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Chapter 1304 Ambush Circle (Second Update, please subscribe)
With the support of the Ming Empire, all forces are gathering towards Africa and South Africa.

Under the banner of "Anti-British", tens of thousands of Irish came to South Africa, where they trained, fought and sacrificed.

But their sacrifices are worthwhile. When the "Irish regiments" are formed one by one, an armed force belonging to the Irish is born. It is not clear what kind of frenzy they will set off in the future, but they will definitely be deeply rooted. The changing fate of Ireland...

Just when a large number of Irish arrived in South Africa through various channels as a new force, the British reinforcements finally arrived-the [-] British troops led by General Redvers Buller, the commander-in-chief of the South African Expeditionary Force, finally arrived at the opening. Cape Town.

This force was reinforced from the British mainland, and Admiral Redvers Buller also had a past with the Irish - he once suppressed a local uprising in Ireland.

"Send our fleet to Durban!"

As soon as he arrived in Cape Town, when he learned that Mafujing, Kimberley and other places had fallen one after another, and that the Boer Army had already approached the city of Durban Port, Admiral Buhler immediately ordered.

"We are going to break up the Boer attack in Durban! No army in this world can survive the bombardment of the navy!"

As Admiral Buller said, with the support of the fleet's fierce artillery fire, the Boer's offensive was frustrated. On March 3, the Boer army attacking the port of Durban was defeated by 8-inch, 8-inch and even 10-inch naval guns. Under the sensation, suffered unprecedented losses, facing the reality of nearly 12 casualties, the Boer army chose to retreat.This also meant that their attempts to get to the sea ended in failure.

Buoyed by the victory in the Port of Durban, Admiral Redvers Buller ordered the British to begin a counter-offensive, as the Cape Colony was populated by small bands of Boer guerrillas operating northeast of Cape Town, and The railway line poses a threat.

Facing the attack of the Boers, the British army had to closely guard the Orange River Railway Bridge and beware of the Boers' attempt to bomb the bridge.De Aar, the most important railway junction station on the Western Cape railway line and the distribution center for military supplies, was also harassed by the Boers.In order to protect the normal passage of the East-West Cape Railway, the British army had to install 4.7-inch naval guns on the train, and slowly advance under its cover to repair the railway in small sections.

This also caused their marching speed to become extremely slow.

On April 4, the 17st Royal Infantry Division, which was heading north, arrived in Magsfontein, a small town about 20 miles south of Kimberley, in the rain.In front of the British army were continuous hills, and the hills shrouded in heavy rain had a somewhat chilling air.

"It is very likely that the Boers have set up an ambush on the hill!"

For the sake of caution, Payne Simmons ordered the subordinate Scottish Highland Guard to take the lead and advance in a column, and the rear team formed a dense formation to follow to prevent the soldiers from falling behind.

In the distance, the horizon behind the mountains is covered by the rain, and faint light spots can be vaguely seen jumping up and down in the drizzle and thick fog.

It was the light reflected from the bare stones on the mountain—in order to avoid being ambushed, the British army used searchlights to observe the surroundings. The dazzling lights pierced the darkness of the night. With the help of the lights, the British army repeatedly searched the wilderness ahead , but could see nothing but dark hills.

Although the light of the searchlight allowed the British to see clearly to dispel the darkness, it also exposed their location, and a dozen beams of light completely exposed their location.

When the British army advanced cautiously, neither General Payne Simmons nor the British officers and soldiers under his command noticed that General Cronch's Boer field troops were ambushing behind the hill.

Those Boer soldiers braved the heavy rain and let the rain fall on them. They hid quietly behind the big rocks that had been scorched by the sun and washed by the rain, and lay in carefully constructed trenches, waiting for the approach of the British army.

The Boers were not spotted by the scouts sent by Payne Simmons.Under the cover of night fog and heavy rain, a Boer cavalry team quietly approached the enemy.

Heavy rain and night were the best repulsion for the Boer cavalry. The sound of rain and wind blocked the sound of horses' hooves. Every Boer was a good rider. They suddenly appeared in front, on both sides and behind the unprepared British army.

In the next moment, the crisp sound of firing from the original rifle broke the silence of the march.

For a while, there were gunshots everywhere in the twilight. Since the British marched in dense formation, each bullet fired by the Boers could often penetrate two or three people in the British army. It hit a British soldier in the shoulder, passed through his chest, and then shot through another soldier's chest.

In the twilight, to the British soldiers who were marching, the continuous gunshots were like the cough of death, dull and rapid, and the Scottish Highland Guard, which took the lead under the dense bullet rain, suffered a lot of casualties.In the heavy rain, red blood mist kept rising from the marching team.

"Boers, Boers..."

The British army who was suddenly attacked screamed in horror in the dark. When the British soldiers on the train tried to use searchlights to find the enemy, the riflemen in the distance directly smashed the searchlights. In the darkness, the Boers' horse-riding rifles The soldiers kept shooting, they surrounded the British, and kept shooting.

After launching a surprise attack, they retreated towards their positions without even waiting for the British to react.

"The Boers have escaped, pursue them!"

Facing the retreat of the Boers, Payne Simmons immediately ordered the artillery to fight back.

When the 4.7-inch rapid-fire naval gun on the train continued to fire in the direction of the Boer cavalry's retreat, the British army, which had reacted, also launched a pursuit.

It's just that when he ordered the pursuit, Payne Simmons didn't know that the mission of this Boer cavalry team was to lure the British army into the ambush point.

"The British are coming..."

General Kronzhi, who was on the mountain, looked at the British chasing in the twilight, with a sneer on his face.

"Just as we planned, they crashed into our ambush circle. King, our plan succeeded."

Standing beside him, Wang Jingchu could no longer see the demeanor of the young master Wang in Linhai. His dress was no different from that of ordinary Boers. In addition, the imperial military sent dozens of officers to assist them in combat as volunteers.

Wang Jingchu, who served in the colonial authorities, was also sent here near the water tower. The rain dripped down his cowhide cowboy hat, staring at the British troops who were getting closer, and watching the rising artillery flames in the distance, he said.

"General, the British artillery fire seems to be very violent, which may not be conducive to our next plan."

Nodding his head, General Kelongzhi didn't say anything, he just stared at the battlefield in the night.

This is their carefully constructed ambush circle, just waiting for the British to crash in. Now, they finally broke in, and it is time to give them a head-on blow...

(End of this chapter)