Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1833

While the French government was debating whether to support Saeed's restoration, in Theodosius James Sherwood was furious.

On the issue of Theodosius, the French government once again committed the old problem of inconsistent thinking.

In order to give a warning to the umbrella and Cyprus, the French navy brazenly destroyed Theodosius.

Then the trouble came. The colonial troops who landed on Theodosius had no place to stay, so the French government had to rebuild Theodosius in the face of financial constraints.

It is said that it is easy to destroy and difficult to build. Destroying Theodosius is a matter of several rounds of salvos by the navy. As good as the navy is, it will be as difficult to rebuild. What the Theodosius colonial army lacks is not only funds, but also Lack of building materials, lack of workers, and not even a unified plan. Millions of francs were poured down without even seeing a splash.

Even if the franc is worthless, it cannot be wasted like this. In order to determine the situation of Theodosius, Paris sent an investigation team to Theodosius to find out whether it is necessary to support Said. The investigation team came to Theodosius After Dorsey, he was very dissatisfied with the work of Tony Dart and James Sherwood, which aroused the anger of James Sherwood.

"We are here to fight, not goddamn workers. The Navy destroyed Theodosius and left this mess. The Navy should be held accountable for that. The Army shouldn't wipe the Navy's ass." James Sherwood Don't save face for the navy. In France, the status of the navy is indeed inferior to that of the army.

If this were replaced by the United Kingdom, the Army probably would not have the confidence to accuse the Royal Navy.

Not even the "Royal" prefix, the Royal Navy doesn't care about the Army.

"But you haven't done a good job. Today is the third day I've been here. Every day patrols are attacked. What kind of work have you done?" Kathy Brown, also from the North African colony, was furious. The government has paid 650 million francs to rebuild Theodosius, which looks like a lot, but is actually not much in rand.

The problem is not the amount of money, but the money spent without seeing results.

Just opposite James Sherwood's office, a large piece of dilapidated tents were scattered in an open space, and there were bomb craters left by the shelling of the French navy in the middle of the open space. This was the barracks of the North African colonial troops.

What made Casey Brown angry was that hundreds of boxes of ammunition and more than a dozen 75mm field infantry guns were randomly piled up in the open space in the center of the camp. In winter, there are dark clouds these days and it seems that it will snow at any time. If these weapons and ammunition are not carefully protected, they may be scrapped.

Speaking of winter, what made James Sherwood angry was that the winter clothes he applied for had not yet been delivered. The North African desert was different from the Asia Minor peninsula, and it rarely snowed in winter, so James Sherwood’s troops did not Winter clothes are distributed, and many soldiers still wear summer single clothes, and many soldiers have been frostbitten. If this continues, there will be big problems.

Like Kathy Brown and James Sherwood, Tony Dutt is equally unhappy.

The French soldiers still lived in tents, but James Sherwood's office was decorated with resplendent gold.

James Sherwood is a descendant of the French aristocracy. Although France has overthrown the monarchy and established a republic, certain habits of the aristocracy are still preserved, especially in places like North Africa, where the living standards of officers are similar to those of tribal chiefs. It seems that James Sherwood James Sherwood was also greatly affected.

Among other things, the Ottoman handmade carpet under James Sherwood's desk is probably expensive.

Not to mention the exquisitely shaped handmade coffee grinder and expensive crystal cups on the fireplace, Theodosius has already entered winter, and James Sherwood's office actually has a special bottle of champagne produced in southern Africa for freezing champagne. Small refrigerator, is this really necessary?
Putting it outside in the freezer overnight will have the same effect.

It's different. If you put it outside, it might be stolen by soldiers.

Don't expect too much from the quality of these French soldiers.

"I only have 3000 people under my command, but I have to be responsible for the surrounding area of ​​10,000+ square kilometers. What the hell do you want me to do?" It's a tragedy.

This is the greatest frustration of Britain and France.

Think about the time of the Great Geographical Discovery, when countless continents around the world were waiting to be conquered by British and French colonists.

At this time, the British and French discovered that with their own population, not to mention immigration, even colonization was seriously underpopulated, so the British and French had to use the local aborigines to colonize.

That is to say, the population of Britain and France is insufficient. If the population is sufficient, it is unknown how much murder they will cause around the world.

If you look at the United States, you will know that when the population is sufficient, they will kill all the natives without hesitation.

"I don't care what you do. Your duty is to restore the order of the mandated territory. Even if you kill all the natives, you must complete your mission!" Casey Brown is a traditional French. Listening to what he said, civilized society?

Ha ha.

James Sherwood didn't give in, his eyes were red like a bull's, he panted heavily and glared at Kathy Brown, seeing that the verbal conflict was about to escalate.

"Gentlemen, we all need to calm down—" Tony Dutt had to speak in the middle.

James Sherwood and Kathy Brown acted as if they didn't hear it, sparks seemed to burst out between their eyes.

"Mr. Brown, you must have seen in Theodosius that unless Paris increases its support for Theodosius, restoring order in the Mandate is delusional—" Tony Dart's purpose is to take advantage of the restoration of the Mandate The opportunity to rule the order of the land became his stepping stone.

So no matter what, Tony Dart will work hard for this goal. As long as he can achieve his goal, even if France loses its mandate in the future, it has nothing to do with him.

"We have already made a mistake on this land. If we do not seize the opportunity this time, the glory of France will be destroyed. France will become the laughing stock of the international community. At that time, no rhetoric will be able to wash us away. Labeled as incompetent, we all know what France is facing, and we cannot take the initiative to expose our weaknesses." Tony Dutt is good at putting things on the line, and what he said is partly true.

The situation France is now facing is not very good. Under the premise that Britain, the United States, South Africa and Russia jointly support Germany, the rise of Germany is inevitable.

And once Germany regains its strength, the first unlucky one must be France.

This time France's mobilization of North African colonial troops is a very bad signal. It means that the French government has begun to increase its attention to North Africa, intentionally or unintentionally, to test the combat capability and pressure resistance of the North African colonial troops.

The performance of the British Expeditionary Force during the World War, it is impossible for the French to be unsympathetic.

Although France did not perform well in the last world war, France has a profound background after all, and there are many outstanding generals like Foch. From their perspective, they can more or less feel that once the world war breaks out again, the situation facing France may be worse than that of the previous world war. World War I was even worse.

It is already very bad that just last winter, Foch died of illness, and France lost its most outstanding general in the last world war.

Now France can be regarded as a good general only Petain is left.

The question is that Pétain is also in his 70s. In the next world war, will Pétain still be able to play a role in turning the tide as he did in the last one.

No one knows except Rock.

"It's easy for you to say, but the question is how can it be done?" James Sherwood also knew that France was in trouble, and he did not have the ability of Petain and Foch.

"So Mr. Brown, we need greater support from Paris. If Paris wants to obtain the benefits it deserves in Asia Minor, then please spare no effort in Paris; otherwise, we will simply give up Theodosius, whoever owns here." Tony. Dart is pulling out his salary from the bottom, and it is not so easy to give up. The French government has spent millions of francs on Theodosius.

If you really want to give up, why destroy Theodosius before?

First, he put on a posture of returning to the Asia Minor peninsula at all costs.

Now that I just gave up when I encountered some difficulties, who should be responsible for all this?
Tony Dart would certainly not be responsible anyway.

He is also incapable of being responsible.

"I will truthfully report everything I saw in Theodosius. How to do it depends on the decision of the parliament." Casey Brown gave the most irresponsible answer.

Tell a joke: the efficiency of the French parliament.

No matter what, as long as it involves a collective decision, whether it is France or Britain, or the League of Nations, it will be caught in a long wrangling and repeated debate.

That is to say, only in southern Africa, where the federal government is significantly larger than the Congress, the Congress will not form too serious constraints on the federal government.

Just not too serious.

Not at all.

So even in southern Africa, every once in a while, there will be voices to dissolve the parliament.

It's just outrageous.

"Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Capet has arrived in Cyprus." Tony Dart's assistant knocked on the door gently. Leonard Capet is the richest Frenchman at the moment.

"What is he here for?" Casey Brown's expression remained unchanged. The relationship between politicians and patrons is always very complicated, just like the relationship between wolves and embarrassments.

"Mr. Leonard Capet was invited by me—" Tony Dart smiled. He hoped to use the financial resources of the Capet family to break the current deadlock.

(End of this chapter)