For 27 months, brutal tug-of-war and guerrilla warfare almost reduced the Transvaal to ruins. The old order was completely destroyed, and the new order had not had time to be established. The expeditionary force that caused all this has now left Transvaal.
Swarovski returned to the British mainland, leaving local officials like Rock and Philip with nothing but devastation.
And, the Boers suffered heavy losses in the war and harbored a deep hatred for the British government.
The "Peace Agreement" determined that the British government would pay 3 million pounds to the Boers as compensation for the Boers' losses in the war.
Such a small amount of money will definitely not be able to make up for the losses of the Boers, let alone heal the psychological trauma of the Boers, but it can help the Boers settle down as quickly as possible. There is no room for the Boers to settle in the Transvaal.
Only Orange was left to choose from. Fortunately, Ade was not only the governor of the Transvaal, but also the governor of Orange, so there was no problem in coordination.
"It will take some time for the compensation to be paid to the Boers. During this period, the police station must take over the security as soon as possible and at the same time take over the concentration camp. Before the compensation money arrives, the stability of the concentration camp must be ensured." Philip has also realized that now
Releasing the people in the concentration camps might cause serious social conflicts.
In fact, conflict is almost inevitable. The farms of these Boers have been confiscated in the war, their houses have been burned down by the expeditionary force, and their livestock have been robbed. They will definitely not be willing to accept this result. If they are allowed to leave, then
Next, the Chinese farms around Johannesburg were in trouble. The Boers did not dare to cause trouble with the city government and the Governor's Palace, so they could only vent their anger on the Chinese farmers.
As white people, the Boers still have some psychological advantages when facing the Chinese.
"There are currently less than 500 police officers on staff in the police station. We need to further expand the size of the police station to cope with the increasingly complex situation." Luo Keti requested that now is a good opportunity to strengthen the police station.
"500 police officers are not enough? There are less than a thousand government employees in Johannesburg." Philip had a headache. The police department was already very large.
"If we don't expand, then if we encounter emergencies, we will have to rely on the army." Rock is not optimistic. After the expeditionary force withdraws, the garrison in Johannesburg will be replaced by a colonial servant army, which is the kind where the entire regiment is occupied.
What kind of combat effectiveness can a disarmed guerrilla unit have?
Anyway, Rock is not optimistic about it.
Philip also knew that the colonial servant army was unreliable, so he had to agree to Roque's request: "Then recruit some new police officers, but the number cannot be too many. The financial pressure will be great."
When Philip lamented about the great financial pressure, Rock was also speechless. Johannesburg is surrounded by gold mines. As long as the tax rights are taken back, will there be financial pressure?
Don't do it. If a city like Johannesburg is under financial pressure, then Pretoria will probably suffer.
Facts have proved that the Johannesburg city government is indeed not short of money. The day after the police station took over the refugee camp, the supplies sent by the city government doubled from the period during which the expeditionary force managed the refugee camp. The refugees in the refugee camp also
I didn't know that the "Peace Agreement" had been signed, so I was extremely grateful to the police who took over the refugee camp.
Luo Ke also promptly transferred doctors and nurses from Ziwei Town Hospital to conduct physical examinations on the refugees in the refugee camp.
The results of the examination were pretty good. The vast majority of the refugees were just malnourished and did not have serious diseases.
This can actually prove from another aspect how cruel the refugee camps under the management of the expeditionary force are. Under normal circumstances, a refugee camp of this size must be plague-ridden and disease-ridden. The current situation can only show that those who are suffering from
All the refugees from the disease have sadly passed away.
Compared with the relatively stable refugee camps, those Boer guerrillas who laid down their weapons and returned to Johannesburg were more dangerous.
Article 1 of the "Peace Agreement" stipulates that Boer field troops and armed citizens must lay down their arms and surrender all guns and war materiel in their possession or under their control.
At the same time, Article 6 of the "Peace Agreement" also stipulates that the Boers are allowed to keep guns for self-defense, but they must apply for a license.
In the Johannesburg area, the police are responsible for collecting weapons and issuing licenses.
Rock set up checkpoints at all intersections entering Johannesburg. All Boers returning to Johannesburg could only leave one pistol with them and were only allowed to keep six rounds of ammunition. All other weapons must be surrendered.
The vast majority of Boer guerrillas will obey the police's management, and some express dissatisfaction, but they can only surrender in front of the armed commandos.
The signing of the "Peace Agreement" seemed to have broken the backbone of the Boers. Their courage had been completely exhausted in the brutal guerrilla war, and now they just wanted to return home and spend the rest of their lives quietly.
The problem is, their home has disappeared.
So conflicts inevitably occur.
"Go away, this is not the damn Krugersdorp, this is Ziwei Town. You don't belong here, go where you should go." At the only entrance to Ziwei Town, Sheriff Dunn waved his hand.
pistol, roaring at the large group of Boers in front of him.
There were about thirty to forty people in this group of Boers. They were all guerrillas who had just returned to Johannesburg. Before joining the Boer coalition, they were all residents of Krugersdorp. Now, they are all homeless.
"Damn, this is not Ziwei Town at all, this is Krugersdorp. You damn thieves, you stole our home while we were gone." A Boer in his forties
He argued with reason, and he still had a bandage on his arm. It seemed that he had been injured in the war and had not yet recovered.
"Yes, it's you who should get out!"
"This is our home!"
"You abominable thieves," the guerrillas yelled one after another. They impatiently started to move their horses, preparing to break through the defense line composed of the police and gold mine security guards.
Rock has anticipated this situation, so in recent days, Rock Gold Mine has sent some security guards to Ziwei Town to deal with these Boers "going home".
"Don't be impulsive. I am the Sheriff of Ziwei Town. If anyone dares to offend my dignity as the Sheriff, he will definitely regret it." Dunn did not give in at all, and cocked the hammer with a sinister smile.
This was accompanied by the sound of gunshots from the police and security guards.
Only then did the guerrillas remember that their long weapons had been confiscated, and for a moment they cursed the insidious Provisional Government and the Boer pigs who participated in the negotiations.
"Don't be impulsive." Buck arrived late.
"Hello, I am Buck, the mayor of Ziwei Town. If you have anything to say, you can tell me." Buck was very tired from running all the way, and the horse under his crotch snorted hard.
“There’s even a fucking mayor!”
"Who appoints your mayor?"
"You British bastards"
There was another round of yelling and cursing.
Buck was not in a hurry and quietly looked at the Boer whose arm was injured.
"We are the former residents here, my name is Barnard." The Boer who injured his arm was still calm.
"Hello Barnard, I am Buck, the mayor of Ziwei Town. Is your arm okay?" Buck tried to get close. This place is not far from the hospital.
Barnard didn't answer, but looked at Buck with a cold and chilling look.
"You should know that after the war broke out, the farms nearby were confiscated by the government, and all the previous houses were burned down. Sir Locke bought this place from the city government and rebuilt Ziwei Town. You should have seen that the current
Ziwei Town has no connection with the former Krugersdorp, so I'm sorry, Ziwei Town welcomes you to visit, but this is no longer Krugersdorp." Buck's voice was not high, but there was
A kind of calming magic. As Buck made his statement, the guerrillas who were still aggressive just now gradually fell silent.
"What you said is so light. This is no longer Krugersdorp, and then we lost our home and our families." Barnard's voice became lower and lower, feeling that he was on the verge of an explosion.
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"Your family should be fine. They are all in the concentration camp. You can go and have a look." Buck diverted the attention of the guerrillas and allowed Barnard to continue talking. A melee was inevitable.
Hearing that their family members were in concentration camps, although this news has not been verified, it also calmed down most of the guerrillas. They actually knew how the expeditionary force treated the Boers in the "occupied areas", precisely to protect them.
The Boers and guerrillas in the occupied areas had to go deep into the Cape to fight.
However, their shift to the fighting did not allow the expeditionary force to let go of the Boers in the occupied areas. Instead, the intensified attacks by the guerrillas prompted the expeditionary force to intensify its revenge on the Boers in the concentration camps.
Who can you blame?
Do you blame the unwarranted tax increase before the war and deliberately targeting the British Transvaal Republic?
Or is it the greedy and greedy capitalists?
A slap is never enough.
"Go to the concentration camp to see your family, and then go to the city hall to collect your compensation. Your resettlement place is in Orange. If you go to Orange one day earlier, you can buy a farm at a low price one day earlier.
It's too late, and the price of the farm will definitely rise. If you continue to struggle here, you will get nothing." Backuo took a multi-pronged approach. This was the plan agreed upon by Rock and Philip, trying to divide the Boers from within as much as possible, and even cajoled them.
Use deceit to lure the Boers to Orange.
Before the war broke out, the total number of Boers in the Transvaal and Orange was 440,000. The total number of Boers participating in the Boer Coalition Army was 77,000, including 43,000 in the Transvaal and 30,000 in the Orange.
During the course of the war, a total of 3,700 Boers were killed on the battlefield, 31,000 were captured, and more than 10,000 were exiled. In the end, less than 20,000 Boers surrendered.
If the compensation of 3 million pounds is divided among 20,000 people, then everyone will receive more compensation.
It's a pity that these 3 million pounds were compensated to all the Boers, so if 300,000 people were divided together, each person could only get about ten pounds.
Yes, there are only about 300,000 Boers left in the Transvaal and Orange. In fact, Orange can definitely accommodate such a small number of people.
After hearing that their families were "all right" and could still receive compensation from the city government, several impatient guerrillas couldn't hold it any longer and wanted to turn around and head to Johannesburg.
"Where's our old house?" Barnard still refused to give up.
"Burned by the expeditionary force." Buck told the truth.
"What about the livestock on the farm?" Barnard asked.
"Snatched by the expeditionary force." Buck's expression was sincere.
"What about the expeditionary force?" Barnard was furious. This time, before Buck could answer, Barnard asked and answered: "The expeditionary force has withdrawn, right?"
"Not yet. The expeditionary force headquarters is still in Pretoria, and the Royal Canadian Rifles are stationed in Johannesburg. If you go to the black market in Johannesburg, you might be able to find things from your home." Buck answered in more detail.
, the expeditionary force really hasn’t left yet, if you have the ability, go look for it!
The Expeditionary Force and the guerrillas definitely cannot be offended. In fact, the police and gold mine security guards in Ziwei Town cannot be offended either by these sporadic guerrillas. Barnard and the others only have more than thirty people, and the police and policemen around Dunn
There were hundreds of security guards at the gold mine, and civilians with guns were gathering further away. There were even more people there, including women and children.
Barnard certainly could not have imagined how determined the Chinese would be to protect their property and family.
To put it bluntly, if you replace the Boers in the Boer War with Chinese, the Chinese will definitely not surrender. The Boer War only lasted 27 months, and the Boers were exhausted and had to surrender in humiliation. The Chinese resisted
Fourteen years of fighting have not broken the Chinese backbone.
"Mr. Buck, your sophistry is meaningless. It is ours and will always be ours. No one can take it away." Barnard did not go to the expeditionary force, but fought with Buck in Ziwei Town.
"Haha, Mr. Barnard, don't be so absolute. Before you came to the Transvaal, the Transvaal belonged to the Matabele people." Buck did not finish his words. Since the Boers could learn from the Matabele people,
If the British took the Transvaal from their hands, of course the British could also take the Transvaal from the Boers.
It should be noted that by this time, the Matabele people had disappeared.
"Asshole, you robbed us of Cape Town, and now you are coming to rob us of Transvaal. This is the land that our fathers occupied with blood." Barnard was furious. Buck was deprived of it legally.
The rationality of the Boers occupying the Transvaal. With Barnard's cultural level, he could not tell what kind of harm this would cause, but Barnard knew very well that if they did not fight, then the Transvaal would never be over.
From now on it has nothing to do with the Boers.
"We also sacrificed our blood and lives for the Transvaal!" Buck refused to give in. During the Boer War, a total of 1,072 officers and 20,870 soldiers of the expeditionary force were killed. This number is comparable to what the Boers paid when they defeated the Zulus.
The price is much higher.
Oh, by the way, there were more than 20 Chinese policemen who died in the war, and they should not be forgotten.
