Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1032 Demonizing Propaganda

Switching to the thinking of ordinary people, he finally became the commander-in-chief, with millions of soldiers in his hands and great power, no matter what, he had to organize and plan one or two battles that would be famous in history, so as to be worthy of his status as commander-in-chief.

If you really want to think so, it will be bad. The former commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, the commander-in-chief of the French army, and even the chief of the German general staff all thought so. As a result, Frenzi and Haig have returned to their homeland, and Joffre is guiding the Americans in the United States. Training recruits, Nivelle was sent by Pétain to Italy to fight against the German-Austrian coalition forces, Moltke wrote his memoirs at home, and Falkenhayn continued to entangle with Nivelle in Italy.

For Roque, there are many ways to go down in history. As long as Roque forces Germany to surrender in the British Expeditionary Force, then even if Roque does nothing, Roque can go down in history. It is not worth using the blood and lives of soldiers to dye red own medal of merit.

In fact, it is true that a good fighter has no illustrious name. It seems that Rock has not done many amazing things after he served as the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, but in fact, the "elastic" defense that the British Expeditionary Force is now implementing is very important. Aggressive. After Ludendorff stopped attacking last winter, the fighting on the Western Front did not stop completely. Small-scale battles and sniper battles continued. The expeditionary forces fought piecemeal, causing hundreds of casualties to the German army every day.

It doesn't matter a day or two, the German army can't stand the accumulation of less and more. It has only been ten days since the New Year, and the German casualties have increased by nearly 200 people, scattered among dozens of divisions, and the loss of each division may only be one year. [-] people, but adding one piece is close to a division.

Now Ludendorff still has 191 divisions in his hands, with a total strength of nearly 350 million.

It is hard to imagine that Ludendorff still has so many troops in his hands after the tragic loss of the past year. The information Roque got is that Germany has relaxed the age of conscription to 50 years old. Among the current German troops, there are all It is a unit composed of soldiers over 40 years old.

At the same time as the militarism, Ludendorff also recruited a large number of female soldiers. Up to now, nearly 200 million people in Germany have died on the front line, and one third of them are married officers and soldiers. Now in Germany, at least 70 widows live in hardship.

Ludendorff tried every means to solve this problem, and finally absorbed 9.1 women into the army, responsible for logistics work, or entered the field hospital to serve.

Winston didn't know these specific details. He was unwilling to be alone. This time he participated in the high-level meeting of the Allied Powers, and Winston also had a proposal. Just as he had previously advocated launching the Battle of the Dardanelles, Winston turned his target to Italy this time. Kingdom, hoping to launch a counterattack against the German-Austrian coalition forces in the Kingdom of Italy, thus opening up the situation.

This plan was strongly opposed by Rock. The reason for the opposition was the same as Haig's opposition to launching the Battle of the Dardanelles. There were no more troops from the Western Front to be transferred to the Kingdom of Italy.

"The Austro-Hungarian Empire is already on the verge of collapse. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has been in contact with us before, hoping to end the war in a peaceful manner. What we have to do now is to deal a greater blow to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and force the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. If we withdraw from the war and further weaken the power of the Allies, in that case, Germany will definitely be alone—” Winston’s thinking is actually similar to Rock’s, and he also forces Germany to surrender without causing huge casualties. Previous battles have shown that Austria-Hungary Reich troops are easier to deal with than German troops.

"There are still 350 million German troops on the western front. Regardless of whether we attack the German army or not, Germany is already on the verge of collapse. In fact, if it were not for Germany, it would be able to obtain new supplies from the "Brest-Litovsk Peace Agreement" , Germany will collapse within three months, and now it seems that this process may be extended, Ludendorff is already crazy, he will fight to the death, we must retain enough troops." Rock really dare not withdraw now The army, like Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the United Kingdom issued a new "Conscription Order" after the New Year, and British people under the age of 18 are also recruited.

Before the promulgation of the new "conscription order", southern Africa had already begun to recruit young people under the age of 18 to join the army.

Different from the British mainland, those young people under the age of 18 recruited in southern Africa are almost all Africans in southern Africa. Whites and Chinese are not included in the scope of recruitment. After the outbreak of the world war, as of now, southern A total of nearly 200 million people were recruited from Africa to join the army, 70% of whom were Africans. There are still about 65 people serving in France and the Mediterranean.

"Don't worry, troops will not be transferred from the Western Front to Italy. This month, 25 Americans will arrive in France. They will be enough to deal with the Austrians." Winston made a good plan, and he must use every force to the extreme .

After gaining independent command, more and more American troops arrived in Europe. In October last year, when the German army had not stopped attacking, 8.9 troops arrived in Belgium. In November, 15 U.S. troops arrived in Belgium. The number of troops that arrived in Belgium was less than 9.5. When the time came to 1917, more American soldiers left the training camp. It is expected that 25 American soldiers will arrive in Europe in January.

Now Pershing has more than 80 U.S. troops, and will soon exceed 100 million. The war potential of the United States is undoubtedly revealed.

Before the outbreak of World War II, the total population of the United States had reached 9900 million.

After the outbreak of the World War, more Europeans chose to immigrate to the United States. The population of the United States has not declined but has continued to rise. Now it must have exceeded [-] million. If the United States goes all out, how many troops can it explode?

Rock and Petain defended resolutely, just waiting for more American troops to arrive in Europe. The war potential of Britain and France is about to be exhausted. The United States, which joined the war last, is the biggest "X" factor.

Winston now also turned his attention to America.

"Go and try it out. John is preparing to attack the fortress of Liege, and he will not agree to send troops to Italy." Rock is not optimistic about Winston's plan. Pershing has always hoped for a hearty victory. In the spirit of the US military, there is no better target than the Fortress of Liege.

Just as Rock and Winston were counting the Americans, three Austro-Hungarian soldiers with white flags appeared in front of the Rhodesian Northern Division's position in San Dona di Piave in the northern part of the Kingdom of Italy.

As the three Austro-Hungarian soldiers passed through a bush, they were captured by a group of soldiers from the Northern Rhodesian Division and sent to the rear.

"Can you give us something to eat? We're starving—" On the way to the rear position, three Austro-Hungarian soldiers begged for soldiers from the Northern Rhodesian Division who escorted them.

According to the standard of Rhodesian Northern Division, these three Austro-Hungarian soldiers are indeed similar to beggars. Their military uniforms are in tatters. Although it is cold winter, the cotton coats on their bodies are very thin. The single shoes distributed in summer are wrapped in thick cotton cloth to keep warm.

The Rhodesian Northern Division is the ace unit in southern Africa. The supply of logistics supplies has always been a first-class standard. The soldiers wear the latest cotton coats, and the officers wear woolen coats, which are a specialty of southern Africa.

Judging from the nutritional status, the supplies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire did have a big problem. The three soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were all yellow and thin, and their bodies were thin. , Another soldier was coughing non-stop, his cheeks were flushed abnormally, thinking of the pandemic that had already begun to rage, the soldiers in charge of escorting them moved away calmly.

Probably seeing how pitiful the soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Sanming were, a corporal of the northern Rhodesian division took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket and handed it over.

The three soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire immediately became excited. The soldier who got the chocolate started to break it regardless of his dirty hands. A small piece of chocolate accidentally fell on the ground, and the wobbly soldier rushed to pick it up without hesitation. Get up and stuff it in your mouth.

Don't care about the mud spots on the chocolate on the ground at all.

The soldiers of the northern Rhodesian division who were watching were stunned. Several soldiers subconsciously took out chocolates and toffees and handed them over. Like a pet dog that has been wandering in the wilderness for several months.

Pet dogs basically have no ability to survive in the wilderness.

It took a long time for the Austro-Hungarian soldier who started begging to recover, and then realized how bad he was just now: "Thank you, thank you, thank you very much, we only have one potato each day, the three of us made a mistake, The only potato was also cancelled, there is really no way, I can't bear it—"

The soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire slumped on the ground, covering their faces and choking with sobs. If they had a choice, they would not abandon their dignity and take the initiative to surrender to their enemies.

The soldiers of the Rhodesian Northern Division who were watching did not urge them. They looked at the three soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with pity. There is no dignity like ants.

After arriving at the rear position, the three Austro-Hungarian soldiers took a hot bath and changed their clothes. The field doctor examined the sick Austro-Hungarian soldiers.

During the inspection, several soldiers from the northern Rhodesian division were eating next to them. Canned fruit is essential, and the fried smoked fish with golden yellow on both sides is even more mouth-watering. There is fragrant coffee brewed in an iron bucket not far away. And milk, a Rhodesian Northern Division soldier found a few cups and brought a cup to each of the three Austro-Hungarian soldiers. The three Austro-Hungarian soldiers almost burst into tears.

"The officers said that you are more difficult than us, and you have already started to eat people, so those liars—" The Austro-Hungarian soldiers with coffee couldn't believe it. The Rhodesian Northern Division in front of them looked nothing like it. Cannibalism.

(End of this chapter)