Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2167 This Must Be an Illusion
The world in 1940 was bizarre.

The appeasement policy is outrageous enough, and the sit-in war is even more unbelievable.

The Poles claimed to destroy Germany in three days, but the Royal Navy actually attacked their allies.

Many brothers are entangled in when the jet will appear, in fact, it has already appeared.

In 1930, Frank Whittle of the United Kingdom proposed the idea of ​​a jet engine and applied for a patent.

In 1935, Whittle began to design and manufacture a real jet engine. Together with his colleagues, he and his colleagues developed from scratch, component by component, and finally manufactured Britain's first turbojet engine.

The Germans are not idle, and they are more efficient than the British. Although the jet engine was developed two years later than the British, in 1939, the He3 aircraft equipped with the Hes178B turbojet engine developed by von Ochen was the first The test flight was successful, making it the first jet aircraft in Europe.

See, whether it is a jet engine or a jet aircraft, there are clear marks.

The reason why the United Kingdom and Europe are shown is because at the level of jet aircraft, Southern Africa is still far ahead of the world.

Almost 15 years ago, Robert Goddard came to southern Africa from the United States to continue his rocket research.

Robert Goddard's rocket engine is actually the predecessor of the jet engine.

Ten years ago, engineers in southern Africa tried to install jet engines on aircraft and began research on jet aircraft.

As a new field, research on jet aircraft is full of difficulties.

First of all, the rocket engine is not suitable as an aero engine, and the design must be overthrown and restarted from the beginning. It took four years for the engine alone.

Then an embarrassing thing happened. After the brand new turbojet engine was installed on the aircraft, the performance of the aircraft was actually not as good as the "Cheetah" installed by the Southern African Air Force, which made people very speechless.

The key is that the overall performance of the "Cheetah" is too powerful, and it has almost reached the peak of the propeller engine. The new jet aircraft is definitely no match, so the engineers in southern Africa are still working hard to improve the power of the engine and the strength of the fuselage material. Aerodynamic research must also take into account the reliability of the engine——

The first-generation jet aircraft developed in southern Africa has a turbojet engine installed on each of the two wings, and a propeller engine is installed at the nose position. Can land safely.

So until the reliability of the turbojet engine is resolved, the jets in southern Africa will not enter the troops.

After all, the performance of the "Cheetah" can suppress all aircraft in active service in the German army.

Italy--

Yes, the last chapter ended with Italy.

The wonderful Italians, in the wonderful 1940s, actually looked normal, and it is not surprising to do any weird things.

The fat, bald military-industrial consultant is right to be concerned.

Entering September, winter is coming, and the Italian army, which has already assembled in Albania and is preparing to attack Greece, has not even prepared winter clothes. If the war cannot be ended before winter arrives, then the problem will be very serious.

Fat and bald don't worry about this problem.

The Greeks are no longer the Greeks of Sparta.

In Fat Bald’s view, the Italian army’s war against Greece can be ended before winter arrives, so when winter arrives, the Italian army will warm up in front of a warm fireplace, or enjoy life in sunny Crete, Winter clothes——

It's not necessary at all!

As for possible support from Southern Africa and Great Britain.

In the eyes of the fat and bald head, it is not a worry.

Britain is now unable to protect itself, and has no ability to support Greece at all.

Although Southern Africa has accumulated a large number of troops in Cyprus, it is a huge doubt whether it has the determination to support Greece.

Whether the Greeks have the determination to follow through is also a huge question.

Don't forget that even France has stopped resisting. How determined can the Greeks be?
What's more, in Fat Bald's view, even if Greece gets help from southern Africa, the Italian army still has the ability to conquer Greece.

After all, Germany even conquered France. No matter how powerful southern Africa is, how can it be stronger than France?

If the Germans can conquer France, can't Italy conquer southern Africa?

So amidst the hustle and bustle of doubts, the Italian army crossed the Greek border and attacked Greece, and the Greek campaign began.

With the "jewels" of Poland and France in front, when the Battle of Greece broke out, everyone thought that the Italians would be as invincible as the Germans, and that the Italian army could end the war before winter, as the fat bald man said.

The facts are surprising.

It's not really how good the Greeks are.

It was the poor performance of the Italians. The fat and bald head underestimated the determination of the Greeks to resist, and at the same time overestimated the capabilities of the Italian army. The Italian army was hit head-on by the Greek army within less than ten kilometers into the Greek territory.

Here I want to introduce that the terrain in northern Greece is very complicated, which is not conducive to large-scale operations of mechanized troops. The Pindus Mountains have become a natural moat for the Italian army to advance. The Greek army has built strong fortifications based on the terrain. The Italians lack heavy weapons. Human fortifications are at a loss.

So after the war broke out, the Greek Prime Minister General Motakoses was very surprised. This is the attack power of the Italian army?

That's really it.

The Italian 15th Mountain Division, which first invaded Greece, was frustrated in the first battle against the Greek Sixth Division's position. Instead, it did not launch any offensive. Instead, it was stationed on the spot and began to confront the Greek Sixth Division.

In the blood of the Greeks, there is still blood inherited from the Spartans.

The Italians still don't attack, so let's take the initiative to try.

Then something surprising happened.

The Italian 15th Division surrendered after offering only token resistance, on the grounds that they did not have enough winter clothing.

This reason is too weird.

It's only September, and even if the night temperature in the Pindus Mountains is a little cooler, it's not yet to the point where cotton coats are needed.

What's more, does an army give up resistance just because they don't have cotton coats?

This shit is not even as good as the fighting will of the colonial servants!

As a result, the confidence of the Greeks increased greatly.

On September 9, in the Macedonian region in northern Greece, the Greek army began a massive counterattack.

The Italians retreated in a hurry, and the Greek army not only drove the Italians out of Greece, but also invaded Albania.

At this time, the Italians woke up like a dream, and resisted stubbornly under the command of Marshal Pietro Badoglio——

Sorry, typo, no tenacious.

Not even resistance.

A very typical case.

When Greek troops approached Korce, the Italians declared that they would turn Korce into a Greek Waterloo.

General Papagos of Greece did not believe in evil, and ordered his troops to surround Korcha from both wings, trying to encircle Korcha.

The Italian's showmanship came again. Before the Greeks completed the outflank, the Italians retreated in a hurry, not giving General Papagos a chance to become famous in the first battle.

At this time in Albania, the Italians had 27 divisions.

There are only 16 divisions in the whole of Greece.

Moreover, it was formed in a hurry after the outbreak of the European War.

By September 9, the Italians in Albania had retreated 25 miles.

30 miles is not far.

But Albania is only a little big, with an area of ​​less than 30 square kilometers, and retreating [-] miles almost means a thousand miles of collapse.

General Motakoses was still very calm. He did not order the Greek army to continue to attack, but occupied the mountains in southern Albania to build a new line of defense, and did not give the Italians any chance.

So far, the first stage of the Greek campaign ended with the complete victory of the Greek army.

The prestige of the fat and bald head has since plummeted.

The overall victory of the Greek army also gave the Greeks an illusion.

The performance of the Italians is so unbearable.

Since relying on the Greek army, it is completely possible to protect Greece.

So why is the help of the UK and Southern Africa needed?
Especially in order to get help from southern Africa, Greece wants to open Crete to southern Africa.

Even during the Greek campaign, the Cyprus squadron was not idle.

Arthur and General Mike Tolan had long concluded that to assist Greece, the threat to the waterway must be resolved first, so the first task of the Cyprus Squadron was to attack the Dodecanese Islands and completely wipe out the Italian troops entrenched in the Dodecanese Islands.

Like the Italian army that attacked Greece, the Italian army stationed in the Dodecanese Islands has also been at peace for a long time, and its will has long been corroded by the bright sunshine and warm sea breeze of the Aegean Sea.

The Italian army stationed in the Dodecanese has only one division, and all of them are on Rhodes Island, the largest.

The action of the Mediterranean Fleet is very fast,

On September 9, the Kingdom of Italy issued an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Greece. On September 5, the Cyprus Squadron launched its first air strike on Rhode Island.

Air strikes can only deal a certain blow to the Italian defenders, and it is still up to the army to solve the problem.

The Army needs perfect preparations for landing operations. It was not until September 9 that the Marine Corps stationed in Cyprus set off on a transport ship under the protection of the Cyprus Squadron.

According to the principle from easy to difficult, the Marine Corps first tried to land on Karpathos Island without any resistance. There was no Italian garrison on the island, and most of the residents were Greeks. The arrival of the Southern African Marine Corps was influenced by Karpa A warm welcome from the residents of South Island.

Only then did the Cyprus Squadron target Rhodes Island.

In Arthur's view, the attack rhythm of the Cyprus Squadron is already very fast.

But looking back, the Italians have been driven out of Greece, and even the Greek army has invaded Albania.

Arthur was completely confused. From the perspective of speed alone, the Greek army was stronger than the southern African army.

It must be an illusion!

(End of this chapter)