What was the result of Ying Bu War?

Ying Bu War is an imperialist war of aggression launched by Britain against the Republic of South Africa (Transvaal) and the Free State of Orange (Orange Republic).

/kloc-At the end of 0/9, the two * * * Republics established by Dutch immigrants, especially Transvaal, which was found to contain a large amount of gold and diamonds, began to become the target of British expansion, and it was also the object of competition between Britain and Germany, which had great economic and political power in these two Boer Republics at that time.

The Ying Bu War began when transvaal province refused to give British immigrants the right to vote.

1in the autumn of 899, Britain began to gather troops near the border between the Boers and China.

In order to stop the British invasion, the Boers declared war on Britain on18991kloc-0/October 1 1 and launched a military operation. The Boer army used the militia system to supplement its men. Once the fighting breaks out, all men aged 65,438+06 to 60 should report to the meeting place with horses, rifles, spare bullets and food. If the economy is in trouble, the government will issue weapons and equipment. Two Boers * * and China established a coalition of 40,000-45,000 people, equipped with rifles, 40 machine guns and 80 rapid-fire guns purchased from Germany. The allied forces were under the command of General Joubert. Bohr's army has high morale and strict discipline. At the beginning of the war, there were about 30,000 British soldiers. It used the recruitment system to supplement its troops, with outdated weapons, poor training and lax discipline, so it was defeated by the Boer army many times in the early days of the war.

1899 10, Boer troops captured Newcastle and Glencoe and surrounded Reddy Smith, Ma Fujing and Kimberly. Boer troops used dispersed formation when attacking, shooting accurately, and being good at using terrain to build field fortifications. The British army, on the other hand, adopted a dense formation, which was neither maneuverable nor disguised in combat, causing heavy casualties.

However, the Boer army occupied the basic forces by besieging the castle, which greatly weakened the offensive ability and enabled the British army to gather troops.

By the end of 1900, there were more than 200,000 British troops.

In February, General Roberts led the British army to attack and lifted the siege of Boer troops on several cities. In March, he occupied bloemfontein, the capital of Orange, and on May 3, Kloc-0, he occupied Pretoria, the capital of transvaal province.

Since then, these two republics have become British colonies. But the war didn't end there.

In the same year, in June+10, 5438, the Boer army of about 20,000 people led by Boda and Dewit turned into a small "commando" and launched a tenacious guerrilla war. However, the efforts made by the Boer army were weakened by their own colonial attitude towards the local blacks.

Therefore, their anti-British struggle did not win the sympathy and support of the indigenous people. In order to destroy the resistance of the guerrillas, the British command department expanded the army to 250 thousand, adopted the "scorched earth" tactic, and widely established the distribution system of launching points.

1902 On May 3 1 day, the Boers were forced to sign a peace treaty, recognizing Transvaal and Orange as part of Britain.

Ying Bu War has made many new developments in military art, especially in tactics. The use of smokeless gunpowder, magazine rifles, machine guns and rapid-fire artillery, and the increase of fire density all require the abandonment of dense combat formations. Infantry began to use various forms of mobile attacks on skirmisher lines. In defensive operations, it has begun to play an important role in organizing fire distribution, building field fortifications, implementing close combat and camouflage. The war in Ying Bu shows that the role of the rear and morale is increasing, and guerrilla warfare is promising.