1855 United States Tycoon

What follows is the process of bargaining. Of course, Boer government officials hope to spend less. They are trying hard to keep prices down, or to remove as much as possible from the plans provided by Donald. Or an inefficient project. For example, in the design of the fortress of Johannesburg, they cut down a lot of tall things. For example, they cut the tunnel connection between the fortresses into traffic trenches, and successfully cut down the number of machine gun bunker. Dropped by a third.

In the original design, in addition to the six fortress guns, there should be 20 75mm gun guards. After a series of bargaining, it was cut in half, leaving ten doors. There are also radio stations, originally according to Donald’s version of the luxurious construction plan, one by one. But in the end, government officials managed to cut it down to regiments one by one.

In fact, Donald’s luxurious plans are indeed a bit too luxurious. According to his plan, in many respects, the average level of equipment of the Boer’s army would be much higher than that of the contemporary European army. For example, the radio station, in Europe, this thing has only been popularized to the first-level teacher, but in Donald's plan, he actually wants to popularize it to the first-level camp. In the eyes of government officials, this is of course the United States guy thinking about ways to cheat money. Therefore, at the beginning, they also planned to cut the radio station to a divisional unit, or even a strategic direction. But to their surprise, it was not the United States people who stood up against them first, but the Boer generals.

"Our situation is different from Europe!" Those military officers who didn't know whether they were affected by the "new tactical thinking" of the United States or the possible commercial kickbacks or other things immediately stood up and spoke for the United States. . For example, after discussing with Blackwater’s tactical adviser, General Piet Kronje immediately became an avid supporter of every battalion’s need to have a radio station:

"In Europe, the density of the army on the front is very high, and the distance between each division is very limited. The distance between the regiments below the division is even smaller. Using the messenger to mount on horse can ensure that the order is transmitted to the various units on time. Our fighting methods are different. We cannot build an army as large as one million in European countries, nor can we maintain a front with such a high density of forces. Once the main British forces arrive, our tactics are to rely on Johannesburg to attract the British. The main force of the army, and our army inserts into the enemy’s rear to attack the enemy’s logistics line. All of us can ride horses, and we all have horses, so we have the advantage of maneuverability. Acting behind the enemy, the size of our troops is impossible Too big, each team at most, that is, if we can equip the radio to the battalion first-level, then our troops will be very flexible when attacking the enemy's logistics line.

Gentlemen, imagine that the vast wilderness from Cape Town to Johannesburg is full of our cavalry, and the British logistics team is simply unable to move. In order to ensure their own logistics line, the British had to enlarge the logistics team and equip these logistics teams with a large number of guards. If there are not a lot of radio stations, this trick may be effective. This is because if our assault force is small in number, such a logistics team cannot be touched. If the size of our attack force is too large, then our own goals will be too large, and at the same time our own logistics will also have problems. But with the radio, everything is different. We can use the battalion as a unit and let the troops spread out in the vast wilderness. If we find a small number of enemy logistics teams, they will solve them on their own. If it comes from a logistics team escorted by a large number of troops, our people can send information back through the radio. Then our commander can use the radio to gather the small troops scattered around and eliminate the enemy in one fell swoop.

In this way, it will become extremely dangerous and extremely difficult for the enemy to maintain the logistic supplies of the offensive troops. In this way, the cost of their attack on us will be unbearable. Perhaps considering such a huge price, the British will be able to retreat. In this series of ideas, the role of the radio station is very critical. Without it, we would not be able to execute such a powerful tactic. "

So at the insistence of the generals, the administrative officials’ efforts to reduce the radio equipment from the battalion to the division level failed shamefully. In the end, they only deducted the radio’s configuration to the first-level of the regiment, and were forced to agree to provide each one. The regiment headquarters is equipped with a mobile backup radio station so that the regiment leader can reinforce it in the direction he feels important.

In this way, the cost actually cut is much less than expected. But even so, later General Piet Cronje continued to complain in his own war memoir "A Victory That Shouldn't Be Lost" that if the government officials had only wanted to save money, Derain would The Swabian Republic may not lose.

"If we can build the Johannesburg fortress group according to the original design plan, then the connection between the fortresses will be through closed tunnels, so that when the enemy uses chemical gas on us, our soldiers You can hide in these tunnels. The fortress will not be lost because of this. If the fortress is not lost, it will be difficult for the British forces to turn. If this continues, the situation will become more and more favorable for us. However, it was originally for the sake of To save construction costs, they turned the closed tunnels into open-air traffic trenches. As a result, our fortress was unable to resist the enemy's frenzied poisonous gas attack..."

Anyway, with the cooperation of the Boer generals, Donald and the government of the Transvaal Republic signed a new weapon order, large-scale fort construction, and large-scale military training and public opinion propaganda. The contract amount is as high as 3 million pounds, which is 14.4 million U.S. dollars in U.S. dollars, 21.966 tons in gold, and 1,170 tons in Kuping silver. Sixty thousand taels of silver!

With such a big contract, Donald went back to United States contentedly, leaving some related personnel to continue to provide various after-sales services to the Boers. There are also some young Boer students who leave for United States with him. They will go to United States to receive a newer and better education, so that Boers can keep up with the latest developments in science and technology in the future. These people are outstanding in both character and academics among their peers. Of course, according to the scientific research results of a big country in later generations, the IQs of the children of the rich are higher than those of the poor. Therefore, among these students, they are from good backgrounds. The family is rich and powerful, and there are many elders in the government, the military, and other vital departments. Of course, this proves that the children of wealthy people have high IQs, and there are absolutely no other problems.

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"Mr. Rhodes, we got new information from Transvaal." A man wearing a top hat with a white brim reported to the British Cape Colony Prime Minister Cecil Rhodes.

Cecil Rhodes was definitely a legend at the time, he was the founder of the famous "De Beers Mining Company". What? "De Beers Mining Company" Have you never heard of it? So, "Kimberly", and "Diamonds are forever, and one is forever", have you always heard the silly words of a woman who has fooled a lot of women? What? Don't even know this? So, be serious, don't quibble, you are a gay guy!

Cecil Rhodes is a well-known mining giant whose main business is gold and diamond mines. Although the Boers were very wary of British capital and were very unfriendly, he still became the largest mine owner of the Witwatersrand Gold Mine, the world's largest gold mine in Johannesburg, relying on excellent economic means. Relying on diamond mines and gold mines, Cecil Rhodes earns more than 8 million pounds in annual profits.

However, "the richer you are, the more you will not relax at all." Although he has made a lot of money in the Witwatersrand gold mine, he still has a lot of money for those Boers who impose heavy taxes on his gold mines. Very dissatisfied. Thus he became the strongest supporter of the policy of annexing the Transvaal Republic. Not only did he spend money to support politicians who supported the expansionary policy, he also jumped out to run for the prime minister of the Cape Colony himself.

During his tenure as the Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, he was indeed very useful. He captured the area along the Zambezi River through despicable deception and warfare, and renamed it Rhodesia, forming an anti-Dranzian war. The form of the South-North Flanking of the Republic of Vanuatu, his next goal is to annex the Republic of Transvaal.

"What's the news?" Cecil Rhodes didn't care much at first. Because the so-called news that the United States sent a large amount of arms to Transvaal before seems to have been proved to be false-those damn intelligence personnel recognized Brazil Sum as a gun barrel. So he thought it was the greedy Boers who came up with new taxes.

"The arms of the United States arrived in Transvaal," the man replied, and gave the information to Cecil Rhodes.

"Damn treason!" Cecil Rhodes cursed. In the eyes of this steadfast emperor, the country, the host, and the righteous elements, all United States of America is nothing more than a group of rebels. It is said that in history, this guy also set up a "Rhodes Scholarship" at Oxford University to specifically subsidize United States students to study at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, and its purpose is actually to cultivate "love the motherland" among United States people. The five columns are ready for the future to bring back the rebels and regain North America.

After carefully reading the information, Cecil Rhodes made up his mind: "The plan to annex Transvaal must be accelerated."

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