Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2099 Bunker Boy
When the strength gap reaches a certain level, tactics can play an extremely limited role.

The "Tiger" type is not used. The "Leopard" type has appeared on the European battlefield. There are no tanks that can compete with it, and there is no anti-tank weapon to counter it. Take the lead.

Tank tactics in southern Africa are not at the same level as tank commanders in Europe.

European tank commanders are still obsessed with tank-tank coordination.

Southern Africa has explored the concentrated use of large-scale tank units in many military exercises, and achieved good results.

Even if European armored force commanders know about the tactic of tank swarming, they can’t afford it, because there are not so many tanks to form a swarm effect, and the protection of tanks is also relatively poor. It cannot be separated from the protection of accompanying troops, which greatly limits use of tanks.

Don Juan is undoubtedly a leader in cluster tactics. He and Feng Fu, the commander of the Second Armored Army, have different understandings of armored forces.

Don Juan likes to concentrate his tank troops on frontal assaults on the enemy's positions, completely breaking down the defenses of the enemy's positions.

Feng Fu prefers to use the mobility of the armored forces to divide and encircle the enemy and fight annihilation battles.

If you have to make an analogy, one is Manstein, the other is Rommel, and Pavlov is simply not enough to see.

It's really not at Black Pavlov.

Pavlov's performance in the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union was speechless. His wrong deployment before the outbreak of the war caused the loss of 67 troops in the Western Front in just one week. Pavlov was charged with treason for this reason. Sentenced to death.

Not right, not a week, more than 20 days.

Pavlov's misunderstanding of war mainly stems from the Spanish Civil War.

The T26 tank was indeed severely deficient in defense, so Pavlov negated all the tanks, which led to the disbandment of the established mechanized units.

By the time the Russians paid attention to this issue, the time had come to 1940.

Unfortunately, it was the First Division of the International Column commanded by Pavlov and the three divisions of the People's Guard who cooperated with the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company to face the Italian Third Army.

The Italian Third Army has a total strength of about 4 troops.

On the Republican side, the total strength is about [-].

This made Pavlov very confident. 7 people beat 4 people, which is not easy.

Even if the Italians have the No. [-] tank.

There are also T26s on the People's Guard side.

T26's defense is not good, and No. [-] is not much better.

What Pavlov didn't expect was that the People's Guard ushered in the No. [-] tank first, but Aunt Junker of the "Condor Legion".

Ju52 is an excellent transport aircraft. In addition to using Ju52 as a transport aircraft, the Germans also improved the Ju52, so there was a Ju52 bomber.

After the "Condor Legion" arrived in Spain, Madrid was frequently attacked by German planes. In order to protect the sky of Madrid, the People's Guard invested the I-16 just obtained from Russia to fight against the German He-51 fighter jets.

The He-51 fighter is mediocre in design and is not an opponent of the Yi-16.

However, Russia used a small trick during the military assistance. Except for the first batch of aid planes which were I-16s, all the aid planes that arrived in Spain after that were I-15s.
The Yi-15 is the last generation of Russian biplanes, and its performance is even better than the German He-51. The German He-51 was soon replaced by the Bf-109, and only about 700 were produced, while the Russian Yi-15 produced 6750 shelf.

With so many I-15s being produced, there was always going to be a sale, like Lee Enfield in a southern African warehouse.

Lee Enfield in southern Africa has no worries about buyers. He has cleared his inventory a few years ago, but no one cares about the Yi-15, so he was heavily supported by the Russians to Spain.

The problem is that the Yi-15 is no match for the He-51, which is embarrassing.

The time came to August. In an air battle southwest of Madrid, 22 Yi-15s faced 16 He-51s. Although there were more Yi-15s, the air battle ended in a fiasco for the Yi-15s.

In less than 20 minutes of air combat, 6 Yi-15s were directly shot down, 4 were damaged, and one of them crashed on the way back.

The price paid by the He-51 was only two being damaged.

And they all returned smoothly.

The battle damage ratio of 0:7 does not mean that the performance gap between Yi-15 and He-51 is really that big.

Some of the German pilots used to be members of the Southern African Defense Forces. After returning to Germany, they brought the advanced experience of the Southern African Air Force back to Germany, and this was how the German Air Force took off.

Russia has been blocked by Britain and France for a long time, and it cannot even break through the Dardanelles. There is no opportunity for foreign exchanges at all, and naturally it cannot accept the most advanced tactics.

Compared with the He-15, the Yi-51 originally had better performance, but because of its backward tactics, it suffered a disastrous defeat on the battlefield.

When the news came back to Madrid, the republican government was gloomy, but Alvin was very happy.

The Spaniards fell into the trap of the Russians.

Not to mention the "Crown Eagle", even the Yi-16 can effectively protect the sky of Madrid.

It's a pity that the Iraqi-16 is not enough for Russia itself, so naturally there is no extra to support Spain.

Spain can also buy Yi-16 if they want it, and the price will not be much cheaper than the "Crown Eagle".

"Can this make the Spaniards wake up?" Alvin wanted to know the current mood of the Spaniards.

"I disappointed you, probably not—" Colonel Kelsen knew Spaniards well.

It doesn't matter whether you are right or wrong, as long as you don't admit it, then you are right.

The so-called dignity is not important. If politicians can't even bend and stretch, they should go home as soon as possible to hold their children.

As for the defeat of the Republican government at the front—

The plane was aided by the Russians.

Even the pilots of the planes are Russians, what loss does the Spanish Republican government have?
"Didn't you receive a new combat mission? Why are you still in Madrid?" Alvin was curious. Kelsen had received a new combat mission a month ago, but now the mercenaries are still in Madrid and have not set off.

"The People's Guard hasn't set off yet, so why should we go?" Kelsen was confident. The mercenaries were fighting with the People's Guard, not the main force.

It was a bittersweet tear.

Not every country's military is prohibited like the Southern African Defense Force.

If a war breaks out in southern Africa, the National Defense Forces can complete mobilization within one day, all personnel on vacation can return to the army within a week, troops can set off within ten days, and reach any corner of the world within a month.

Spain -

Not only the People's Guard, but the National Army led by Franco is also slow. The National Army decided to attack Madrid three months ago, and it has not yet completed the encirclement of Madrid. If this happened to the Southern African National Defense Force , The force commander is estimated to be court-martialed.

As for the International Column, the members of the International Column from all over the world are full of fighting spirit, but they lack sufficient training and are still familiar with the weapons they just got. It is estimated that it will take some time before they can undertake combat missions.

The Spanish Republican government still attaches great importance to the international column. All the weapons distributed to the international column are purchased from southern Africa, and the rocket launcher that Kelsen never forgets is also among them.

Something magic happened.

The rocket launchers of the International Column distributed by the Republican government disappeared without reaching the hands of the International Column.

The caliber of Lee Enfield issued by the International Column is 7.7 mm, but the bullets issued with Lee Enfield are 7.92 used by Mauser. The rifle and bullets do not match. This kind of thing is estimated to only happen in Spain.

Probably the Minister of Logistics of the People's Guard thought that Lee Enfield's bullets for Mauser would be fine. After all, the gap was only 0.22 mm, which was almost indistinguishable to the naked eye.

"Are you ready? We need to evacuate Madrid as soon as possible—" Li Yan came over to remind Alvin that Madrid is about to become a battlefield, and Alvin must leave as soon as possible.

"Are you finally leaving this ghostly place?" Alvin smiled, he was very dissatisfied with Li Yan.

Although Alvin won the right to come to Spain, after arriving in Spain, Alvin did not have freedom of movement, which was almost like house arrest.

If I had known this earlier, why would I have come to Spain in the first place.

Alvin's next stop is Valencia, the seat of the republican government. Zach Jr. has bought a new estate for Alvin, this time it is the palace of Alfonso XIII.

Alvin is not in a hurry. Judging from this posture, the Spanish Civil War will not end in a short time. If there are still fights, there will always be a chance.

During this time in Spain, Alvin was not idle, and bought a lot of good things that were eligible to enter the museum.

These things must be taken away and cannot be left to the rebels.

So in addition to the armored vehicles, the convoy had 6 more trucks.

"God, be careful, handle it with care, this is filled with precious porcelain from the East—" Alvin's butler Robin is also Zach's adopted son, and he is responsible for managing Alvin's private investment.

The members of the Secret Service are not surprised, and they have also gained something. During the war in Spain, gold was everywhere.

Just as a truck was being loaded, the roar of aeroengines was faintly heard in the sky, and then the battle siren was sounded, and the rebel planes attacked.

Alvin's estate, less than 30 kilometers away from Madrid, has not been targeted by rebels during previous bombings.

This time the rebel bombers came straight to the manor, with a very clear goal.

When the battle alarm sounded, Li Yan immediately escorted Alvin to the basement. This was all planned.

"You just hide me like a mouse, I don't want to follow your local boy—" Alvin's long-awaited opportunity finally came, and he threw away Li Yan and rushed towards the anti-aircraft machine gun.

Although Alvin's guards did not have fighter jets, they still had anti-aircraft machine guns, and there were four of them, all of which were dual-purpose.

On weekdays, these anti-aircraft machine guns are covered by canvas, and there is no chance to use them at all.

Now the opportunity has come, the four anti-aircraft machine guns are ready for battle, as long as the rebel planes appear, they will be hit head-on.

(End of this chapter)