After Christmas, Winston returned to the front to take part in the battle to relieve the siege of Kimberley, having arrived in Dordrecht three days earlier to take part in the assault on Leddy Smith.

"—at noon I heard that a unit had annihilated a group of Boer guerrillas, and by the afternoon almost everyone was talking about you, that you had defeated Joubert, that you had killed Louis Botha, and that it was a group of policemen who had done all that, and when I heard that the heroes were a group of policemen, I knew at once that you must have come, and you were the most amazing policemen in the world, and what the Imperial Army could not do, it was easy for you, so tell me how you did it, Once again, your name will resound throughout the British Empire. "Winston gushed endlessly, and the central idea was just one sentence, give me a chance to interview you,

Uh, yes, I almost forgot that Winston was a military correspondent.

Also, Winston was captured by Louis Botha, the best general of the Boer coalition army, who would succeed Joubert as commander-in-chief of the Boer coalition in a few months, and Louis Botha was the first Chancellor of the Union of South Africa after the establishment of the Union of South Africa.

After reading Louis Botha's resume, it feels like Winston was captured by Louis Botha, which is not so unacceptable.

Unfortunately, neither Roque nor Henry knew who Joubert was or who Louis Botha was, so Winston's excitement seemed to Roque and Henry to be more or less crazy.

If it was two months ago, Roque and Henry would not let go of the opportunity to become famous, but now that the times have changed, Roque and Henry have fully felt the fate of being famous, so Roque and Henry are not very excited.

"Who is Luis Botha?" Henry did not directly agree to Winston's request for an interview.

"You don't know?" Winston's expression froze, and after confirming that neither Roque nor Henry were fakes, Winston laughed: "That's probably a rumor, I'll just say, Louis Botha, that kind of person, I will definitely kill him with my own hands, and I will personally wash away the shame that Louis Botha imposed on me." ”

Impose?

Not necessarily, Winston, as a reporter with the army, carried a weapon with him when he went to the front line to cover the news, so the Boer coalition army will detain Winston, this is not imposed, this is deserved!

However, neither Roque nor Henry refuted Winston's meaning, they looked at each other and smiled, holding up the enamel jar with hot coffee and signaling to each other.

"Hey, aren't you excited? If you win, you will definitely be rewarded by the Expeditionary Force Command, and you may even be awarded the Queen's Honours, which is a real military achievement! Winston didn't understand why Roark and Henry were so indifferent.

The current British Empire has passed the barbaric development period, if you want to get the title, you must have military merits, and in a normal sense, military merits are desperately earned, so military merits are very important, Winston has been in the army for many years, and now he has not received military merit awards, and the difficulty of obtaining military merit can be imagined.

"Sit down, Winston, sit down and rest, don't get so excited—" Roque understated, the roaring bonfire shining on Roque's face, and it looked like Roque and Henry's skin tones were no different: "Any idea how many of us were when we left Cape Town?" We've lost twelve brothers along the way, so, sorry Winston, I don't feel like there's anything to be excited about, maybe it's this cup of coffee after the fierce battle that makes me feel like I'm alive. ”

"Why do you think that? Isn't it normal to die in war? It is because we are alive that we are grateful. Winston didn't understand Roque's sadness.

"If you knew what we've been through, I'm sure Winston wouldn't think so, don't you realize why this is happening when you hear that a group of police is attacking a Boer position?" Roarke will be a little more subtle, Henry is so direct.

"Why?" Winston wasn't stupid either, and immediately turned pale: "You mean, that report—"

"Winston, we're friends, I don't mean to blame you, but Winston, I really don't want to be in the newspapers anymore, the protagonists of this war should be the soldiers, not us police." Henry can now understand the meaning of virtue and unworthiness, and blindly touting is sometimes not a good thing, but a praising and killing.

Winston didn't argue any more, and sat down silently by the campfire, silently watching the blazing fire.

Although Winston is still very young, it doesn't mean that Winston doesn't understand the world, on the contrary, Winston, who grew up in an aristocratic family, has an extraordinary sensitivity to conspiracy, and Winston may not have thought that this may cause trouble for Henry and Roque, but Henry and Roque are policemen, subordinate to the colonial government of Cape Town, and the Expeditionary Force Command are two systems, Winston does not think that the Expeditionary Force Command can threaten Henry and Roque.

Things are unpredictable, and Winston has long learned to use all objective factors to achieve his goals, but Winston has never had a deep understanding of the serious consequences that some potential dangers can cause.

Roque and Henry don't want to talk either, Roque is thinking about the future, and Henry is helping Phyllis fix her hair.

Phyllis was on Henry's lap and had fallen asleep, the experience of the past few days had been too impactful for Phyllis, and the Crusaders were very different from the adult world.

Not far away, the rest of the commandos gathered around several campfires, wrapped in blankets, snuggling up to each other, some had fallen asleep, some were whispering, and others were sharing the spoils of the day's fighting, although the campfire could only make half of their bodies feel warm, but because there were brothers behind them, they were not alone.

A long time later, a knight passed not far from Roque's campsite, and the breeze brought some staccato words.

"—they took the positions of the Boer coalition forces, and before that they annihilated a group of Boer guerrillas, it's unbelievable that a group of policemen did all this—"

"This is a disgrace to the Empire - two thousand five hundred soldiers of the expeditionary force, continuing to attack a position defended by less than three hundred Boers for a week - in vain, losing troops - it was a group of policemen who completed this task, and the generals of the expeditionary force should reflect on-"

"-Our question now is, what to do with these cops, they shouldn't be on the battlefield-"

"—then let them do what they are supposed to do—stop making trouble, there's enough trouble—"