Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2282 Feeling across the river in southern Africa
The result of asymmetric warfare is overwhelming massacres.

In the battles between the Malay Peninsula and the Japanese army, the southern African army and the East Indian army had accumulated rich experience and knew the strength of the Japanese army very well. For the Allied forces, the only thing that the Japanese army could show was the will to fight.

The 71st Division is a unit just formed this year. Most of them are inexperienced recruits. Many of them were born between the two world wars. They were severely brainwashed by the Japanese government. They do have the will to fight, but they lack experience. And the strength to fight against the Allies.

The combination of various reasons shows that it is an irreparable failure on the battlefield.

With the cooperation of the "Clouded Leopard" tanks, the East India Army easily occupied the Japanese positions, with less than a hundred casualties.

The casualties of the Japanese army were very heavy. More than 1700 corpses were collected, and many people were suffocated to death in the underground passage. The exact number is unknown.

Judging from the size of the Japanese army, it is probably a Japanese wing that defended the position.

In this way, the data is very clear. A regiment of the Japanese army has about 3000 people, and the remaining 1300 people are counted as missing.

The East Indian army advanced so fast that they didn't even stay behind to clean up the battlefield, and continued to advance towards Kuching.

At this time, Kuching was already far away, and the Japanese did not use their forces on sporadic sneak attacks, but pushed them into Kuching City, relying on the complex terrain in Kuching City and the Allied forces to fight to the death.

Among all the war modes, street fighting is undoubtedly the most brutal, which has been demonstrated most vividly in the Battle of Moscow.

Huang Junying, the commander of the East India Army, did not hesitate. After the troops arrived in Kuching, they ordered the artillery to bombard Kuching indiscriminately.

Indiscriminate bombardment means the use of artillery to destroy an entire city, whether it is a military objective or a residential area.

"General, you must stop the East Indians. There are still civilians in Kuching. We can't do this." Colonel Hamilton from the United Kingdom firmly opposed it. He didn't want to recover a completely smashed Kuching.

I almost forgot that Kuching is still a British colony. After the war, the British will definitely resume the colonization of Kuching. If Kuching is smashed, it will lose the meaning of colonization. The British government will not spend money to build a new Kuching Jin.

"Now that the war has been fought, those who can run away have already run away. The civilians who are still in Kuching are all Japanese loyalists. They are all damned!" Luo Guoxing didn't need to speak, Colonel Bradley from the United States directly pushed back .

Americans don't care whether Kuching will be turned into ruins after the war, including Filipino Americans.

The Filipinos are too disrespectful to the Americans. They actually cooperate with the Japanese invasion and don't care about the feelings of the Americans.

In the words of the Americans, they have raised a group of white-eyed wolves.

Even if Southern Africa does not take action, the United States will liquidate after the war, so just wipe them all out now, and everything will be destroyed.

"Kuching is the territory of the British Empire, of course you Americans don't care about it." Hamilton was very angry, and his words were carried along with Luo Guoxing and Huang Junying, with a gun and a stick.

"How about this, you transfer your troops here, and your army is responsible for taking over the Jin Dynasty." Luo Guoxing was also dissatisfied, Hamilton was a staff officer, he had no army at all, at most he had an orderly.

Recovering the ancient Jin Dynasty was a major event for the Allied Forces. Although the British and Americans could not send troops to participate, they could not be absent. Both Hamilton and Bradley were liaison officers.

Since they are unable to send troops, they should contribute from other sources. The military supplies needed for the Southern African army and the East Indian army to fight are the responsibility of the United Kingdom and the United States.

It doesn't need to be produced by the UK and the US, the UK and the US just need to pay for it, and the Indian Ocean theater places orders for southern African military companies.

Weapons and ammunition produced by the United Kingdom and the United States cannot be used by the southern African army. The rifle calibers used by the armies of various countries are different, and even the bullets are not common.

"Luo, don't forget that we are allies. When you are fighting, you must fully consider the interests of your allies." Hamilton was very uncomfortable. There is a saying that if a staff officer does not have a leader, it doesn't matter. He can only try his best to fight for it.

"Colonel, this is not a drill. You can't let the southern African soldiers and East Indian soldiers die innocently in order to protect your own interests." Bradley laughed, he was very happy to see the British deflated.

Britain is also self-inflicted.

If southern Africa is still in the Commonwealth, then the combination of Britain and southern Africa is almost unsolvable, and the United States may never be able to break the British colonial system.

Now southern Africa is self-contained, and the Southern African Union with southern Africa at its core has surpassed the Commonwealth of Nations to become the most powerful group in the world. Americans are in pain and happiness.

Happiness is because I see the hope of breaking the British colonial system.

The pain is because Brazil joined the Southern African Union, which broke the US monopoly of interests in the Americas.

With Brazil's gems ahead, many South American countries now hope to join the Southern African Union.

Fortunately, Rock is still sensible, and he didn't want to over-irritate the Americans, so he rejected the applications of other South American countries, otherwise the Americas would have become the Americas of Southern Africa.

At least that's the case in South America.

"If the indiscriminate bombardment of Kuching caused a large number of civilian casualties, the relevant commanders may be tried after the war." Hamilton reminded that this is also part of the "International Convention."

The "International Convention" expressly stipulates that during wartime, civilians shall not be massacred in any way.

Manslaughter depends on the situation, if it is obviously avoidable manslaughter, but the commander is indifferent, then it is also a crime.

"If you say that, don't fight Kuching. Why don't you persuade the defenders in Kuching to surrender." Bradley's expression was gloomy, because he wanted Hamilton to die.

"We can surround Kuching, and when the defenders run out of ammunition and food, they will naturally surrender." Hamilton didn't want to try to persuade him to surrender.

"Colonel, this is the Far East, not North Africa. We don't have time to spend in Kuching, and we need to completely defeat the Japanese as quickly as possible." Huang Guoxing didn't want to talk nonsense with Hamilton, and decided to send a telegram to the headquarters later.

Seeing that the big battle is imminent, if you don't help, you will be delayed. You are very skilled in picking bones in the egg.

The front line does not need such a liaison officer, who is so good at arguing and going back to the UK to quarrel slowly.

It is well known that the British did not work hard in North Africa. They had the strength to drive Rommel out of North Africa early in the morning, but they dragged the war until now.

Southern Africans don't want to drag in East Asia.

I just want to beat Japan as fast as possible, so that East Asia can start rebuilding one day earlier.

The efficiency of the East Indian army is still very high. In terms of heavy firepower, the strength of the East Indian army is no less than that of the southern African army.

The East Indian Army that participated in the attack on Kuching consisted of three divisions, with a total strength of about 5 troops. Not counting light artillery, there were hundreds of heavy artillery, which was enough to flatten Kuching.

Huang Junying concentrated the heavy artillery of the three divisions and bombarded Kuching indiscriminately.

The city of Kuching is actually not that big. If more than 5 people went together, the troops would not even be able to deploy. The volley of hundreds of heavy artillery was still very spectacular. It took only half an hour to completely destroy half of Kuching.

At this time, the East Indian troops launched an attack on Kuching.

The attack was still led by the "Clouded Leopard" tank, and the infantry accompanied the tank to launch the attack.

Now the infantry accompanying the tank attack does not need to shoot the turret to communicate with the tank operator. The "Clouded Leopard" tank is equipped with a telephone, and the infantry accompanying the tank attack can use the phone to communicate with the tank operator.

There was a phone on the amphibious tank, too, and Bradley's eyes lit up as he watched the amphibious tank equipped by the Southern African Marine Corps.

The Americans are crossing the river by touching southern Africa, and they also have the establishment of the Marine Corps, but the weapons and equipment are obviously much worse than the Southern African Marine Corps.

The structure of amphibious tanks is not complicated. With the industrial strength of the United States, it is very easy to manufacture amphibious tanks. The US military began mass production of the "Sherman" equipped with troops this year, which is a copycat version of the "Leopard" tank.

Before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the main tank equipped by the US Army was still the M2 light tank.

The M2 light tank is actually an improved version of the Vik tank. This tank can only seat two people. The weapon is only a 12.7mm machine gun. The total combat weight is 11.6 tons.

After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the Americans realized that the M2 light tank was seriously behind, so they upgraded the M2 light tank to a medium tank.

It is medium-sized in name, but in fact the improved M2 has a total combat weight of only 18.7 tons. The main weapon is a 37mm tank gun, and the secondary weapon is 7 M1919 machine guns.

The Americans maximized the role of machine guns. Up to 2 machine guns can be installed on the M9. The idea of ​​the Americans is to use the M2 as a machine gun bunker.

The Spanish Civil War was a watershed in the development of weapons and equipment. Before the outbreak of the civil war, Germany still had the No. [-] tank to conquer the world. When the civil war ended, it had developed to the No. [-] tank.

The Americans thought that the improved M2 had caught up with the tank level of European countries.

What caught Americans off guard was that as soon as more than 2 M200s were produced, Germany began to produce the No. 2. At this time, the U.S. Army hadn't even had time to familiarize itself with the performance of the M2, and the M[-] fell behind again.

What can we do if we fall behind again, let’s continue to improve.

At this time, the Americans discovered that there was no room for upgrading the M2, so the Americans began to develop the M3.

The performance of the M3 is much better than that of the M2. The total weight of 27.22 tons ensures that the M3 has better protection. The tank gun is also upgraded to 75 mm, and its mobility is also good.

Of course, there are also disadvantages. In addition to the 3mm main gun, the M75 continues to use a 37mm gun, and the number of machine guns is reduced to two. In this way, the M3 requires six people to operate.

The interior space of the M3 is very small, and six people can be crammed into it, which is as crowded as a can of sardines.

Only in this way, the Americans can bear it.

The problem is that after the Americans produced the M3, the Germans had already started producing the Panzer III.

Compared with No. 3, M[-] lags behind again.

This time the Americans learned from the painful experience and no longer targeted the Germans for imitation, but developed the "Sherman" based on the "Leopard" tank in southern Africa.

This time the Americans finally made the right choice.

The combat weight of the "Sherman" is 33.65 tons, the main gun is still 75 mm, the crew has been reduced to only five, the tank's protection has been improved again, and it has strong mobility. The ability to fight against.

When Bradley came to the Far East, one of the important tasks was to observe the weapons and equipment of the Southern African Army as an important reference for the US military to equip its troops.

The amphibious tanks equipped by the Marine Corps are actually not good in terms of overall performance, and the protection is not strong enough, but the firepower is not bad. They also use 75mm tank guns.

This is the most suitable tank for the Marine Corps. After all, the opponent of the Marine Corps is not a powerful armored force, but an island defender who lacks anti-tank weapons.

With the equipment level of the Japanese army, it is not capable of providing anti-tank weapons for the island guards.

After learning the number of amphibious tanks equipped by the Marine Corps, Bradley was filled with despair.

The Southern African Marine Corps is equipped with a total of about 2500 amphibious tanks.

The total number of tanks in the U.S. Army is now 2500, and there are also a large number of M2s. Now the M2 is only used as a training vehicle for training tankers in the U.S. Army.

Although the strength of "Sherman" is not bad, production has just started this year, and it will take time to increase production.

The southern African army not only has amphibious tanks, but also has a large number of "Tiger" and "Leopard" types, of which the number of "Leopard" types alone exceeds 15000.

It may not be realistic to rely on the military production capacity of the United States to catch up with the equipment level of the southern African army in a short period of time.

Unless the US military purchases weapons and equipment from southern Africa.

As a supplier to the Allied Forces, Southern Africa produced about 60000 tanks last year alone, not only for the Southern African Union Forces, but also for the British and Russian Armies, as well as the Free French Army, and now with the American Army, It seems that the southern African military enterprises still have spare capacity.

But this is not what Bradley has the final say on. Military procurement is a major event. Bradley can provide information to Washington, and senior officials in Washington will make decisions.

The senior officials in Washington are also very annoying. The situation facing the United States in this time and space is much more serious than that in another time and space.

The United States failed to get orders from the Allied Forces, and all orders from the Allied Forces were taken away by southern Africa.

And the United States also faces a thorny problem.

Southern African troops have already started preparing to land in the Philippines. If the Americans make no indication, will the Philippines still accept American rule after the war?
This problem is very serious. The Filipinos have no loyalty to the Americans. They can even accept the rule of the Japanese, and most of them will support the rule of southern Africa with both hands and feet.

At this time, MacArthur, who had already returned to Washington, jumped out again, demanding that Washington immediately increase its troops to the Far East, and let the US military lead the battle against the Japanese army in the Philippines.

Europe before Asia?

Don't be funny, Southern Africa has gathered heavy troops in North Africa, and the Americans can't get in.

Then spend all your energy on revenge against the Japanese.

(End of this chapter)