With the war in South Africa, the attention of various countries has naturally shifted to this. As the British army was retreating steadily in the first stage, the French and Germans seemed to be a little ready to make a move, and seemed to want to do something in North Africa. Seeing this situation
After that, the British government immediately recruited a large number of troops and then sent them to fight in South Africa. Then the war entered the second stage.
But before that, Li Ningyu had already boarded the giant ship returning to Asia. Naturally, the Far East Fleet was accompanying him. Isn't Li Ningyu prepared to do something in the Anglo-Boer War? Of course not because Li Ning
At the same time as Yu left, three field divisions and three special forces groups of the Far East Army entered the theater.
In the second stage (May 1899 to September 1899), the British Army, which had suffered successive setbacks, changed its commander. Subsequently, a large number of British reinforcements arrived, with the total number increasing to 200,000. They broke into the Boers in two directions: east and north.
heartland, and subsequently occupied Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and other cities.
At this time, the British army had more than 200,000 men. On May 1, General Roberts led the British army to go on the offensive, lifting the siege of several cities by the Boer army, and occupied Bloemfontein, the capital of Orange, on May 15.
Dan, on May 31, occupied Pretoria, the capital of Transvaal. From then on, the two Boers became British colonies, but the war did not end there. In June of the same year, Boda and Divernan
The Boer army, which numbered about 20,000, was organized into small groups of "commandos" and launched a tenacious guerrilla war.
However, the efforts made by the Boer army were weakened because they themselves treated the local black people with a colonial attitude. Therefore, their anti-British struggle did not gain the sympathy and support of the indigenous residents. In order to destroy the resistance of the guerrillas, the British military command
, the army once again expanded to 250,000 people, and "scorched earth" tactics were adopted, that is, an extensive system of fortification launch points (bunkers) was established.
The Anglo-Boer War was a major historical symbol of the era of imperialism. In the era of imperialism, the major powers first demanded the re-division of the divided colonies, and then used war methods to engage in crazy competition. After they obtained the intended colonial goals
After that, various means were combined to brutally plunder and exploit the colonies and seize all the benefits that could be obtained. Just when the large amount of gold and diamonds in South Africa were about to become the possession of the British, other than that
Another team appeared outside.
In the Anglo-Boer War, the use of smokeless gunpowder, magazine-type rifles, machine guns, and rapid-fire artillery was a crucial matter in the war. The increase in firepower density required the abandonment of dense battle formations, and the infantry began to use various
In the form of maneuvers, formation of skirmishing lines to carry out offensive, defensive battles, organizing firepower coordination, building field fortifications, conducting close combat and camouflage have begun to play an important role.
With only 80,000 people, the Boers fought with more than 450,000 British troops. They benefited from guerrilla warfare, which attracted widespread attention from Western European countries and made Britain realize the need for a thorough reform of its armed forces. However,
At this time, it seems that they will face a new problem, that is, a group of enemies lurking in the jungle.
The number of this group of enemies is unknown. They have advanced weapons and strong combat effectiveness. They also wear colorful clothes. However, after the Anglo-Boer War, this kind of clothes was called camouflage uniforms.
In fact, it is just a camouflage military uniform that uses color blocks to make the body of combat soldiers blend into the background color. In the past, military uniforms from various countries in the world often used more eye-catching colors, because this can make the military appearance distinct and make it easier for the enemy to identify ourselves.
The red ones are the most common because they can cover up blood stains and reduce the panic caused by soldiers.
The British Army was the first to use camouflage color military uniforms. During another desert battle, they chose khaki military uniforms to facilitate camouflage during reconnaissance. In subsequent combat operations, this kind of military uniforms played a better camouflage effect.
, However, in this Anglo-Boer War, the Boers had fewer troops and the British troops had more troops. The ratio of troops between the two sides was about 1:5. Therefore, the British troops wore red military uniforms, which were particularly eye-catching among the green of the forests and savannahs of South Africa, and were easily exposed.
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Inspired by their instructors in the Far East, the Boers immediately changed their clothing and guns to grass green to make it easier to hide in the dense grass jungle. The Boers often did not approach the British army without knowing what was going on, and launched sudden attacks, catching the British army by surprise.
The British army wanted to fight but had difficulty finding the target. Although the British army ultimately won the war, the British army's casualties of more than 90,000 far exceeded the casualties of the Boer army.
However, these people wearing colorful military uniforms are not Boers, because they still have one thing, which is combat helmets and sniper rifles, light machine guns and other weapons that are still being developed by various countries.
Subsequently, during this war, European countries realized the importance of personnel camouflage on the modern battlefield, and subsequently followed suit and changed the color of bright military uniforms to green or yellow to achieve concealment purposes. And that is how, in
After World War I, the emergence of various optical reconnaissance equipment made it difficult for soldiers wearing single-color military uniforms to adapt to multiple-color background environments.
However, at that time, the Far East had already developed the world's earliest camouflage uniforms, which came in four colors: brown, yellow, green and tan. In 1898, they began to be used by some soldiers. The camouflage uniforms were all over the irregularly shaped uniforms.
Four-color patches. On the one hand, these patches can distort the outline of the human body. On the other hand, the color of some of the patches is approximately the same as the background color, and some of the patches are significantly different from the background color. This visually separates the human body shape.
This achieves the effect of camouflage and deformation.
In the following two years, this group of troops wearing camouflage uniforms continued to attack various strategic locations of the British Army, and also achieved very good results in this actual combat. Later, armies from various countries followed suit and began to use camouflage.
The color and shape of the patches were studied and improved.
And this mysterious team, with a total of only 23,000 people, almost changed the outcome of the Anglo-Boer War and once again gained a powerful space for the Far East. Although Li Ningyu didn't think that far at the beginning, he just wanted this team to
The small team indirectly helped the Boers, hoping to make the British suffer.
But everything changed later. The British continued to increase their troops, but it seemed that the Boers became more and more courageous as they fought. It seemed that no matter how many troops the British sent, they could not defeat them. This made other countries in the world wonder, is the British now?
It was no longer possible, and facing the suspicious looks of many countries, Britain could only continue to increase its troops in an attempt to save its face, but the result was still the same, which also brought countless benefits to the Far East.
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