Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2344

The combat effectiveness of the German army in North Africa is far from that of the Russian battlefield.

Russia is a life-and-death situation. Even if you surrender, you will never survive in a prisoner-of-war camp, and it is the most tragic way of death, so we all know each other well, and we will fight to the death without retreating.

The tragedy of the North African battlefield is less than one-tenth of that of Russia. The British officer surrendered to the Italian army. The Italian officer would apologize to the British officer for failing to provide a dinner that matched the identity of the British officer. .

The Italian army surrendered to the British army. After being rejected by the British army, they actually taught the British a lesson and surrendered after winning the battle. There is no reason to refuse this time.

The same is true for the German Army in North Africa. The Allied POW camps in North Africa have never had any scandals such as torture of prisoners.

Han Kai's car team consisted of five people and captured 470 German officers and soldiers.

Afterwards, "The Times" interviewed Han Kai, and Han Kai still had lingering fears.

"It's no exaggeration to say that we were all frightened. Originally, we only planned to defend on the spot, because we didn't know where the nearest allied forces were. When counting the prisoners, Frank's legs were shaking, and I pretended Acting calmly, I chatted with a German major, God knows what we talked about, because I don’t know German, and the major doesn’t know Chinese or English, we can all feel each other’s nervousness—” Han Kai said at the same time after the war He was awarded the Order of Heroes of Southern Africa and the Order of the British Empire.

Throughout the Tunisian campaign, a total of about 18 German troops and 25 Italian troops surrendered, and the battle lasted until the end of February.

The entire North African campaign lasted a total of 2 years and 8 months. The Allied forces and the Axis forces each suffered tens of thousands of casualties. This victory is of great significance to the Allied forces. After the North African campaign, the Allied forces finally cleared With no worries, you can calmly launch a landing operation at any point in the surrounding areas of the Mediterranean Sea.

This is also the victory that the Russians are most looking forward to.

Winston has been postponing the opening of a second front in Europe on the grounds that the North African campaign has not yet ended.

Although Southern Africa launched several successful landing operations in the eastern Mediterranean and occupied the Dodecanese Islands and Crete, it did not invest too many troops and made limited progress.

Beard knows very well that Britain and southern Africa postponed the opening of the second front in order to consume the vital forces of Germany and Russia.

It is one thing to know, but the bearded man is unable to change the status quo. Germany and Russia have already played their brains. Unless one side completely falls, the war may end.

It's just a possibility. Since the end of the First World War, Russia has become an object of rejection by European countries. Beard himself can't guarantee that the Allied forces will not take Russia with them after defeating Germany.

Therefore, Beard's strategy is also very clear, using war to build an army that makes the Allies fear, so that it is possible to ensure a relatively balanced stability after the war.

At the same time that the North African campaign was launched, Winston proposed that the leaders of the Allied countries hold a meeting in London to discuss matters related to opening up a second European front.

With the end of the North African campaign, the Allied forces had no reason to procrastinate, and the opening of a second battlefield was also on the agenda.

In order to maximize coordination, Winston sent invitations to Roosevelt, Roque, Beard, and de Gaulle separately.

What Winston didn't expect was that the bearded man refused to go to London for the first time, on the grounds that the war between Russia and Germany had entered the most critical stage, and the bearded man could not leave.

Roosevelt also had an opinion. He objected to inviting de Gaulle to the meeting, thinking that Giraud was more qualified to represent Free France.

Roque had no problem with whom to invite, but he had a problem with having the meeting in London, which was too far from southern Africa, and Roque proposed somewhere between southern Africa and Britain, say Saar, or French North Africa .

Winston could not care about Roosevelt and the bearded man, but he couldn't care less about Rock's suggestion.

The last Allied Conference was held in Saar, so this time it will be changed to French North Africa.

Considering that Algiers is too close to the front line, the meeting was held in Casablanca in French North Africa.

Casablanca is one of the largest cities in French North Africa. It was founded in the 12th century. In 1770, the King of Morocco named it Dal Beda, which means "white house".

At the end of the 18th century, the Spaniards obtained the trading privileges of Dalbeda and renamed it Casablanca. In Spanish, "Casablanca" also means "white house".

Roque arrived in Casablanca on February 2. At this time, the North African campaign was basically over. Only sporadic German troops were still resisting. Their resistance was doomed to be futile and they could not escape the fate of defeat. The Axis troops who surrendered after the 17th will no longer enjoy the normal treatment of prisoners.

This is not Patton's cruelty, but what the Russians asked for.

Compared with the prisoners of war on the Russian battlefield, the prisoners of war on the North African battlefield are simply in heaven. So far, more than 40 Axis troops have surrendered to the Allied forces. The Allied forces consume a lot of supplies every day to meet the living needs of these prisoners.

In the words of the bearded man, the supplies consumed by these captives might as well be used to support Russia, and those captives should be left to fend for themselves.

Or humane destruction.

Patton also lost patience with the resistance of the remnants of the North African Army.

It is an obvious fact that since surrender can enjoy the treatment of normal captives, early surrender is the same as late surrender, the difference is active and forced.

Taking the initiative as a captive is a sign of weakness.

It is a hero who can't beat and is forced to surrender.

"President Roosevelt will arrive tomorrow. Should we invite General de Gaulle or Marshal Giraud?" Winston was undecided, and he himself was inclined to de Gaulle.

"General de Gaulle is the president of Free France, and Marshal Giraud is the commander-in-chief. Is there any doubt?" Roque supports de Gaulle, and Giraud is also a legend, but he cannot be compared with de Gaulle.

In another time and space, de Gaulle became the most sober person in Europe after the end of World War II. He did not accept the baton of the Americans, advocated "détente and cooperation" between the East and the West, advocated trade and cultural exchanges with countries in the opposing camp, and withdrew NATO is completely different from Britain, which is completely flat, and Germany, which is powerless to resist.

In this time and space, Rock also does not want to see Europe become monolithic after the war. Someone must take the initiative to break the balance, and De Gaulle is the best candidate.

"Then it's Shire—" Winston and Rock reached an agreement first, and Roosevelt was easy to deal with: "We won the North African campaign. This is good news and bad news."

Winston felt a little regretful. In his opinion, Russia and Germany had not yet reached the point where both sides would suffer.

"The United States has increased its aid to Russia. This is the real bad news." Roque saw it more clearly. The Americans never gave up their ambition to return to Europe.

In the two world wars, the United States fanned the flames and profited from it, and it has not changed until the 21st century.

For Europe today, the influence of the United States is far less than that of Britain and Russia, and even less than that of southern Africa and France. Rock knows to add sand to Europe, and the United States is the same.

The difference is that Rock chose France, while the United States chose Russia.

Since the end of last year, the United States has stepped up its assistance to Russia. All kinds of weapons, ammunition and strategic materials are sent to Russia ship by ship.

After Russia experienced the early industrial transfer of the Russo-German War, it had resumed its production capacity by the end of last year, and it was even better than before. Intelligence shows that Russia can now produce 2000 tanks per month, which is also the reason why Russia can win the Volgograd Battle root cause.

During the Moscow Defense War, Russia only participated in 17 combined armies of various arms, and there was no organized armored force.

In the Battle of Volgograd, the participating troops increased to 14 combined armies of various arms, including 1 tank army and several tank armies.

With the current production capacity of Russia, a tank army can be formed every month.

If battlefield consumption is not considered, the number of tanks equipped by the Russian army will reach more than [-] by the end of the year.

This is a frightening number, and this is certainly not the final scale. When the Russo-German war broke out, Russia had more than [-] tanks. If Russia regains its strength, then this force can easily flatten Europe after the war.

With a bearded personality, I really don't know what will happen then.

Under such circumstances, the Americans are still increasing their assistance to the Russians, which is indeed uneasy and kind.

What makes Rock and Winston uncomfortable is that the United States has no reason to object to it under the banner of aiding its allies.

"The Americans hope to cultivate a strong Russia, and they will definitely set themselves on fire in the end." Winston still doesn't know how big the American chessboard is.

In another time and space, if there is no threat from Russia, there will be no NATO, there will be no Iron Curtain in the North Atlantic, and there will be no Cold War.

How many of these threats are there are hyped up by Americans, and everyone knows it well.

"Patton submitted a battle plan, and Eisenhower hopes that the North African Allied Forces will launch a landing operation in Sicily in April." Rock knew how urgent the Americans were.

American soldiers crossed the Atlantic under the banner of "saving Europe".

As a result, after arriving in North Africa, they basked in the sun and fished every day, and many women who lost their feet were saved.

In Europe today, if the Americans want to gain the gratitude of the Europeans, they must open up a second battlefield as soon as possible, and the US military must be the main force, otherwise they will be making wedding dresses for others.

"I called President Roosevelt the day before yesterday. President Roosevelt hoped that we could launch a landing campaign in France and hit the Germans hard in the back." Winston sneered. The Americans have too much appetite and are not afraid of dying.

"Mainland France?" Rock was not surprised, this is probably Giro's hope.

Roosevelt was contacted to suggest that Giroux be invited to the meeting, and the two men were also closely connected.

This is also normal, de Gaulle fell to southern Africa in an all-round way, and the Americans had to start anew.

France's influence in Europe should not be underestimated.

"Yes, the Americans even helped us choose the landing point, right here in Dunkirk—" Winston's expression was gloomy, which was to add salt to uncovering the scar.

Don't listen to how the British brag, the Dunkelton retreat was a complete failure for the British and French allied forces, and there is no dispute.

As for preserving vitality for future counterattacks——

If it were not for Russia's restraint, the Germans would have already landed on the British mainland even with a small boat, and counterattacked a ghost.

"That might as well be in Saint-Roch, at least we are familiar with the terrain of Saint-Roch." Rock curled his lips, he seldom shows his emotions like this now.

Landing operations cannot be launched just by finding a place.

This is not a small-scale infiltration, but a landing operation of a large corps with a strength of tens of thousands of people. With so many soldiers and weapons and equipment, there must be a suitable dock to send them ashore as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, the landing force will wait to be pushed into the sea by the German armored forces.

"Impossible, at least within 1943, we are unable to launch a landing operation in France." Winston is very clear about this issue. Whether he can land in France depends on the trend of the Russian battlefield.

The mainland of France is different from Sicily. Sicily is far away from Germany, and the combat effectiveness of the Italian army is far inferior to that of the German army.

Everyone knows the character of the Italians, whoever wins will help whoever wins.

If the Allied forces land in Sicily, maybe Italy will stop resisting directly like France, and the Allied forces will be able to go all the way north without hindrance.

Of course, this is Italy in the American impression.

Rock doesn't think so.

"Then let the Americans try to go to Sicily—" Rock wanted to see how hard the Americans were.

The US-Pakistan coalition forces were defeated in the Brazilian Civil War.

During the Battle of the Philippines, the U.S.-Philippines coalition forces were forced to march on Bataan.

Linked to the disastrous defeat of the US Second Army in North Africa a month ago, Rock didn't even know where the Americans' confidence came from.

It is really addictive and big.

"Isn't that okay? What if the Americans can win?" Winston looked down on the Americans, let alone the Italians.

"Impossible. The Italian army fighting at home and the Italian army fighting away are two completely different armies." Rock is confident. Looking at the performance of the Italian army in Russia, it is impossible for the Americans to defeat the Italians fighting at home. .

Winston nodded his head. The Italian army on the Russian battlefield is indeed impressive.

Roosevelt arrived in Casablanca on the 18th. Although the bearded man himself did not come, he sent Foreign Minister Molotov.

Yes, it was Molotov who was responsible for the secret contact with the Germans.

(End of this chapter)