James Herzog and de Wit are hardline radicals who have been opposed to the Peace Agreement.
During the war, de Witt mobilized the Boers who had laid down their arms to rejoin the war, and tried to mobilize the Boers in the Cape to participate in the war.
Although these actions did enhance the strength of the guerrillas at certain moments, they also brought more serious disasters to the families of the guerrillas who participated in the war.
After the signing of the Peace Agreement, de Witt argued that he did so because Britain first broke its promise and failed to respect the Boers who laid down their arms and ensure their neutral status.
It is no longer possible to ascertain the truth. During the war, when the expeditionary force carried out sabotage activities against the Boer guerrillas, the retaliatory measures they took were indiscriminate. What de Wit said is actually correct.
James Herzog's main achievements were after the war and before the outbreak of the war, James Herzog was a practicing lawyer. After the outbreak of the war, James Herzog served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Orange Free State.
Its role was not obvious during the war.
After the war, James Herzog gradually showed his political talents and served as Prime Minister of the Federation of South Africa in the future.
Now that James Herzog has no chance, Rock will use this incident to completely eliminate the radicals among the Boers, leaving only the moderates who are cooperative with the British government.
"I really don't know why it happened like this." Louis Botta felt very heavy after seeing Roque's report.
There is actually a reason why James Herzog and de Wit took desperate risks, and the People's Party of Louis Botha and Jan Smuts.
In the original history, the People's Party of Louis Botha and Jan Smuts was mainly active in the Transvaal, and the Orange Unionist Party of James Herzog and de Wit was mainly active in Orange.
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After the Transvaal and Orange implemented democratic representative systems, the People's Party obtained the leadership of the Transvaal and the Fine Gael Party obtained the leadership of Orange. Both parties got what they wanted.
At this time and space, because the Boers could not stay in the Transvaal, the main scope of activities of the People's Party and the Unionist Party were in Orange.
Because Louis Botha and Jan Smuts performed well in the war, the Boers in Orange trusted the People's Party more, and the Orange Unionist Party was gradually marginalized.
James Herzog and de Witt know very well that if the status quo cannot be changed, then when Orange implements a democratic representative system in the future, the Fine Gael Party will definitely be marginalized, because James Herzog and Louis Botha
They have different ideas. When Louis Botha formed his cabinet, he probably would not invite James Herzog, so James Herzog and de Wit had to give it a try.
"If you want to know the reason, you must first arrest James Herzog and De Wit." Rock doesn't make blind guesses, it's important to get a confession.
"Locke, don't be impulsive!" Louis Botta realized something was wrong.
"It's too late" Rock smiled. By this time, Joe Russo and Martin should have already started taking action.
Earlier, Bloemfontein.
"We have locked the positions of James Herzog and De Wit and are ready to act at any time." Martin was still wearing the uniform of the Johannesburg police. After the conflict, all police officers at the Bloemfontein Police Station were investigated. Police
The police station was basically paralyzed. Ade ordered the Johannesburg Police Department to take over the Bloemfontein Police Department, and Joe Russell and Martin took over the task at the critical moment.
"Then start taking action, remember, don't let anyone go!" Joe Russell is now the acting director, and he has to prove his ability with crisp actions.
"Yes!" Martin stood at attention and saluted, taking care of himself and taking others to make arrangements.
113 Wirthstrasse is the residence of James Herzog.
After the conflict occurred, James Herzog had already realized that something was wrong. The current situation was not what James Herzog wanted to see. He originally just wanted to cause some trouble for Johannesburg, and then made a sound to refresh his presence.
However, I did not expect that the Boers, who had long held a grudge against Johannesburg, had such deep resentment towards Johannesburg. As a result, the situation got out of hand and led to serious bloody conflicts.
After the conflict, James Herzog returned home and never left the house. He was sorting out letters from some old friends during the war and preparing to publish a "Memoirs" about the war.
"Sir, Inspector Martin from the police station is outside the door. He said he has something urgent to see you." The servant knocked on the door.
"Tell him I don't feel well." James Herzog didn't want to see anyone, and he didn't realize that Martin was here to arrest someone.
In James Herzog's view, both the Johannesburg city government and Orange officials should be so busy dealing with the aftermath and dealing with London's accusations that they would not even notice his existence.
At the very least, he would not react so quickly. James Herzog was relatively smart. Everything was done through other people. From beginning to end, James Herzog never made a sound.
"Sir, you can't go in"
Amid the obstruction from the servant, Martin directly pushed open the door.
"I said, I don't feel well." James Herzog looked gloomy, especially after seeing that "Inspector Martin" was a yellow man.
"I'm not here to ask you to see a doctor." Martin said nothing nonsense and gave the policeman who brought him a look. Several policemen took the servant out and then closed the door.
"Mr. Herzog, I need to ask you something." Martin opened the notebook he carried with him and prepared to record it.
"Is this an interrogation?" James Herzog said with a sarcastic smile.
"Absolutely, if you are willing to understand it that way." Martin was not angry and was more patient than James Herzog.
"Asshole, look clearly, you are in front of the former deputy commander-in-chief of the Orange Free State. Even if the governor is here, you must give me the respect I deserve." James Herzog roared, he couldn't stand Martin's frivolous attitude.
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"You said it was 'front'" Martin shook his head, took out his gloves from his pocket and put them on.
"Damn rude guy, get out of here right away. You are in big trouble. I will sue you to the city government. By the way, you are the inspector of the Johannesburg Police Station, but it doesn't matter. I can take a few more steps to Johannesburg."
The city is suing you." James Herzog was uncompromising, he hated everyone associated with the British government, he hated everyone of color, and Martin had both.
"Why?" Martin put on his gloves and looked up at James Herzog with a calm face, which was in stark contrast to James Herzog's rage: "Why are you spreading those remarks against Chinese farmers in Johannesburg? You lost it.
farms in Johannesburg, but that is not the fault of the Chinese farmers. They did nothing, they just struggled to survive. Although they did have some impact on the current situation of the Boers, it was inevitable. On the contrary, in Burundi
When Fontaine was hit by floods, Chinese farmers in Johannesburg were still donating supplies to Bloemfontein, and the potatoes you eat were donated by farmers in Johannesburg."
Martin tried to reason, saying that the Boers were in this situation because of themselves. If the Boers also worked hard to save themselves and restore their farms after the war, then in the face of disasters, the Boers would have more ability to protect themselves.
As it stands now, we can only rely on external assistance.
"Why? You have the nerve to ask why? Don't think I don't know. In the Qing Dynasty, you were just a bunch of lowly slaves, worse than the Zulus in the Cape." Maybe it was because there were only Martin and James Herzog in the room. James
Herzog also became unscrupulous and was not worried that his words would spread: "Look at what you are like now. You took advantage of our absence and took away our farms and our jobs. Some people were even arrested.
Lord, do you think you will have peace of mind in the future? Don't be complacent, we will get back what we lost little by little. You damn yellow people will eventually have no choice but to return to your country and become slaves."
James Herzog was just venting and didn't seem to notice that Martin had come to his side.
"What are you going to do?" James Herzog realized the danger.
"What do you think?" Martin showed a classic crocodile smile
After a long time, the police outside the door of James Herzog's study and James Herzog's servant heard a dull gunshot.
The police broke down the door and saw James Herzog lying in his chair and Martin sitting across the table.
"Mr. James Herzog committed suicide out of fear of crime. Notify the laboratory department." Martin looked ugly. Joe Russell's order to Martin was to arrest James Herzog and bring him to justice. This situation is certainly within the acceptable range.
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"Bloemfontein police station does not have a laboratory department," a policeman responded in a low voice.
"Then notify the Laboratory Section of the Johannesburg Police Station to send someone over." Martin stood up and prepared to go out.
"Sir" James Herzog's servants are crying.
"Take all the people in this house and see if they know anything." Martin will not let anyone destroy the scene. As for James Herzog's servants, they also have interrogation value.
Later, at Lascaux Manor on the outskirts of Bloemfontein, this is the residence of De Witt.
Unlike James Herzog, de Witt was a pure general. The battlefield was de Witt's stage. After the war, there was no room for de Witt to play, so de Witt
Living in a manor on the outskirts of Bloemfontein, I don't even want to go to Bloemfontein.
Although he has lost all his rights, De Witt still has many followers around him. There are about thirty gunmen in the entire manor, and they are all followers of De Witt.
When the police arrived at Lascaux Manor, it was dinner time. Before they could enter the manor, the police were blocked by gunmen.
"What do you do?" The gunmen were very vigilant. Although their weapons were not raised, their hands were on the handles of their guns.
"The Johannesburg police are handling the case. All irrelevant persons should disperse and do not interfere with official duties." The inspector leading the team is David Gracie, a pure Englishman.
"This is Orange, not your Johannesburg territory." The gunmen were brazen and blocked the entrance to the estate, preventing the police from entering.
"Everyone is here, dismount and prepare for battle." David Gracie is welcome. He is just a defeated general. There is nothing to be proud of.
Dozens of police officers dismounted one after another, and some began to check weapons.
The police's weapons are not only pistols and rifles, but also two Maxim heavy machine guns.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you going to do?" The gunmen were dumbfounded. They all only had pistols, and they knew with their feet that they couldn't compete with rifles and heavy machine guns.
"Performing official duties! Get away, all irrelevant people!" David Gracie also put his hand on the handle of the gun. If the gunmen did not give way, David Gracie would order their arrest.
"Wait, what are you going to do?" De Witt finally arrived belatedly surrounded by a group of gunmen.
David Gracie noticed that the gunman next to De Wit had a long gun.
"Mr. de Wit, I am Inspector David Gracie from the Johannesburg Police Department. I have a case here and now we need you to assist us in the investigation. Please come with us and don't make it difficult for me." David
Gracie's face was cold. Although the gunman beside De Wit had prohibited weapons, now was not the time to pursue him.
Let’s arrest De Wit first!
"Haha, can I ask what the case is?" De Wit looked calm and held a Winchester M1887 in his hand.
Winchester m1887 is the first real lever-action repeating shotgun. During the Boer War, the Boer Allied Forces equipped a large number of Winchester m1887. Although this weapon has a short range, it is not powerful enough, and it uses
Black powder, but at close range, the power of the Winchester m1887 is still good.
The Johannesburg Police Department is now also equipped with shotguns, also Winchester, but not the Winchester m1887, but the Winchester m1897, an improved version of the Winchester m1887.
The m1897 is a pump-action shotgun. It can not only use smokeless gunpowder, but also can use single-ended bullets. The shooting distance is longer and the power is greater. If you use shotguns, it is equally powerful at close range and only requires rough aiming.
, you can hit the target.
By the way, according to the provisions of the Peace Agreement, de Wit's m1887 is also illegal.
"I'm sorry, I can't divulge the situation of the case now. You can find out if you follow me to the police station." David Gracie's goal is still to arrest people.
De Wit thought for a moment, raised his head and smiled forcefully: "Okay, please wait for me, I want to change clothes."
"No, Mr. de Wit, you have to come with us now." David Gracie refused directly. He was not attending a wedding, so he had to change his clothes. This was fine for now.
"Haha" De Wit had a complicated expression and was about to say something.
Boom!
Someone fired a shot in the manor, and a policeman fell down in response.
"Shoot, shoot." David Gracie reacted quickly and hid behind a big tree when the gunshot fired.
Dong Dong Dong Dong
The sound of heavy machine gun fire is breathtaking...
