Without heavy firepower support, the 514th Division could only advance slowly, like a turtle, searching for cover while responding with gunfire, as the East African army and the Pillar defenders entered a stalemate.
This made Wiggins quite pleased. He said to the "Youth Patriotic Army": "I told you the Germans are no good. Who do they think their opponent is this time? The primitive Ndebele people!"
The patriotic youth of Pretoria also became relaxed from their initial tension. After all, they were facing Germans, and Germany is Europe's battlefield, coupled with the images of Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. No one doubts the Germans' combat strength, and although their numbers are many, their own side has just over two thousand people (not counting the indigenous), so it's inevitable to feel nervous before the battle. But now, seeing the might of the 514th Division for what it is, they suddenly feel capable again.
