Chapter 77: Title
Go to Dordrecht!
Rock's first feeling was that Henry was crazy.
Rock and Henry are probably now on the blacklist of the expeditionary force headquarters. They were almost killed by the expeditionary force headquarters in Dordrecht. Now if Rock and Henry return to Dordrecht with Jubel's body, it is hard to say how the generals of the expeditionary force headquarters will be irritated.
"Don't be silly, we can't go back to the expeditionary headquarters. We have to go to Kimberley and then return to Cape Town." Rock didn't want to go to Dordrecht to die. Going back to Cape Town was the serious matter. At the very least, he had to go to Kimberley. Killing Jubel was a top military achievement, and Rock didn't want those guys on the Eastern Front to get any benefits.
Besides, what would one gain by returning to Dordrecht?
Nothing was gained except the jealousy of military generals.
"Yes, we have to carry out the mission." Henry was not stupid. After Rock gave him a hint, Henry immediately came to his senses.
Then continue to Kimberley.
Back on the road, the commandos' team grew stronger. In the battle that killed Joubert, the commandos seized more than 300 war horses, which were used by Joubert and his guards. Now they have become the commandos' trophies.
In addition to the war horses, the commandos also captured 152 prisoners of war. Henry originally wanted to take civilians with him, but was vetoed by Rock.
What Rock is most worried about now is the retaliation of the Boer coalition. The commandos killed Jubert, and the Boer coalition could not have failed to respond. If Henry had not been reluctant to part with those prisoners, Rock would not even want the prisoners.
Just one Joubert is worth enough.
Finally, there were enough war horses, one for each man, and some left. All the prisoners were loaded onto the wagons, and the commandos advanced towards Kimberley at the fastest speed.
The city of Kimberley was built in 1870. It is a city that came into being with diamonds. The owner of this city is Cecil Rhodes, the former Prime Minister of the Cape Colony. After the outbreak of the Second Boer War, Kimberley was once besieged by the Boer coalition forces. Half a month ago, the expeditionary force had just lifted the siege of Kimberley by the Boer coalition forces.
For an emerging city, if there is no planning, then the entire urban construction part of the city will have nothing worth paying attention to. Coupled with the baptism of war some time ago, Kimberley looks even more dilapidated, with broken walls and burned ruins everywhere. Sometimes there are even corpses that have not been cleaned up on the roadside. Pedestrians and soldiers on the road are accustomed to this.
If possible, the expeditionary force did not want any Boer prisoners. Although the expeditionary force headquarters had explicitly stipulated that surrendered Boer prisoners should be treated preferentially, in actual implementation, very few Boer prisoners survived, so when the commandos arrived in Kimberley, the more than two hundred prisoners were really eye-catching.
"There were only 100 prisoners on your roster, why is it 252 now?" The lieutenant in charge of receiving the prisoners was quite polite, and his attitude was much better than that of the major in Dordrecht.
"We wiped out another group of Boer guerrillas on the way to Kimberley. We brought back prisoners and corpses, as well as captured rifles and horses." Henry said proudly, and then he said something earth-shattering: "We also killed Joubert, and his body is on the carriage behind."
Joubert?!
The lieutenant raised his head so quickly that his glasses fell off his nose.
"Are you sure it's Jubert?" The lieutenant was in a panic and accidentally knocked over the chair when he stood up from it , but he didn't care and held on to the table to look behind Henry.
"Yes, it's Joubert. The prisoners have confessed. They are Joubert's guards." Henry was proud. What's wrong with the police?
The police can do things that even the regular army can't do!
You'll be pissed off!
Henry's voice was a little loud because he was in a good mood, and the soldiers around him also heard the name "Joubert". As soon as Henry finished speaking, the soldiers gathered around him with a "boom", wanting to see the remains of the famous commander-in-chief of the Boer coalition forces. The commandos who were originally guarding the carriage were squeezed out of the crowd.
As the commander-in-chief of the Boer coalition, Joubert's name was at its peak. The news was immediately reported to the expeditionary force headquarters. Lord Roberts, commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, returned to Kimberley from the Orange front that day. Chief of Staff Kitchener also rushed to Kimberley from Dordrecht. Henry and Rock were placed in a mansion that originally belonged to Cecil Rhodes, and the other commandos were also properly accommodated.
"It's so comfortable, Locke, I want to build a swimming pool like this in the future." Henry was soaking in a bathtub as large as a swimming pool, enjoying the service of two Boer girls. One Boer girl was applying shower gel on Henry, and the other Boer girl was peeling grapes and feeding Henry.
"Hehe, I also have a swimming pool at my home in Cape Town. What's so special about that?" There were also two Boer girls beside Rock, but Rock didn't need their clothes. The two girls were fanning Rock. The water in the swimming pool was really hot. It was probably a hot spring.
"Your swimming pool is outdoor, and theirs is indoor. How can you compare?" Henry exposed Rock's hypocrisy. Well, the grapes are a bit sour!
"There's also a swimming pool outdoors. Your house can't even accommodate a fish tank." Rock had to admit that Cecil Rhodes's house was a real mansion. Compared with this mansion, Rock's home pales in comparison and is filled with the boredom of a nouveau riche .
"What kind of reward can we get this time? I think the Queen will make me an earl!" Henry's biggest dream in his life is to surpass his father's title, so that Henry can return home in glory.
Otherwise, Henry would be in trouble, because he would be kicked out of the army for seducing the general's daughter, which would bring shame to the entire family. If Henry did not have any outstanding achievements, he could only hope that Matilda's family rules would not be too harsh .
"Dream on, there's probably only one baron." Rock didn't want to discuss this issue. Henry could still look forward to the title, and Rock didn't even have to think about it. He would be thankful if he could become an inspector.
In the British aristocracy system, baron is the lowest rank title. Henry's father's title was baron. Don't think that baron is easy to obtain. Alfred Milner, Governor of the Cape Colony, annexed the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State during his tenure, but only obtained a baron title.
"Impossible, that's Jubert, he should be a viscount at least." Henry was unwilling to get only a baron. This might be the closest Henry would ever get to a title in his life. If it was just a baron, how could Henry be willing to accept it.
It doesn't matter, whether it's baron or viscount, as long as Henry can get the title, Rock will have a strong enough thigh and can walk sideways in the Cape in the future.
