Chapter 1119: Driving the Tiger and Devouring the Wolf
"We must not let them unify like this!"
At Buckingham Palace, Queen Victoria said hatefully, "These Boers are so hateful, they are constantly making trouble in South Africa, and they really should be killed in one go!" ”
Prime Minister Granville smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, where is it so easy? The Boers are closely related to the Dutch, they are descendants of the Dutch, and if there is a real all-out war, the Dutch will not sit idly by......"
"The most terrifying thing is not the Dutch, but Chinese, you know, recently Guo Ye's madman has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the Transvaal, and even opened banks in the Transvaal, where there are already the interests of the Chinese Empire, once the interests of the Chinese Empire are involved, who knows what kind of things that madman will do......"
Dundas said helplessly, after two duels with Guo Ye, Dundas really didn't want to provoke the Huaxia Empire anymore, this guy and the group of arrogant soldiers under him turned their faces at every turn, just fight, as if fighting a war is not a special money!
"Then are we going to do things and the Boers are growing up in South Africa? You know, we managed to drive the Boers to the Transvaal and suppress them little by little, and once we made a comeback with the support of the Chinese Empire and the Dutch, it would have a huge impact on our colonization plans in Africa! ”
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Dundas replied: "Your Majesty, now that Europe is in chaos, it is not appropriate for us to focus all our attention on Africa, let alone mobilize a large number of troops to start a war in Africa at this time, what if the situation in Europe changes abruptly?" The French Empire and Prussia could fall apart at any time......"
"Whatever!"
Empress Victoria said hatefully, "It's good for the French to fight with the Prussians, we can just take advantage of the fisherman, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, no matter who wins or loses, it will not hurt us, but Africa is different, once the Boers really fight, and then try to control them, but it is as difficult as the sky!" You know, the Boers are always moving from the Transvaal back to the Cape, and the center is in control of the Cape, and we must not let their plans succeed! ”
"There's another way, maybe we can try it!"
Granville on the side said suddenly.
"What's the solution?"
Empress Victoria asked at the same time as Dundas.
"Your Majesty, now the Chinese Empire is undoubtedly supporting the Boers to become the spokesperson of their interests in Africa, and we can actually find an agent to curb the rise of the Boers through military assistance to them!"
Granville replied in a deep voice.
"You mean we are hiding behind the scenes, remotely controlling the situation in South Africa?"
Dundas asked with a frown.
"Not bad!"
Granville continued: "After all, the Chinese Empire has just intervened in South Africa, and their strength is still weaker, and it is not so easy to support the Boers, and the Boers are not without enemies, and now the enemy of the enemy is our friend, we naturally have to vigorously support it, and using others to curb the development of the Boers is the most powerful for us!" ”
"You mean, Zulu Kingdom?"
Granville nodded and replied: "Yes, the Zulus and the Boers have been at enmity for generations, wars are continuous, the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State have merged, and the Zulus will suffer the most, they will never allow the Boers to unite completely, that is too much of a threat to them, and may even lead to the demise of the Zulu kingdom!" If, at this time, we stand up and adapt our strategy against the Zulus in favor of the Zulus, I believe that with our support, the Zulus can definitely defeat the Boers! ”
"This ......"
Dundas is still a little apprehensive about the Zulu people's fearless combat power, this country is backward enough, not to mention guns, even ammunition can't be found, but it is such a group of indigenous people who are barbaric to the extreme, in the process of fighting them, the British have suffered enough, they are too capable of fighting, that is, both legs and hands are broken, this group of people can still fight with their mouths, they are a group of madmen, real madmen!
"Mr. Granville, we won't turn away the tiger at the front door, let's go into the wolf at the back door, and suppress the Boers, as a result, the Zulus have become our more powerful enemies, you must know that the Zulus are also very hostile to our British Empire!"
Dundas asked hesitantly.
Granville smiled and replied, "What are you afraid of?" Dog eats dog, full of hair, they have been fighting for ten or eight years, and all the spirit and potential have to be squeezed out, the longer they fight, the more people die, the poorer the country, the greater the damage to the two of them, when the time comes, the two countries are poor and can't open the pot, and there are disabled people who come down from the battlefield with missing arms and legs, what can they do? It's a blessing to be able to not lose the country! “
Dundas suddenly realized and said with a smile: "My Prime Minister, you are worthy of being a famous old fox, you are too cunning!" ”
"However, if you want the Zulus to fight with the Boers, the Zulus alone will definitely not be able to withstand the Boers now, after all, the Boers have merged together and become stronger, and there are also the Chinese Empire and the Dutch to help them, with more advanced weapons, we must also support them!"
Empress Victoria said lightly.
"It's easy!"
Granville smiled: "Your Majesty, now we have retired guns in our warehouse, although they are a little old, but they can still be used, and there are those that are about to be retired, we have retired them together, these front-loading rifles have been shown in the war between Prussia and Austria, they are not the opponent of rear-loading rifled guns at all, and these guns are the same, the power of rear-loading rifled guns is far better than smoothbore guns, take advantage of this opportunity, take them all out, waste use, can enhance the strength of the Zulus, And we can promote the upgrading of our weapons, why not? ”
"That's good,"
Dundas said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, we will draw 30,000 retired rifles, 100 artillery pieces, 10,000 boxes of ammunition from the arsenal, plus 10,000 shells, to support the Zulus, in addition to these, we will provide the Zulus with another 1,000 tons of food, with these materials, I believe that they can fight with the Boers completely, hehe, I hope they can continue to fight......
(To be continued.) )