Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 79

"——It was raining at the time, and Locke found the sentinel smoking. I wanted to attack directly, but Locke told me that we were going to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation—" Henry was spitting in front of the bar, surrounded by a group of A large number of senior officers, the major general is Marcy Meredith, the senior staff officer of the Expeditionary Force Command, and the oldest colonel is Marcus Lloyd, the head of the Royal Canadian Regiment. The maple leaf logo, the officer with the lowest rank present is also a major, it is estimated that this is the bar with the highest density of officers in Kimberley.

"To the queen!"

"To Henry!"

"Respect Locke!"

The atmosphere among the officers was high, and every exciting moment, the officers would toast to congratulate, Henry and Roque also had free champagne, and Major General Marcy treated them.

"—When it comes to fighting, Locke is definitely a good player. He used explosives to drive the Boers from the house to the wilderness, and rushed to the heavy machine gun positions under my command. What I have to do is to command the heavy machine guns to drive them I didn't expect to kill even Joubert—" Henry was so loyal that he didn't take the credit for himself, and Locke got more and more "respect to Locke".

"It's very interesting, you used explosives." Major General Massey was very insightful and grasped the key points.

"Yes, dynamite, we have no artillery, not even dum bombs when we reach Dordrecht—" Henry cried poor when he should have cried poor.

"Shhh - pay attention to your words, Inspector, we don't have dum bombs." Major General Marcy's pretentious appearance caused everyone to roar with laughter.

The British are like this, with one thing on the surface and another thing behind the back, and they are very proficient at playing double standards.

"I'm talking about Boer dum bombs, we seized a lot—" Henry widened his eyes and acted innocent, and the officers laughed again.

"It's unbelievable that it was a group of police officers who killed Joubert, and you are all eligible to receive medals." Major General Massy has a high emotional intelligence, otherwise he would not be in a high position.

High emotional intelligence is a common feature of big people. To be able to occupy a high position does not necessarily have to be of noble birth. For example, Alfred Milner is not even a baron now, but that does not prevent Alfred Milner Served as Governor of the Cape Colony.

"Lock, are you really from the Qing Dynasty?" Unlike Major General Marcy, Marcus Lloyd was more interested in Rock.

"Yes, Mr. Colonel, I served in the Huayong Battalion before, and I came to Cape at the end of last year, and now I am naturalized." Rock did not evade his origin.

"Oh, then you are no longer from the Qing Dynasty, you are from the Cape and a citizen of the British Empire." Marcos did not discriminate against Rock's origin, or in other words, Marcos concealed it better.

Now the Cape Colony has not yet obtained the status of self-government, so strictly speaking, the Cape people are all British, and the Cape will gradually move away from the United Kingdom after the Cape Colony is self-governing.

"Oh, I know the Huayong Battalion, an army composed of Qing people."

"It turns out that I used to serve in the Huayong Battalion, so that's right."

"Is Hua Yongying so powerful?"

The officers talked a lot, and some people didn't understand the background of the Huayong Camp. Someone immediately popularized science, and everyone looked at Roque again, as if they were relieved after a sudden realization.

"People from the Qing Dynasty are two different things from the Chinese." Rock couldn't bear it anymore. It is absolutely wrong to confuse the people from the Qing Dynasty with the Chinese. The Qing Dynasty only has a history of more than 5000 years. Before the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Empire was the last country established by the Chinese. If you gentlemen know something about the Far East, you should have heard of the most powerful fleet in the world at that time."

In fact, Roque is a bit extreme. It is meaningless to say that it does not change the impression of the Chinese in the minds of these British officers. In the minds of these British officers, Roque is no longer the same concept as other Chinese. Just like Marcos said, Rock is now a British citizen.

"Calm down, Sergeant, no one denies the history of the Chinese, but that's just history, right?" Major General Macy's sharp words made Rock speechless.

Yes, no matter how glorious history is, it is just history.

Even if the Ming Empire had the most powerful fleet in the world at that time, it had already disappeared in the long river of history. The current Chinese are a nation conquered by foreigners. No matter how strong Roque's national pride is, he cannot change this reality after all.

"Yes, that's just history, but I firmly believe that the Chinese will rise again." Roque knew that Major General Marcy was right, but Roque couldn't accept it. Hexi for 30 years, and Hedong for 30 years, just wait and see.

No, at the age of Major General Massey, it is estimated that Major General Massey will not see the day when the Chinese will rise again.

"Yes, I see hope from you." Major General Macy did not deny the possibility. This is already the most euphemistic way of saying it. If the commando hadn't killed Joubert, Major General Macy would not have listened to Roque. nonsense.

"Gentlemen, let us raise our glasses to celebrate the victory and the great British Empire." Major General Massey did not give Roque a chance to speak, and proposed to raise a glass to celebrate together.

All the Brits present responded with a bang, Rock also raised his glass, um, a little bitter.

Saying goodbye to the officers, on the way back to the residence, Henry happily shared the harvest with Rock: "All the captives have bounties, and those we killed also had bounties. Joubert is the most valuable. We got a total of [-] pounds, plus The previous five thousand, we now have twenty-five thousand pounds, God, this is really a lot of money, I have never seen how magnificent twenty-five thousand pounds piled up!"

"Where's your title? Don't you have one?" Rock didn't care about how much money he had, and he could earn money in the future. The most important thing now was the title, which was Henry and Rock's amulet.

"Of course there is, but not now. After the war is over, the expeditionary force headquarters will report uniformly. At that time, our names will definitely appear in the list of reports. Note that it is us, not me, you know? Your name may also be Above, you are now a Cape, and you are also eligible for the title." Henry endured until now before telling Rock the good news.

"Me? I may also be knighted?" Rock was surprised. This was a good thing that he had never thought of before.

"Of course it's possible. Do you think I'm lying to you?" Henry laughed loudly, thinking that Rock was just being happy.

It is indeed possible that the Second Boer War was of great significance to Britain. In this war, the British not only mobilized troops from the mainland, but also mobilized troops from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Ceylon. Of course, these colonial soldiers are also eligible for titles. The British now need to use titles to win over them, and Rock can be regarded as honored.

　On Friday, I originally wanted to ask for a wave, but I saw that the calendar is Qingming Festival, so let’s forget it—I wish you all good health—or, add an update today?

　　

　

(End of this chapter)