There is no doubt that colonization was cruel and brought serious disasters to the colonial people.
But objectively, colonization also promoted the prosperity of the colonies and accelerated the social development of the colonies.
Specific to Rhodesia, Cecil Rhodes annexed Rhodesia, changed the social structure of Rhodesia, and incorporated the local primitive tribes of Rhodesia into Rhodesia as a whole, becoming Rhodesia's
In part, this is not necessarily a bad thing.
If you write it like this, someone should scold Yutou again——
In fact, Cecil Rhodes is already very good. In this era, there is not so much rational analysis and not so much humanitarianism. A big fist means being reasonable. Whoever makes the rules has the right to interpret it. This is how the truth is written.
The bloody point directly points to the heart.
The Americans almost wiped out all the Indians, but no one in the world blamed them.
In 1904, three years later, the Herero people in German Southwest Africa rebelled. The Germans killed 100,000 Herero people until only 200 remained, and imprisoned all 200 people across the street in German Southwest Africa.
On Shark Island, a year later, all these people died of tuberculosis. Except for some written records of scale claws, who knows about this?
Compared with Americans and Germans, the Rhodes family are all gentlemen. At least in Rhodesia, the Shona and Ndebele people can still survive, so Rock is willing to marry Cecil Rhodes Jr.
Make friends.
Of course, at this time, neither Aiden nor Cecil Rhodes Jr. imagined what hardships Rhodesia would experience in the future. Aiden was just unwilling to fight with the guerrillas. He was not a government official. Rhodes
The governors of West Asia are not appointed by the king, so even if he has merit, Ayden will not be rewarded.
Rock will definitely not give up this opportunity. For Rock, the guerrillas are food that comes to his door, so Rock has already begun to check the weapons and prepare to fight.
Not only Rock, but all the commandos were eager to try. They pulled out the magazine partitions one after another, checked the firmness of the horses' equipment, and took the time to feed their old buddy some black beans. They would run out of time later.
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The commando's calmness also infected the Rhodesian police.
In fact, they are all young and strong young men, and no one is convinced by the other. The commandos have defeated the guerrillas many times and have a reputation for being vicious. The Rhodesian police are not to be outdone, and they want to be dragged out like mules or horses.
"Check the weapons and prepare for battle!" Aiden saw that he could not convince Rock, so he gritted his teeth and decided to remain consistent with Rock.
"Aiden, you don't need to participate in the battle. You stay to protect our ox cart." Rock was worried about Aiden. With his size, it was obvious that he wouldn't be able to do a charge.
It’s not that Aiden can’t do it, it’s that the horse Aiden rides can’t do it.
Although the horse Aiden rides is also a good thoroughbred horse, with Aiden's size, a tall and strong Shire horse is more suitable. The thoroughbred horse was ruined by Aiden.
"I'll forget it. Let my children try it with you and get a feel for it." Aiden didn't force himself to come forward, but he still fought for the opportunity for the Rhodesian police to see the world.
In fact, before this, the reputation of the Rhodesian police had been in ruins.
Do you still remember the rebellion planned by Cecil Rhodes before the outbreak of the Second Boer War?
The person in charge of responding at that time was the Rhodesian police.
In Cecil Rhodes' plan, the rebellion was initiated by the "Reform Committee" composed of British Americans living in Johannesburg. The core of this reform committee was Cecil Rhodes' brother Frank Rhodes.
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According to the plan, the Reform Committee will launch a riot in Johannesburg and take control of the entire Johannesburg. Then Dr. Starr Jameson will lead the police force to Bechuanaland and enter Johannesburg on the appointed day to prepare for internal and external cooperation.
The scheduled date was originally December 28, 1895, but just a few days before the 28th, the "Reform Committee" who was preparing to riot was surprised to find that December 28 happened during Johannesburg's traditional horse racing week, and horse racing was a major event.
It is a sport that the mine owners love very much, so the "Reform Committee" hopes to postpone the riots and make concessions for the horse racing week——
After Cecil Rhodes learned of this situation, he urgently contacted Dr. Starr Jameson, hoping that Dr. Starr Jameson would postpone his entry into Johannesburg.
Unfortunately, Dr. Starr Jameson did not receive the telegram.
So on December 29, according to the originally planned time, Dr. Starr Jameson led 550 armed policemen and 250 Zulu civilians into Johannesburg.
In fact, don't expect a group of mine owners who are obsessed with horse racing and have forgotten the riots to keep it a secret.
Before the riots started, the Transvaal Republic had the relevant information, so after Dr. Starr Jameson led the Rhodesian police force into Johannesburg, he fell into the sea of Johannesburg people.
Three days later, the troops led by Dr. Starr Jameson ran out of ammunition and food and were surrounded in a valley not far from Krugersdorp. Dr. Starr Jameson finally surrendered. After Dr. Starr Jameson surrendered, the "Reform Committee" who was immersed in horse racing realized what they had missed, so they acted hastily, but were directly suppressed by the most elite police force in the Transvaal. It's funny, a riot, just because of horse racing, was turned into a farce.
After the expeditionary force captured Johannesburg, the mine owners in Johannesburg also tried to organize a horse racing week, but were severely prohibited by the Governor's Palace.
I really don’t know how much they like horse racing!
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Half an hour later, the commando team, together with the Rhodesian police and the detective team led by Yaya, prepared to attack the guerrillas.
In fact, the gunfire was a little sparse at this time, and I don’t know whether the patrol was wiped out or the guerrillas took the initiative to retreat.
"Commando, move forward!" Rock drew out his saber and swung it forward with force.
This was just a symbolic gesture. As the sun shot forward, Rock put away his sword and raised the Lee Enfield in his hand.
Just kidding, when it comes to showing off, you just have to pretend for a while. If you pretend for a long time, you will inevitably overturn.
Just as the commando team began to take action, Captain Ted Patton, who was surrounded on a hill, was already praying.
The patrol led by Captain Ted Barton has a total of 150 people. They set off from Kimberley in the morning, preparing to patrol around Kimberley and return to Kimberley before sunset.
During the patrol, the patrol captured a group of Boers trying to escape Cape, so Captain Ted Barton detached a group of people to escort the group of Boers back to Kimberley. As a result, less than a hundred people remained in the patrol. p>
In fact, one hundred people is enough. Although guerrillas are active around Kimberley, they are basically a dozen or dozens of people. There has never been a guerrilla group with more than 100 people around Kimberley, so Tai
Captain de Barton is confident that even if he encounters a guerrilla attack, as long as the patrol can withstand the first wave of guerrilla attacks, Kimberley's garrison will soon be reinforced in time.
Just an hour ago, the patrol discovered a guerrilla group with only a dozen people, so Captain Ted Barton boldly ordered the patrol to pursue it and completely annihilate the guerrilla group.
As a result, after chasing for dozens of kilometers, the patrol led by Captain Ted Barton entered the guerrilla encirclement. The guerrillas who had set up an ambush suddenly appeared, with a total number of more than 300 people. Captain Ted Barton's patrol was exhausted and could not move at all.
There was no time to break out, so we were surrounded on this hill.
"Dear Father God, I want to be with you, I want to be of the same mind and walk with you, and I also want to have full joy in your presence, a healthy body, mind and soul, and become a winner in spiritual battles -" Tai
Captain de Barton closed his eyes tightly and muttered something.
"Mr. Captain, the enemy is coming -" a patrol member was howling.
"Fuck them, kill them!" Captain Ted Barton made the move in one second.
The sound of gunfire suddenly became fierce.
In fact, in terms of individual combat capabilities, the regular expeditionary force is inferior to the Boer guerrillas.
Although the Boer guerrillas were poorly equipped and lacked guns and ammunition, farmers who often faced wild beasts generally had very good marksmanship.
After the war broke out, although the expeditionary force had a large number of troops, in fact many troops did not have many opportunities to go to the battlefield. After all, the British Empire had been strong for a long time, and many troops had long been neglected. Not only were their skills and tactics not up to standard, but their fighting spirit was also lacking.
, are not as good as their predecessors who dared to line up and charge in the face of bullets.
Relatively speaking, the Boer guerrillas insist on being on the front line of combat every day. As long as they survive one or two battles, even new guerrilla members will quickly grow into veterans on the battlefield.
So the patrol team being surrounded felt very uncomfortable.
Because they had to pursue the pursuit lightly, the patrol did not carry the most effective heavy machine gun against the guerrillas, so they could only rely on the Lee Enfield in their hands to fight.
Lee Enfield was far more efficient than the Martini Henry equipped by the guerrillas, but the main factor that determined the outcome of the battle was not weapons, but people. The guerrillas had been preparing for a long time in planning this attack, and
Not only is the expeditionary force headquarters under pressure, the guerrillas are also under a lot of pressure in order to maintain their advantage at the negotiating table.
300 people, which is almost the total number of guerrilla members around Kimberley. In order to plan this attack, the Boer guerrillas really planned carefully.
It seemed that they were going to finish their work in one battle. At least 200 guerrillas participated in this attack. They took turns to cover and fired accurately at the counterattacking patrol soldiers at any time. Many inexperienced patrol soldiers were only exposed in the bunker.
The outer body area was slightly larger, so he was hit by the guerrillas' precision shooters.
Although the rifles of this era are not advanced enough, their fully loaded bullets are still very powerful.
What's more, the Boers were still using dummy bullets, so as long as they were shot, their lives would basically be declared over. In the previous battles, the patrol suffered heavy casualties. Now, more than half of them have been killed and less than half of the remaining patrol members. p>
If there are no accidents, it should be the last moment. Less than five minutes after the battle started, the patrol team was wailing and wailing on the position, focusing on one thing and not the other.
"Hold on, kill them, we are the Royal Lancers, we want to defend our glory, the king is paying attention to us, God bless the British Empire -" Captain Ted Barton boosted morale while firing desperately.
In fact, the soldiers of the Royal Lancers have done a very good job. For a unit, about one-third of the casualties are the baseline. Basically, when the casualties reach more than one-third, the morale of the unit will collapse.
Now the casualties of the patrol of the Royal Lancers have reached more than half, but they are still persisting because they know very well that even if they surrender, the Boer guerrillas will not let them go, so if they want to survive, they can only fight to the end. In fact, in terms of stature, the Dutch have the highest average height in Europe, so as descendants of the Dutch, most Boers are also tall.
Ordinarily, tall people are not conducive to cover when attacking, but the guerrillas are experienced and they skillfully use the terrain and features to advance alternately. While advancing, they can also suppress the Royal Lancers' counterattack with accurate shooting. Soon after the battle began, the counterattack force of the Royal Lancers became weaker and weaker.
"Captain, we can't hold on any longer -" a second lieutenant reported to Captain Ted Barton in despair.
"You have to persist even if you can't hold on. Do you want to surrender to the guerrillas? The glory of the Royal Lancers requires us to defend it with our lives. You coward, go back to your position!" Captain Ted Barton would rather die than Surrender, when it comes to the last moment of the battle, Ted Barton will keep the last bullet for himself, and he will never be a prisoner of the Boers.
"I'm not a coward, I just don't want to fight a battle with no chance of winning. We have fulfilled our responsibilities as a soldier. Of course I will defend the glory of the Royal Lancers with my life!" the second lieutenant blushed and said Roaring at the top of his lungs, he suddenly drew his sword and jumped out of the trench.
"Come back!" Ted Barton stretched out his hand to pull, but did not hold on.
Without warning, but as expected, the second lieutenant jumped out of the trench and was hit by several bullets at the same time.
In the eyes of Captain Ted Barton, the second lieutenant's upper body was dismembered by bullets almost instantly, and the blood spurted out formed a mist of blood. The second lieutenant took another step forward, and then fell to the ground.
"Frank!" Captain Ted Barton's eyes turned red instantly, wailing like a wounded beast.
Guerrillas are pouring in from all over the mountains and plains, and it seems that the outcome of the battle is irreversible.
Ted Barton emptied the bullets in the Kimberley pistol, and there was no time to reload. Ted Barton pulled out his saber, pulled out a cross from his collar, kissed the cross hard, and tightened the handle of the knife. Prepare for the arrival of the guerrillas.
At this time, there is no need for Ted Patton to give orders. The only remaining soldiers on the position are fixing their bayonets. The commander has set an example for them. They will fight until the last moment.
In the distance, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded like thunder——