Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2279: Do You Want To Take A Gamble?

I still remember that during the last World War, the southern African soldiers who fought in France were warmly welcomed by French girls. After the war, many French girls followed the southern African soldiers to immigrate to southern Africa and settled down, becoming southern Africans.

Do those French girls really like southern Africans?

Not necessarily, they just want to survive.

The same goes for swapping southern Africans for Germans, the occupying forces always have a lot of privileges.

Men can join if they can't beat it, and women are more obvious in "Mu Qiang".

De Gaulle is a man with a bottom line. He does not agree to use despicable methods to deal with Darlan and Laborde. This villain can only be made by Leonard Capet.

Leonard Capet used these off-the-box tricks without the slightest psychological barrier.

This is actually not an outside move. For Leonard Capet, France is about to perish. No matter what method is used, as long as he can win the final victory, Leonard Capet will do everything he can pole.

What's more, there are fewer military and political officials assassinated in various countries, and the mustaches were almost assassinated. As long as there are interests, this is a routine operation.

Leaving the interim Chancellery in the Casbah, Reynard Capet drove to Patton's Third Army headquarters in Algiers.

The Casbah is the old town of Algiers. After the French occupation of Algiers in 1830, the Casbah was remodeled on a large scale. The buildings here have a distinct European style, and many ancient buildings with a history of hundreds of years. The city is full of historical sense of age, especially the religious buildings that can be seen everywhere, with a large number and different styles, which are very African.

Europe has colonized Africa for hundreds of years, with the most remarkable achievements in religion, and various sects have become the best way for Europeans to rule Africans.

Southern Africa does not preach, and the way to obtain benefits is not direct plunder, but more covert unequal exchange, so Southern Africa can gain the trust of Africans in such a short period of time.

Patton's headquarters is located on the edge of the old city of Algiers. It used to be the headquarters of the French Foreign Legion. After the Third Army took over, it was remodeled according to the southern African tradition. Now it has formed a new urban area with an area of ​​about [-] square kilometers. .

The headquarters is located in the core of the new urban area, with the magnificent Mediterranean Sea in front and the majestic Mount Taylor Atlas behind. In Eastern Metaphysics, this is called being surrounded by mountains and rivers. In southern Africa, Oriental Metaphysics has become more and more popular in recent years.

Due to work reasons, Leonard Capet often came to Barton, and every time there were new discoveries. Compared with the old city that had hardly changed for hundreds of years, the new city was changing with each passing day, and the speed of development was unbelievable.

The last time Leonard Capel came to the new city, street lights were being installed on both sides of the main road of the new city. Now the street lights have all been installed, and a large-scale building is going up not far away. This is the Rand Bank. Headquarters in North Africa.

Wherever the troops in southern Africa go, the companies in southern Africa will follow.

Not only the Rand Bank, but also companies such as South Africa Corporation, Nyasaland Corporation, Nyasaland Heavy Industries, Johannesburg Pharmaceutical Group, and even military service agencies for the military.

The military service organization is getting bigger and bigger, involving more and more industries. There are many 24-hour convenience stores in the new urban area, all of which are set up by military service organizations. Southern African companies are strengthening their presence in Algiers in various ways. urban impact.

Compared with the last time I came to Xincheng, there are more and more shops on both sides of the street, including retail stores, restaurants, clothing stores, hotels, etc., and neon light boxes one after another. In order to ensure the power supply of the new city, the Crocodile Bay Power Company is even next to the new city A thermal power station was built.

In southern Africa, not only hydropower is very powerful, but thermal power is also developed. Many parts of Africa lack hydropower resources, and thermal power can effectively meet urban electricity demand.

Looking at the more and more prosperous new city, Leonard Capet felt more and more heavy.

If this continues until after the war, Algiers, the most dazzling pearl in North Africa, will have a difficult prospect.

There are signs of it now.

The contrast between the new city and the old city is so sharp that capable Algiers have chosen to live in the new city.

Southern Africans build large-scale residential areas in the new city, including high-rise apartments and townhouses, which correspond to groups with different needs.

The residential area is well-planned, with a bustling commercial area and a quiet living area. The community is equipped with large supermarkets and convenience stores, and even schools and hospitals.

The law and order in Algiers has not been very good for a long time. After all, this is the headquarters of the Foreign Legion. The residents are complex, and violent cases in the old city are frequent. The government agencies and the police department are not responsible enough, and the residents complain a lot.

Now there are better options. The residential area of ​​Xincheng has 24-hour armed patrols by the military and police. Although it is not up to the level of not picking up lost items on the road and not closing the door at night, the security is much better than that of the old city.

As a result, more and more capable residents of the old city choose to settle in the new city one after another. Even if the prices of those houses are high, they cannot stop people's enthusiasm for a better life.

Residents who are able to go to the new city have a certain economic strength. Under the changing conditions, the new city becomes a rich area where the rich live, and the old city becomes a forgotten slum.

For those rich people, they can't wait to bring Algiers under the rule of the Southern African Federal Government now, so that they can always enjoy the protection of the Southern African military.

This trend is irreversible, especially in the context of the raging war in Europe, who doesn't want to live in a stable and peaceful environment.

The headquarters of the Third Army is surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by green trees, lawns and gardens everywhere, and the environment is unbelievably beautiful.

Patton was not satisfied with this. Every time Leonard Capet came, soldiers planted trees. Southern Africans have a mysterious preference for trees, especially soldiers. They can't rest for a moment.

Compared with the previous foreign legion, the new army of the Free French has been completely reborn.

However, compared with the southern African army, the Free French army is obviously behind. This is not only reflected in the weapons and equipment, but more in the spirit of the soldiers. The southern African soldiers are always well-dressed, even when they are doing physical labor. , they also pay attention to their appearance.

The soldiers of Free France are not lazy, the key is that they are unaware and have poor initiative. Many of them are not good at communicating with others.

This is normal, the southern African soldiers are real southern Africans, but the Free French soldiers are mostly colonial natives, although many of them are also white, but whites are not the same as whites.

"Dear Patton, I'm so glad to see you. When are you going to counterattack the European continent?" Leonard Capet was straightforward. He is now the Prime Minister of Free France, and he dreams of attacking the French mainland every day.

As for the neutrality of the Vichy government—

Sorry, whether to be neutral or not is not up to the Vichy government, but to the side that wins.

If the Axis Powers had won the World War, then everything would be over and Reynard Capet would have to go into exile in Southern Africa.

If the Allied forces win the final victory, then Vichy France will be fixed on the pillar of shame in history and will never stand up.

"Hahaha, Mr. Prime Minister, it's a coincidence that you came here. I just caught a delicious grouper, and we'll eat it at noon—" Patton didn't answer, and it doesn't matter when Patton will counterattack the European continent, Leonard said It doesn't count.

Due to the lack of phosphate and nitrate necessary for marine organisms in seawater, the fish resources in the Mediterranean are not very rich, and the fishing industry is not developed.

Mediterranean fish are mainly cod, sole, sardines and other fish, as well as bluefin tuna and grouper, but not many.

"Dignified Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic War Zone, you should have more important work when you are free to go fishing every day." Leonard knew Patton very well, and this kind of joke was not too much.

Even without Ada's relationship, Leonard still has the ability to joke with Patton. After all, he is the largest industrial tycoon in France.

The current Leonard is no longer the insignificant second-hand businessman before. Before the outbreak of the World War, Leonard moved the factory located in mainland France directly to North Africa, taking advantage of the rich human resources and industrial resources in North Africa. The enterprises under it have developed rapidly and are now able to produce a variety of military materials including weapons and ammunition.

France is already very strong in military industry, especially in artillery. Miss 75 is still an excellent light artillery.

In addition to artillery, French companies are quite powerful in many fields such as automobiles, tanks, and shipbuilding. The company under Renard's name has inherited the romantic temperament of the French and has certain strength in industrial design.

Of course, this kind of strength cannot be compared with southern African companies. The advantage of the companies under Leonard's name lies in the relationship with Free France. As long as the products produced by the companies under Leonard's name can be produced, Free France will definitely give priority to purchase.

"Go to Pretoria to find the lord. As long as you can convince the lord, I will launch an attack on France tomorrow." Barton smiled. Although the title system has been abolished in southern Africa many years ago, the existing titles have been retained. .

"Go ahead, if you can convince the lord, I will personally donate one billion francs to the Atlantic Theater." Leonard seemed generous, but in fact one billion francs was not much.

After the establishment of Free France, the financial sector also became independent, issuing its own currency in North Africa, known as the "free franc".

The "free franc" is not accepted by people because of the lack of bank reserves and cannot be directly exchanged for gold. The most widely used currency in North Africa is the rand.

After the outbreak of the world war, the trend of the rand replacing the pound as the world currency became more and more obvious.

The UK economy is tense now, the pound has been depreciating, but the gold content of the rand has been very strong, and it has remained at the ratio of one rand to one gram of gold.

Now the world's dependence on southern Africa is becoming more and more obvious, especially in terms of oil. Southern Africa insists on using rand for settlement in oil trade, even the United Kingdom is no exception.

This makes other countries uncomfortable, but they have to succumb to Rand's shadow.

When the British Empire was in full swing, the pound was the most widely used international currency in the world. At that time, international trade was either settled in pounds, gold, or pure barter.

This situation is normal. It is similar to the German mark in Weimar Germany. One price per day, one pound of bread can be bought for one hundred marks in the morning, but one hundred grams in the afternoon. No one can accept this.

A pound is about 450 grams.

Now, with the weakening of the British Empire, the status of the pound as an international currency has been seriously shaken. The UK has canceled the gold standard system before the outbreak of the World War. Later, it has established a gold bullion standard system, but it has ended without a problem. Now it is the only one in the world that can directly exchange for gold. The currency is the rand.

In addition to within the Commonwealth, the pound can also compete with the rand.

In most other countries around the world, the rand is increasingly used, even for trade between the United States and Russia.

This may sound unbelievable. Americans are definitely willing to use dollars, while Russians are more inclined to rubles. However, even though Americans and Russians are allies, they do not trust each other, which requires the use of third-party currencies for settlement.

It doesn't matter if you don't have money, just owe it first, and pay it back when you have it. Most loans have interest.

"Keep the francs for yourself. If it's one billion rands, I can think about it." Barton laughed loudly. The North African francs issued by Free France have now become waste paper, depreciating at a rate comparable to the Weimar mark, Algiers Retail stores in the new town do not accept CFA francs for payment.

Compared with other French capitalists, Leonard Capet is more conscientious, but he still hasn't escaped the shackles of the capitalist era.

When the North African franc was first issued, it was okay, and the Free French government was fairly restrained and did not issue it sparingly.

Soon the Free French government found that the money was not enough, there were too many places to spend it, and the little tax collected was not enough to make ends meet, so the free francs quietly increased, and the denominations became larger and larger.

"I have a way to get you the French Navy." Reynard Capet just said that his entire net worth does not add up to one billion rand.

"What?" Patton was interested in the French navy. He was an officer from the navy. Like those stubborn admirals in southern Africa, he never forgot about battleships.

Of course, thinking about it is always thinking about it, Patton is still sensible, and he will not build a battleship instead of an aircraft carrier.

The French Navy is different. It is a free pick, and if you don’t make money, you don’t make money.

"You just need to send someone to kill Darlan and Laborde, and the French navy will be at your fingertips." Renard said seriously, he was really going to do this.

"—"

Patton was speechless. The Prime Minister of Free France hoped that the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern African Atlantic Theater would kill the Minister of Defense of Vichy France in an unseemly way!

This matter sounds unreliable, and it may cause an international scandal. The three battleships of the French Navy are not worthy of Patton's reputation.

(End of this chapter)