Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2228 Stretch the Germans to death
This feeling was intensified when I picked up the latest Spanish-language edition of The Times the next day.

Many people don't know that according to the number of first language users, Spanish is the second largest language in the world, second only to Chinese, with approximately 4.37 million native speakers.

The number of people who use Spanish accounts for 4.84% of the world's population, and the total number of first and second language users is nearly 5.7 million, especially in Latin America, where Spanish is the first language in many countries.

However, in The Times, purely in terms of circulation, the Spanish edition only ranks fourth, with Chinese, English, and French ranking the top three.

The reporter of "The Times" is indeed very powerful. He was able to get the photos of the German prisoner-of-war camps. Looking at the prisoner-of-war camps in the photos, which are worse than the slums, and looking at his clean and tidy ward, Captain Thiago is simply amazing. A feeling of being in heaven.

To be honest, the conditions of the wards in southern Africa are better than those of Thiago's previous officer's quarters.

There are no nurses in white uniforms in the officer's dormitory, although the attitude of the nurses towards Tiago, a prisoner, is not good.

But for soldiers, there is nothing to be picky about. Even though many nurses are aunts with waists thicker than buckets, after wearing white uniforms, they suddenly have a special charm.

As an officer, Thiago was entitled to a separate ward.

The size of the room is not large, about fifteen square meters. The floor is paved with cement, and the walls are made of wood panels. There is an electric light in the room, and there is a pager by the bedside. Press it for at most ten seconds, and the nurse will arrive.

Even if it’s just a temporary field hospital, there are dedicated personnel to clean the sanitation every day. An African-American aunt is in charge of the sanitation of Thiago’s ward. She comes to clean at eight o’clock every morning. Thiago tries to use Spanish to talk to the aunt Chatted, unfortunately got no response.

It may be that aunt doesn't speak Spanish.

Of course, it is more likely that the aunt does not want to talk about Thiago. Southern Africans are very proud, even if they are Africans of the Southern African Union.

After all, they are winners, even if temporarily.

Thiago can only comfort himself in this way.

The "Times" did not miss any opportunity for publicity. At noon, two reporters came to interview Thiago, which was arranged by the prisoner of war camp.

The two reporters are Spanish, a man and a woman, the woman is in charge of interviewing, and the man is in charge of taking pictures. From their words, Thiago can feel that they are proud of their work.

Thiago hopes they are not proud of their ability to work for Southern Africans.

"Did you know that Russian prisoners of war were abused by the Germans?" The female reporter immediately noticed the newspaper on the bedside.

"Yes, I have learned from the newspapers that the Germans shouldn't do that. It's too inhumane. Prisoners are human beings, and they should be treated according to their status." Captain Thiago chooses words carefully, and some words can Say, some words do not want to say.

"So you were treated in a prisoner of war camp in southern Africa to match your status." The reporter's interview was clearly guided.

"Yes, as you can see, I have clean clothes now, which at least allows me to retain the dignity of an officer. This is not so much a prisoner of war camp as a sanatorium, which was only available to senior officers before— —The staff here are very responsible, the soup delivered to the ward is still hot, and I have fresh fruit every day—” There was still sarcasm in Thiago’s words, but it was more of a compliment.

These are objective facts, and Thiago has no psychological burden to say them.

"Do you have anything to say about the ongoing war?" The reporter was not very satisfied with Thiago's answer.

"From my standpoint, of course I am opposed to any form of invasion of Spain—" Thiago just said, when Captain Tom, who was standing by the windowsill and supervised, suddenly coughed.

Thiago immediately shut up and reorganized his language.

"Although I am a soldier, I am opposed to any form of war. I am a pacifist. I joined the army just for a job-" Thiago gushed.

The reporter's expression is getting ugly, I don't want to hear you say this.

As a soldier, you have the nerve to call yourself a pacifist?
No wonder the Spanish army was defeated so quickly after the war broke out.

As the interview took place, the 33rd Division was about to arrive in Madrid.

Franco obviously did not have the determination to stick to Madrid and fight to the end with the southern African army. He announced the transfer of the capital to Barcelona, ​​the capital of Catalonia, the day before.

In Barcelona, ​​there are two divisions hastily formed by the Spanish government, plus the first division, the army that the Spanish government can command once again exceeds 5.

In name only.

It has only been five days since the outbreak of the war. The two divisions in Barcelona only have numbers. On the way to withdraw to Barcelona, ​​officers and soldiers of the first division continued to flee to Barcelona. The 15000 troops were less than 12000 when they retreated to Barcelona. Spain People have been scared out of their wits by the southern African army.

Compared with the fighting during the Spanish Civil War, the southern African army taught the Spaniards what modern warfare is.

During the Spanish Civil War, the difference in strength between the two parties was not that big, so they fought back and forth for several years, which is within the scope of people's understanding.

When Southern Africa declared war on Spain, the Spanish army was stronger than during the civil war, and the officers and soldiers were more experienced, but they were vulnerable.

The 33rd Armored Division, after breaking through the [-]nd Division's defenses, encountered no organized resistance at all and arrived in Madrid without incident.

The paratroopers didn't even get a chance to play, and the transport plane's fuel hadn't been filled up yet, and the second division's defense line had collapsed, so they could only sigh.

The landing operation that the Cyprus Squadron hoped for only happened once when it attacked the Balearic Islands. When the main force of the fleet arrived in Valencia, the city raised the white flag without hesitation, and there were actually people waving the southern African flag on the pier welcome.

Embroidering at night may not be able to embroider so fast.

Captain Tom started coughing again. He doesn't seem to be in good health today.

Thiago had a pitiful expression, and didn't know what to say. The elders are very cute.

"So, in the prisoner-of-war camp in southern Africa, you enjoyed treatment that you did not enjoy in the Spanish government army." The female reporter was impatient, and simply read the interview outline directly.

"In some ways—" Thiago finally relaxed, is it necessary to make such a toss?

Of course it is necessary.

If there is no testimony from the Spanish military officer, it would not be a fabrication by The Times.

"The Times" has always been known for its "rigor".

"Do you hate southern Africans?" the reporter asked a pointed question.

Thiago lowered his head and pondered for a long time, but he didn't notice Captain Tom's warning eyes.

Just when Captain Tom and the reporter were getting impatient, Tiago raised his head and smiled wryly.

"How can there be no hatred? So many of my comrades-in-arms have already sacrificed and they all have family members—but this is normal. We understood a truth a long time ago. A weak country will definitely be humiliated. Hundreds of years ago, we held matchlock guns , conquered the natives in the forests of South America, those natives are also very fond of us, but we have brought civilization to them and brought them into a civilized society—” Thiago understands the truth that if you lag behind, you will be beaten, and after decades of this truth There are still many people who don't understand.

Or pretend to be confused.

"Spain is very weak compared to southern Africa. We can't even stop a division in southern Africa with all our power, even if the number of this division has been ranked after No. 30, but who can blame this? Poland has been divided up. Compared with France giving up resistance and Russians being mistreated in German prisoner-of-war camps, at least southern Africa treats us prisoners in line with the standards of a civilized country.” Thiago is very sad and does not understand the people who once owned the Armada The country, why has it fallen to where it is today.

It was enough for the interview to go to this level. The reporter got what he wanted, and Captain Tom was relieved, and decided to add a chicken leg to Thiago for dinner.

There is no shortage of chicken legs in southern Africa.

At the moment in 1941, there were about 600 million grazing lands in southern Africa, a number that would surely increase in the next few years.

The pastures in southern Africa vary in size. Large pastures may exceed [-] acres, and they are all controlled by large agricultural companies or rich people.

The small ranch has an area of ​​only three to five hundred acres. It doesn't look big. Most of them are in good business condition. The farmers are the wealthiest group in southern Africa.

When Southern Africa was first established, the number of white farmers and Chinese farmers was about the same.

Decades later, the number of Chinese farmers has far exceeded that of white farmers.

The land in the hands of the Chinese can really play a role, and every corner can be used. No matter how big a farm is, there is no extra land. Work hard, fully develop, and use agricultural machinery, just take any one. There are tens of hundreds of chickens, ducks and geese on the farm.

Before the outbreak of the European War, in order to protect the interests of farmers, southern Africa also implemented a price protection system to ensure the minimum income of farmers.

After the outbreak of the European War, the prices of agricultural products rose rapidly, and the supply of everything was in short supply. Potatoes, which used to be so abundant that they could only be fed to pigs, were now rations. The production of alcohol hit new highs.

Even as Franco's fall was imminent, Russia looked vulnerable.

The war is continuing to run in a direction unfavorable to Russia, and the Russians are struggling to support it.

In Kiev, 65 Russian troops have been surrounded by German troops.

Russia continues to invest new troops in order to rescue the besieged army.

In order to eliminate the Russian army in the encirclement, the Germans invested all their strategic reserves and deployed troops from the Central Army Group to support them. Millions of troops fought in an area 300 kilometers wide and 600 kilometers long. The battle was unprecedentedly tragic.

After the Central Army Group captured 50 Russians in Minsk, it continued to advance towards Moscow. This time it was surrounded by the Western Front Army commanded by Timoshenko, the Reserve Front Army commanded by Zhukov, and the Central Front Army commanded by Kuznetsov. And the Bryansk Front under the command of Yeremenko.

Another irreparable fiasco is in the making, and this time the frontline commanders of the Russian army cannot be blamed for their incompetence, mostly because of the beards.

The progress of the southern African army was smooth, which gave the bearded man a great stimulus.

For this reason, the bearded man rejected Zhukov's proposal to withdraw the Russian army from Kiev. In order to reduce the pressure on the Russian army in Kiev, Zhukov and Timoshenko worked hard to prevent the German army from advancing. Surrounded by German troops.

The Central Russian Army is Russia's last new force. If the troops in the encirclement are eliminated, no army will be able to stop the German army from attacking Moscow.

With less than two months left before winter, how to keep Russia going until winter has become the primary issue Rock and Winston have to face.

"Sorry Locke, the United Kingdom is no longer able to support Russia, this winter has been difficult for all of us, now families in London have not stored enough fuel for them to survive the winter, old people are dying tragically, children are starved of nutrition, men It's all at the front, the women are at the factories—" Winston had reservations, part of what he said was true, but Britain was not so unsustainable.

Compared with last winter, the situation in the UK is already very good.

Last year, London was bombed by the German army every day. This year at least the Germans have turned their attention to the north.

After the outbreak of the European War, the millions of troops enlisted by the United Kingdom have now all been trained. The English Channel is impenetrable, every port has a solid fort, the airport is full of fighter jets, and the Royal Navy is still strong.

Just a few days ago, the battleship "Tirpitz", which had just entered service, tried to break through the defense line of the Royal Navy and broke into the Atlantic Ocean to carry out a destructive engagement, but was stopped by the Royal Navy.

The battleship "Tirpitz" was the second ship of the Bismarck-class battleship, named after Alfred von Tirpitz, Admiral of the German Navy.

When the "Bismarck" was sunk, the "Tirpitz" was not yet in service. This was the first time the "Tirpitz" went to sea to fight, but it ended in failure.

It's not bad, at least the "Tirpitz" returned to its home port smoothly, but the "Bismarck" was lying on the bottom of the cold and dark Atlantic Ocean.

"Winston, you should know the consequences of Russia's defeat." Rock had a headache, and Winston wanted to shift the responsibility to southern Africa.

Anyway, the United Kingdom has no extra power, so you in southern Africa can figure it out.

Southern Africa is definitely capable. Roque has tried his best to provide assistance to Russia, even without taking into account the habit of the Russians to renege on their debts.

In the two months since the outbreak of the Russo-German War, Southern Africa has provided Russia with 1200 aircraft, 1500 tanks, 4500 artillery pieces, and 11000 trucks.

These aids have not played their due role, and they can't even keep up with the consumption rate of the Russian army.

Big Beard did not send the advanced weapons aided by Southern Africa to the front line immediately, but stayed in Moscow to equip the newly recruited troops.

It seems that the bearded man is going to use millions of Russian troops to support the Germans to death.

What a great idea.

(End of this chapter)