Red Alert 1895

Soon, Cai Ben reached a deal with the president of the Transvaal Republic, and this deal did not leave any contract, it was just a verbal negotiation. However, in order to win the trust of the Transvaal Republic, Cai Ben did not ask for the money first, but waited for the goods to arrive before paying the money and delivering the goods. And what they trade is not in any currency, because there is not much currency in the Transvaal. What's more, they might perish in the future, so what's the use of their currency. So Cai Ben also asked to use gold ore to trade, Taiwan sent the weapons, and then they just gave the corresponding gold ore to Taiwan, and nothing else mattered. As for these weapons, they are very powerful. Although the Mauser rifle seems to be backward in Taiwan, it is still very advanced for them, and it is even one of several powerful rifles popular in the Western world. So it's not too bad for them to buy it, even if it's second-hand.

"Mr. Cai, come with me to see our Boer army!" President Transvaal said.

Cai Ben began to review their so-called troops with the President of the Transvaal, and Cai Ben immediately shook his head, obviously very disdainful of these troops.

The president asked with a dark face, "Isn't our army good enough?"

"No, it's just too bad. Your army is much worse than our army in Taiwan, even worse than the Germans. Even the armies of some second-rate powers in Europe can't compare, so your army It's really not flattering." Cai Ben said very bluntly.

Hearing Cai Ben's words. The president's heart is like 10,000 grass mud horses passing by. Because of course he knew that his country's army could not compare with those of those European countries. After all, his country was weak. Where did he have so much capital to train a powerful army? What's more, their enemies are all those African natives. Naturally, they will not be any powerful enemies, so it is enough for them to maintain these ordinary-sized troops without too strict training.

"But don't worry, the British army is worse than yours! Although the British navy is very powerful, their army is not very good. They are simply parallel imports. Their army can bully the army with cold weapons. That's all. They can't beat any army with the same weapons as them!" Cai Ben said.

In this day and age. The British Army is a wonder. Because the British fought the Boers in the past, and they dispatched an army of more than 400,000. The population of the army was almost as large as the entire population of the Boers, so they were barely able to defeat the Boers. And the British also suffered huge losses after the war. It is conceivable how parallel the strength of the British is. Although the British navy is a hero, the British army is just a matter of course. The British army was able to bully the natives who didn't have too many firearms. When the Qing army lost to the British, it was mainly due to tactical thinking and weapons and equipment. If the Manchu Qing army could learn the popular queuing and shooting tactics back then, and possess the same weapons, it might not necessarily lose to them.

What's more, the reason why the Qing Dynasty was so anxious to negotiate a peace during the first Opium War was not because the British army was so strong, but because the British army cut off the water transportation at that time. In addition, the Manchus were ruled by ethnic minorities in China. In order to maintain their ruling power, they naturally did not want to fight. So they negotiated in a hurry. The army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not very strong, and the navy was not very good. They all won by numbers. If there is no strong economic strength to support so many navies, the British are not very good. The British are just a guy who fights with others, and the real military strength will not be so powerful. However, Taiwan is currently most afraid of the British and will fight for consumption. Taiwan can't compete with the British in terms of consumption and consumption, and even if it has a red alert system, it is still a bit dangerous.

I heard Cai Ben's evaluation of the British army. The President of the Transvaal finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"However, I suggest that if a war breaks out between you and the British, you'd better transfer all the population to the forest, so that you can fight a protracted war with the British!" Cai Ben said.

"What? To transfer the population and abandon our homeland?" President Transvaal asked unhappily.

Cai Ben immediately said: "You can only hope to win in this way. If you don't do this, you will definitely fail in the end. Although your army seems to be as good as the British on the surface, in fact you don't have your own industry. system. And if you talk about a war of attrition, you will definitely not be able to consume the British. Because the British have a complete industrial system and their own huge colonial empire, so they can send a large number of troops over at any time. If you fight consumption with them, that is Looking for death. It’s like if you fight the enemy to consume, then in the end, the British will mobilize a large number of servants from the colonies, can you consume them?”

"Also, your weapons are definitely not enough. The British can also supply weapons, equipment and ammunition in a steady stream, so you are definitely not an opponent. So the only thing you can do is to move the population to the deep forest, and then Guerrilla warfare with the British. Taking advantage of your familiarity with geography and terrain, you can use this method to carry out guerrilla warfare. Only when the British are exhausted can you really drive the British away. If you fight with the British head-on If the British fight, then you will inevitably become a war of attrition, and then you will definitely not be able to defeat the British."

The President of the Transvaal thought for a while, and finally said helplessly: "Our country is too weak to compare with those powerful countries. However, I have an idea, that is, I hope to get your support. We hope that we can please Your instructors from the Taiwan Army came to train our army. What do you think? We have heard that the strength of your Taiwan army is also praised by the Germans. It is even as good as the Germans in terms of military quality, so I think we can hire you Come over with our instructors so that we can train the army to fight against the British. Also, we don’t fight guerrillas, so I hope you send troops to guide us.”

Cai Ben thought for a while and said, "I want to report this to our Governor's Mansion, but I think the Governor's Mansion will take it seriously. Our Governor's Mansion attaches great importance to the cooperative relationship with you, so it took the initiative to send me here."

As for sending instructors, it's actually not too complicated, just need to get some three-star mountain warfare soldiers out. And at that time, as long as a natural officer leads a dozen or twenty three-star red police mountain warfare soldiers, he can fully assume the role of instructor. Mountain warfare is actually somewhat similar to mountain guerrilla warfare, using the complex terrain of the mountain to weaken the enemy, and then gain enough strength through one's own good professional training, and then obtain a steady stream of battle results.

Guerrilla warfare has always been a magic weapon for weak countries to deal with powerful countries, and it can often reverse the victory when they are weak. Especially fighting in the local area, it has very huge benefits. But the current era does not understand guerrilla warfare. This era does not need too much guerrilla warfare, so they all need Taiwan to teach them.

However, Wang Guorui would not even think that this Boer could defeat the British. Although they are capable of guerrilla warfare, guerrilla warfare is actually another kind of attrition warfare in essence, which only reduces their own casualties and increases the enemy's casualties. However, a war of attrition is still a war of attrition after all, and you have to be hardworking yourself to strike iron. If your own resources and population are not large enough, you will not be able to consume others in the end. The British have a population of thousands of people, and the main ethnic group alone is so much more than them. And coupled with the fact that the British can mobilize a large number of servants from the colonies, the consumption of the competition is also more than that of the Boers. Even if ten people were exchanged for one of them, some of them would be earned by the British.

What Wang Guorui wanted to do was not to support the Boers in defeating the British, that was impossible. What Wang Guorui has to do is to prolong the war between the Boers and the British as much as possible ~www.readwn.com~ and prolong their war as long as possible instead of letting them end quickly. Wang Guorui mainly used the Boer War to prevent the British from entering the mainland, or to stop them with all their strength. As long as the British are contained, there will be no major obstacles for Taiwan to enter the mainland. After all, the Germans may not join the British in going to war against Taiwan, and the French may not work hard, but the British who can contribute are held back. In other countries, there are few people who even go to work, so they will not be taken seriously. And those who can really have strength are the Russians and the Japanese. As for Russia and Japan, no matter how many troops from these two countries come to Taiwan, they will not be afraid. The Russians don't have all the rifles, and the Japanese are completely defeated. Therefore, as long as the British are restrained by the Boers, once the battle is in full swing, it will be difficult for them to turn their guns and prevent them from entering the mainland to seize territory.

"Okay, we'll tell Taiwan's governor, Mr. Wang, via the ship's wireless message, and let him decide whether to send instructors. Do you have any other needs?" Cai Ben asked.

And the president of the Transvaal immediately said: "We have another idea, that is, to hire your Taiwanese troops to help us fight the war. Don't worry, we will pay for it."

"What? Want to hire our army to fight?" Cai Ben didn't expect that the other party would actually ask this question, which made him a little unexpected. (to be continued)