Ancient Tactics

Rost had originally intended to claim more "military merit," but since they had not "captured" any East African soldiers, there was no way to determine the East African Army's order of battle.

Under such circumstances, how could they fabricate the "great victory at the Tugela River"? Even a fabrication had to be supported by plausible evidence.

Rost's conduct was nothing unusual in this era. Just as Britain in the Boer War of his previous life had severely inflated military achievements and losses, nearly emptying Britain's treasury, it was much the same principle as what the American military later did in Afghanistan.

Of course, the Tugela River defensive line had indeed been breached—an unchangeable fact. But if they wanted to "exaggerate" this victory somewhat, they still had to obtain intelligence on East Africa.

After dealing with the Indian prisoners, Rost ordered, "Order the entire army to rest briefly, then move north at once. This time, we must make East Africa pay the price."

This time, they had to capture a batch of East African prisoners and figure out the East African National Defense Army's organization. Before that, there was no rush to report the details of the Tugela River battle.

Once Rost's orders were issued, the British troops who had just come ashore waited for their heavy weapons to cross the river, then hurriedly resumed their pursuit of the "routed" East African Army.

In truth, the British artillery preparation this time had been insufficient. Based on past experience, Britain had always held the firepower advantage in colonial wars.

British firepower was certainly not weak this time either, but East Africa's firepower had exceeded British expectations. That was why, compared with previous colonial wars, they felt that their firepower was "insufficient."

Kronkops.

Under Aristotle's orders, the Ninth Brigade did not rush