Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

In fact, Louis Botha was already at the end of his rope.

After Kitchener succeeded Roberts as commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, he adopted bunker tactics, scorched-earth policies and the establishment of concentration camps to deal with the Boer guerrillas.

In the areas where the Boer guerrillas were active, the British army erected barbed wire fences to divide the Transvaal and Orange into a number of appeasement areas for regional raids.

The appeasement zone was divided by barbed wire. The total length of the barbed wire reached 6,000 kilometers. Wooden plank bunkers were set up every 1 to 2 kilometers in the appeasement zone, and soldiers were posted to garrison them. Anyone who came within range of the bunker would be shot.

Throughout the Transvaal and Orange, the expeditionary force set up more than 8,000 bunkers.

In these appeasement areas, if a Boer farmer was found helping the guerrillas, all farms and houses within 10 miles of the area would be burned down.

In addition, Kitchener also changed its previous lenient policy towards prisoners of war and opposed surrender. All captured guerrilla members, as well as adult male citizens who had participated in the guerrillas, were exiled to distant prison camps in India, Ceylon and Bermuda.

In the Cape Colony and the Natal Colony, any Dutch-British citizen who responded to the call to "take up arms" and fought against the expeditionary force was sentenced to death once captured.

With such a multi-pronged approach, the number of guerrillas around Louis Botta quickly dropped from the initial few hundred to only a few dozen.

After reuniting with Quentin Summerfield, Louis Botha felt that the Transvaal was no longer a place to stay for a long time, so Louis Botha decided to enter the Cape and continue guerrilla warfare in the Cape.

Not long after leaving Johannesburg, Louis Botha discovered a cavalry force pursuing him.

At first, Louis Botta did not take it seriously, but after entering Cape, Louis Botta was surprised to find that the cavalry was getting closer and closer, and was only ten kilometers away from the guerrillas led by Louis Botta.

about.

Ten kilometers is just a charge for the cavalry.

"Quentin, do you know which unit this cavalry belongs to?" Louis Botta put down the telescope in his hand and asked Quentin Summerfield.

"It's the Johannesburg police." Quentin Summerfield knew that the Johannesburg police had been looking for him.

"Police?!" Louis Botta suddenly had a very bad feeling.

Although in the propaganda of the expeditionary force headquarters, Joubert was shot dead by a former colonial officer, Louis Botha knew very well that the people who shot Joubert were a group of police officers from Cape Town.

To be honest, the reason why Louis Botha chose to enter Cape Town was because he wanted to see how powerful the police in Cape Town really were.

"Yes, I heard that the police in Johannesburg are all Chinese from the Far East. These people are extremely cruel. They almost found me a few times." Quentin Summerfield was still a little proud.

It depends on how you understand it. "Extremely cruel" can actually be understood as strong strength. The reason why he was "almost found" is not necessarily because he escaped by strength, but it can also be understood as good luck.

Luck is also part of strength.

Louis Botta stopped talking nonsense. Of course he knew that Joubert was shot to death by a group of Chinese policemen.

"Let's go!" Louis Botta does not have the strength to go head-to-head with the police in large numbers. Although Louis Botta wants to see the strength of these Chinese policemen, the time is not right now.

"We can set up an ambush here and catch them by surprise." Quentin Summerfield was eager to try.

A mocking smile appeared on Louis Botta's face. It wasn't until Quentin Summerfield bowed his head in guilt that Louis Botta got on his horse and said, "Let's go!"

There was no way to go anymore. The police moved faster than Louis Botta imagined. Louis Botta had just turned over a hillside when he heard the thunderous sound of horse hooves behind him.

"Withdraw! Speed ​​up!" Louis Botta raced away.

"Fight, get off your horse and fight with them!" Quentin Summerfield wanted to die together.

There was no chance at all. There were only a dozen people left with Quentin Summerfield.

The commandos did not forget to adjust their formation when they raided. They leveled Lee Enfield on their horses and started shooting more than a hundred meters away from Quentin Summerfield.

This is the essence of volley shooting. It does not require hit rate, but relies on intensive shooting to increase damage. If hundreds of cavalry fire at the same time, there will always be a few unlucky ones who will be hit.

Quentin Summerfield's men were particularly unlucky. The first time the commandos fired, half of the dozen guerrillas here were knocked down.

"Counterattack, counterattack!" Quentin Summerfield pulled the bolt of Henry Martini's gun desperately. As the best shooter in the guerrillas, Quentin Summerfield didn't hit anyone just now.

a horse.

It is right to shoot men first and horses first, but in the face of the overall charge of cavalry, knocking down one or two cavalry will not have any effect on the overall battle situation.

After finally loading the bullet, Quentin Summerfield was shot down as soon as he raised his gun.

"Kill them all, leave no one behind!" Rock's gun was still puffing out smoke. The other people's shooting accuracy on horses depended on Monkey. Rock could still guarantee a certain degree of accuracy. The Sun was indeed a good horse.

It's very smooth and not very bumpy.

Although the battle ended quickly, Quentin Summerfield still effectively delayed the commando's pursuit.

After wiping out Quentin Summerfield and his party, Rock looked up and saw that Louis Botta and his party had disappeared, leaving only the dusty sky in the distance.

"Chase!" Roque was unwilling to give in and changed into Bei Feng to continue chasing.

"Director, let's take a rest." Gothe noticed that the brothers were already exhausted.

In a pursuit battle between cavalry, running fast is useless, running for a long time is more important. Two legs cannot keep up with four legs, and Louis Botta's people are basically one man and one horse.

Roark and the others are riding one person and two people.

"Louis Botta also needs to rest. Brothers, cheer up and kill Louis Botta. Let's take a long vacation together." Roque stood on the stirrups to cheer for the brothers.

"Director, keep chasing!"

"Head, brothers are not tired!"

"Kill Louis Botha!"

The brothers are still very powerful, even the north wind is howling.

Then keep chasing.

Roque keenly noticed that Louis Botta seemed to be taking a detour, and Roque didn't think much about it. Taking a shortcut was the easiest way.

After all, Jiang was still too old. An hour later, Rock was surprised to find that although the commandos had caught up with the guerrillas, there was a valley between the commandos and the guerrillas.

The valley is actually not too deep, about 20 to 30 meters, but the cliffs on both sides of the valley are very steep. It should be possible to climb it with bare hands, but the north wind will certainly not make it possible.

Dozens of guerrillas are on the other side of the valley, about a hundred meters away from Rock. They are not in a hurry to run now, they just sit on their horses and look at Rock coldly.

Rock remained calm and quietly loaded the bullet.

"Don't be proud, Louisbota. I will definitely catch you with my own hands!" Roque's voice echoed in the valley.

"I'm waiting for you!" someone on the other side responded.

Boom!

Rock raised his hand and fired a shot, and the person who responded fell down.

Boom! Boom boom boom!

The commandos raised their guns and fired, and five or six more guerrillas were knocked down.

More guerrillas lay on their horses and tried their best to fly away from the sight of the commandos.

Although they knew they could not catch up, this scene was still very satisfying. Rock and the commandos laughed heartily, and the fatigue of the past few days seemed to have disappeared.

Louis Botta is definitely an old fox. In front of Louis Botta, Roque is at best a little fox.

The little fox is plotting against the old fox, and the old fox is also on guard against the little fox. This time, the two of them can't win or lose, and it's barely a tie.

Sure enough, not long after, the commandos who climbed to the other side of the valley dragged back several corpses.

Louis Botha was not among them.

Roque has never met Louis Botta, but Roque has seen Louis Botta's portrait.

At this time, the commandos were really tired and hungry. The long-distance raids in recent days had exhausted all the energy in the bodies of the commandos. Both men and horses needed to rest. Just resting in place for a while would be enough.

The brothers fell into a sound sleep.

Rock could only sigh. Credit is very important, but it cannot be exchanged for the lives of his brothers.

We can no longer pursue him. If we have to attack from afar, we will definitely defeat the general. In the current state of the brothers, if they accidentally fall into an ambush by Louis Botta, even if the commando team is well-equipped, they will suffer heavy losses.

Fortunately, everything was not lost. Roque led the attack this time and wiped out two guerrillas, killing Quentin Summerfield who was registered at the Governor's Palace. Even if Louis Botha was not captured, he was killed in Alf

Roark can also explain to Red Milner.

Moreover, if Henry's father really takes office as the mayor of Johannesburg, then this is the best gift for Henry's father.

If nothing unexpected happens, by the time Roark returns to Johannesburg, Henry's father may have already taken office. In that case, the Johannesburg Police Department killed Quentin Summerfield and eliminated two guerrilla groups under the leadership of the new mayor.

What could be better than a gift like this?

After days of pursuit, the brothers were exhausted, so Rock simply rested for one night and returned to Johannesburg the next day.

Unexpectedly, this decision would cause trouble again.

Before entering the Transvaal, a cavalry team was catching up from a distance behind.

This time it's a real regular army.

Rock secretly shouted that something was wrong. In the Cape, the Johannesburg Police Department had no law enforcement power. This was considered cross-border law enforcement. It would be fine if the Cape Colonial Government did not pursue the case. But if the Cape Colonial Government did pursue it, what would be the result?

Hard to say.

But how could Rock sit still and wait for death?

The cavalry was very fast. After a night's rest, Roque and the others had regained their energy and were not slow in running, so Roque immediately fled.