Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2151 Finding Your Way Out De Gaulle

After the outbreak of the European War, a war committee was established in southern Africa. As a member of the committee, Patton was promoted to general of the army.

Like southern Africa, after the outbreak of the European War, the countries of the Southern African Union also began to mobilize. The Kingdom of Congo alone mobilized 25 troops to form 15 divisions under the command of the Southern African War Council.

Nearly half of the 15 divisions of the Kingdom of Congo have been stationed overseas. Of the three army divisions stationed in Cyprus, except for the 35th Division, the other two divisions are all Congolese divisions.

In contrast, the mobilization speed of the Republic of Congo has been slower. So far, only 16 troops have been mobilized. These troops are organized into ten divisions, half of which are undergoing training in Luanda.

De Gaulle's first stop was Luanda.

As Southern Africa's northernmost native port on the Atlantic coast, Luanda has become a major port for European immigrants moving to Southern Africa.

Before arriving in Luanda, Charles de Gaulle's impression of Luanda was still in the colonial era.

After arriving in Luanda, de Gaulle was surprised to find that Luanda was first-class both in terms of city size and urban construction level, and even surpassed world-renowned ports such as Marseille and Bordeaux in many aspects.

This is understandable.

Compared with southern Africa, the mainland of France is indeed too small, so small that almost every inch of land is so small. The ports of Marseille and Bordeaux all have a history of thousands of years. Not to mention urban construction, urban planning is like Luanda There is a huge gap in ports that have only grown rapidly in recent decades.

Congenital flaws.

Like roads.

Not only Marseille and Bordeaux, but most cities in Europe have narrow streets and imperfect supporting facilities. Many buildings in the city have a lifespan of hundreds of years. The government calls it the protection of historical buildings, but in fact it cannot be demolished.

There is no such thing as being impossible to dismantle in Luanda.

No need to disassemble.

When Southern Africa leased Luanda, the old city of Luanda was remodeled according to modern urban standards, and almost the entire city was demolished and rebuilt. There will be no need for large-scale reconstruction of Luanda in the next few decades.

Compared with Luanda, the cities in the French North African colony have hardly changed in nature except that the cities have become larger and more populous for hundreds of years. This made de Gaulle full of expectations for southern Africa.

Luanda, which made de Gaulle extremely curious, was commonplace for Barton.

As mentioned earlier, Luanda's city rankings are not even in the top ten in southern Africa.

So after Patton received de Gaulle at the airport, he took de Gaulle straight to the military camp on the outskirts of Luanda.

The total strength of Luanda as a whole, including the Southern African garrison, now exceeds 10.

Needless to say, the garrison's garrison must have the highest standards.

Even the camp of the Congolese army was beyond the norm for de Gaulle.

Before the outbreak of the world war, France had a larger reserve army than southern Africa.

So in this regard, de Gaulle is still very experienced.

"In Luanda, there are a total of six divisions being trained, three of which are not full of staff. The alliance troops have a smaller establishment than the National Defense Forces. Each division has about 16000 soldiers. The soldiers are mainly light infantry—" Inside the spacious and comfortable armored command vehicle, Patton took the initiative to introduce it to de Gaulle.

This is already the fifth-generation armored command vehicle launched by Nyasaran Heavy Industries.

The original armored command vehicle was rebuilt from an armored vehicle, so the protection must be fine, but the comfort is not enough.

With the advancement of technology, more and more electronic equipment has been applied to armored vehicles, including air conditioners, radios, and refrigerators.

"How about the equipment?" De Gaulle was concerned about the cost.

After the fall of mainland France, it also had overseas colonies with an area of ​​1234.7 million square kilometers and a population of nearly 7000 million.

The French are very smart. After the local resistance stopped, the Vichy government was established, and the overseas colonies declared to accept the leadership of Free France, so the Allied forces lost the reason to attack the French overseas colonies.

Including the army that retreated to the British mainland through the Dunkirk retreat, there are less than 20 troops left under Charles de Gaulle's command.

However, as long as de Gaulle is willing, Free France can recruit millions of colonial servants at any time.

When so many troops are called up, they must always be armed.

The British army had to purchase all its own equipment, and the British government certainly did not have the ability to arm the French army.

And the key point is that after "Operation Ballista", de Gaulle has raised his vigilance against the British and will not accept British aid easily.

Short-handed.

To accept British aid is to accept British command.

The French are not even willing to protect Paris, so why shed blood for the British?

"Except for the relatively small number of heavy weapons, they are the same as the National Defense Forces." Patton understated that Southern Africa is now capable of equipping Union troops with semi-automatic rifles, which is a huge improvement.

De Gaulle felt a little at ease.

What de Gaulle didn't know was that the standards for heavy weapons in southern Africa were different from those in France.

In France, heavy machine guns and artillery are considered heavy weapons.

In southern Africa, except for tanks and helicopters, only heavy artillery with a caliber of 120 mm or more is considered a heavy weapon, and heavy machine guns, mortars, and artillery with a caliber of less than 120 mm are not considered heavy weapons.

So when de Gaulle saw the wide variety of "heavy weapons" in the Union army, he was very surprised.

The equipment of the Southern African Union troops seemed extravagant to de Gaulle.

Like the Southern African Defense Forces, the light machine guns and grenade launchers of the Union troops are assigned to the squad level, the heavy machine guns and small-caliber mortars with tripods are assigned to the company level, and the battalion-level troops are equipped with professional fire support companies. , The heavy artillery regiment directly under the division headquarters is equipped with 24 120mm caliber artillery and 12 155mm heavy artillery, plus a 20mm high-level dual-purpose machine gun. This firepower configuration can be called brutal.

So when he saw the 155mm heavy gun, de Gaulle's eyes were confused.

The firepower of the Southern African Union troops is so brutal.

So how extravagant is the Southern African National Defense Force with more heavy weapons in Patton's mouth?

"The cultural level of the soldiers of the Union troops is not high, but fortunately they are brave in combat, have high obedience, and are competent in performing simple combat tasks." Barton mistook De Gaulle's confusion for his distrust of the combat effectiveness of the Union troops.

France also has an all-African unit.

So de Gaulle was no stranger to colonial servants.

In de Gaulle's view, the Southern African Union troops were the colonial servants of southern Africa.

However, the colonial servant army in front of him is completely different from the colonial servant army in De Gaulle's impression.

The colonial servants in front of me are neatly dressed, well-trained, energetic, and physically strong.

In front of Patton and de Gaulle, thousands of Union soldiers were undergoing training.

There were African-American soldiers on duty around the training ground. De Gaulle observed carefully. An African-American soldier on duty did not change his posture for a full 10 minutes.

For this alone, few French colonial servants could do it.

Not far from De Gaulle and Patton, an alliance troop was undergoing training on weapon maintenance. The company commander wearing the rank of lieutenant was holding a Nyasaran rifle and was explaining: "-weapons are your life, if you want to protect your own Like eyes, take good care of your weapons, after training every day, you must take the initiative to maintain your weapons, you must always keep this in mind.”

Weapon Maintenance!

Inside the French army, not to mention the colonial servants, many soldiers of the French regular army did not have the habit of maintaining their weapons.

Next to it is a Union troop undergoing formation training.

Never underestimate formation training.

When filming "The Great Battle" in another time and space, several real troops were mobilized to participate. After watching the marching process, some veterans repeatedly sighed: If we had this level of training, the War of Resistance would not have lasted so long. ——

Union troops trained not only in marching formations, but also in charge formations in combat.

Fighting in southern Africa uses skirmish lines, and the distance between soldiers is very wide. The standard is that one grenade cannot knock down two people.

The infantry squad in southern Africa is generally composed of 12 people. Except for the machine gunner, deputy shooter and precision shooter, they are divided into three combat groups, led by the squad leader, deputy squad leader and another sergeant, or sergeant major. Small groups form a triangle formation, and three groups form a triangle formation.

Some troops with more precision shooters are not restricted.

The Rhodesian Northern Division used to have a company, and more than 120 people were all precision shooters.

Even cooks and medics.

Farther away on the training ground, soldiers of a Union force are undergoing psychological training.

The content of this training is equally important. When the soldiers crawled under the barbed wire, the heavy machine guns above the barbed wire were firing. If someone couldn't bear the huge pressure and got up and ran away, all the casualties caused by this would be the responsibility of the individual.

The instructors in charge of the training are all veterans with rich practical experience. In order to simulate the battlefield situation more realistically, they would even throw blood-dripping animal viscera onto the barbed wire.

Sometimes the instructor will even drive the tank over, let the soldiers lie down, and drive the tank over the soldiers.

When the two caterpillars ran over the sides of the body, the ground under the body trembled. As long as you can survive this level, you will be fearless on the battlefield.

"How do you ensure the strong fighting spirit of the soldiers?" De Gaulle asked more and more questions.

Training is easy.

Weaponry is also easy to handle.

Morale is a big problem.

"What?" Barton was at a loss. The fighting spirit of the troops has never been a problem in southern Africa.

Southern Africans have never lacked the will to fight. They have received patriotic education since childhood. As long as the country needs it, most southern Africans can go to the battlefield.

The Southern African Union countries also do not lack the will to fight. Those African-American soldiers know very well that if they dare to run away while charging, the law enforcement team will not be soft.

(End of this chapter)