The Rise of the Empire

After reading a lot of books, Ruprecht discovered a lot of black history. For example, the concentration camp was first invented and carried forward by the British. Compared with what the British did in South Africa, the German Navy bombarded them in World War I Undefended seaports and unlimited submarine warfare are really nothing! In order to completely wipe out the Boer Republic, the actions taken by the British made Japan ashamed during World War II! What an iron wall encirclement, the British played badly as early as 40 years ago! The Japanese pattern Tucson is broken!

In order to deal with the Boer guerrillas, the British commander Kerchina blocked and cut up the Boer Republic, and built 6,000 kilometers of barbed wire! Make a wooden bunker every 1 to 2 kilometers! 8,000 seats were repaired in one go! All farms and fields within a 10-mile radius were burned to the ground when anyone was found to be helping the Boer guerrillas! There were only 220,000 Boers at that time, and the British burned 30,000 farmhouses...  

This is not over, the British also drove 120,000 Boer elderly and young children and 80,000 Khoi and black people into concentration camps! The plague epidemic in the concentration camp, clean food and drinking water could not be guaranteed. In October 1901, the death rate in the concentration camp reached its peak! 34.4% of people died during the month! Among them, 22,072 children died!

The two republics of Transvaal and Orange have a total of only 220,000 people, and they lost one-seventh of their population during the war alone! And it is precisely because of this cruel behavior that finally disintegrated the Boers' will to resist! The end result is that the Boers are discouraged.

In order to prevent this human tragedy from happening, well, to be precise, to make the Boers and the British fight longer! Ruprecht sincerely hopes that the Boers can put aside their past suspicions and cooperate with the blacks, especially the Zulus. Everyone's enemies are British, so why can't they come together? I also sincerely hope that the Boers can handle the issue of non-combatants well. The sincerity of the prince is more real than gold!

Kruger felt a little dizzy. After all, without much military education, he basically relied on recklessness in fighting, and basically relied on local collection for logistics supplies. Small-scale engagements were handled with ease. But once it is upgraded to a large-scale PK, it will show its true colors. When the British army of hundreds of thousands is in place, the Boers' frontal resistance will immediately collapse. In the end, there is no way to fight guerrilla warfare. Fighting is such a thing. , who wants to let the battlefield erupt in their own home!

"Military matters are not considered matters. As long as there are sufficient funds, weapons and equipment, training, and military instructors can all be solved! Not only can you hire German artillery instructors and staff officers, Russian cavalry instructors, French I can help you find the infantry instructors. But the most important thing is still your relationship with black people, if the latter does not improve, everything we have paid will be in vain!" said the prince.

The thinking that has been formed for decades cannot be changed with a few words. Even if Kruger can feel that what the other party said is very reasonable and good for himself and his country, he is hesitating, thinking, and fighting against himself. , Ruprecht waited quietly.

"Let's have lunch together." When the attendant asked for the third time whether to open the meal, Prince Ruprecht smiled and offered the invitation, because there were some things that could not be rushed. The relationship between the two parties should also be slow.

The sumptuous lunch played down the slightly tense atmosphere of the talks between the two sides. While enjoying the food and wine, Kruger suddenly remembered one thing, that is, the rifle in the hand of the sentry at the gate! When the main course was removed from the table and the waiter brought dessert and fruit, Kruger finally couldn't bear it.

"Your guards use a rifle that I have never seen before. Is this a new design by the Mauser brothers?" Kruger asked in a low voice.

"No, of course not. It was developed by the Southern Ordnance Design Bureau. I call it a semi-automatic rifle. It can shoot bullets as long as the trigger is pulled. The current users are only my guard and some Bavarian cavalry units.

"The prince regained his spirit immediately after hearing this! Afterwards, he signaled his attendants to fetch a rifle.

"I call him KA1889!" Even after plagiarizing such things as Krupp armor and Garibaldi battleships, the traverser thought he had a thick skin, but at this critical moment, his face was still slightly red! If there is another traverser, he must know that the source of this guy's COPY is Maozi's SVT40 semi-automatic rifle! The same design, even the 10-round magazine is retained!

"Just pull the trigger once, and you can fire a bullet? No need to reload?" Kruger said, taking the rifle handed over by the attendant. The SVT rifle without bullets is very light, only 3.85KG! Half a kilogram lighter than the Mosin Nagant rifle! And the accuracy is not bad.

"Three automatic rifles are enough to suppress a squad of bolt-action rifles! If you are interested, you can try it." An attendant next to him said.

After obtaining the prince's consent, the excited Kruger walked to the back garden accompanied by his attendants. The traverser and the doctor continued to enjoy refreshments and fruits in the restaurant.

Accompanied by a series of gunshots, brass eggshells popped out of the ejection port one by one. In just 20 seconds, Kruger fired all 10 bullets in the magazine. SVT is indeed a classic, the recoil is even smaller than the Mosin Nagant rifle! The trajectory is straight and the accuracy is very good. Even when shooting rapidly, it is still relatively stable.

In an encounter situation, a skilled gunner can deal with 3 to 5 opponents holding bolt-action rifles! After firing a magazine, Kruger unloaded the magazine, and the attendant next to him handed over a large magazine with 20 rounds!

"Yes, thank you!" Double the weight, super value enjoyment, within half a minute, Kruger emptied the magazine again, and then he observed the body and barrel of the gun. Can't help but nodded. "It's a very nice gun, perfect for a well equipped unit!

"1000! I want it." Kruger said, raising a finger. And the generosity of this Boer also shocked the attendants on the side! The cost of this gun is 1500 marks! It is about 75 pounds, which is 450 taels in silver! Because it has just been put into production, the unit price remains high, and the prince only purchased a small amount for publicity, and this buddy bought 1,000 pieces at once!

Afterwards, Kruger, who was still unsure, handed the rifle in his hand to the attendant and returned to the restaurant. Next, he was very satisfied with the semi-automatic rifle from the Bavarian Southern Design Bureau, and finalized the order on the spot. As for the flattery from the customers, the prince just smiled and didn't say much.

Taking advantage of Kruger's "intermission", Ruprecht said: "Actually, we still have a lot of good things, and their value is higher than the rifle you saw just now. Those backward weapons are actually It is not suitable for your country, if you are interested, I will arrange for professionals to introduce these weapons to you."

After experiencing the sale of armor and the incident of selling armor, under the influence of Baron Vittorio, the prince immediately entered the role and began to dump those new weapons to Kruger? What? Someone asked what to do with those old weapons? Don't forget, the Great War in the East will take another 4 years! Provide some cheap weapons to the motherland of my previous life, which is worthy of my conscience and worthy of my wallet!

The first big export order of his arsenal might be born here, and the prince was so excited when he thought of the wealthy Boers.

Hush, huh, huh, with a few strokes, the prince wrote down the weapons he was going to recommend to Kruger on a piece of paper, and handed them to the attendants, so that Sir Arnadenhauser would be ready to welcome the man who came from afar at the weapons testing ground. honored guest. An invisible knife had hung over Kruger's head, but he didn't know it!

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