Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2158 No Invincible Castle
At the same time that Southern Africa declared war on Germany, the Fourth Armored Division of the Second Army first left the station and entered the Mahdi Kingdom, marching towards the Mahdi capital Khartoum.

The commander-in-chief of the British Middle East Command, temporary general Archibald Percival Wavell, arrived in Kondra by plane at noon on the [-]rd.

Werwell was born in a military family in Colchester, England, and his grandfather and father were both generals.

Werwell participated in the last World War and lost his left eye due to a head injury during the battle, hence the nickname "One-Eyed Dragon".

After receiving reinforcements from Australia and India, the number of troops that Weaver could command increased to 5, which was a huge disparity compared with the 50 Italians, which made Weaver restless.

The British colony in North Africa was attacked by the Italian colony on both sides. Wervil was under great pressure. The participation in the war in southern Africa finally gave Werver a little relief.

"General, welcome to Southern Africa—" Feng Fu personally went to the airport to greet Weaver.

"Thank God, we can finally fight side by side again!" Wei Weier and Feng Fu shook hands warmly, looking at Feng Fu with complicated eyes.

It must be emotionally complicated.

Compared with the strong Second Army, most of the troops commanded by Weaver were composed of colonial servants, which made Wewere very uncomfortable.

Under normal circumstances, the southern African army should be the British colonial servant army.

It is a pity that due to the manipulation of the British government, it now seems that the British army has become a colonial servant army in southern Africa, at least from the perspective of equipment.

The force commanded by Welwell consisted of three parts, one part was the Egyptian army, the other was the Australian Expeditionary Force, and the other part was the Indian force.

The Anzacs performed well in the last world war, but after 20 years, Werwell doubts that the Australian troops will be able to go all out as they did in the previous world war.

Needless to say, Indians, during the First World War, Werwell served successively as the commander of the Russian Caucasus Army, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, and the liaison officer of the Imperial General Staff William Robert Robertson. The capabilities of the military are clear.

As for Egypt—

Only eight battalions of the British Army in Egypt were composed entirely of British nationals.

After the start of Operation Scythe, these eight battalions were transferred back to the mainland by Winston to assist in the defense. Wervil and Winston had a fierce quarrel because of this, and the relationship is still at odds.

Just next to Werwell's special plane, several southern African military transport planes were loading.

Weaver was surprised to find that the Southern African Air Force actually loaded all the armored vehicles on the transport plane, which gave Weaver a new understanding of the airlift capability of the Southern African Air Force.

You must know that the "Alligator" armored vehicle in southern Africa has a total combat weight of 17 tons, which is heavier than the tanks installed by European countries before the outbreak of the European War.

Transporting armored vehicles by plane, at least the British Air Force currently does not have this capability.

"The Second Army has many vehicles. We must first establish a forward base in Khartoum to prepare for the follow-up operations of the armored forces." Feng Fu's introduction is slightly Versailles.

After the outbreak of the European War, Welwell reorganized the British troops in the Middle East into the Nile Army.

The same is the group army.

Feng Fu's Second Army has a total strength of nearly 14. The army has more than 800 tanks, more than 3000 cars, and about 3500 artillery pieces. Its strength is second to none in the world.

This is not counting more than 100 helicopters.

The Nile Army has a total strength of 5 people and 275 artillery pieces, most of which are old models that participated in the last world war. There are only four tanks in total, and all of them are French Renault tanks produced during the last world war.

This is also impossible.

After the outbreak of the European War, Britain sent almost all new equipment to the Western Front with the British Expeditionary Force.

As a result, during the Dunkirk retreat, the British army lost all their heavy equipment, and the number of rifles was seriously insufficient. It is good that there are still tanks available in Egypt.

One of the important reasons why Wei Weier came to Feng Fu on his own initiative was to hope that Feng Fu could support some heavy weapons of the Nile Army.

For Wei Weier, who has a strong self-esteem, this is somewhat difficult to say.

But the situation is stronger than people, and Wei Weier still made this request when he came to Feng Fu's headquarters.

"I'm sorry, General, I'm afraid this won't work, I don't have the power." Feng Fu resolutely rejected Wei Weier's request.

However, Feng Fu couldn't help but soften his heart in the face of Wei Weier's expectant eyes: "In this way, in the next battle, if we capture the heavy weapons of the Italians, we can give priority to supplying the Nile Army."

It's really embarrassing to say that the Nile Army led by Weaver is not even as equipped as the Italian troops in North Africa.

The fat and bald head still made a lot of money in North Africa. When he attacked the Abyssinian Empire, he used a large number of armored troops, which successfully conquered the Abyssinian Empire.

Now Italy's troops in North and East Africa have a large number of heavy weapons including tanks and artillery, and the air force has more than 500 aircraft. If Southern Africa does not participate in the war, the Nile Army will really not be able to withstand the Italian attack.

But the miracle is that after the Italians declared war on Britain and France, the North African side only invaded and occupied the two border towns of Kassala and Galabat, and never launched any offensive again, which gave Werwell a chance to breathe , and finally waited until Southern Africa entered the war.

The fat and bald head is still very cautious, of course, this has a lot to do with the requirements of the mustache.

Mustache did not want to see Italy and Great Britain clash in North Africa until they had defeated France.

This can also be understood as the mustache does not want to see Italy monopolize North Africa.

When Southern Africa did not participate in the war, 50 vs. 5, even if the Italians had noodles, the Egyptians and Indians could not fight either.

Australia has only one division in North Africa, and it's not full—

The key point is that the Australians cannot fight either. The Australian and New Zealand Allied Forces that fought bravely in World War I no longer exist.

"The Italians Chen Bing in North Africa have already posed a huge threat to Egypt and may attack Egypt at any time. If possible, can some of the Cyprus army go to Alexandria to assist in the defense?" Werwell chose the next best thing. Up to 10 people are enough to raid the Italian mainland.

Once Italy occupies Egypt, the connection between Britain and India will be cut off, and Port Elizabeth will also face the threat of Italy.

Welwell asked the Cyprus garrison to strengthen the defense of Egypt, also in order to ensure the oil supply of Britain.

Feng Fu is also aware of this, but Feng Fu is not worried.

"The focus of the Italians is not on North Africa, but on Greece. Before the occupation of Greece, the Italians will not have a large-scale offensive in North Africa." Feng Fu knew the situation of the Italians well.

"Is the information accurate?" Weil doubted the authenticity of the information.

"It's absolutely true!" Feng Fu said firmly.

It's true.

This is thanks to the contribution of the Department of Mathematics, Nyasaland University.

In 1918, German inventor Arthur Scherbius invented a cryptographic machine "Enigma" and applied for a patent for this machine.

At that time, "Enigma" was expensive, and few people paid attention to this kind of cipher machine. Until nearly ten years later, Germany chose "Enigma" as the dedicated cipher machine for the German government, and even the German navy, land and air forces.

The working principle of "Enigma" is very complicated. Colonel Erich Vogelbel, the communications chief of the German Supreme Command, believes that "Enigma" is a perfect communication device, and it is impossible for the Allied forces to decipher it.

The French and the British really failed to decipher the "Enigma".

This is mainly because France and the United Kingdom have no heartfelt fear of the Germans, so they have not invested enough in "Enigma".

Before the outbreak of the European War, the threat of the Germans was increasing day by day. Zdzisrow Krigrovski, the director of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Poznan, organized a research team to decipher the "Enigma" cipher machine.

The deciphering work of the Poles is progressing very smoothly. Although the "Enigma" password is changed every day, in 1938, the Poles were able to successfully decipher the German code of the day within two hours.

In December 1938, Germany upgraded the "Enigma" cipher machine, making it 12 times more difficult to decipher than before.

Theoretically speaking, the upgraded "Enigma" can still be deciphered, but the time and money required will be greatly increased.

The Poles were running out of time and were woefully underfunded.

Before Germany invaded Poland, deciphering work in Poland had completely stopped.

At the same time that the Poles deciphered the "Enigma", the Department of Mathematics of Nyasaland University also started the corresponding deciphering work.

Compared with the Poles, Nyasaland University has a stronger technical foundation and more abundant sources of funds. Alan Mathison Turing showed his talents in the process of deciphering "Enigma". He produced a A machine specially designed to decipher "Enigma", this machine was named "computer" by Nyasaland University.

Like the Poles, Nyasaland University also used the exhaustive method to decipher the "Enigma".

The exhaustive method refers to listing all possible combinations of letters in the process of deriving the "Enigma", and then deriving the password combination of the German army that day.

There are about 105456 combinations of "Enigma". Turing made a total of six machines. The daily task is to list all these 105456 combinations and find the correct answer.

In January 1939, Germany upgraded the "Enigma", and the combination of keys increased from the previous 1 to 105456 trillion.

This time the Poles were finally powerless.

Nyasaland University doesn't care, six machines are not enough, then sixty machines, Turing can't do it alone, then mobilize all teachers and students in the entire mathematics department to decipher the new German code.

Facts have proved that as long as the investment is large enough, there is no castle that cannot be broken.

(End of this chapter)