Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2147 What a Petain

No matter how weird things are, it's normal for Indians to happen.

Obviously used to this situation, Surrey ordered the troops to gather and then began the search.

The result was amazing. A total of 176 stainless steel dinner plates were lost, only 171 were found, and the remaining 5 were found after searching the entire camp.

"I know that some of you have hidden things. If you hand it over now, I will forgive him mercifully. If you let me find out, I will hang you directly!" Sarri was vicious, and his face was completely lost.

No one spoke.

Everyone kept their eyes straight, and their military posture was standard, even more standard than some mercenaries of the umbrella company.

"Okay, very good, if someone makes a report, he will get a reward of one pound--" Sarri lured him, believing that there must be a brave man under the big reward.

The British pound is still very tempting for Indian soldiers.

At the moment in 1940, the monthly income of Indian soldiers was only about one pound.

"Five pounds!" Seeing no response, Sarri increased the price directly.

This time someone is finally eager to try, but the temptation is not enough.

"Ten pounds!" Sarri continued to raise the price, and this time someone finally raised his hand.

And it was the kind where several people raised their hands at the same time, vying to be the first.

Sure enough, men don't care about loyalty, just because the weight of betrayal is too low.

All five dinner plates were found in no time.

Just as Surrey thought, it was buried in the soil by several soldiers, most likely to be taken away later.

These Indian soldiers thought far enough.

But Jerry couldn't understand why they were so confident they would survive the war.

Soon Jerry knew.

In the afternoon the Italians launched a tentative attack on Berbera.

With the cooperation of Umbrella Company mercenaries and Indian soldiers, the Italian attack was easily repelled.

To say that cooperation is flattering the Indians, the performance of Indian soldiers in battle is amazing.

Surrey was probably eager to save face, and sent a battalion of nearly 500 people to help protect the mercenaries sent to the company to fight.

The attacking Italian troops were colonial servants sent by the Italian East African colony. They had backward equipment, insufficient training, and no combat effectiveness at all.

Even so, after the battle started, Jerry was surprised to find that the Indian soldiers were hiding in the foxholes, hardly even daring to lift their heads. Even if someone fired, they would hit indiscriminately.

Even the Indian machine gunners shoot in the air.

Curious, Jerry asked the Indian machine gunner why he did this.

The proud introduction of the Indian machine gunner: This is the tactic summed up by the British Empire during the First World War. Air-to-air shooting can effectively increase the shooting distance of bullets and cause damage to distant enemies.

This situation does exist.

During World War I, it was mainly trench warfare. The British and French allied forces and the Germans stayed in the trenches.

Of course, the hit rate is extremely touching.

It is now 1940, the Italians are launching an offensive, and they are still fighting with the experience of 20 years ago——

Jerry didn't even know what to say.

There were other things that surprised Jerry even more.

After the Italian attack was repelled, the Indian soldiers who were hiding in the trenches and dared not lift up instantly became brave. They jumped out of the trenches one after another and launched a chaotic charge towards the retreating Italians.

During the charge, an Indian soldier suddenly sprained his ankle and fell down accidentally.

The other Indian soldiers thought they were being attacked by the Italians, so they fled back to the trenches in an instant, much faster than when they charged.

Jerry looked numb as he lowered the binoculars.

Sarri also looked numb.

Such an army let alone 200 million.

Even if it is 2000 million, it is estimated that it will not cause much trouble for the Germans.

Not necessarily, at least they can consume the food of the Germans.

If the Germans would take them captive.

While Berbera went on and on, the generator operation continued.

On the 30th, the weather finally cleared up, and the German planes were dispatched again to bomb Dunkirk indiscriminately.

The British Air Force continued to fight.

On this day, 2 British destroyers and 42 civilian ships were sunk.

The biggest casualty came from the luxury cruise ship "Lancasteria", which was requisitioned by the British government. At that time, the "Lancasteria" was full of British and French soldiers leaving Dunkirk, and was shot down by German planes. Shen, 3500 Anglo-French soldiers died.

The British government did not make the news public, but chose to block the news.

53822 people were evacuated from Dunkirk that day.

On the morning of the 31st, heavy fog enveloped Dunkirk, and the German planes could not take off normally.

"Generation and planning" continued, and 68014 people were withdrawn to Britain on this day, half of them were French troops.

The reason for this situation is that in Dunkirk at this time, except for the troops still fighting the German army, the British troops have basically withdrawn.

The weather cleared up on June 6, and the German Air Force and the British Air Force continued to fight fiercely. The British dispatched all available fighter jets, and even the reconnaissance planes were put into Dunkirk.

At this time, the British Air Force was at the end of its strength, and only 23 Germans were shot down that day.

However, the British Navy had four destroyers sunk, another 28 civilian ships were sunk, and 11 were severely damaged.

On June 6, the British Air Force was unable to take off to fight, and the British army was forced to stop retreating during the day and only use the night to organize the retreat.

As a result, the Luftwaffe lost its attack target and had to change its attack target and began a large-scale air strike on Paris. The attack on Dunkirk will mainly be completed by ground forces.

When night fell, countless British ships sailed from British ports to Dunkirk.

The last British troops boarded the ship at the East Causeway, and the British troops had all been withdrawn from Dunkirk so far.

On the night of the 2nd, a total of 26256 people evacuated, most of them were French troops.

In the early morning of the 3rd, Alexander and Tennant withdrew with the last batch of evacuated British troops. On this day, another 26175 people evacuated.

At 4:[-] in the morning on the [-]th, the armored army led by Guderian rushed into Dunkirk, and all the [-] French troops responsible for the breakup were captured.

From May 5 to June 26, within nine days, a total of 6 people evacuated from Dunkirk to the British mainland, including 4 British troops, about 338226 French troops, and 21.5 Belgian troops.

Although most of these soldiers who arrived in the UK discarded their equipment, the UK also lost a large amount of military supplies.

However, through the Dunkirk retreat, the Allied forces retained a group of war-tested officers and soldiers. Most of these Allied officers and soldiers who returned to Britain became the backbone of future counterattacks.

As Churchill said when he reported the Dunkirk evacuation to Parliament on June 6: "We have thwarted Germany's attempt to destroy the expeditionary force, and this retreat will breed victory!"

For the British, the Dunkirk evacuation was indeed a victory.

But for France, the Dunkirk evacuation means that from now on, the French can only fight alone.

On June 6, Army Group A of Rundstedt on the left flank of the German army launched an offensive on the Aisne River.

That night, the 1st Armored Division of Gudry's Armored Corps forcibly crossed the Aisne River.

On the 10th, Guderian broke through the right wing of the French 6th Army. After that, Guderian swung his army southward, heading straight all the way into a land where no one seemed to be.

On the 13th, the French government declared Paris an open city.

On the 13th, Britain purchased the second batch of weapons and equipment from southern Africa.

This batch of weapons and equipment is mainly light weapons, including 50 rifles, 900 75mm field guns, and 8 machine guns, with a total price of 4800 million rand.

This price is a friendly price. According to the current market, only 50 rifles are worth more than 3000 million rand.

Southern Africa also promised 250 rounds of ammunition for each rifle and a thousand rounds of shells for each gun, all free of charge.

Winston personally called Rock to thank him.

The situation that Britain is facing now is very serious. It is not a lack of people, but a lack of weapons and equipment.

The more than 30 people who evacuated from Dunkirk to the British mainland abandoned all their luggage, and some troops did not even have the most basic rifles.

British mobilization continues, with some seven brigades having completed training, 7 newly formed divisions in training, and many more units on the way.

After Winston became prime minister, he took stock of the armaments. There were only 500 artillery pieces, 103 armored vehicles, 114 infantry tanks, and 252 light tanks left in the UK. Most of the tanks were still in training schools.

The British Empire was weaker than ever.

While Project Dynamo was being executed, fighting continued in southern France.

On June 6, Montgomery led the 8nd Scottish Lowland Division to Brest, joining the 52st Canadian Division that had already arrived.

Neither of these two divisions lasted long. On June 6, the 11nd Scottish Lowland Division and the 52st Canadian Division, together with the French Ninth Army, were surrounded by the Germans at Saint-Valery.

The French Ninth Army surrendered at 12 am on the [-]th.

The 52nd Scottish Lowland Division and the 10st Canadian Division fought until 30:1350 am, and were eventually outnumbered, with only [-] men escaping.

On the morning of June 6, Reynolds called Winston, hoping to meet with Winston.

Also participating in the meeting was Marshal Pétain, who was forced to use by the French government.

After the last World War, Petain successively served as the vice chairman of the Supreme Military Council, the director of the army and the director of air defense, the minister of the army, and the French ambassador to Spain.

After Operation Scythe began, Petain was called back to serve as the deputy prime minister and became the leader of the peace faction.

During the last world war, Petain was the commander-in-chief of the French army.

Winston didn't know what Pétain had experienced in these years. Perhaps the German army performed too well in Spain, which gave Pétain the impression that he was invincible. In short, Pétain tended to negotiate peace with the Germans.

A violent argument breaks out between Winston and Pétain.

Broke up unhappily.

On the 13th, after France declared Paris an undefended city, Paul Renault took the blame and resigned, and Petain was ordered to form a cabinet.

French President Albert Le Brun never expected that the first thing Petain did after he came to power was to seek peace talks with the Germans.

It is not impossible to negotiate peace.

The crux of the problem is that the Germans have not responded positively to Petain's request. In order to show the sincerity of peace, Petain ordered the French army to lay down their weapons and stop resisting.

This--

The Germans have not yet agreed, and the French give up resistance first.

What a betain! !

(End of this chapter)