Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2347 Are trying to save themselves
When World War II broke out, Italy had a population of 4500 million.

Referring to the two world wars, Italy can mobilize about 600 million troops.

Don't be surprised, even if so many can be mobilized, the war potential of any country is extremely terrifying when its life and death are at stake.

In the First World War, the pre-war population of the Allies was about 3.55 million, and the mobilized force was 4257.8 million.

The pre-war population of the Allies was 1.4 million, and their mobilized troops totaled 2285 million.

When the Russo-German War broke out, Russia had a population of 1.9 million and eventually mobilized 2700 million troops.

Before World War II, Germany had a total population of about 8000 million and a mobilized force of about 1700 million.

Referring to Germany's mobilization efforts, Italy can mobilize nearly 1000 million troops.

So in theory, Tony Piola is right.

But in reality, Tony Piola is blowing the air.

In another time and space, Italy had a total of 200 million troops during World War II.

The 200 million included 60 sent by Italy to North Africa and 50 sent to Abyssinia.

The United Kingdom has now mobilized 500 people to join the army. This data includes the servant army recruited by the United Kingdom from the colonies and overseas.

Some 550 million people have now been recruited in Southern Africa, including troops from the countries of the Southern African Union.

The United States has now recruited 650 million people, and it is still increasing rapidly.

Therefore, when it comes to technology and resources, there is no point. The Allied forces can win the victory because of their large number of people.

If Italy is militaristic, it can indeed conscript 1000 million people, but after the conquest, the Italians are expected to rebel. Italians are so peace-loving.

Tony Piola knew this very well, so he was fooling Vitaly, it would be best if he could be scared, and he would not say anything if he couldn't.

Vitali doesn't care, he is just an executor, he has no right to make decisions, and the person who has the right to make decisions is in Casablanca.

In fact, Tony Piola himself knows that his situation is not good now.

Anim and Messi surrendered successively, and the importance of these two is much higher than that of Tony Piola.

Especially Messi, after the Battle of Volgograd, Messi has become a hero in Italy, and his influence in Italy has greatly increased, otherwise the fat and bald head would not have sent Messi to North Africa in a hurry.

Messey and Anim have now been sent to Casablanca, and they must also cooperate with the Allied Forces in order to receive treatment that matches their status.

The day after Roosevelt arrived in Casablanca, the meeting officially began.

The first result of the meeting was the unanimous decision of Britain, the United States, and South Africa to increase assistance to Russia to help Russia defeat Germany as soon as possible and completely reverse the war situation.

This request was put forward by Molotov. At the same time as the Casablanca meeting was held, the Russian Air Force and the German Air Force launched a fierce air battle in the North Caucasus. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and Russia urgently needed air assistance.

What Russia lacks now is not only advanced fighter jets, but also a serious shortage of experienced pilots. Rookie pilots who have just graduated from aviation school encounter German ace pilots in the air, and the results are usually very bad.

Germany's Erich Hartmann emerged during this period.

Erich Hartmann, who is only 21 years old this year, took part in the air combat for the first time in October last year and got the first result in November. Now he has become an ace pilot and one of the youngest ace pilots in the world.

In another time and space, Erich Hartmann shot down a total of 352 planes, creating an incredible world record.

While Molotov hopes to get more fighter jets, he also hopes that southern Africa and the United States can send pilots to Russia to directly participate in the war, especially in southern Africa, which has the largest number of pilots in the world.

Southern Africa has always attached great importance to the training of pilots. Not long after the aircraft appeared, many flying clubs appeared in southern Africa. These flying clubs received strong support from the federal government of southern Africa. At that time, the export of aircraft in southern Africa was restricted, and many military The eliminated fighter jets were sold to flying clubs at a discount. Many excellent pilots in the southern African military were trained by flying clubs.

Pilot mercenaries in southern Africa also have a long history. As early as during the Italian-Turkish War, Italy and the Ottoman Empire went to southern Africa to recruit pilot mercenaries, so that there were once southern African pilots flying Italian aircraft and Ottoman Empire aircraft to fight on the North African battlefield. spectacle.

The rule of not shooting at skydiving pilots originated in North Africa.

After all, many of the pilots on both sides of the war were southern Africans. Although the mercenaries had the consciousness of dying in battle, the avoidable casualties should be minimized as much as possible.

Roque partly agreed with Molotov's request to assist Russia with more fighter jets, but did not agree to send pilots to fight on the Russian battlefield.

It's not that Rock doesn't care about Russia, it's that Rock doesn't like the way the Russians win.

Southern Africa has always been a victory that can be won with the advantage of weapons and equipment, and has never been piled up with human lives.

The attitude of the Russians towards life is unacceptable to Rock. It's okay to treat the enemy as ruthlessly as autumn leaves fall, but it's really unacceptable to Rock to treat his own people ruthlessly.

I don't know how the bearded man feels when he sees the cold numbers on the battle report.

Rock was in a sad mood.

If Russia is not strong enough, it will admit that it can't beat the Germans, and it will fight to the end if it is replaced by southern Africa, and it will win the final victory no matter how much it pays.

Russia originally had the ability to change all of this, but they fought the war like this. Rock was worried that the pilots from southern Africa would be used as consumables by the bearded man when they arrived in Russia, so aid equipment was fine, but people were fine.

Coincidentally, Roosevelt's decision was similar to Roque's. He also agreed to aid in weapons and equipment, but did not agree to send pilots to directly participate in the battle.

Relatively speaking, Molotov's enthusiasm for American equipment is much less than that of southern African equipment.

The American assistance to Russia was actually mixed with a lot of private goods. The "Lend-Lease Act" was aid in name, but in fact every bullet had to be paid, and interest had to be added.

Even the Americans are shoddy, and the fighter jets leased to Russia are all relatively backward models, in other words, they are clearing the inventory.

Most of the fighter jets that the United States aids Russia are old models such as P-36 and P-40, which cannot compete with the German BF-109 at all, and the Russians have no choice but to accept them.

The P-36 is a model developed by the American Curtiss Company in 1936. It entered service in 1938 and was far outdated by 1943. The Americans themselves looked down upon it, and most of it was used for export.

The P-40 is an upgraded version of the P-36. Its performance has been improved to a certain extent compared with the P-36, but there is no fundamental improvement. Especially in high-altitude combat, the P-40 has obvious defects.

The performance of the P-40 at low and medium altitudes is not bad. Once the altitude exceeds 6000 meters, the speed and handling of the P-40 will drop sharply.

Germany's BF-109G uses a cockpit pressurization device, which greatly improves the high-altitude combat performance of the BF-109G. Compared with it, the shortcomings of the P-40 become more and more obvious, which makes Russia very dissatisfied.

Spending a lot of money higher than the normal price and buying a bunch of substandard goods is taking the Russians as a fool.

Although the weapons and equipment in southern Africa are expensive, they are reliable in quality and advanced in technology, and you get what you pay for.

American weapons and equipment are also expensive, and their performance is not good. They obviously take advantage of the fire. In actual combat, the Russian Air Force found that the performance of the P-40 is not even as good as the P-38 that has been in service for 39 years, which is embarrassing.

P-39 is a fighter jet launched by Bell Company of the United States. It is equipped with 4 machine guns and a 25mm cannon.

No way, the Russians like violent output. Whether the firepower is strong enough is the only criterion for measuring the quality of an aircraft. About half of the fighter jets purchased by Russia are P-39s, and only 40 P-48s have been received.

The other half is the southern African fighters.

Compared with the P-39, the firepower of the southern African fighter jets is more balanced. Although the caliber of the 20mm cannon is smaller than the 39mm of the P-25, its power is not bad. It is the same caliber as the cannon of the BF109. It is 12.7mm, and its power is much stronger than the 109mm MG7.92 equipped with BF17.

P-39装备的机枪口径是7.62毫米，备弹4000发，25毫米机炮的备弹只有50发。

In response to the preferences of the Russians, the Americans are upgrading the P-39's armament system again. The upgraded P-39 also uses two 12.7 mm caliber machine guns, and the caliber of the machine guns has been increased to 37 mm.

The price of this is that the amount of ammunition prepared is greatly reduced. After using the 12.7mm machine gun, the amount of ammunition prepared for the P-39 dropped to 400 rounds, and the amount of ammunition prepared for the 37mm machine gun was only 30 rounds.

I don't know that this amount of bullets is enough for Russian pilots to fight for a few minutes.

Like Roque, although Roosevelt did not send military pilots to Russia to participate in the war, he did not prohibit Russia from recruiting pilots and mercenaries from the United States.

The way the United States trains pilots is similar to that of southern Africa. There are also a large number of flying clubs in the country, but the skills of American pilots are generally inferior to those of southern African pilots.

Molotov, of course, was not for nothing.

Roque and Roosevelt did not help, but de Gaulle was going to send the "Normandy" aviation brigade to Russia to participate in the war. This decision won Molotov's favor.

The relationship between Russia and France is quite special. When Britain was gloriously isolated before the First World War, France reported to Russia to warm up against the Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria, and Italy. Britain did not join the Triple Entente until 1907.

After the first day's meeting, Roark and Winston had dinner, and Winston sneered at de Gaulle.

"How is it? Do you have a feeling of being betrayed?" Winston asked Rock with a smile. Most of the pilots of the "Normandy" Air Force were trained in southern Africa. It can be said that they were trained by the Southern African Air Force. .

Winston disliked de Gaulle and shared Roosevelt's preference for Giraud, who also attended the meeting, also representing Free France.

So Roque can understand why de Gaulle sent the "Normandy" aviation brigade to Russia, because de Gaulle needs Russia's support.

Giraud received the support of Roosevelt and Winston at the same time. De Gaulle was deeply disturbed. The relationship between him and Giraud was actually not very good. As the commander-in-chief of the Free French Forces, Giraud has always maintained close ties with Vichy France. This made de Gaulle very dissatisfied.

After de Gaulle established the Free France, Vichy France tried de Gaulle in absentia, and de Gaulle was sentenced to death for treason.

Although Pétain subsequently signed an amnesty to de Gaulle, de Gaulle knew very well that if Free France and Vichy France formed a coalition government after the war, then de Gaulle would most likely be excluded from the new government.

De Gaulle would definitely not accept it, otherwise he would not have established Free France.

De Gaulle must have been annoyed that Giraud had broken ties with Vichy under the circumstances.

"You think too much about Winston. General de Gaulle is free to do what he does." Rock was not angry, and Roosevelt and Winston were also uneasy and kind.

If they really want to fight against the Axis powers for the sake of internal stability of the Allied Forces, Roosevelt and Winston should wholeheartedly support de Gaulle instead of sowing discord.

Charles de Gaulle is the president of Free France. If the president does not support it, he supports the commander-in-chief of the army. This is not sowing discord.

Giraud is also stupid, flirting with Vichy France is fine, but he was caught by de Gaulle. Soldiers are really not good at playing politics, and they don't know how to die.

"I didn't give enough support to General de Gaulle, you won't be angry." Winston still attached great importance to Roque, speaking in this tone, Roque would not be angry if he was angry.

"I understand, the continental balance policy—" Rock pointed out directly that everyone is for the benefit of their own country, and there is nothing to blame.

Of course, understanding is understanding. Rock does not agree with the British continental balance policy.

"Thank you. The British Empire is in an unprecedented dangerous moment. As the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, I must do this." Winston sighed deeply. It would be great if the time stayed at the time when Winston was the Governor of Southern Africa.

When Winston served as the Governor of Southern Africa, the relationship between Southern Africa and the United Kingdom was in an unprecedented honeymoon period, and the relationship between Winston and Roque also went further. That was Winston's fondest memory.

Now Winston and Roque have to work hard for the interests of Britain and southern Africa respectively, and it is inevitable to poach each other. Winston is working hard to maintain the friendship with Roque.

So does Rock.

"Winston, one thing you need to understand is that no matter how much you work hard, the decline of the United Kingdom is irreversible." Rock didn't laugh at Winston, but reminded him.

Winston's loyalty to England was beyond doubt.

However, personal ability is limited after all, and Winston has no golden fingers after all, unable to escape the shackles of this era.

Even if there was, there was only so much Winston could do.

The decline of a dynasty is not a problem of a certain person, but a problem of all social strata, which cannot be solved, so we can only break everything and start over.

The United Kingdom is like this now. Internal interests are in a mess. All classes want to get more rights. Overseas colonies and dominions are fighting for independence. The outside world is facing threats from hostile countries and strong challenges from allied countries——

No god can save England.

(End of this chapter)