The Rise of the Empire

"The Transvaal can concentrate more than 40,000 troops in future battles, of which 20,000 people form the main field force of the Transvaal, divided into 3 brigades. Each brigade has about 5,500 people, and the rest 3,500 people are artillery and units directly under the headquarters. These units are equipped with a total of 14,000 rifles, 120 various machine guns, more than 80 various mortars and 72 barrel artillery."

"In addition, we have 5 cavalry brigades, each brigade has 2,000 cavalry, in addition to basic equipment such as rifles, sabers, and so on, each brigade also has 12 machine guns and 8 mortars. Except for one brigade accompanying the main force Operation, in addition to one brigade as an excited reserve, the other three brigades will be used as a mobile harassment force to attack the British communication lines, towns and depots."

"In addition, we also have a security force of about 6,000 people organized into 2 reserve brigades. They are responsible for the safety of material transportation along the way and defend important nodes. They can also be put into the battlefield as a reserve force when necessary, or serve as Stay with the troops."

"The rest of the troops will be responsible for local defense and transportation. They will be divided into 8 transportation brigades to support our operations. Your reform of the Transvaal military system has basically achieved the goal. We will build a relatively healthy army. system." President Kruger of Transvaal said respectfully to Caliput.

This kind of respect is not only because the latter comes from his own allies, but more because of the recognition and gratitude to Caliput for his contribution to the Boer army over the past few years. After several years of hard work by Caliput, Kruger finally discovered that fighting a war is not about fighting in groups. This is how the military system of a country should be done!

"Our original tactics and preparations now seem to be a complete joke. We were a group of out-and-out militias, which were sufficient to deal with Africans and small-scale harassment, but if we want to face the army of a country It's impossible. We can't even keep our military motivated for long."

"General Caliput brought not only advanced training and tactics, but more importantly, helped us establish a complete staff system and logistics system. Relying on this system, we can control the army to the greatest extent and deal with various The occurrence of unexpected events. From now on, the Boer army in the Transvaal has formed a real iron fist. It is not a mess." Kruger gave the German officer a very high evaluation in his diary.

"Then what role does the army of Orange play besides the army of the Transvaal?" asked Caliput. As another Boer country, Orange can also mobilize more than 25,000 troops. It is also a waste to let such a force idle.

"The elite troops of the Kingdom of Orange will launch an attack on the British strongholds on the east coast together with the main force under my command. Their greatest advantage is that they have a large number of cavalry. We will ignite the flames of war in the depths of British rule. If One day our cavalry will appear in Cape Town, I hope you will not be surprised. In addition, they have a good relationship with some African chiefs, and some of them will fight against those hateful British with African blacks." Kruger thought for a while and said.

Some Africans have finally sided with the Boers. It’s not that the Boers are a good thing, but that the British are not a thing. If the conflict between the Boers and the Africans is more of a small-scale unorganized conflict, then no matter what Whether it is the war of the British against the Zulu or some other war, it is an organized and large-scale massacre of blacks.

Relatively speaking, blacks are more disgusted with the British,

The two harm each other whichever is less. When the Boers released some goodwill and gave some old weapons to the blacks, some black tribes who had deep hatred with the British finally stood on the side of the Boers.

Although the blacks are not skilled fighters, and the level of command is even worse, the large number of blacks has benefited the Boers a lot. Among other things, at least there is no shortage of manpower for logistics. There is no need for nearly half of the troops to guard against black tribes, let alone worry about blacks and Boers fighting guerrillas when they are fighting guerrillas with the British....

The Germans taught the Boers how to fight, and the Boers taught the blacks how to fight. Let alone how much the Boers have learned and how much the blacks can understand, but at least they are much better than before! From the perspective of equipment, a small half of African buddies already know how to maintain their rifles in a more correct way. From the perspective of marching and fighting, orders and prohibitions are still impossible, but fighting is no longer herding sheep. Although the overall level is still not good, but on the bright side, their improvement speed is still very fast...  

In addition to equipment and personnel preparations, the Boers have also made great efforts in material reserves! Basically, in the past few years, the total value of various equipment and materials imported from Germany every year is about 1.5 million pounds! In addition to a large number of military supplies, there are also food, medical supplies, field survival supplies, horses, and various machinery. According to Caliput's idea, it is to turn the two Boer republics into a fortress that can carry out long-term operations and can be as self-sufficient as possible!

With the support of a large amount of pounds and gold, the Boers not only replaced their weapons and stocks, but even replaced the horses, which are extremely expensive and picky about the environment and conditions, to almost the same extent. After the initial discomfort, the military horses trained by advanced horse management really benefited the Boers a lot. In the last period of time before the start of the war, the Boers seized the time to purchase a large amount of equipment. Originally, the Boers did not have sufficient funds to buy these things, but the intervention of another force made all this possible.

"The Americans want to help us deal with the British? I hope they don't hold us back." When Kruger heard the news from Caliput, this very hurtful sentence undoubtedly jumped out, of course , there are no Americans on the scene, and more importantly, Caliput is also not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the US army!

Although, Caliput admitted that the defeat of the U.S. Navy has lowered the U.S. military power score by N notches, but the deeper reason is that the U.S. Army has hardly fought hard stubble since the founding of the country! Someone said the War of Independence? Come on, Washington wants to defeat the British without the Anglo-Dutch fleet and army? It's a bit difficult! The Americans did fight a lot after the founding of the country, but they were either fighting the Indians or fighting the more cowardly Mexico. Of course, there were also Americans fighting Americans. In short, these wars lack sufficient convincing power.

The Americans later fought the British, but what was the result? As everyone knows, the White House was born…. As for the land battle with the Spaniards in the Caribbean this time, it was pretty good, but the Spaniards are already the weakest of the weakest. After the Americans win, they can only prove that they are stronger than the weakest. Prove what? Therefore, Caliput is still quite skeptical about the combat effectiveness of the Americans.

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