Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2175 Red Head Torpedo
After Southern Africa declared war on Germany, the two countries were at war, and their respective ambassadors to the other country had been recalled, so they had to rely on the Americans to communicate with each other.

As in the last world war, the Americans have not participated in the war so far, and they are doing business happily under the pretext of maintaining neutrality.

Southern Africa was a supplier to the Allies.

The US was a supplier to the Axis powers.

After the outbreak of the European War, Winston contacted Roosevelt many times, hoping that the US government could restrict American companies and reduce trade with Germany.

Roosevelt's response was very American, using the "free trade" that the U.S. government has always advocated as an excuse not to interfere with the commercial behavior of American companies.

Winston was helpless.

In order to avoid completely pushing the United States into the Axis powers, the British government had to hand over part of the orders to American companies.

Not only did this not restrain the Americans, but it made them intensify, because the Americans knew very well that Britain under the policy of appeasement was no longer as tough as it used to be.

By the way, after resigning as Prime Minister, Neville, like many politicians who die within a few years after losing power, his health deteriorated rapidly to the point where he had to be hospitalized.

There are rumors that Neville's condition may deteriorate at any time, and most of them will not survive this winter.

Now the communication between southern Africa and Germany can only be carried out through the Americans, so Hilden went to Ribbentrop.

Ribbentrop is actually very clear that although southern Africa has participated in the war, it has not gone all out.

During the last World War, southern Africa immediately sent an expeditionary force to Europe, causing Germany to fall short.

This time when the European War broke out, Southern Africa not only did not join the war for the first time, but also did not focus on Europe after participating in the war, but in Africa. This is obviously digging the corners of Britain and France.

Africa has always been regarded as the back garden by Britain and France, and it is the private land of Britain and France.

When France had given up resistance, Britain was unable to support itself in Africa and had to rely on the strength of southern Africa to maintain its colonial rule.

After the end of the last World War, Southern Africa took over German territories in Tanganyika and South West Africa.

After the end of this world war, how many British and French colonies in Africa will remain?
Not to mention, in East Africa, the Second Army in Southern Africa is racing all the way. Italy's colonial rule in East Africa has completely collapsed. In fact, the British colonies in East Africa are already under the protection of the Second Army. Then after the end of the World War , will East Africa still be British East Africa?

The same goes for French North Africa.

After accepting the leadership of Free France, the Third Army of Southern Africa has entered French North Africa. The troops organized by Free France are being trained by instructors from Southern Africa in the Kingdom of Congo. The influence of Southern Africa on French North Africa is rapidly increasing. Those in Congo The kingdom feels the true "equal treatment" of the French North African colonial servants, will they be so loyal to France after the war?

All this remains to be verified by time.

The Germans knew this, so the Germans certainly did not abuse southern African captives.

Winston and de Gaulle knew it too, but the British and the French couldn't help it.

The situation is stronger than the people!

Compared with British East Africa, the only thing Winston can pray for now is that Britain can still maintain control of the Suez Canal after the war.

For this reason, the British government is constantly sending more troops to Egypt, mainly Indians.

Wei Weier was very depressed.

It is a good thing to increase troops, but if the reinforcements are Indians, then fortune and disaster will be unpredictable.

On October 10, the 11-ton "Hercules" ocean-going transport ship from southern Africa arrived in Alexandria. The ship was loaded with supplies from Cyprus to support the British Mediterranean Fleet.

Cunningham was pleased that this batch of supplies included the advanced redhead torpedoes from southern Africa, which the Mediterranean Fleet desperately needed.

After the outbreak of the European War, the Mediterranean Fleet and the Italian Navy launched a brutal attack in the Mediterranean. Both sides suffered heavy losses.

The performance of British torpedoes is not as good as that of southern Africa. In terms of range, power, accuracy, reliability, etc., southern African torpedoes are better. Although the red-headed torpedo is not the most advanced torpedo in southern Africa, it has also greatly improved the combat effectiveness of Mediterranean fleet submarines.

At least the red-headed torpedo will definitely explode after hitting the target. Don't underestimate this point. In World War II in another time and space, the Royal Navy failed to solve this problem until the end of the war.

When the supplies arrived in Alexandria, they had to be unloaded. This task was completed by the Indian Sixth Division.

Regarding the combat effectiveness of the Indian army, both Cunningham and Welwell knew very well that sending Indian troops to fight probably would not work.

Then it's okay to be a coolie on the dock.

Facts have proved that Indians are not qualified to be coolies.

The Indian army has completely learned the habits of the British army. The good habits have not been learned, and the bad habits have been further "carried forward", which is unexpected by the British.

The "Hercules" loaded a total of nearly 12000 tons of supplies, including 150 red-headed torpedoes.

After the materials were hoisted ashore by the huge gantry, Indian soldiers were required to send the materials on the dock into the warehouse.

It should be emphasized here that the workers who operate the gantry cranes come from southern Africa, and Indians can't even learn to operate gantry cranes.

This is really not an exaggeration.

The Indian army has a strict hierarchy, and educated officers are either British or descendants of nobles in India, the so-called members of the high caste.

By convention, officers do not work.

British officers are better, at least meeting the current requirements for soldiers.

Indian military officers are hard to describe. Many people may not have imagined that an Indian military officer may have as many as ten servants dedicated to serving him in the barracks.

These servants have clear responsibilities.

Some people are in charge of serving the officers to wash their faces, some are in charge of cleaning the officers’ rooms, some are in charge of doing the laundry for the officers, and some are in charge of making tea for the officers——

Oh, Indians drink tea in the morning tea and afternoon tea, so two people are responsible for it respectively.

If it were a servant of a British aristocrat, the cleaner might also be responsible for doing the laundry, as long as the cleaning is clean and the clothes are neatly folded.

The hierarchy of Indians is so strict that those who wash clothes may think that their work is higher than those who sweep the floor, so it is absolutely impossible for the servants who wash clothes to sweep the floor, because it will lower their status!

It is the same on the gantry crane.

Learning to operate a gantry crane requires a certain cultural foundation.

Educated Military Officers Academy.

But they certainly won't learn, how can officers work with their hands.

Uneducated low-caste soldiers can learn, but they can't-

What do Indians say when they do things——

If no one tells an Indian how to clean his room, then that Indian probably sweeps the floor first and then wipes the table.

Sweep again after wiping.

The same is true for sweeping stairs. Many Indians really sweep the stairs from bottom to top.

The key is that people who know how to sweep the stairs will not tell him the correct way to sweep the stairs.

Tell--

High-caste officers don't even speak to low-caste soldiers, and if they have to say something, they pass it through other people.

When the red-headed torpedo landed, how to deliver it to the warehouse made Lieutenant William, who was in charge of logistics management, worry about it.

At 08:30 in the morning, a company of Indian soldiers came to the pier, under the command of Lieutenant William.

If Lieutenant William did not remind, these Indian soldiers were going to carry the torpedo to the warehouse.

The red-headed torpedo weighs nearly three tons——

Therefore, it is definitely not possible to carry it in this way, and it needs to be assisted by a small cart.

And one trolley is not enough, at least two are needed to safely deliver nearly three tons of torpedoes to the warehouse.

The hands-on ability of Indian soldiers made Lieutenant William want to die.

A whole company, 120 Indian soldiers, worked hard for nearly an hour, but failed to lift the torpedo box onto the trolley.

By the time Second Lieutenant William couldn't stand it and took the initiative to guide the Indian soldiers on how to work together, it was already ten o'clock in the morning, and it was time for morning tea.

Not allowed to drink is not acceptable.

These Indian soldiers can not be allowed to eat.

But if they are not allowed to drink the very symbolic morning tea at ten o'clock, then the Indian soldiers may riot.

In fact, it was only a small cup of black tea per person, which could be finished in one sip, but these Indian soldiers drank it for half an hour.

At 10:30, the morning tea time is over and work continues.

At eleven o'clock, the box containing the torpedo was finally lifted onto the cart with the cooperation of 20 Indian soldiers.

Second Lieutenant William thought it was over and the work could finally begin.

And then it didn't.

While carrying the second box, Second Lieutenant William was surprised to find that all Indian soldiers stood with their hands tied, waiting for Second Lieutenant William to give an order.

"How do you usually command them to fight?" Second Lieutenant William was exhausted, and asked the company commander Second Lieutenant Henry.

"No need to command, each with a gun, charge after hearing the whistle, and enforce battlefield discipline if anyone dares to retreat—" Second Lieutenant Henry was indifferent. He probably tried to let these Indian soldiers understand some more complicated tactics. A more difficult matter.

Not to mention complicated, even the "thin red line tactics" of queuing up and shooting, Indian soldiers can't do it, because Indian soldiers not only lack subjective hands-on ability, but also lack courage.

So needless to say more complex skirmish lines or infantry coordination, infantry-tank coordination, if the officers do not strictly require, then Indian soldiers might swarm into the tanks.

After all, who wants to walk when they can sit in a tank.

The two exchanged a few words casually. It was already twelve o'clock in the morning, and it was time for lunch.

So for a whole morning, the result of the work of 120 Indian soldiers was to deliver a red-headed torpedo to the warehouse by the pier.

If this is a little farther away, it is estimated that it will have to be delayed until the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)