The Rise of the Empire

2,500 British Royal Navy soldiers and marines took 2,000 horses, dozens of vehicles and tractors, and more than a dozen artillery pieces of various calibers to the front line by train. Come on feet and horses to find the French cavalry, then join the French cavalry to take down the Boers. \u003c/p\u003e"The fundamental reason why the Boers were able to break through our fortress this time is that they carried a large number of artillery units. Their artillery units will definitely not move very fast. Our task is to find their artillery units and let them They are always within our field of vision. After we join General French, we can launch a general offensive. At that time, the Boers have only two options. One option is to throw away their firepower pillars, and the other option It is to fight us decisively! And we have a total of 7,500 people, and we will never lose!" Colonel George wrote in a telegram to General French. \u003c/p\u003e"The whole army is advancing lightly. Except for the necessary weapons and enough dry food for 5 days, all the rest are thrown away! All artillery with a caliber larger than 75mm are dismantled and buried in the old place! Horses are filled into other departments! Reduce the logistics fleet , our supplies can be obtained from the villages and towns along the way." After receiving George's telegram, after a moment of silence, French gave the order! \u003c/p\u003e "General, counting the time of the battle, we must set aside at least 7 days of food. After losing the follow-up heavy artillery, our firepower will be at a disadvantage!" The staff officer next to him said a little embarrassed. \u003c/p\u003e"Those horses that are no longer suitable for long-distance raids are our mobile granaries! The villages and towns along the way will supply us! If they are not willing, then we will teach them how to be loyal to the Queen's government! Put all the reconnaissance The soldiers are all sent out, we need to know the location of the Boers as soon as possible, if we can't defeat them within 5 days, there is no need for us to go back to Cape Town!" French's words are full of trembling determination! This kind of desperate strike has not appeared in the British Army for a long time! \u003c/p\u003eThe order was issued quickly, and tents, cooking supplies, various vehicles, and personal belongings were discarded. Paul, head of the Boer 1st Cavalry Regiment, looked at the British army's position like a garbage dump in front of him, and fell into contemplation. The British left, and they walked in a panic, because Paul even saw a pile of artillery parts thrown everywhere. . \u003c/p\u003e"We won?" An officer asked tentatively. \u003c/p\u003e"No, we didn't win, and we are even about to face the biggest challenge." Paul took a few steps, carefully observed the slightly messy horseshoe marks on the ground, and said: "It's not a defeat for the British to discard these things. , On the contrary, they are marching fast to reduce the burden on the troops. Although their cavalry is a little messy, they are still in good order on the whole, which shows that their command system is still there."\u003c/p\u003e "And you see that On the other hand, after leaving the camp, the entire army was divided into three groups. The British cavalry should be deployed in an inverted triangle. This is clearly to encircle opponents who appear at any time! The British are in a hurry, after all, they still have nearly 5,000 troops! After hearing that Kersberg had fallen, our opponents not only did not evacuate, but decided to fight to the death!" Paul said with a gloomy face. \u003c/p\u003e"Give up all unnecessary items, we have to catch up with them before they attack the main force!" Paul ordered as he walked,\u003c/p\u003e "But sir, before that, we had two consecutive We missed the supply for the first time, although we have more forage, but the food is only enough for 3 days! We have to go to the next supply point..." The adjutant next to him hurriedly advised.

\u003c/p\u003e"If you don't have enough food, kill the horse! You can drink horse blood if you don't have water! Start with my mount." Paul said with a grim expression. \u003c/p\u003e"However, this is the soldier's own property. If we do this, it will cause a huge backlash!" A horse that was too tired to go on a long march pulled the trigger! \u003c/p\u003eBang! The slightly sharp gunshot echoed in the wilderness, and this shot immediately silenced everyone! "Now, start with me, get rid of everything you don't need! I promise, when we take the next British town, you'll get what you want! Everything we've paid for here will be paid off." Double the compensation, even the whole of South Africa will be our ranch! But the premise is that you can win under my command!" Paul almost roared loudly! \u003c/p\u003eIf someone can stand on the clouds and overlook the entire South African plateau, then it can be clearly found that two groups of shadows, one large and one small, are moving rapidly, and the British in front are doing their best to move towards the Caliput Army. The relatively sluggish British cavalry can now be described as fast. After they discarded most of their supplies, their speed of action increased linearly. The entire cavalry unit was even divided into several groups and passed through the villages and towns along the way to obtain supplies with sabers and rifles. They are like a patch of locusts, "not a blade of grass grows" wherever they pass. \u003c/p\u003eBut the army behind seemed a little confused. The Boers also gave up a lot of supplies and supplies, and they were also trying to bite the tail of the British, but the retreat of the British was completely a roller movement. Scattered, the Boers found that the British were everywhere, and they couldn't tell which one was the main force of the British, or the British had no distinction between the main force and the auxiliary. So it caused some confusion when tracking. \u003c/p\u003eAt the same time, the tracking speed of the Boers is slightly slower than that of the British. In addition to the unknown reason, the other is the supply problem. The Boers run very fast with one man and two horses, but the premise is the supply Enough, and now, Paul has missed two supplies! Horses can only be fed with forage. Can a horse that is not fed grain and alfalfa maintain good physical strength for a long time? Obviously impossible! And if you rob the villages and towns along the way, it will not work now, because the villages and towns along the way have already been robbed by the British once! The granary can starve mice to death! \u003c/p\u003eThe efforts of the British were not in vain. They quickly discovered the traces of the Caliput Legion. A few days later, his legion was finally able to go into battle lightly, but it is a pity that after this legion experienced a tough battle, the total number of casualties reached more than 700 people. In addition to 200 lightly wounded, the battle lost more than 500 people! \u003c/p\u003eHowever, this is not the worst. The worst thing is that the mobile artillery has been exposed at this time, and it is very difficult to hide it again! \u003c/p\u003eThe second one is here~~~! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e