Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2418 Cafeteria
As Southern Africa's most important ally in the Near East, Roque has always attached great importance to the relationship with Najd. The stability of Najd is related to the oil security of Southern Africa, so Roque made his first stop at Port Elizabeth.

"King Ali is not an ambitious person. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very smart and knows what can and cannot be done." Lu Rui's evaluation of Neizhi was very brief, and that was enough. As long as the royal family did not risk their lives, Roque would not be stingy with Lan Special.

To put it bluntly, rand is just paper.

Exchange printed matter for precious energy, this business must be done.

"Naizhi's safety depends entirely on the Umbrella Company. Even the royal guards are hired from the Umbrella Company. Many members of the royal family live in Port Elizabeth all year round. They like the beach, but they don't like sand—" Lu Rui has everything under control. If the Zhi royal family doesn't cooperate, they can take it all at any time.

Rock remained calm, acquiescing to the existence of this situation.

"Port Elizabeth now covers an area of ​​more than 1500 square kilometers, with a resident population of about 50—" When Lu Rui began to introduce Port Elizabeth, his expression finally became vivid.

1500 square kilometers——

Rock was deep in thought. When he bought Port Elizabeth, it didn't seem to have such a large area.

joke.

When Rock bought Port Elizabeth, it was still a small fishing village, and even the name "Elizabeth" was given by Rock.

A fishing village of 1500 square kilometers is too big.

In Rock's impression, Port Elizabeth seemed to be less than 10 square kilometers at that time.

It seems that Elizabeth's successive chief executives have not been idle.

As for the population, the size of 50 is second to none on the coast of the Persian Gulf.

Naizhi covers an area of ​​more than 200 million square kilometers, and its population is only about 100 million.

Speaking of the population of Naizhi, the most widely circulated story is that one year, the Kingdom of Naizhi suddenly discovered that the population of Naizhi suddenly dropped from 200 million in the previous year to 80.

King Najid was furious and ordered an investigation.

It was later learned that Najd had never conducted a census, and the so-called population was all based on estimates.

So there is a number of 100 million, which has not changed in ten years.

"Our actual control area extends from the coast of the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea, and goes north to Khuzestan in Persia. We have been committed to food production in recent years. If we can be self-sufficient in food, then we can greatly reduce our dependence on sea transportation— ——" Lu Rui has ideals, and the piece he circled, Rocky roughly estimated it, and was immediately taken aback.

From Port Elizabeth to the Mediterranean Sea, the straight-line distance has exceeded 1000 kilometers.

As for food production—

Wait, Port Elizabeth wants to grow food in the desert, so it costs a lot of money, right?
And food, even if it is shipped from southern Africa, the cost may be much lower than that produced locally.

Taking a step back, Port Elizabeth's food self-sufficiency is not necessarily a good thing. After all, in this way, Port Elizabeth will be much less dependent on the mainland.

"Don't grow food, let's replant trees. You can contact Nyasaland University. They have accumulated a lot of experience in transforming the southwest desert." Rock reminded vaguely, whether he can understand it or not depends on Lu Rui talent.

"Okay, I'll contact Nyasaland University when I get back." Lu Rui was more innocent than Rock imagined, and didn't think much at all.

"How is the situation in Khuzestan?" Rock was hesitating whether to develop Khuzestan's oil and gas resources with Persia.

While in Tehran, Roque discussed this issue with Pahlavi, but the two failed to reach an agreement.

Pahlavi's asking price is a bit high. He hopes that southern Africa will provide technology and funds, and Persia can send technicians and workers to work under the guidance of southern African engineers.

It doesn't matter if technology is produced in southern Africa, but to guide the Persians is to think about it. Russia and the United Kingdom exploit oil and gas in Persia, but they never let the Persians participate.

Pahlavi did not give up. He is expected to arrive in Port Elizabeth tomorrow and meet Rock again.

In Tehran, it was too difficult for Pahlavi to do something under the watchful eyes of the Russians and the British.

"Everything is normal. We own more than 90.00% of the land in Khuzestan. Without our permission, no one can enter Khuzestan." Lu Rui hesitated to speak, carefully looking at Rock's face.

"Say—" Rock signaled Lu Rui to continue.

"The rebellion in Khuzestan has not yet completely ended. There are many rebel forces operating in the territory. Last year, a British drilling team entered Khuzestan and was attacked by the rebel forces. The whole army was wiped out—" Lu Rui expressed calmly, As if it had nothing to do with Port Elizabeth.

Some things can't be true.

It is still very difficult for a group of southern Africans in Port Elizabeth to survive in the Persian Gulf. If they have no means, they will be driven out of the Persian Gulf sooner or later.

As for the resistance forces in Khuzestan, although Lu Rui didn't say anything, Roque could vaguely feel that it might be supported by Elizabeth Baigang behind the scenes.

Almost forgot, someone is a great expert in subversion.

There are some things that don’t need to be asked too carefully. Before the Lurui people left, Gao Da came in in a hurry. The old king and the crown prince heard that Roque had arrived in Port Elizabeth, and rushed to greet him. Roque still wants to give this face .

"My lord, welcome back to the Persian Gulf, this is your forever home." The old king was in poor health, and he gasped after taking two steps. Rock was worried that he would not be able to catch his breath.

"You are not in good health, so don't travel long distances—" Rock smiled all over his face. He and the old king had just met during the Southern African Union meeting not long ago.

"The plane is very fast, and the new special plane launched by Nyasaland Airlines is great—" the old king was full of praise. When he was in a meeting in southern Africa, he found time to buy another plane.

Judging by their handwriting, buying an airplane is like buying a toy for ordinary people.

"Then you are so lucky, the plane I'm flying is still an old model—" Rock deliberately joked, he is the boss of Nyasaran Airlines.

Knowing that Roque had just attended the meeting in Tehran, the topic between the old king and Roque started from Russia and the United Kingdom.

"The Russians are as greedy as the British. If it weren't for the price they had negotiated with the Germans, Russia would not have joined the Allied Forces. In other words, even if we put aside the Russians, the British, and the Americans, we can still build an international alliance." Organization, I believe more countries will join.” The old king felt a lot during his stay in Pretoria. The Southern African Union is not only powerful, but also has unprecedented internal unity. The latter point is more important than the former point.

Once the British Empire was also powerful, but in the end it could not escape the fate of disintegration.

Although there are not many members of the Southern African Union, it is much better than the British Commonwealth, which is supposed to be powerful, but it can't even defeat Rommel's North African Army.

Shame!
"That's after the end of the war. We only have one goal now." Rock didn't respond. If he wanted to do this, he wouldn't reject the bearded man in Tehran.

"It's very easy to win the war. The Germans are at the end of their strength. As long as we do our best, we will definitely be able to end the war within this year." The old king has confidence in southern Africa, and his contribution is not small.

"Third King, come here, come and greet Uncle Luo Luo—" Seeing that Luo Ke didn't answer, the old king took the initiative to call the crown prince over.

The crown prince respectfully greeted him.

Rock smiled and nodded to say hello. The name of their family is also worry-free. The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren are all called Ali.

It is said that the eldest son of the crown prince is also named Ali, which is the rhythm of using a name forever.

"Work hard young people, the future belongs to you—" Rock casually encouraged, thinking of Gavin who had already left for London.

Gavin traveled to England for Operation Overlord, which was due to launch in a few months.

The landing operation of millions of people requires extremely cumbersome preparations. The key point is that the 100 million people are put together by many countries. The United States, the United Kingdom, and southern Africa each send a part. Free France, Poland, Belgium and other countries are not willing to be lonely. Belgium sent only one battalion of 150 men.

The number of troops is not important, the key is the attitude. Belgium is weak and the whole territory is occupied. I don’t know how to gather these 150 people. Maybe there are mercenaries from southern Africa.

So after Gavin learned about these situations, his head was as big as a bucket.

"Free France sent a division, Poland sent a brigade, etc., here is a telegram from President de Gaulle, does the Free France have troops in the UK?" I don't know.

"During the Dunkirk retreat, the British army engulfed about 7 French troops. These troops are still in the British mainland. Both Free France and Vichy France claim to have command over these troops. The British government means— —” Yang Smozi ran to the side to look through the materials halfway through his words.

"Ha, guess what, more than 6 troops sent by Britain to participate in the 'Overlord' operation are French troops." Yang Smotz laughed out loud, tearing his eyes.

Gavin thought that Yang Smother's tears were not all sarcasm.

"Prime Minister Winston promised to send 20 people to the war, so what happened to these French troops?" Gavin didn't turn his head around for a while, the key is that he has never seen such a shameless person.

Although the federal government of Southern Africa sometimes shirks its responsibilities, as long as it promises, it will definitely do it without any compromise.

The British government is too shameless. It is a bit risky to send French troops to replace the British troops in the "Overlord" operation.

Operation "Overlord" was to land on the French mainland and fight the Germans on French soil.

There might also be troops from Vichy France.

In this way, the morale of the French army will be greatly reduced, and it may even mutiny. This is a traditional skill of the French army.

"There are more than 6 French troops and 13 Indians. That is to say, the real British army has no more than 5000 troops at most, hehe—" Yang Smozi sneered.

Looking at it this way, the federal government of Southern Africa is not much better off.

Roque promised in Tehran that at least 30 troops will be sent to participate in the "Overlord" operation.

The vast majority of these 30 troops are composed of Southern African Union troops. It has now been confirmed that there are 7 Congolese divisions and 4 Brazilian divisions, which has exceeded 16 troops.

In other words, Americans are the most honest. Roosevelt really sent 50 U.S. troops, and these 50 U.S. troops are basically composed of white Americans.

It's really not that the U.S. government cherishes the lives of African-American soldiers, but that the U.S. Department of War believes that African-American soldiers have problems with their understanding and cannot perform combat missions at all.

This is obvious discrimination, which caused the African-American soldiers in the US military to be very dissatisfied. When the US military was fighting in North Africa, some African-American soldiers expressed their protest by retiring from the army.

amazing.

If you were an Indian, most of the Indians would look at the warehouse in the back with peace of mind, and let the whites go to the war in the front. Anyway, the honor belongs to all Americans.

"So there are more than 20 troops dispatched from London, and the British army is also responsible for providing cover and logistical support for the landing troops." Gavin quickly looked through the information at hand, but couldn't find the part about the Royal Navy.

"The three major fleets are all in the English Channel. If you connect the warships one by one, the soldiers can run across the channel. What else do you need to escort?" Yang Smozi also fought all his life. I know it well.

"There's a dinner at the Ministry of War tonight, do you want to go?" Gavin wanted to call Yang Smother, who didn't have many acquaintances in the UK.

"No, I hate those old guys from the British War Department." Yang Smother was not polite. He had dealt with the British War Department all day during the last World War, and he hated it.

The phenomenon of seniority in the British War Department is also very serious. During the last world war, Yang Smotz joined the British War Cabinet, served as the British Air Force Minister for a short time, served as the chairman of the War Material Priority Allocation Committee, and participated in all major decisions.

Is this amount enough?
However, in the British War Department, Lieutenant General Yang Smoltz was ridiculed by the British generals because he was from southern Africa. The British generals even gave Yang Smolzy a beard because of his beard. He took the nickname "Ram".

No wonder Jan Smudge didn't like the War Office.

Gavin was helpless and went to the banquet alone.

The banquet was held in the auditorium of the British Ministry of War. The participants in the banquet were mainly soldiers from various countries. Gavin's colonel rank was extremely conspicuous among the large golden stars.

The one who is eligible to attend the banquet of the British War Department is at least a general.

So when he signed the signature book, Gavin was questioned.

"Mr. Colonel, which general did you come with?" The officer in charge of registration obviously didn't know Gavin.

"I came here by myself." Gavin is self-restraining and will not get angry because of this.

"Yourself?" The officer glanced at Gavin's epaulettes, and immediately mocked: "—Sir, this is the British War Department, not a cafeteria."

"Are there still cafeterias in London?" Gavin smiled, he really couldn't stand the British national dish.

Gavin grew up next to Phyllis since he was a child, and he was very particular about three meals a day, not to mention fine clothes and fine food.

Southern Africa is rich in produce, and even meals served in cafeterias are healthier than fried potatoes and fried fish.

But these words made the officer sound somewhat mocking.

(End of this chapter)