Reinid gently stroked the rank of captain on his shoulder and sighed silently. He knew that his promotion had a glass ceiling. No matter how hard he worked or how much credit he made, he was unlikely to be promoted very high. This has nothing to do with anything else, but only with some of the things he did when he was young, and of course it also has some connection with the current "pit" of the army.

Now, his requirements are not high. As long as he advances to the next level before retirement and goes home with the rank of major, he will be satisfied. This is actually a hint from some bigwigs in the Army who consciously owe him a lot. However, this still requires some achievements before retirement - such as making contributions in South Africa - to give those who are willing to help him some of the things that can be put on the table, so that his wish can be finally realized.

Therefore, this plan for eastward advancement, planned by the Army Department, assisted by the Hezhong region, and implemented by the South African garrison troops, was his last chance. After all, he was not young and had not had much time to fight for the country.

A moment of command sounded not far away. The soldiers of the Hezhong County Security Regiment stationed here (the Tianxiong County Security Regiment has not been constructed yet, and it is mainly based on local defense, similar to Jingyuan and Bailang counties) were handing over some officers and soldiers of the South African Cavalry Battalion who were escorting supplies. Moreover, with the arrival of this batch of escorting cavalry, except for half of the people taken away by Captain Yang Liang and Yang, the remaining half of the South African Cavalry Battalion, including the battalion headquarters, have been moved over, and a new round of large-scale attack on the Kama Kingdom has been on the verge of being on the string, just as the East Coast people have been doing in the past one or two years.

Oh, by the way, this is Yuancheng Township, a barren settlement that was established only a year and a half. Currently, there are more than 500 Tupi Indians, more than 200 retired officers and soldiers of the former Baoguo Army, and 300 immigrants from the Huaian Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty who reclaimed land and grazed here. Cereals, vegetables, fruits, etc. can only be said to be close to complete self-sufficiency, but there is still a certain gap. However, if we include the large number of cattle and sheep that the black people in East Xhosa and the camels, ostrichs and other livestock that they raised, we can almost be completely self-sufficiency, and we can also have a little room for half of the officers and soldiers of the South African cavalry battalion stationed here.

However, if we want to fight for a long time, with the thousands of hard-earned farmers and herdsmen in Yuancheng and rural areas, they will never want to supply a few cavalrymen in their entire lives. What they should do now is to produce well, clean up the villages, towns, pastures and farmlands left by the Xhosa people, and dig up the reservoirs and irrigation canals (this is particularly important on the Little Kalu Plateau, especially when there are some small rivers near Yuancheng and rural areas). In order to allow this place to accommodate more people in the future and produce more grain, fruits and vegetables, meat, dairy products and wine, so that it is possible to supply an army with a long-term battle.

"The commander, firearms, ammunition, food, livestock, military supplies, and medicines are all in place and can set off. In this operation, our army was a soldier and used his life to break through the Shavi Fortress (a Dutch-style castle established by the Kama Kingdom to commemorate Shavi, who made great achievements in the war with the Zulu people in the east. However, because of the shortage of building materials, the city is a rammed earth building and is not large in scale), and completely control the most essence of the small Kalu Plateau in the hands of the East Coast Republic of China." After leading the team to inspect the stock materials himself, the army captain and the acting battalion commander of the South African Cavalry Battalion (acting for many years...) Renid gave a salute to Xie Hansan, who had been promoted to lieutenant colonel, and said strongly.

"Battleman Lai, there is no need to rush to fight against the Kama Kingdom. It is not obvious to our country to quickly eliminate their war-worthy forces in a short period of time. On the contrary, through long and certain intensity of wars, they will drive them eastward as a whole, and let them fight with other black tribes on the eastern coast, and reduce their population and economic strength, which is truly beneficial to our country. After all, South Africa is operated as a local in the minds of the Executive Committee, and black people are required to operate them.

If you want to get rid of it, you can let the Kama Kingdom go east and be the leader of the king. You must understand this carefully and carefully understand it. Do you understand?" Lieutenant Colonel Xie Hansan, who is already full of hair, stared at Lainid's eyes and said in a solemn tone: "This war is not urgent for us, don't increase unnecessary casualties. You just need to cooperate with Captain Yang Liang's men on the South Road to capture Shavi City and defend it, and you can achieve full results. In this way, some things about you will be easier to operate later..."

Xie Hansan mentioned Captain Yang Liang in his words just now. In fact, in the battle to attack the Kama Kingdom, the people of the East Coast advanced side by side. One was the so-called traditional route, which was led by Captain Reinid and led more than 200 cavalry in the South African Cavalry Battalion, and recruited more than 500 officers and soldiers of the Hezhong Security Corps, more than 1,000 new Black Eight Banners Army, with a total force of less than 2,000. In addition, the two counties of Tianxiong in Hezhong also recruited some soldiers and used camel fleets provided by the South African garrison to help transport supplies. This is the entire lineup of the "Western Route Army".

In addition to the "Western Route Army", there is also a "South Route Army" within the combat plan of the East Coast people, namely Captain Yang Liang's cavalry more than 200, more than 300, and the surrendered British Republic sent more than 500 officers and soldiers to form a combat cluster (part of the "Bao Guo's army stayed in British South Africa and monitored the movements in the Netherlands), headed north from the newly occupied former British South African colonies in the south, passed through some narrow mountain valleys, entered the Little Kalu Plateau, and attacked the territory of the Kama Kingdom from the flanks.

Although this army is not as large as the Western Route Army, the elite level of personnel is not bad. What they lack is probably equipment and logistics support. Because their transportation line has to cross the Nanhengshan Mountains, the road is difficult to move, and British South Africa, as the source of supplies, is not a wealthy place. Years of battle with the Dutch have consumed all the past reserves. Therefore, even if there are already supplies for three East Coast transport ships, what they can provide is still quite limited. Therefore, Captain Yang Liang's troops will definitely have a discount if they really fight. At that time, it depends on whether they can borrow some supplies from the Western Route Army, or whether they can win some results when sweeping the black tribes of the surrounding areas. Otherwise, this battle will be a role of soy sauce, and this is obviously something that Captain Yang Liang and Yang, who is very energetic, cannot accept.

"I understand, Commander Xie, I know how to fight this battle. Since our army has formed a large strategic encirclement of the Kama Kingdom, the enemy's disadvantages are already destined, and it is unknown how their destiny is. Our army is naturally based on itself, and it is limited to the capture of Shavi City in this battle. As for the others, we will slowly plan for it later." Lainid said seriously.

"Just understand, then the troops will be handed over to you. These are two thousand people who can fight in a habit. You can't make any mistakes. Let's go!" Xie Hansan finally ordered: "I will be in charge of Yuancheng Township and help you become the logistics minister."

On August 15, 1667, the troops led by Reinid successfully arrived at the city of Shavi after several days of marching, and immediately organized a siege on this important military center of the Kama Kingdom. The battle reached its climax from the beginning.

In fact, in recent years, the East Coast people have arrived at the outer periphery of this city more than once. However, most of them are mainly cavalry, and the purpose is to plunder slaves, destroy production, and kill people. In any case, they are constantly weakening the enemy's strength in order to lay a solid foundation for a large-scale attack in the future.

Although the Kama Kingdom has low civilization level, this does not mean that they are all fools and do not know the purpose of the East Coast people. Therefore, they have also tried their best to renovate the city defense facilities of the Shavi Fortress in the past two years to better resist the attacks of the East Coast people. Unfortunately, due to the powerful harassment and attacks by the East Coast cavalry, the local black Xhosa people were frustrated. In addition, they were also short of supplies and other things, so the city road was still built in a hurry and was not large in scale. It was just a re-reinforcement of the inner city core, and the outer periphery was still filled with messy buildings and walls.

Now that the war broke out again, the earthen walls of the messy shacks outside the Shawei Fortress were almost wiped out under the attack of artillery fire from the East Coast artillery. The black soldiers who originally planned to hide were either buried inside or hurriedly slipped out, and became living targets for the officers and soldiers of the East Coast, and died very undepressed.

What's more, the East Coast people were not ruthless about the houses and shacks that were more troublesome to clean up, and they went up and ignited the fire. For a moment, thick smoke was rolling outside the Shawei Fortress, and a large group of black Xhosa soldiers rushed out like ghosts and howlings. Except for a few people who bravely fought with the East Coast people under the leadership of the head men, most of them fled to the four fields. The final result was nothing more than two: either they were captured and slaves, or they were cut by the cavalry.

On August 17, the southern army led by Captain Yang Liang hurried to the city of Shavi Fortress and joined with Lainid's troops. At this point, the size of the East Coast people suddenly grew to nearly 4,000 people, and the logistics pressure also increased greatly. In order to reduce the pressure on material transfer, Lainid discussed with Yang Liang and decided to be commanded by Captain Lai to end the battle as soon as possible. According to the regulations of the East Coast Army, multiple troops will temporarily cooperate in combat, and the person with the highest rank will be the commander-in-chief; if the rank is the same, for example, both of them will be the commander-in-chief, who will be promoted to the rank of captain for a long time.

Starting from August 18, thousands of troops on the east coast no longer delayed their procrastination and launched a wave of attacks on Shawei Fortress. The artillery soldiers received instructions from Shangguan that they would no longer save ammunition at this time, and directly launched various solid projectiles, hollow projectiles, explosion bombs, and hot bombs that were carried here, making holes in the city walls built by rammed earth, and made a gap in the city wall on the evening of the 19th.

Since the city wall was broken, it would be much easier. The Black Eight Banners infantry, the British Republican soldiers who surrendered were eager to show their strength, and were directly thrown into the first wave of attacks by Reinid. After bloody battles, they completely controlled the broken wall. Then, they responded to the Baoguo Army, and the officers and soldiers of the Hezhong County Security Regiment entered the city to expand the results. As for the same large number of cavalry units, they slowly cruised on the periphery, monitoring the entire battlefield, and also protected the safety of the artillery and the command center. Moreover, once the enemy collapsed and broke through the city, Reinid would decisively join the reserve team at hand and chased the enemy to the north. This guy was born in a cavalry and had a lot of experience in how to use such a clutch soldier.

In the early morning of August 20, after a fierce battle in the middle of the night, the East Coast army that broke into the city finally controlled the situation in the city and wiped out or captured the small local troops who had resisted one by one. The overall situation was decided at this point. Of course, the battle went so smoothly. Many people originally thought that the Xhosa people who were guarding the fortress would fight to the death, but it turned out that they were overthinking - perhaps it was related to the enemy's eagerness to escape at night. These eggless cowards only competed with the East Coast people, causing only sixty or seventy casualties to escape, which made the East Coast officers and soldiers who were brave enough to prepare for the bloody battle feel a little confused for a moment.

However, it is no exaggeration to say that these fleeing people are idiots. Because where can they escape on this vast steppe with flat horses? Due to the influence of the natural environment, their escape route is basically fixed, that is, they can only escape along rivers and other places with water sources, unless they want to die of thirst on the road.

Therefore, at dawn outside, Reinid, who received the news, would scatter all the cavalry and search along the river. Basically, except for a few lucky people who could escape into the mountains, most of them could capture them in one go, and it depends on whether the people on the East Coast were really determined to capture them.

After breaking through the Shavi Fortress, the most important town on the Little Kalu Plateau, this basically means that the entire Little Kalu Plateau and the southern region adjacent to the Great Kalu Plateau are belonging. The expansion of the East Coast people in South Africa extends eastward, and is connected with the newly occupied British and French South African colonies, with great power, which looks quite encouraging from the map.

The seized spoils were also roughly counted in the morning, including more than 3,000 cattle, sheep, livestock, thousands of bags of sorghum and other grains, more than 5,000 pieces of leather, and more than 1,500 bags of wool (I don’t know who to sell to...), and there are also several quantities of gold, ivory and other items. Of course, for the East Coast people, the spoils can never be ignored! Yes, this time they captured more than 3,000 black men and women, which is undoubtedly a big tonic pill for the East Coast people who are about to carry out large-scale construction in the newly occupied areas.
Chapter completed!