Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2341 To wear a crown must bear its weight

Chapter 2341 To wear a crown must bear its weight
If Patton handed Grant over and encountered similar incidents in the future, those who were originally inclined to the position of southern Africa should think carefully about it.

Do you still remember the Rhodes Scholarship established by Stoudemire? It was through the Rhodes Scholarship that Grant was able to study in southern Africa, and it is also the First Military Medical University, which is extremely difficult to enter.

Without the help of the Rhodes Scholarship, Grant, who was born in a civilian family, would not be able to afford the high tuition fees of the First Military Medical University, no matter how good his grades are.

Every year, hundreds of foreign students come to Southern Africa to study through the Rhodes Scholarship.

Most of these people joined the southern African nationality after graduation and stayed in southern Africa to work.

There are also many people who choose to return to their motherland, but no matter what, they all retain a heart of gratitude to their alma mater and the Rhodes Scholarship. This feeling will have a greater impact as time goes on.

For example, Grant often tells his students that if they have the opportunity, they must go to southern Africa to work and study for a period of time, which will greatly improve their abilities.

The study experience during the First Military Medical University has also become Grant's best memory. He has dreamed of returning to his alma mater countless times, and his soul is haunted.

In the UK, there are hundreds of people who have studied in southern Africa like Grant.

They may have gone to southern Africa to study in different ways and in different majors, but they have a deep affection for southern Africa. Grant even set up a club with some like-minded people who share the same experience, although the club only has about 60 members. But they are all elites from all walks of life.

There are many similar organizations in the UK.

This is why Patton insisted on protecting Grant.

If Patton hands Grant to Alexander, it will chill the hearts of many people in the UK.

It takes a long time to invest in trust and goodwill to generate it, but it only takes a moment to destroy it.

What Patton said is also true. The 17th Armored Division has indeed begun to attack Tunisia. As time goes by, more and more casualties are inevitable, and the 17th Armored Division also needs more medical forces.

Liang Hao didn't have time to deal with Anderson. Unlike other Italian generals, Messi had experienced the bloody test of the Russian battlefield.

The experience of the First Army also proved that Messi is not easy to deal with. His tactics are quite clever. After arriving in North Africa, he adjusted the Italian army in a way. To the half-dead look of the past.

"Anim and Messi will definitely defend Tunisia. This is a tough battle. We must be fully prepared and not underestimate the enemy and make mistakes like the British." Liang Hao attaches great importance to tactics and can leave his name in history , which one is not a momentary hero, and no one is an easy-going generation.

Not to mention others, the historical evaluation of the fat bald head is low enough, this guy is actually very good at seizing opportunities, and he is also a good player in internal fighting, otherwise he would not be able to become the Prime Minister of Italy.

"The Mediterranean Fleet and the Cyprus Squadron have blocked the waters near Tunisia, and the Germans and Italians have become entangled. We only need to besiege Tunisia to kill the Germans and Italians—" attended the pre-war preparation meeting Patton Jr. was not in good spirits. Since Rommel was transferred back to China to recover from his illness, Patton Jr. had lost interest and his attitude was obviously not positive enough.

This can't be blamed on Button Jr., he has no other choice.

The U.S. Second Army and the British First Army are a pair of brothers and sisters, and they both suffered a lot from the German-Italian coalition forces.

Patton Jr. took over Fredendall's position as the commander of the Second Army. After taking office, Patton Jr. knew how bad the situation of the Second Army was.

In the battle of Esnam, the Second Army suffered heavy losses, losing 80.00% of its tanks and armored vehicles, and the Sixth Division was completely disabled. It will take at least three months to recover its strength.

Now that the Second Army has withdrawn to Algiers to rest and reorganize, Patton Jr. was unwilling to miss the final battle in North Africa, so he put together an armored brigade to take the initiative to ask for the battle. This armored brigade is still quite powerful, equipped with foreign trade models provided by southern Africa to the Allies Tanks, these tanks were obtained by Eisenhower through the British.

Reports that Patton Jr. wanted to buy equipment from southern Africa were submitted to Washington but rejected.

The United States is not incapable of producing tanks. Even a "medium tank" like the "Leopard" with a total weight of more than 40 tons can be produced if the United States is given some time.

Therefore, buying tanks from southern Africa is absolutely unacceptable to the relevant arms dealers in the United States, and the southern African capital of the United States has not expressed too much opinion on this matter.

When a company is large enough, it is inevitable that there will be conflicts of interest.

Southern African capital in the United States must also be responsible for their own interests. No matter how high the profit of Nyasaland Bank is, it will not give even a penny to Goldman Sachs. It will not even give a pennant to thank for its cooperation. According to the internal financial annual report of Lan Company, if the profit gap is too large, then the management of Goldman Sachs is not qualified enough.

How will the management of Goldman Sachs explain that we have voluntarily given up orders from the US Department of War in order to leave more profits to southern African companies?

Being a beauty can't be so obvious.

Washington still attaches great importance to the war in North Africa, and all the tanks replenished for the Second Army are "Shermans", but it will take some time to reach North Africa, at least a month later.

Little Button couldn't wait so long.

Just when a batch of tanks purchased by the British army arrived in Algiers, Patton Jr. and Eisenhower hijacked the tanks halfway and equipped them for the Second Army.

The performance of tanks in southern Africa is indeed good, but it takes some time for the tankers of the Second Army to adapt, so Patton Jr. is not in favor of launching an attack on Tunisia immediately.

"The British Eighth Army is advancing towards Tunisia—" Lieutenant General Rudy Fournier, the commander of the French Second Army, did not want to delay the time.

Rudy Fournier was born in Algiers, participated in the First World War, and served in French North Africa after the war. During the French campaign, Rudy Fournier led the Fourth North African Division back to France as a major general to participate in the war. French resistance ceased before the troops reached the French mainland.

It's not Rudy's fault, not even the slow mobilization of the French army.

It can only be said that the advance speed of the Germans is fast enough.

It was almost too late for the French to surrender.

"What are we waiting for? With our strength, we can easily defeat the Germans and Italians, occupy Tunisia, and end the fighting in North Africa." General Jose Gomez from Spain spoke positively, but unfortunately no one took his opinion seriously .

No one wants to miss the last battle in North Africa.

After the fall of Franco, the new Spanish government joined the Allied forces and sent troops to cooperate with the Allied forces.

However, there are not many Spanish troops. There is only one light infantry division in North Africa, and it is not full.

This is not bad, the allies in North Africa also include the Poles and Greeks, which are even weaker.

The Poles had only one brigade in North Africa.

Greece has a lot of troops, but most of them are in Egypt. Although French North Africa claims to be a division, it actually has only one battalion.

So the strength is not strong enough, and the commander is not even qualified to speak at the pre-war preparation meeting.

Although the sense of presence is not high, Major General Diaman Calathis from Greece is not angry at all.

It doesn't matter how many troops there are, as long as they participate, they are eligible to share the fruits of victory after the war.

The advantage of having less is less, and it can take advantage of the distribution of materials. Greece has only one battalion in North Africa, but when applying for materials, it applies for one division. After all, there are many.

The material distribution of the Allied Forces in North Africa was uniformly supplied by the Allied Forces Command, and the smallest unit was the regiment.

With Southern Africa and the United States as the backing, the North African Allied Forces certainly have no shortage of supplies. The Allied Forces Command knows that the Greek army is not full of strength, so it will definitely not distribute supplies according to the formation of a division, but even if the supply is at the regiment level, the Greeks still take advantage of it. .

Therefore, among all the allied forces in North Africa, the Greek army is the most generous. It has less than 1000 troops and is equipped with 15 tanks and 40 armored vehicles. The southern African expeditionary force is not so arrogant, which is unheard of.

Throughout the pre-war preparation meeting, Diaman Calassis didn't say a word, quieter than Xu Shu who entered Cao Ying.

At the end of the meeting, Diaman Calathes returned to the camp in an armored command vehicle produced in southern Africa, and began to complain as soon as he got on the vehicle.

"The Americans are crazy. No matter how round the Mediterranean is, it is not up to the Americans to make the decision-the British really can't do it. Without our containment, Montgomery can't beat Rommel at all-the French made the right move Choose, embrace the thighs of southern Africans, and wave the flag for southern Africa-the French are worth learning, at least when southern Africans eat meat, we can drink soup with them.” Diaman complained one by one, Greece’s identity in North Africa It is also a chess piece. From this perspective, Greece has the same status as France.

Although France performed poorly in this war, it still makes Diaman feel very satisfied to be compared with France.

Everyone is a dog, so let's not distinguish between pet dogs and guard dogs. Does the dog world have to be like this?

"What is our mission?" Diaman was still qualified to attend the meeting, but Costa, the chief of staff, was not even eligible to attend the meeting.

"Of course it is to protect the transportation line. Are you going to send us to be the main attack? We don't have the strength to know." Diaman has self-knowledge, and the Greeks are only responsible for cheering for whoever loves the main attack.

Costa let out a long sigh, intending to kill the thief, but his strength is weak.

The work of protecting transportation lines is actually not easy.

When Rommel was in North Africa, the North African Army was best at mobile combat. The Allied transportation lines were repeatedly attacked by the North African Army. The repeated failures of the British Eighth Army had a lot to do with the interruption of transportation lines.

The Allied forces actually had their own transport units, and the task of the Greek army was very easy.

If the transport force was attacked by the enemy, the Greek army only needed to send out a distress signal to complete the task, and the coalition command did not expect the Greek army to play much role.

The failure of the British First Army led to the loss of suddenness in the battle, and it could only be done step by step.

By January 1th, the Allied bombing of Tunisia had lasted for half a month. Bombers, army heavy artillery, and naval guns attacked in turn. The defensive positions of the German-Italian coalition forces around Tunisia were severely damaged. The balance of victory , is constantly leaning towards the Allies.

The main attack was the 17th Armored Division.

The U.S. and British troops were defeated one after another, and the French army was positioned as a soy sauce player. Finally, no one competed with the southern African army for the main attack.

Liang Hao was finally able to let go of his hands and feet, showing the combat effectiveness of the armored force to the fullest.

At 1:19 am on January 9, the tank units of the 17th Armored Division began to attack Tunisia.

The German-Italian coalition guarding Tunisia had a very difficult time. The Allied forces bombed indiscriminately during the day, and the German-Italian coalition repaired their positions overnight.

The position can be repaired, but the lost weapons and equipment cannot be made up. After the Allied forces blocked the coast, all armaments and supplies began to be in short supply. It can be said that they insisted entirely on willpower.

Messey finally realized that the North African Allied Forces were the biggest difference from the Russian Army.

The greatest advantage of the North African Allied Forces lies in its firepower, and the greatest advantage of the Russian Army lies in its endless human resources.

When fighting the Russian army, as long as the logistics is sufficient, it can last for a long time, and the disadvantages of troops are offset to the greatest extent.

and the North African Allies—

Strictly speaking, it is fighting against the southern African army. There is no opportunity to take advantage of it.

An army lacking tanks and anti-tank guns, fighting an armored force equipped with heavy tanks, the consequences are extremely tragic.

The 17th Armored Division easily broke through the first defensive position of the German-Italian Allied Forces. Except for a few tanks due to their own failures, they hardly lost any tanks and armored vehicles in the battle. It must be improved, but the absolute strength gap is here, and it cannot be made up by will.

The Italians did not have the courage of the Japanese, who were strapped with explosives and died with the tanks.

When you find that you have no ability to fight back against tanks, surrender becomes the only option.

The tank crews of the 17th Panzer Division did not even take prisoners, leaving that task to the French troops who cooperated in the operation, and they drove all the way to the center of Tunisia.

That's when the battle really begins.

The Italian army is in charge of the outer defense of Tunisia, and the Germans are all huddled in the city of Tunisia, preparing to fight street battles with the Allies.

The Russian battlefield has fully proved the cruelty of street fighting. The Germans can fight with their lives. I wonder if the pampered southern Africans can show the same blood and courage as the Germans.

"The attempts of the Germans are bound to fail, and the southern Africans have never lacked courage. What the Russians can do, the southern Africans can do too." Liang Hao is ready, and he will bear the burden if he wants to wear the crown. Now is the time for Southern Africa to deliver on its promises.

(End of this chapter)

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