Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2157 The commander-in-chief of our expeditionary force is back
As the key bombing target of the German army, Woolwich on the south bank of the Thames suffered heavy losses, and several blocks along the river were completely destroyed. Bayswater, who worked in the Royal Small Arms Factory, lived here.

After Operation Scythe began, the Royal Small Arms Factory went into full swing, and Bayswater worked the night shift.

Bayswater returned home after a hard night's work to find his home bombed to pieces.

This made Bayswater very sad.

It's already August, winter is coming, and winter in London is hard.

Bayswater was lucky compared to his neighbor William.

Bayswater's wife and three children hid in the air-raid shelter in advance during the German air raid. Although all property was lost, fortunately everyone was fine.

William's family failed to escape. His wife and two children were all killed in the air strike. The scene of the big man kneeling next to the three corpses and crying, made Bayswater feel sore.

"God, please lower your anger and kill all those German devils. I am willing to die with them and drag all the damned Germans into hell—"

Facing the heartbroken William, Bayswater was helpless, and any verbal comfort was useless at this time.

What's more, Bayswater is not qualified to comfort William.

It's already August, winter is coming, and winter in London can be tough.

"What shall we do?" Bayswater's wife, Isabella, was holding the one-year-old Jerry with a sad face. She was still wearing pajamas, wrapped in a small blanket, barefoot, and didn't even have time to wear shoes. It can be seen how hasty he was when he left.

"Daddy, I'm hungry—" Six-year-old Tom was shaking. He was tired, hungry, and terrified.

Four-year-old Hart was crying and didn't understand what was happening.

Two policemen came on patrol all the way.

Bayswater offered to ask for help.

The police are helpless. There are too many people in London who need help today. The task of the police is to maintain law and order. They may also have relatives who died in the bombing.

Several boats suddenly came from the lower reaches of the Thames, and people rushed to the river with hope in their hearts.

Not a transport ship.

Not a warship either.

It is an obstacle boat made of cement concrete.

In order to prevent the Germans from attacking London along the Thames, the British government used sunken ships to block the Thames estuary, and the defense of the Royal Navy was not without loopholes.

Just kidding, the warship is parked in the naval port, and the German submarines can sneak into the naval port and sink the general ship, and the defense of the Thames is basically useless.

Large-scale landings may not be possible.

Small-scale sneak attacks are no difficulty for the Germans.

"What is our navy doing? Don't they have the ability to protect London?" Bayswater really can't figure out that the Royal Navy has so much money every year, and even after the war broke out, it has to close the Thames River. Is it possible that so much military spending is fed to dogs?
"Gentlemen, go to the square, the Matilda Charitable Foundation is distributing food in the square-" came a pleasantly surprised voice, and people flocked to Woolwich Square.

In the center of the square, more than a dozen staff members are busy, all of them are women, dressed in uniform clothes, with friendly smiles, making people feel the hard-earned warmth in the cruel reality.

Britain has begun a nationwide mobilization. Men either join the army or work in factories, and women are also mobilized to undertake tasks within their capabilities.

Most of the employees of the Matilda Charitable Foundation are students. Under the command of a gray-haired but energetic lady in her 60s, they are loading well-packed boxes from a truck. Take it off.

Next to the truck, two girls threw firewood into a tin oil drum, ignited it with gasoline, and then lifted a pot to be placed on the oil drum.

Too much water was added to the pot, and the two girls tried twice but failed.

Bayswater and Isabella offered to help, and the four worked together to finally put the pot on the oil drum.

"Thank you for your help—" A girl with a face full of freckles but an unusually bright smile thanked Bayswater.

"It should be us thanking you, you are angels, without you, we really don't know what to do—" Bayswater was grateful.

At this time, another girl poured a large bag full of instant coffee into the pot, and the aroma of the coffee gradually overflowed, covering the entire square, and people began to have hope in their eyes.

In another pot is broth.

The freckled girl opened more than a dozen cans and put them all in a pot to cook.

The solidified oil spreads when heated, and a thick layer of oil flowers floats in the pot, and the aroma is overflowing.

A chef in a white coat came with a large piece of frozen meat, chopped it into small pieces with an ax and threw it into the pot.

Tom was watching helplessly.

The chef smiled kindly at Tom, picked up a small piece of chicken and handed it to Tom.

"Eat it, this is already cooked—"

On a normal day, Isabella would definitely not let Tom eat such cold food.

Now Isabella feels that this cold piece of meat is the warmest thing in the world.

What is warm is the heart.

More and more people gathered in the square again, there were thousands of people.

There were a few police officers at the scene to maintain order, but they were obviously unable to do what they wanted. There were too many people in need of help, and not everyone was as patient as Neswater.

At this time, a car drove up, and a few well-dressed old men got off. They sat down in the center of the square with musical instruments in their hands, and began to play "God Save the King".

Before Bayswater could react, the freckled girl hummed softly to the music.

God bless the United Kingdom—

May she live forever—

God Bless the United Kingdom—

Chang Shengli, Mu Rongguang——

The girl hummed the wrong lyrics, it should have been "God bless the king" instead of "God bless the United Kingdom".

But from Bayswater's ears, "God bless the United Kingdom" sounds right in the current environment.

The United Kingdom does require a little luck.

"Don't be sad, don't be discouraged, the difficulties in front of us are only temporary, we will definitely overcome them and win the final victory—" the gray-haired but hale and hearty lady encouraged everyone loudly. She was wearing a suit from the last World War British uniform of the period.

Although the military uniform has been washed white, it is clean and tidy, and the seams of the trousers look as if they were pinched by hand.

"German bombs won't bring us to our knees. Even if the UK fights alone, we will fight to the end and never surrender. I'm 60 and can't serve in the army, but I'll pick up a gun if the UK needs it Going to the battlefield—" Madam was impassioned, and her thin body contained infinite energy.

Someone started clapping.

Then everyone started to applaud, and the policemen's eyes were filled with admiration.

"What's more, we are not fighting alone. In the early hours of this morning, southern Africa has officially declared war on the Germans. The commander-in-chief of our expeditionary force during the last world war has returned. I firmly believe that this time Lord Nyasaland can do the same. Lead us to the final victory—" Madam's voice was instantly overwhelmed by loud cheers, and everyone rejoiced.

This is the biggest good news for the British since the outbreak of the European War.

Almost all the news from a year ago has been bad news.

The Germans annex Austria.

The Germans tore up the Munich Agreement and annexed Czechoslovakia.

Germany and Russia partition Poland.

The Germans attack Norway.

France ceases to resist—

For the British, the participation of southern Africa in the war was a ray of light in the darkness.

Although the Southern African Expeditionary Force has not yet arrived in the UK.

But at this moment, the British are full of confidence in their hearts. They firmly believe that the joining of southern Africa will bring Britain another great victory.

Winston believed it too.

At noon on the [-]rd, Winston went to Congress to report the news of Southern Africa's participation in the war.

Members of Congress have already known the news through various means.

However, this did not prevent them from giving warm applause to Winston's speech.

On the King's Road where the Southern African embassy in London is located, a large number of Londoners gathered at noon on the [-]rd. They applauded enthusiastically and shouted slogans rhythmically, thanking Southern Africa for joining.

Even the guards on duty at the gate of the southern African embassy received warm hugs and kisses from countless London girls.

While London rejoices, Pretoria, Jan Smudge receives a call from Ribbentrop.

"Minister Smother, you will regret today's decision!" Ribbentrop was furious. Germany had long been prepared for the war in southern Africa, but when this day came, the fear of southern Africa in the hearts of the Germans finally be awakened.

There is no other reason.

The Germans were beaten so badly by the Southern Africans in the last world war.

Without the participation of southern Africa, perhaps in the last world war, Germany had already defeated the British and French allied forces and became the world hegemon.

The closest the Germans came to victory was only 60 kilometers away.

Things are looking good for the Germans right now.

The joining of Southern Africa once again became the X factor that changed the situation in Europe.

"Minister Ribbentrop, when you started the world war, you should have expected such a day." Yang Smozi confronted each other, and it was useless to talk about it. Whoever wins and who loses will see the truth on the battlefield.

"Very good, you wait to bear the wrath of Germany!" Ribbentrop hung up the phone directly. It was too late to say anything now. The southern African army had entered the Mahdi Kingdom in two ways at [-] o'clock in the morning on the [-]rd. And British East Africa to assist in the defense, the Italians are about to face the fierce attack of the southern African army.

Fortunately, Italian.

Ribbentrop still expects something from the Italians.

The Italians have a total of 50 troops in North Africa and East Africa. Even if they can't beat the Second Army in Southern Africa, it will be no problem to persist for a year or two.

(End of this chapter)