"In future battles, Transvaal can concentrate more than 40,000 troops, of which 20,000 people form Transvaal's main field forces, divided into three brigades. Each brigade has about 5,500 people, and the remaining 3,500 are artillery and headquarters-level troops. These troops are equipped with a total of 14,000 rifles, 120 various machine guns, more than 80 various mortars and 72 body-barrier artillery."

"In addition, we have 5 cavalry brigades, each with 2,000 cavalry. In addition to basic equipment such as rifles, sabers and other equipment, each has 12 machine guns and 8 mortars. In addition to one brigade accompanying the main action and one brigade as an excitement reserve, the other 3 brigades will act as a mobile harassing force to strike the British's transportation lines, towns and corps stations."

"In addition, we have a warning force of about 6,000 people, and we are organized into two reserve brigades. We are responsible for the safety of material transportation along the way and the protection of important nodes. We can also be used as reserves to enter the battlefield when necessary, or as a left-behind force."

"The remaining troops are responsible for local defense and transportation work. They will be divided into 8 transport brigades to support our operations. You have basically achieved the goal of the Transvaal military reform. We have established a relatively sound military system." President Transvaal Kruger said respectfully to Kariput.

This kind of respect is not only because the latter comes from its own allies, but also because of more recognition and gratitude for Kariput's contribution to the Boer army in recent years. After Kariput's efforts over the past few years, Kruger finally discovered that fighting is not a group fight, and this is how a country's military system should be done!

"Our original tactics and preparations now seem to be a joke. We were a group of unreliable militias at that time. It was enough to deal with Africans and small-scale harassment, but it was impossible to face a country's army. We could not even keep our army in a long-term fighting spirit."

"General Kariput (sealed by the Boers) brought not only advanced training and tactics, but more importantly, helped us establish a complete staff and logistics system. Relying on this system, we can control the army to the greatest extent and deal with various emergencies. From now on, the Boers' army in Transvaal has formed a real iron fist, not a mess." Kruger gave the German officer quite high praise in his diary.

"So what role does the Orange army play in addition to Transvaal's army?" Kariput asked. As another Bour country, Orange can also mobilize more than 25,000 troops, making such a force idle is also a waste.

"The elite troops of the Kingdom of Orange will launch an attack on the British stronghold on the East Coast with the main force I command. Their greatest advantage is that they have a large number of cavalry. We will ignite the war in the depths of the British rule. If one day our cavalry appears in Cape Town, I hope you will not be surprised. In addition, they have a good relationship with some African chiefs, and some will fight against the hateful British people with African blacks." Kruger thought for a while and said.

Some of the Africans finally stood on the side of the Boers, not that the Boers are good things, but that the British are not things. If the conflict between the Boers and the Africans is more of a small-scale unorganized conflict, then whether it is the war between the British against the Zulu or other wars, it is the organized massacre of black people.

Relatively speaking, blacks were more disgusted with the British, and the two were more harmed. When the Boers released some kindness and gave some old weapons to the blacks, some black tribes with the British who were deeply intimate with the British finally stood on the side of the Boers.

Although blacks are not skilled warriors and their command level is even worse, the participation of a large number of blacks still benefits the Boers a lot. Not to mention anything else, at least there is no shortage of manpower in logistics. Nearly half of the troops are required to guard against the black tribe, and there is no need to worry about the blacks and the Boers fighting guerrillas when they fight guerrillas with the British......

The Germans teach Boers to fight, and the Boers teach blacks to fight. Not to mention how many Boers have learned, nor how many Blacks can understand, but at least they are much better than before! From the perspective of equipment, a small half of African buddies have already used relatively correct methods to maintain rifles. From the perspective of marching and fighting, orders cannot be implemented, but war is no longer a sheep. Although the overall level is still not very good, from the positive perspective, they are still improving very quickly...

In addition to the preparation of equipment and personnel, the Boers also put a lot of effort into material reserves! Basically, in recent years, the total value of various equipment imported from Germany every year is about 1.5 million pounds! In addition to a large amount of military supplies, there are also food, medical supplies, outdoor survival supplies, horses, and various machinery. According to Kariput's idea, it is to turn the two Boer republics into a fortress that can carry out long-term combat and can be self-sufficient as much as possible!

With the support of a large amount of pound and gold, the Boers not only exchanged their weapons and inventory, but even replaced horses, which were extremely expensive, but also replaced almost all the things that were very picky about bad situations and conditions. After the initial discomfort, the military horses trained by advanced horse government did benefit the Boers a lot. In the last period before the war began, the Boers seized the time to purchase a large number of equipment. Originally, the Boers did not have enough funds to buy these things, but the intervention of another force made all this possible.

"Americans want to help us deal with the British? I hope they don't drag us down." When Kruger heard the news from Kariput, this very hurtful sentence undoubtedly popped up. Of course, there were no Americans at the scene, and more importantly, Kariput was also not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the US military!

Although Caripot admitted that the defeat of the US Navy reduced the score of the US military power by n levels, the deeper reason is that the United States has hardly fought against hard since its founding. Some people say the War of Independence? Please, without the British-Dutch fleet and army, Washington wants to defeat the British? It is a bit difficult! The Americans did fight a lot of wars after the founding of the country, but they either fought against the Indians or the more cowardly Mexico. Of course, there were also Americans fighting against the Americans. In short, these wars lacked enough persuasiveness.

The Americans later fought with the British, but was the result? Everyone knows that the White House was born... As for the land battle with the Spanish in the Caribbean this time, it was a good match, but the Spanish were already weak among weak chickens. After the Americans won, they could only prove that they were stronger than the weak chickens. What else can they prove? So Caripot is still quite suspicious of the Americans' combat effectiveness.
Chapter completed!