinking of the scene just now, Aiden was also terrified.

"Louis?" Roque asked Louis Botha for advice.

"Okay, let's find a place to have a drink." Louis Botha was also terrified. Rock is now a baronet in England. If something goes wrong, it will affect the "Peace Agreement." Let's not talk about it, the angry policeman They might kill all the guerrillas on the scene.

There were even refugees in concentration camps.

Ten minutes later, at the Russell Café next to the police station, Louis Botha was still a little unaccustomed to the environment here, looking a little restrained.

"Sorry, I forgot the last time I went to drink coffee dressed like this." Louis Botha laughed at himself.

"You should also have coffee, right? The expeditionary force distributes a lot of coffee." Aiden was not very angry with Louis Botha. The guerrillas attacked the transport convoys of the regular army everywhere in Cape, and the seized supplies should not be too much part-time. many.

"You mean the kind brewed in a teacup? No, no, no, you don't know what that taste is. It's not coffee at all." Louis Botha was a Transvaal MP before the war, and his standard of living must have been very high. , the environment on the battlefield is definitely not as comfortable as the coffee shop.

"What are you going to do after the war?" Rock's emotions towards Louis Botha were a bit complicated.

For a long time, considering the various stupid behaviors of the Boers after they came to power, Rock has always regarded the Boers as potential enemies.

Whether in Cape Town or Johannesburg, many of Rock's preparations were aimed at the Boers after the war.

After several contacts with Louis Botha, Rock suddenly realized that the Boers are not incapable of communication. Boers like Louis Botha are smart enough, flexible enough, and have flexible solutions to problems. Come to think of it, the relationship between the Chinese and the Boers is not necessarily a purely hostile relationship. Under certain circumstances, the Chinese and the Boers can join hands against the British, at least in recent years.

In recent years, the British have always ruled the Transvaal. Therefore, Roque should adjust his strategy appropriately and win over the Boers to fight against the British.

After a few years, if the British continue to be in power, Rock will continue to win over the Boers to fight against the British. If the Boers come to power, Rock should also unite with the British to fight against the Boers until the Chinese have enough self-protection ability , Rock will consider throwing away all the Boers and British.

"What else can I do? In peacetime, soldiers should be disarmed and returned to the fields. After the matter in the Transvaal is settled, I think, I will go to Orange, or German Southwest Africa to buy a farm, and then have a few more children. Raise the children, and then raise the children into adults—" There was yearning in Luis Botha's eyes, and Rock believed that what Louis Botha said was true.

It is hard to imagine that the 40-year-old Louis Botha has no children, but this is not incomprehensible. Governor Ade also had no children, and when he died, no one even inherited the title.

At that time, Ade was already a Viscount.

Think about it, it should be soon. After the "Peace Agreement" is signed, there will be a wave of rewards from the British government. This time Roque is also on the list, but I don't know if London will also seal Roque's fief in the Transvaal.

Rock hopes that London will seal Rock's fiefdom in the Transvaal, even if it is a wilderness like Henry. It will be miserable in the UK. Considering the situation in the UK, even if Rock is sealed As a baron, the fiefdom will not be too large, and there will not be much output.

It's different in the Transvaal. In the eyes of London, the land in the Transvaal is worthless. Henry's fiefdom covers an area of ​​more than 1500 square kilometers. The closer the better.

There are gold mines all around Johannesburg, and there are still many gold mines that have not been discovered. In a thousand square kilometers, even if you are lucky, you may hit one or two——

"Haven't thought about making a comeback?" Rock was still inquiring about what Louis Botha meant.

"Hehehe——" Louis Botha smiled and said nothing. This question is a shallow one for Rock and Louis Botha now.

Rock is not in a hurry, don't listen to Louis Botha's good words now, he is a very responsible person, when Paul Kruger goes retrograde, Louis Botha will fight for reason, the expeditionary force invaded Transz In Watts, Louis Botha will also resolutely resist. If the Boers need someone to protect their interests in the future, Louis Botha will also stand up without hesitation.

Relatively speaking, Aiden didn't know enough about Louis Botha, so after Louis Botha finished speaking, Aiden showed disdain.

Certainly from an angle that Luis Botha couldn't see.

In the next few days, Louis Botha remained in Johannesburg, assisting the police station to maintain order in the refugee camp.

Most of the guerrillas who successfully reunited with their families chose to go away to Orange. For every Boer who left Johannesburg, the Johannesburg city government would compensate an additional 10 pounds for travel expenses. After they arrived in Orange, they would receive the Orange government. Promised Farm.

There are also some people who choose to go to German Southwest Africa, they don't care about compensation and farms.

Rock can understand the decisions of these people. Rock was not the only one who made a fortune during the war. Many guerrillas also had small savings. For example, Cliff was arrested in Johannesburg a while ago. The gold jewelry he carried with him was worth More than 500 pounds, if Cliff did not come to Johannesburg, but took the money to go to German Southwest Africa, then Cliff could easily buy a farm with an area of ​​more than 2000 acres in German Southwest Africa.

Relatively speaking, farms in German Southwest Africa are much cheaper than those in Johannesburg.

Rock didn't care where the Boers went, as long as they didn't stay in Johannesburg.

Over time, more and more Boers left Johannesburg, but there are still thousands of Boers who stay in Johannesburg and refuse to leave. The British had some contact and had to choose to stay in Johannesburg.

"During the entire war, there were at least thousands of Boers who had affairs with the soldiers of the Expeditionary Army. Now that the Expeditionary Army has withdrawn from the Transvaal, these women and those posthumous children were left in Johannesburg. It is estimated that there are thousands of them. As much as we can't force them out of Johannesburg, the Boers won't take them, and because of the fathers of those children, I think we need to give them some help to get them settled in Johannesburg," said Home Affairs Secretary Blake Nelson in It was proposed at the meeting of mayors that these Boers should be kept.

"Those posthumous children have nothing to do with the expeditionary force. We shouldn't keep them. The "Peace Agreement" stipulates that they should go to Orange." Marcus Beaufort still had a tough attitude.

On this issue, no one else, including Roque, expressed any opinion.

Philip looked directly at Rock, and this time Rock couldn't even pretend to be stupid.

"It is not impossible to keep them in Johannesburg. They are leaving the refugee camp now. Many people may not end well. Yesterday in the refugee camp, a guerrilla discovered that his wife was pregnant and shot his wife directly. Beat to death—" Rock's words elicited a low-pitched laughter, and the people who attended the meeting were all British, and they were very disgusted with the Boers. Such a thing must be welcome.

Rock was not disturbed, and continued unhurriedly: "There are more than [-] pregnant Boer women in the refugee camp. They have all been separated from their husbands for more than a year. Some of their husbands have died in battle. This part will not be discussed. , mainly those Boer women whose husbands are still alive. When the refugee camp opened some time ago, some people asked the police for help, hoping to obtain police protection. Now it seems that this issue has become urgent."

What Roque said was the truth. This situation is normal in any occupied area. It is also a tragedy caused by the war, and it was caused by the expeditionary force.

Now that the expeditionary force has withdrawn, the officials in Johannesburg will wipe their buttocks. If they do not wipe it, it will not work. If these things cause violence, the expeditionary force will not be responsible.

(Sorry, some plots cannot be written in too much detail, please forgive me brothers-)

(End of this chapter)