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On May 12, 1870, Governor Delphi led an army of 30,000, launched an invasion of the Orange Free State, and the war in South Africa broke out.

After the news spread, the Boers instantly fell into a panic, and the estate where Viscount Fickney temporarily lived was a guest for a while.

Transvaal and the Orange Free State are almost one. When facing the British, the two countries have always joined forces to confront the enemy.

There is too much difference in strength between the two sides, and no one has the confidence to defeat the British. In the face of the British, the Boer Republic has always chosen to tolerate.

But that was before, and now things have changed. Since everyone is going to join Austria, naturally they will no longer be afraid of the British.

There are two main reasons for everyone's visit at this time: first, to stance to Viscount Fickney, and to stand openly; second, to hope that Austria will participate in this war.

Viscount Fickney said confidently: "Don't worry, the British army looks powerful, but in fact it's strong and strong.

The British will not have more than three thousand troops stationed in Cape Town. In the recent past, the London government has not deployed a large number of troops.

Even if the Cape Town colonial government recruited civilian forces, it would not be possible to have more than 5,000 troops. Apart from that, it is conceivable what the rest of the British army is like. "

The enemy who knows best about himself is always the enemy. The competition between Britain and Austria in South Africa is not a day or two, and they are collecting information about each other.

There is no way to monitor the civilian armed forces scattered in various places, but it is still hard to watch the movement of military forces.

Britain and Austria are both colonial powers. It is impossible to station a large number of regular troops in a region, or even a million troops are not enough.

The responsibility for maintaining local stability naturally rests with the colonial army and civilian armed forces. The British were more resistant to colonial companies, while Austria was mainly armed with aristocracy.

Of course, there is no difference between the two. The main fighting force of the British colonies is also the children of the aristocracy. The difference is that British capital is stronger, while Austrian capitalists are subordinate.

There are advantages and disadvantages between the two, which cannot be generalized. This is determined by their respective national conditions and cannot be changed by individual power.

The Austrian model has an advantage in safeguarding the imperial power, gained new blood, strengthened the power of the aristocracy, and naturally strengthened the position of the emperor.

When expanding overseas, the combat effectiveness of the outbreak is also stronger, and fighting for oneself is naturally harder than working for others.

This point can now prove that if the British want to recruit civilian armed forces to fight on the battlefield, they must first discuss the conditions. If the interests are not enough, passive work is inevitable.

The Austrian aristocracy is actively seeking war, and this is the issue of interest distribution. A large part of the British colonial gains fell into the pockets of the capitalists, while Austria was taken away by the aristocracy.

It is not that capitalists did not participate in the Austrian colonization, but mainly in the process of achieving results, they have completed the transition to aristocracy.

Classes have changed, and so has their position. People tend to be at stake, naturally they will choose the most advantageous side.

Now that the war has broken out, although Viscount Fickney's face is not obvious, the heart has actually blossomed.

Even if the war fails temporarily, it's okay to take the opportunity to hit the local vested interests, so as not to make these outbreak households bigger.

Anyway, Austria will definitely win. This is the confidence brought by strength.

Viscount Fickney was not in a hurry. He had already negotiated with the nobles who had come to win the battle. Everyone would not take action until he had obtained the local power.

Orange Free State capitalist Marcoslin said anxiously: "His Viscount, this British army is nothing to your country. But for Transvaal and Orange Free State, this is The devastation.

If your country does not interfere, our strength alone will not be a British opponent. We cannot fight this war. "

Seemingly panicked, it is actually expressing dissatisfaction.

However, the words changed in Viscount Fickney's ears, and he had labeled Marcoslin unavailable in his heart.

The phrase "your country" shows that Marcoslin has not identified with Austria. The latter "no way to fight", in Viscount Fickney's view, was threatening.

If Marcoslin knew Fickney's thoughts, it would be too late to cry. His industry was mainly in the Orange Free State, and he would suffer heavy losses once the war broke out.

In a hurry, he just blurted out, never thinking that Viscount Fickney would think so much.

Although Marcoslin is also playing politics, how can politics in the Boer Republic compare with Austria? They don't think so much about the details of these expressions.

Seeing the expressions of the crowd, Viscount Fickney mistakenly thought that these people were pushing the palace. This wonderful misunderstanding caused many people present to pay a heavy price in the war that followed.

Now these people are still useful, Viscount Fickney will not turn their backs, and immediately promised: "Don't worry, if the situation is unfavorable, Austria will not sit idly by.

Now that the British dare to act, they just don't put Austria in their eyes, we must retaliate and give them a blood lesson.

However, Britain and Austria are both big powers. If they directly conflict, it will likely ignite the all-out war in Europe, and everyone must not want to see it.

So the next thing is to fight the British in the name of Transvaal and Orange Free State. Don't worry about it, you can use any means.

Whatever the consequences will be, Austria will bear them, and you don't have to worry about British retaliation.

The Vienna government has authorized a lesson for Britons in South Africa. It won't be long before the reinforcements arrive, and everyone just has to stick to it for a month or two. "

This guarantee gave a lot of peace of mind. As long as Austria did not give up Transvaal and the Orange Free State, this war would have to be fought.

The Boers also lacked the courage to fight the World War I. They dared to fight the British in space and time. Now they are backed by Austria, and they will not fear the war with the British.

At this time, Scoman suddenly asked: "Hi Viscount, if you don't turn your face with the British, what will the reinforcements do? If you use African indigenous forces, I am afraid they are not British opponents."

At present, more than 20,000 of the 30,000 British troops are made up of local indigenous people, otherwise 30,000 troops will not be available in the Cape Town area.

The combat effectiveness of these indigenous forces is very limited. Perhaps these people do not lack the spirit of blood and courage, but their overall quality is far too poor.

The Boers also trained indigenous troops. Unfortunately, no matter how hard they worked, the troops they trained did not have much combat effectiveness.

Now hearing the reinforcements, Scoman's first reaction was the indigenous army. After all, it is easiest to hide your identity with an indigenous army without turning your face.

Even if they were captured by the British, their words could not be used as evidence on the table.

Viscount Fickney shook his head and said very calmly: "The inability of government forces to move does not mean that we have no army available.

Various civilian militaries in Austria belong to Africa, with a total number of more than 300,000. You gave them a new nationality, and you joined the war as Transvaal regulars. "

Viscount Fickney had a face, and never spoke of the aristocratic private army. Otherwise everyone knows that this is to mix military merits.

Although the British army has a lot of water, there are a large number of indigenous troops. After all, it is against the sign of the British Empire that defeating them can be regarded as defeating the regular army. This kind of military merits is much higher than the African indigenous grade.

There is also no way to grade military power. Without this distinction, Austria would have become a famous general and the aristocracy would be flying all over the sky.

If a battle report is found, it says that a small army of hundreds of people has fought dozens of battles, annihilating thousands of enemy troops and tens of thousands of captives.

Not surprisingly, this is normal on the African continent. A colonial team of several hundred people broke through several indigenous tribes.

With such "inverse" records, the gold content naturally dropped. Now if I have not defeated tens of thousands of enemy records, I am embarrassed to say that I am a colonial team.

Take Viscount Fickney as an example. After so many years of colonial career, that is also the result of hundreds of battles to defeat the enemy, which is hundreds of thousands.

If he had such a record on the European continent, he would have long been enshrined as a **** of war. However, the enemy is a colonial native, and this record is greatly reduced.

This is why everyone is keen to pick up the cheap. It is true that these nobles who bring their own dry food regard the British as "cheap".

Who makes the British navy too powerful, the army gives the impression that it is not bad. The performance of the British army in recent wars has been very crap.

In the eyes of many people, the combat effectiveness of the British Army was not very good. Now there are still a bunch of indigenous troops. Many people have treated them as soft persimmons and are ready to step on them.

If a regular British army of 30,000 comes, it is estimated that the nobles who come to pick up their heads must think carefully about whether they can eat.

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In Vienna, Franz was surprised by the news of the British-British War. He couldn't figure out why the British would start now.

The secret movements of the nobles did not report to the emperor. Everyone wanted to use their skills in the British, and if the emperor ordered it to stop, they would be busy.

Nobles have many advantages, but also many restrictions. One of them is that they cannot refuse the name of the emperor, at least they are not dare.

This time is different. Even several kings in the country have no ability to compete with the emperor, not to mention that these emperors are directly under vassals.

Even if the knighthood cannot be abolished casually, it is still possible to reseal it, for example: change to the desert to eat sand;

Even if the emperor wants to face and change them to a wealthy fiefdom, they will have to start business again, and vitality is inevitable.

If you don't understand, you're too lazy to think. Franz's mentality is still very good. There are so many people with convulsions in this world, and all kinds of ridiculous farce, he has seen more.

This trivial matter will be solved by the colonial bureaucrats. Up to now, no intervention has been made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, indicating that the situation is still under control.

Perhaps there is a colonial government involved, which is not important. Franz is not the kind of person who is critical, as long as the result is good, the process is not important.

South Africa's gold has not yet been exposed. If the emperor is too concerned, it will easily attract attention.

In his current position, Franz's every move will be interpreted as a political signal. If he showed an extraordinary interest in South Africa, many people would think that it was aimed at the British.

Instead, it is better to imply that people do it, so as to avoid extracurricular branches.

The annexation of the Boer Republic was meant by Franz. After dividing the African nobility two years ago, he casually mentioned at the banquet: "The Boers are part of the empire."

As a result, someone ran to implement it, which is the benefit of being the boss. When a signal is issued, the younger brother will complete it.

Well done, of course, the emperor's leadership is indispensable; if things get messed up, it doesn't matter, it is done by the people and has nothing to do with the great emperor.

Of course, Franz is a good leader. Even if this kind of person who does things according to his will mess things up, the final outcome will not be too bad.

After hesitating for a while, Franz then commanded: "Send a message to Stephen, and secretly teach the English people a long memory."

This unscrupulous order is naturally only verbal. What to do, the people below will think more thoughtfully.

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