Mediterranean Hegemony Road

All is ready except for the opportunity!

Now there is only an excuse, an opportunity for everyone to unite to attack.

The power of capitalists is powerful. In the gold standard era of the 19th century, no consortium dared to ignore the role of gold. Behind these capitalists are British consortia large and small!

If the United Mining Company hadn't had enough face for Edward, as a rising star, it didn't belong to any British consortium, and it wasn't even qualified to come in and get a share of the pie!

This opportunity came quickly. On March 12, 1895, the Weddell Company, a subsidiary of British capitalist Cecil Rhodes, discovered a new deposit in the Transvaal region. The Boers confiscated it for illegal mining and expelled the Weddell representative.

There was a conflict between the two sides. Unfortunately, a bullet hit one of the British, and he died of serious injuries afterwards!

The integrity of the media has always been very low. Under the influence of capital, the news has been completely changed when it reaches London!

The London Daily, with its front-page headlines, announced the "atrocities" of the Boers! Things have turned out to be: representatives of Weddell's company purchased gold in the Transvaal region, Boer soldiers robbed property, and brutally killed British citizens!

The headline of The Times is even more crowned: This is a provocation to the British Empire!

From the title, you can guess the content behind it. It has risen to the point of challenging the British world hegemony. If you don’t give them a taste of their color, will it still be the British Empire?

The Sun started its analysis directly from history, exposing the "black history" of the Boers expelling British citizens and looting property for no reason, and criticizing the government's inaction!

To sum up, the government should go to war with the Boers as soon as possible, whoever opposes it is a traitor!

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This is enough. The British have long wanted to attack the Boers, but they hesitated that the Germans supported the Boers behind their backs and never did it!

Historically, in exchange for the neutrality of the Germans, the British agreed with Germany to divide up the Portuguese colonies in Africa. On August 30, 1898, Britain and Germany signed a partition treaty.

The treaty stipulated that once Portugal gave up its African colonies, it would be divided between Britain and Germany!

However, the British sided with the Germans. This treaty was only an "empty check". The financial crisis in Portugal broke out the following year, and the British gave up the Germans and provided loans to Portugal.

On October 14, 1899, the two countries signed the "Anglo-Portuguese Secret Declaration". The United Kingdom provided security protection for all the territories of Portugal. When the Anglo-Bulgarian War broke out, Portugal must support the British actions.

None of this is happening now, and the British would be in a lot more trouble if they went to war now!

It was not in the interest of the British government that the British declared war on the Boers in the short term, but this had nothing to do with Ferdinand.

The more trouble the English got into, the better it was for Ferdinand, who decided to add another fire!

The "Cape-Cairo" plan has long been proposed. At the end of 1895, the British and South African colonial Prime Minister Rhodes once sent troops to attack the Transvaal Republic, but it failed!

Now it only needs to advance this time a little bit. For the British capitalists, this is not a problem!

After all, at the end of the 19th century, the British Empire was in full swing, and the capitalists had enough confidence in their own strength that the small Boer Republic was already in their pockets!

Under Ferdinand's instigation, an undercurrent began to spread in London. The media's continuous promotion of large-scale propaganda has put pressure on the British government. The capitalists have carried out public relations with members of Congress, and the main war faction has the upper hand!

Since the supporters exceeded the same period in history, Rhodes, the Prime Minister of South Africa's colony, has a lot of confidence and courage.

issued an ultimatum directly to the Transvaal Republic,

It was ordered to hand over the murderer within 24 hours, and the Boers were asked to open the right to vote, and the British in South Africa automatically got the right to vote.

Obviously, there is nothing to talk about. The Boers are not so weak. Besides, if the murderer is handed over, it is not the same as admitting that the soldiers robbed and killed. How is this possible? For no reason, why take the blame for this?

Open suffrage is even more nonsense! A person of British nationality automatically gets the right to vote in the Transvaal Republic? Isn't this a world class joke? Only an idiot can agree!

They know very well that the British just want to make an excuse to do it, escape this and the next, unless they give up all the gold mines, the two sides will not have to talk! !

Naturally, he refused the rude request of the British without hesitation, and sent an invitation to the international community, hoping that various countries would send an investigation team to conduct an on-the-spot investigation to uncover the truth of the matter!

The Boers' public invitation was quickly supported by the international community. Germans, Dutch, French, Belgians... all expressed their support and willingness to participate in the investigation team.

Will the British compromise? Obviously, in the face of interests, the resistance of the capitalists has been weakened infinitely, and a mere amount of international public opinion pressure will not scare them!

On March 26, 1895, a group of thugs from the South African colonial army and gold miners joined together to form an army of 3,000 people, brazenly crossed the border and launched an attack on the Transvaal Republic. (five times as much as in history)

This plan was opposed by Chamberlain, the then British Minister of Colonial Affairs. He believed that Britain was not ready for war, and the possibility of the success of the risky plan was too small, so he ordered the cancellation of the plan!

However, limited by the end of the 19th century, the poor traffic environment, and the deliberate delay of some people, when Chamberlain's order was passed to the hands of the South African colonial Prime Minister Rhodes, everything was too late, and the coalition had already entered Delance. Republic of Vaal.

This rabble army has a very complex composition, consisting of mercenaries, hooligans, and gold diggers.

In fact, James, the British officer in charge of leading the team, had limited command of the army. Once he entered the Transvaal Republic, he began to do his own thing.

The sneak attack that was originally prepared suddenly turned into a strong attack. Unsurprisingly, the arrogant British army suffered a crushing defeat and was almost wiped out by the Boer Kruger!

Kruger, as anyone who knows about the Anglo-Boer War, knows that he led tens of thousands of Boer troops and more than 200,000 British troops to smile bitterly in South Africa for three years!

Even if you lose in the end, you are still proud! A group of rabble, in the face of a famous general, go up to attack stupidly, and the result is self-evident!

An army of 3,000 people was killed by the Boers, more than 800 people were killed, and more than 1300 people were captured. In the end, less than 600 people managed to escape!

By this time, there was no need for Ferdinand to do anything more. Blood is the best catalyst. If the British can tolerate such a failure, the name of the world's hegemony will be in vain!

A full-scale war between the British and the cloth is imminent!