Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2156 Declaring War
Since the outbreak of the European War, Germany has lost more than 1400 aircraft, most of which were shot down by the British Air Force.

Before the Battle of Britain, Germany had 2669 aircraft, half bombers and half fighters.

After the United Kingdom signed a purchase agreement with Southern Africa, the number of aircraft capable of combat quickly increased to 700, and the gap in strength is still huge.

Although the performance of "Predator" is better than BF109.

Still relying on its numerical advantage and more experienced pilots, the Luftwaffe shot down 8 British fighter planes on August 2.

Most of the British fighters shot down were Spitfires.

Most of the "Predator" pilots are mercenaries from southern Africa.

The "Spitfire" pilots were trained by the British themselves.

During Winston's tenure as Air Secretary, a number of pilot training schools were established in the UK. By August, these training schools could provide the British Air Force with nearly 200 pilots a month.

Although there is still a gap between the skills of novice pilots and veteran pilots, with the accumulation of experience, novices will always become veterans.

And once the German pilot is shot down over the English Channel or the British mainland, he can only wait for the ruling of fate.

Winston's heart ached for the loss of the RAF on 8 August.

Winston called Rock again on the night of August 8, hoping that southern Africa could join the war as quickly as possible.

After Roque's call with Winston ended, he held a joint ministerial meeting overnight.

"Our troops are ready for battle and can be dispatched at any time." Martin still couldn't wait. Once Southern Africa joined the war, the battle situation would be reversed instantly.

"The attitudes of the Americans and the Russians are still ambiguous. The Russians are busy digesting the newly acquired land. The purpose of the Americans is to make money. They are all waiting for our decision." The most critical force that determines the direction of the world war.

While Germany defeated France, the Russians were not idle.

After "defeating" Finland, Russia successively annexed Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were Russian territories until World War I.

During the First World War, Russia changed drastically, and the three countries took the opportunity to become independent.

After Russia partitioned Poland with Germany, it gained the power to garrison troops in the three countries.

While Germany attacked France, Russia simply annexed the three countries and pushed the border directly to the Baltic coast.

From partitioning Poland to annexing the three countries, Russia only encountered some setbacks during the Russo-Finnish War. In the end, Russia still "won without victory", which greatly stimulated the ambitions of the Russians.

After France gave up resistance, Russia made territorial claims to Romania.

This made Mustache unacceptable.

Romania is an important oil supplier to Germany.

Romania is rich in oil. Before the oil in Port Elizabeth was discovered, Romania was the most important oil producing area in Europe.

Although Germany can now obtain oil through the United States, the oil of the United States will be interrupted at any time due to the position of the United States.

Romania is Germany's most stable oil supplier.

Now Russia's territorial claim to Romania poses a serious threat to Germany's oil supply, and relations between Germany and Russia are deteriorating.

Now you know why Germany wants to attack Russia.

The reason was not at all a divergent line, nor was the mustache so ambitious, it was oil.

Without oil, Germany's huge air force and armored forces will face the dilemma of having no oil available. Once Russia annexes Romania and the United States cuts off its oil supply to Germany, Germany will sooner or later be consumed by Britain like the last World War.

So Mustache had to attack Russia.

Even Russia has a horrible weather buff bonus.

"We now have two options. One is to maintain the current situation, increase support for Britain, and use the British to consume the strength of the Germans. When the strength of the Germans is almost consumed, we will gain the most by joining the war." benefits, but in this way we have to consider whether the UK can withstand the German attack, and if the UK stops resisting, then we will face the worst situation." Ada bluntly said that during this period of time in southern Africa, it has indeed earned a lot of money. Mouth full of oil.

After the outbreak of the European War, the factories in southern Africa were fully engaged, regardless of whether there were orders or not.

That's why Southern Africa has the ability to provide more than 800 aircraft to the UK in just one month in August.

Throughout August, Southern Africa also supplied Britain with 150 million rifles, 1200 tanks and armored vehicles, 6000 vehicles, 85 light cruisers and destroyers, and 850 million tons of various other supplies.

Not incapable of providing more.

Instead, all the transport ships in southern Africa and the United Kingdom are used, and only so much can be sent to the United Kingdom in a month.

The major ports in southern Africa are now piled up with materials waiting to be loaded.

The southern African railways do not stop around the clock, and there are long queues of trains one after another.

Almost all factories in southern Africa are brightly lit 24 hours a day, workers work in three shifts, and the factories recruit a large number of female workers.

In recent months, as many as one million temporary workers have entered southern Africa from the countries of the Southern African Union.

HR firms in Southern Africa are insanely busy, and it's all about the money.

If we say that during the last world war, southern African goods still faced competition from American goods.

So in this world war, southern Africa has completely become the rear of the allies.

With the continuous flow of various materials to the UK.

Gold from Europe was also being shipped to southern Africa in a steady stream.

The Free France led by de Gaulle signed the first batch of orders with southern Africa, with a total amount of 2.5 million rand.

Free France could not afford to pay the money.

So de Gaulle borrowed from the Rand Bank and the Rhodesian Bank, with part of the gold in the French treasury as collateral.

The total value of gold in the French treasury is roughly equivalent to 25 billion rand.

At this rate, Free France won't last a few years.

Britain has more gold stocks than France, and it also needs to use gold to pay for materials purchased from southern Africa.

Just now, a British transport ship arrived in Whale Bay in a low-key manner. The ship was loaded with 600 tons of gold.

This part of the gold will be stored in Rand Bank's underground vaults.

Britain not only transported gold to southern Africa, but also transported it to Canada for storage, so as to prevent all the gold from falling into the hands of the Germans after the fall of the British mainland.

It can be seen from this that the British are not as confident in defeating the Germans as Winston has shown.

"This is the best choice!" Stoudemire's attitude was highly consistent with Ada's, and he didn't care about the lives of the British.

"As far as Germany's industrial strength is concerned, if the UK stops resisting, then we will completely lose the European market." Henry was more worried that the hundreds of British planes were shot down more than 100 a day, so it would not last for a few days.

At this time, a staff officer walked into the meeting room and whispered a report in Martin's ear.

"Gentlemen, there is a new situation. Just now, the Luftwaffe bombed London indiscriminately, and London suffered serious losses." The latest information provided by Martin instantly detonated the conference room.

"Join, otherwise London won't be able to hold on—" Jan Smolts was in a heavy heart. The indiscriminate bombing was too much, which meant that non-military targets in London had also become targets of the Luftwaffe.

All eyes were on Rock.

"Okay, let's join—" Rock made up his mind.

This is world war.

A world war that determines the future world pattern.

For Southern Africa, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

If Southern Africa focuses on making money, the pattern will be small.

Southern Africa will not be as mercenary as the United States. In the face of rampant Germans, if Southern Africa wants to replace Britain in the future and become a major power that determines the world structure, it must take the initiative to attack.

With Roque's decision, the months-long controversy finally came to a conclusion.

On August 8, Southern Africa announced the findings of the investigation into the sinking of the "Saint-Saens". On the same day, Southern Africa declared war on Germany and formally joined the war.

When the news came out, the British mainland was instantly boiling, and everyone was ecstatic.

The British were under too much pressure during this time.

Until the beginning of Operation Sickle, the British had great confidence in the Anglo-French allied forces.

In the eyes of most British people, even if the Anglo-French coalition forces cannot defeat the German army, they can keep the German army out of France and repeat the tug-of-war during the last World War. The situation will not collapse to the extent that the British mainland is attacked.

France's abandonment of resistance made all the British pessimistic about the prospect of war.

Especially after Mustache sent a peace signal to the UK, many people in the UK hoped that the British government would accept Germany's peace terms and avoid the UK from following in the footsteps of France. Some even suggested that the UK would unite with Germany to rule the world.

Of course, this is just wishful thinking of the British.

If the United Kingdom accepts the peace conditions of the mustache, then the United Kingdom will become a vassal of Germany, which is unacceptable to many British people.

The German threat ensues.

Especially after London was bombed by the German army, Britain, which had been at peace for a long time, finally felt the damage caused by the war.

It's really a long time.

During the last world war, Germany also tried to bomb London, but Germany's technology was limited at that time, and airships had no ability to resist fighter jets. London was not bombed by Germany on a large scale until after the war.

This gave the British an illusion.

No matter what the European continent is like, Britain can always stay out of it, a paradise.

This illusion finally ended last night.

On the night of the 2nd, Germany dispatched at least one hundred bombers to bomb London, and the Germans dropped at least 1500 aerial bombs.

Thousands of houses were bombed, at least 1100 people died and thousands were seriously injured. The industrial area outside London was particularly damaged, and the Royal Small Arms Factory, which had just resumed work, was severely damaged.

At this time, the news of Southern Africa's participation in the war was nothing more than a shot in the arm for the British.

(End of this chapter)