Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 255 Infighting

Because the expeditionary force confiscated all the heavy weapons of the guerrillas and only left the guerrillas with pistols for self-defense, the three Albert Simpson brothers had to go to Cape Town to obtain long weapons.

Rock can't find the three Albert Simpson brothers, but it doesn't mean that Louis Botha can't find them either. Through this incident, Rock has enough reason to believe that even if the guerrillas are disbanded, Louis Botha must be there. There is a way to contact all the partisans, so that whenever the three Albert Simpson brothers show up in Orange, Louis Botha will find them.

The good guy did it to the end, and Louis Botha didn't sit down and raise the price, and directly told Rock the hiding place of the three Albert Simpson brothers and Cliff.

Rock immediately arranged for someone to arrest him.

This time, there is no need for Rock to act in person. Rock will discuss a plan with Louis Botha to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

"It's impossible to eradicate it completely. The hatred has already been planted and cannot be eradicated in a short time unless all of our generation die." Louis Botha is pessimistic and does not think it is possible to reconcile the conflict between the Boers and the British.

On the surface, it seems that this is a contradiction between Boer farmers and Chinese farmers. In fact, Rock and Louis Botha are very clear that the root of the contradiction between Chinese and Boers lies in the contradiction between Boers and British.

"One thing you have to figure out, Louis, the British in southern Africa are different from the British in the UK." Rock emphasized to Louis Botha.

Luis Botha immediately opened his eyes wide: "What do you mean?"

"I mean, now there is no difference between the Boers and the British, whether it is the Boers or the British, or we Chinese, now we are all Afrikaners, and we all have to fight for the establishment of a prosperous Struggling for a new, democratic, and civilized federation—” Roque painted a big pie for Louis Botha, clearly proposing the concept of a “new federation”.

"You Chinese and British are both vested interests now. Of course you will say that, but who will consider the interests of our Boers?" Louis Botha is also full of complaints. It is the loss of their own country.

"Aren't those compensations, relief funds, and loans considering the interests of the Boers? Even the resettlement of the Boers in Orange is for the sake of the Boers. Otherwise, will the Boers stay in the Transvaal? Trigger new contradictions? That's for sure." Rock did not give Louis Botha a chance to argue, if the first 300 million was not enough to appease the Boers, now another 3000 million came, if Boer If people are not satisfied, then they are greedy.

Johannesburg will accept the final allocation of £3000, also out of interest in this regard.

Regardless of whether Philip Matilda admits it or not, the city government of Johannesburg has received the greatest war dividend, so Johannesburg must bear more responsibilities. Otherwise, once the Boers in Orange return, Johannesburg will also have to pay the price.

"Accept the reality, Louis, it is impossible for the Boers to have their own country anymore, but the Boers have also jumped out of the previous limitations and have a wider space. Now the Boers can go to Cape, Natal, Luo Desia, this was never possible in the past, we have to look forward, it will be a good thing in the long run." Rock doesn't care about the immediate gains and losses, Luis Botha is a smart person, he will understand, otherwise he won't Say hello to Rock.

When the Boer Republic took the initiative to ask for negotiations, it was a desperate and helpless move. Now that the matter has come to this point, what's the point of haggling over every detail?

It is better to seize the time to rebuild the homeland, gain a firm foothold within three to five years, and then wait for the democratic representation in three to five years.

The democratic representative system is to establish a government elected by the people, and members of the public are chosen by the citizens to participate in and discuss state affairs on behalf of the citizens. Both the United Kingdom and the United States use democratic representative systems.

In the "Peace Agreement", the representative system is also a very important aspect. Article [-] of the "Peace Agreement" stipulates: When the conditions are ripe, a representative system of self-government will be established in South Africa.

Note that "South Africa" ​​is used here, not Transvaal and Orange.

In other words, the British government agreed to establish a representative self-government system in the four colonies of Cape when the conditions were ripe.

This is actually a hole that Adelaide dug for the Boers. The so-called "conditions are ripe", there is no quantitative measurement standard, so when the conditions will be ripe, it is the British government that has the final say.

In fact, the Boer Republic didn't pay much attention to this article. When signing, the representatives of the Boer Republic certainly didn't expect that the conditions would mature so quickly——

Yang Smotz went to London in 1905 and tentatively raised this question to Prime Minister Campbell Bannerman, but Campbell Bannerman readily agreed.

Even Yang Smozi couldn't believe it.

"Hehe, Sir Locke, do you think the British government will agree with us to form a 'new federation'?" Louis Botha couldn't believe it either.

"How will you know if you don't try? The Boer War, of course you were hurt, and London was also exhausted. No one wants to see the war break out again, so we will wait and see, but before that, we must first develop One's own strength should not be spent on unnecessary internal friction. People like the three Albert Simpson brothers are very dangerous and unstable factors. They are like time bombs, which will trigger the Transvaal and Austrian conflicts at any time. The conflict between the two places in Lange, so such hidden dangers must be cleared up as soon as possible." Rock made a request, not afraid that Louis Botha would disagree, and the Boers needed to recuperate more than the Chinese.

If Louis Botha disagrees, then Roque will use some unconventional methods to make the Boers feel like they are often attacked. It is easy to do this, and there is no need for Chinese to go out, and some of Yaya's men need to work , but the police department looked down on the Zulus.

So far, although the Johannesburg Police Department has undergone two large-scale expansions, the number of Zulu police officers is still only about 200.

In addition, Rock sent more than 1000 retired Zulu scouts to Portuguese East Africa. These scouts not only trained the Yao people, but also participated in the attack on the Portuguese.

Even so, Yaya still has thousands of retired Zulu scouts, and most of them are now in Zululand, waiting for Yaya to assign them jobs.

"How to clear it?" Louis Botha's face was ugly, and Roque's words were indeed a bit rude.

"Don't be angry with Louis. Compared with the serious consequences they may cause, we must nip the danger in the bud." Rock doesn't think this is rude. If there are unrest among the Chinese, Rock will also clean it up in advance : "At the very least, before they commit a crime, if they stay in the place of residence, they must be monitored as necessary. If they go out, they must report to the police station in advance, explaining the direction, purpose, time, etc. If they suddenly missing, then the police station must report it in time to facilitate the arrest by the superior police station-in order to achieve this goal, the police station needs to register all the permanent residents in the jurisdiction-in addition, if they commit a crime, then It is necessary to increase the punishment when sentencing, and those who should be executed by shooting, and those who should be exiled, must increase the punishment at this time, so as to deter criminals."

If possible, Rock would like to launch a "strike hard", but it is a pity that it is unrealistic to launch a "strike hard" in the Transvaal and Orange. There are only a few white people in the Transvaal and Orange. You will find that the buttocks are not clean, and it really can't stand several severe beatings.

What Roque said is actually just a basic monitoring method, and a higher level method is the "Baojia System", but in modern society, it is also unrealistic to implement the "Baojia System", so Rock can only settle for the next best thing.

"Hehe, Locke, have you ever thought about how much this will increase the cost of police work?" Louis Botha actually didn't understand how much value this would generate.

"It might add a little more, but it's all worth it—" Rock wasn't afraid to spend money, and the Johannesburg Police Department was already doing that.

"I'm sorry, Sir Locke, but Orange can't do it yet." Louis Botha weighed his head and finally admitted that the Orange Police Department is not as rich and powerful as the Johannesburg Police Department.

In fact, Roque knew what Louis Botha meant. If Roque promised now that the Johannesburg Police Department would be responsible for all the expenses incurred, then Louis Botha would definitely agree.

But Rock won't do that, the Boers are almost spoiled now, and they want to eat Naka for everything, Rock won't get used to the bad habits of the Boers.

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After receiving Rock's order, Martin led the commando and detective team to set off immediately.

The three Albert Simpson brothers hid in a place called Rosendal on the border of Orange and Basutoland (Lesotho).

The vicinity of Rosendal is a hilly area, and the surrounding area is full of fertile farmland, which has been developed to a certain extent before the Boer War.

When the war broke out, the farms near Rosendall, like the rest of Orange, were abandoned, and the Zulus of Basutoland took the opportunity to occupy them.

The three Albert Simpson brothers have now assembled a dozen people. They are going to rest in Rosendal for a period of time, and then go to the Transvaal to prepare for a new guerrilla war in the Transvaal.

"I said brothers, you have seriously underestimated the strength of the Johannesburg Police Department. They are much more difficult to deal with than the expeditionary force. I suggest that we go to Natal, make a vote in Natal, and then go to Portuguese East Africa, or go to Australia is better than going to Johannesburg." Cliff didn't want to go to Johannesburg, and when he thought of the deep dungeon in the Johannesburg police station, Cliff felt itchy in his bones.

Rock had completely forgotten about Cliff, but the police in Johannesburg hadn't forgotten Cliff.

When Cliff was put in the dungeon, the police would come to Clive to "talk" every now and then, "ask" Clive's purpose in Johannesburg, and "help" Cliff remember what Clive did during the war. something happened.

In the guerrillas, Cliff considered himself a man, otherwise he would not be qualified to be Louis Botha's guard.

In the Johannesburg Police Station, Cliff became a black bear who was beaten into a trick.

This is not a shame. Within a week of Cliff being imprisoned in the dungeon, more than a dozen "neighbors" died, and at most three people died in one night. Cliff didn't know where those corpses were sent. , It is strictly forbidden to discuss these things in the dungeon. The policemen use receivers to monitor the dungeon. If anyone dares to communicate with them, they will be whipped at least, or shot at the worst. The cruelty is outrageous.

"Hehe, Brother Cliff, are you scared out of your wits by those yellow men?" Cody, the youngest of the three Albert Simpson brothers, laughed at Cliff unscrupulously, and Albert Simpson himself seemed to laugh too. Non-smile.

Cody is a young guy. Don't look at this guy's young age, but he has a very cruel personality. Others kill people with one knife as much as possible, but this guy likes to kill people slowly and enjoy the tragic death of those victims. Call and beg for mercy.

"Hehe, Cody, don't think that you are invincible if you have killed a few people. Everyone here has killed a lot of people, and it was on an upright battlefield. It was not a sneak attack from behind, or killing someone who was caught without a fight. The police in Johannesburg You will know if you are powerful or not." Cliff also smiled half-smile, the pistol was within easy reach, as for whether Cliff was brave or not, it was not for Cody to judge.

To be honest, among the Boers, Cliff has a much greater reputation than the three Albert Simpson brothers. If it weren't for Cliff, with the fame of the three Albert Simpson brothers, they would not have found helper.

The massacre of unarmed ordinary people was a disdain even among the Boers.

"Hahahaha, I don't believe how powerful those yellow people are. They can't even protect their own wives. I'm going to chop off their heads." Cody laughed wildly. Beheading is his latest hobby.

After arriving in Rosendall, in order not to leak the news, the three Albert Simpson brothers killed several Zulu families here, and their heads were all cut off by Cody, even those who had already died .

"I wish you success, you will have a chance—" Cliff said absently and perfunctorily, making up his mind to leave these lunatics as soon as possible.

Cody wanted to retort, but suddenly there were several gunshots outside the door, and then someone used a tin horn to persuade him to surrender.

"Albert Simpson, I know you are inside. You are surrounded by us. Immediately put down your arms and raise your hands and surrender is your only way out. You only have 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, we will burn all the houses here. If You don't want to be a suckling pig, so throw your weapon out now, put your hands behind your head, and walk out the door—"

"Fa—who is it, who betrayed us!" Cody was furious.

"Fuck - how did the police know we were here!"

"What do you mean?"

Before the police could attack, the improvised small team fell into infighting.

(End of this chapter)