Because the British Army has betrayed the king in civil wars throughout history, few British Army troops have been given the title of "Royal".

The "Royal Lancers" stood on the side of the king in the civil war and resolutely upheld the king's authority, so it was one of the few army units to be given the title of "royal".

There is no doubt that the "Royal Lancer Regiment" was the trump card unit in the battle sequence of the expeditionary forces, they proved their honor with blood and courage, less than 100 patrols, besieged by partisans with more than 300 people, the battle had been going on for an hour.

Expected reinforcements did not show up, and only about 30 of the 100-man patrol remained, and almost all of them were wounded.

Even so, the fighters of the "Royal Lancers" did not flinch, and at the last moment of the battle, they were ready to engage the guerrillas in a final white-knuckle battle.

The thunderous sound of horses' hooves gave them the greatest courage.

"Reinforcements, reinforcements are coming!"

Someone on the battlefield roared, and his voice was filled with the ecstasy of desperate life.

In the Cape, only a regular army could gather cavalry of this size.

"Hold on, those bitches are going to die!"

"Hooray!"

"We'll be able to go home!"

The soldiers were encouraging each other, and they all knew what would happen to them if they fell into the hands of the guerrillas, so no one flinched at this time.

Compared to the high-morale patrols, the guerrillas panicked, and the attacking guerrillas fell into panic, some of them continued to attack, but many more had stopped.

As soon as the knights in black uniforms appeared, the guerrillas collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the Cape, the regular army has changed to khaki or brown uniforms, and only the police use black uniforms.

For the regular army, the police were a dispensable complement, but for the partisans, these black uniforms were the scythe of death, and it was widely reported that Louis Botha was driven out of the Transvaal by the Johannesburg police, who were now seen as a no-go zone for the guerrillas.

The power of rumors is evident.

"Lay down your arms and kneel without killing!" Roque didn't forget the heart attack tactics when he charged.

The so-called "no killing" is a joke, not to mention inflicting such serious casualties on the patrol, in the territory of the Cape, if a partisan member is captured, or even a Boer who is suspected of participating in the partisan detachment, although there is no evidence, is captured, the expeditionary force will shoot on the spot, leaving no life at all.

Roque's slogan is to attack the heart, on the battlefield, there will always be some people who have a fluke mentality, even if there is only a little luck, they will not fight until the last moment, in case, the heart of the victor is overflowing-

After the police appeared, many guerrillas who were far away from the cavalry fled directly, and more guerrillas laid down their weapons one after another, knelt on the ground and put their hands behind their heads, ready to accept the verdict of fate.

When the guerrillas launched an attack, in order to reduce casualties, they took the initiative to dismount and launched an attack with the help of terrain.

Although this reduces casualties, in the face of a large number of cavalry, it is useless to escape, and two legs, tired to death, can not run four legs.

Roque stopped charging before he reached the position, directing the commandos and detectives to continue the pursuit of the remnants of the enemy, while directing the Rhodesian police to receive prisoners on the spot.

At this time, no one had shot the prisoners of war, so more partisans who had not had time to flee raised their hands and surrendered.

Roque rode up the hill alone, jumped off his horse and saluted Captain Ted Barton, but before he could speak, he was held tightly in the arms of Captain Ted Barton.

"Thank you, thank you—" After the battle, the sequelae of the rapid secretion of adrenaline caused the body to sore, the ecstasy of the rest of the life, and the regret and grief for the comrades, all turned into choked gratitude.

"Sorry, Captain, I'm late—" Roque had just finished speaking, when he suddenly felt that the sentence was very strange.

Well, it's really weird, the police are always late -

Captain Ted Barton, who calmed down, only then noticed Roque's rank and the baron's insignia: "Sir - oh, you are Sir Locke - "

Although the Expeditionary Force Command gave Henry, the guy who was kicked out of the army, but in fact, almost all the officers and soldiers of the expeditionary army knew that there was a guy named Roque, who was the main reason why Henry's lucky man killed Joubert.

"Yes Captain, reacquaint, I'm Johannesburg Police Chief Locke, and it's a pleasure to meet you." Roque was polite.

God knows how frightened Captain Ted Patton was, having just experienced a fierce battle, Captain Ted Patton felt like his underwear was soaked, and his hands were covered in blood and dirt, most of which belonged to Frank, who had already died in battle.

So when Roque introduced himself, Captain Ted Patton wiped his hands on his clothes a little helplessly, and then saluted Roque.

"Sir Locke, it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Captain Ted Patton of the Royal Lancers, and I salute you and your troops." Captain Ted Patton had a loud voice, and the surviving RCR soldiers consciously lined up behind Captain Ted Patton, standing upright and saluting Roque.

This was standard etiquette for the nobility.

"Captain Ted Barton, please accept my respect for your courage and blood in defending the honor of the Royal Lancers." Roque returned the salute, and the atmosphere was solemn.

Someone faintly blows the Scottish bagpipes, and the sound is long and tactful.

The breeze blew gently from the top of the mountain, the air was mixed with blood and gunsmoke, and everyone's waist was straight, like javelins.

At the foot of the hill there was finally gunshots, and it was Rhodesian police executing the partisans who had surrendered.

Trial?

If it does not exist, the guerrillas are erratic, and even if they explain the whereabouts of the guerrillas, they will not be able to find them in the past.

"Sir Locke, I request to join the Enforcement Team." Captain Ted Patton is going to fight for blood.

"Yes, but don't force it if your injuries are too severe, you need to be treated and rested now." Roque didn't want to make a mistake at this point.

Along with Roque were doctors and nurses drawn from Ziwei Town Hospital, who had now arrived on the battlefield to rescue and bandage the wounded.

The patrol did suffer heavy casualties, with more than thirty survivors, unable to assemble even an eight-man firing squad, and Captain Ted Patton found only four survivors with minor injuries, all of whom joined the firing squad to carry out the death sentences for those who surrendered to the guerrillas.

Roque does not participate in this, nor does he accept the accusations that "the police do not keep their promises", the regular army is shot when the guerrillas catch the guerrillas, if the guerrillas catch the regular army is usually dismembered, no one is better than the other, the war has made many people become devils, on the battlefield, there is no bottom line.

In fact, the patrol was still very well equipped, and the more than 70 soldiers who died were quickly packed in body bags.

These body bags were originally intended for guerrillas, but now they are forgotten, killed in battle, and there are too many guerrillas who were shot after the war, and the body bags are not enough, so they can only abandon the corpses in the wilderness, and the patrols cut off part of the corpses of the guerrillas as proof of their achievements.

Most of the achievements belonged to the police force led by Roque, and the patrol only killed less than 40 guerrillas in more than an hour of fighting, but its own casualties exceeded 70.

The final statistics showed that more than 100 guerrillas were killed by the police force, more than 100 guerrillas were executed en masse, and only a few guerrillas who were in charge of patrolling the perimeter had sneaked away.

Of course, in the final list, none of the guerrillas were shot en masse, all the guerrillas were killed in battle, 100 guerrillas were killed by the patrols, and 150 were killed by the police.

After the battle, it was necessary to return to Kimberley as soon as possible, and just a short time after rescuing the wounded, another seriously wounded man died after failing to rescue them.

All the wounded soldiers were loaded onto ox carts and immediately sent to the Kimberley.

The police are still busy cleaning up the battlefield.

Because the guerrillas have no fixed place to live, many guerrillas take everything with them when they attack.

Now the belongings of the guerrillas, as well as the horses captured in the battle, have become trophies of the police.

There are still a lot of trophies, there are more than 400 war horses alone, including many precious horse breeds, the sheriffs of the Johannesburg Police Department have finally changed their guns, and the police of Rhodesia have also helped to select them, the atmosphere is very good, and they are now considered comrades fighting side by side.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the large army quickly returned to Kimberley.

On the way back to Kimberley, he finally met the rescue unit of the Royal Lancer Regiment, and after listening to Roque's description of the battle, the major who led the team sent someone to the battle site to verify it, although his face was full of gratitude.

It's okay, I'm not afraid to investigate, the bodies of the guerrillas are still there, and now Roque is a nobleman, it should be Roque's credit, and no one can snatch it away.

"Cultivate well, and I'll come to see you in a few days." At the entrance to Kimberley's makeshift hospital, Roque says goodbye to Captain Ted Patton.

To say that the regular army in Kimberley is really miserable, the conditions of the temporary hospital are obviously not as good as the Ziwei Town Hospital, the wards are still tents, the sanitary conditions in the hospital are not very good, the smell is stinking, the garbage is everywhere, and there are blood stains on the bandages that are drying in the camp.

Captain Ted Patton didn't feel how miserable he was, he had lived in Bow for a long time and didn't smell it, Captain Ted Patton hadn't been to Purple Town, and he didn't know that there was such a paradise in Johannesburg, so what made Captain Ted Patton sad now was that he had to part with Roque.

"Sir Locke, when I am healed, allow me to thank you in person." Captain Ted Patton didn't dare to let Roque come to see him, not to mention Roque's "from the baron" identity, if it wasn't for Roque to appear in time, now Captain Ted Barton is estimated to have flown out of the world, only those who have died once can feel the preciousness of life, Captain Ted Barton is full of gratitude to Roque.

Saying goodbye to Captain Ted Barton, Roque and Aiden went to the Kimberley branch of the De Beers Unified Mining Company, and this time, Roque was finally qualified to stay at Cecil Rhodes's mansion in a grand manner, rather than following someone to eat and drink.

Yes, what Roque and Aiden stayed in was the same mansion where Roque and Henry lived last time, but the last time Roque and Henry were mainly Henry, and this time Roque and Aiden were mainly Roque.

"Sir Locke, I finally know why you have been made a baron, and I am only a high-ranking superintendent who is not recognized by the outside world." Aiden remembered the battle in the afternoon, and he felt his blood boiling.

It's a pity that the protagonist of the battle is not Aiden, or even the Rhodesian police.

The Rhodesian police were only involved in the charge, and then they were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield, and it was the commandos and detectives who were responsible for chasing down the remnants of the enemy, and it seemed as if the guerrillas were not as invincible as the legend suggests.

After learning about the tragic situation of the survivors of the patrol, the Rhodesian police were surprised to find that it was not the guerrillas in front of them who released the water, but the Johannesburg police in front of them, which were stronger than the legendary police force, so the guerrillas were vulnerable.

Understanding this gap, the psychological impact on Aiden and the other Rhodesian police officers is very serious, and even Aiden is full of respect for Roque.

"Hehe, Aiden, don't care about this, the battlefield is not where you are good at, the place you are good at is in the office, the work on the battlefield, let me come, I am better at this." Roque pun on the pun, the most difficult thing for people is to recognize themselves.

One of the great advances in modern society is the increasingly detailed division of labor and cooperation.

Let Aiden manage the gold mine, Aiden is a qualified professional manager, let Roque manage the gold mine-

Maybe it's okay, but Roque doesn't have enough time, there are too many things that Roque needs to come forward, there are too many interests that Roque needs to fight for, there are too many relationships to maintain, Roque can't limit himself to the gold mine, the world is changing, the difference is thousands of miles, it may not be able to catch up step by step, Roque can do what Aiden can do, Aiden can't do what Roque does, this is the biggest difference between them.

In fact, the "social division of labor" mentioned by Roque has another meaning.

Ideally, in Johannesburg, there would also be a social division of labour between Chinese and British.

Because the British in Johannesburg have a high social status, a lot of basic work needs to be done by Chinese.

Also because the number of British Americans is too small, to a certain extent, the interests of British Americans also need to be safeguarded by more and more Chinese Americans.

This trend is not obvious at present, but when the war is over and a large number of Boers return home, the contradictions between the British, Boers, and Chinese will become more and more prominent, and when the time comes, the importance of Roque will become prominent.

After the withdrawal of the expeditionary force, the police station may be the only violent agency in the Johannesburg area.

Well, there will be a lot of work then.