Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2465
The French have a spirit of contempt for authority in their bones.

The king is powerful enough, but if it is not enough to overthrow, he has to be guillotined.

Joan of Arc is great enough, it will be burned if it is said to be burned.

Tiger Clemenceau's contribution to France in the last world war was great enough, and he was abandoned by the French right after the war ended without the slightest hesitation.

So it's hard to say about de Gaulle. As for the French's virtue of picking up a bowl to eat and putting down their chopsticks to scold their mothers, it won't work for anyone.

Barton didn't get too entangled in this issue. He came to Lyon to command operations, and he quickly entered the state.

"I hope we can defeat the German army as quickly as possible and regain Paris before the British." De Gaulle held back his anger and wanted to spread it on the Germans.

"Gentlemen, our vanguard has broken through the German lines—"

The good news came earlier than de Gaulle imagined.

Looking at the time, it seems that the battle has just begun.

There is really nothing to worry about. The strength gap between the two sides is too large. Even the most cautious people will not doubt the final result.

The only suspense is how soon the Allies can end the fighting.

The goshawk fought the rabbit with all his strength, and Patton would never allow the car to overturn in the small river ditch, so he went all out as soon as he came up, not giving the Germans the slightest chance.

In fact, preparations for the battle have already begun yesterday.

The Germans are actually not too weak. The eight divisions add up to tens of thousands of people. There should be sufficient preparations. The thousands of Allied planes are not for display. The bombing of the German positions has already started yesterday. .

Unlike the British and American pilots, more than one-third of the pilots on Patton's side had participated in the Great British Air Battle, and they had been baptized in North Africa and Europe in the past few years, so they had very rich experience.

The Germans not only lacked combat aircraft, but also had a serious shortage of anti-aircraft machine guns. German commanders had to go back to the old routine of World War I, using MG42 on a high stand as an anti-aircraft machine gun.

Today's bombers are very different from the bombers of World War I.

Bombers during World War I flew at very low altitudes, and accuracy could not be guaranteed at a slightly higher altitude.

Today's bombers are equipped with optical sights, and even if they fly at an altitude of 5000 meters, the accuracy is still guaranteed.

The effective range of the MG42 is only 1000 meters.

Therefore, the Allied bombers can easily fly out of the range of MG42 to carry out precise strikes on German positions.

Starting yesterday afternoon, in just six hours, the Allied forces dispatched 1500 bombers, dropped more than 1.2 tons of bombs, and bombarded the German positions indiscriminately.

Various field artillery and self-propelled artillery also joined in this morning. The German counterattack was minimal. As long as their artillery positions were exposed, they would either be brutally suppressed by the superior firepower of the Allies, or attacked by bombers one after another.

When the Allied forces attacked, the standard infantry and tank coordination was still used. When the artillery shells began to extend to the rear of the German positions, the Allied heavy tanks were even less than 200 meters away from the German forward positions.

You can't get any closer, otherwise you may be accidentally injured by your own shells.

Under the blessing of various factors, the Allied forces successfully broke through the German defense line in the first tentative attack. This is also thanks to the complex terrain of the battlefield. The Allied forces can only invest in one division to launch an attack. It will completely collapse before sunset.

"Guess who are the people we captured?" Oscar was very happy, the prisoners were all free labor.

After the war is over, St. Rocco will definitely have to rebuild. These captives are the best construction workers. If they are not squeezed for ten or eight years, they will definitely not be released home.

It had to be the kind that didn't have much blood on their hands. Those heinous guys were not even qualified to be prisoners. Several troops from the Axis Powers were on the blacklist of the Allies.

The blacklist here does not include the East Asian battlefield.

The East Asian battlefield does not need a blacklist. Southern Africa has reached an agreement with East India. After the war, if there are any Japanese prisoners of war, they will be sent to East India to grow sugarcane until they die.

"Germans?" De Gaulle's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. The answer he was most afraid of hearing now was that he had captured a group of Vichy French troops.

"No, it's the Russians—" Oscar's answer made De Gaulle feel relieved, the Russians are not bad—

Russian?

So far in the world war, Russia has killed more than 800 million soldiers alone. This does not include the missing and captured part. Including civilians, Russia has lost more than 500 million people.

The war was fought so badly, and there are still Russians joining the German army, collective Stockholm syndrome?
"Call the Russians and ask them how to deal with it-" De Gaulle was also sinister enough.

"How many?" Barton didn't want to cause trouble, so he kept it for a while, so that we can meet in the future.

"A total of more than 2000 people. It is said that more than 3000 people died in our bombing. This division has a total of more than 5000 people." Oscar smiled brightly. It would be great if the next battles were like this.

5000 men is not too much, and there are 2000 divisions that are even more excessive. Since 42, the Axis powers have been short of troops. The loss on the battlefield is part of it, and the more important reason is that the front line is too long.

The straight-line distance from Berlin to Moscow is 1500 kilometers. After entering Russia, the German army had to leave a certain number of garrison troops every time it occupied an area. When the German army had the largest number of troops in Russia, it was only 780 million, which was really not enough.

So far, the Russian side has mobilized more than 3000 million troops, and the front-line troops reached 1300 million at the time.

"So, when our tanks charged into the Russian positions, the Russians raised their hands and surrendered, and there was no battle at all." Patton did not expect the battle to be so easy.

The British and Americans fought very hard in Normandy.

In southern Africa and Free France, the German army's will to fight is obviously insufficient, and even the servants in Normandy will not easily raise their hands and surrender.

"These Russians are all Cossacks. They have no ideals, no motherland, and they only work for money." Oscar lamented that the Cossacks were once a famous fighting nation.

For that reason, since entering the industrial age, nomads have become good at singing and dancing, and Cossacks are of course no exception.

"Very well, order the troops to continue attacking without stopping for a moment. Our goal is Paris!" Patton rushed past the German 19th Army, and the Allied forces were only less than 300 kilometers away from Paris.

When the Southern French coalition attacked across the board, Montgomery was bargaining with the other Patton.

The British drama suffered heavy losses in the previous stage and has not yet recovered. Montgomery hopes that the US military will serve as the main force to launch an attack on the German army in Caen.

Barton resolutely refused.

The British army suffered heavy losses, and the American army had just fought a tough battle, and they had to travel long distances from Cherbourg to Caen, and they could not be dispatched without a day or two of rest.

Forget about the Southern African Expeditionary Force, Montgomery didn't expect the Southern African Expeditionary Force to take the initiative to attack, thank God if it didn't delay.

"Army Group B has already launched an attack on the German army. I heard that the progress is going well, and more than 2 prisoners have been captured." In the corner of the conference room, Major General Brian Shaw from southern Africa was talking to Norman from Free France. Major General Clark whispered.

In order to facilitate the distinction, the Allied Command organized the Allied forces in Normandy into Army Group A, the Allied forces participating in the "Dragon Cavalry" operation into Army Group B, and the Allied forces that invaded France from Spain into Army Group C. Allied forces fighting in Italy were organized into Army Group D.

In terms of scale, Army Group A is the strongest, with more than one million troops, more than 5000 tanks, and 1.6 aircraft. The command has high hopes for Army Group A.

The reality is always very skinny. Among the four armies, the other three are progressing smoothly and advancing all the way. Only Army A was stopped in Caen by the German army, which made Winston and Eisenhower lose face.

"It seems that the glory of regaining Paris probably belongs to Army Group B." Norman Clark expressed excitement. His identity as a coordinator in Army Group A not only coordinates the relationship between Army Group A and other army groups, but Also responsible for communicating with the guerrillas.

To Eisenhower's disappointment, the guerrillas, which played a huge role in the attack of Army Group B, were of little help to Army Group A. Not only did the guerrillas dare not take the initiative to attack the German army, but many of the intelligence they sent back were even Conflicting.

For Norman Clark, he definitely hoped that the Free French Army would regain Paris. If the British and American troops regained Paris, then Paris would probably suffer another catastrophe.

During the time when the Allied forces landed, Norman Clarke protested to the headquarters many times, asking the headquarters to strictly restrain the officers and soldiers of the Allied forces, not to harass the French people, let alone steal, rob, and lure.

I really don't know. I was shocked. The military discipline of the British army and the American army was in vain. It is hard to imagine that when the British soldiers and the American soldiers were fighting, they would break into the homes of French civilians to search for property, and even French women were raped by allies. military insult.

This is too much. The Germans were not so excessive when they were stationed in the south of France. The German army was brutal, but the discipline was good. On the contrary, the servants of the Axis powers were really corrupt and committed all kinds of evil.

Similar to British and American troops.

"Gentlemen, it would be great if you had the enthusiasm you have now when it comes to taking the initiative to attack—" Major General William Raleigh from the United Kingdom couldn't bear it. German undercover bar.

"This is your task, and it should be done by you." Xiao didn't even raise his eyelids, and the British were reaping the consequences.

From the end of the French campaign—

No, during the French campaign, Britain began to preserve its strength, diverting disasters to the north, and during the North African campaign, the UK gave full play to its role as a shit-stirring stick.

In the past few years, don't listen to what Winston said, the UK has never gone all out. It used to let the French block the gun, but now it is hugging the thighs of southern Africa and the United States, and it is shameless.

"This is our common mission—" William Raleigh corrected, as long as the southern Africans took the initiative to attack, sarcastic remarks were nothing, even cursing was tolerated.

"Sir, the Prime Minister's plane is about to land." The adjutant came to inform Montgomery that Winston was going to the front to supervise the battle.

Winston was having a hard time these days.

In southern Africa, Rock reminded Winston to pay attention to the wind of public opinion in Britain.

Winston was very stubborn at the time, but after returning to the UK, he was ordered by the British intelligence agency to conduct a secret investigation on members of the Labor Party.

Rock's biggest miracle so far is that he never misses it.

Winston, like Stoudemire, has a reputation for integrity.

I don’t know if I don’t check. After checking, Winston was shocked. Winston was surprised to find that when the Conservative Party was trying to maintain the situation against Germany, members of the British Labor Party were going deep into the community to send warmth, using empty promises to attract voters. votes.

For the vast majority of British people, the tolerance for war has almost reached its limit.

From 1939 to the present, the World War has been fought for four years. Although the German army has not landed in the UK, German bombers and V2 rockets still visit the British airspace from time to time, which makes the British feel scared.

How many four years can a person have in a lifetime?

The vast majority of ordinary British families have lived frugally for the past four years. They can’t even fill their stomachs. Many British children even suffer from obvious malnutrition. This is a shame for the British Empire.

When was the last time Britons went hungry?
Many British people now have no memory of hunger at all.

In this case, it is particularly attractive for Labor to offer a blank promise.

The current proposition of the Labor Party is basically an upgraded version of the MacDonald welfare system. Attlee promised that if he becomes the British Prime Minister, he will turn the United Kingdom into a welfare society, tax the rich heavily, and increase the income for workers and farmers. We will increase the pension income of the elderly, strictly implement the eight-hour working system and the two-day system, and also ensure that all British people have one month of paid vacation every year.

Not to mention whether these promises can be fulfilled, first of all, these promises are really attractive to the British people who are tortured by conservative wars.

After learning about the situation, Winston finally woke up from the dream of the "Duke of London". If he didn't do something else, after the war, he would be quickly captured by the British government and the British just like last time. abandon.

So Winston decided to go to Normandy to supervise the war in person.

"I met His Majesty the King before I came, and His Majesty the King told me that he has prepared [-] medals and [-] titles, which will be rewarded to those who have contributed to this battle—not only the British, but everyone has the opportunity. "The only thing the king can afford now is medals and titles.

"No matter what our allies do, I have decided that tomorrow morning, I will personally lead the troops to attack Caen." Montgomery's expression was firm and determined.

The credibility of this statement is not high.

The British attack was normal.

Montgomery himself led the troops to attack—

No matter how it sounds, it is unreliable.

(End of this chapter)