Chapter 498: Cape Town Treaty

The sudden plague complicates the situation. If it was only confined to South Africa, if it spread to the entire African continent, Franz would cry.
There is no way. Colonies are colonies. Although Austria has been operating on the African continent for more than ten years, it still cannot change the status of backward medical conditions.
Don't look at the small number of people who are infected now, but you can't hold back the high mortality rate. Many patients went to see God before they knew what was going on.
Franz is also a fan of the authorities. If he looks closely at the information, he will understand why the mortality rate is high.
At present, the most infected are artillery fodder forces, because of the lack of attention to health and the lack of effective treatment, the mortality rate is naturally high.
Franz couldn't do anything but order to strengthen epidemic prevention.
Since an outbreak has occurred in the "Bur Republic Army", the surrounding indigenous tribes should not want to escape. The number of deserters in the cannon fodder has always been high, and it is normal to leave with a virus.
Viscount Fickney had only 30,000 or 40,000 troops in total. The combat effectiveness of the troops should not be left to the British, and the number of soldiers who could monitor the cannon fodder was a few thousand.
Thousands of people care for more than one hundred and twenty thousand people, and people who run away from the one hundred and eighty are inconspicuous. In addition, due to fighting, there are many casualties every day, making supervision more difficult.
Unless they are running in droves and usually missing a person, officers will not care.
There were patrols outside, but it was God ’s blessing that met them, but they did not necessarily believe in God.
Franz's judgment is correct. The epidemic has indeed broken out in South Africa, and the consequences are more severe than expected.
However, it is not the local indigenous people or these colonizers that have the highest mortality, but the Indian Colonial Army soldiers in the city.
Poor sanitary conditions create good conditions for virus breeding. The small size of the site, the high density of personnel, and the lack of medical resources have collided so many harsh conditions and accelerated the spread of the virus.
The culprit that actually caused the death rate of Indian soldiers was caused by soil and water. Of course, it is also directly related to the diet. The bureaucrats in the London government did not consider the habits of Indians and directly stuffed them with potatoes and bread.
There is no other way. Officials and grandfathers of the London government don't even value their own people, let alone these cannon fodder?
Compared with the period of the Near East War, the British logistics system has not changed much, and it still acts according to regulations.
The better thing is that the Cape Town area has at least fresh fish supplements, which is much better than eating beef jerky every day.
Of course, most Indians do not eat beef, but the standard of logistics provided by the British is not enough to supply beef.
Junk beef junk is much more expensive than potatoes. The Indians ca n’t meet this trouble. How can the bureaucrats in London always be cheap to them, or how to make money?
The epidemic situation continues to deteriorate, and Governor Delphi's life is not easy, because the interests of the two sides are too different, and the negotiations have reached an impasse.
The plague was spreading throughout the city again. Looking at the increasing number of deaths every day, Governor Delphi was all bad.
From zero to now, the number of deaths caused by the plague has reached 3,817, and this number is gradually increasing at a rate of five hundred people per day. If they do n’t need the enemy to attack this way, they will be tossed by the plague.
The biggest problem in curbing the epidemic is the lack of water. Unfortunately, since the news of the outbreak of the epidemic in Cape Town spread, the supply ships that came every day did not increase but fell.
Everyone is afraid of death. No one wants to go to the plague pile. If not, Governor Delphi would like to run.
Even with a 50% increase in freight, there are still not many people willing to venture to transport supplies, which makes the situation in Cape Town worse.
There are now 150,000 troops in the Cape Town area, half of which are Indian colonial corps. It is only with these cannon fodder units that the two sides have reached an impasse.
Do n’t look at the fortress bunkers in the back, all of which are tofu projects. The buildings in the city are still genuine.
Looking at the Red Cross banner flying outside the city, Governor Delphi was sickened and wanted to order the troops to fight out.
Winning, naturally, the form is great. The enemy ’s siege was broken, the water crisis was relieved, the population density was reduced, and the epidemic prevention work was done.
Losing is not too bad. The war has consumed the population, reduced population density, and reduced demand for fresh water resources. It has a very positive effect on epidemic prevention.
If you think about it, Governor Delphi would not dare to do it. Now the two sides are still negotiating, pretending to start a war, and winning is okay. If they lose, they must go to the military court.
Can you win? Governor Delphi had already answered this question in his mind. With the current morale and morale of the army, he went out of town to find the Austrians in a decisive battle. The chance of mutiny was greater than the chance of victory.
In fact, from the outbreak of the war to the present, Governor Delphi has suppressed five mutinies, and he is afraid to stimulate the fragile nerves of the soldiers.
There is no way, that's it. Most of the white soldiers in the city were recruited temporarily from the colonies, or else the London government was sending aid from the colonies, and the regular army was only a few.
To many in the London government, suppressing the army is more important than this war. The British-Israeli war, which was so old and bad, was actually the result of the London government's suppression of the army.
If it is a regular army and has doubled its strength, Governor Delphi would not be so insidious that he would be crushed by people from beginning to end.
From a military point of view, in the case of continuous failure, it can retain most of the troops, and the commander's ability is also satisfactory. Of course, the long-distance running general is not counted, but it is not enough to run.
Despite being passive in the north, this sudden plague has helped the imperial negotiations. The deteriorating situation is constantly refreshing the bottom line of the British.
The Cape Town colonial government led the negotiations this time, and they knew the situation so well that they did not dare to delay it.
The plague caused a reduction in the number of transport ships. Instead of increasing supplies in Cape Town, supplies continued to decline. Especially fresh water resources are scarce.
There is no way, it is not easy to store a large amount of fresh water, and it can only be put in a reservoir or a cistern. Now is the time of war. Don't think about the reservoir.
The artillery outside the city is not vegetarian. From time to time, artillery shells explode in the reservoir. Even if you don't care about gunpowder and heavy metal poisoning, the reservoir cannot store water!
No, the British can only build a large number of storage tanks. This is not easy to complete. To solve the drinking water problem of so many people is not a small project.
This can't solve the problem by simply digging a pit. If the leakage problem is not solved, it is estimated that the water will leak out before winter.
In order to save water, the British army in Cape Town has long started to supply limited quantities. White soldiers have 5 litres of water per day, and Indian soldiers have 3 litres of water per person per day.
Just drinking water, this is almost enough, the rest may be used to wipe a face, the British soldiers save a bit, it is estimated that they can wipe the body.
This is only in theory. The domestic water is more than just drinking. It is impossible for people not to wash clothes, to wash their hands, or to bathe. Of course, in this era, Indians did not take much baths.
This supply can only guarantee survival, and do not expect anything else. Unless the British play down at sea, otherwise the demand will not be met at all.
There is no way to detect the situation inside Cape Town, but the number of ships entering the port every day cannot be kept secret.
The number of ships entering and leaving Cape Town decreases every day. This is a very good math problem. Everyone knows that this is a decrease in the amount of goods transported.
Without sufficient supplies, Cape Town will fall sooner or later, which makes the "representative of the Boer Republic" in the negotiations even more confident.
Of course, this is only in theory. In fact, the day of the plague did not end, and the "Bur Republic Army" outside the city dared not attack the city.
The Cape of Good Hope is important, but it is so important to Austria that it is not enough for Franz to win it at all costs.
The lack of supplies is not without solution. As long as the number of garrisons is reduced, the plague is the best barrier anyway.
If the city was plagued by a plague and the Cape of Good Hope was occupied, the army of the Boer Republic would be almost destroyed. This "disuse" refers not only to casualties, but also to military morale.
When soldiers are tired of fighting and are unwilling to die for the country, even the most powerful army will instantly turn into soft-footed shrimp.
Watching the winter approaching day by day, the British still couldn't stand it and had to make major concessions.
On June 18, 1871, the British and British countries signed a truce in military camps outside Cape Town, announcing the end of this war that lasted more than a year.
Treaty content:
1. The war between Britain and the Republic of Transvaal and the Orange Free State was completely an accident. For the sake of world peace, the two sides ended the war from the date of signing the treaty; (June 18, 1817)
2. The British side paid a 3.6 million pound ransom to buy back 200 miles of Cape Town land;
3. The two sides exchanged prisoners of war with each other, and the excess number paid the ransom in accordance with international practice. The agreed price is: £ 180 per soldier, and officers vary from £ 300 to £ 20,000 according to rank and rank.
Failure to hold accountable for war and mentioning victory or defeat is like a trivial skirmish that is not worth mentioning.
The reality is so cruel, and Britain also wants to show face. It is not so easy for them to admit that the war has failed. Even if the Cape Town colonial government would accept it, the officials in London would not agree.
Land-cutting compensation is absolutely impossible. The London government cannot bear the political influence of the defeat of the war. Instead, the land ransom and prisoner of war ransom are more acceptable.
Anyway, most of the land lost is owned by the South African colonial company, not the British government.
It was thick-skinned, and when the colonial activities of the colonial company failed, the London government would buy back a colony from the Boers.
POW ransom is simpler, and European society does not exclude this. If the number of captives this time is a little bit, and the amount of ransom paid is relatively large, the sentence of exchanging captives is over.
If you are shameless, you can declare this a great victory. Strategically shattered the enemy's plot for a Cape of Good Hope, forcing the enemy to give up this unrealistic illusion.
This has always been the case in politics, including the British-British War, which can be thrown to South African colonial companies. Anyway, this unlucky egg company has gone bankrupt in the war, and no one will come out to argue.
In fact, Governor Delphi has already begun to do it. As a qualified politician, even if you lose the war and sign an unfavorable treaty, you still have to minimize the responsibility for war.
In any case, the Cape Town colony has survived. Although it is a shrinking version, the British people will not know that no one cares how much the Cape Town colony is thousands of miles away.
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