Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2067 Temporarily added exercises

Sometimes it's like this, one thing is said over and over again, but when things come to an end, mistakes will still be made.

The generals in southern Africa are not gods. They did not have the "eyes of the sky" like Roque. They did not know the specific direction of the Second World War, so it is normal to make such mistakes.

To be honest, if he didn't understand that period of history and only looked at France's performance in World War I, Roque didn't believe that France would surrender so quickly.

It can only be said that empiricism kills people.

"We should remind France—" Stoudemire was very worried.

Once France surrenders, then Italy, a fool on the fence, will definitely surrender as well.

Then Cyprus is in danger.

"We have reminded you many times—" Roque was also helpless, the French were really confident about the Maginot Line.

"If the Germans bypass Belgium like they did in the last World War, then Saint Rocco—" Henry's words made everyone feel heavy.

Saint-Roch is on the Franco-Belgian border.

Therefore, it was a wonderful move for the French to send Saint Roque to southern Africa.

It was a stroke of genius.

"The staff has a retreat plan for Saint Rocco." Martin was finally prepared this time.

"If France surrenders, what will happen to our investment in France?" Ada's focus is always a bit strange.

The French are about to perish, and you are still worried about investing in France——

Can you have some sympathy!
Of course this is also true.

Not only the federal government, Roque himself, Stoudemire, Henry, have a lot of investment in France.

But looking at Stoudemire's expression, he didn't seem too worried.

"Don't look at me, my investment in France has been almost sold out in the past few years-" Stoudemire is really not worried, buy low and sell high.

Most of Stoudemire's investments in France were purchased during the last world war when France was at its most dangerous.

At that time, the French were in a state of panic. The German forward troops were only 70 kilometers away from Paris. The rich people in Paris fled one after another. Stoudemire followed Roque, but he bought a lot of high-quality assets at low prices.

After the end of the world war, the assets purchased by Stoudemire began to gradually return to their normal value.

France has no money, but the French are still very rich.

"Cecile, you should have confidence in France." Ada is an expert in this area.

Stoudemire frowned.

Roque just said to be careful that France will surrender quickly.

Ada said that she should have confidence in France.

You two are playing oboe here.

"There are risks in the short term, and bullishness in the long term—" Rock can only get in and out, and he doesn't lack that little money.

Different from Stoudemire's various short-term investments, Rock's investments are all long-term, and they are all high-quality assets.

For example, two of the four most famous wineries in the Champagne region of France belong to Roque.

There is no doubt that the winery is definitely a high-quality asset, which becomes more valuable with time.

In order to protect its own interests, the French government stipulates that only champagne produced in the Champagne region is called champagne, and that produced in other regions, including those produced outside the Champagne region in France, are all wines, so champagne has a unique value.

Real champagne is just like hairy crabs. The output is actually not much. Many champagnes on the market are fake. The winery under Roque’s name often purchases wines outside the Champagne region of France and sells them under the name of the winery.

This matter was definitely not instigated by Roque.

Rock is no longer relying on this low-level method to make money, but it is the idea of ​​a certain godson of Zach.

Roque is in France, and there is a professional team helping Roque with financial management.

There is no way to do so.

In the winery under Roque's name, the real champagne is never sold, but shipped back to southern Africa for collection, but the winery wants to make a profit, so there is this kind of routine.

Under normal circumstances, the storage time of some red wines is only 5 to 15 years, and the top wines will not enter the drinking period until 20 years later.

The winery under Roque's name, the champagne produced can be stored for a long time, and the long one here started in a century.

"It feels like I've lost a hundred million yuan." Xiao Si was thoughtful.

This is not an exaggeration, he really lost [-] million.

More than likely.

"If you want to look at it this way, then the worse the European game is, the better—" Henry was also thoughtful, buying the bottom at a low price, thinking about the wealth accumulated by the old nobles in Europe for hundreds of years, it is simply a steal.

"Ahem——" Rock coughed twice.

Even if you really think so, don't say it so bluntly, okay?

"Oh, I didn't mean that." Henry's explanation was very pale.

No need to explain, you just mean it.

"Lord Fawalt, if the world war breaks out again, the damage will definitely be far greater than the last world war." Yang Smotz doesn't like the ugly faces of capitalists, and he really cares about world peace.

But for Jan Smoltz, Europe is also playing as badly as possible.

Better to destroy it completely.

Then southern Africa can logically become the master of the new world.

The world has been running for too long under the colonial system formulated by Britain and France. The key point is that this colonial system is no longer suitable for the current world. It is time to make changes.

Rock is very helpless, and the current situation is not what Rock wants.

Rock prefers to break the colonial system established by Britain and France in a more moderate way and build a new world.

That way maybe a lot of people wouldn't have to die.

It's a pity that the reality runs counter to Rock's wish.

Looking at Stoudemire, Henry, Angie, and Barton who were eager to fight, no matter how ideal Rock was, he still had to consider the interests of others.

Joint meeting ends, Southern Africa moves fast.

The staff worked out the plan that Rock wanted as quickly as possible.

Once the world war breaks out again, St. Locke will start to implement the retreat plan, first send all the southern Africans of St. Locke to the British mainland, and then return to southern Africa.

Mobilization in southern Africa also takes time. The Ministry of National Defense estimates that it will take about half a year for southern Africa to complete the national mobilization.

Don't be too long.

Unlike the outbreak of the last world war, when soldiers went to the battlefield with a single gun, the Americans could even come to Europe to fight empty-handed. Do you want the Americans to go to Europe empty-handed now?

German tankers will be happy.

Even if the southern African side has been prepared, after all, it will be a long time.

It will take time for those arsenals that were converted to civilian use after the World War to be converted back to military use.

Soldiers who have been discharged from the army and return to the army also need a period of training before they can become qualified soldiers again.

As the technological content of weapons and equipment is getting higher and higher, the requirements for soldiers are also getting higher and higher. The southern African army has the most advanced weapons and equipment in the world, and soldiers need more time to learn how to operate them.

Calculated in this way, it is already fast to complete the national mobilization in half a year.

If France surrenders quickly during the mobilization period, then Southern Africa will send the Army Air Force to the British mainland as quickly as possible to assist the British Air Force in resisting the German invasion.

After France surrendered, Britain must keep it, so as to retain the best hope for future counterattacks.

Once Britain surrenders, the war situation will be extremely unfavorable for southern Africa.

Southern Africa is so far away from Europe, without a secure advance base, it is basically impossible to launch an attack from southern Africa to Europe.

The battle line is too long.

With the strength of the southern African navy alone, even the security of supply lines cannot be guaranteed.

After all, the core interests of southern Africa lie in the Indian Ocean.

At that time, maybe southern Africa will use Cyprus as its forward base.

If Cyprus has not fallen by then.

Of course, the premise of this plan is that the United States will still be an ally in southern Africa.

If the United States joins the hostile camp, then nothing will happen.

The strong industrial capabilities of the United States, coupled with the profound military potential of Germany and Japan, if these three parties are combined, Southern Africa may have to take a defensive position, and the war may be protracted.

Just when the staff was urgently formulating a plan, according to the agreement last year, the joint exercise between the Cyprus Squadron in Southern Africa and the Mediterranean Squadron of the Royal Navy was held as scheduled.

This time the exercise also involved the participation of the French Navy.

According to the scheduled plan, the content of the exercise includes joint cruise, anti-submarine warfare, beach landing and so on.

Following the contingency plans drawn up by the staff, the Cyprus Squadron proposed adding an evacuation exercise.

This proposal was strongly opposed by French Vice Admiral François Darlan.

François Darlan, 54, is France's youngest vice-admiral.

In 1902, Darlan graduated with honors from the Brest Naval Academy, joined the French Navy with the rank of lieutenant, and participated in the First World War.

In 1925, Darlan was appointed chief aide-de-camp to the French Minister of the Navy, Georges Leger, and he rose to prominence thereafter, promoted to major general in 1929 and lieutenant general in 1932.

This time Darlan came to Cyprus as the commander of the French fleet participating in the exercise.

"I can't think of any kind of naval power that can force us to conduct a retreat exercise under the joint situation of the Royal Navy, the French Navy, and the Southern African Navy. This is a waste of our time." Darlan knew the proposal of the Cyprus Squadron Purpose.

Darlan is a very smart person. As early as last year, Darlan noticed Germany's naval development plan and brought it to the attention of the French government.

The French government ignored Darlan's reminder.

Darlan turned to urging his British counterparts to heed the German moves.

Their British counterparts also ignored Darlan's urging.

Now that the counterparts in southern Africa proposed to conduct a retreat exercise, the first thing Darlan thought of was Saint Rocco.

What's the matter, is this ready to abandon France?
Dudley Pound, the commander of the Mediterranean Squadron who had just taken office, was expressionless.

Dudley Pound didn't pay much attention to the joint exercise with the Cyprus Squadron. If it wasn't for the request of the British Admiralty, Dudley Pound would not be bothered to participate.

"Francois, I can say this, and General Pound is also qualified to say that, but you can't." The commander of the Cyprus Squadron, Lieutenant General Mike Tolan, who just turned 45 this year, smiled.

Don't you French people know why this item is added?

(End of this chapter)