Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2093 Free things are the most expensive

The first aid from Russia arrived in Barcelona just as Umbrella Company mercenaries began their assault on the Fortress of Toledo.

At this time in Barcelona, ​​the most famous is not the Barcelona football team, but the Catalan anarchists.

Most of the military industrial enterprises mentioned above are concentrated in Catalonia.

Catalonia is also the most economically developed region in Spain, with 20.00% of the country's population contributing [-]% of tax revenue.

So from 300 years ago, Catalans began to fight for independence.

In 1640, Catalonia claimed to be under the protection of King Louis XIV of France, which triggered the Catalan Revolt.

So the relationship between France and Spain is not so good.

Otherwise, France would not implement the decision of the League of Nations to impose an arms embargo on Spain.

Here comes the problem.

France imposed an arms embargo on Spain, but the Falange could easily obtain aid from Germany and Italy.

It has been said many times before that once the Falange wins the Spanish Civil War, France will suffer from the enemy.

So the French approach is difficult for people to understand.

But if this kind of thing happened in France, it would be normal.

Russia's first batch of aid to the Spanish Republican government included 10 T26 tanks that had just been commissioned the year before last, and two Iraqi-16 fighter jets.

T26 is the Bolshevik factory in Leningrad. It is a light tank designed with reference to the British "Vickers" tank, which has the same origin as the German No. [-] tank.

The German No. [-] tank was also designed with reference to the British "Vickers".

The T26 weighs 10.5 tons, has a crew of three, and has a maximum road speed of 30 kilometers. Its armament includes a 45mm tank gun and two 7.62mm machine guns.

The Yi-16 was just finalized last year. The design of this aircraft was influenced by the American racing aircraft "Wasp".

Compared with the weapons and equipment provided by southern Africa, the performance of Russian equipment is far behind.

However, the equipment in southern Africa is far from quenching the thirst, and the Russian equipment is still free, which makes Caballero very happy.

There are more happy things.

The Russians were generous, and the planes and tanks arrived in Barcelona along with the pilots and tankers, who would go straight into battle.

"Compared with the generous Russians, the stingy southern Africans are simply vampires. They charge almost blackmail prices for the broken copper and iron, and they are still reluctant to deliver on the grounds of training pilots and tankers. Even The mercenaries of the Umbrella Corporation also acted in the opposite direction and did not play a real role. We should stop all cooperation with southern Africans. Only Russia and the Communist International are our real friends.” Jose Dias said to The hatred in southern Africa is palpable.

By the way, the international column of the Comintern is also about to arrive in Spain.

Caballero had a faint smile on his face and didn't say a word.

free?

Often the free stuff is the most expensive.

If there is no order from southern Africa, do you think the Russians will still be free?
In the Spanish Civil War in another time and space, all the gold reserves of the Spanish Republican government were moved to Russia in the end.

When the Spanish Republican government was unable to pay more gold, the international column began to withdraw from Spain one after another.

Of course, southern Africa is not as bad as Jose Dias said.

The performance of weapons and equipment in southern Africa has been proven through world wars and the Brazilian Civil War.

Russia has been under the European blockade for a long time. This is the first time that Russian-style equipment has gone abroad, and its performance has yet to be verified.

Among other things, the total combat weight of the T26 is only 10.5 tons, and the total combat weight of the Biao Cavalry is 17 tons.

Although weight does not explain all the problems, greater weight means thicker armor, which even Caballero, a military blind, understands.

Let's talk about Yi 16.

Yi-16 is designed with reference to American aircraft.

American aircraft were designed with reference to southern Africa.

The ceiling of Yi-16 is 8000 meters.

The practical ceiling of the "Crown Eagle" is 10000, and the height of 2000 meters means nothing to air combat.

Even training pilots and tankers was not unacceptable to Caballero.

The planes and tanks driven by the Russians are considered Russian or Spanish——

This is a question worth pondering.

"This is only the first batch of aid, and more aid will arrive in Spain in the future. We will win the final victory." Jose Dias is in high spirits, Russian aid arrives, and the Spanish Communist Party is in the Popular Front The right to speak will also increase accordingly.

In order to welcome the Russian aid, the Republican government prepared a grand welcome ceremony, and a large number of people gathered on the pier, including many journalists from various countries.

This is the first time that Russian weapons and equipment have gone abroad. Although reporters from various countries do not know the specific performance of Yi-16 and T26, they can still analyze some things through photos.

David Simon, a reporter from Spain's "The Times", was dumbfounded as he watched Yi-16 being hoisted onto the pier.

Yi-16 has a length of only 5.99 meters and a wingspan of 9 meters.

"This plane is too short, is it six meters?" David Simon had never seen such a thick fighter.

"It should be, at least it looks very solid—" Danny Louis, a reporter from the French "Times", was also surprised, but the word "sturdy" should not be associated with fighter jets.

Strong is very reasonable to describe permanent fortifications, it is not against peace when used to describe tanks, and it is used to describe fighter jets——

It can only be said that not everyone can understand the Russian aesthetics of violence.

"What is the length of the Crown Eagle?" David Simon subconsciously compared Yi 16 with the "Crown Eagle".

"Ten meters——" Danny Louis was in a bad mood. The "Crown Eagle" was originally designed for the French, but it was a pity that it had no chance with the French.

"The gap in wingspan is even bigger. The crown eagle has a wingspan of 12.6 meters. If the crown eagle is an elegant white swan, then Yi 16 is the ugly duckling in the pond." David Simon laughed, and the influence of "The Ugly Duckling" Still big.

"It is not yet possible to draw conclusions. The combat effectiveness of Yi-16 still needs to be proven in the next battle." Danny Luiz is cautious. All the fighters that the Republican government has lost now, even if Yi-16 is an ugly duckling, it is also the protection of the sky in Madrid. god.

In the evening, Caballero held a dinner at the Barcelona City Hall to welcome the pilots and tankers who came from afar. By the way, he thanked journalists from various countries and hoped that journalists from various countries could speak out for the Republican government in the newspapers.

The mysterious General Grishin finally appeared.

"The rebels have divided into four groups and are approaching Madrid from the west, southwest and south. The situation is extremely critical and we urgently need more assistance." Caballero pinned his hopes on Grishin.

Grishin is now officially the general counsel of the Spanish People's Guard.

"We want to mobilize more Spaniards to take the initiative to stand up and take up arms to defend the republican government. At the same time, we want to start internal rectification, and we will put those speculators who are not determined, anarchists who are unorganized and disciplined, and traitors with ulterior motives. And kill all those damned royalists, only if we work together can we win the final victory." Grishin's words made Caballero shudder.

According to Grishin's standards, Caballero also has problems, at least one unsteady speculator has nothing to say.

According to Grishin's standards, it is dereliction of duty to refuse to buy high-quality and cheap Russian equipment, but to buy more expensive weapons and equipment from southern Africa.

"No, no, General Grishin, our most important task now is to defeat the rebels and defend Madrid." Caballero directly objected. If we really followed what Grishin said, the rebels might not have arrived in Madrid yet. , The People's Front is in a mess.

There are precedents for this kind of thing.

The left-wing coalition has a complicated situation, each party has its own armed forces everywhere, last month when the Popular Front took public ownership of the anarchist enterprises, the troops of the Popular Front and the Anarchist organization fought in Valencia , Fighting street fighting for four days.

What is embarrassing is that the People's Front and the anarchists used heavy firepower, including machine guns and artillery, to fight for four days, and only four people were killed on both sides.

So it seems that the two sides are relatively restrained.

"If we cannot be united, even if we hold Madrid, we will not be able to win the final victory." General Grishin's attitude was equally firm.

This is also true in essence.

But there is always a priority in everything.

If the enemy is still doing this at the moment, it means not distinguishing between the serious and the serious.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, this situation cannot continue forever. In the past, we had no strength and could only compromise weakly. Now that we have the support of Russia and the Communist International, we are fully capable of defeating the rebels. You should be decisive." Jose · Dias' eyes were gloomy. His words were not just persuasion, but also threats.

Weak compromise!

Who is weak and compromises?
Caballero, as the Prime Minister of the Republic, obviously bears full responsibility.

If Caballero does not do what Grishin said, then another prime minister will be replaced. Anyway, coups in Spain have become normal in the past few years.

Caballero was distraught. He felt a deep sense of powerlessness towards the current Spain. It would be wrong to do anything, and it would be wrong to do nothing.

"The Comintern has organized two reorganization divisions, and they will soon arrive in Spain to join the war." Most of Grishin's confidence came from the International Column.

The greatness of the International Brigades cannot be doubted.

Although the situation in Spain is a bit complicated.

Although the Comintern's motives for forming the International Column were impure.

But those members of the International Brigadier who were willing to throw their lives and blood to fight in Spain were beyond reproach.

Many of them left their families and came to Spain for a great ideal, and they will be buried in this land forever.

(End of this chapter)