Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1050

Winston's coming to France was purely a routine matter. If the Austro-Hungarian Empire had sued for peace a month ago, Winston and Poengale would have swept the couch to welcome them. Now we can only hehe. Seeing that the Allies are gone, the Austro-Hungarian Empire wants to withdraw War is impossible, unless the Austro-Hungarian Empire is willing to give up all rights and let the Allies dominate.

While the British and French forces surrounded the German mobile forces on the Marne River, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force under the command of Ian Hamilton was also launching an attack on the German and Austrian Allied Forces on the Piave River.

Previously, Ludendorff had transferred Otto von Bülow back to the Western Front for the sake of the Michael plan, and the German-Austrian coalition lost its most brilliant commander. In the current Piave River, 40 troops from the Austro-Hungarian Empire The commander is still the arbitrary Conrad. He has been proven not to be a good commander before, and now he has almost made the mistakes he made again.

The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force launched an attack on the German-Austrian Allied Forces on April [-], which was also the time when the British and French Allied Forces began their counterattack.

On the Piave River, the counterattack was carried out with the Rhodesian Northern Division and the newly transferred [-]st Cavalry Division as the core. These two units are the ace units in southern Africa. The units were established the earliest and the soldiers were well trained. , are equipped with the most advanced weapons, and the logistics supplies are abundant. Facing the German and Austrian allied forces, the advantages of the two ace divisions are unshakable.

On the morning of April [-], four divisions of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force crossed the Piave River and attacked the Austro-Hungarian positions on the other side of the river.

The front line is 70 kilometers long, and the Kingdom of Italy troops who cooperated with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force also performed well. At that time, the Italian Royal Army immediately showed its due level.

This is also due to the downfall of Kanadogi, No.12 After the Battle of the Isonzo River, the King of Italy finally couldn't bear Kanadogi's poor performance, the Italian government collapsed, Kanadogi was dismissed, and the performance of the Italian Kingdom's troops Get a new look in no time.

Compared with the imposing Mediterranean expeditionary force, the troops of the Austro-Hungarian Empire are in unprecedented difficulties.

The main problem is the logistical supply. The Austro-Hungarian Empire still has troops, but the logistical supply is extremely difficult. The frontline troops do not have enough food, ammunition, or even clothing to keep out the cold.

Karl I knew the difficulties facing the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but he was powerless. He wanted to defeat the Allied Powers, but the Allied Powers were clearly unable to do so; he also wanted to withdraw from the war, but he couldn't find a suitable way.

In this contact between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Allied Powers, the Allied Powers clearly demanded that Karl I and Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicate, and regarded this as a prerequisite for negotiations.

This request was unacceptable to Karl I, even if Karl I wanted to accept it, William II would not accept it.

Like the counterattack of the British and French allied forces, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force moved quickly and advanced 25 kilometers on the first day of the attack. The participating troops generally felt that the battle was easier than the march. On this day, the Austro-Hungarian Empire lost 19.5 people, of which only 1.7 people were killed, and nearly 10 surrendered without any resistance.

Three days later, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Army advanced the battle line to the Isonzo River. The German-Austrian Allied Forces were defeated faster than they advanced in the No.12 Battle of the Isonzo River. Too many prisoners dragged down the Mediterranean Expedition The speed of the army, the attacking force has to put a lot of energy into accommodating prisoners of war and deserters. It was not until the third day that Ian Hamilton noticed this problem, and then the work of accommodating prisoners of war was taken over by the second-line troops. The advancing speed of the Mediterranean expeditionary force Speed ​​up again.

By April NO.15, the Rhodesian Northern Division successfully advanced the front to the Alpine Pass.

When Karl I sent people to sue for peace, he probably didn't expect that in just one week, not only the western front had undergone earth-shaking changes, but the Italian front had also completely collapsed. Otherwise, Karl I's conditions would be more humble.

Winston came to Yamin with a secret mission. Now that the fall of Germany is imminent, the British government has begun to consider the post-war European order. The Russian Empire has been destroyed. The Austro-Hungarian Empire will definitely succeed after the war and split into many small countries. , There will be no new threats. If Germany is also destroyed, then France will be the only one in the European continent, which is not in the interests of the United Kingdom.

What's more, there is an unspeakable reason, William II and George V are relatives after all, so George V does not want William II to end up in the same fate as Nicholas II.

Abdicating the throne is probably the bottom line of George V. George V absolutely does not allow the extermination of William II's family. This means that the world war is not over yet, otherwise Britain may have already begun to retaliate against the new Russian government.

Of course, if Britain wants to retaliate against the new Russian government, it is definitely not under the banner of revenge for Nicholas II's family, nor is it because the new Russian government does not recognize the debts left by the Russian Empire, then it needs to find a A more appropriate reason that can be accepted by everyone.

After knowing Winston's purpose, Rock's mood collapsed.

The Germans have not yet conceded defeat. There are still hundreds of thousands of German troops in the encirclement. Ludendorff still has more than 300 million troops. The Germans' will to fight has not completely disappeared, but the French government has already begun to plan to dismember Germany. , the British government has begun to consider the European balance, is it too early to consider these now?

"It's not early, it's not early at all. It's too late to talk about this after all the dust settles. You don't have a say in this issue. Now I can see through it. We are all working for you. Europe has exhausted its wealth and owed a lot of debt, but you in southern Africa have expanded your territory and made a lot of money in business, you are the biggest moth in the empire—” Winston’s nose is not nose and eyebrows are not Eyebrows, now finally found something wrong.

"Come on, Southern Africa lost a million people in the World Wars, and without the Southern African Expeditionary Force, you know what would have happened." Rock is now qualifying, and the Southern African Expeditionary Force has participated in almost all of the World Wars since the outbreak In all the battles that took place on the Western Front and the Mediterranean Sea, 100 million sacrifices is a real figure, and no one can obliterate the contribution of southern Africa to the Allied Powers.

Winston huffed and didn't speak. He also knew that Southern Africa contributed a lot, but Southern Africa gained even more. Leaving aside how much money he made from trading in Southern Africa, the territories that Winston promised to Southern Africa include: Southwest Africa of 82 square kilometers, Tanganyika of 100 million square kilometers, and Mesopotamia of nearly 90 square kilometers——

Not to mention the Najd Sultanate, the Kingdom of Congo, the Congo Free State, and the East India Federation, which have become de facto vassal states in southern Africa.

Before the World War, these regions were not recognized by the international community, and even Southern Africa did not recognize the existence of these countries, because Southern Africa did not have diplomatic autonomy, and Southern Africa could only recognize it after the British government recognized it.

After the world war, these regions will also participate in the distribution of spoils. It is foreseeable that the demands made by these regions will definitely not be too many, and the minimum independence and autonomy must be given.

Going back to the number of 100 million in southern Africa, Winston didn't know how many whites and Chinese there were in the 100 million people, but one thing is certain, the vast majority must be Africans.

This brings up a very frustrating problem. Southern Africa does not recognize the status of Africans in the territory. However, after the outbreak of the World War, the federal government of Southern Africa recruited a large number of Africans to join the army and went to fight in Europe. How should this account be settled? ?

Winston himself did not know.

"Do your job well. Your job is to eliminate the Germans in the encirclement. If you can, force the Germans in the encirclement to surrender as much as possible--" Winston didn't want Germany to suffer too serious losses, otherwise he would check and balance The French are a mirror image.

"Sorry Winston, I really can't do this. If you want to persuade the Germans in the encirclement to surrender, then you go, I won't go." Rock was taken aback and could make such a request. Winston's The brain hole is bigger than Rock.

"You're not allowed to go, I mean as much as possible—" Winston was not mad after all.

Just when Rock and Winston were harboring ulterior motives, the British and French allied forces had already begun to attack the German troops in the encirclement.

After the encirclement was formed, Otto von Bilow and Hutier realized that the situation was not good, and the German troops in the encirclement began to move closer to Reims, trying to jump out before the encirclement formed.

Otto von Bilow and Hutier did not expect the speed of the British and French allied forces to be so fast. The German army on the Marne River had not yet gotten rid of the entanglement of the British and French allied forces, and the encirclement had already been formed.

Otto von Bilow and Hutier, who were already in a desperate situation, were unwilling to fail. It was impossible to continue their attack on Paris. The German army did not carry too much supplies when they attacked. After the logistics supply was interrupted, even if the British and French allied forces did not attack, The German army in the encirclement could not hold on for too long.

Up to a week.

In this case, Otto von Bilow and Huthier commanded the German army to launch wave after wave of crazy attacks on Reims.

Break through Lance, and the 35 German troops in the encirclement will be able to escape.

Otherwise, you can only wait for death.

At this time, Reims was under attack from both sides of the German army, and the defenders of Reims had only four divisions, which added up to less than 7 people.

Rock and Petain also realized the importance of Lance, and while increasing troops to Lance, they gave as much help as possible to the defenders of Lance.

The air force played a key role at this time. The British Expeditionary Force had the largest airport in France in Yamin. Roque mobilized all 1200 aircraft of the British Expeditionary Force in France to ensure that Reims was controlled by the British and French forces at all costs.

(End of this chapter)