Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2374
More than ten copies of the changing situation in Brazil, many countries, including the United States, had no time to react, and Brazil completed the regime change.

The ubiquitous influence of Southern Africa is on full display in the process.

With a land area of ​​851.49 million square kilometers and a population of more than 5000 million, Brazil is not a small country that can be manipulated by anyone.

What's more, there are Americans who are eyeing them. Southern Africa can complete all this in just one week. In addition to the extremely powerful execution, it is also thanks to the ongoing world war.

Although the United States wants to restore its influence on Brazil, after all, there are priorities. At present, it is obvious that Europe is more important to the United States, so the Americans did not go all out to let Southern Africa deal with it calmly.

When the Americans realized that the situation was not good and everything was irreparable, Jack Milton took the American merchant ship "Dream" and left Rio on the day Carlos was elected President of Brazil.

Martinelli resigned sadly and went to Chile to stay out of the world.

On the day that Vargas was "hospitalized due to illness", Rafinha summoned Brazilian military officers and called for the protection of the new Brazilian government.

But it's a pity that Rafinha doesn't have enough appeal. His control over the army is not as strong as it seems. Except for Rafinha's adjutant, no one is willing to obey Rafinha's orders.

Rafinha eventually died in the office, a suicide.

The first thing after Carlos became the new president was to restore the 1934 constitution, abolish a series of totalitarian decrees promulgated during the presidency of Getulio Vargas, while reducing taxes, improving military treatment, and implementing universal compulsory education. Include the indigenous population, and also announced that no more troops will be sent to Europe, and the current size of the army will be maintained.

Through this set of combined punches, Carlos quickly stabilized the situation and won the support of the Brazilian Congress, the military, and the Brazilian nationals.

These decrees were promulgated after discussions between Vargas, Fan Bao, and Hilario.

Regarding the fact that no more troops will be sent to Europe, I had contacted Pretoria in advance, and Carlos announced it to the public after obtaining the consent of Pretoria.

Brazil currently has about 11 troops in Europe, most of which are deployed in the United Kingdom and Spain. After the United States entered the war, the tension in the Allied forces has been greatly eased. Whether Brazil sends more troops is no longer important.

The Americans have indeed spent their money. In East Asia and Europe, the United States has deployed about 210 million troops, and more than 400 million troops are being trained in the mainland. By the end of the year, the United States will deploy more than 200 million troops in Europe alone. , this figure has surpassed Southern Africa.

The Southern African Expeditionary Force in Europe has a total strength of only 160 million so far, and the remaining 140 million are Southern African Union troops.

Rock didn't pay too much attention to Brazil, and handed over this matter to Gavin as a test for Gavin.

Rock was quite satisfied with Gavin's answer sheet, and he didn't take this matter to heart. His main focus was still on Russia.

In the past September, after two months of bloody battles, the Battle of Kursk finally came to an end.

Both Russia and Germany claimed victory at the Battle of Kursk.

Germany lost 50 people, 1500 tanks, 5200 artillery pieces, and 1000 fighter planes.

Russia lost 80 people, 6000 tanks, 3000 artillery pieces, and 1600 fighter planes.

From a purely numerical point of view, Russia has lost a lot.

However, the German army has fewer troops. After this battle, it basically lost the ability to take the initiative to attack, and Russia has seized the initiative in the war.

After the Battle of Kursk, the German army changed from a strategic offensive to a strategic defensive, the Russians began to counterattack across the board, and the North African Allies really began to consider opening up a second European battlefield.

The second battlefield here does not refer to Greece or Italy, but the French territory along the Atlantic coast, or the German port, an area closer to the heart of Germany, so that the Germans can be dealt a fatal blow.

Regarding the opening of the second battlefield, controversy has continued since last year.

In the past year, the irresistible Southern African Expeditionary Force launched the Greek campaign alone, and the British and American coalition forces also organized the Sicily campaign. Although the processes of the two campaigns were different, the results were satisfactory. Not only the Greek territory was recovered, but also Successfully weakened Italy, especially the surrender of the Italian Navy, completely removed the ability of the Axis powers to operate in the Mediterranean.

Shortly after the Italian Navy arrived in Malta, it was sent to Cyprus. The two surviving "Venetos" were divided between Southern Africa and the United Kingdom. Southern Africa got the intact "Veneto", and the British got the seriously injured "Italy". .

The British Navy has no shortage of battleships, and the performance of the "Italy" is not outstanding for the Royal Navy. Considering that repairing the "Italy" will cost a lot of money, the Royal Navy sold the "Italy" to Southern African Navy, the price is only 150 million rand.

This price can't be said to be half sale and half free, it can only be said to be a big sale at the price of cabbage.

Italy built a "Veneto" class battleship with a budget of 4.8 million lire. The budget was continuously increased during the construction process. When it was finally completed, the cost of a single ship was close to 8 million lire.

Referring to the exchange rate at the time, 8 million lire was equivalent to about 8 million pounds.

The cost of each "Nelson" built in the UK is only 750 million.

The caliber of the main gun of "Nelson" is 406 mm.

So it is normal for the British to look down on the "Italy".

The Southern African Navy was overjoyed.

Not counting the local fleet, nor the four overseas squadrons, the two major fleets of the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean in southern Africa, there are still four "Normandies" to support the facade, and it is difficult to allocate only one "Veneto". Just one fleet, four "Normandies" were sent to four squadrons, so that at least no fleet had a battleship as its flagship.

Although the damage to the "Italy" is serious, it is not difficult to repair it, and it doesn't even need to be sent back to the mainland of southern Africa, it can be done in Cyprus.

As soon as the "Veneto" and "Italia" arrived in Cyprus, Mike Tolan went to the port to satisfy his eyesight.

Turn around and ask Arthur for money.

"With the strength of the Cyprus squadron, isn't it worthy of a battleship of the 'Veneto' class?" Mike Tolan was very angry. Although the fleet he led was still named after the "Squadron", its actual strength It is already quite tyrannical, and the number of aircraft carriers has reached four.

Only one of the four carriers is a real fleet carrier, and the remaining three are escort carriers.

However, the escort aircraft carriers in southern Africa are also quite powerful, with a carrying capacity of about 70 aircraft, which is not at the same level as those escort aircraft carriers in the United States with a carrying capacity of only [-] or [-] aircraft.

The total number of all military ships in the Cyprus Squadron has reached nearly 200, most of which are cutting-edge warships newly built in the past ten years. In terms of fleet strength alone, in the last World War, it was second only to Britain, The United States, Japan, and Germany were more powerful than southern Africa at that time.

So Mike Tolland was having a hard time.

Southern Africa is not incapable of building battleships, nor is it out of demand.

However, the Ministry of National Defense of Southern Africa is just like picking up junk. First, it got a few "Normandies" that the French wanted to scrap, and now it snatched two "Venetos" from the Italians, which the British didn't like. It does not conform to the national strength of southern Africa, nor does it conform to the national image of southern Africa.

"A mascot worth tens of millions? This is too expensive." Arthur, like Rock, is a thorough pragmatist.

In terms of strength, the Fifth Army, which has more than 50 troops, is no less powerful than a medium-sized country. Except for a few major countries, all the armies of other countries add up to less than 50.

Under such circumstances, it was not easy for Arthur to feel at ease as his Viscount of Cyprus.

Facing the temptation of power, few people can know how to advance and retreat.

"It's not a question of whether it's expensive or not. Battleships are a symbol of the strength of a country's navy. Most of the time, we don't need to declare war. We only need to drive battleships to the ports of hostile countries, and the enemy will die down." Mike Tolan was heartbroken, he It's not that I hope to build a new battleship, but I hope to get a more powerful "Veneto".

Now that battleships are clearly about to be eliminated, if Mike Tolan suggests building battleships, it is better to simply retire them.

The four "Normandies" in southern Africa are all grandpa-class battleships 30 years ago. Although they are still in service, they actually no longer undertake combat missions, because they are too slow to accompany the fleet, and waste every year Precious funds are used for maintenance, and weapons must be upgraded every few years. Someone in the southern African army has long suggested that the "Normandy" should be retired directly, so as not to keep it an eyesore.

After several upgrades, the average speed of the southern African fleet has long since reached about 25 knots, and the fastest destroyer has reached 38 knots. "Normandy" is advancing at full speed, and probably cannot catch up with the slowest in the fleet. supply ship.

Under such circumstances, the four "Normandies" are parked in the berth of the military port most of the time, and they are only pulled out for a circle on major festivals.

Even so, Barton and An Qi still chose the battleship as their flagship.

This fully shows that the status of battleships in the navy is deeply rooted.

After getting two "Venetos", the Cyprus squadron will definitely get a "Normandy".

Don't look at Mike Tolan's various dislikes now, when the time comes, most of them will dislike integrity and will regard "Normandy" as their flagship.

That would have been a good thing.

But thinking of Cunningham next door with six battleships, Mike Tolan's mentality was completely out of balance.

But Mike Tolan didn't think about it. Although the British Mediterranean Fleet is equipped with six battleships, there are only two aircraft carriers, and the aircraft carrying capacity is far less than that of the Cyprus Squadron.

Looking at it this way, the strength of the Cyprus Squadron is still stronger than that of the Mediterranean Fleet.

"Don't think about it. In the future battlefield, there is no room for battleships." If possible, Arthur doesn't even want an aircraft carrier, only cruisers and destroyers are enough.

For southern Africa, battleships can play the same role as cruisers.

This does not require heavy cruisers, ordinary light cruisers can play the same role as battleships.

What Mike Tolan meant was that the main role of battleships was deterrence.

Then the problem comes, if it is just deterrence, there is no need to dispatch battleships at all, even if it is just an unarmed merchant ship, as long as it flies the southern African flag, it is enough to deter some criminals with ulterior motives .

For truly powerful enemies, such as the United States, battleships can't play a deterrent role at all. They have more battleships, larger displacement, and more and larger main gun calibers.

For people like Greece, ordinary southern Africans can travel from south to north unimpeded with a southern African passport without any trouble at all.

What Arthur didn't say was.

Mike Tolan is not too young now, and he will probably retire after the end of the World War, so why bother, even if he wants to go to the battleship, he will also make a wedding dress for the next fleet commander.

What Arthur didn't expect was that the "Italy" had just boarded the berth and hadn't started maintenance yet.

Over there, an Italian naval officer who was unwilling to be humiliated committed suicide, and the suicide note clearly stated that he would live and die with the fleet.

Ma Dan, this is also a naval tradition.

But using the naval tradition here, the southern African navy suddenly sat in wax.

It doesn't matter if you grab a warship, the Italians can't keep it anyway, and if you don't grab it in southern Africa, the British and Americans won't let it go.

Driving people to death is too ugly, and there will be endless troubles. If the news media adds fuel and vinegar, it will arouse the hatred of Italians towards southern Africa.

"No less than ten wine bottles were thrown in Colonel Victor's room. He drank a lot in the officers' club, and he drank until dawn when he returned to the room. We are identifying the handwriting on the suicide note and at the same time examining the body. An autopsy was performed to determine the cause of death." Freddy, the director of the Queen's Hospital in East Cape, was unable to determine the cause of death. During this period of time, there were a lot of accidents among the Italian sailors. After arriving in Cyprus, more than ten people died due to various accidents.

Discipline in the Italian army was poor, and the navy was no better than the army, if not worse.

Alcoholism and gambling, as well as trouser belt performance problems, were particularly serious in the Italian Navy.

Italian men are amazing, they have a mouth that is useless if they don't compliment women, and they will show courteousness to women anytime and anywhere.

However, among European men, Italian men are not bad looking, with sharp edges and corners and full of sunshine, which gives people the illusion that all Italians are tough guys.

Just a week ago, after two groups of Italian sailors drank too much, a conflict broke out in a restaurant next to the pier. Four Italian sailors died on the spot, and another sailor who was seriously injured died in the hospital the next day. .

Five days ago, an Italian sailor fell into the water after drinking, and another sailor went into the water to save others. Their bodies were not found until two days later.

It is also amazing that sailors can be drowned in water.

(End of this chapter)