Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2509 Crazy Shipbuilding Plan
The successful attack of the Bulgarian [-]st Division attracted the attention of General Frisner, who transferred an SS infantry division originally assigned to Pest to Buda to strengthen the defense.

This was not what Arthur wanted, so Arthur ordered Chen Cang to suspend the attack.

Just suspending the offensive is not enough. If possible, Arthur even wants to transfer all the troops back and stop any form of cooperation with the Russian army.

Arthur's distrust of the Russian army stems from Russia's indifference to the Warsaw Uprising.

After Germany and Russia partitioned Poland, Poland established a government-in-exile in London and organized an army in exile to join the Allied Forces. Although this army was small in size, it performed well during the battles in Greece, North Africa, and France, and made repeated military exploits. .

In accordance with the spirit of the Casablanca Conference, Poland will recover all of its land after the war and regain its independent status.

So here comes the problem.

Even though Poland is a member of the Allies, Russia does not want to return the occupied Polish territory to the Poles. During the Tehran Conference and the St. Petersburg Conference, the leaders of the Allies discussed the Polish issue many times, but unfortunately no agreement was reached.

Although the Polish government-in-exile is in London, it has not given up on the country. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Mikolajczyk of the government-in-exile and Bor, the commander-in-chief of the Polish domestic army, Poland has formed a "hometown army" with a total number of 40.

After Mustache was assassinated in summer, Mikolajcik made a misjudgment and believed that Germany was at the end of the road. In order to prevent more land from being occupied by Russia, Mikolajchik ordered Bor to launch an uprising, at least to liberate Warsaw before the Russian army. In this way, the Polish government-in-exile can resume its exercise of power after the war and compete with the Polish National Liberation Committee formed with the support of Russia.

The Polish National Liberation Committee was established at the end of July this year with the support of Big Beard. After the establishment of the committee, it signed an agreement with Russia and decided to use the "Curzon Line" delineated by the Allied Powers in 1919 to determine the eastern border of Poland.

The "Curzon Line" is another debt left over from history.

After the end of the First World War, the Allied Powers decided to rebuild Poland. Initially, the national border line was used as the eastern border of Poland. This line divided the Polish-Russian border along the Bug River and included the Bialystok region in the Polish territory in the north. .

On July 1920, 7, when the new Russian regime repelled the Polish intervention army, Curzon, on behalf of the British government, suggested that Russia use this line as a ceasefire line for peace negotiations. At the international conference held in Spa, Poland and Russia recognized the Bounded by the Curzon Line.

It stands to reason that if an agreement is reached, this matter will come to an end.

But later, when the Polish army turned to counter-offensive, the Polish government refused to recognize the Curzon Line. This was also one of the foundations for Russia and Germany to carve up Poland.

Since the Polish government does not recognize the Curzon Line, Russia also has no reason to accept the constraints of the Curzon Line.

Now that the Poles once again recognize the Curzon Line, it has to be said that the Poles are indeed quite flexible in their thinking.

On August 8, the Polish "Home Army" launched an uprising under the leadership of Bor and once controlled most of Warsaw's urban area.

The German army was not as fragile as Mikolajcik imagined. Before the uprising, Mikolajcik believed that it only took two to three days to completely control Warsaw, and then launched uprisings throughout Poland to achieve the recovery of the entire country the goal of.

The Polish "Home Army" was not as powerful as Mikolajcik thought. The total strength of the "Home Army" participating in the Warsaw Uprising was less than 5, and there was a serious lack of weapons and training. Their ammunition was only enough to use seven to ten days.

In order to provide sufficient support for the "home army", the UK is preparing to airdrop Warsaw, but the UK's mainland airport is too far away from Warsaw, and Germany is separated in the middle, so the danger is too high, so Winston hopes that the bearded man can open some Russians Controlled airfield for use by the British Air Force.

Russia controls several airports around Warsaw, and the nearest airport is only 20 minutes away from Warsaw.

This request, which seemed very reasonable to Winston, was resolutely rejected by the bearded man.

Beard not only refused to provide an airport, but also ordered the Russian army that had already attacked the east bank of the Vistula River to stop attacking on the grounds that the army needed to rest for months of continuous operations.

After crossing the Vistula River, it is Warsaw.

Only separated by a river, it has become an insurmountable moat for the Russian army.

The Southern African Expeditionary Force was slow when crossing the Danube, and that was indeed a lot of difficulties.

The Russian army simply did not want to provide any support for the Warsaw Rebels. In order to liberate Warsaw faster, the Warsaw Uprising deliberately left a passage for the German army to evacuate, and even key traffic arteries such as bridges were not destroyed.

There is no bridge on the Danube River in southern Africa, and only tugboats can be used.

The Russian army has bridges, but I don't use them because I'm tired and need to rest.

The Germans reacted very quickly. Lieutenant General Reiner Stagel, the commander of the Warsaw Garrison District, immediately asked for help from Germany. At this time, due to the unfavorable war, most of the German troops stationed in Warsaw were transferred to the front line. The Germans were left with only one regiment of the SS and one Russian regiment under German control.

Krebs, chief of staff of the German Army Group Central, ordered the commander of the 9th Army, Forman, to send three SS armed divisions, including Hermann Göring's division, to Warsaw for support after receiving a telegram for help. The pressure of the rebel army was unprecedented.

Beginning on August 8, Winston repeatedly asked the bearded man to open the airport, but the bearded man refused.

Mikolajcik even went to Russia to meet with Big Beard in person, but he still failed to get Big Beard's consent.

By the end of August, the Warsaw uprising army was still fighting, but the way of fighting had been transferred from ground buildings to sewers. The German army and the uprising army were fighting desperately in waist-deep sewage. Mustache began to get bored with Warsaw and ordered the German army to completely destroy the city. Warsaw smoothed.

After receiving the order, the German army carried out organized robbery and destruction of Warsaw. Any valuables such as gold and jewelry were robbed, and all those that could not be transported were burned or blown up. More than 80.00% of the buildings in Warsaw were destroyed. For flat ground.

In order to prevent the insurgents from inciting the civilians, the German army ordered the residents of Warsaw to leave Warsaw and go to Germany. The civilians who did not want to leave were shot and killed, and the bodies of women and children could be seen everywhere on the streets.

By the end of September, the Warsaw Uprising Army had reached the point of desperation. They had no ammunition, no medicine, and even food shortages.

The Russians remained on hold, without any form of support for Warsaw, and Mikolajcik began to despair of Britain.

A large part of Mikolajcik’s misjudgment of Germany was due to the fact that the intelligence provided by the United Kingdom to Mikolajcik was too one-sided. In addition, the United Kingdom promised to do everything possible to provide support to the Warsaw Uprising, so It was only in August that Mikolajcik decided to launch an uprising.

The British did not fulfill their promises and put all the responsibility on Russia.

The airborne troops promised by the United States did not appear. The 1.8 Warsaw rebels alone faced the crazy encirclement and suppression of nearly 20 German troops.

In mid-October, Komorovski, the commander of the rebel army, sent a telegram to Mikolajcik, saying that if assistance was not available, the rebel army would surrender to the German army.

Mikolajcik called Komorovski back, hoping that Komorovski could command the rebels to break out from the direction of the Vivas River, and the Russian army was on the other side of the river.

Komorovsky refused to break out from the direction of the Vivas River, preferring to surrender to the Germans rather than pray for protection from the Russians.

In fact, Komorovsky had already lost control of the rebel army at this time. The rebel army in the city had a complex composition and was divided into three parts by the German army. The German army used heavy weapons to encircle the rebel army. The mood of the rebel army was very bad because of lack of food. Supplies and weapons, command is also poor.

Many rebels have never been soldiers before, and the signs worn by the commanders are also varied. The members of the rebel army are mainly young people under the age of 25. It is almost impossible to find seniors with rich life experience, and most of the intellectuals have fled. At that time, the German intelligence intercepted by the Allied forces showed that an infectious disease had recently broken out within the rebel army, and personnel suffered heavy losses.

The fact that the Allied forces had to pass German intelligence to get information about Warsaw shows how bad the situation has become.

Even so, Komorowski did not give up. He was still waiting for the attack of the Russian army. At the same time, the troops sent by the Polish government-in-exile were also approaching Warsaw. Just like losing the ability to move, the Polish army was also weak in attack due to lack of support, unable to break through the German defense line.

Almost at the same time that the Eastern Allies launched a second offensive on Budapest, the Polish insurgents surrendered to the Germans, and the three-month uprising ended in the most tragic situation.

Arthur could not accept the indifference of the Russian army during the Warsaw Uprising.

It is also unacceptable that the United Kingdom instigated an uprising among Warsaw residents in order to contain Russia's expansion, and then did nothing.

If Britain is really willing to support Warsaw, there are plenty of ways.

After the Battle of Britain, the United Kingdom basically controlled the air supremacy of the English Channel.

If it was the British army that revolted in Warsaw, then even if Winston sent an aircraft carrier there, he would still be able to supply Warsaw by air.

The Warsaw people were obviously not worth the risk of Winston sending an aircraft carrier, so after being abandoned by Russia, they were abandoned by Britain again.

If the Russians are indifferent.

Then the behavior of the British government can only be described as cruel.

"So, our allies are just such a bunch of bastards who can watch their allies die for their own benefit, indifferent and insensitive—" After Arthur knew the result of the Warsaw Uprising, he was inexplicably distressed.

"That's why we have to strengthen ourselves. In any case, the tragedy of Warsaw cannot be staged on the soil of southern Africa." John Cecil Rhodes, who happened to pass by Cyprus and was a guest at Arthur's house, sighed. The eldest son of Si, the future head of the Rhodes family.

Before the outbreak of the World War, John had been working in Rhodesia in accordance with Stoudemire's orders, protecting the largest source of wealth of the Rhodes family.

After the outbreak of the world war, John served as the chairman of the material management committee, responsible for the aid work to Europe.

At present, the reconstruction work in Europe has started, and the material management committee is deeply involved in the reconstruction work in Europe. John has been traveling between France and Italy for more than half a year, which is very hard.

It is precisely because he has witnessed the current situation in France and Italy that John has a deeper understanding of the strength of southern Africa.

"Warsaw is over. It has lost its meaning for Britain and Russia. We have lost an important strategic buffer. In the future, Germany will become the front line against Russia." Mike Tolan has been under a lot of pressure recently. At present, the United Kingdom transferred most of the main warships of the home fleet to the Pacific region to rebuild the Pacific Fleet, including two of the most cutting-edge British battleships "Howe" and "King George V".

Interestingly, the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet is not in the Pacific Ocean, but in the Lion City. For this reason, a new round of controversy broke out in the Royal Navy about the Changi Naval Base.

The British Royal Navy spent 1000 million pounds to build the Changi Naval Base, and finally sold it to the Southern African Navy at a price of [-] million rand, allowing the Southern African Navy to pick up a big deal.

Now that the overall situation in Europe has been decided, the British government can't wait to return to the Far East.

Only then did the British government realize that the Far East battlefield had been completely dominated by southern Africa and the United States, and the UK did not even have a suitable entry point. Although the Pacific Fleet was huge, it did not have a home port that could accommodate all the Pacific Fleet warships.

After the Southern African Navy took over the Changi Naval Base, the Changi Naval Base has been expanded several times and has now become the military port with the best conditions in the entire East Asia region. This makes the Royal Navy feel heartbroken every time it mentions the Changi Naval Base.

While the British government formed the Pacific Fleet, it was also working hard to strengthen the strength of the Mediterranean Fleet.

After the outbreak of World War II, the British government stopped building new battleships. It was not until April this year that the British Navy proposed a new shipbuilding plan, including four battleships and 16 aircraft carriers.

Regardless of the soaring prices in recent years, the cost of four battleships and 16 aircraft carriers far exceeds tens of billions of pounds even if measured by the prices before the outbreak of the World War. This is absolutely unbearable for the British government.

The reason why the Royal Navy proposed such an unrealistic shipbuilding plan has a lot to do with the crazy expansion of the US naval power.

Before the outbreak of World War II, the United States had only 8 aircraft carriers, including two rebuilt "Yorktown".

After the outbreak of World War II, the United States began to frantically build escort aircraft carriers. At the fastest speed, it launched an escort aircraft carrier at a rate of one week.

This made the Royal Navy feel tremendous pressure. In just four years, the number of US aircraft carriers has increased to more than [-], so the Royal Navy was forced to propose this exaggerated shipbuilding plan to deal with the pressure brought by the US Navy.

(End of this chapter)