Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1018 Poverty Alleviation Marriage

The blockade of the Allied Powers was an important reason why Germany was in trouble. The food brought back by the German army from Romania allowed Berlin to barely survive the winter of 1915, but in 1916, the problem was still unresolved. In April, the flour ration in Germany continued to decrease, domestic workers went on strike, and tens of thousands of mine workers, steel factory workers, and military supply factory workers took to the streets to demand Increase wages and improve food.

Under the strong demands of the grassroots, the government led by Batemann Holweg was forced to reform. On April 4, the German government established a special committee to study the issue of German constitutional reform.

This special committee is strongly opposed by the German Junkers, industrial capitalists, conservatives, and the center-right parties. These groups oppose all actions that take power away from them. any interest.

After the new Russian government proposed the so-called peace talks that "do not involve territorial annexation and compensation", some people in Germany also responded to this initiative. However, unlike the "not involving territorial annexation" imagined by the new Russian government, the Germans demanded that the current front as an armistice condition.

That is, Germany annexed the Liege region of Belgium, and at the same time annexed all the areas that Germany occupied after the World War, including the territories of the Russian Empire and France, as well as a part of the Balkan Peninsula that Germany had never set foot in after the outbreak of the World War.

The new Russian government may agree to this request. If Poland and the Garibaldi Peninsula are exchanged for the recognition of the new Russian government by the international community, this is also worthwhile for Russia. The last thing Russia lacks is land.

However, Belgium and France will never agree to this request. Belgium demands the recovery of the Liege Fortress, and France demands the recovery of Alsace and Lorraine. The contradictions between the two parties cannot be reconciled.

As for the Balkans, there has never been any contact with Germany.

In May, Hindenburg and Ludendorff, representing the Junker nobles and industrial capitalists, launched a general attack on Bettmann Holweg, and the queen and crown prince of William II were also disappointed with Bettmann Holweg, Batemann Holweg voluntarily resigned, and the candidate for the new prime minister became the focus of attention in Germany.

For the Junker nobles and industrial capitalists, Hindenburg is the most suitable candidate for the new prime minister. This confidence comes from Hindenburg's brilliant record on the Eastern Front. The German Junker nobles and industrial capitalists probably think that Hindenburg After becoming prime minister, he will be able to lead the German army to replicate the success of the Eastern Front on the Western Front.

Those Junker nobles and capitalists overlooked a problem. Military and politics are two different things. A qualified soldier does not mean a qualified politician.

Moreover, the greatest resistance to Hindenburg's becoming prime minister came from William II, who did not want to live in the shadow of Hindenburg and Ludendorff.

The final winner was Olge Michaelis, a petty bureaucrat whom no one knew before. Before that, not only had William II never met Olge Michaelis, even Olge Michaelis’s name was unknown. I have never heard of it. This incident reflects the level of chaos in Germany.

It was precisely because Germany was in chaos that Ludendorff could not transfer the German troops from the east to the west as quickly as possible. The British and French allied forces obtained an extremely valuable opportunity for adjustment.

Because Pershing required an independent command, after the U.S. military joined the operation, some adjustments were made to the Western Front. Rock and Pétain originally planned to arrange the positions in charge of the U.S. military between the British Expeditionary Force and the French troops. If there is a problem with the US defense line, both the British Expeditionary Force and the French army can provide support to the US defense line.

Pershing believed that this was an insult to the U.S. military. Although Pershing believed that the U.S. military was not ready to join the war, once it joined the war, Pershing would go all out. The United States also had its own interests and hoped that after the World War To obtain more benefits, Pershing does not want to rely on the British and French allied forces. The honor of the United States must be completed independently by the US military.

Rock voluntarily gave in and handed over the defense line of the British Expeditionary Force in Belgium to the U.S. troops. As long as the U.S. troops do not waver and develop steadily, it will not be easy for the German army to break through the defense line built by the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

By the end of May, there were more than 35 U.S. troops in Europe. Both Pershing and Pétain expressed optimism about the prospects of the U.S. troops. When Roque adjusted his defenses, he quietly sent the most powerful British expeditionary force in southern Africa. The expeditionary force was placed near Calais, the nearest city to Belgium.

In case the U.S. troops cannot withstand the crazy German attack, the Southern African Expeditionary Force can reinforce the U.S. troops at any time.

Don't look at the media in another time and space touting the US troops in various tricks. In fact, the US troops in the First World War, Rock can only hehe.

Based on Roque's observations and the information given back by the military instructors sent to the U.S. Army, the current strength of the U.S. Army is not even as strong as the French Army, and probably a little stronger than the Indian Army. Those American soldiers from the United States have not yet realized that the world war Just how cruel they are, they are similar to those British nobles who actively joined the army when the World War broke out. Their minds were full of honors and medals, and they did not realize the blood and death behind the medals and honors.

In Antwerp, it was the Rainbow Division that handed over the position with the Second Cavalry Division.

The Rainbow Division was the first U.S. military unit to come to France, and also the first unit to receive training from "British" instructors. It is currently the most powerful U.S. military unit on paper. As for whether it can become the ace unit of the U.S. military, it will take time to test .

As a heroic instructor from the meritorious army, Qin Ling is leading his students to seize the time to familiarize themselves with the battlefield.

"Unless it is necessary, don't expose any part of your body to the trenches, otherwise you will be shot by German precision shooters. Don't underestimate those Germans. They have a strong learning ability. A year ago, Germans didn't know what sniper combat is. , now we have been fighting with us, and we also have many precision shooters who died in the sniper battle with the German army—" Qin Ling looked indifferent, these are the lessons learned in the battle with the German army, as for these Americans. How much they learn depends on their good fortune.

More than a dozen chicken cubs who have obtained the qualification of precision marksman but have not officially entered the battlefield squeezed behind Qin Ling and applauded like seals, among them was Tom Oscar.

Tom Oscar really asked Qin Ling for a military boot, and it was worn by Qin Ling. Qin Ling didn't even want the new Tom Oscar. I really don't know what's wrong with Tom Oscar.

Fetish?

Maybe.

More fanatical than those little girls who would die and live for their idols in later generations, after all, Qin Ling has real materials.

"Be sure to pay attention to the choice of sniper position, and pay attention to the cooperation with your comrades. For example, if you choose the sniper position in the bushes, then let your observers go to the open area to attract the attention of the German precision shooters. Wait for the opportunity to launch an attack, no matter what, after one shot, at most two shots, no matter whether you hit or not, you have to change the sniper position, the German sniper shooters will not give you a second chance to attack—"Qin Ling wanted to be a demonstration, But I don't want to be wiped out by German artillery.

As the threat posed by the precision shooters of the Expeditionary Army to the German army is increasing, the German army is now beginning to change its tactics. It no longer sends precision shooters to fight against the precision shooters of the Expeditionary Force, but switches to asymmetric strikes.

Now if the German army discovers the precision shooters of the expeditionary force, they will not send precision shooters to counterattack at all, but call artillery to bombard them.

Just as they were talking, two expeditionary army sniper shooters with tree branches stuck in their helmets rolled over, and when they passed by Qin Ling and the others, they didn't forget to remind: "Run, don't say I didn't warn you——"

"Fuck!" Before Tom Oscar and other American soldiers could react, Qin Ling turned around and ran away.

After running far, there was a screaming sound, and then there was an overwhelming explosion.

"Look, this is the bombardment—" Qin Ling breathed a sigh of relief after returning to the trench. In order to ensure the attack effect, the precision shooters should be as close as possible to the German positions, so the no-man's land between the positions of the two sides is for the precision shooters. paradise.

Tom Oscar and other American soldiers looked at each other in awe. The Western Front was more cruel than they imagined, and Antwerp was even hellish.

Qin Ling and the others are very used to it. In the trench, a dozen precision shooters and their observers share cigarettes together, and sometimes exchange some spoils. There are often some strange things that appear. Gold products are the most popular. Handicrafts from the Orient are equally popular.

"Master Qin, when are you going to leave?" A familiar soldier greeted Qin Ling warmly. In the Second Cavalry Division, Qin Ling was more respected than an ordinary officer.

"It will be a few days, but I haven't received any notification yet." Qin Ling was still very friendly to his comrades in arms, and he didn't hold himself high because of his outstanding military exploits.

"Master Qin, you can go back to Nyasaland as an instructor—" In terms of qualifications, Qin Ling definitely has the qualifications.

"If I don't come back, I still have to earn money for the baby's milk powder." Qin Ling has a big responsibility now. Sofia and her family have already gone to Tanganyika. Half of the 500 acres of land Qin Ling bought are mature farms that have been reclaimed. It's all rubber, and it only needs to hire some skilled workers to generate profits. Someone reminded Qin Ling to be careful of Sophia's family, but Qin Ling didn't take it seriously.

Sophia's family is now Qin Ling's family, if the family is still intriguing, then Qin Ling might as well not be with Sophia.

Now that Sophia has been accepted, Qin Ling even accepts Sophia's family. It is an obvious fact that if Qin Ling does not get Sophia's family to Tanganyika, then Sophia will need a woman with a big belly to manage an area of ​​500 acres. How could it be possible to manage the farm.

(End of this chapter)