Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2245 There is no way to ask God
Angie did not sit back and watch the Z fleet be wiped out.

After receiving a telegram from Tom Phillips hoping that Angie would send a tugboat to tow the "Prince of Wales" back to the Lion City, Angie immediately sent a fighter plane to Kota Bharu.

Unfortunately it was too late.

When the Air Force's "Goshawk" 2 flew to Kota Bharu, the Z Fleet and the Japanese aircraft had all disappeared, leaving only some oil and broken floating objects on the sea, and the surviving Royal Navy officers and soldiers had been captured by the Japanese army .

A total of 5743 of the 4793 officers and men on the "Prince of Wales" and "Counterattack" were killed.

This result was unacceptable to the United Kingdom. After learning that the Z Fleet had been wiped out, Winston immediately called Roque, demanding that the responsible persons be held accountable.

Obviously, the person responsible here is mainly An Qi.

"What responsibility can General Angie have? He has tried his best to dissuade Fleet Z from taking the initiative to attack, but General Phillips ignored General Angie's advice, which led to the tragedy—after learning that Fleet Z was attacked Afterwards, General An Qi did not just sit idly by, he has done all he can do." Rock did not think that An Qi was responsible, the person most responsible had already died in the sea, and he had to go to the Dragon King to find out the responsibility.

"But the British don't think so. The Allied forces have never killed a general of the level of admiral before, let alone two battleships—" Yang Smotz smiled mockingly. He was about to go to London to serve as the commander of the southern Coordinator for Africa at Allied Command.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, is just a matter of routine and does not want to hold anyone accountable. After all, London still needs our help to maintain their rule in the Malay Peninsula and the situation in North Africa." Sidney Milner said to the point.

Winston is not stupid. The enemy will not destroy the relationship between Southern Africa and the United Kingdom for the sake of the Z Fleet that has been wiped out.

An Qi is the commander-in-chief of the Indian Ocean theater, and her status is much more important to the Allies than Thumbs.

The Z Fleet's annihilation of An Qi is indeed responsible, but the main responsibility lies with Thumb, who underestimates the enemy and advances aggressively. Winston has been the Secretary of the Navy, and he knows that familiarity is more important than familiarity.

"What do you say over there?" Rock is still concerned about coordination.

After the United States entered the war, while the strength of the Allied Forces increased greatly, it brought more uncertainties.

Now within the Allied Forces, the main forces are Southern Africa, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia, which is struggling in the war. These four parties have their own interests.

Since the Moscow Conference, the main disagreement within the Allied Forces has been the trade-offs in the Eurasian battlefield.

Britain definitely wants to focus on Europe, but southern Africa wants to focus on Asia. Neither side of the United States wants to give up.

Entering December, the situation is gradually improving, turning in a direction more favorable to the Allied Forces.

Since the Kalinin Front began to counterattack, on December 12, the Western Front also launched a counterattack against the Germans from the north and south.

The German army, which seriously underestimated Russia's strength, was caught off guard. Facing the crazy offensive of the Russian army, the German army was retreating steadily, and the battlefield was gradually moving away from Moscow.

On the evening of the 6th, Mustache ordered all the troops in Russia to enter a defensive state.

On December 12, the Russians recovered Rogachevo, Istria on the 9th, Solnechnogorsk on the 11th, Klin on the 12th, and Kalinin on the 15th.

By the 20th, Russia had recovered Volokolamsk.

Also on the 20th, Mustache dismissed Brauchitsch, Commander-in-Chief of the German Army, and himself concurrently served as Commander-in-Chief of the Army.

Mustache issued an order saying: Everyone should stand in their current position and fight back.When there is no established position in the rear, it is absolutely not allowed to retreat.

Previously, due to the unfavorable situation of the war, both Guderian and Heppner were dismissed for retreating without authorization in order to preserve their vitality.

While Russia is regaining its lost ground, the situation in the Far East is further deteriorating.

After the Japanese army captured Bataan on the 20th, they continued to attack Kuala Lumpur. Parcival tried his best to organize the defense, but it had no effect. The British and Indian troops were almost defeated. Not only could they not stop the Japanese advance, but instead sent a large amount of military supplies to the Japanese. Become the captain of the Japanese transport brigade.

At the same time as the launch of the Malay Campaign, the Japanese 14th Army launched the Philippine Campaign under the leadership of Masaharu Honma, with a total strength of 3.4.

Before the war broke out, the United States had 13 people in the Philippines, including 3.1 American troops.

In addition, the Philippines also has 270 combat aircraft, but only 142 of them can take off for combat, and the models are outdated, and the pilots are seriously lacking in training.

日军方面的菲律宾战役联合编队拥有10艘巡洋舰、29艘驱逐舰、1艘航空母舰，以及3艘水上飞机母舰，此外还配有100艘运输船和辅助船只。

The 5th Air Group of the Army Aviation has 200 combat aircraft, and the 11th Air Force of the Naval Base Air Force has 300 aircraft.

Although the Japanese army has a huge gap with the US-Philippine coalition forces in terms of ground forces, it has an overall advantage in other aspects.

On December 12, the Japanese army launched a surprise attack on the U.S. military's airport in the northern Philippines and the Cavite (Luzon) naval base while attacking Pearl Harbor.

The U.S. military was caught off guard, half of the bombers and one-third of the fighters were destroyed on the ground, and the Japanese successfully gained air supremacy.

On the 12th, the Japanese army landed in Legazpi in the south of Luzon Island and successfully occupied the airport. The Fifth Air Force Group immediately entered.

On the 20th, the main force of the 48th Division of the Japanese Army landed in the west of Luzon Island, and on the 21st, the 16th Division landed in the southwest of Luzon Island. So far, Japan has formed a pincer attack on Manila from the north and the south.

Masaharu Honma wanted to fight the U.S.-Philippine coalition forces in Manila.

What Masaharu Honma did not expect was that Lieutenant General MacArthur, the commander-in-chief of the U.S.-Philippines coalition forces, had no determination to fight the Japanese at all. After the 16th Division landed, MacArthur ordered the U.S. troops to retreat completely to the pre-set positions on the Bataan Peninsula and Kokomo. Regito Island.

MacArthur's performance perfectly conformed to the Japanese army's prediction of the US military.

Before the war broke out, the Japanese firmly believed that the Americans who had been corrupted by the good life did not have the courage and determination to fight the Japanese army at all.

So far, all the Japanese troops who have landed have basically encountered no decent resistance. The US-Philippine coalition forces defending the beachhead, like the British and Indian troops, when facing the Japanese army landing, fired a few shots in disorder and then dispersed. Beach landings are even easier than training.

Americans are doing so poorly, how much better are Southern Africans?
It has to be said that the performance of the British and Americans on the battlefield planted a big thunder for the Japanese.

"Both London and Washington want the Indian Ocean theater to provide assistance to Malaya and the Philippines, but they don't want to take responsibility, but want our soldiers, instead of their soldiers, to die - hehe, the British and the Americans are human , Aren’t we southern Africans human?” Yang Smozi sneered, and the Allied forces were also full of conflicts.

"The Americans have withdrawn all the remaining bombers to Australia, and ordered the Asian fleet to move closer to the Pacific Fleet, making it clear that they want to abandon the Philippines." Martin looked serious, and now all the pressure is on the southern African side.

Not only the Americans, but the British also intend to do so.

Even Free France was ready to take over French Indochina.

Although de Gaulle has promised to transfer France's interests in French Indochina to southern Africa, the result is still hard to say. De Gaulle's promise is only an expedient measure, and the United Kingdom and the United States are unwilling to see the expansion of southern Africa's sphere of influence in the Far East. .

"It is impossible for the Americans to abandon their only colony in Asia—" Sidney Milner was indifferent, and did not care about the lives of the Americans.

"Yang, don't make any promises to London and Washington, we will defeat the Japanese in Malaya and the Philippines, but not now—" Rock will not make wedding clothes for others, if the British and Americans abandon the Far East, then they will Don't even think about coming back: "Get Angie ready to attack the Japanese as soon as they occupy Malaya and the Philippines."

The British and Americans wanted to use southern Africa to defeat the Japanese.

Rock also wanted to use the hands of the Japanese to weaken or clear the spheres of influence of Britain and the United States in the Far East.

In short, it is mutual calculation.

While Southern Africa remains patient, the US-Philippines is retreating to the Bataan Peninsula.

The three main roads leaving the Philippines were overcrowded. The cars of the dignitaries, the military trucks with artillery behind them, and the bullock carts of the civilians were crowded together. The situation was completely out of control. Manila was about to be surrounded by the Japanese army, and everyone wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"General, the Japanese army is encircling Manila. We need more reinforcements—" MacArthur's alumnus at West Point and his most powerful assistant in the Philippines, Major General Jonathan Wainwright, was distraught. Organize an effective defense.

Wainwright and MacArthur had anticipated the outbreak of war before, but no one thought that the war would come so soon.

In other words, Wainwright and MacArthur did not expect that the performance of the US-Philippine coalition forces on the battlefield would be so poor.

Although the US-Philippines coalition forces are mainly composed of Filipinos, a considerable part of them are all composed of Americans.

The poor performance of the Philippine servants is fine, which was expected.

The troops composed purely of Americans were also on the verge of collapse in the battle with the Japanese army, which Wainwright and MacArthur never expected.

It's actually normal.

Rock didn't want southern Africans to die for the British and Americans.

American officers and soldiers do not want to die for the Philippines.

Think about it, the US troops will not cover the retreat of the Filipinos when the servant army composed of Filipinos is about to collapse.

The Filipinos cover the Americans more or less.

"Are you referring to those bastards in southern Africa? Don't think about it. If they wanted to help us, they would have already done so." MacArthur was still smoking his iconic pipe, and his hatred for southern Africa was palpable.

When MacArthur was the commander-in-chief of the US military stationed in the Philippines last time, he suffered a big loss at the hands of the southern Africans, and MacArthur never forgot.

After the Brazilian Civil War, many people in the United States clamored to retaliate against the southern Africans, and MacArthur was the most steadfast among them.

Fortunately, the U.S. government was not kidnapped by the so-called "public opinion" and made the right choice. MacArthur was marginalized again and returned to the Philippines to continue to be his overlord.

The situation is now very clear. The Philippine campaign has erupted for more than half a month. The southern African troops in the Far East and the East Indian army are standing still. It is obvious that they are waiting for the US-Philippines to be annihilated by the Japanese, and then the southern Africans will jump out to clean up the mess.

In this way, after the war is over, it is hard to say what the Philippines will still be.

"But the only people we can rely on now are the southern Africans—" Wainwright was also helpless. The 13 U.S.-Philippine coalition forces could not defeat more than 3 Japanese. Who is to blame?

I can only blame myself for being incapable.

"No, no, no, Jonathan, we can only rely on ourselves, it's useless to rely on anyone." MacArthur's words are correct, forging iron has to be hard.

"So?" Wainwright hoped that MacArthur would be able to turn the tide. After all, he became the principal of West Point Military Academy at the age of 39.

"We want to concentrate all our strength on the Bataan Peninsula, and use the Bataan Peninsula as the battlefield for us to fight the Japanese—" MacArthur had already prepared, and the decisive battle was just an excuse, and the goal was to pull southern Africa into the water: "——If We can cause huge casualties to the Japanese in the Bataan Peninsula, and the Japanese will shift their targets to other directions, and the most important thing for the Japanese is oil."

MacArthur was well aware of the weaknesses of the Japanese. Japan's total oil reserves before the war were less than half a year old. As long as the war was delayed, the U.S.-Philippine coalition forces still had a chance to win.

It has been proven in Southeast Asia that the oil fields that can stably produce oil are in Kalimantan Island in East India.

After more than ten years of painstaking efforts in southern Africa and East India, Kalimantan Island is not too much to describe as impenetrable.

The problem is that there is an enclave of British Malaya on Kalimantan Island, the British did not manage it carefully, and the Japanese can easily land.

So it doesn't take too long, as long as it lasts for half a year, the US-Philippines coalition forces will usher in victory.

"The Bataan Peninsula is surrounded by water on three sides. If we concentrate our troops on the Bataan Peninsula, then we will be completely surrounded by the Japanese—" Wainwright frowned as he looked at the map. The Bataan Peninsula was not a good choice.

Luzon Island is the northernmost island of the Philippines. If MacArthur wants to fight a protracted war, he can use the Philippine islands to resist steadily and cause more trouble for the Japanese.

"Jonathan, I also want to withdraw the troops to Australia, or even to the mainland, but we can't do it." MacArthur also has no choice. The Asian fleet has already withdrawn, and the air supremacy is in the hands of the Japanese. There are no transport ships, how to withdraw?
"God will bless us!" MacArthur smiled wryly, this was his last resort.

(End of this chapter)