The body of Louis Botha was buried in Atal National Cemetery on the outskirts of Pretoria. Here are buried hundreds of local federal government employees who died in the line of duty in Pretoria after the establishment of the federal government, as well as those who died in the line of duty during the world wars.
More than 1,200 Pretoria Expeditionary Force soldiers died.
The federal government will transport the remains of expeditionary force soldiers who died during the World War, whether in Europe or the Middle East, to southern Africa for burial if conditions permit. Even those "missing soldiers" who were never seen alive or dead will have their bodies buried.
The relics were returned to southern Africa and handed over to the family members, and pensions were paid according to the standards of the deceased.
Atal National Cemetery is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with lush green hills behind it and the Apis River passing through the city. It is surrounded by specially transplanted African iron pines. The Pretoria Municipal Government dispatched special personnel
maintain.
The federal government of Southern Africa gave Louis Botha the highest courtesy. About five thousand people attended Louis Botha's funeral, including not only Louis Botha's relatives, friends, disciples, and old friends, but also many Pretoria citizens, and even some people
Came all the way from abroad to attend the funeral of Louis Botta.
Young Smuts personally sent Louis Botha's body back to southern Africa. After Louis Botha's body was buried in Atal National Cemetery, Young Smuts and Rock had in-depth exchanges.
"When we were in Paris, Louis and I talked about the current situation in southern Africa. At that time, Louis was still full of confidence and insisted that southern Africa would have a better future. It's a pity that Louis can no longer see it -" Yang Smuts is now
Still immersed in the sadness of the death of an old friend, unable to extricate himself, among the Boer generals during the Second Boer War, only Yang Smuts is now alive.
"Louis can see it." Rock was also sad, but after all, people have to look forward.
Strictly speaking, Louis Botha died in the line of duty. Just because he signed the Treaty of Versailles on behalf of Southern Africa, Louis Botha is qualified to go down in history.
"I also thought about this issue when I was in London. Now it seems that the Nyasaland model is correct. The current southern Africa is the southern Africa that Louis and I dreamed of - no, it is better than what Louis and I dreamed of.
It would be better to have southern Africa. We never thought at the time that one day southern Africa would become a creditor of the British Empire." Yang Smuts finally admitted that Rock was right. The current situation of the Boers cannot be blamed on the federal government.
The attitude of every state was the same, and even the policy towards Orange State was slightly tilted, but if Orange State failed to live up to expectations, there was nothing Yang Smozi could do.
While working in southern Africa, Jan Smuts came into conflict with Roquedo over the interests of the Boers.
When going to work in London, Yang Smuts was also forced to leave southern Africa.
After leaving southern Africa, Yang Smuts looked at the problems in southern Africa outside the environment of southern Africa, and then he realized the problems of the Orange and the Boers.
In the final analysis, some Boers are unwilling to face reality and accept the status quo, but they have no ability to change reality, so they cling to their own ways and resist passively, making their lives difficult and unsustainable.
Under such circumstances, no matter how much financial assistance London and the federal government provide, it will be useless. No matter how much money is given, it will be spent one day. If you cannot rely on yourself, you will be eliminated by society sooner or later.
"Southern Africa has the foundation to become a superpower. The only factor restricting the development of southern Africa is insufficient population. Now this problem has been greatly alleviated. There may be an unprecedented baby boom in southern Africa this year, and it is estimated that there will be nearly one million newborns.
After the baby is born, in another twenty years, southern Africa will be stronger." Roque is confident that the world war will bring not only development opportunities to southern Africa, but also thousands of skilled surgeons. The end of the world war
Later, the medical level in southern Africa has risen to a new level.
The birth rate in this era is closely related to the level of medical care.
Before the establishment of the federal government, although the fertility rate in southern Africa was quite high, the neonatal mortality rate remained high due to insufficient medical care.
In southern Africa today, even slightly larger towns have public hospitals, and clinics are spread all over southern Africa. The medical level is almost completely different from that before the establishment of the federal government.
After the World War, the size of the Johannesburg Medical School and Nyasaland University Medical School more than doubled compared to before the World War. Two new medical schools were built this year in Cape and Lourenço Marquez.
The medical school of Sri Lanka University is also under preparation.
In Lao Guo's words, the reason for its good performance is all due to the support of its peers. At a time when Europe is full of ruins and the United States is at the center of the world, Southern Africa stands out and attracts attention.
Before the world war ended, Britain and France were coveting medical students from southern Africa.
After the end of the world war, some medical students did stay in Britain and France to work, and more medical students chose to return to southern Africa.
Compared with Britain and France, Southern Africa indeed has more prospects, and Yang Smuts understands this deeply.
"I believe you, I will watch you in London -" Young Smuts will leave Pretoria and return to London in a few days.
Just a few days ago, a member of Congress sent an invitation to Yang Smuts, hoping that Yang Smuts could return to Orange to work, so as to appease the emotions of the Boers and ease the relationship between the Boers and the federal government.
This invitation made Yang Smozi's heart flutter for a while.
However, after comprehensive consideration, Yang Smozi still declined the invitation.
Before Louis Botha's death, he and Jan Smuts could be said to be the two flags of the Boers.
Now that Louis Botta has passed away, only Jan Smuts remains.
Yang Smuts's return to work in southern Africa could indeed appease the Boers, but it was more likely to lead to the continuation of the passive confrontation between the Boers and the federal government, which was tantamount to creating artificial obstacles for the Boers to integrate into southern Africa.
Three days later, Young Smuts left southern Africa and returned to London.
By this time the blockade of Freiburg had reached its tenth day.
Deleharz is located 40 kilometers south of Freiburg and is an important transportation route from Freiburg to the Kimberley region.
After the company led by Ji Hongyuan arrived at Dreiharz, they advanced another 20 kilometers toward Freiburg before setting up a blockade to close the road between Freiburg and Dreiharz.
There is no railway connection between Freiburg and Dreiharz, which shows how remote Freiburg's location is.
The so-called highway does not meet the standards of southern Africa. It is more appropriate to describe it as a mountain road.
In January, southern Africa is still in the rainy season, and mountainous areas are prone to autonomous disasters, including landslides and mudslides.
The company's blockade is on a relatively gentle hillside, and a temporary camp consisting of tents has been set up on the hillside.
Although it is a temporary camp, the standards are also meticulous. There is a barbed wire fence around the camp, and various living and drainage facilities are available in the camp. Life during the blockade is extremely boring. In order to ease the mood of the soldiers, the headquarters gave Ji Hongyuan
The company sent a billiard table and built a court next to the temporary camp.
Even so, the officers and soldiers on duty still feel like their days are like a year.
"I don't know when this mission will be completed. I guess the command will wait until all the people in Freiburg are dead before letting us collect the bodies." Fei Han was lying on the lounge chair in the tent, bored. It started to rain again in the past few days.
There was mud inside and outside the temporary camp, and we didn’t know when the weather would clear up.
"How is it possible? The Freiburg Police Department is still insisting. The Air Force started airdropping supplies to the police station yesterday. They will definitely die." Ji Hongyuan was too busy and panicked, so he simply called a military dog over to train and play. As a result, the military dog
Dogs can do everything. They can stand at attention, shake hands, and crawl forward pretending to be dead. Ji Hongyuan has no sense of accomplishment.
The area of the Freiburg Police Station is not large, and the playground parking lot is only 40 to 50 acres. The airdrop is actually very simple. After all, it is a piston aircraft and is not very fast. A transport plane can deliver enough supplies to the police station.
More than a thousand people eat there for a week.
"All those stubborn Boers should be dead this time." Feihan hoped so. After the Africans were moved away, the Boers were the biggest hidden danger in southern Africa.
"Everything deserves to die!" Ji Hongyuan is cold and cruel. He lives a good life but has to do something. He deserves it!
"Company commander, someone rushed to the post -" a sergeant hurriedly came to report.
"Shoot!" Ji Hongyuan said decisively. Soldiers are not as humane as described in literary works. Please understand the military orders.
In the final analysis, the military is a violent organization, not a charitable organization. Those romantic sentiments are all imposed. When the mission is actually carried out, there are law enforcement teams behind it. If the mission is not carried out, battlefield discipline will be immediately enforced.
"Those people call themselves refugees -" the sergeant was embarrassed. Refugee at this time had no other extended meanings. When Ji Hongyuan heard this word, the first reaction in his mind was to help the old, the young, the weak, the sick and the disabled.
The temporary camp was about 200 meters away from the blockade. When Hongyuan put on his raincoat and rushed to the blockade, a "refugee team" of nearly a hundred people had already gathered inside the blockade.
However, these "refugees" do not look like refugees, at least they are not old, weak, sick or disabled. Most of them are healthy, young and strong. It is understandable if you think about it, the real old, weak, sick and disabled are not able to escape Freiburg.
"Are these the refugees you are talking about? Where are they in trouble?" Ji Hongyuan said in a bad tone. These so-called "refugees" did not look pitiful at all. The eyes they looked at Ji Hongyuan were not pleading and longing, but red fruits.
Fruitful provocation and hatred.
: I have to go to the hospital later. I’ll try my best to come back at noon to update. If not, I’ll do it in the evening——