"——It was raining at the time, and it was Locke who discovered the sentry who was smoking. I wanted to attack directly, but Locke told me that we were going to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation——" Henry was foaming at the mouth in front of the bar, surrounded by
There are a lot of senior officers. The major general is Marcy Meredith, the senior staff officer of the expeditionary force headquarters. The eldest colonel is Marcos Lloyd, the commander of the Royal Canadian Regiment. They all have distinctive logos on their hats.
The maple leaf logo is displayed, and the lowest-ranked officer present is also a major. It is estimated that this is the bar with the highest density of officers in Kimberley.
"To the Queen!"
"To Henry!"
"To Locke!"
The atmosphere among the officers was high. Every time there was a wonderful moment, the officers would toast to celebrate. Henry and Roque also had free champagne, and Major General Massie treated them.
"——When it comes to fighting, Locke is definitely a good player. He used explosive bags to drive the Boers from the house to the wilderness and to the heavy machine gun position under my command. What I had to do was to command the heavy machine gun to kill them.
Killed him, and unexpectedly killed Joubert as well——" Henry was loyal enough and did not take the credit for himself. Locke got more and more "respect for Locke".
"It's very interesting that you used explosive bags." Major General Massi was very insightful and grasped the key points.
"Yes, explosives, we have no artillery, and we didn't even have DUM bombs when we arrived in Dordrecht -" Henry will cry poverty when he should.
"Hush - watch your words, Inspector, we don't have any dum bombs." Major General Massey pretended, causing everyone to burst into laughter.
The British are like this. They do one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes, and they are very skilled at playing double standards.
"I mean the Boer dum bombs, we seized a lot of them-" Henry widened his eyes and pretended to be innocent, and the officers laughed again.
"It's unbelievable. It was actually a group of police officers who killed Joubert. You are all qualified to receive medals." Major General Massey has a high emotional intelligence, otherwise he would not be in a high position.
High emotional intelligence is a common characteristic of big people. To be able to hold a high position, you do not necessarily have to be of noble birth. For example, Alfred Milner is not even a baron now, but that does not prevent Alfred Milner from being a noble person.
Served as Governor of the Cape Colony.
"Locke, are you really from the Qing Dynasty?" Unlike Major General Massey, Marcus Lloyd was more interested in Locke.
"Yes, Colonel, I used to serve in the Huayong Camp. I came to Cape at the end of last year and have now been naturalized." Roque did not avoid his origin.
"Oh, then you are no longer from the Qing Dynasty. You are from the Cape and a citizen of the British Empire." Marcos did not discriminate against Rock's origin, or in other words, Marcos concealed it better.
The Cape Colony has not yet obtained autonomous status, so strictly speaking, the people in the Cape are all British. It will be until the Cape Colony becomes autonomous that the Cape will gradually distance itself from the United Kingdom.
"Oh, I know Huayong Camp, an army composed of Qing people."
"It turns out that I once served in Huayong Camp, so that's right."
"Is Huayong Camp so powerful?"
The officers were talking a lot, and some people didn't understand the background of Huayong Camp. Someone immediately started to popularize the knowledge. The look in everyone's eyes when they looked at Luo Ke was one of relief after a sudden realization.
"The Qing people and the Chinese are two different things." Rock couldn't bear it anymore. It was absolutely wrong to confuse the Qing people with the Chinese. Although the Qing ruled the Chinese, it definitely could not represent the Chinese: "The Chinese have a history of five thousand years of civilization.
, and the Qing Dynasty only has a history of more than 200 years. Before the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Empire was the last country established by the Chinese. If you gentlemen know something about the Far East, you should have heard of the most powerful fleet in the world at that time." In fact, Roque is a bit extreme. Saying this is meaningless and cannot change the impression of the Chinese in the minds of these British officers. In the minds of these British officers, Roque is no longer the same concept as other Chinese. As Marcos said,
Rock is now a British citizen.
"Calm down, Chief, no one denies the history of the Chinese, but that's just history, right." Major General Massey's words were sharp, and one sentence left Rock speechless.
Yes, no matter how glorious the history is, it is just history.
Even though the Ming Empire had the most powerful fleet in the world at that time, it has disappeared in the long river of history. The Chinese today are a nation conquered by foreigners. No matter how strong Roque's national pride is, he cannot change this reality. "Yes, that's just history, but I firmly believe that the Chinese will surely rise again." Roque knew that Major General Massi was right, but Roque couldn't accept it. Thirty years to the west of the river, thirty years to the east of the river, we'll see.<
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No, given Major General Masi’s age, it is estimated that Major General Masi will not see the day when the Chinese will rise again.
"Yes, I see hope from you." Major General Massi did not deny the possibility. This is the most euphemistic way of saying it. If the commando hadn't killed Joubert, Major General Massi would not have listened to Roque.
Nonsense.
"Gentlemen, let us raise a glass to celebrate victory and pay tribute to the great British Empire." Major General Massey did not give Rock a chance to speak, and proposed to celebrate together.
All the British people present responded loudly, and Rock also raised his glass. Well, it was a bit bitter.
Saying goodbye to the officers and returning to his residence, Henry happily shared the harvest with Roque: "All the prisoners have bounties, including those we killed. Joubert is the most valuable. We got a total of 20,000 pounds, plus
From the previous five thousand, we now have twenty-five thousand pounds. God, this is really a lot of money. I have never seen how spectacular it is when twenty-five thousand pounds are piled together!"
"Where's your title? Don't you have one?" Rock doesn't care how much money he has, as he can still earn money in the future. The most important thing now is the title, which is the talisman of Henry and Rock.
"Of course there is, but not now. After the war is over, the expeditionary force headquarters will report it uniformly. By then our names will definitely appear on the reported list. Note that it is us, not me, you know? Your name may also be there.
Up there, you are now a Cape native, and you are also eligible for a title." Henry waited until now before telling Roque the good news.
"Me? I might also be knighted?" Rock was surprised. This was a good thing that he had never thought of before.
"Of course it's possible, do you think I'm lying to you?" Henry laughed, thinking that Rock was stupidly happy.
It is indeed possible that the Second Boer War was of great significance to the United Kingdom. In this war, the British not only mobilized troops from the mainland, but also from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Ceylon.
Of course, these colonial soldiers are also eligible for knighthoods. The British now need to win over them with knighthoods, and Rock has benefited.
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On Friday, I originally wanted to ask for help, but when I saw that the calendar said Tomb-Sweeping Day, I might as well forget it - I wish you good health - how about adding an update today?