1855 United States Tycoon

On this day, the British madly projected more than 30 tons of double light and gas shells toward the Boer's position. The first concentrated use of chemical weapons achieved amazing results. In just one day, the British army miraculously took the core position of the fortress in Johannesburg. Although there are still Boers who continue to hold on to some areas of the fortress, it can be said that the overall situation has been determined, and the fall of Johannesburg is just around the corner. According to figures later recognized by the British, there were 43,103 Boer soldiers who died on this day, and more than 4,000 were injured, and 70% of these injured were also thereafter. Death in succession within a few days. In this battle, the British army had less than one six hundred casualties, of which less than six hundred were actually killed. Almost all of their casualties were due to shelling. For the first time, chemical warfare showed a hideous face.

In an autobiographical novel published many years later, Lieutenant Henry Darcy, a British officer who participated in this battle, described the situation of the chemical war as follows:

"We entered the starting position, and the heavy mortars of the Hornets fired. The sound of the shells landing was dull, and the vibration was very small. It was not like a seven-inch shell at all. It even felt like a 3-inch shell. The caliber of mortars, even grenades, are inferior. Before, I had the opportunity to see a mortar shell by the Hornets. In terms of volume, the shells seemed to be larger than ordinary ones of the same caliber. The mortar, the artillery, the bomb is bigger. But we are not too surprised, because before we set off, the above has told us that this time we will use the gas bombs on the Boers. At that time, he was responsible for explaining how to use them. The officer of the Hornets unit with a gas mask to protect against this poisonous gas said to us:'This thing can kill everyone on the opposite side as easily as an insecticide. So once you enter the battle, everyone must always wear anti-virus. Do not take off the mask, otherwise very terrible consequences will occur. These gas masks are airtight, and it is very stuffy to exercise while wearing them. Breathing while wearing them will also be more difficult than normal. However, at any time, No one can take it off without getting our instructions...'

After the sound of the cannon, we started talking about wearing gas masks. The look after wearing this thing is very ridiculous, like wearing a pig's head. Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, can't help but laugh. But soon none of us laughed.

About half an hour after the shelling, we began to charge. The enemy’s deep artillery still fired at us, but their reaction on the opposite side was much slower, while the shallow and close machine guns and mortars of the enemy, which could have reacted quickly, were silent, as if they had died of sleep. . The trench from our trench to the opposite trench was only about 30 meters away, we rushed over in one breath, and the Boers on the opposite side failed to even fire a single bullet at us.

After jumping into their trenches, I saw something that my generation can never forget. Boer corpses were everywhere in the trenches. They stretched their necks there, and many people's necks were bloodied by their hands. Some pink liquid is still flowing out of their mouths and noses, and their eyes are also wide open...

This is true not only in the trenches, but also in the bunker, the entire position has actually become a big cemetery. Dulles by my side couldn't help it anymore, he slammed off his mask, wow, and vomited suddenly. I rushed over and ordered him to put on his face mask, but just like that, he had already inhaled a lot of poisonous gas, and he started to cough from distance, seeming to be out of breath. Even if I put a mask on him again, it didn't get any better. So we had to rush him to the back... Later this guy stayed in the hospital for two months because of emphysema.

The Boers also knew that something was wrong, so their artillery poured out shells on our side like desperately. Even those 11-inch cannons rarely fired endlessly. But the fortifications built by the Boers have effectively protected us. There were also some Boers who tried to counterattack us through the traffic trenches, but they soon discovered that we didn't need to do anything at all. They would lose their combat effectiveness because of inhaling a lot of poisonous gas, and then slowly die. I have seen Boers rushing up more than once and fell to the ground in pain because they couldn't breathe, and soon lost their lives...

After controlling this period of fortification, the guys in the Hornets started firing gas bombs at deeper targets... just like that, in just one day, we basically took down the fortress, and in this day, I have seen more dead people than I have seen in the previous decades. I even thought that I would never see more terrible things in the future, but the facts proved that my thoughts were too naive. After we release a devil from the seal, can we really expect to trick it back into the seal with one sentence? Therefore, the devil we let out to eat people will definitely have backlash, but at that time, I never thought that backlash would come so quickly and so violently..."

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The news that the British army had captured the fortress of Johannesburg in one day caused a huge sensation. First of all, the reaction in the market was completely different. The gold market was once again flooded with optimism. The Rothschilds, who had long anticipated this result Naturally, the profit is full of money. In North America, the sales of British Treasury bonds sold by the Morgan Consortium are also getting better.

"Unexpectedly, the British would use such a method so quickly! These damn British guys, why the lower limit is so low!" Catherine scolded viciously, completely forgetting that she was a man. British. As for the word lower limit, it was a word that Scrooge came up with when analyzing the possibility of the use of chemical weapons by the British.

Due to underestimation of this situation, Catherine suffered a lot in the London gold market. For a while, relying on the McDonald family to have consultants on the Boer's side, so the news is better than others, and they can get some inside information that others don't know. And relying on MacDonald’s tactical research team that is no less than the average country (Many retired generals from United States are working as consultants in MacDonald, and through their relationship, the research organization of the MacDonald Consortium also It often conducts joint scientific research activities with the major military academies of the United States), and the accuracy of the judgment of the battle situation is much better than that of ordinary investors. Catherine directed her men to beat the wind and rain in the gold market in London, and the limelight even surpassed the Rothschild family for a time, so that in the gold market in London, she was nicknamed the "Golden Queen".

However, the British suddenly carried out a large-scale chemical warfare and achieved such an effect, but it was a bit beyond the expectations of the MacDonald consortium. Originally, because of her family relationship, Catherine herself also had some avenues in the British upper class. Especially when her mother’s family started acting as agents for many of McDonald’s businesses and made a lot of money as a result, their friends in the upper class grew longer. So the news is naturally very well-informed, but this time, Catherine did not get even a little bit of information about the British plan to use chemical weapons on the battlefield. Although Scrooge had reminded her before, when it was difficult for the British to open the situation, there was still a card to play, and that was chemical weapons. And to inform and analyze to Catherine under what circumstances the British might use chemical weapons.

Just when will the British use chemical weapons? Even Scrooge can't give a clear answer to this question. Although through a combination of various information, Scrooge can roughly judge what kind of loss the British have suffered, and can roughly judge the British people's tolerance. Where is the limit. But he still couldn't determine when the British would use chemical weapons. Because the Englishman is not the second-most protagonist in the Japanese anime. When confronting villainBOSS, he must be beaten until only the last drop of blood is left before issuing a big move to reverse it. If it were not for the influence of public opinion, the British would definitely be willing to make a big move as soon as they came up directly, throwing out chemical weapons, and the opponent would be killed in seconds. It's just how long this public opinion question can hold the British people, or in other words, how low is the British people's lower limit, this question, Scrooge really has no way to grasp.

So on this issue, we can only rely on Catherine own who is specifically responsible for this matter. Unexpectedly, the lower limit of the British government was so low that even Catherine, who was also British, could not have predicted. As a result, she received a heavy blow in the gold market. In just one morning, Catherine lost almost 6 million pounds in the London gold market, almost halving her profit in the gold market a while ago.

If she only lost six million pounds, Catherine would not be so angry. In the business field, especially in the zero-sum game of the financial market, winning or losing is commonplace, and she has already made a lot of money before. More importantly, this is just a small rebound, and the overall situation has not completely changed. Scrooge had previously analyzed that even if the British captured Johannesburg, the restoration of order in South Africa would not take a short time. At that time, she will naturally be able to regain what she lost today. What really made her angry was that she felt that she made such a mistake in judgment because she still had such a bit of patriotism and was still proud of the British Empire, thinking that its lower limit would never be so low. , But was completely "betrayed" by the British, this is the reason for Catherine's anger. Of course, when she thinks this way, she will never consider what she is doing now. In fact, she is digging the walls of the British Empire.

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