Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1774 On the brink of desperation
Southern Africa may be the first country in the world to realize the importance of air supremacy.

As early as the independence of East India, the Southern African Air Force participated in the battle in the name of the umbrella company and sank four Dutch warships.

Because the division was unknown, southern Africa did not publicize the result, and the Dutch side was too embarrassing to keep silent, so the battle did not attract widespread attention.

Then came the Italian-Turkish war, and there was a large-scale air battle between the two sides. However, considering the technical level of the two participating parties, after the whole war, both sides were pecking at each other, and there was not much reference value.

During the World War, the importance of the air force gradually emerged. The Germans focused on airships and ignored the role of aircraft because of the wrong direction. Although they had a certain advantage in the early stages of the war, with the participation of the Southern African Air Force, the initial accumulation The little advantage of the team was destroyed, and the plane finally took the center of the stage, becoming one of the key factors in determining the outcome.

After the end of the World War, all countries strengthened their research on aircraft. The British launched the Vickers fighter after the war, and the French withdrew from the Spade. Strictly speaking, these two aircraft are the "Strong Wind" fighters in southern Africa. Imitation type.

Japan sent five 70-horsepower Morris Farman fighter jets to participate in the war during the World War. Unfortunately, due to poor performance, the performance of the Morris Farman fighter jets in battle was terrible. After the war, Japan mainly focused on On the United Fleet, the emphasis on aircraft was seriously insufficient.

Japan once tried to introduce "Strong Wind" fighter jets, but failed due to poor relations with southern Africa. Then Japan turned its attention to the United States, and finally made a substantial breakthrough.

Even so, the embarrassing situation of the Air Force in Japan can be fully proved from the number of Japanese domestic army aircraft and naval carrier-based aircraft.

Bah, Japan didn't have an air force at all. Until the end of World War II, the Japanese air force was not an independent branch.

The air force stationed at Changi Naval Base in Southern Africa belongs to the Southern African Air Force. There are a total of 72 "Strong Wind" fighter jets in one wing and 36 torpedo bombers in three brigades. Although the number of fighter jets is not large, the quality of the pilots, and The performance of fighter planes far exceeds that of the Japanese army, so it is a bit difficult for the Japanese army to seize air supremacy.

After all, the transition of the air force is more efficient than the navy. As long as war breaks out, the air force stationed on Zheng He Island and Darwin Port can provide support to Changi Naval Base at any time. As time goes by, the air superiority in southern Africa will be greatly reduced. getting bigger.

But the military exercise, the exercise is the ability of the troops to withstand pressure under extreme conditions. It is really difficult for the combined fleet to gain an advantage if it does not create some difficulties for the proud soldiers of the Indian Ocean Fleet.

"The setting is like this, without air supremacy, without reinforcements, without the cooperation of friendly forces, we have to face the attack of the joint fleet independently." Tang Li sneered, you guys are not very good at fighting, come on, please start your battle Performance.

The captains had no choice but to fight such a battle. Look at the German Navy during the World War. The Royal Navy dared not even leave its home port after being fought by the Royal Navy, and it was completely incapable of resisting.

Because it is a joint military exercise, the second half of the exercise will include the US troops stationed in the Philippines and the East India Fleet. Tang Li has to communicate with MacArthur in advance.

This part is relatively simple, that is, joint cruise, formation combat and other routine exercises, not even anti-submarine.

The Japanese Navy has no submarines, and anti-submarine is lonely. This is a traditional reserved item of the Royal Navy.

"There is no air supremacy, no reinforcements, and no cooperation from friendly troops, so what's the point of fighting, just surrender—" MacArthur was very dissatisfied with Tang Li's setting. Although the US troops stationed in the Philippines will not participate in the first stage of the exercise, they can send Military observers, according to this setting, hardly have to fight.

The same is true in reality.

Another space-time World War II broke out, and the Japanese army attacked the Philippines. MacArthur, then commander-in-chief of the US military stationed in the Philippines, saw that the situation was not good, and escaped overnight in a submarine, directly abandoning the helpless 10,000+ Philippine-US coalition forces, which surprised people.

Afterwards, MacArthur still had the face to say "I'm back", and still had the face to pose for a photo on the beach, wanting to take a picture of righteousness, bravery and fearlessness——

Ha ha.

"We have to try to fight without an advantage." Tang Li's explanation is very simple. The southern African army has not participated in a large-scale battle since the end of the world war. If the world war breaks out, how much can the southern African army explode? No one is sure about the combat effectiveness.

But don't worry, other countries are the same. The Japanese army is even more sparse than the southern African army, especially the Japanese navy. The last large-scale battle it participated in was the Russo-Japanese War. Japan did not fight anything in the Far East during the World War. No one knows what will happen to a decent war.

"You said it was an attempt. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to happen. It doesn't make any sense." MacArthur disagreed, and there must be a limit to deliberately setting up obstacles. It was too much, and the confidence of the troops who came down three or two times was lost. Yes, that's a fart.

"I'm not discussing with you, but reporting." Tang Li didn't give MacArthur face. The United States regards the Philippines as its current outpost, and southern Africa regards Changi Naval Base as its homeland. Even for the Indian Ocean Fleet, East India is Every inch of land is up for grabs.

Unlike the colonial period, the main population of East India is also of Chinese descent. As a member of the Southern African Union, the Southern African army has the obligation to protect East India. Once a world war breaks out again, the Atlantic Fleet will definitely be held back and cannot provide timely supplies to the Indian Ocean Fleet. With enough support, the Indian Ocean Fleet will definitely face the Japanese Combined Fleet alone.

Therefore, in MacArthur's view, the greatest significance of the exercise is similar to that of a military parade. Pulling the troops out and turning around to show off their muscles, let's not talk about whether they can scare the enemy, at least give their own people some confidence.

The people here refer to Filipinos.

On August [-]st, the exercise officially started. On the first day, there was an accident. During the night exercise, the Marine Corps captured two fishermen who claimed to be British.

"No matter what country they are from, these two guys are full of evil intentions. They drove a fishing boat into the exercise area and appeared near the Marine Corps camp. We have reason to suspect that the purpose of these two people is to spy on intelligence and serve a certain country's intelligence agency. "Sean's chief of staff, George Richard, is of German origin and graduated from the Edward Naval Academy. In order to avoid possible troubles, although George Richard and his family have joined the southern African nationality a long time ago, George Richard After serving in Germany, he was assigned to serve in the Indian Ocean Fleet.

All German officers and soldiers in the Southern African Army are either serving in the Indian Ocean Fleet or serving in the mainland, and they cannot go to the Atlantic Fleet anyway.

"British fart, both guys are aborigines, you haven't seen the arrogance at that time, and asked us to protect their related rights and not infringe on their normal rights and interests, I bah, I'm really addicted to being a dog—" Qin Hao, the intelligence adjutant, cursed. The situation in Southeast Asia is a bit complicated. If these two are really spies, they may be serving Japan, or the United States, or even the United Kingdom.

The forces in Southeast Asia are complex. Britain, France, the United States, Southern Africa, and Japan are the five major signatories to the "Washington Naval Treaty." Except for Italy, the other four have major interests in Southeast Asia, and they don't have much sense of presence. Portugal, and the Netherlands, which was kicked out of the East India, but has always been unwilling——

The mess is like a pot of porridge.

"Have the two confessed?" Sean didn't ask about the process, only about the result.

Since the Indian Ocean Fleet took over the Changi Naval Base, it has thwarted many sabotage operations against the Changi Naval Base and captured dozens of spies who were trying to spy on intelligence.

For these people, the Indian Ocean Fleet took ruthless actions, regardless of whether they confessed or not, they would all be shot in the end, but this still couldn't stop some people from taking risks.

Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man. As long as the money is enough, there will always be people willing to take risks. Many people are desperadoes, regardless of the consequences.

"One of them was seriously injured and died, and the other one is still under interrogation." Qin Hao was not too disappointed, and was psychologically prepared for this outcome.

"I told you a long time ago, be gentle when you start, don't kill people easily, intelligence, what we need is intelligence--" George Richard was disappointed. A few years ago, the Changi Naval Base was still able to follow the vine. As for the suspect behind the scenes, the enemy has become more and more cunning in the past two years, and the harvest has become smaller and smaller.

"Intelligence needs to be time-sensitive. Generally, it is meaningless after 24 hours. In extreme cases, it does not even exceed two hours. The living and the dead are the same." Qin Hao's heart is as firm as iron. Intelligence work is life and death. If there is no contact within the specified time, the relevant The personnel will all evacuate and disappear without a trace.

Therefore, don’t expect too much from torture and torture. Even if the torture results, most of them will die in the end. Many intelligence personnel carry deadly poison with them.

"Forget about these two people—" Before Xiao En finished speaking, the adjutant knocked on the door.

Tsubasa Inoue, the Japanese ambassador to the Lion City, was an unexpected visitor.

Tsubasa Inoue did not want to intercede, but protested against the Indian Ocean Fleet using the Japanese Combined Fleet as an imaginary enemy exercise, thinking that this was a serious offense to the Japanese Combined Fleet.

"Wait, why do you say that we use the United Fleet as the imaginary enemy?" Sean suddenly felt heavy, not knowing which link had the problem.

"Hehe, in East Asia, apart from our powerful combined fleet, which other country's fleet can push the Indian Ocean fleet to the brink of extinction?" Tsubasa Inoue's words left Sean speechless. Too much attention.

(End of this chapter)