Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2161 Bombing Berlin
The attack on Mogadishu was unbelievably easy.

When the Indian Ocean Fleet arrived in Mogadishu, there were two infantry divisions stationed in Mogadishu, plus the total naval strength of about 30000 people, it was not without a fight.

It is unbelievable that, including Prince Savoy, the governor of the Italian East African colony, Mogadishu showed no fighting spirit from top to bottom. After receiving the ultimatum from the Indian Ocean Fleet, Prince Savoy fled in a hurry , All the destroyers and submarines docked in the military port were captured without a fight, and the defenders were all captured without firing a shot, which is simply amazing.

After the outbreak of World War II, the Royal Navy chased German civilian ships all over the world. The captains of those civilian ships knew to scuttle the ship when they could not escape, and they would not leave it to the British.

The performance of the Italian Navy is not as good as that of the captains of German civilian ships.

As the protagonist of this book's daily humiliation, the French navy also chose to sink itself tragically when it received the ultimatum.

With the surrender of the defenders, all the large quantities of supplies hoarded by Italy in Mogadishu before the war were seized by the Indian Ocean Fleet, among which nearly 40 tons of heavy oil was urgently needed by the Italian Navy alone.

After Italy declared war on Britain and France, Britain blocked the Suez Canal, and most of the merchant ships that could not return to Italy chose to dock in Mogadishu.

These merchant ships, as well as the materials carried on them, were all seized by the Indian Ocean Fleet. Among them, there were only 22 merchant ships of more than [-] tons.

The surrender of Mogadishu had a greater effect on the morale of the Allied forces.

Since the outbreak of the European War, the Germans have been victorious, and the Allied forces have been defeated. First Poland, then Norway, and then the Netherlands, Belgium, and France——

For a while, the news of the Allied victory was broadcast on the British radio every day, but the position of victory was constantly approaching Paris, and smart people knew what this meant.

Mogadishu was the first major city to surrender to the Allies after the outbreak of the European War.

Not to mention the great good news of the surrender of Prince Savoy.

After hearing the news, Winston immediately went to Congress to report the progress of southern Africa in East Africa to members of Congress.

Although East Africa is thousands of miles away from London, the news still cheers the British.

So the pressure was all on Wei Weier's side.

It’s all Africa—

Also facing the Italian colonial servants——

The Indian Ocean Fleet captured Mogadishu as soon as it made a move, but the Nile Army led by Weaver could only defend passively. London's dissatisfaction with Weaver gradually accumulated.

Wei Weier was even more depressed.

The Indian Ocean Fleet is strong. Jackson Marshall formed a luxurious fleet to attack Mogadishu. The aircraft carrier dispatched four ships in one go, two battleships, and the cooperation of the Marine Corps. What does Waver have?
The Nile Army Group sounds like it can bluff people, but in fact it can only bluff people.

With a group army of less than 5 people, there is a serious shortage of heavy weapons, and the amount of ammunition is also seriously insufficient.

Although Britain also had a fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, Wervil did not have the right to command the Mediterranean Fleet. Cunningham took the main force of the Mediterranean Fleet to find the main force of the Italian Kingdom's navy for a decisive battle every day. Unfortunately, the Italian Navy did not give Cunningham a chance.

Two "Veneto" class battleships of the Italian Navy have entered service.

After the tension between Britain, France, Germany and Italy in 37, Italy added two more "Veneto" class battleships, "Rome" and "Empire", which are still under construction.

The current strength of the Italian Navy is actually no less than that of the British Mediterranean Fleet.

The key problem is the lack of fuel for the Italian Navy.

Before the outbreak of the European War, Italy only stored 100 million tons of heavy oil, which was only enough for the Italian Navy to use for one year, so the Italian Navy had to save oil.

Italian North Africa and East Africa, although both are Italian colonies, the situation is different.

Italian North Africa was acquired by Italy before the outbreak of the last world war, and the rule was relatively stable, so the Italians could devote more energy to the attack on Egypt.

In Abyssinia in Italian East Africa, there are still widespread rebels in the territory. The main force of Italian East Africa is not in Mogadishu, but is still suppressing the rebels in Abyssinia. Therefore, the Indian Ocean Fleet Only one hit can succeed.

Weir is in danger now, and if he wants to achieve a glorious victory similar to that of the Indian Ocean Fleet, he urgently needs the support of the British mainland.

The British mainland is also too busy to take care of itself, and now we can't take care of Weaver at all.

Since the big bombing on the night of August 8, Germany's bombing of London has become the norm. Every night, the German army bombards London indiscriminately, and the British Air Force is under unprecedented pressure.

The use of radar can provide early warning for the British Air Force to a certain extent.

However, limited to the performance of the radar, the British Air Force still had to send people to use the naked eye to observe the German aircraft in this way.

In order to better stop the German army, the British government mobilized about 5 people to monitor the English Channel.

It's easy to say during the day, the German aircraft can be clearly observed with the naked eye.

This method is completely useless at night, and the current aircraft do not have the ability to fight at night, even if the Southern African Air Force joins it, it will not help.

Of course it's not useless.

After Southern Africa joined the war, the First Army, which had assembled at Walvis Bay, left for the British mainland to assist in the defense. The Southern African Air Force also sent reinforcements to the British mainland. Now at least during the day, the German Air Force dispatched fewer and fewer times.

The most daunting part of the Southern African Air Force is the strategic bomber force with as many as 2500 aircraft.

With so many bombers, certainly not all of them can be sent to the British mainland. There are only about 700 strategic bombers sent to the British mainland.

More strategic bombers are deployed at Port Elizabeth and Changi Naval Base, which are the top priorities of the Southern African strategic air force.

Uxbridge, on the western outskirts of London, is the command center for the British Air Force's operations.

The command center is located 15 meters underground, like a small theater. The command center is about 20 meters deep and has two floors. The center is a sand table map of the terrain around London. On one side of the wall is a large blackboard covered with small light bulbs. , each light bulb represents an aviation squadron.

The light bulbs are divided into six rows, and each row represents a combat brigade of fighter jets. When the bottom row of light bulbs is lit, it means that these squadrons are ready to take off and can take off immediately within 2 minutes.

After the penultimate row of light bulbs is lit, it means that these aviation squadrons can take off for combat within 5 minutes.

By analogy, the top row takes 20 minutes.

Light bulbs on the other wall indicate the operational status of all squadrons.

Yellow indicates that an enemy aircraft has been detected.

Red means fighting.

Green means returning to the voyage.

There are about 200 staff members in the entire command center, and the British Air Force guards the sky of London under their command.

When Don Juan walked into the command center, the entire command center was brightly lit.

After southern Africa declared war on Germany, the First Army, escorted by the Atlantic Fleet, headed to the British mainland in batches. Don Juan, as the commander-in-chief of the First Army, arrived in London on August 8 with the first armored First Army on board. .

After arriving in the British mainland, the First Armored Army took over the defensive positions originally belonging to the British Third Division, deployed around the Cape of Dover, and was always ready to deal with the German landing.

"Good evening, Don—" Air Secretary Archibald Sinclair warmly welcomed Don Juan, who was accompanied by Major General Parker of the Air Force.

As Minister of the Air Force, Archibald Sinclair himself was not responsible for commanding the battle. It was Major General Parker who actually commanded the British Air Force and the Luftwaffe.

As the commander of the First Group Army, Don Juan himself was not in charge of commanding the air force. The commander of the air force was Major General Xu Xiu, the leader of the Second Bomber Wing.

That's right, that's Xu Xiu who once flew "Strong Wind" across the English Channel.

The three pilots who flew the "Strong Wind" over the English Channel, Xu Chengzhi is now the director of the First War Room of the Ministry of Air Force, and Ethan is the commander of the carrier-based aircraft force on the "Nyasaland". The three are all major generals.

"Good evening, Minister Sinclair—hello, Major General Parker—" Don Juan greeted Archibald Sinclair and Major General Parker respectively. The main purpose of his and Xu Xiu's visit this time was to coordinate operations. By the way, discuss the possibility of revenge against the Germans.

As mentioned above, starting from August 8, the bombing of London by the Germans has become the norm. For 2 days until the 14th, the Luftwaffe will send at least one hundred bombers to bomb London indiscriminately every night.

Previously, the British Air Force was not strong enough and could only counterattack passively.

Now with the Southern African Air Force on board, Archibald Sinclair and Major General Parker planned a reprisal against the Germans.

The Germans could bomb London.

Naturally, the British could also bomb Berlin.

The only difficulty was that the German bombers took off from an airfield in France, very close to London.

If the British Air Force wants to bomb Berlin, it can only take off from the airport in the UK. The nearest airport is about 800 kilometers away from Berlin.

If the British Air Force wants to bomb Berlin, it will definitely need to send fighter jets to escort it.

However, the range of the British Air Force fighter jets is seriously insufficient, and it is impossible to escort the bombers all the way, so this plan could not be implemented before.

Now with the addition of the Southern African Air Force, the situation has greatly improved.

The "Flying Fortress" and "Super Flying Fortress" of the Southern African Air Force are capable of bombing Berlin.

The "Cheetah" fighter jets installed by the Southern African Air Force are fully capable of escorting the bombers all the way, let alone [-] kilometers, and another [-] kilometers is not a problem.

"The situation is like this. We can't just be passive and beaten. We must let the Germans also taste the pain of starting a war. We want to blow up Berlin, blow it back to its original state, and send all Germans to hell!" Archibald Sinclair's grim expression, he had had enough of this time.

(End of this chapter)