The news of the Chinese landing in Maputo caused panic in Pretoria. Louis Botha, the Prime Minister of South Africa and Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-Southern Allied Forces, even broke out in a cold sweat. It is not that he was not mentally prepared for this. The former Boer
There is no doubt about the military quality of the top commander of the guerrillas. But the problem is that he only has that little strength. If he does not transfer the main force to Ladysmith, the result will be nothing more than an attack from the south. The result of dividing the troops will be the same.
We only have one British army and two South African Union armies, and one British division must also defend Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. No matter how crowded we are, we will only have these people. If we defend the southern border, we cannot defend the northern border.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, there is a Swedish businessman outside asking for an audience." At this moment, his secretary walked into the office to report.
"No, what time has it been? There's still time to see these idle people." He said impatiently.
"Swedish." The secretary emphasized mysteriously.
"Why are the Swedes..." Prime Minister Botha just finished speaking and suddenly came back to his senses. Sweden was almost becoming a vassal of Emperor Yang. Since he was a Swedish businessman, his identity was obvious. He hesitated for a moment, and finally
Still nodded and said: "Invite him in."
The person who came was a manager from Bofors. As the former world's largest arms manufacturer, Bofors had employees all over the world, and Pretoria was no exception. This businessman named Anderson brought Bofors
What the Prime Minister of Tajikistan has promised is the promise made by his boss, His Majesty the Emperor of China, to the South African people.
"If your country chooses peace, then Your Majesty can guarantee the independence of South Africa. You will not become a province or autonomous republic of China, but a truly sovereign country. Even the British are not willing to give you this, but Your Majesty
I can give it to you." Anderson said reservedly.
"What about the conditions?" Botha wouldn't believe in such a good thing like pie in the sky. Emperor Yang's greed for gold is well known to the world. He can let go of the Rand Gold Mine, which can almost be described as terrifying.
The gold reserves are amazing.
"It's very simple. South Africa changes from a federal republic to a constitutional monarchy, and then His Majesty wears the crown of South Africa. In addition, the People's Bank of China has the exclusive right to issue banknotes and the exclusive right to operate gold trade in South Africa, permanently, and then China has the right to
The right to garrison troops in South Africa is also permanent." Anderson said with a smile.
For Yang Feng, the importance of South Africa lies only in gold, but that does not mean that all the gold must become his. It is important to know that mining and refining gold in South Africa is not that easy, so he only needs to control the subsequent steps of the finished product. As for
It's better to leave the dirty and tiring work of gold panning to others, since the gold eventually mined will have to be left to him to handle anyway.
The importance of gold to this world is just because everyone is now playing the gold standard, which is currency. But after the war, the gold standard system is definitely impossible to play anymore, because it is no longer possible to play. Almost all the gold in the world now belongs to the people.
Even Yang Feng himself couldn't figure out how many tons there were in the bank's vault. How could other countries play the gold standard? How could they play the gold standard without gold?
If you want to play, you can only borrow Chinese dollars from the People's Bank of China to play gold exchange. But China's gold is not allowed to leave the country, which means that what you borrow in the end is just a bunch of printed banknotes. In this case, it is better for everyone to discuss it.
From now on, no one will play with it. From now on, they will all use banknotes as the national credit currency. As for the international trade settlement, it is natural to use the Chinese dollar. Anyway, no one will want to use anything else now. In the future, Emperor Yang will only need to print banknotes for fun.
That’s it.
As for the gold in South Africa, it had completely lost its special meaning at that time and returned to the essence of a sparkling metal. In this case, there was no need to swallow it so ugly. After all, he was still a little wary of the Boers.
It would be bad if they were forced to fight guerrillas over this trivial matter.
Prime Minister Botha was a little unbelievable. This meant that after the war, they could take the gold mines back from the British businessmen. A simple nationalization law could solve this problem. At that time, the dying Britain would never have the courage to resist.
Besides, with Yang Feng as the king of South Africa, the British gold mine owners would only die if they resisted. At that time, the South African government could not only collect more taxes, but even develop state-owned gold mines. Oh my god, this was something they would not have dared to do even before the Boer War.
As you can imagine, Prime Minister Botha's eyes were filled with only the glint of gold.
As for the People's Bank of China's exclusive gold management rights, banknote issuance rights, and China's military garrison rights, those are all trivial matters, and they are nothing compared to the ownership of gold mines.
"Mr. Anderson, please tell His Majesty that the people of South Africa are very much looking forward to becoming his subjects." Thinking of this, the Prime Minister said without hesitation.
What happened next was simple. Even he couldn't control such a good thing, let alone the members of the South African Parliament. The only South African federal division left to defend in the Drakensberg Mountains immediately received an order to stop resistance.
Facing the surging Chinese tanks, they immediately gave way to the road, and the trains all concentrated in Pretoria also headed for Maputo, bringing the 74th Army marching along the railway line to Pretoria.
Tolia. Of course, some small twists and turns were inevitable during this period, such as the British gold mine owners in Johannesburg launching a rebellion, but in the face of the surging Chinese soldiers, their only result was death. On the contrary,
It gave the South Africans an advantage, and they used this reason to nationalize their gold mines.
As for the Ladysmith front, there was chaos. The South African troops loyal to the Union chose to obey Pretoria's order to withdraw from the battle. Then the entire front collapsed. The two British divisions there and some South African soldiers loyal to the British faced this
In this situation, the only option was to be defeated. In the end, half of the 100,000 troops fled to Bloemfontein, while the rest, in accordance with the new order of the federal government, chose to turn their guns and turn against the British.
Immediately afterwards, the Central and South Allied Forces began to attack Bloemfontein. The isolated British army abandoned Bloemfontein and fled to Cape Town by train. At least there was a psychological support for them. After all, the vast majority of the residents
They are all British immigrants, and they have a fortress, sufficient supplies, and a group of small warships. If you get some mines to lock the bays on both sides, you don't have to worry about the naval guns hitting your head. As for the carrier-based aircraft in the air, there is no need for this.
There's a solution.
Just when the Prime Minister of the Federation of South Africa, Louis Botha, officially announced in Pretoria that South Africa would withdraw from the Commonwealth, establish the Kingdom of South Africa, and invite the Chinese Emperor Yang Feng to serve as the King of South Africa, sufficient preparations had been made in distant Siberia.
Mainly after re-building the railway that had been destroyed by the Russian army, the Siberian Front Army led by Wang Shizhen finally began to attack Kurgan.
In fact, at this time, only Kurgan, a key Russian military stronghold, was left along the Tobol River, including Tyumen in the north and Kostanai in the south. Wang Shizhen's material supply was restricted by the railway.
The same was true for his opponent, Grand Duke Nicholas. But Wang Shizhen still had countless trucks at his disposal, but Grand Duke Nicholas did not have such good conditions. It was difficult to travel to cities outside the sparsely populated Siberian Defense Railway, so he simply ignored it.
These are remote places. Even if the Chinese occupy them, they will not have any impact. For the Russians, they only need to hold on to the Kurgan.
Winter is about to enter. In the severe cold of Siberia, without railway support, the Chinese army of more than one million people dare not risk advancing. Now in this season, those off-road trucks are running around in the open wasteland. It will be difficult to move even if it snows.
, no one dares to take such a risk.
During this period, he completely built the entire Kurgan into a steel fortress. Stimulated by the destruction of the entire front line just because a railway bridge was blown up by Chinese airborne troops in the Battle of Omsk, Wang Shizhen took advantage of Wang Shizhen's opportunity.
Unable to build a railway to launch a large-scale attack, Archduke Nicholas desperately hoarded weapons and ammunition in Kurgan. Trains transporting arms brought countless supplies to the city, and then stored them in scattered ammunition depots.
Inside.
And his tactics have also changed. He no longer plays a long snake formation, but puts one army group in Kurgan, and the remaining three army groups all retreat to Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg and other places. The goal is very clear:
Let this army group hold on in Kurgan with enough supplies for more than three months. No matter how many people are lost and replenished from Chelyabinsk to the front line, as long as it can hold on for a month, winter will enter. At that time, the Chinese can only stop.
Due to the severe cold wind and snow in Siberia, the temperature of minus 30 degrees is his best weapon. It can at least buy him another winter. One winter is enough for many things to happen, and it may even end the war.
"In one month, within one month we must advance to the front line of the Ural Mountains, and at least we must capture Chelyabinsk. This is the emperor's will." Looking at Kurgan in the distance with a telescope, Wang Shizhen said with a serious face.
Qin Cheng, commander of the First Group Army beside him, said.
The one responsible for the main attack on his side is the First Army. In fact, there are only four armies of his Siberian Front left on the entire Siberian battlefield. The Eighth Army of the Central Asian Front that originally attacked with him on the southern front has been transferred to Persia.
, after all, that place has become the main battlefield, and the Tenth Army's attack on Tehran during this period was not going smoothly. Brusilov was worthy of Russia's number one general, holding on to the Persian capital with a weak force.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty and Commander, I will take Kurgan for you in five days, five days at most." Qin Cheng, commander of the First Group Army, patted his chest and said. His group army is the number one elite of the army, and its history can even be traced back as far back as
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