1855 United States Tycoon

Two weeks later, Captain Adok’s "Thetis" arrived safely at the port under Dutch control and unloaded the cargo smoothly.

The Boer’s person who came to pick up the goods was called Falkenberg. He was a tall man. Although he was a white man, it was probably because he was always running outside all day long, and the African sun was too powerful. So this guy was tanned as if he was a black man.

On the Macdonald Infantry Arms Company, the representative of the cooperation in this sale is Donald. Four days before the arrival of Captain Adok's ship, he had already brought a team of consultants here.

In this so-called advisory team, there are engineers with glasses and a large group of so-called "tactical experts" with thick calluses on the mouth of the tiger's mouth on the right hand and the second quarter of the index finger. Donald and the others in this line have two major tasks, that is:

First, provide the Boers with so-called "after-sales service" and get more money from those Boers through this "after-sales service".

"Donald, do you think our business with the Boers is a short-term business or a long-term business?" Before Donald set off, Scrooge had tested him in this way.

"I don't think this sale will last long." Donald replied, "The Boers can't defeat the British in this war anyway. Once the conflict begins, even if they fight for their lives, the British must They suppressed it. Otherwise, other colonies would have trouble following their studies. Moreover, those Boers who own ambitions are not small. I don’t know if it’s because gold came so easily that they would have power if they have gold. Illusion. Just these days, from my contact with the Boer buns, they even wanted to expel the British power from all of South Africa. They didn’t want to think, although the status of the Cape of Good Hope dropped a bit after the opening of the Suez Canal. However, the strategic significance of this place is still incomparable. How could the British give up on it? But if they really want to fight, the Boers don’t have any decent industry except gold. As long as the British block off the coast, they will be able to win sooner or later. . Therefore, this transaction is a one-shot short-term transaction."

"In this case, and we have signed the arms sales contract with them. In fact, we can't do more business with these Boers. Then why do I even want you to take the team to South Africa for a trip?" Scrooge continued to ask."Probably let me get familiar with the whole process of arms trading." Donald said, "In addition, generally speaking, the money made when the arms trade is delivered is only a part of it. If the after-sales are done well, you should be able to make more. money."

"Very good, then tell me, where do you think you can make money?" Scrooge asked satisfied.

...

Various weapons were soon transported along the railway to near Johannesburg. Then, the relevant after-sales training began.

To be honest, the Boers’ fighting qualities are quite good, at least much better than the Italians or Cubans trained in Heishui before. Other than that, they at least fought the British honestly. After a game. Of course, in the first Boer War, the British didn't take it too seriously. Moreover, what the Boers defeated in the past was only the so-called colonial army of Britain. The British colonial army has always been nothing more than a policeman who maintains law and order. For example, during World War II, looking at the combat effectiveness of the British troops in the Asian colonies, it was almost inferior to the KMT troops. But if you really think that the British army is not as good as KMT, then you cannot understand how the British Empire ruled the world for a century. In fact, let alone the level of the elite British army, the level of the Commonwealth regular army should not be underestimated. During the Pacific War, the Australian army used a machete more than once in hand-to-hand combat to teach the self-proclaimed melee Japan to be a new man. . However, the advantages of the Boers are still very prominent. They are good at ambushing, and instinctively abandoned the old-fashioned way of queuing and killing.

But obviously, the Boers did not know how to conduct a war under modern conditions. The reason why they abandon the queuing to kill is to a large extent just a habit formed in the informal combat against the Zulu jungle. They don’t know much about modern warfare, especially after the Civil War. Because of the influence of Scrooge, they have become more efficient and bloody and cruel modern warfare. Their impression of the war between white people is still Stay at the time of the first Boer War.

"To be honest, General Delari, although we have provided your country with the most advanced weapons in the world, I am very pessimistic about your country's performance in possible future battles." Donald said to the German Republic of Yugoslavia. General Larry said, “Because as far as the current situation is concerned, your country’s army does not know much about how to conduct a modern war. You have to know that since the Civil War in the United States and after the War of Reunification in Germany, the way the war took place. Many changes. If your army continues to use the old tactics, it may be good to deal with the British colonial army-which is actually the police at most-but if it is against the regular British army, even with With these weapons, you will also be crushed."

Donald knew that own words were very rude, even very harsh. He also knew this kind of argument, and the Boers would not accept it anyway. If they are willing to admit this, they will not have the guts to resist Britain, or even fight for the hegemony of South Africa with the British.

Sure enough, General Delarie immediately showed disapproval. Although he did not directly throw out such a little fellow Donald who dared to talk nonsense in front of own because of his politeness, he was still obviously unhappy.

"Mr. MacDonald, I think you don't understand our Boer army too much, and underestimate us. Our soldiers are the bravest soldiers in the world. No army can crush us."

"Maybe my words offended you. If so, I am willing to apologize to you." Donald knows that the necessary stimulation of the other party is possible, even necessary, but it must also be moderate. "However, this is related to bravery. Not big. Your Excellency, I heard that you and your lads fought many battles with those Zulus. Are those Zulus all cowards?"

"Of course not, they are very brave, even more brave than the British guys we have seen."

"But I know that they are always crushed by you in the battle with you. Why is that?" Donald asked.

"This is because our weapons are much better than him. They only have spears and animal skin shields."

"Then if the Zulus have the same weapons as you, will they be able to tie you?" Donald continued to ask.

"Of course not, because they are savages. The savages don't work well!"

"Genghis Khan, Alati is also a barbarian." Donald said.

"But they are not niggas! Niggas are only half-human, and they are better than gorillas. Even with modern weapons, they are not our opponents." In the Boers, this discriminatory view of blacks is common. of.

Donald found that there was a problem with the direction of Own’s conversation. He originally wanted to lead General Delari to say things like "The Zulu fighting style is wrong, even with a good weapon, it can’t beat us." Who knows General Delarie easily attributed it to an ethnic problem. Donald knew that if he continued this discussion with General Delary on the issue of race, it would definitely not be a result of the discussion in the next century. So, he changed the topic and said:

"Your Excellency, do you think that if you let Temujin soldiers use their current weapons according to the fifteenth century combat methods, would they be your opponents?"

"I don't know much about the fighting methods in Temujin's era. However, if they are so stupid, they should not be able to beat us. However, I think Temujin is not so stupid and will use old-fashioned methods after getting new weapons. Tactics."

"But this is the problem with your army now." This time Donald finally waited for these words, and he immediately seized the opportunity to say this.

"How do you prove this?" General Delari did not give in.

"Well, let's take a look at how Blackwater's advisory team set up defensive positions, and then how about you and our advisory team doing another job on the map?" Donald issued a challenge.

Of course General Delari has no reason to retreat, so he immediately said: "I think this suggestion is good."

...

Two hours later, General Delari began to regret a little bit, because during this time, he had just witnessed how quickly the mercenaries of Blackwater set up a defensive position. This is a typical field position, which was only deployed in a short period of time. It includes two to zigzag trenches, two wire fences, and a series of anti-infantry directional mines and well-concealed infantry artillery design points.

"Look, general, our trenches will turn at right angles every few meters. This ensures that no matter if the enemy’s artillery shells fall into the trenches, or the enemy’s grenade falls into the trenches, they will not cause too much damage at once. Large casualties. Well, you have seen the lethality of modern artillery before. Our infantry artillery is placed on a reverse slope so that the enemy cannot see it directly, and the artillery relies on target data provided by the front. Shooting. It can cause huge damage to the attacking enemy. Barbed wire can retard the opponent. Reduce the opponent's attack speed... I think if the British army starts to increase its troops in South Africa, you will definitely not be able to sit back and watch the British. The army keeps increasing, right? Most of the attacks will be preemptive. So in the face of such a stronger line of defense, how does your army plan to attack?" Donald asked him such a question.

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