Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1844 Tomatoes

Compared with the Atlantic Ocean, most of the future large-scale naval battles will take place on the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

The Indian Ocean is the core interest of southern Africa. Roque’s goal is to lock down the Strait of Malacca. If the United Fleet goes crazy, the Philippines will definitely not be able to keep it. The East India is probably also in danger. The Strait of Malacca is Roque’s final bottom line.

Of course, if possible, Rock still hopes to keep the front line outside East India, so Southern Africa is increasing cooperation with East India, building military ports, military airports, and fortresses in Borneo, preparing to turn Borneo into a drag Live on the bridgehead of the Japanese attack.

The Japanese army in another time and space, although not as brilliant as the German army, is actually not bad.

Ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan launched the Battle of the Philippines, and it took half a year to defeat the US troops stationed in the Philippines.

Later, when attacking the Dutch East Indies, the Japanese army made rapid progress, and it only took a mere month to force the East India Allies to surrender.

Japan in this time and space is definitely not so lucky. With the support of Southern Africa, East India’s current military strength is not bad. Its submarine force can pose a certain threat to the combined fleet. With the help of Southern Africa, the army and air force are even more powerful. vulgar.

Among other things, many light tanks and armored vehicles eliminated in southern Africa after the refitting were sold to East India. Now East India has nearly [-] tanks and armored vehicles, enough to form a mechanized force with strong combat effectiveness.

What I want to explain here is that the light tanks in southern Africa are different from the light tanks of the Japanese army.

Japan lacks steel. The few steels are occupied by the United Fleet, and there is no time to take care of the army.

Therefore, the actual combat effectiveness of the so-called Japanese tanks is not as good as that of armored vehicles in southern Africa.

The first-generation "Alligator" armored vehicles equipped in southern Africa still weigh more than ten tons. They are equipped with 17.78mm machine guns or 40mm grenade launchers. Now the third-generation armored vehicles have been replaced with 20mm machine guns. Cannon, the firepower is more ferocious than the first generation, and it can pose a threat to European light tanks.

Japanese tanks—

To put it bluntly, the Japanese "tank" cannot be described with the word "tank". At most it is an infantry fighting vehicle, 3 meters long, with a total combat weight of 3.45 tons, and a 7.7mm heavy machine gun. The connection method is still riveting, which looks more like a toy.

And more importantly, Japan lacks oil, so even such a "bean ding" tank, Japan dare not let it go.

By the way, Japan developed this kind of tank in southern Africa in 1934.

If southern African tanks and Japanese chariots meet on the battlefield, the scene will probably look better. The "Leopard" medium tanks currently equipped in southern Africa probably don't need to fire guns, just run over them, and they can crush the beans.

As for Douding's 7.7mm machine gun, the "Leopard" tank can shoot casually without moving, and if it can break the defense, you will count as your Amaterasu.

So in this time and space, Japan, not to mention flattening the East India within a month, would be considered a victory if it landed in Borneo within a month.

"To strengthen the construction of the Changi Naval Base, the airport needs to be further expanded to the extent that it can accommodate at least ten wings - and then go to the Changi Naval Base to add a brigade of Marines and a division of coalition forces , the Rhodesian Northern Division will also be ready to be transferred to the East Indies at any time—” Rock is not prepared to compete with the Japanese navy, no matter how powerful the battleship is, it will not be able to go ashore, and the air force and army are king.

"The northern division of Rhodesia is transferred, what should we do in our homeland?" Stoudemire is still very concerned about the northern division of Rhodesia. After all, this is a unit that Stoudemire paid for.

Rock just laughed and didn't answer.

Anton and Henry raised their lips, but they didn't laugh like Rock.

The other ministers had nothing to do with them, and most of them looked relaxed.

Stoudemire reacted at this time.

Native——

Just kidding, whether it is Germany or Japan, who has the ability to launch an attack on the southern African continent?

Under the premise that the East India Fleet blocked Malacca, it would be very difficult for the combined fleet to enter the Indian Ocean.

As for the German submarines, Rock transferred half of the main force of the Atlantic Fleet, so the Atlantic Fleet must be given some compensation. These compensations must be a steady stream of light cruisers and destroyers. The small ones are a bit small, but they are enough to deal with submarines. .

Moreover, German submarines have a combat radius even if they are elusive. Without a supply base, they cannot reach southern Africa at all.

So once World War II broke out, it would be a waste to keep the powerful Rhodesian Northern Division in southern Africa. It would be better to transfer to East India to teach the Japanese.

If the Japanese still dare to attack the East India at that time.

should dare—

No, it must be fought, because as far as is known, only the East India has the oil that the Japanese urgently need.

Don't look down on the oil in East India and Southern Africa, the Japanese want it even in their dreams.

"Intelligence agencies at all levels should strengthen monitoring of Japan, mainly the movement of the joint fleet. Once war breaks out, Japan will probably choose Changi Naval Base as the first target." Rock is also worried about playing too big. Going to attack Pearl Harbor and attacking the Changi Naval Base, Roque was very depressed.

But what worries Rock even more now is that southern Africa is frantically increasing its troops to East India and Changi Naval Base. I don't know if Japan still has the courage to take the initiative to launch a war against southern Africa or the United States.

This is also easy to handle, in case the Japanese are persuaded, Rock still has a backup.

"Give them the guts, they don't dare to attack the Changi Naval Base." Anton didn't know enough about the Japanese.

Rock ignored Anton and glanced at Sidney Milner, who was doing nothing. It was a good thing to despise the enemy strategically, but we must pay attention to it tactically.

Sidney Milner nodded slightly.

Now Sidney Milner is in charge of Brad's office.

The meeting ended, and the huge war machine in southern Africa began to work.

The basic military industry department has finally got rid of the half-dead state of insufficient orders for these years. Not to mention full production, it has finally returned to normal. Some factories that have been closed for a long time have also begun to enter a preparatory state and can resume production at any time.

The industrial sector was at full strength. In 1931, the economic recovery was getting faster and faster. Although southern Africa broke away from the Commonwealth, it did not completely lose the Commonwealth market, not to mention the big market of the Southern African Union, where demand is still very strong. of.

Farmers are the happiest. There is a price protection system. Farmers keep their harvest in drought and flood. As long as they don't die, their livelihood will definitely not be a problem. This is the basis for maintaining stability in southern Africa.

The most depressing thing is the Army. The First Armored Division was deployed to Port Elizabeth, and the Rhodesian Northern Division was deployed to East India. There is not even a decent army in southern Africa, and the First Cavalry Division, which was originally planned to be rebuilt, has no news.

There are really too many places to spend money. No matter how hard Ada squeezes, she can't squeeze out the money to rebuild the First Cavalry Division.

Unlike the hundreds of thousands of troops in France, the First Cavalry Division mainly uses helicopters, which are too expensive.

Moreover, the current helicopters, strictly speaking, do not meet Rock's requirements, so mass production is not cost-effective, and we still have to wait for the technology to mature.

For the same reason, the production speed of the "Leopard" medium tank has also been maintained at a rate of more than a dozen vehicles a month.

It’s not that it can’t be accelerated, but it’s meaningless. Japan has just withdrawn from the League of Nations, and Germany has just begun to breathe a sigh of relief. It will take at least three to five years before their ambitions grow. There will definitely be more advanced technologies by then, so there is no rush now.

Anyway, the factory can't starve to death, just maintain the status quo.

In Luanda, West Africa, Angie, deputy commander of the Southern African Union Force, is inspecting the 105th Division stationed in Luanda.

The 105th Division is a unit rebuilt after the establishment of the Southern African Union. This unit has a long history. It made great achievements during the World War. After the World War, it was disbanded on the spot. Many soldiers chose to stay in France to become French citizens and did not return to Africa.

After the establishment of the Southern African Union, the three-digit troops starting with "1" were rebuilt. The structure was the same as before. Southern Africans served as officers, and the soldiers were basically composed of Africans.

The difference from before is that this time the status of African-American soldiers has improved, and the sergeant majors of some companies have also begun to be African-American.

"Most of the African-American sergeant majors in our army had the experience of participating in the last world war. Many of them have been working in the umbrella company after the end of the world war. They have served for more than ten years and have a lot of experience." Middleton, the commander of the 105th Division, just turned 40 this year. He also participated in the World War. He is young and experienced.

"These veterans are still very valuable. If they are willing to continue serving in the army, they can be recalled in batches." Angie has no prejudice against African soldiers, on the contrary, she likes them very much.

It is said that Germans are the most suitable soldiers in the world, but Africans are not bad.

As long as Africans are given adequate nutrition, their physical condition will be fine.

At the same time, because of Europe's colonization of Africa for hundreds of years, the obedience of Africans to whites has penetrated into their bones. If the Germans can be described as brave in combat, then the troops composed of Africans can be described as brave and fearless.

Of course, this is also divided into regions.

They are also colonial servants. The southern African servants are not afraid of death, and the French servants are all kinds of dragging their feet.

This is also understandable. The southern African servant army does not say how good the treatment is. At least the food is not bad, the equipment is not backward, and the salary is paid on time. Naturally, the morale of the troops is relatively high.

The colonial troops in France are cannon fodder, their salaries are often deducted, their weapons and equipment are all from before the outbreak of the First World War, and their food is never given. The soldiers don’t even give them tomatoes if they want. How strong can they be? Combat power?
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