Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2367 Precision Guidance
Although the "Cheetah" is a fighter jet, there are pylons under the wings, which can carry two bombs.

Six "Cheetahs" formed a two-plane formation and attacked the airport hidden in the forest in three batches.

The runway was destroyed immediately. This is very simple. A 50kg aerial bomb can complete the task.

The hangar was attacked next. The Germans did not expect the airport hidden in the forest to be discovered. They were almost unprepared. At least three German fighter planes were destroyed in the hangar.

A BF109 was trying to take off, but before the nose was pulled up, it was hit by a string of shells fired by a 20mm machine gun. Wagner excitedly shouted: "I finally have the first star!"

Chen Qi did not send congratulations, he was looking for the "strong wind" that was shot down.

Unfortunately, Chen Qi did not find any traces.

This comforted Chen Qi a little.

At least the "Strong Wind" did not explode after being shot down, so the pilot had a chance to escape.

The "Cheetah" that dropped the bomb did not return, but continued to use its machine guns to straf the airport until all valuable targets within sight were destroyed.

When returning to the voyage, Chen Qi did not forget to report. While calling for a follow-up attack, he also hoped that the headquarters would send troops to find the downed "Strong Wind" pilot.

Patton, who was far away in Algiers, was unaware of this episode in Corsica.

At the same time as the air raid on Corsica, a new news came from the Russian battlefield. The eldest son Yakov with a beard died in a German prisoner-of-war camp because he escaped from prison.

Yakov Dzhugashvili, born in 1907, was admitted to the Institute of Railway Transportation Engineering in 1930, and was assigned to work in Gil Automobile Factory after graduation.

In 1937, Yakov followed his father's advice and was admitted to the command department of the Artillery Academy. He was captured in July 1941.

When Yakov was captured, he was a lieutenant officer of the 14th Tank Division. His identity attracted the attention of high-level German officials and was hyped by the German propaganda department. Previously, a so-called leaflet written by Yakov himself was widely circulated on the Russian battlefield.

In the leaflets distributed by the Germans, there is a photo of Yakov and a German officer. The following explanation is: If such a famous officer and the commander of the Red Army can surrender, it means that any resistance to the German army is meaningless .

On the back of the promotional material is a letter marked as Yakov writing to his father. In the letter, Yakov said that he was treated preferentially by the German army, and the Germans used it to encourage more Russians to surrender.

On the back of the leaflet, the Germans wrote: Even the son of your supreme leader has surrendered, why do you make unnecessary sacrifices?
The information about Yakov was widely circulated in the Axis countries, but it was blocked in the Allies, and the bearded man was also questioned. In the winter of 1941, the bearded man said that "there are no prisoners of war, only traitors", and put Yakov's wife in prison. go to jail.

The toughness of the beard is fully reflected in the Yakov incident.

He was ruthless indeed, he was ruthless, but he treated everyone the same, even his own children, British princes and princesses joined the army, but they never went to the front, never even left England On the mainland, the bearded man sent his son to the battlefield, and not only Yakov, he sent all three sons to the battlefield.

After the Battle of Volgograd, the Germans proposed to exchange Yakov with the captured German Field Marshal Paulus.

The bearded man remained firm: I will not exchange a marshal for a soldier.

About a month ago, Yakov was about to escape from the death camp. When he was about to jump over the power grid to escape, he was discovered by the guards. Yakov was shot dead on the spot by a heavy machine gun, and at least 15 bullets were shot in his body.

The Germans still refused to let Yakov go.

The Germans concealed the real cause of Yakov's death, and publicized that Yakov committed suicide. The reason was that Yakov learned the truth about the "Katyn Forest" through Polish prisoners of war in the prisoner-of-war camp. He could not accept the role played by Russia and committed suicide in anger. .

In any case, as Russia's supreme leader, the bearded eldest son died in a German concentration camp, which aroused widespread indignation among Russian soldiers and greater sympathy for the Russian battlefield.

After the Germans announced Yakov's death, the Federal Government of Southern Africa decided to increase its aid to Russia again.

On the Russian battlefield at this time, after a fierce confrontation by the Air Force, the Battle of Kursk officially kicked off.

On July 7, the 12th Tank Army of the Russian Guards and the 5nd Armored Army of the German Waffen SS fought fiercely in Prokhorovka. The total number of tanks and self-propelled artillery dispatched by the two sides totaled about 2. , the largest tank battle.

The battle situation was extremely tragic. The latest German No. 75 and No. 88 tanks performed well. The 34mm and 34mm guns they equipped could destroy the Russian T76 tanks at a long distance, but the T[-]'s [-]mm guns could not penetrate the four tanks. Armor for No. [-] and No. [-].

In the battle report published by the German army, Russia lost at least 800 T34s in Prokhorovka, and the losses of the fourth and fifth numbers combined were only 50, most of which can still be repaired.

Russia did not announce the specific results, but on July 7, Beard called Rock, hoping to get more "Leopard" types and a more powerful "Tiger" type to fight against the German No. 20 and No. [-].

After the Casablanca Conference, Southern Africa has included the "Leopard" in the aid list. Before the outbreak of the Kursk Battle, at least 300 "Leopards" had been sent to Russia, but these "Leopards" did not appear in the on the battlefield.

This is understandable.

After all, Russian tankers also need time to become familiar with the performance of the "Leopard".

"London doesn't want us to give more support to the Russians. The Prime Minister is very dissatisfied with our independent actions in the Mediterranean Sea. The United Kingdom is becoming more and more inclined to cooperate with the Americans. London's trust in us is decreasing--" finally from London Returning to Pretoria, Young Smolts was physically and mentally exhausted, and his work in London was not going well.

Yang Smozi went to London last year as the plenipotentiary representative of Southern Africa in the UK, responsible for coordinating the relationship between Southern Africa and the UK.

Young Smolts is highly trusted by Winston. At the end of last year, Winston awarded Young Smudges the rank of British Field Marshal and called him into the wartime cabinet. He hoped that Yang Smothers could play a better role. great effect.

After the North African Campaign ended, the relationship between Southern Africa and the United Kingdom began to be alienated. Britain did not participate in the operations of the Southern African Army in Greece, and the Southern African Army did not participate in the operations of the British and American Allied Forces in Sicily. The relationship between Winston and Rock was no longer close.

You must know that a year ago, Winston and Rock would send telegrams to each other every day.

"Americans, huh, what can Americans bring to the United Kingdom? A once-in-a-decade economic crisis?" Henry was old, and his attitude towards Britain remained unchanged.

"Britain needs help in order to maintain its status, and the United States hopes to expand its influence in Europe. Everyone gets what they want, and they share the same taste—" Owen is still bitter, and these two are staunch hardliners.

Yang Smotz looked helpless. He was in favor of maintaining relations with the UK, but from the standpoint of southern Africa, he had to break the UK's monopoly over the Commonwealth, so he was very entangled and struggling in a dilemma.

"The performance of the Russians in the war should be respected. They paid a price that we cannot afford and should not be treated harshly." Rock's dissatisfaction with Britain is also accumulating.

By July 1943, Russia had lost nearly 1500 million people. In the first quarter of 43 alone, it had lost 215 million troops, of which 72.6 were dead and missing.

Rock is now more and more worried that after the war, the world will repeat the mistakes of another time and space.

Facts have proved that countries cultivated by pirate culture will never learn to look at problems objectively. They will always be self-centered and only ask for, without any sense of responsibility.

This is the world order under British rule.

"The United Kingdom has lost the ability to lead the world, but it is unwilling to give up power, so it can only destroy the world with it. In that case, the United Kingdom can still survive." In Owen's words, the United Kingdom is the most For countries that do not want the world war to end immediately, it is best for all countries in the world, except Britain, to be destroyed together, so that Britain will be satisfied.

"Telegram Winston, and I want to talk to him face to face." Rock hoped to meet Winston, and many things had to be said face to face.

Winston is also willing to meet with Rock, but not right away, but at the right time and the right place.

The meeting between Rock and Winston can be delayed, and the action of the Italian Navy is imminent.

At the same time as the Southern African Air Force was operating, the British and American air forces also began to cooperate with the Southern African Air Force to carry out air strikes on the airports and ports on Sardinia to minimize the danger encountered by the Italian Navy during the evacuation operation.

Limited by their strength, the air strikes by the British and US troops were far less effective than the Southern African Air Force.

Although the Southern African Air Force is relatively far away from Corsica, under the crazy dispatch of the Fifth Air Force, all German airports in Corsica, as long as they were controlled by the Allied forces, were all destroyed by the Southern African Air Force.

Finally it was time for the Italian Navy to act. Under the order of Admiral Bogamini, a total of 27 Italian Navy ships left La Spezia Naval Port one after another and headed for Malta in the dark.

In the previous plan, the destination of the Italian Navy was Parma.

After comprehensive consideration, Patton changed the destination from Parma to Malta. After all, the Germans not only have airports in Corsica and Sardinia, but also more airports in mainland France. airport threat.

The operation did not go smoothly. When leaving the port, a destroyer of the Italian Navy hit a mine by mistake and sank quickly in a violent explosion, casting a shadow over the operation.

It is unacceptable that this mine was laid by the Italian Navy. In order to prevent the Allied fleet from attacking La Spezia, the Italian Navy laid a large number of mines outside the port. These mines did not sink any of the Allied forces. The ship, on the contrary, destroyed the destroyer of the Italian Navy.

However, it is also understandable that this kind of oolong is not the first time for the Italian Navy.

Italian Air Force Marshal Itano Balbo's plane was shot down by anti-aircraft guns of the Italian Navy over Tubruk, North Africa.

This kind of thing is not uncommon within the Allied Forces. During the just-concluded Battle of Sicily, the landline of Brigadier General Charles Kierans, deputy commander of the US 82nd Airborne Division, was also shot down by Allied anti-aircraft fire. The body of the Brigadier General has not yet been recovered. found it.

Admiral Bogamini did not realize at this time that the doom of the Italian Navy had just begun.

In order to reach Parma as soon as possible, Admiral Bogamini ordered the fleet to advance at full speed. The three latest "Veneto" ships are very fast, with a maximum speed of 30 knots, but other old warships are seriously dragged down. The forward speed of the fleet, the entire fleet was forced to drop to 20 knots.

At six o'clock in the morning, the fleet passed safely through Corsica without being attacked by the Germans.

Admiral Bogamini was very happy. He lit a cigar on the bridge of the "Roma" and celebrated with the captain of the "Roma", Adon del Cima.

Bogamini was happy too early. According to the agreement between the Southern African Air Force and the British and American Air Forces, after the Italian fleet passed through the Bonifacio Strait, the British and American Air Forces would provide air protection for the Italian Navy.

Just after the Southern African Air Force left as agreed, German bombers suddenly appeared.

At this time, Admiral Bogamini thought that the bomber that appeared in the sky was an Allied escort plane, so he did not issue an attack order.

At 9:15, a DO·217 bomber produced by Dornier dropped its first bomb on the battleship "Italy" at an altitude of 6000 meters.

The altitude of 6000 meters is too high for a battleship, and the possibility of successfully hitting the target is very small, after all, the battleship is moving at high speed.

The first bomb did not hit the "Italy".

However, the second bomb that followed successfully hit the "Italy", blowing a big hole in the "Italy".

The next third bomb hit the "Italy" accurately again. This bomb did not explode due to a malfunction, but the "Italy" was severely damaged.

Before Admiral Bogamini was surprised, the "Roma" he was on was also attacked by bombs.

Although the "Italy" was seriously flooded, it did not sink and was still struggling to move forward.

The "Roma" was not so lucky.

The first bomb of the Germans directly smashed through the armor belt of the "Rome", and exploded in the bilge of the "Roma".

Immediately afterwards, the second "Fritz-X" hit near the No. 1500 turret, detonating the main ammunition depot, and the main gun weighing 1849 tons was blown away, and the ammunition stored under the main gun was detonated. , "Rome" was broken into two pieces, quickly sank, 596 crew members, only [-] people escaped.

Among the dead were about 200 civilians.

When the fleet arrived in Malta, the Allied forces analyzed the bomb that hit the "Italy" but did not explode, only to realize that it was actually a precision-guided bomb.

Precision Guidance!

This is 1943.

(End of this chapter)