Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2349 Counterfeit and shoddy goods
In 1939, Gireau was promoted to general, when de Gaulle's rank was colonel.

The ranks in the army are strict, and there are several ranks between generals and colonels. De Gaulle is indeed inferior to Giro in this respect.

Now de Gaulle is Giraud's direct superior, which has become the root of the conflict between Giraud and de Gaulle. Giraud believes that only he is qualified to represent Free France, so how could de Gaulle give in.

Giro, supported by the United Kingdom and the United States, does have the capital to compete with de Gaulle.

However, Giraud ignored the fact that the Free French Army was also founded by Charles de Gaulle, and the senior officers were appointed by Charles de Gaulle himself. Many senior officers were even French nationals who had acquired southern African nationality, and they only temporarily served in the Free French Army.

Therefore, it is still a question whether Giro can completely control the Free French Army.

"The strength of the Free French Army is still very strong, especially after you got two 'Richelieu'-class battleships—" Winston fired quietly, the French were willing to die, and Winston was willing to bury them.

When Southern Africa returned the two "Richelieus" to the French, it conveniently gave the French two cruisers, six destroyers, and an integrated supply ship, which was regarded as the prototype for the Free French Navy.

The warships that the United States promised to donate to the Free France have never been in place.

This did not affect Jiro's mood. Jiro only promised to send ground troops to participate in the battle. The navy will wait. There are the British Mediterranean Fleet and the Southern African Cyprus Squadron in the Mediterranean Sea, and the French Navy is only a supporting role.

Although the role of a supporting role embarrasses the French, both de Gaulle and Giraud are happy to see it succeed. They have fully reached an agreement on the issue of the navy. The French navy only has the last two battleships left, so they cannot act rashly.

"The navy still needs time to get familiar with the performance of the two 'Richelieu' ships, and they are still unable to go to sea to fight." Ji Luo showed weakness, he did not want the navy to take risks.

The navy of Free France is different from the army. The army was established earlier, and most of it is composed of colonial servants.

The navy is mostly composed of soldiers from the French mainland. Although North Africa is also French territory in name, in the eyes of the French, there is still a difference between overseas colonies and the mainland.

"Our plan should win Locke's support." Roosevelt wanted to bring southern Africa into the plan, which was tantamount to having double insurance.

In the just-concluded North African campaign, the combat effectiveness of the southern African army was once again proven, and the honor of "the number one army in the world" was once again consolidated.

Without the participation of the German army, only the Italian army, Roosevelt and Winston are confident that they will win the battle.

If the Southern African Army is also involved, there is literally no reason to lose.

"Locke pays more attention to the Far East—" Winston was not optimistic. For a long time, Rocke was not very interested in landing operations in Italy, and was more inclined to force the Italians to voluntarily surrender.

Roosevelt's proposal to land in Sicily was actually to force the Italians to surrender, but in a more radical way.

The effect is hard to say.

What if the Italians surrender—

"The situation in the Far East has been completely out of control, and we have lost our balance in this region." Roosevelt was also very distressed. Southern Africa dominated the Far East, which was not good for other countries.

Before coming to Casablanca, Roosevelt had a plan to try to divide spheres of influence with southern Africa and the United Kingdom.

The current situation is obvious. Southern Africa's superiority in Africa is unshakable, Europe is the traditional sphere of influence of the United Kingdom, and the Americas are the Americas of the United States.

Therefore, Roosevelt's vision is to carve up East Asia on this basis, so as to achieve a balance of interests in East Asia among the United Kingdom, the United States, and southern Africa.

France was not considered at all in this plan, let alone Japan.

The Italians can change sides, and if the Japanese want to jump back and forth, even if the United States agrees, southern Africa will never agree.

"Yes, we should maintain the balance in East Asia and restore the status quo—" Jiro spoke positively.

Roosevelt and Winston looked at each other with smiles in their eyes.

Jiro thinks well!
After the last world war, East Asia was divided among the victorious countries. Britain owned Malaya, the United States occupied the Philippines, France ruled Indochina, and East India became the sphere of influence of southern Africa.

Now this balance has been completely broken. After the war, British and American rule over Malaya and the Philippines may be restored, but France is facing the situation of losing French Indochina forever, which makes de Gaulle controversial.

Those who oppose de Gaulle certainly do not want to know how difficult it was for de Gaulle to make this decision.

At that time, only Southern Africa recognized Free France, not even the United Kingdom. French North Africa and Indochina both accepted the leadership of Vichy France. Charles de Gaulle was a polished commander.

Now that the power of Free France is expanding, some people began to question de Gaulle's decision under the banner of safeguarding the interests of France.

"We'll discuss this issue after the war is over—" Winston didn't want to discuss this issue, let alone Indochina. After the war, it was uncertain whether the British and American colonies in East Asia could be kept.

It is not whether the southern Africa is occupied or not, the key is whether it is worth it.

In other words, whether input and output are directly proportional.

The loose state of Malaya has now established its own army to participate in the war and has a certain strength. After the war, Britain has to calculate the cost carefully if it wants to restore its rule.

To restore colonial rule, a colonial government must be established. Now that the Malay states have certain military strength, the British government must give up some power in order to gain the support of the Malay states.

Next, in order to restore the economy, a large amount of reconstruction funds will need to be invested.

The British mainland also suffered heavy losses in the war. To restore the local economy, it has to borrow money from the Americans or southern Africans. It is simply unable to provide more financial assistance to Malaya.

At that time, there will be no need for external forces to intervene, and the local kings of the Malay state will be enough for the British government to drink a pot.

The situation in the United States is even more serious.

After Japan occupied the Philippines, the Filipinos welcomed the Japanese invasion, and formed hundreds of thousands of servants to cooperate with the Japanese and Allied forces.

This caused the United States to pay a higher price if it wanted to restore its colonial rule over the Philippines after the war.

Those capitalists in the United States are the masters who do not get up early without profit, and no one can bear it if they only invest without output.

"I will raise this issue with Lord Locke in tomorrow's meeting." Jiro didn't want to wait, and wanted to get Indochina back now.

Compared with the North African battlefield and the Russian battlefield, the fighting in the East Asian battlefield is one-sided. Now the Allied forces have basically controlled the entire territory of Indochina, the local colonial government has lost all power, and the entire Indochina is under military control.

The local government of Indochina was established by Vichy France. After the Japanese army entered Indochina, the Vichy government still retained administrative power.

After the Allied forces invaded Indochina, they declared that Indochina had entered a state of war, imposed military control on Indochina, and the rule of the local government completely collapsed.

Angie, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in East Asia, was well-informed by Roque. On the pretext that the fighting in Indochina had not yet ended, all the power was controlled in the hands of the army. All the officials sent by Vichy France to Indochina were sent to the East Indies. It is protected, actually under house arrest.

In Indochina, what now replaces the colonial government and manages all parts of Indochina are committees formed spontaneously by various local people, and there are basically no whites.

"I wish you good luck—" Winston was happy to watch the show. It didn't matter if Britain lost Malaya, anyway, Malaya didn't bring much benefit to Britain.

As long as the French are unlucky, it is worth the price of admission.

The meeting will continue the next day, with a joint press conference in the morning.

The meeting had been going on for several days, but no news came out. The reporters in Casablanca were so anxious that they had to focus on the conflict between De Gaulle and Giro.

This is simply putting the cart before the horse. The Allied forces want to establish an image of unity to the outside world, so there is this joint press conference.

The location of the press conference was on the lawn in front of the castle. Roque lined up with Winston and Roosevelt. Giraud and De Gaulle sat scattered among the three. Roque did his part and was in the center.

According to the agenda, the first content of the press conference is the handshake between de Gaulle and Giro, which symbolizes the cooperation between the two and the unity within the Allied Forces, and the rumors are self-defeating.

For this link, de Gaulle and Giraud are relatively resistant.

When Roque raised it with de Gaulle, de Gaulle even directly expressed his opposition and did not even want to attend the joint press conference.

Rock was patient, analyzed the pros and cons with de Gaulle, and insisted that de Gaulle participate.

De Gaulle was "forced to agree".

The same goes for Giro.

So when de Gaulle and Giraud shook hands, the smiles on both of their faces were a little stiff, and they didn't even look at each other, but at the reporters' cameras.

The reporters felt like they had found a treasure, and the flashes clicked, clicked, and popped.

Rock, Winston, and Roosevelt sat behind the two and became the background board.

In the distance, southern African soldiers with rifles are on duty.

This scene was later described by American newspapers as "forced marriage with guns".

Very image, but also a bit too damaging, because the Americans described de Gaulle as a "forced bride".

Next came the publicity session. Russian Foreign Minister Molotov briefed reporters on the situation on the Russian battlefield.

Molotov took the initiative to introduce to reporters that in the just-concluded Battle of Volgograd, the Russian army wiped out more than 150 million Axis troops at the cost of 300 million casualties, and repelled the front of the Axis troops by 350 kilometers.

These figures made Rock, Winston, and Roosevelt a little embarrassed.

The North African campaign was fought for more than two years, and more than 100 million Axis troops were wiped out. In the last battle, 18 German troops and 25 Italian troops were captured. Major victories were trumpeted.

The situation on the Russian battlefield is relatively closed. The North African Allied Forces have many military reporters. The news on the Russian battlefield is almost entirely dependent on the Russian government’s propaganda.

According to Molotov, the Russians wiped out 300 million Axis troops in Volgograd alone.

With regard to the achievements of the North African Allied Forces, what else is there to be proud of?
"There's too much water in this shit—" Winston chatted with Roque through De Gaulle, his voice was not low, and he was not afraid of being heard by Molotov.

Even if he heard it, Winston probably didn't care. He probably did it on purpose. It would be best if the reporters could hear it too.

"Even if there is no 300 million, there should be 100 million—" De Gaulle also muttered, can the Russians be so capable? It's a bit scary.

During the Battle of France, 2.7 Germans died and another 10 were wounded or missing.

Compared with the Russians, the French army is simply a waste.

"In addition to the 300 million German troops, we also destroyed and captured 25000 trucks, 35000 artillery pieces, 4500 tanks, and 3500 aircraft - under the brutal attack of our Russian army, the Germans are at the end of the road, and we will win Final victory, long live great Russia—" Molotov sputtered, and the journalists were not aware of it.

25000 trucks!
35000 artillery pieces! !

And so many tanks and planes! ! !

Although the Germans have not announced their industrial production capacity, it is estimated that the tanks and aircraft produced by Germany in the past two years have been lost in Volgograd.

Among the military reporters, there are still some knowledgeable ones. Many of them are originally from the military. Even if they don’t understand the industrial strength of each country, they have been interviewing for so long.

"Now it only takes a little more effort to drive the Germans out of Russia, bring the flames of war to Germany, let the Germans taste the consequences of starting the war, and let them die in pain—" Moluoto The husband changed the subject and called on allies to give Russia more support: "—we now need more tanks and planes, more oil and medicines, strong Russians are winning the war, and we need the support of the whole world—— "

"Mr. Molotov—" Henry Price, a reporter from the "Journal de France", couldn't help it, and raised his hand.

"What's the matter? Can't you wait until I finish speaking before asking questions?" Molotov was very upset, and he really didn't understand the rules.

"What I want to ask is, since you have seized so much German equipment, you shouldn't be short of equipment now—" Before Henry finished speaking, sporadic laughter rang out on the lawn.

Rock held back his smile, watching Molotov's answer.

Winston burst into laughter directly, but he didn't laugh out loud, which still saved some face for Molotov.

Roosevelt seemed to be in poor spirits, dozing off in his wheelchair.

There was a mocking smile on De Gaulle's face, and he didn't hide it at all.

Jiro spat hard on the ground, really bragging about not paying taxes, right?

"Didn't you hear? What I just said was destroyed and seized. Those destroyed weapons and equipment can no longer be repaired, and the brave Russians don't bother to use despicable German equipment—" Molotov can circle Come back, the size of a person is also a foreign minister.

This is right, ten years ago, German goods were still synonymous with counterfeit and shoddy goods.

(End of this chapter)