In Southern Africa, theft is rare.

There is really no need to steal to make a living, in southern Africa, even in the least economically developed Basutoland and Eswatini, if you are thirsty and want to eat a fruit, you can walk into a farm and talk to the farmer casually, the farmer will not be stingy at all, eat as much as he wants, maybe the hospitable farmer will invite you to drink a glass of home-brewed wine.

Not to mention in an economically developed state like the Transvaal, many farms are divided into fruit trees, and some fruits are ripe on the trees before they have time to pick them, so they can only rot on the trees, so there is no need to steal them this way.

Knowing the situation, Roque and Henry adjusted the focus of the search, Piramid was less than ten kilometers from Pretoria, and if the guy who stole was Aldington, then it meant that Aldington did not continue to Nyasaland, but tried to return to Pretoria.

This situation directly scared Roque and Henry into a cold sweat, and if someone like Aldington was allowed to sneak into Pretoria, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The first to arrive at Piramid were agents from Brad's office, Piramid was at the outskirts of the encirclement, with Pretoria behind him, and the woods that Aldington had fled into were on a hillside with the National Guard and the Rifle Guild on the top of the blockade, and Pilamid had gathered dozens of knights armed with various shotguns and shotguns, all of them farmers from nearby farms.

"The guy was tall and had a thick beard on his face, and I saw him picking my fruit and eating it as he could, so I shouted, and the man with a rifle on his back fled into the woods when he saw me with the dog, and I didn't dare let the dog chase him—" The farmer described in detail what he saw, with a khaki backpack left on the ground.

When he saw this large backpack, Brad's senior agent Shao An immediately raised his vigilance, this khaki backpack is an army distribution supply, the backpack contains dozens of bullets and some freshly picked apples, and a Luger pistol full of bullets.

It was this pistol that allowed Shao An to identify Aldington, who had a German-made Ruger pistol, which was brought back to Southern Africa by Aldington from Europe during the World War.

"Report it immediately, that guy is here, notify the nearby troops, and immediately surround this forest." Shao An looked up, the woods covered an area of about one square kilometer, and there was a river passing through the middle of the woods, Shao An did not forget to add: "Tell the blockade troops to strictly inspect both sides of the river to prevent that guy from escaping through the river." ”

"Yes, sir—" Agent Brad reported back on his motorcycle.

Shao An glanced at the agitated farmers and did not dare to let the farmers participate in the action.

Aldington's shooting level is very good, he is an accurate shooter during the army, and the hit rate of about 200 meters is very high, so these farmers rashly participate, that is, to send Aldington live targets.

Shao An didn't dare to approach, God knows that Aldington was ambushed in that corner of the woods, in case Aldington stared at Shao An, Shao An would also die.

The police were orders, and after receiving the clues from Aldington, the garrison in Pretoria arrived in a hurry within an hour, and the troops not only carried military dogs, but also used armored vehicles, and dispatched an entire battalion.

Shao An noticed that one of the company's armbands showed that they were the garrison of the Prime Minister's Office, indicating that Ade had sent his guards to participate in the manhunt.

"Shao, tell me what you know—" The officer who led the team was Lieutenant Colonel Taylor Evelyn, who had worked with Shao An many times and knew each other very well.

"The guy is in the woods, be careful, he has a rifle on him, but there aren't many bullets - thanks to the farmer and his hound, the guy fled in a hurry and didn't have time to take his backpack with him." Shao An briefed Taylor Evelyn, who brought a dozen armored vehicles, enough to surround the entire woods.

If it is in the woods, then it will be difficult for armored vehicles to pass.

If it is much simpler to just encircle, an armored vehicle can control a range of more than 100 meters, and Aldington, no matter how good his technology is, cannot compete with the heavy machine guns on the armored car.

"Good work, I'll take care of the rest, and if I get the bonus, we'll go for a drink together—" Tyler Evelyn was confident that his soldiers were all hand-picked and nothing worse than Aldington.

Taylor Evelyn did not rush the troops into the woods to search, but ordered the troops to surround the entire woods first, and then take the backpack that Aldington had discarded and let a dozen military dogs sniff it one by one.

In this case, it is more efficient to search with a military dog with a more developed sense of smell, unless Aldington jumps into the river to escape the pursuit.

"Sniff—sniff—sniff—" The trainers were all carrying pistols, all wearing steel helmets, and were going into the woods with the dogs later.

Military dogs are no strangers to this set of procedures, and after several military dogs that looked particularly fierce smelled their backpacks, they barked in the direction of the woods.

"Let's get moving!" Taylor Evelyn roared, and more than a dozen military dogs rushed out like arrows from the string.

"God forbid, hopefully catch this guy soon." Shao An was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, his personal strength could not confront the country after all, at least nearly a thousand people participated in the search for Aldington, as long as Aldington was still in the woods, then he would be unable to fly.

"Damn the Boers, if you want me to say that the Boers should not be allowed to enlist in the army at all, let alone have any military training on them, they are crazy people, they will never accept our rule." Taylor Evelyn muttered in a low voice that such a thing cannot be said openly now, otherwise it will cause problems for the entire Ministry of Defense.

Although the British Empire had conquered the Boers more than ten years ago, not all Boers obeyed the rule of the British Empire, and there are still many Boers who miss the freedom of the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State period, except for the first two years of the annexation of the two Boer countries, London gave the Boers some compensation and interest-free loans, since the establishment of the federal government, it has not given much care to the Boers.

The Boers in southern Africa are mainly concentrated in Orange, compared to the Cape and the Transvaal in the south and north, Orange's economic situation is not good, which makes many Boers resentful, they will certainly not look for problems in themselves, everything is the fault of the British and federal government.

"I can't say that, if I want me to say that I shouldn't let all the Boers stay in Orange, and scatter them all and send them to all the states to live in dispersion, so that in a few years there will be no more Boers as a group." Shao An acted more ruthlessly, and as more and more information about the murdered farmer and his wife, Shao An's dislike for Aldington also deepened.

The slain farmer couple came to southern Africa 10 years ago, first working on Roque's farm and then taking out a loan from the RAND Bank to buy a 150-acre farm at the site of the crime.

In order to pay off the loan as soon as possible, the farmer and his wife worked hard and the farm was thriving.

During the world war, when the prices of agricultural products in southern Africa continued to rise, the farmer couple had just paid off a loan from the Rand Bank three years ago, and their eldest child was about to graduate from secondary school this year.

The farmer has four children, and the eldest child is expected to be admitted to the University of Nyasaland this year.

Seeing that the hard-working family is about to live a happy life, they are all ruined by the devil of Aldington.

Shao An also has children of his own, he doesn't know what kind of mood the farmer's children are like when they return to their home and find that their parents have been killed, and now Shao An just wants to catch Aldington with his own hands and cut Aldington with a thousand knives.

Although Aldington was also a victim, this is not a reason for Aldington to hurt others.

"Dig up the puppet, Shao, you have the potential to become a politician-" Taylor Evelyn was immediately impressed by Shao An, but she didn't know that this kind of thing was really basic common sense for Chinese people.

"That's because you're too rough with the colonies, and on this issue, I'm sorry, I'm not targeting anyone, you colonial officials are rubbish." Shao An is not welcome, if you look at the current Europe, you will know that the country with a big nose is not as large as a state in southern Africa, and it has a colony a hundred times the size of the mainland at every turn, and it is not afraid of death.

"The Marquis of Nyasaland is also a colonial official of the Empire!" Taylor Evelyn argues that the Chinese are good at everything, but they are too proud.

But Taylor Evelyn also has to admit that the Chinese with a history of 5,000 years are indeed worthy of pride.

The British Empire 5,000 years ago –

Five thousand years ago there was no British Empire.

It was not until about the 13th century BC that people settled in the southeastern part of the island of Great Britain.

It wasn't until about 43 AD, with the Roman invasion, that Great Britain became a province of the Roman Empire.

Then it was not until 1284 that England in the modern sense of the word was just emerging.

While Taylor Evelyn and Shao An were arguing, the troops had searched the entire forest, and the military dogs, who had been like wolves just now, were now out of spirit and found nothing.

"Got a gram and let that guy slip away again!" Taylor Evelyn's face is full of disappointment, and it's not just because of the 20,000 rand.

"Wait—" Shao An felt that something was wrong.

"What?" Taylor Evelyn was at a loss.

"No, we seem to have missed something-" Shao An thought hard, and then saw the military dog soaked in sweat: "River, this river, has there been a search in the river?" ”

That's right, if Aldington jumps into the water, then the military dog will lose its tracking target, and Aldington has served in the military, and he must know this.