East African Army is divided into three routes going south, including 411th Division and 412th Division from Merke, advancing southward from Botswana and advancing along Limpopo River to the Orange River line. This area was the former British Bechuanaland colony and is now a "terrain".
512th Division, 331st Division of Felix advance southward along the east side of the Drakensberg Mountains, and its end point is Kingdom of Eswatini in the south.
Ernst and Svit led by 111th Division, 123rd Division, 511th Division, 513th Division, 514th Division is the main force attacking Republic of the Transvaal. It attacks Republic of the Transvaal from two directions: the west side of the Drakensberg Mountains and the west bank upstream of the Limpopo River.
Under the cover of night, East African Army began to cross the river on the long Limpopo River. As the dividing line between East Africa and Republic of the Transvaal, Limpopo River is long enough, so Boers, with a limited number of people, only deployed some sentries at some important crossings.
East African Army bypassed these ferries and entered the land of Republic of the Transvaal from other river sections. Under the moonlight, Ernst, dressed in military uniform and riding a tall black horse, stood by the river, waiting for the large troops to pass.
The army built several temporary pontoons on the river, which greatly speeded up the crossing. People, horses and weapons passed on the Limpopo River bank.
However, East African Army is still more cautious. Everyone is paying full attention to prevent falling into the river, because Limpopo River also has the reputation of the Crocodile River. Although it has been cleaned up once before, who knows if any fish have slipped through the net.
Svit: "Principal, it seems that Boers really doesn't have much defense against us. Our scout cavalry reported that not even a ghost can be seen within a radius of more than ten miles."
Ernst: "Of course. You have to know that the two countries Republic of the Transvaal and Orange Free State are not small countries in the world. Their total population is just over 400,000. This shows how sparsely populated this place is."
Svit: "Yes, if Republic of the Transvaal launches an attack on our Matabele Plateau area, they will actually encounter the same situation that our army encountered."
The population of East Africa in Zimbabwe is even smaller than that of Republic of the Transvaal, but the retired army accounts for a large proportion. On the other hand, Republic of the Transvaal mainly relies on militias. They are usually herdsmen and will not gather until war comes.
East Africa attacks the port of Republic of the Transvaal. It happens that the main force of Boers is fighting Zulu Kingdom on the east side. If Boers wants to resist East Africa, it must recruit militiamen again.
If troops are mobilized from the eastern front, not only will it be too late, but Zulu people may seize the opportunity and take advantage of the situation to counterattack into Republic of the Transvaal territory.
The troops crossed the river smoothly, and there were no casualties except for some unlucky ones who fell into the water.
Ernst ordered, "Let the militiamen be ready. Wait until daytime tomorrow and let them cross the river, launch an attack on the enemies in the ferry area, receive the ferry, and open up the supply channel."
What the militia has to deal with is the Boers army in the ferry area. In fact, it is more appropriate to describe it as border guards. The Boers on the south bank of the Limpopo River are all in squad units and do not pose a threat to the East African militia at all.
The reason why the main force in East Africa did not choose to attack Republic of the Transvaal from the original ferry was to avoid alerting the enemy. Although the number of troops deployed by Republic of the Transvaal on the Limpopo River front line was almost negligible, due to trade reasons, there were many Boers business personnel in the ferry area.
If East Africa attacks Republic of the Transvaal from the front, some of these people will definitely slip through the net and return to Pretoria to report the news.
Transvaal merchants are generally equipped with cattle and horses, and they can return to the capital Pretoria very quickly, and Republic of the Transvaal who get the wind will inevitably organize a counterattack earlier, which is detrimental to East Africa. Therefore, the main force in East Africa crossed the river first, while the enemies in the areas along the river were handed over to the militia. They could not make a big splash in front of the East African militia.
Svit: "Your Highness, the troops have completed crossing the river, please provide the next step of instructions!"
Ernst: "Continue to execute according to the plan, with Pretoria as the center, 123rd Division as the advance force, control the farms of Boers along the way, 111th Division moves towards the direction of Pretoria, 511th Division, 513th Division went south and advanced to the Vaal River line to prevent Orange Free State from supporting Republic of the Transvaal. 514th Division went south along Drakensberg Mountains and joined Felix's troops in the south to prevent Boers's main force from returning support."
In this way, East African Army formed a cross-attack posture, completing attacks on a number of Boers settlements including Pretoria from the west and north directions.
There are not many cities in Republic of the Transvaal, and even whether it is a city needs to be considered. Even the political center Pretoria is actually at the level of a town in East Africa (the centers of some provincial capitals and administrative regions in East Africa are towns). It is much better than Harare, which Ernst passes through, but it is much worse than Bulawayo.
Because they mainly engage in animal husbandry, the Boers population is mainly concentrated on farms in rural areas. East Africa does not need to control all of them. Just cutting off their contact with Pretoria can turn Boers into a headless fly.
Of course, to be cautious, East Africa still needs to control some farms. Even headless flies flying around can hit people.
Controlling these farms is not a big problem in actual operations. The first step is to separate the Germans, the Dutch, French in Boers, and use Germans, and the Dutch, French, who are willing to obey the rule of East Africa to temporarily take charge of the farms.
Not everyone in Boers's farm is a farmer. Those employees and civilians are the targets of East Africa's struggle, because under the rule of East Africa, their living conditions have not changed much. In addition, although Boers is a new ethnic group after integration, the language is still dominated by Dutch. Compared with German, Dutch is just like Far East Mandarin in the previous life, Henan dialect, Shandong dialect... The difference is smaller than Cantonese, Wu dialect...
Most areas of North Germany can communicate with the Netherlands without barriers. The lowland German-speaking region (Northern German territories language) does not end abruptly at the junction of Germany and the Netherlands, but extends to the east of the Netherlands. Therefore, as a dialect of Germany, Low German is also spoken by many people in the eastern part of the Netherlands close to Germany. Even the Southern Germany dialect has many words in common with Dutch, and Habsburg also ruled the Netherlands.
The unique political and economic structure of East Africa can guarantee some of their privileges, which cannot be said to be privileges, because all citizens of East Africa enjoy this part of the power equally.
On the one hand, East Africa is increasing the intensity of domestic slavery and striving to bring more indigenous people into management. On the other hand, East Africa is actively abolishing the slavery system and exporting domestic black slaves.
The whole Kingdom of East Africa is based on the oppression of slaves, so all the citizens of East Africa are actually a privileged class. This country would have been disbanded long ago without the burden of 20 million black people. And after East Africa incorporates Boers and Zulu people land into its territory, it is foreseeable that the number of black people in East Africa will increase again.
Therefore, there is no problem in East Africa recruiting Boers for people who understand current affairs, but it does not include large farmers. The moment East African Army steps into Republic of the Transvaal, they are digging into their roots. If British invades, Boers You can also bargain with British. The biggest advantage of British is that he is good at using blunt knives, which can guarantee your interests at the moment, but in the end he will take it back through various means. If this method fails, then British will break through the defense and tear off the hypocritical face.
This is a common feature of the UK, the US and Australia. They are all good at laying mines for "allies", "collaborators" and "friends" unknowingly and detonating them when they need it. As for the original promise, just think of it as fart. When did Anglo-Saxon people become synonymous with integrity?
East Africa is different now. It shows the style of Prussia barbarians everywhere. What kind of cooperation? Are you worthy? Get out of here! Of course, East Africa also admits bullying the weak and fearing the strong, provided that there is a strong backbone on African continent.