Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2146 Berbera's reinforcements
At this time, Winston is facing the most difficult moment in his life.

Just a day earlier, Leopold III, the Kingdom of Belgium, had suddenly surrendered to Germany without informing the British and French governments, and the Belgian army had now ceased resistance.

To Winston's relief, although Leopold III surrendered, the Belgian government did not.

By the 29th, the entire territory of Belgium had fallen, and the Belgian government formed a government-in-exile in London.

After Leopold III surrendered, the Belgian government immediately announced the severance of relations with the king, claiming that the Belgian government was the only legal government in Belgium, and guaranteed that Belgium would continue to fight side by side with the Allies.

At the same time, Leopold III also made a public speech through the radio, claiming that the "truce" was to better protect the Belgians. Leopold III promised on the radio that he would continue to strive for better treatment for the Belgians.

It has to be said that a small country with few people also has the wisdom of a small country with few people.

Let's not talk about who is right and who is wrong between Leopold III and the Belgian government.

Now the Belgian government is on the side of the Allies, and Leopold III surrendered to Germany. In the end, no matter whether the Allies win the final victory or Germany wins the final victory, Belgium will be a victorious country.

It wasn't just Belgium that worried Winston.

The same goes for Norway.

After the start of Operation Sickle, the British and French allied forces were forced to withdraw from Norway, and Norway had also fallen. In the whole of Europe, only France is still insisting on fighting.

France is also at stake, and Paris may fall at any time.

For Winston, how to ensure that France retains a certain combat capability after the fall of the French mainland is the biggest problem Winston is facing now.

"We want to withdraw our troops from Dunkirk as much as possible, and retain the vital forces, not only the British Expeditionary Force, but also the French—" Winston was not satisfied with "Operation Dynamo", among the withdrawn troops , The proportion of the French army is too small, and the difference in treatment is too obvious, which will bury serious hidden dangers within the British and French coalition forces.

"The performance of the French is too bad. I now doubt the French will to fight." The Secretary of War, Anthony Eden, is from the famous Gray family in Northumberland. He went to fight in France during the First World War and won a cross. .

Aiden's elder brother and a younger brother were both killed in the Battle of Jutland. After the war, Aiden entered the Christian College of Oxford University to study Arabic and Persian in order to realize his dream of becoming a diplomat.

In addition, Aiden is also fluent in Russian, French, and German.

"France has not surrendered - even if the French government surrenders, France will fight to the end!" Winston has confidence in France, and must have confidence in France.

"We need the support of southern Africa to counter the German attack." Air Secretary Archibald Sinclair was devastated. Since the start of the war, the British Air Force has suffered heavy losses, and less than 400 aircraft can be launched into the air. , which also has a large number of biplanes with backward performance.

For a long time, Britain's support for the Air Force has been seriously insufficient. Do you still remember the annual funding of 15 pounds? It has only been a few years.

After the Spanish Civil War, the British government really realized the role of the air force. During Winston's tenure as air minister, the British government increased its support for the air force, but it was too late.

When the war broke out, Britain had nearly 2000 fighters, but most of them were old, and there were not many fighters that could compete with the German BF109.

When Winston was Minister of the Air Force, he once hoped to strengthen cooperation with southern Africa and improve the technical level of the British Air Force.

Due to the low efficiency of the British government, this plan was not implemented until the outbreak of the European War, when Winston had been transferred to the Secretary of the Navy.

"Don't worry, Southern Africa will join the war soon, and we will never fight alone." Winston expressed confidence.

Southern Africa is effectively at war.

After Operation Sickle began, Italy quickly joined in the attack on British Somalia.

The British government was simply unable to provide help to British Somalia at this time. Even when the German army broke through the defense line of the Maas River, the British government also transferred the six battalions originally deployed in Egypt back to the mainland to strengthen defense, which made the British power in the Near East even stronger. weak.

Even the strength of the six battalions has to be adjusted, which shows the difficulties of the British government.

British Somalia, Berbera has also become an isolated island.

The British government still attaches great importance to Berbera. On May 5, Berbera finally ushered in a support army, but this did not make Sandy Jerry feel any better.

This support army comes from India, and there are only 2000 people.

After Britain declared war on Germany, the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations also declared war on Germany.

However, in terms of mobilization speed, the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations are not the same as when the last world war broke out.

A notable fact is that after the outbreak of the last world war, it took only three months for the Australian and New Zealand Allied Forces to send the first batch of troops to Europe to participate in the war. In the end, more than 55 troops went to Europe to fight.

This world war has erupted for eight months, and Australia has carried out a national mobilization early, but eight months have passed, Australia has only recruited 3.5 troops, and it lacks weapons and equipment, and even basic training has not been completed.

In the last world war, Australia had only 550 million people, and it was still able to form an expeditionary force of 55 people.

Australia's population now exceeds 1000 million.

Same goes for India.

In the last world war, India sent 200 million expeditionary troops to fight in Europe.

Although the Indian army had few opportunities to perform throughout World War I, the attitude of the Indians was good. In order to support the British Empire, India starved to death at least 2000 million people during World War I.

When the last world war broke out, Britain promised to improve India's status after the war.

This promise was not kept after the war.

So it is not bad that India can send 2000 people now.

Of course, Sandy Jerry shouldn't expect the Indians to play much of a role. The commander of this Indian force, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Sarri, also thinks so.

"It's okay for the Indians to dig trenches. Let them fight the Italians, and I'm afraid they will collapse at the touch of a finger." Jonathan Sarri has served in India for a long time and knows the Indians well.

The ability of the Indians to talk is unmatched.

Only God knows the actual ability.

God only knows.

Even the Indians themselves cannot recognize themselves.

"Do you mean digging trenches like this?" Sandy Jerry was speechless.

In front of Jerry and Sari, dozens of Indian soldiers were digging trenches.

Southern Africa has strict requirements for trenches, with traffic trenches, foxholes, air-raid shelters, field hospitals, and command centers all available.

Indian soldiers digging trenches is hard to describe.

Not just digging trenches, no matter what the Indians do, it makes people feel very uncomfortable.

On the surface, Indian soldiers are also working hard and hard.

Careful observation shows that the work efficiency of Indians does not need to be compared with southern Africans, and there is more than a little gap compared with Africans.

The Indian soldier in front of Jerry and Sari has been sweating profusely for 10 minutes, but the hole he dug can't even plant a tree. If this is placed in the southern African army, the efficiency of female soldiers will be higher than this .

"Bastard, these guys dare to be lazy in front of me!" Surrey couldn't hold back, raised his hand and called a major, ordering the major to deal with it.

The major was not surprised, so he raised his hand and called for a captain.

The captain called for a second lieutenant.

The second lieutenant called for a sergeant major.

The sergeant major should be Indian in color.

The sergeant major still wanted to call someone, but when he saw the lieutenant colonel, major, captain, and second lieutenant staring at him with wide eyes, he went to the side to find a stick, and when he came back, he began to whip his head and face.

Nima!
Sandy Jerry was simply eye-opening.

When it was time to eat at noon, the Indian soldiers who were still weak just now suddenly became alive and well.

The logistics standards of the military in southern Africa have always been very high. Chicken, fish, meat, eggs, fruit after meals, and coffee are all available. Officers can also enjoy cola and ice cream, which is not common in India.

Indians don’t use chopsticks or spoons to eat. They use their hands to make balls and stuff them into their mouths. Sandy Jerry noticed that almost no Indian soldiers wash their hands before eating——

Uh--

Indians don’t use toilet paper when going to the toilet, they use their hands——

Although I know it's not the same hand, this shit is disgusting enough.

"Have these Indian soldiers been like this?" Jerry wondered.

"This is already the result of careful selection—" Sarri felt sorry for him, and there must be more unbearable things, and it is estimated that he will not be able to show them.

The officers ate in the tent, out of sight and out of mind, and they probably got used to seeing Surrey.

Jerry wasn't used to it.

After lunch, Jerry came out of the tent.

The outside of the tent was in a mess, the ground was full of discarded food, half-eaten apples, intact fish pieces, untouched rice, Jerry even saw a whole chicken leg.

"Indians have many strange customs. Some people don't eat beef, some don't eat fish—" Sarri couldn't justify himself, and he didn't hear that he didn't eat chicken.

Even if you don't eat it.

Don't take it!

What is it if you take it and don't eat it and throw it away at will?
Really don't need money to make things at will.

"Sir, we lost a lot of cutlery—" The chef in the white coat was very angry, and this kind of thing never happened.

The tableware of the southern African military is all made of stainless steel.

In 1940, stainless steel cutlery was worth a fortune.

"How much did you lose?" Jerry admired Sarri more and more now.

"There are 200 people here, and only 26 dinner plates were taken back. These bastards think that the dinner plates are all given to them, and they won't give it to them if they ask for it—" The chef was very angry, and he had never seen such a greedy person.

Even if the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company scratched the ground, they would only pay attention to the tableware unless it was made of gold or silver.

what is this?
"How did you handle it before?" Jerry asked Sarri how he should handle this situation.

"Hehe, it's simple, look at me—" Surrey was confident, and he was drizzled on small problems.

(End of this chapter)