Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2186 Untitled Chapters

During the "Operation Scythe", the [-]th Armored Division led by Rommel was invincible and was known as the "Devil Master". Rommel himself was loved by Mustache. After the French stopped resisting, Rommel was appointed as the Commander of the German North African Army, his rank was also promoted from major general to lieutenant general.

When Rommel arrived in North Africa, the Italian North African Army had collapsed across the board. Graziani was recalled to his homeland by the fat bald head, and the Italian North African Army was also under the command of Rommel.

At this time, Rommel's only troops capable of fighting were a German armored division and a German infantry division, plus some aviation units. Not to mention the strength of the Third Army in Southern Africa, it was even inferior to the Nile Army led by Weaver.

It has to be said that the strength of the United Kingdom is still very strong. The current Nile Army is not the same as the Nile Army four months ago. In addition to the four Indian divisions under Weaver, there are two Australian divisions, and A New Zealand division has a total strength of more than 10 troops.In terms of weapons and equipment, the Nile Army has also been greatly supplemented.

The British mainland has the First Army to assist in the defense. On the premise that Germany postpones the "Sea Lion Action" without restriction, security is temporarily guaranteed.

Equipment from southern Africa was continuously transported to Cairo through the Suez Canal. Tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft, artillery, and the strong industrial strength of southern Africa were fully reflected through the refitting of the Nile Army. By early 1941, the Nile Army had more than 700 vehicles, referring to British standards, is enough to form four armored divisions.

The establishment of armored divisions varies from country to country.

As early as 1935, Guderian formed the first batch of German armored divisions. The whole division had as many as 512 tanks, and it had tank brigades, motorized infantry brigades, artillery regiments, anti-tank artillery battalions and other units under its jurisdiction.By 1941, the number of German armored divisions was increasing, but their strength was shrinking. The three-regiment tank division was equipped with 207 tanks, and the two-regiment system had only 152 tanks.

俄罗斯因为在西班牙内战中的错误信息，直到1940年才开始重新组建机械化军，每军下辖2个坦克师、1个摩托化师、一个摩托车团、1个通信营、1个工程兵营及1个航空兵大队，拥有坦克多达1031辆。

Here you can see the character of the bearded man who is very happy.

The tank army needs not only tanks, but also a lot of other equipment.

俄罗斯的坦克军除了1031辆坦克之外，还需要268辆装甲车、172门火炮、186门迫击炮、5165辆其他各种车辆、352台拖拉机、以及1678辆摩托车——

Of course, the most important thing is people.

A tank army in Russia with a total strength of 36080.

Also in 1941, Russia had a total of 29 tank corps.

Leaving aside other things, one army has 1031 tanks, and 29 armies round up to 30000 tanks——

My god, there are not so many tanks in southern Africa.

So what if there are not so many tanks?
Take all kinds of old tanks.

Data for early 1941 could not be found.

When "Project Barbarossa" began, Russia had a total of more than 22000 tanks.

Most of these are old T-26 and BT series, and the number of new tanks is only about 1600.

Speaking of "Project Barbarossa".

The planning began last winter, around the time of Molotov's visit to Germany.

Also last winter, Russia formulated a "big thunderstorm plan" to attack Germany.

Two countries that both want to attack each other, while formulating attack plans, are actually still conducting friendly exchanges and dividing spheres of influence——

Politicians are terrible!
Compared with Russia, the tank divisions in southern Africa are similar except that they do not have an aviation brigade.

The difference is that the tanks equipped by the southern African tank divisions are all the most advanced "Tiger" and "Leopard" types, and there are no make-up numbers.

The Third Army has two armored divisions, and these two armored divisions are Rommel's confidantes.

Of course, don't ignore other troops because of this, and the infantry divisions in southern Africa should not be underestimated.

In addition to the light infantry of the Union forces, the infantry divisions formed in southern Africa are also equipped with tanks. Each division is equipped with a tank regiment with 76 tanks.

The Third Army, with the exception of two armored divisions, was all Union light infantry.

Except for the lack of tank regiments, the light infantry of the Union Army has exactly the same equipment as the infantry divisions formed locally. Except for mortars of various calibers, there are only 120 howitzers with a caliber of 48 mm or more.

Algiers, French North Africa, is not only the capital of Free France, but also the headquarters of the French Foreign Legion.

The French Foreign Legion was founded in 1831. At that time, in order to solve the crime problem of foreigners in France and to supplement the French army soldiers killed and wounded in the war, it was formed by the then French King Louis Philippe.

After the establishment of the Foreign Legion, it played a major role in the previous wars experienced by France, especially during the First World War, the French Foreign Legion participated in almost all major battles.

When the European War broke out, the French Foreign Legion had a total of six brigades with a total strength of 3 troops.

After the French North Africa chose to join the Free France, the Foreign Legion was not consistent. Some Foreign Legion troops chose to join the Free France with the French North Africa, and some Foreign Legion chose to maintain their allegiance to France. vividly.

The [-]nd, [-]rd, and [-]th Infantry Regiments who chose to join the Free French were initially deployed in Morocco, an unusually long distance from the French-Italian colonial frontier in North Africa.

After the Third Army arrived in Algiers, these three infantry regiments were also transferred to Algiers to assist the Third Army in preparing to participate in the attack on Italian North Africa.

Well, no offense.

The British did not want southern Africa involved in operations in North Africa.

Nor did de Gaulle want to take the initiative to attack the Italians.

In the words of de Gaulle: Since the British don't want us to participate, why should we bother ourselves——

"The British only see the weakness of the Italians, but they don't know the strength of Germany. I think Rommel will let General Weaver know that a country with a navy as its tradition may be dizzy when it goes ashore—" De Gaulle said The intention was to make fun of it, but he probably didn't know that some sailors would indeed feel dizzy after being on the ship for a long time.

Just like seasickness, when you are on the boat, you are used to swaying left and right, and you will not get used to it if you don't sway when you get on the shore.

Charles de Gaulle was born in the army, and he studied infantry command in the military school. He started his military career in the 33rd Infantry Regiment stationed in Arras.

"General de Gaulle—" Patton still respected de Gaulle.

Southern Africans believe that when friends come, they have good wine, and when wolves come, they have shotguns. They never look coldly at their friends because they are down and out.

"Ba, I'd rather you call me by my first name—" De Gaulle's attitude towards Patton was completely in line with a politician's self-positioning.

"Okay, I'll call you Charles, you can just call me Barton—" Barton was also speechless, as his surname was ambiguous when it came out of De Gaulle's mouth.

accent!

Totally a matter of accent.

At the moment Patton and de Gaulle are inspecting the Third Infantry Regiment of the Foreign Legion.

The Third Infantry Regiment is a unit with a long history and once participated in the famous defense battle of Xuanguang Fortress.

The defense of Xuanguang Fortress took place during the Qing-French War.

So how could such an army with a long history stay in the sun in Morocco, far away from the front line, during the raging North African campaign—Patton had no affection for the Qing Dynasty.

But it didn't stop Patton from hating the Foreign Legion.

The French Foreign Legion is not the same as the umbrella company mercenaries known as "war hyenas".Umbrella Corporation's "war hyenas" only carry out missions and do not harm civilians.

The things done by the French Foreign Legion are disgusting. Every time the French army mutinied during World War I, the Foreign Legion was the main force.

Foreign countries do not pay enough attention to the Foreign Legion. It can be seen from the equipment, not to mention heavy weapons such as tanks and cannons. Each soldier of the Foreign Legion has a rifle with a smooth rifling. nothing--

Well, the weather in North Africa is still very hot, and for many soldiers of the French Foreign Legion, there is really no need for shoes.

For the mercenaries of the umbrella company, no matter how hot the weather is, they will definitely wear shoes, because they know that the biggest function of shoes is protection.So when Patton randomly picked up an M1916 rifle equipped by the Foreign Legion, De Gaulle's expression was a bit awkward.

M1916 is a rifle equipped by France during World War I. The most prominent feature of this rifle is the overly prominent magazine.

After the invention of smokeless gunpowder, the French 8mm Lebel 1886 rifle was the first smokeless gunpowder rifle in the world.

Lebel 1886 uses Lebel 8×50mm rifle ammunition. The biggest feature of this rifle ammunition is that the taper of the cartridge body is very large. It is impossible to use bridge clips at all, and only leak clips can be used, so there are all kinds of wonderful ones. design.

For example, the Chauchat light machine gun equipped by the French army during World War I, and the wonderful semi-circular magazine, was a helpless design to match the ammunition.

"Patton, you know, the production of MAS-36 rifles is too small, and it has not had time to equip troops in large quantities-" De Gaulle tried to justify the French government. The MAS-36 rifle is an excellent rifle that learns from others.

The reason why it is described as "learning from others' strengths" is because the rear-end locking bolt of the MAS-36 rifle is borrowed from the British Lee Enfield.

The forward-curved, dog-leg-shaped charging handle is a steal from the American M1917 rifle.

Even with many "references", the MAS-36 is still an excellent rifle. A skilled shooter can use the index finger and thumb to pull the trigger, and at the same time use the middle finger or ring finger to pull the trigger, so that it can be loaded, fired, and ejected with one hand. Operate to achieve Lee Enfield's "Crazy 1 Minute" mode and reach the ultimate speed of a bolt-action rifle.

The success of the MAS-36 is thanks to the normal taper of the 7.5mm rifle bullet.

So if you want a successful rifle, you must first determine the successful bullet.

Of course, the success of MAS-36 depends on who it is compared with.

Compared with M1916, MAS-36 is undoubtedly more advanced.

Compared with Nyasaran rifle, MAS-36 is industrial garbage.

Even worse is the French government.

In 1937, the MAS-36 rifle began mass production at the Saint-Etienne Arsenal.

Until 1940, France produced only 25 MAS-36 rifles.

So De Gaulle is not sophistry. Many pure French soldiers in France are still using Berthier rifles. The Foreign Legion wants to use MAS-36 and wait.

It was only then that Barton noticed that the model he took was not even an M1916, but a Lebel 1886.

God, this is an antique from the last century, the world's first rifle that uses smokeless gunpowder.

It can't be blamed for Barton's ignorance. The M1916 is actually an improved version of the Lebel 1886, which shortens the barrel and increases the ammunition capacity.

But this is not justified, the output of M1916 exceeds 350 million, and the foreign legion has only 3 people.There must be more than 1916 M[-]s in French warehouses.

Of course, it is all German stock now.Including the MAS-36 that has just been equipped with the troops for a few years, it has also become the spoils of the Germans. It is estimated that when many MAS-36s were captured by the Germans, the smell of gun oil had not dissipated yet.

"Using the rifles produced in the last century to fight against German tanks is not enough—" Patton said bluntly, France's rapid defeat had a lot to do with the French government's slack in recent years.

"The newly recruited troops are all trained in Luanda, and the Foreign Legion is destined to be eliminated." De Gaulle pinned all his hopes on the newly formed troops. For France, the Foreign Legion has always been just cannon fodder.

The newly formed troops of the Free French in Luanda are equipped with a full set of southern African weapons, and the reference standards are the same as those of the Southern African Union troops.Well, essentially cannon fodder.

"We still have some shoes in our warehouse. I'll have someone send them over to replace them." Barton still has requirements for the army.

A soldier has to look like a soldier, not even wearing shoes, it's outrageous!
Except for the shoes, the current logistics of the Third Regiment is the same as that of the Third Army. In terms of logistics supplies, the Southern African Federal Government has never been stingy.

So even without shoes, the soldiers of the Foreign Legion were extremely happy.

They have never enjoyed this luxury of logistics.

So much so that when the instant coffee was sent to the third regiment’s garrison, many soldiers of the Foreign Legion didn’t know that the instant coffee had to be flushed, so they just tore open the package and ate it.

The ice cream hasn't been delivered yet. It is estimated that the situation will be even worse after the ice cream is delivered.

"Thank you. If the Third Army has spare equipment, I think the soldiers of the Third Regiment would be happy to accept it—" De Gaulle was good at seizing opportunities and was also good at talking.

Seeing how euphemistic people say, they are also requests. Some people beg for nothing, while others are graceful.

"Compared with equipment, I think what they need more is training." Barton has conditions.

The equipment does exist, both Lee-Enfield equipped by the Union forces and Nyasaland equipped by the native forces.

Patton himself was also generous, and if the foreign legionnaires met Patton's requirements, Patton would not be stingy.

"They really need some training!" De Gaulle said fiercely, he was not satisfied with the Foreign Legion either.

Of course, after the training, it is hard to say whether the Foreign Legion is a free French force or a southern African force.

　The person is out of town, this one is coded in an Internet cafe, and it is estimated that there will be only one chapter today.

　　
　
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