2,500 British Royal Navy soldiers and Marines took 2,000 horses, dozens of vehicles and tractors, and more than ten artillery of various caliber took a train to the front line. When they entered the combat area, they also needed to use their feet and horses to find French's cavalry, and then killed the Boers with French's cavalry.

"The fundamental reason why the Boers were able to break through our fortress this time was that they carried a large number of artillery, and their artillery troops would definitely not move very quickly. Our mission was to find their artillery troops and keep them within our field of vision. After we met with General French, we could launch a general attack. At that time, the Boers had only two choices, one was to throw away their fire pillars, and the other was to fight us! And we had a total of 7,500 people, and we would never lose!" Colonel George wrote in a telegram to General French.

"The whole army is moving forward with light equipment, except for the necessary weapons and enough dry food for 5 days, throw away all the remaining ones! All artillery with a caliber greater than 75mm are dismantled and buried! The horses are charged into other departments! Reduce the logistics fleet, and our supplies can be obtained from villages and towns along the way." After receiving George's telegram, French issued an order after a moment of silence!

"General, including the battle time, we must set aside at least 7 days of food. After throwing away the subsequent heavy artillery, our firepower will be at a disadvantage!" The staff officer next to him said with some embarrassment.

"Those horses that are no longer suitable for long-distance raids are our mobile granaries! The villages and towns along the way will provide us with supplies! If they don't want to, then we will teach them how to be loyal to the Queen's government! Send all the scouts out, we need to understand the location of the Boers as soon as possible. If we can't defeat them within 5 days, we don't need to go back to Cape Town!" French's words were filled with trembling determination! This desperate attack has not appeared in the British Army for a long time!

The order was issued quickly, tents, cooking supplies, various vehicles, and personal items were discarded, and all kinds of debris were spread on both sides of the British evacuation road, giving people a feeling of being in a mess. Paul, the commander of the First Cavalry of Boole, looked at the British position in front of him, and fell into deep thought. When the British left, they were very panicked because Paul even saw a bunch of artillery parts thrown everywhere.

"We won?" an officer asked tentatively.

"No, we have not won, and we are even about to face the biggest challenge." Paul took a few steps, carefully observed the slightly messy horse hoof marks on the ground and said: "The British abandoned these things and did not defeat them. On the contrary, they were reducing the burden on the troops and marching quickly. Although their horses were a little messy, they were still in order in general, which shows that their command system was still there."

"And look over there, after leaving the camp, the entire army was divided into three routes. The British cavalry should be deployed in an inverted triangle, which was clearly for the purpose of surrounding the opponents at any time! The British were anxious. After all, they still had nearly 5,000 troops! After hearing about the fall of Kelsberg, our opponent not only did not evacuate, but decided to fight to the death!" Paul said with a gloomy face.

"Give up all unnecessary items, we must catch up with them before they attack the main force!" Paul ordered as he walked,

"But sir, we have missed supplies twice in a row before this. Although we have more forage, our food is only enough for 3 days! We must go to the next supply point..." The adjutant next to him quickly advised.

"If you don't have enough food, kill the horse! If you don't have water, you can drink horse blood! Start with my mount." Paul said with a ferocious look on his face.

"But, these are all the soldiers' own property. If we do this, it will cause a huge rebound!" Before the adjutant finished speaking, Paul had already raised the semi-automatic rifle in his hand and pulled the trigger at a horse next to him who was overworked and unable to continue marching for a long distance!

A whistle! A slightly sharp gunshot echoed in the wilderness, and this gun silenced everyone! "Now, from me, throw away all unnecessary items! I promise that when we capture the next British town, everyone can get whatever they need! All the prices we pay here will be compensated exponentially, and even the entire South Africa will be our ranch! But the premise is that you can win under my command!" Paul shouted loudly in a roaring voice!

If someone can stand in the clouds and overlook the entire South African plateau, then it can be clearly discovered that two groups of shadows are moving rapidly, and the British in front are doing their best to move towards the Kariput Legion. The British cavalry, who used to act relatively slowly, can now be described as fast. After abandoning most of the supplies, their movement speed increased linearly. The entire cavalry unit even divided into several groups passing through villages and towns along the way, and obtained supplies with sabers and rifles. They were like locusts, and there was no grass growing wherever they passed.

The troops behind seemed a little confused. The Boers also gave up a lot of baggage and supplies and tried to bite the British tail. However, when the British retreat was completely drum-like, several cavalry scattered, the Boers found that there were British people everywhere, and they could not tell which one was the main force of the British, or the British had no distinction between main force and auxiliary force. Therefore, some chaos was caused when tracking.

At the same time, the Boers' tracking speed was slightly slower than the British. In addition to the unknown reasons, on the other hand, it was the issue of supply. The Boers were one man and two horses, and they ran very quickly, but the premise was that they had enough supplies. Now, Paul has missed two replenishments! Horses can only use forage to fill their hunger. Horses that do not feed grains and alfalfa can maintain good physical strength for a long time? Obviously it is impossible! And if you plunder the villages and towns along the way, it is not possible now, because the villages and towns along the way have already been snatched by the British themselves once! The granary can starve rats to death!
Chapter completed!