Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2553 Strategic Retreat
What Joseph hopes is a clean Yugoslavia, with no royal government, no foreign interference, no internal disputes, and everyone can work together to build a strong and brand new Yugoslavia.

The wish is beautiful, but the process will be extremely difficult. Before that, Joseph must first withstand the pressure from Russia and southern Africa.

The bearded man did not reply to Milovich immediately. He knew one thing very well, the stability of Yugoslavia depended on the will of southern Africa and the United Kingdom.

In the St. Petersburg meeting, many problems could not be really resolved, so on January 1, Beard once again sent invitations to southern Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States, hoping that the leaders of the three countries would go to Crimea for further communication.

"Tehran, St. Petersburg, Crimea—either the sphere of influence of Russia, or the territory of Russia. Our Mr. Joseph is very cautious and never breaks away from the protection of the Russian army." Yang Smother was very helpless. Africa also sent invitations to Beard, Roosevelt, and Winston in early January, hoping to hold meetings in Pretoria or Cyprus.

Roosevelt and Winston accepted the southern African invitation, and the Russian side did not respond.

"It doesn't matter if you go to Crimea. The Cyprus fleet can go to Constantinople. The Black Sea is also within our sphere of influence. Our airborne troops and bomber units are in the Bosporus Strait, ready to support at any time." Martin wasn't worried about Rock's safety, and the bearded man was just being cautious, so he wouldn't risk the disgrace of the world.

"Winston hopes to meet with us before going to Crimea, and President Roosevelt also agreed to this suggestion." Sidney Milner is responsible for arranging Rock's itinerary, and the purpose of this meeting is very clear .

Everyone knows that the war is coming to an end. The Russian army on the northern front is less than 60 kilometers away from Berlin. The Allied forces on the western front can also launch an attack on the German army at any time. .

Of course, there are still many problems to be solved before that.

It was easy to beat the Germans outright.

The key is how to share the fruits of victory.

After the end of the last world war, Britain and France held a closed-door meeting in Paris, which simply and rudely decided the fate of the defeated countries and established the Paris system.

Now that the Paris system has been reduced to a piece of chicken feathers, and Britain and France no longer have the influence they had 20 years ago, the bearded man did not even invite the French this time, which is contempt and humiliation.

The bearded man will never forget that after the end of the last world war, it was the French and the British who joined forces to keep Russia out of the League of Nations.

This time Russia is eligible to join the "civilized society". One of the main purposes of Roque's trip is to ensure that Russia will not drift outside the international system.

Rock, Winston, and Roosevelt have determined that after the war, a new international organization will be established to replace the League of Nations, and international disputes will be resolved by conferences instead of wars.

With Russia's current strength, if Russia does not join this organization, then this organization will exist in name only.

In the winter that just passed, Rock contacted Roosevelt and Winston many times to discuss how to establish a new international order.

The result of the discussion is very helpless. Without the participation of Russia, all plans cannot be implemented.

This is also the main reason why the Allied forces on the Western Front did not launch an attack last winter.

It's not winter, it's not lack of strength, and it's not worrying about the German counterattack.

It is purely that there is no agreement on the distribution of benefits.

Now that Russia has taken the initiative to raise this issue, Roque thinks this is a good opportunity.

"Then Cyprus." Rock also hoped to communicate with Winston and Roosevelt before the meeting started.

Compared with the bearded man, Winston and Roosevelt are relatively easy to communicate with.

"Winston hopes to be in Malta—" Sidney Milner grimaced, the place was a little sensitive.

The location of Malta is very important. It is located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea. Southern Africa has exchanged control of Malta through the destroyer-for-island agreement.

When it was exchanged for Malta, it was at the critical period of the North African Campaign. Malta was invaded by the German-Italian coalition forces and was not under British control.

After Southern Africa gained control of Malta, the German-Italian coalition forces were expelled and Malta's control was completely recovered.

The United Kingdom has not had any negotiations with southern Africa regarding the island of Malta before.

Now that the war is coming to an end, Winston proposes to meet Rock on the island of Malta, which can't help but make people imagine.

"What do the British mean? Do you want to repent?" Martin was sensitive. He would never return the island of Malta to the British.

Malta is too important. It can be said that if you control the island of Malta, you control most of the Mediterranean Sea.

In the past, Britain controlled the Suez Canal and Gibraltar, turning the Mediterranean Sea into a British lake on the left and right.

Now that Britain's strength in the Mediterranean has been greatly reduced, and its strength in southern Africa has been greatly increased. Martin also hopes to use Malta and Cyprus as the fulcrum to disintegrate Britain's control over the Mediterranean, so how could he return Malta to the British?

"It should be just a test." Yang Smozi sneered, the British's desire to return to Malta was too obvious.

Malta played a huge role as a logistics base and transit point for the Southern African Expeditionary Force's counterattack against Italy and France.

There is a field airport on the island of Malta, as well as a proposed port. The Southern African Ministry of Defense has decided to upgrade the simple port on the island of Malta to a permanent port, with an estimated investment of more than 5000 million rand.

Now both Italy and France have entered the reconstruction period, and the first reconstruction loan from Southern Africa to Italy is only 5000 million.

The area of ​​Italy is 30 square kilometers.

Malta's area is only 316 square kilometers.

"Tell Winston that Malta is still under military control and has no reception capacity." Rock directly vetoed it, not giving Winston any chance to contact Malta.

return?

Easy to say!

So many destroyers in southern Africa were not given for nothing.

"If—" Sidney Milner hesitated.

"No if, tell Winston that I'll be waiting for him in Cyprus." Rock simply said, either meet in Cyprus, or disappear altogether.

The British Empire was indeed not as good as before. Winston didn't even have the courage to confront Rock. When Rock arrived in Cyprus, Arthur had already returned from Legion City and greeted Rock at the airport.

"Aren't you negotiating with the Yugoslavs?" Rock was more concerned about the Balkans, after all, the powder kegs of Europe.

"Mr. Ivan Shubasic has arrived in Legion City, and I have completed my mission." Arthur was very happy that the leaders of the three countries gathered in Cyprus, which was a rare opportunity for Cyprus to showcase.

Rock is still very satisfied with Arthur.

As the base camp of the Fifth Army, Cyprus Airport is huge. In order to facilitate the landing of Rock's special plane, the airport cleared a 1500-meter-long runway. Transport planes are neatly parked on both sides of the runway, as well as "air fortresses" that are comparable to the transport planes. " and "Super Air Fortress", the troops responsible for guarding the airport are the Mediterranean Division, which is the trump card of the Fifth Army, known as the Cyprus Royal Forest Army.

Southern Africa is qualified to title this famous city is the Secret Service of the Palace of Justice.

The architecture of Cyprus is also very distinctive.

Different from the colorfulness of Legion City, the theme colors of Cyprus buildings are blue and white, which is full of strong Mediterranean style. The traffic signs here are all blue and white, and the police cars that clear the way are also blue and white.

Rock has passed through Cyprus many times when traveling between southern Africa and Europe in the past few years, and he is still very familiar with Cyprus. Like most southern African cities, Cyprus has also changed a lot in recent years. East Cape and West Cape There are endless buildings between the two cities, almost connecting the two cities.

When Rock served as the Southern African Expeditionary Force during World War I, he presided over the construction of the Cyprus Ring Railway. This time Arthur was ingenious and invited Rock to take a sightseeing train to East Cape. The scenery along the way is still very good.

As a bridgehead in southern Africa, Cyprus itself undertakes the task of displaying windows, so there is almost no heavy industry on the island of Cyprus, and the required industrial products are either imported from southern Africa or shipped from Port Elizabeth.

"The petrochemical enterprises on the island have now relocated to Marlborough and Port Elizabeth. Cyprus will focus on the cultural tourism industry and strive to make Cyprus the most livable holy place in Europe. For this reason, we have built a long Sixty kilometers of sandy beaches, combined with entertainment hotels and holiday estates, have achieved remarkable results." Arthur accompanied the whole process.

The facilities of the sightseeing train are quite good, with spacious carriages and bright glass, with the sea on one side and continuous mountains on the other.

The mountain is actually not high, and it is more appropriate to describe it as a hill. The level of greenery is close to that of Pretoria. The eyes are full of green, green grass, white houses, blue roofs, and even the clouds in the sky have become lazy.

Therefore, the speed of the sightseeing train is not fast. Occasionally when passing through the town, groups of children are waving and cheering towards the train. Looking at the happy smiles on their faces, this is the best compliment to Arthur.

"What do you think of Joseph?" Rock was still concerned about the current situation.

"Which Joseph?" Arthur didn't react immediately.

That's right, there are a lot of people named Joseph in Eastern Europe, and Arthur knows several of them.

"The one from Russia—" Rock was still worried about the upcoming talks.

This time, no matter whether the results can be negotiated or not, the Allied forces will launch the final battle.

The Allied forces on the Western Front are dominated by the southern African army and the US military, while the Allied forces on the Eastern Front are dominated by the Russian army.

If an agreement cannot be reached before the final battle, then there may be accidents when the Allied forces on the east and west lines join forces. At least the Russians are simmering in their hearts.

Although Winston's misfortune diverted the water to the north, although it had a certain effect, the sequelae are gradually appearing now.

The Russians are not stupid. Whether it was the appeasement policy in the early stage or the North African campaign later, they essentially hoped that both Germany and Russia would suffer.

When the Russians have no strength, they can only accept the arrangement of fate.

Now the bearded man is full of confidence, tens of millions of Russian troops are more threatening than the original German army, and Rock doesn't even want to go to war with Russia.

"Russia's influence in Eastern Europe and Northern Europe has become unstoppable. Now we can only guarantee Western Europe and the Mediterranean as much as possible." Arthur faced the reality. The Southern African Expeditionary Force in Hungary had withdrawn in batches according to Arthur's order.

The request for the retreat was put forward by Russia. Now that the Russian army has left Budapest and launched an attack on Vienna, the Fifth Army has no reason to stay in Buda. The interim government in Pest has already questioned the purpose of the Southern African Expeditionary Force in response to this point. .

The Southern African Expeditionary Force entered Hungary under the banner of defeating the German army and saving the Hungarians.

Now that the Battle of Budapest is over, the German army has been driven out of Hungary, the Southern African Expeditionary Force has completed its mission, and even the Russians have left. If the Southern African Expeditionary Force continues to stay in Hungary, what is the purpose?
Of course you can just hang on.

However, after Arthur decided to use Hungary's right to speak in exchange for the interests of Yugoslavia, the withdrawal in batches became a matter of course.

Of course, this process may last for a year or two, and it is impossible to withdraw them all at once.

Get on the horse, always have to send a ride.

"How is the situation in France and Italy?" Although Roque has the report from Brad's office, after all, he doesn't know as well as Arthur.

"Endless quarrels, no matter on any issue, it is impossible to reach an agreement. If this continues, France and Italy will break out of civil war sooner or later." Arthur is not optimistic. Russia's influence is expanding too fast.

Rock didn't speak, feeling a little disappointed in his heart. The French and Italians also failed to live up to expectations. Probably because the weather is getting warmer and the cold is no longer the biggest threat, the hearts of the French and Italians are alive again.

This past winter, newspapers reported that at least 2 people died of hunger and cold in France and Italy.

This data is definitely underestimated, and Bullard's office estimates that this number should at least double.

Civil war is actually not uncommon, Greece is currently in a civil war.

Greece was the first country to be recovered by the Allied forces in the Mediterranean. For quite a long time, the Allied forces implemented military control in Greece in an attempt to restore the damage caused by the war to Greece.

After the recovery of Greece, King George II wished to return to Greece many times, but was always rejected by the Allies because the situation was not settled.

George II is also a sad reminder. After leaving Greece, he went to Cairo and London successively, and lived in Cape Town for more than half a year. At the end of last year, George II was finally allowed to return to Greece.

No one expected that after George II returned to Greece, the situation in Greece collapsed rapidly. In December last year, the Greek National Liberation Front prevented hundreds of thousands of workers from going on strike in Athens. The national guerrillas and the army led by George II broke out for as long as After 12 days of conflict, on January 33, the conflict gradually ceased after the intervention of the Southern African Expeditionary Force.

(End of this chapter)