Chapter 1435 Genocide
Lanceborg, a small town hundreds of kilometers away from Cape Town, was once an important supply point for the Boers to attack Cape Town. But now, it is crowded with Boers cavalry. Countless Boers who fled from the front line flocked into this town, filling the town with a full load. However, the despair and fear on the faces of the Boers cavalry made the town in panic.
The disastrous defeat in the Battle of Cape Town not only caused the Boers to lose a large amount of troops, but also had a great impact on morale. It can be said that the morale of the Boers is now at a freezing point. If it continues, the Boers will probably collapse directly.
"How many people do we have now?" General Ruber's face was full of fatigue. However, he didn't care about so many now. The Chinese might launch a new attack soon, and they must be prepared as soon as possible.
"General, we have only more than 30,000 troops gathered now!" a middle-aged general replied in a low voice.
"What? There are only more than 30,000 people? Could it be that we have lost 70,000 to 80,000 people?" General Ruber was shocked. If there were only a few people, how could they continue to confront the Chinese army!
"General, some people should be separated. Perhaps, they are on their way to Lanceborg!" said another general. Of course, there is another possibility, that is, these Boers are already afraid of being beaten, so they did not come to Lanceborg, but chose to be deserters.
General Ruber naturally knew all this, but he didn't say much. If he struggled with these issues, it would only further reduce the morale of the Boers. This would not be of any benefit to the subsequent battle.
General Ruber ordered the troops to hurry up and rest and continue to retreat tomorrow as soon as the daylight is dawn. In addition, they sent a telegram to Pretoria and asked for more support. Otherwise, they would not be able to persevere in the next round of attacks by the Chinese. After all, the Chinese offensive was too strong. This battle made General Ruber realize how big the gap between them and the Chinese army was. The Chinese cavalry directly used strong firepower, which caused the Boers to suffer unimaginable losses.
"Yes, General!" The Boer generals issued the order from General Ruber, and the Boer cavalry who had escaped for a day began to rest. They were exhausted. In addition, they were frightened, and soon fell asleep. However, what the Boer people didn't know was that while they were sleeping, the Imperial Cavalry was also rushing towards Lanceborg. The Imperial Cavalry was much more powerful than the Boer people. After three hours of rest, they had recovered their strength. After feeding the horses, they could continue to move. Of course, in order to save horsepower, the cavalry did not gallop quickly, but rushed towards Lanceborg at a slower speed. In this way, it would be enough to ensure that they arrived at Lanceborg before dawn tomorrow.
On the morning of August 14, outside the town of Lanceborg, the Imperial Cavalry stopped about three kilometers away from Lanceborg. The artillery soldiers began to work hard and aimed hundreds of cannons at Lanceborg.
When the sun just rose, the imperial artillery soldiers had already completed their preparations. At this moment, the Boers in Lanceburg had just risen reluctantly, and were urging by the officers. They were preparing to evacuate here after a simple breakfast and continue to retreat to the north. After all, no one knows whether the Chinese will catch up. Once the Chinese chase them, the consequences will be unimaginable.
"Swish! Swish! Swish!" Suddenly, a sharp roar sounded over Lansburg. The Boer cavalry who had experienced it once yesterday changed their faces one by one, and they all looked for places to hide. They could not forget that it was yesterday that the Chinese people's interests in the interests of these cannons caused extremely heavy losses to the Boer people. They never expected that the Chinese would catch up overnight.
"Escape quickly! The Chinese are here! If you don't escape, you won't be able to escape!" Countless Boers, like headless flies, wanted to escape everywhere, which made the scene very chaotic.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The dense shells exploded in Lanceborg, and countless houses were destroyed in the explosion, igniting a raging fire. The Boer cavalry crowded in the town became the target of the imperial artillery's key attacks. Many Boer cavalry were directly killed.
"Damn, what's going on? How could our opponents be so powerful? How could they come so quickly?" The Boer generals all had this idea in their minds. They believed that they were fighting against the devil, and only the devil had this ability.
"Escape from Lancebor immediately! Otherwise, we will die here!" General Ruber issued an order to retreat again. Thousands of Bull cavalry were organized and rushed out of the town. However, they were greeted by the dense firepower of the Imperial Cavalry, which was like a storm.
Before the Imperial Artillery operation, the Imperial Cavalry had already surrounded Lanceburg. Lanceburg was originally a small town, and surrounding this town was not a big problem at all. However, because the Imperial Cavalry did not have much force, the encirclement seemed a bit weak. But even so, relying on powerful firepower, it was enough to make the Boer cavalry who were trying to break through and burst into blood.
The fact is also true. Those Boer cavalry who wanted to break out were hit by fierce fire from the Imperial Cavalry. After heavy losses, they had to retreat to Lanceborg. However, Lanceborg was definitely not a safe place. The Imperial Cavalry was using 75mm field guns and large-caliber mortars to launch fierce shelling of Lanceborg.
Every minute and every second, the Boers died in violent shelling. The longer the Boers stayed in Lanceborg, the greater the price they paid.
"General, it won't work if this continues! We must evacuate here." A general suggested.
However, General Ruber had already sent troops to break through the Chinese encirclement, but it ended in failure. In this way, the Boers seemed to want to leave, and there was nothing they could do!
An hour later, the Boers, who suffered heavy losses, chose to surrender. However, their request for surrender was rejected. The Chinese cavalry did not accept their surrender at all, but chose to destroy the entire Lanceborg with artillery fire and kill all the Boers.
The Chinese rejection directly made the Boers despair. Many people chose to commit suicide in disappointment. Some people chose to attack the encirclement of the Imperial Cavalry, hoping to gain a glimmer of hope. However, few people were able to successfully break through the encirclement of the Imperial Cavalry.
After the fierce shelling, the imperial cavalry attacked Lanceborg and began to clear out the Boer people inside. Many of the Boer people who escaped the fierce shelling by chance could never escape this time. They were found by the imperial cavalry and then killed. The generals, including General Ruber, were either bombed or killed by the imperial cavalry.
At this point, the main force of the Boer people was completely eliminated.
After a day off in Lanceborg, the Imperial Cavalry marched directly towards Pretoria. It was the capital of the Republic of Terratuva and the next place to occupy the Imperial Cavalry.
At this time, the news that the main force of the Boer army was destroyed had reached Pretoria. The president of the Boer people, Matinas Pretoria, was stunned. He did not expect such a result at all. More than 100,000 Boer cavalry were almost wiped out, which undoubtedly caused half of the Boer combat power to be lost! Although there are still a lot of Boer people remaining, it is impossible to compete with the Chinese cavalry after losing so many elite troops.
Martinas Pretorius asked the German envoy for help. But at this time they discovered that the German envoy had left Pretoria and disappeared without a trace. It was obvious that the German envoy had discovered that the Boers' failure was inevitable after learning that the Boers' failure was inevitable. Therefore, they chose to escape.
In despair, Martinas Pretorius deserves to send people to ask the Chinese for peace and ask the Chinese to forgive the Boers. Martinas Pretorius knew that if they continued to fight, the Boers would not have any chance of winning. The worst consequence was that the entire Boers were exterminated.
However, in the face of the Boers' peace request, the Imperial Cavalry refused their request and directly ordered an attack on Pretoria.
Martinas Pretorius had no choice but to summon the Boers for a long-distance migration. They knew that if they stayed in Pretoria, they would undoubtedly die. Only by leaving this place would there be a glimmer of hope.
However, there were many elderly and children in the migrating team, and most of the young and middle-aged people died on the battlefield, which made the migrating team very slow. Faced with the pursuit of the imperial cavalry, these Boers could not escape at all. Once they were chased by the Empire, those who dared to resist were killed. The others were all captured. The Empire would take these Boers back directly and use them as slaves. After all, there are too few immigrants in the Empire in South Africa now, and it would be difficult to completely occupy South Africa. The large amount of use of slave labor can undoubtedly save more manpower.
Under the pursuit of the imperial cavalry, almost no Boers could escape. Those Boers were either killed or became slaves to the empire. Even the Boers who escaped by chance, the harsh natural environment of African primeval forests or grasslands would take their lives. The Boers were gradually extinct. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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