Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2288 Night Vision

Many southern African soldiers regard honor as more important than their own lives.

I don't know if MacArthur is like this, but he definitely regards his honor as more important than the lives of American soldiers.

A few months ago, when MacArthur fled from the Philippines, he swore: I will definitely come back.

Now MacArthur has fulfilled his promise, and he will lead the U.S. troops to fight back, even though these U.S. soldiers have only received military training for a few months and have no combat experience at all.

Tablan, the northernmost point of Borneo, has become a military city. The Allied forces will start from here to fight in the Philippines. Tablan is less than a thousand kilometers away from Manila. Even the B25 can travel from Tablan to the Philippines. Manila is covered within the combat radius.

In the past month, the Allied forces have built a huge field airport in Tablan, which can accommodate more than [-] aircraft. The size of the airport is still expanding.

With the airport as the core, surrounded by densely packed military camps, about 20 Allied troops gathered here. Tablan has rapidly prospered from a fishing village, and its scale is comparable to a medium-sized city.

The two American divisions participating in the battle were the Army's 42st Division and the [-]nd Division.

The First Division of the Army is the famous "Big Red First Division". This unit was first formed in 1917 and is one of the earliest divisions formed by the US Army.

In World War I, the First Division of the Army was the first to exchange fire with the Germans, the first to suffer casualties, the first to capture prisoners, and the first to invade France, because it occupied many "firsts" in the history of the US Army. One", so the first division was also called "Dahong First Division".

The 42nd Division is the "Rainbow Division" that MacArthur led in World War I.

The entire division also has a long history, because the division members come from all over the United States, and it is named like a rainbow across the sky.

After the end of the last World War, the United States disarmed, and the 42nd Division was disbanded on the spot. It was reorganized after the Pearl Harbor incident. The soldiers in the army were all recruits, and most of the officers were novices who had no combat experience.

The situation of the First Division of the Army is slightly better. Fortunately, it escaped the large-scale disarmament and was not abolished. For 20 years, it has been in a state of serious dissatisfaction. At the worst time, there were only 5700 soldiers and 112 officers.

These two divisions are standard infantry divisions, with only 14615 members in each division. There are no armored units in the troops, and they are seriously lacking in attacking forces.

After coordination between the U.S. government and the Federal Government of Southern Africa, An Qi supported MacArthur with 150 tanks and 100 armored vehicles.

Tanks and armored vehicles can be given, but the tanker needs MacArthur to solve it himself.

For this reason, Major General William, the commander of the First Division, was worried.

"It's not easy to find a tanker. Anyone who can drive a tractor can drive a tank. You don't even have people who can drive a tractor." Colonel Kimberly, who was in charge of the handover of weapons, came from a well-known diamond producing area, at least in southern Africa. Worry about the professionals.

"There must be people who can drive tractors, but qualified commanders and gunners need long-term rigorous training and time to familiarize themselves with the equipment. What we lack most now is time." Major General William frowned. The tanks supported by southern Africa are The "Clouded Leopard", the armored vehicle is the "Alligator", both are war-tested and proven to be excellent weapons for fighting in Southeast Asia.

No matter how good a weapon is, it must have the right people to be effective. Before the Pearl Harbor incident, the tanks used for training in the United States were the "Renault" supported by France during World War I, and the "Clouded Leopard" had never been touched.

Now that the landing operation is about to start, in the view of Major General William, the batch of tanks and armored vehicles sent by the southern Africans at this time are of no use at all. It is better to support some individual weapons, which will make it easier to exert combat effectiveness.

It was only when Major General William arrived in Tablan that he realized how advanced the weapons and equipment in southern Africa had become.

The current southern African army has begun to equip a large number of night vision goggles to improve night combat capabilities.

It sounds unbelievable, it's only 1942, and night vision devices have already appeared?
In fact, it is very normal. As early as the 30s, southern Africa and Germany started research on night vision devices almost at the same time.

In the early 30s, commercial companies produced "cathode emission tubes", which were one of the basic components for converting infrared images into images visible to the naked eye, paving the way for night vision devices.

In 1938, the Tesla Research Institute installed a set of military infrared irradiation/receiving equipment on a tank, and demonstrated the performance of the night vision device to the military, and then it was valued by the military.

Germany's AEG company also developed a similar night vision system in 1939 and demonstrated it to the German military.

They are both new things, but their destinies are very different, and they are treated very differently.

The southern African military discovered the value of night vision devices at the first time, and the follow-up funds continued to flow. With the staff of the Tesla Research Institute as the core, a research institute specializing in night vision devices was established to improve the performance of night vision devices. , and the miniaturization of night vision devices.

Like all new things, the night vision device in the new state has many problems, huge size and insufficient performance, because various mechanical and electrical failures often fail, and the power supply device is also a big problem. If there is no stable power supply system, the night vision device will not work.

The German military also attaches great importance to night vision devices, and has put forward higher requirements for AEG, hoping that all night sighting equipment used for artillery: "It is necessary to make the artillery achieve the same shooting accuracy as during the daytime"

This was impossible in 1939, and the Tesla Research Institute could not do it to this extent, and then AEG's night vision system gradually fell out of focus.

The night vision device invented by the Tesla Research Institute has received much attention. After the initial difficult stage, the performance of the night vision device in southern Africa has become more and more perfect. It has not only been successfully installed on tanks and artillery, but also successfully miniaturized. It can be installed on rifles and machine guns, and from a technical point of view, it has already left AEG's night vision far behind.

The southern African army that is about to land in the Philippines is equipped with the most advanced night vision devices.

The night vision device equipped by the Southern African Army is called the "Owl System" because owls also have the ability to observe at night.

The appearance of this system is very strange. A blacked-out infrared detector is installed on the scope used for visual inspection. The infrared detector looks like the spotlight on an old-fashioned camera. The power supply of the night vision device is a backpack. Soldiers carry it with them, and the battery weighs about ten kilograms, which can provide power for the night vision device for about two hours.

Two hours is enough, and usually a battle lasts no more than two hours.

The army divisions in southern Africa are equipped with thousands of vehicles, just bring a few more batteries. The Tesla Research Institute is working on improving battery performance, which is the strength of the Tesla Research Institute.

After Major General William learned about the performance of the night vision devices, he immediately reported to MacArthur, hoping that southern Africa could support a batch of night vision devices for the US military.

The cocky MacArthur rejected the suggestion, arguing that the U.S. Army does not need such things and that our soldiers will win this war with fair chivalry.

Go fucking chivalry!

Major General William couldn't help but curse every time he thought about it.

It's fine if you don't provide night vision goggles. The U.S. military doesn't even have rocket launchers, which have begun to equip troops on a large scale in the last world war.

In fact, even if MacArthur wanted the night vision device, Angie would not give it to him, and allies should keep a hand. The high technology of night vision device cannot be leaked casually, and the American imitation ability is still very strong.

Bazooka can have.

Before the outbreak of World War II, the bazookas equipped by the southern African army were still 90mm in diameter, but now they have been upgraded to 60mm. There are still a large number of [-]mm bazookas in the warehouse, which can be used to support the US military.

Including tanks and armored vehicles, of course, these supports have to be paid.

As powerful as the United States, how dare you accept free donations from other countries——

The United States is not Russia, where all the pots and pans at home have been smashed.

After sending Colonel Kimberley away, Major General William called MacArthur, hoping to delay the time for the landing operation and turn the tractor driver into a real tank driver.

MacArthur disagreed. Once a combat plan is formulated, it cannot be easily changed. Tractor drivers can grow rapidly in battle. There is no better training method than actual combat.

Major General William hung up the phone and scolded his mother.

This phone is also provided by Southern Africa, and it is a wireless phone. It is the kind of wireless phone that can accompany infantry attacks when the southern African army encounters difficulties in the movie. invention.

The reason why the Southern African Army is strong is that its advantages are accumulated through such countless details.

Compared with the southern African army, the First Big Red Division and the Rainbow Division are younger brothers. Although Major General William didn't want to admit it, the combat effectiveness of the First Big Red Division and the Rainbow Division is probably not as good as that of the East India Army.

To Major General William's relief, the East India Army was not equipped with night vision goggles either.

Neither did Australian troops.

Thinking of this, Major General William felt much better immediately.

Now for the Dahong First Division and the Rainbow Division, the biggest threat is not from the Japanese, but from MacArthur, who is so successful.

MacArthur wants to fulfill his promise. If the U.S. army lands in the Philippines after the Allied forces, then MacArthur will not look good.

What MacArthur wants is not only to fulfill his promise, but also to redeem the honor.

Therefore, under MacArthur's strong request, the US military must undertake the task of attacking Mindoro alone.

Fortunately, MacArthur did not want to be crazy enough to undertake the task of attacking Luzon alone.

Mindoro is the fifth largest island in the Philippines, 160 kilometers long from north to south, 84 kilometers wide from east to west, and covers an area of ​​9735 square kilometers, which is about the same as Cyprus.

Mindoro is rich in gold mines. Mindoro means "gold mines" in Spanish. There are also copper mines and coal mines on the island. The degree of development is relatively primitive, and there are not many residents on the island.

Preliminary investigations showed that the focus of the Japanese defense in the Philippines was Luzon and Mindanao, both of which had around 20 Japanese troops.

Among the 50 people in the Japanese army, there were a large number of servants, some of which were even composed of Filipinos, which made MacArthur very angry.

It's fine to cooperate with the Japanese invasion, but now he is actively participating in the servant army. This is a great humiliation to MacArthur, the "emperor" of the Philippines.

MacArthur has ordered that if Filipino servants are captured on the battlefield, they will all be shot on the spot without the approval of the general headquarters.

In the Allied plan, June 6st was the launch day of the campaign. According to Allied practice, the attack on the Philippine landing operation was named "Operation Return of the King".

With such a second name, one can tell at a glance that it was proposed by MacArthur. He is indeed the king of the Philippines, at least he thinks so.

The military city of 20 people is much larger than Saipan.

There are only a few tens of thousands of people in Saipan, and the problems are frequent, and the 20 people in Tablan are simply a powder keg.

In order to meet the physical needs of American soldiers, the U.S. government sent a group of special staff from the United States, so the club dedicated to serving the U.S. military opened its doors in the U.S. military camp in a grand manner, and the U.S. troops lined up from morning till night. The scene was quite spectacular.

"Tell our soldiers, if anyone dares to go to the US military camp, I will put him in confinement!" Saroyan Johnson, commander of the 16th Division in Southern Africa, was very angry.

Southern African GIs also have biological needs.

Although the southern African military has strict requirements on southern African officers and soldiers in this regard, some southern African soldiers sneak into the US military camps for fun.

This kind of thing cannot be prohibited. A week ago, four Australian soldiers raped a local girl after drinking too much. Although this matter has been properly handled, it is enough to sound the alarm for the generals of the Allied forces.

Not only visiting relatives, but 20 young people who have nowhere to vent their energy are crowded in Tablan. Fights and fights happen every day, and gatherings for gambling is not uncommon. Fortunately, no local residents were robbed. How high is the quality of the food, but the locals are basically unstoppable.

Tablan is not the territory of East India, but belongs to British Malaya, and the people here are not East Indians, but Malays.

"This kind of rough treatment is not enough. The Americans are too much. Our people will definitely follow suit. If we deal with it roughly, it may arouse the resentment of the soldiers." Chief of Staff Liu Lin also has a headache. Maintaining military discipline is a must. It's a serious matter, but it's easy to be bad.

"I called the headquarters and drove the Americans away." Saroyan was physically isolated, which was the quickest way to solve the problem.

"Come on old Sa, the day after tomorrow is June 6st, and the Americans will not be happy for a few days." Liu Lin waited to see the jokes of the Americans. These American soldiers probably thought they were here for vacation, and had no idea that they were about to face what is it-

This is not necessarily the case.

Maybe it is because American soldiers have a clear understanding of the cruelty of war that they can enjoy themselves in time.

In any case, amid all the hustle and bustle, June 6st finally arrived.

(End of this chapter)