Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 73

After Christmas, Winston returned to the front line to participate in the battle to relieve the siege of Kimberley. Three days ago, Winston had just arrived in Dordrecht, preparing to participate in the attack on Ladysmith.

"—At noon I heard that a unit had wiped out a Boer guerrilla, and by the afternoon almost everyone was talking about you, saying that you had defeated Joubert, killed Luis Botha, and what's even more amazing , It was actually a group of policemen who did all that. When I heard that the heroes were a group of policemen, I immediately knew that you must have come. You are the most amazing policemen in the world. What the Imperial Army can’t do, for It's easy for you, tell me how you did it, your name will once again resound throughout the British Empire." Winston talked endlessly, with only one sentence as the central idea, give me a chance to interview you,

Uh, by the way, I almost forgot that Winston is a military reporter.

Also, Winston was captured by Louis Botha. Louis Botha is the best general of the Boer coalition army. Ta was the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.

After reading Luis Botha's resume, I feel that Winston was captured by Luis Botha, which is not so unacceptable.

Unfortunately, neither Roque nor Henry knew who Joubert was, nor who was Luis Botha, so Winston's excitement seemed to Roque and Henry to be more or less crazy. Element.

If it was two months ago, Rock and Henry would not let go of the opportunity to become famous. Now that time has passed, Rock and Henry have fully felt the fate of being famous, so Rock and Henry are not very excited.

"Who is Luis Botha?" Henry did not agree to Winston's request for an interview.

"You don't know?" Winston's expression froze, and after confirming that Roque and Henry were not fakes, Winston laughed loudly: "That's probably a rumor, let me just say, people like Luis Botha, I will kill him with my own hands, and I will wash away the shame that Luis Botha imposed on me with my own hands."

impose?

Not necessarily. As a reporter accompanying the army, Winston carried a weapon with him when he went to the front for interviews. That's why the Boer coalition forces detained Winston. This was not imposed, it deserved it!

However, neither Rock nor Henry refuted Winston's intentions. They smiled at each other and raised enamel mugs filled with hot coffee to signal to each other.

"Hey, aren't you excited? You won the victory, you will definitely be rewarded by the expeditionary force headquarters, and you may even be honored by the Queen. This is a real military achievement!" Winston didn't understand, Luo Why did Ke and Henry behave so indifferently.

The current British Empire has passed the period of barbaric pioneering. If you want to obtain a title, you must have military merits. Generally speaking, military merits are obtained through desperate efforts, so military merits are very important. Winston has been in the army for many years, and he has not yet It is conceivable how difficult it is to obtain military merit rewards.

"Sit down, Winston, sit down and rest, don't be so excited—" Rock said lightly, the raging bonfire shone on Rock's face, and it seemed that the skin color of Rock and Henry was no different: "Know that we How many were there when we left Cape Town? We've lost a dozen brothers along the way, so, sorry Winston, I don't feel anything to be excited about, maybe just this cup of coffee after the battle, It makes me feel like I'm alive."

"Why do you think so? Isn't it normal to die in the war? It is because we are still alive that we should be grateful." Winston did not understand Rock's sadness.

"If you knew what we went through, I believe Winston, you wouldn't think so. When you heard that a group of policemen attacked the positions of the Boer coalition forces, didn't you realize why this happened? ?” Rock would be more subtle, but Henry was so direct.

"Why?" Winston was not stupid, and his face turned pale immediately: "You mean, that report—"

"Winston, we are friends. I don't mean to blame you, but Winston, I really don't want to be in the newspaper anymore. The protagonist of this war should be the soldiers, not us police." Henry can also understand now The meaning of uncoordinated virtue, blindly flattering sometimes is not a good thing, but flattering and killing.

Winston didn't argue any more, and sat down by the bonfire silently, watching the blazing bonfire in silence.

Although Winston is still very young, it does not mean that Winston is not ignorant of the world. On the contrary, Winston, who grew up in an aristocratic family, is more sensitive to conspiracy than ordinary people. When Winston reported Henry, he might not Unexpectedly, this might bring trouble to Henry and Roque, but Henry and Roque are policemen, affiliated to the Cape Town Colonial Government, and the Expeditionary Force Command are two systems, Winston does not think that the Expeditionary Force The command can threaten Henry and Rock.

The world is unpredictable. Winston has learned to use all objective factors to achieve his goals a long time ago, but Winston has never deeply understood the serious consequences that certain potential dangers may cause.

Rock and Henry didn't want to talk either. Rock was thinking about the future, and Henry was helping Phyllis with her hair.

Phyllis lay on Henry's lap and fell into a deep sleep. The experience of the past few days had too much impact on Phyllis. The world of boy scouts was completely different from that of adults.

Not far away, the remaining commandos are gathered around several campfires, wrapped in blankets and cuddling with each other, some asleep, some whispering, and some sharing the battle captured during the day. Although the bonfire can only warm half of their bodies, they are not alone because there are brothers behind them.

After a long time, a knight passed not far from Rock and his camp, and the breeze brought some intermittent words.

"——they captured the position of the Boer coalition army. Before that, they also wiped out a Boer guerrilla group. It is unbelievable that a group of policemen did all this—"

"This is a disgrace to the Empire—two thousand and five hundred soldiers of the Expeditionary Army, who continued to attack a position defended by less than three hundred Boers for a week—in vain, lost troops—that a group of policemen completed this task, and the Expeditionary Army Your generals should reflect on—”

"—Our problem now is, what to do with these policemen, they shouldn't be on the battlefield—"

"—then let them do what they ought to do—don't make any more trouble, there's enough trouble—"

　Yutou also wants to be a person who is indifferent to fame and fortune now, so let him go with the wind for recommendation tickets and so on. Thousands of rivers and mountains are always love, can you collect it——

　　

(End of this chapter)