Since his family left, Deco has been living in Maputo, and his younger brother Figo stayed in the military camp for training all day. He had just visited yesterday and found that his younger brother's temperament was completely different from before. The sunny smile disappeared from the big boy, and was replaced by a tall and solemn spirit of military force. Deco was secretly frightened and had a little more awe of the insurance team. He just didn't know what kind of mood he would be when his father saw his old son again.

A few days ago, Fu Hanxin, the head of the Da Shang in Transvaal, contacted him personally. Later, the two met and talked about Cecil Rhodes' preparation for acquiring Jintian. As an advocate of colonialism in the British Empire, Rhodes was very low-key and even humble when meeting with Mozambique Governor Chen Xing'an. However, his secret methods showed no sign of weakness. What was even more unexpected was that this man served as the Minister of Finance in the colonial authorities shortly after returning to the Cape colony. Although the appearance of the Da Shang made Rhodes the Minister of Finance directly postponed two years from the original history, this time point now seems more interesting.[]

"Recently, British spies are occasionally appearing on our territory in Jintian from time to time. Although we have strengthened our defense, we still feel that we cannot defend ourselves." Fu Hanxin looked worried.

Deco frowned and asked, "What's going on in the British Cape Colony?"

"That Rhodes himself was a member of the Cape colony. He has been making tough remarks against us since he returned from Mozambique. Although the local British commanders showed no sign of mobilizing troops, the intelligence sent back from the British mainland said that these British men seemed to be preparing for a war. According to our assessment, the target was the two Boer regimes - the Republic of Transvaal and the Free State of Orange!"

"It seems that the situation is worse than I think. Are Transvaal and Orange ready?"

Fu Hanxin nodded and said, "Of course there is preparation, but it is hard to say how much it can play. Of course, the Boers have a good geographical advantage and may have gained a certain advantage in the initial stage of the war, but the strength gap between the two sides is obvious. Moreover, Britain ruled these two places a few years ago and knew very well about the local area. So after a long time, once the war enters a stalemate, it is probably powerless to continue."

The Boers were pretty good at fighting, but war was a competition of strength after all. Even if Devarsland and Orange joined forces, they were just bigger grasshoppers for Britain and might be able to jump around for a few days. In the first British-British War, the reason why the British were defeated was not so much as a retreat. At that time, Devarsland and Orange were just two wild places. They might be valuable to the British, but they would not have invested too much in it. But the current situation is completely different. With gold and diamonds under the Boers' land, the original use of idle ribs suddenly became delicious and attractive, and the British investment in it would increase exponentially.

What's more important is that Britain has just experienced a political turmoil. The original Prime Minister William Eult Gladstone was forced to step down because of his failure to support Ireland's limited autonomy. Instead, he was the leader of the Conservative Party and the leader of the House of Lords, Robert Gasterin Cecil, the third Marquis of Sallsbury! Compared with his predecessor, he was more tough on the outside and firmly advocated the British Empire's foreign colonization and expansion policies.

"Speaking of this, Rhodes' attitude became a little quick. At first, he maintained contact with us, but now he only maintained relations with the Mozambique provincial government..." Fu Hanxin said a little puzzled.

"Perhaps because of the influence of the British political situation, now that Robert Gaster has come to power because of Cecil, the Prime Minister and Rhodes are completely different, and they all support Britain's colonial and expansion policy. It seems that the direction of the wind has changed, and the president of the Debeers Mining Company has also increased his spirit!" Deco sneered.

"I think so!" Fu Hanxin agreed with Deke's view, and then said: "Now the provincial government, Governor Chen can help us with some time..."

"We delay time, and the UK is also preparing." Deko took out a piece of data and said, "This is the intelligence sent by the Intelligence Agency. The UK has recently stepped up the speed of sending troops from its homeland to Myanmar. It is said that it is because of the strong resistance of the people in Myanmar, but you look at their military route."

"I didn't even walk through the Suez Canal?" Fu Hanxin did not notice this at first, but now after Deko's reminder, he also discovered the abnormality.

"Yes, he chose to go south along the west coast of Africa, pass through the Cape of Good Hope, and reach Myanmar from the Indian Ocean. Logically speaking, if the British wanted to send troops to Myanmar, they could just transfer troops from India. But they chose to transfer troops from their homeland, and go through the Cape of Good Hope. After going around such a big circle, I'm afraid the drunken man's intention is not to drink, and I think he is planning to increase troops to the Cape colony."

After pondering for a moment, Fu Hanxin nodded, feeling that Deco's opinion was extremely likely. Of course, it is normal for Britain to obtain a huge colony from Cairo to Cape Town in Africa, and it is also normal for them to increase troops to Africa.

"What do you think the final outcome of us fighting with the British?" Deco suddenly asked such a question.

Fu Hanxin shook his head and said, "We cannot fight with the British, it is not in our interest. Whether it is the chairman or the prime minister, this will not allow such a situation."

Deco fell silent.

Fu Hanxin took a sip of water and continued, "Deco, you have been to the local area, I think you should understand. If the British started the Opium War as before, even if all their ships came, I believe we could win. Even if our armored ships in the Navy were only half the tonnage of the British, I still believe we would win."

Deco seems to agree with Fu Hanxin's statement, because in the Northeast there are not only powerful navy, but also air force and army. Even if the British can take advantage of the sea, as long as they dare to land, there will be only one outcome for them - the entire army is wiped out!

"However, we are not in the country, but in Africa. On the route between us and the country, across Myanmar, India, and the Strait of Malacca! They are stuck in our throats! We can now run colonies in Africa, which is the qualification that the British only obtained when they brought us closer to the Berlin Conference."

"It seems that this battle is really impossible to fight." Deco was a little helpless.

"This is the problem. We must rely on our local governments to fight the war. We really have to fight against the British unless we build the entire industrial system in Mozambique, but this is not something that can be completed in one or two years. And even if it is established, the chances of victory are still very low."

"Indeed, it's unrealistic for us to play against the British."

Deke and Fu Hanxin looked at each other, and neither had a good way to solve the problem in front of him.

Two days later, the two gathered again, but this time the Northeast headquarters already knew the current situation and the countermeasures team had sent back the response. Deke and Fu Hanxin looked at each other and smiled, and finally had a solution.

The British plan to connect Africa from the north to south of Cairo, Cape Town, was not the Northeast or the Da Shang group. Their main opponents to the north in the Cape colony were the Boers' Republic of Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The Da Shang only occupied two of the mining areas, so there was no need to really put themselves on the opposite side of the British. What they were really anxious about now is not the Da Shang, but Transvaal.

Wang Yi gave two strategies:

At this stage, we are trying our best to support the Boer army and provide a large number of advanced equipment, including foreign trade rifles, sniper rifles, Maxim water-cooled machine guns, mortars, small and medium caliber artillery, etc. In addition, we also sent a guidance regiment to train officers for the Boer. At the same time, we sold second-hand gun production lines, artillery production lines, and ammunition production lines to the Republic of Transvaal. As for the basic industrial raw materials required for the production line, they were exported from Mozambique to it. The distance between Maputo and Pretoria is very close, and the railway between the two is under rapid construction. Once it is passed, the cargo transportation will be very convenient. I believe that after such measures are implemented, the British will be covered with all their heads.

But even so, the Boers were fully prepared, and Wang Yi still did not believe that they could resist the British's full attack. Of course, it would be best to defend, and the Northeast could make some war money. But once they could not defend, Wang Yi gave a second countermeasure. From Swaziland, which has been occupied by the military, sent troops to forcibly occupy the Premille mining area and the Jintian. Even if they formed a military confrontation with the British, they were willing to do so, but they did not directly interfere with the war between the British and the Boers.

Transvaal President Kruger was very happy about the generous donation of the Northeast. The Boers are currently in a serious situation. The Boers have no other industrial foundation, and the entire country relies on mining to make a living. The biggest problem now is that the source of funds for the development of mining is gradually exhausted, and they can only seek help from foreign countries. The abundant resources have attracted a large number of investors and technical talents. Among the investors from all countries who come to hunt for gold, the UK has the largest number of miners with a large amount of funds quickly became oligarchs. If it were not for the existence of the Northeast, the UK would have almost monopolized all the mining industry in Transvaal. What's more, the ratio of British to Boers once reached 6 to 4, and English became the main language for mining.

The Boers are now so close to the Northeast, and have a very direct relationship with the strong economic invasion of the British. And the current President of Transvaal, Kruger, has come to power since 1883. He hates Britain very much. He began to implement policies to restrict Britain at the beginning of his tenure, imposing high tariffs on the Cape colonial authorities, seriously excluding British capital.
Chapter completed!