Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2333: The Doomsday Is Coming
Mustache once said: Give me five divisions and I can conquer Italy.

Referring to the performance of the Italian army in North Africa, Mustache seems to be able to do it.

But referring to the performance of the Italian army in the Battle of Volgograd, he couldn't do it even if he gave the mustache ten divisions.

The Italian Eighth Army of about 3 men surrounded at Volgograd was commanded by General Giovanni Messe.

In the early days of the Battle of Volgograd, the Italian army captured some Russian soldiers, and the German troops who cooperated with the Italian army shot all the Russian prisoners of war without ruling the Italian army. This aroused the anger of the Russians. Zhukov claimed to use the most Cruel ways to take revenge on the Italians.

The Italians did not doubt the determination of the Russians. Even if the Italians surrendered, they would not be spared. The desperate Italians broke out with amazing fighting power.

Unlike the stubborn Paulus, Giovanni Messi was determined to break out and formulated a breakout plan on the second day after the encirclement was formed.

At this time, Giovanni still had hope for Mustache and Paulus. If Paulus decided to break through, Giovanni would cooperate with the German army, so that the chances of breaking out of the encirclement would be greater.

When Manstein broke through the encirclement, Giovanni went to Paulus himself, hoping that Paulus could follow Manstein's suggestion to break out south.

Paulus rejected Giovanni, who had not yet obtained the permission of Mustache, and the 6th Army could only stay in Volgograd to continue fighting.

This is not to keep fighting.

But wait to die.

Giovanni completely gave up on Paulus. In order to survive, the Italians could only desperately fight a bloody road, and it was without cooperation and support.

On the 25th, after a full meal, the breakout battle officially began.

"Having a full meal" should be the key point.

After the encirclement was formed, the airdropped supplies were gradually decreasing and could not meet the needs at all.

The Germans would not distribute precious supplies to the Italians. At this time, the Eighth Army had run out of ammunition and food. Giovanni did his best, but he could only feed the officers and soldiers who were about to launch a breakout battle. According to the deduction, it would be good if one-third of the 3 Italian troops can successfully break through.

The battle process was more brutal than the Italian staff's deduction. As the vanguard of the "Turin" division, it encountered four times the Russian army on the first day of the breakout and fell into a bitter battle.

The ammunition of the Italian army was seriously insufficient. All the tanks were conscripted by the German army, and the cars could not be used due to lack of fuel. In order to increase the chances of a successful breakout, Giovanni decided to bring some light artillery. There are still bullets in the magazine of the rifle, and the magazine is empty.

The "Turin" division is still relatively effective. This unit is the one that captured the Russians before. Last year, the "Turin" division cooperated with the German army to capture [-] Russians during the battle in Russia.

After two years of bloody battles, the "Turin" division was seriously downsized, with only more than 13000 troops remaining out of 8000 troops.

After the bloody battle, the "Turin" division defeated the Russian army four times its own to break through the line of defense, and was intercepted by the Russian army in the "Death Valley".

At this time, the "Turin" division's ammunition has also been exhausted.

The Italians did not give in, and bloody hand-to-hand combat broke out with the Russian army, and even more brutal hand-to-hand combat. After paying heavy casualties, they finally killed a bloody path for the Italian army.

The Russians definitely didn't want to see the Italians escape from birth. Zhukov dispatched troops to chase and intercept them, vowing to wipe out the Italian army in Volgograd.

The troops acting as the rear guard are the mountain army.

Under desperation, the mountain army also broke out their tenacious fighting spirit. Facing the Russian army that was several times larger than itself, the Italian mountain army gave full play to their own advantages and used the terrain to deal with the Russian army. They used Molotov cocktails to destroy the Russian tanks and broke their arms. The mountain soldiers carried explosive packs and died with the Russians, and the wounded soldiers were unwilling to surrender, so they prepared grenades and detonated them when the Russians passed by.

After half a month of bloody battle, 3 Italian troops finally escaped from the siege.

The fighting process was extremely tragic. Only about 3 of the 4000 Italian troops successfully broke through, and Russia did not even have a single prisoner, including wounded soldiers.

After this battle, the performance of the Italian army shocked the Allies, especially the North African Allies.

During the battle between the British army in North Africa and the German-Italian coalition forces, an ironic thing happened.

After the German-Italian coalition forces retreated across the board, an Italian army voluntarily surrendered to the British army, but the British army refused.

The humiliated Italians became furious and did something they didn't even dare to think about. They took the initiative to attack and defeated the arrogant British army. This time they finally became prisoners of war and quit the war.

Patton had nothing to say after learning the details. The defeated British army was the British and Indian troops. He could only say that the Italians, like the Indians, were strange creatures in their respective camps.

"I'm starting to worry about the landing operations in mainland Italy. If the Italian army can break out in a desperate situation similar to the Russian battlefield, then we have to reconsider our combat plan." Giro was obviously shocked by the performance of the Italian army. , there is a saying that is true, the person who knows you best is not your friend, but your enemy.

There is no blood feud between the Russians and the Italians. France and Italy have a long history of rivalry in the Mediterranean. Giro obviously knows the Italians better.

"The Americans are determined to open up a second battlefield in Italy, so the troops landing in Italy must be mainly Americans." Patton also re-evaluated the combat effectiveness of the Italian army. The performance of the Italian army in the Russian battlefield was not very convincing.

The Russians are too tough and too straight. They announced early on that they would not want Italian prisoners of war. This is forcing the Italians to fight with their lives.

Compared with the Russian battlefield, the North African battlefield seemed to be performing according to a fixed script. The Allied forces and the German-Italian allied forces pushed back and forth. After two years of fighting, there was no result. The real casualties were not many, so the Italians did not resist surrender.

Don't push people into a hurry. Compared with the Germans, the Italians are like honest people with no ambitions. As long as they can survive, they can get along.

"The Federal Government of Southern Africa, isn't it worried about the expansion of the influence of the United States in the Mediterranean Sea?" Ji Luo was surprised, and Patton seemed indifferent.

"Henry, the Mediterranean Sea is not a certain country's inner lake. Ships from any country have the right to appear in the Mediterranean Sea." Barton would definitely not say that southern Africa is secretly contacting Italy, and the American plan is doomed to be in vain.

After the Battle of Volgograd, the situation on the Russian battlefield will gradually become clear.

Even if it loses the Battle of Volgograd, Russia will continue to organize the Battle of the Caucasus, the Battle of Baku, and even the Battle of Siberia.

Germany is already at the end of its battle. In order to organize the Battle of Volgograd, Mustache has mobilized a large number of slaves from the slave country, which has caused dissatisfaction from the slave country. If it continues to withdraw, it will trigger a stronger rebound.

Germany's slave countries, such as Italy and Romania, all follow Germany to eat war dividends and pick up cheap, and they will not follow the mustache all the way to black.

When the German army was invincible on the battlefield, the Italians and Romanians would follow the German army and wave their flags.

When the war situation is uncertain, even if the German army loses temporarily, although the slave country can bear it, its enthusiasm will definitely decline.

Once the German army shows signs of decline and defeat, the alliance will fall apart. Think about how Italy became a victorious country after World War I. This is the best example for all Axis members.

After the defeat of the U.S. Second Army, Patton had to adjust the battle plan. When Montgomery defeated Rommel, the adjustment was completed. The North African Allied Forces were about to launch an attack on the German and Italian Allied Forces.

Eisenhower and Patton Jr. are still working hard. The 2nd Army was forced to withdraw and regroup. The morale of the 1st Army led by Patton Jr. was still high. Absent from the Allied offensive.

In preparation for the final stand against the German-Italian forces, Admiral Patton transferred two Southern African Armored Divisions from Spain, and three divisions of Southern African Union troops.

Together with the free French army on standby, there are more than 20 troops available for attack.

While the First U.S. Army took the initiative to ask for a battle, Patton Jr. hoped that General Patton could assist the First Army with some "Leopard" tanks to strengthen the attack power of the First Army.

This assistance is not free, nor is the equipment leased to the Allied Forces by the United States through the Lend-Lease Act. In another time and space, Russia did not pay off its debts for World War II until 2006.

The British were even worse. The debts of World War I and World War II were repaid until 2015.

It is France that should be praised here.

Vichy France, which lay flat early, did not owe money to the Americans. Free France owed about 35 billion in debt. After the war, France was unified, and this debt became countless bad debts.

After the war, Americans asked France for money.

The French government said that the debt is owed by Free France, please ask Free France for it.

But Free France no longer exists, and the two Frances have merged into one. Where can I find it?

In order to collect debts, the Americans launched a plan to rebuild Europe, and the French finally began to repay part of the loans in order to obtain American loans. In the end, only about [-] million U.S. dollars were repaid, and the rest was all in vain.

It's not that the French don't have money, they just don't want to give it to the Americans.

For Germany, the French were extremely generous. After the war, usury lending flourished, and they lent to Germany together with the British. In 2007, German Chancellor Aunt Moore said that Germany had paid about 640 billion euros in war reparations after the war. .

Faced with the British and French who are so sophisticated in lending techniques, Wall Street financiers can only lament that it depends on Europe if they want to say that they are insidious.

Since the aid provided by the United States to the Allied Forces is not free, the assistance given to the Allied Forces in southern Africa will certainly not be free.

Especially the United States.

Unlike Britain and France, the Americans are very rich, and the money is not earned for nothing.

"Are you really going to sell the tank to the Americans?" Alvin worried that selling the "Leopard" to the Americans would affect Southern Africa's dominant position in the army.

"There is nothing that can't be sold, it mainly depends on whether the price is high enough." Of course Roque sold it. It's not that the Americans can't make the "Leopard" type. Give the Americans enough time, and the Americans have the ability to replace all the tanks. .

Since the outbreak of the World War, the advantages of the "Leopard" tank have been weakening. In recent years, the improvement of the "Leopard" in southern Africa has been tinkering, and there has been no essential improvement.

This does not mean that Southern Africa does not have relevant technical reserves.

Nyasaran Military Industry is developing a new generation of medium tanks, which are equipped with gyroscopes and night vision goggles as standard, can shoot while in motion, and greatly enhance the ability to fight at night.

After using the latest engine and suspension device, the new tank has more powerful movement capabilities, and the artillery has also been increased from the current 88 mm to 105 mm, which can easily penetrate the armor of any tank in active service, including the " Tiger" tanks.

The new type of tank is named "Lion", and prototypes have already been produced, and it is expected to be equipped with troops in batches next year.

"Since it can be sold to Americans, it can also be sold to Russians—" Alvin doesn't know enough about Russians.

"It's okay, but the quantity must be controlled." Rock knows the Russians too well. Doing business with the Russians is mostly meat buns beating dogs, and there will be no return.

Think about how straightforwardly the Russians put Britain at the end of World War I, and you know the risks of doing business with the Russians.

Southern Africa's aid to Russia is not free, and must be converted into rand or gold, which Lubrok does not recognize.

The Russians don't have rand and don't have enough gold.

Fortunately, the Russians still have resources. The Federal Government of Southern Africa negotiated with the Russians, and the Russians promised to use resources to repay the debt owed to Southern Africa.

Whether the Russians will strictly implement this promise, Rock is not sure.

Considering the role of the Russian battlefield, this risk must be accepted. Without the containment of the Russian battlefield, the Allied forces would have to pay a price countless times more painful than economic aid if they wanted to win.

Just as the Allied forces in North Africa were about to launch their final battle, Mustache was keenly aware that the situation in North Africa was about to get out of control, so he adjusted the North African Army.

On December 12, Mustache organized the German and Italian troops in Tunisia into the 9th Armored Army and appointed General Arnim as the commander.

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At the same time, Mustache ordered Rommel to move closer to Arnim's defense line. Once the defense line was stabilized, Mustache would take away Rommel's command, ordered Rommel to return to China for medical treatment, and handed over all command of the German-Italian coalition forces in North Africa. Arnim, and General Messer who just broke out from Volgograd.

Oh, and it's not General Macy anymore.

After Messer commanded the Italian 8th Army to successfully break through from Volgograd, although only 30000 of the 4000 Italian troops escaped, this is still a miracle that all the Axis forces rejoiced.

After the fat bald man stood out from the encirclement at Messer, he promoted Messer's rank to marshal in recognition of Messer's contribution.

When Messi became marshal, Paulus, who had just become marshal not long ago, was a complete tragedy.

On January 1943, 1, Lieutenant General Rokossovsky, commander of the Don Front Army, issued an ultimatum to Paulus, urging Paulus to surrender.

Paulus sent a telegram to Mustache, hoping that Mustache would allow Paulus to act on camera.

In fact, it is surrender, which is just a more euphemistic description.

Mustache rejected it again, and the Don Front Army then launched a full-scale offensive code-named "Ring" against the 6th Army.

The end will come.

(End of this chapter)