Reborn South Africa as a police officer

In the two world wars in another time and space, the only memory left by Spain is the Spanish flu.

In this time and space, the Americans have no chance to frame, but Spain’s sense of presence is not weak. The civil war of more than two years has become the prelude to the Second World War. The positions of the two parties in the conflict depend on the conflict of ideology.

In the Spanish Civil War, the supporters of the Popular Front were Russia, and the right-wing alliance formed by the Falange Party and the National Army was supported by the Axis Powers headed by Germany and Italy. Other countries played disgraceful roles in it and fueled the flames , do everything you can.

More than two years of war brought a devastating blow to Spain's social and economic system. After the war, the Spanish government was forced to admit huge debts. This was one of the conditions for Britain, France, the United States and other countries to recognize the Spanish government.

During the Spanish Civil War, all overseas aid received by the two parties involved was not free. Russia’s aid to the Popular Front was equivalent to 100 billion pounds, and Britain, France and the United States gave aid to the right-wing coalition reached 40 billion US dollars, not counting Germany and Italy. As for the aid to the right-wing alliance, this part will definitely not be returned.

The new Spanish government has the support of southern Africa. Britain, France and the United States will accept debts as the main condition for recognizing the new government. As long as the new Spanish government assumes the debts from the right-wing alliance, then Britain, France and the United States can accept Spain to join the allies.

The new Spanish government is willing to take on the debt, but questioned the total amount of the debt. During the Spanish Civil War, the right-wing coalition mainly received aid from Germany and Italy. The aid received from Britain, France and the United States was not much. Referring to the prices at the time, it was not 40 billion. So many dollars.

There are indeed not many parts belonging to Britain and France. The bulk comes from American companies. The new Spanish government is deliberately disgusting Americans.

During the Spanish Civil War, Americans upheld neutrality, and Secretary of State Cordell Hull ordered a ban on all arms sales to Spain. His attitude was the most resolute among all countries.

The U.S. government is the most resolute, but U.S. companies, under the banner of "free trade," frantically sold various strategic materials to the right-wing alliance, in exactly the same way as the East Asian embargo.

This is always the case in the United States. Certain behaviors of the government and companies, when placed on individuals, are split personality and mental disorders.

The US government ordered a trade embargo, setting a good example for all countries in the world.

However, under the banner of "free trade", American companies go their own way. Only you can do joint business, and other countries can only watch it. This is more robber than hooligans.

Regarding the total amount of debt, the Spanish government and the United States are still arguing. The post-war recovery work in Spain has already begun, and this part is mainly borne by southern African companies.

The training of the Spanish army was naturally taken over by the federal government of southern Africa.

This has aroused the dissatisfaction of Britain, France and the United States. Almost all major countries in the world have "invested" in the Spanish Civil War. Why should southern Africa take all the cakes away.

The federal government of Southern Africa will also play tricks. Since you all know free trade, you can simply entrust the training work of the Spanish army to Umbrella, and the Spanish government will come forward to sign a formal business contract with Umbrella Company. There is nothing to say now.

As for which country the Spanish government purchases weapons and equipment from, this is the freedom of the new Spanish government, and no one has the right to interfere.

The weapons and equipment needed by the 30 troops are undoubtedly an astronomical figure, and the new Spanish government has incurred debts of nearly one billion rand for this.

This money is very cost-effective. Only with the army can one be qualified to join the war. Only by becoming a victorious country can one participate in the distribution of the fruits of victory after the war. At least Russia can pay off some of its debts.

They are also victorious countries. For the sake of being brothers, how dare you ask for this little money?

According to the character of the bearded man who is very happy, this little money can be avoided with a stroke of a pen.

Spain's national defense pressure is mainly on the western French border. In order to avoid a frontal conflict with southern Africa, Germany, after the French navy anyway, sent troops to fully occupy France, and deliberately set aside the western French border, which was still garrisoned by the Vichy French army.

Pétain is not stupid. He knows the purpose of the Germans. Even the Germans do not want to fight head-on with the southern African army, let alone the Vichy French army. Therefore, on the nearly 700-kilometer-long Western French border, the Vichy French army has only two divisions With less than 3 people, the role cannot even be called a warning.

On the Spanish side, 10 troops are deployed near the border. Once war breaks out, nearly 10 people will reach the border within 24 hours.

Between Spain and France, there is also a principality called Andorra. This country has an area of ​​only more than 400 square kilometers and a population of about 2. It is a standard European-style pocket country. Since the outbreak of the World War, Andorra has become Vichy France and France. Smuggling hub between Spain.

Spain and Vichy France belonged to different camps, and they definitely couldn't conduct direct trade. However, both sides had trade demands. Andorra stood out because of this, and even separated from France to obtain a neutral status, which was a blessing in disguise.

Andorra has been occupied by France and Spain in history, and has been part of France in modern times. However, Andorra does not recognize French rule and has been trying to gain independent status.

During the Spanish Civil War, France briefly stationed troops in Andorra, and then voluntarily withdrew after the war, so Andorra became a strategic buffer zone between Vichy France and Spain.

Exoda, a small border town between Spain and Andorra, prospered because of the crazy smuggling trade. In 1939, there were only a few sporadic families. By 1944, it had developed into a town with more than 2000 permanent residents.

In southern Africa, 2000 people are just a slightly larger village.

In Andorra, it is almost one-tenth of the nationals.

Spain has a garrison in the Exodar. Although there is only one company, it is enough to act as a deterrent. After all, there is no soldier on the other side of the border.

There are fewer than fifty police officers in the whole of Andorra.

It is conceivable that [-] policemen can play a role in [-] square kilometers, which is why Andorra has become a major smuggling town. The main role of the police is to collect taxes, which is also Andorra's main source of financial revenue.

"The quantity of champagne is getting less and less. There were 150 barrels last month, but not a single barrel this month. Could it be that the Germans have transported all of them?" Torres, the deputy general manager of Exodar Trading Company, was very dissatisfied. Champagne is the most important business of Exodar Trading Company.

No matter what time it is, good things are sought after, and French champagne is one of them.

Interestingly, the UK is the largest overseas market for French champagne. The business of Exodar Trading Company is to smuggle champagne from France, bottle it in the small town of Exoda, and then sell it to the UK.

"It doesn't matter, then import wine from southern Africa, label it as French champagne and sell it to the UK. According to the wine tasting ability of the British, they probably can't tell the difference." Louis, the general manager of Exodar Trading Company, is French. , adhering to the tradition of the French, never forget the black British anytime and anywhere.

The business volume of the Exodar Trading Company is not large, and there are only the two of them as members of the company. There are many such companies in Exoda, and sometimes they even share an office, and even many businesses overlap.

It doesn't matter, the French champagne market is so big, the Exodar trading company is just the most inconspicuous little guy, and it is those giant multinational trading companies that really make a lot of money.

"Our line is going to be cut off, and we have to find new business." Torres is Spanish and has no interest in black British people. The British wine tasting ability is actually pretty good.

Those who are eligible to consume French champagne in the UK are upper-class people. The lower-class British people like rum the most. Southern African wines can be used to fool those so-called middle-class people. The real upper-class people will definitely be able to tell the difference. .

After all, the upper class, especially the aristocrats, live for enjoyment, and work is a hobby.

"Buy a newspaper and read it, all the business you want is on it—" Louis French was arrogant, he didn't like reading newspapers, he had to keep up with current affairs.

The most important news at the moment must be Operation "Overlord". The Allied forces are still desperately securing their beachheads. The British newspapers can't wait to announce that Operation "Overlord" has been a great success. The newspapers in Spain are not far behind. The news of the invasion of the Spanish army into France made the headlines.

At the same time that the Allied forces launched Operation "Overlord", the Spanish army also invaded the territory of France. The two divisions near the French border of Vichy did not resist at all and surrendered without a fight.

The French didn't want to resist at all. Both divisions were pure light infantry, and they couldn't resist the tanks and armored vehicles of the Spanish army. Thanks to the relatively complete transportation facilities in France, the Spanish army advanced [-] kilometers in one day, comparable to the Allied forces in Normandy. It's nothing short of a miracle.

The miracle ended here. After [-] kilometers, the Spanish army was finally attacked by the German army.

The Germans lived up to their reputation. Although the German army was not an armored force, the Spanish army was still unable to break through the German positions. This made Dulles, the commander of the 122nd Division in Southern Africa who arrived later, very angry.

As in the direction of Normandy, the Allied forces also have air supremacy on the western French border. Air force investigations show that the defending German army has only one infantry division, while the attacking Spanish army has two mixed divisions each equipped with an armored regiment. Neither of these can break through the German defense line. , I am simply sorry for the hard work of the instructors of the umbrella company.

"The German position is very strong. The river is a natural anti-tank trench. After crossing the river, there are minefields. We also tried to turn around, but we couldn't find a suitable crossing point." Lieutenant General Dani Sanchez of the Spanish Defense Forces frankly , the Spanish Defense Forces can do this step is not bad, can not ask too much.

At least the Spanish Defense Forces have defeated the French, which is far more meaningful to Spain than the results of the battle.

"Send a telegram to the Air Force, we need a bomber brigade, concentrate artillery to attack the German positions, send engineers to erect pontoon bridges on the river, and armored troops to prepare for crossing the river, contact the Marine Corps, we may need amphibious tanks." Du Les issued a series of orders, and Dani Sanchez was relaxed.

This really can not blame the Spaniards.

Dani Sanchez has no engineering unit, no right to coordinate the air force, and no channel to contact the marines. Although the Spanish army is equipped with the same number of artillery as the southern African army, there is a clear difference in the ability of the gunners. This is not two days a day. God can make up for it.

Since the Armada, the level of the Spanish army has lagged behind the mainstream countries for a long time. There is a huge gap in terms of army building ideas and equipment levels. In the early days of the Spanish Civil War, matchlock guns even appeared on the battlefield. in the museum.

This is also normal. The Lee Enfield equipped by the British army has served for more than 40 years and is still a standard weapon.

With the participation of the southern African army, the German defense line that Sanchez saw as impregnable suddenly became full of loopholes.

The Germans have done a good job, relying on favorable terrain to build fortifications, and still insist on fighting without air supremacy, but the gap in weapons and equipment levels cannot be made up for by courage. When the coalition forces have more than 100 heavy artillery pieces, the German defense line Started to crash.

On the southern African side, only artillery with a caliber exceeding 120mm is considered a heavy artillery.

The German artillery used to be very powerful. Unfortunately, the most elite part and the best artillery are on the Russian battlefield. The second-line troops on the Spanish side are generally only equipped with mortars. Even if the German artillery can calculate the position of the coalition artillery , Also because of the gap in range, it was unable to counter fire the coalition artillery.

In short, they can only be beaten and cannot fight back.

This is very frustrating.

The coalition artillery hid outside the range of the German artillery, and had enough time and patience. If the correction of one shell was not in place, ten rounds would be fired. When hundreds of heavy artillery shells were concentrated on attacking, a huge hole with a width of nearly one kilometer suddenly appeared in the German position. gap.

The heavy artillery is so powerful that no matter how strong the fortress is, it cannot withstand the continuous attack of heavy artillery. The Belgians have a deep understanding of this. The Liege Fortress was blown up by the Germans in this way.

The way in southern Africa was more brutal than that of the Germans at that time. The bomb load and accuracy of bombers during World War I were far inferior to those of today. Fly over directly, and then drop the bomb precisely on the German fortress.

Finish work.

Easy as hell.

Because the Germans lack air defense capabilities, only some key cities in France have professional air defense forces.

This can be regarded as a dimensionality reduction blow, so that the Germans have no ability to attack the engineering units that are erecting pontoon bridges.

The method of erecting the pontoon bridge by the engineering troops is the same as that of the Christian Construction Company. The prefabricated standard parts made in advance are connected together and completed quickly. Although heavy tanks cannot pass through, light tanks and armored vehicles are still no problem.

Against light infantry, light tanks and armored vehicles are enough.