Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2230 I will testify in court for you
Japan has always been the focus of the work of Brad's office. About 15.00% of Brad's office's annual funds are directly used in Japan.

Don't think that 15.00% is too little. Brad's office has a heavy workload. Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Russia, and even the countries of the Southern African Union must pay attention to each of them. The annual expenditure for the United Kingdom accounts for [-]% of the total [-]/[-].

Spending so much money, the effect is sure to be there, and it is not bad. The nature of the Japanese is that there are milk and mothers. There are also Japanese descendants in southern Africa. They are the most completely separated group from their mother country.

As an immigrant country established only a few decades ago, many people in southern Africa have a deep relationship with their mother country. Before the outbreak of the European War, some people raised donations for Germany, and finally the southern African officials came forward to stop it.

Southern Africa has a long history of Japanese descent, and Japanese people immigrated to Southern Africa before self-government.

After the establishment of the self-government, Southern Africa carried out a clean-up of Japanese descendants. Most of the Japanese descendants left Southern Africa, but some Japanese stayed in Southern Africa in various ways.

After the end of the last world war, the economy of southern Africa developed rapidly and became the first target of immigrants from all over the world.

The Japanese are certainly no exception.

Unlike other countries, southern Africa rarely accepts Japanese immigrants, unless the conditions are particularly good.

Unlike immigrants from other countries, the vast majority of Japanese who immigrated to southern Africa transferred their feelings to southern Africa. After Japan launched an all-out war against China, the Japanese immigrants had the strongest response.

Instead of donating money to Japan, I hope that southern Africa will punish Japan and avoid bringing greater disasters to East Asia.

There are also donations, but they are for other countries.

Many Japanese immigrants volunteered to join the army, hoping to be sent to the Far East to prove their loyalty to the southern African federal government with practical actions.

This puts the federal government of Southern Africa in a difficult position.

After the outbreak of the European War, Britain threw all Germans living in Britain into concentration camps.

Southern Africa also wants to learn from the British, but they can't find a reason.

Compared with the Germans living in the UK, the Japanese in southern Africa were too patriotic. The reporters of the "Times" were surprised that the Japanese in southern Africa actually wrote a blood letter requesting to go to East Asia to join the war.

Although the Federal Government of Southern Africa has not declared war on Japan, it would be great to be able to go to the Far East as a volunteer.

Now there are many southern Africans in the Far East participating in the war as volunteers, most of them are pilots.

A huge amount of money is naturally effective. Every move of the Japanese military is no secret to southern Africa.

It is normal for the United Navy to make such a choice.

As an island country, Japan has always focused its military development on the navy, so it has the third largest fleet in the world in name.

After decades of huge investment, it suddenly became idle in the 1940s. Since the outbreak of World War II, the Japanese Combined Fleet has not had any impressive record. The biggest role is to escort the transport fleet carrying the Japanese Army.

Escorting in East Asia is a joke.

After all, except for Japan and East India, other countries in East Asia have no submarines at all, so the job of escorting is purely a self-existing presence of the United Fleet.

This is very embarrassing.

Don't forget that Japan is still selling iron "Yamato" and "Musashi".

It is said that the construction of the "Yamato" has reached a critical stage, and it is expected to be in service within this year.

At this critical stage, the Japanese army proposed to spend more resources on the construction of army equipment because of the idleness of the navy.

Especially tanks.

The Japanese Army has developed a heavy tank that claims to be comparable in combat effectiveness to the No. [-] Tank, but they wanted to manufacture it but could not implement it due to lack of funds. Up to now, there is only one prototype.

one!
All countries in the world, when developing heavy weapons such as tanks, which one is not cautious, and the prototype vehicles used for verification are one after another until the final shape is finalized.

The Japanese Army only produced one prototype, claiming that its combat effectiveness was comparable to that of the German Panzer IV. The Germans would probably laugh their ass off if they knew about it.

Japanese technicians are still sensible.

At least it didn't claim to be able to defeat the "Tiger" tank in southern Africa, that's a big joke in the world.

In terms of demand alone, the Japanese Army's demand for tanks is definitely more urgent than the Navy's demand for "Yamato".

The United Fleet has no opponents in the Far East. The US Pacific Fleet and the Changi Squadron in Southern Africa also have to avoid the front when facing the United Fleet. Whether or not the "Yamato" joins will not change the situation in East Asia.

The current main tank of the Japanese Army, the Type 97, is not as powerful as the armored vehicles in southern Africa. The Japanese still regard the Type 15 tank, which has a combat weight of only 97 tons, as a medium tank——

The so-called "heavy tank" newly developed by the Japanese Army actually has a total combat weight of only 17.2 tons. The weapon is a 47mm cannon with a long barrel.

The time came to 1941, and the rhetoric of "winning in three months" had been completely shattered. The war had been going on for three years, and victory was nowhere in sight.

The Army wants to fight for more resources.

The navy wants to expand its advantages.

There must be a reason to expand the advantage, so the United Fleet urgently needs a real opponent.

Between southern Africa and the United States, there is also a reason for the United Fleet to choose the US Pacific Fleet.

After all, it seems that attacking Pearl Harbor, where the US Pacific Fleet is located, is easier and more likely to succeed than attacking the Changi Naval Base in southern Africa.

In terms of distance, Changi Naval Base is closer to the Japanese mainland than Pearl Harbor.

However, to attack the Changi Naval Base, you must first bypass the Philippines in the United States, then bypass the Kalimantan Island in East India, and finally escape the ubiquitous southern African reconnaissance planes before you can succeed.

Although French East Indochina has opened its territory to Japan, the Japanese Air Force has entered French Indochina and built a field airfield in Saigon. When the combined fleet tried to enter the waters of French Indochina, it was met by the southern Africans and the British. , and strong opposition from the Americans.

All it took was sailing to attack Pearl Harbor.

Based on the relationship between the United States and Japan, the United States basically has no defenses against Japan, unlike southern Africans who guard their homes from being stolen every day.

There are many moles in Japan in southern Africa, and the content of the imperial meeting was soon formed into a text and placed on Angel's desk.

"The Japanese made a wise choice, and the Americans are going to be unlucky—" Angie laughed out loud after reading it, and at the same time felt a little regretful in her heart.

The Japanese are still very pragmatic.

The Changi Squadron doesn't seem to have even a single battleship, but with two aircraft carriers and land-based aviation, the Japanese Combined Fleet's planes are really not enough.

Not to mention the 20 troops deployed around the Changi Naval Base in Southern Africa, and the 50 East Indian servants.

"Is that sensible?" Tang Li, commander of the Changi Squadron, was speechless. It was unwise for Japan to challenge the United States or southern Africa.

Not to mention Southern Africa.

By 1941, Japan's industrial output was equivalent to $90 billion, including looting during the war.

During the same period, the industrial output value of the United States reached 2000 billion US dollars, more than 20 times that of Japan.

Specific to steel output, the United States produced 1941 million tons of steel in 3300, while Japan only produced 580 million tons.

The United States produces seven times as much coal as Japan, equally important to industry.

The gap in oil is even greater. In 1941, the oil production of the United States was second only to southern Africa in the world. Japan's oil production was zero, all relying on imports from the United States.

Southern Africa's industrial strength is stronger than that of the United States.

So looking at it this way, Japan is indeed wise and has chosen a relatively weak opponent.

But this is relatively weak, relative to southern Africa.

Compared with Japan, the United States is still insurmountable.

"Otherwise? Japan has already spent all its foreign exchange reserves and has no money to buy materials from the United States, so why do you think the Americans have reduced their trade with Japan?" Angie's smile turned cold, and the Americans will have to pay for it sooner or later. .

With the character of Americans who do not get up early without profit, whether it is trade with Germany or Japan, it has nothing to do with justice, but only with interests.

Now that the foreign exchange reserves of Germany and Japan are almost exhausted, it is no longer profitable to continue trading, so whether the Japanese are willing or not, the Americans will soon end up in the war.

The Japanese want to strike first.

As for the future, the Japanese can no longer take care of it.

"I have a question, even if the United Fleet destroys the US Pacific Fleet, how will the United Fleet plan to attack us?" Tang Li couldn't figure it out anyway.

"Heh, warships can't go to land, so how to launch an attack on us is a problem that the Japanese army has to face. What does it have to do with the United Fleet?" Angie burst out laughing again. Don't forget to dig holes for the opponent even when the war is imminent, traditional craftsmanship.

"Well, we need to remind the British to be on guard against Japanese attacks." Tang Li thought for a while, it seemed that there was nothing to worry about.

Although Japan can use French East Indochina to launch a ground attack on the Changi Naval Base.

But before that, Japan had to occupy British Malaya first.

Lieutenant General Arthur Parcival, who participated in the last world war, is now in command of the British Malaya army.

Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival was once considered the most promising general in the British Army.

After the outbreak of World War II, Arthur Parcival went to fight in France with the British Expeditionary Force.

During the French campaign, Arthur Percival performed mediocrely, the most promising British army general was replaced by Montgomery, and Percival was transferred to British Malaya as the commander-in-chief of the British army.

As the commander-in-chief of the British army, Parcival has no British army at all.

When Parcival arrived in British Malaya, there were only two troops in British Malaya, one was the Malaysian servant army with only two brigades.

The other is the Indian Third Army, both divisions are Indian troops.

Although Parcival has disappeared from everyone, he still has the basic qualities.

At that time, French Indochina had opened its borders to Japan. Considering the threat of the Japanese, Parcival recruited more troops to strengthen the defense. Now the number of troops he can mobilize has reached 10.

This is also thanks to the support of Indian Commander-in-Chief Weaver.

In the case of extremely tense troops, Werwell still transferred the 8th Australian Division and the 17th Indian Division under his command to British Malaya to accept the command of Parcival.

Parcival's headquarters is located in the Lion City.

After receiving Angie's warning, Parcival immediately drove to Changi Naval Base to meet Angie, hoping to get help from the Indian Ocean theater.

Although the 8 troops sound scary, in fact, only the Australian [-]th Division can do it.

However, in British Malaya, the Australian 8th Division also played away games. It is still a question of how determined the Australians are to defend British Malaya.

So for Percival, the only reliable one is Angie.

After all, if British Malaya falls, the Japanese can directly attack the Changi Naval Base.

"Your Excellency, isn't London not allowing our southern African army to intervene in the ongoing war of the British army—" Angie finally had the opportunity to complain about the British in person, and she definitely would not let it go.

In North Africa, in order to prevent the expansion of southern African forces, the British resolutely refused to allow the southern African army to intervene in the ongoing war in Italian North Africa.

The same goes for British Malaya.

Prior to this, Angie had proposed to Parcival that the Indian Ocean theater could help the British army strengthen the defense of British Malaya.

Unfortunately, this proposal was rejected by Parcival.

Parcival hoped that the Indian Ocean Theater would send more weapons and equipment to British Malaya in the form of aid.

But refused the entry of southern African troops into British Malaya.

"The current situation is different from the past. I think London is understandable." Parcival is confident. Japan has more than 30 troops stationed in French Indochina. How can British Malaya fight——

Although the combat effectiveness displayed by the Japanese army was not as strong as that of the German army, it was definitely much stronger than the Malayans and Indians.

Even by the standards of the British army, the troops composed of Malayans and Indians were nothing but armed civilians.

Once the war broke out, Parcival suspected that his troops would not be able to hold it for three days.

"You get the authorization first, I don't want to be held accountable." An Qi didn't let go, the result doesn't matter, the procedure must be legal.

The most critical question is if the southern African army helps the British army to hold British Malaya.

So after the war, Malaya was still owned by the British, and had nothing to do with southern Africa. Except for a good person card, southern Africa could get nothing.

However, if the Japanese army occupied British Malaya and the southern African army took it back from the Japanese army, it would be difficult to say the ownership of Malaya after the war.

At least in this way, southern Africans can be full of praise in the hearts of Malayans.

"I swear by my name, if you are tried in the future, I will testify for you in court." Parcival was righteous, as if he had paid a huge price.

trial—

I can go to your place!
(End of this chapter)