African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 275 Southern Limit
Hearing what Buckhausen said, Vincent also had to calm down. Thinking about it now, it was really a loss. He should have included the land on the other side of the river as his own farm. At that time, he thought that there would be no one on the west side anyway, and he would go to develop the farm when there were enough people. In the end, this so-called "Kingdom of East Africa" ​​took advantage of the loophole.

As for the Khoisan and other aborigines living on the west bank of the Limpopo River, they are not considered "people" in the Republic of Transvaal. The labor force in the Boer farms is mostly composed of black slaves. Although slaves are also used in East Africa, there is no clear regulation in East Africa. In official documents in East Africa, the aborigines are laborers of "unknown nationality".

There are slaves in both East Africa and the Transvaal Republic, but there are differences in their use. In order to rule, ordinary people in East Africa still have to work, but the Boers are different. If there are slaves, who will farm the land by themselves!The same is true of Vincent's farm. The white people are in charge of the force and can suppress the slaves at any time.

"Well, Buckhausen, since they are facing the Germans, they don't appear here because they want to attack our Transvaal Republic!" After calming down, Vincent became worried.

"Well, boss, I'm afraid it's hard to say, but according to what they said, if we don't cross the border, that is, if we don't cross the river, they won't trouble us."

"Is that so! That's okay." Vincent breathed a sigh of relief. Vincent was mainly afraid that these Germans, like the British, wanted to wipe out the Boers.

In fact, the Boers at this time were very afraid of Britain, otherwise they would not have fled directly from the Cape Colony and crossed the Orange River and the Drakens Mountains to re-establish the country.

In 1834, the British promulgated regulations in Cape Town to abolish slavery, which had a great impact on the Boers whose main business was the slave farm economy.In order to avoid the high pressure of the British policy, the Boers left the Cape Town colony and migrated deep into the interior of South Africa.

This is also the reason why the Boers, although they came later than the Portuguese in Mozambique, were able to go deep into the interior of Africa. To put it bluntly, they were forced by the British.

The British only used policy pressure to make the Boers leave the Cape Colony willingly.

Until later, in the Battle of the Bronkhorst Wadi, 247 of the 77 British soldiers were killed and 157 were injured, but only 2 were killed and 4 were injured by the Boer militia.

To be honest, if the Kingdom of East Africa is not the name, but a colony of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, it is estimated that the Boers will also be afraid.

In fact, the Kingdom of East Africa is far more threatening to the Boers than the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire is a great power, it is not as good as the Hexingen royal family overseas.

However, the Boers were not aware of this. If Bakhausen was not German, Vincent might have regarded the East African Army suddenly appearing as British.

"Boss, it's better to inform the government of this matter. We should rely on our strength alone and don't think about what we have. The entire Transvaal Republic may not be able to cope with the cavalry on the opposite side alone. What's more, they also said that there are tens of thousands of troops on the other side of the river." Barkhausen reminded.

What Buckhausen said is not an exaggeration at all. Just looking at the uniform uniforms and weapons of the Army of the East African Kingdom, it looks like a standing army, and the standing army of the Transvaal Republic is only a few thousand people.

The population of the entire Transvaal Republic is just over 20, and with other Boer countries, it is only close to 40, and the number of troops in East Africa alone has reached [-].

Of course, the data cannot be calculated in this way. Although the Boers have a small army, ordinary people also carry guns. For example, on Vincent’s farm, all male whites are issued with guns. These are the source of the militia during the war.

This is why Ernst did not plan to attack the Boers. If the Boers played guerrilla warfare with East Africa, they would not get the land in South Africa, and they might disrupt Zimbabwe and Botswana under the control of East Africa.

The Transvaal Republic is vast and sparsely populated, and the Boers all have horses. In a short time, they may even disappear. Therefore, if you want to attack the Boers, you have to learn from Britain and send more people.

Of course, this person refers to the armed immigrants, not the simple British army. Every stronghold opened by the immigrants will erode their living space, and finally solving the Boers will not be a problem.

As for the 45 troops sent by the British during the Second Boer War, although the number was large enough to exceed the number of Boers, the 45 full-time troops played hide-and-seek with the Boers in the interior of South Africa.

"You are right. Since we can meet the army of the East African Kingdom here, there must be more in the north. Therefore, the tens of thousands of troops mentioned by the Germans in East Africa are likely to exist." Vincent analyzed.

The Limpopo River is more than 1000 kilometers long. Excluding the Portuguese colony, there are still nearly [-] to [-] kilometers. If the East African Kingdom deploys defenses along the Limpopo River, more people should be deployed in the north, because I am already very close to the source of the Limpopo River.

(Picture: Vincent Farm - the position of the red font)
Soon, Vincent reported the news of the appearance of the East African Army on the west bank of the Crocodile River (Limpopo River) to the government.

Not only Vincent, but also other Boers whose farms are close to the Limpopo River. This strange force of the East African Kingdom entered the eyes of the Transvaal Republic for the first time.

The Transvaal Republic can only analyze the information of this new force through a few words from the reporter. The conclusion is very pessimistic. The number of troops moving south from East Africa alone prevents the top leaders of the Transvaal Republic from acting rashly. The good news is that East Africa is currently not interested in the Transvaal Republic.

The garrison of the Limpopo River in East Africa is basically completed. The total number of troops stationed on the Limpopo River is more than 5000, and there are more than 1 troops on the border of Mozambique.

East Africa used the army to completely block any possibility of the Portuguese and Boers continuing to expand into the interior of Africa unless they declared war on the East African Kingdom.

As for whether they will declare war on East Africa without compromising their capabilities, it is really hard to say, especially Mozambique, which has no clear geographical boundaries with East Africa, and the possibility of conflict between the two sides in the future is very high.

(End of this chapter)