Chapter 366: Crisis appears

Four shooters carrying special rifles killed the British officers who were trying to organize resistance. The blood splattered, the corpses close at hand, and the killers hidden in the grass completely destroyed the British will to resist. When the fired grenades fell with howling noises, the British completely collapsed. They threw away their rifles, bullet belts, and even took off the uniform that they were proud of, and fled around, but even so , Most people still can't escape the chase of death. Pen~interest~ge.iquge.nfo

"Take all the materials you can take away. Be careful not to exceed the horse's weight. The rest is burned." After the Boers shot and killed the last British who was unwilling to surrender, there were as many as 40 vehicles. The supplies became their spoils.

Several Boers even removed a piece of the target from the car, and then wrote a sentence on it with a carbon strip, "This is just the beginning, far from the end, unless the entire South Africa is placed at the feet of the Boers!" They said this A provocative slogan was inserted in the middle of the road. At the same time, the bodies of several British soldiers were placed alongside to warn!

After the 19th Transport Company was annihilated, the news was delivered to Captain Strong about the same afternoon. After learning of the news, his first reaction was to give up tracking the target in front of him. Retreat towards the town!

"Immediately send a telegram to Cape Town, saying that we have been besieged by a large number of cavalry! Outside Hanover, they have at least five cavalry! Each cavalry has a company! Well, that's it!" A senior military officer who suppressed an uprising in Sudan and dealt with Hindus in India, Captain Strong immediately realized the crisis of his situation!

Within a radius of less than 50 kilometers, I encountered 2 cavalry units! This density is a bit big! If it wasn't for the other party to concentrate its forces to take some major action, then the Boer's cavalry should be more scattered! This abnormal situation caught his attention!

"Captain, the telegraph line has been cut off, and we can't even contact the surrounding cities!" Soon, a more frightening news made Captain Strong even more worried.

"All personnel contracted into the city and requisitioned local civilians to build a line of defense! Send people on horseback to contact other friendly forces. The Boer army is coming!" Not only Captain Strong, but also other British cavalry who carried out the anti-sorrow task quickly realized. The seriousness of the problem ran away cleverly, while the more sluggish corpses lay on the grasslands of South Africa, and then became a delicious meal for the hyenas.

And this was just the beginning. Soon, a large number of Boer cavalry appeared around the town behind the British. According to witnesses, the size of this cavalry ranged from several hundred to several thousand! The large amount of dust raised by the cavalry passing by shrouded the hearts of the British like the shadow of death. The Boers quickly surrendered all the buildings and personnel outside the city that were not protected by fortifications.

They destroyed the British farms, burned down houses and granaries. Destroyed mines and even smuggled into some water sources. So much so that nowadays the British people get the water from the well by letting the dog take a sip... And then, the concentrated Boolean cavalry began to destroy the railway in sections, and began to besiege some of the weak defense strongholds. Some places were beaten down and turned into a pile of ashes in the flames, while most of them survived the catastrophe safely.

"Now, our transportation line through Cape Town-Bloemfontein is now in crisis. A large number of Burr cavalry appeared behind us, and the performance of our cleaning forces disappointed me. It took just a week. In time, 10 transport companies have been attacked, and 8 of them have been completely destroyed! We have lost fifteen villages and thousands of tons of various materials, including food, forage and weapons urgently needed on the front lines. They even attacked Our town." Sir Roberts, the British commander-in-chief in South Africa, said solemnly.

"Those cavalry drawn from the colonies can't suppress the Boers very well. I hope that you will lead the British Empire cavalry to clear these annoying hyenas. General French, I can do my best in my authority. Give you help, and you must complete the task!" Sir gave the order.

Therefore, under the strict order of Sir Roberts, General French, who had just arrived in South Africa, began to integrate all the cavalry on hand to form a fast strike force to prepare for the anti-siege and suppression operations. French theoretically has a cavalry division. According to the British organization, a cavalry regiment consists of three cavalry companies. A cavalry division consists of 12 cavalry regiments, one regiment has 9,000 people, and has at least 18 machine guns and a certain number of artillery. But now, the actual army of General French is only more than half, about 5000 people!

"My troops need some artillery. The Boers have better individual quality. They spend half of their lives on the horse. They are natural riders and well-trained hunters. They have better weapons. Semi-automatic rifles with an extremely high rate of fire, with grenades and some mortars and machine guns~www.wuxiaspot.com~ We are completely suppressed in the regiment-level battle." General French said about him. Request.

"Do you want a naval gun? The 120mm gun has been replaced by an army gun mount." The Jazz glanced at the latter and said helplessly.

"What we need is a 12-pounder gun, or even a smaller one. A 6-pounder or an old 9-pounder can be used, but the 120mm cannon is a 40-pounder, which is already considered a siege gun. You let the cavalry unit carry these artillery? Are you sure you are not mistaken?" The muscles on General French’s face jumped slightly. If the person in front of him is not his immediate superior, he will definitely give him a lesson and let the cavalry Isn’t it funny to exercise with heavy artillery?

"All the artillery that is suitable for carrying has been moved to the front line by the army. Now you can't even put together a 75mm artillery in the warehouse. Neither navy or army cannon is gone. We only have those that have just been taken off the battleship. Artillery, yes, by the way, all the small and medium-caliber artillery on the warships docked outside the port have been unloaded at East London Port. If I hadn’t left a batch of artillery for you in advance, I’m afraid you don’t even have this! Or you Would you like to use those 6-inch guns?" But the Jazz was still an experienced commander. He had already considered the supply line, so he arranged transportation and supplies for General French.