Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 879 Levels

After dawn, Linde finally caught up with the main force of the 105th Division.

Ford Lu and Housman really did not expect that the second battle of the 105th Division would start with such a dramatic effect.

"So, you went around in a circle and caught up with our supply unit, and almost launched an attack. Tell me, what do you think?" Ford Lu couldn't accept such a stupid behavior of his subordinates. Fortunately, the soldiers of the supply unit were also Africans. , otherwise the 105th division would make a bigger joke.

"We thought it was the German army's supply unit, so—" Linde was dejected, and he didn't want to put the blame on Frank.

"Okay, it's normal for some accidents to happen. At least we didn't make bigger mistakes. Lieutenant Colonel Linde, lead your troops to move forward to the predetermined position. We can't make any more mistakes." Housman comforted, the staff officer The length is still useful.

"Yes, Chief of Staff, I will definitely not make any mistakes again." Linde cheered up and made amends.

Ford Lu and Housman were relatively silent. For a while, Ford Lu gritted his teeth: "No one can tell about this, it's too embarrassing——"

Hausman doesn't speak, it is impossible to hide the truth, and this blame will definitely be held firmly on the head of the 105th Division. Although the main responsibility lies with the guide assigned by the French Army Command to the 105th Division, the French media will not care These, they will only laugh at a southern African colonial servant army that is sand sculpture from top to bottom.

Linde indeed lived up to the trust of Ford Lew and Hausman. At noon, Linde sent someone to send a codebook, which was seized from a German staff officer.

"Could it be a trap?" Ford Lu's first reaction was actually this.

"If you verify it, you will know." Housman sent someone to the division's communication company, and quickly concluded that the code book was correct.

"Send someone to the headquarters right away, this kid is quite lucky." Ford Lu laughed, fools have fools, and Linde can be regarded as a lucky general of the 105th Division.

When the codebook was sent to the expeditionary force headquarters, Kitchener was celebrating with Joffre. Just now, Britain, France, and Russia signed a resolution to formally establish a treaty relationship and form a coalition of the Allied Powers. The three countries promised that any party would Neither signed a peace agreement with Germany alone.

"The second expeditionary force from London is about to arrive in France, the two divisions from southern Africa have boarded the train and will arrive in Paris in four hours, and the third reinforcements will arrive in Le Havre in ten days. Our strength is increasing. The strength of the German army is constantly weakening, so we will definitely win the final victory. We must strengthen our confidence and give each other enough trust, and the victory will definitely belong to us.” Kitchener will return to London in the afternoon, and he can’t wait for a long time Staying in Paris, it is Kitchener's responsibility to organize and coordinate logistics.

"Our army is also moving to the front line, but we are facing many difficulties. The army lacks enough weapons and ammunition. We need doctors and nurses to treat the wounded, and we need more effective medicine. There are hundreds of thousands of troops in southern Africa. Why is it until now? Only three divisions arrived in France?" Joffre had many demands, he might not say a word for a day when facing the French general, but when facing Kitchener, Joffre was almost eloquent.

"Southern Africa also has its own troubles. Now southern Africa is at war, and troops are needed to maintain stability in the territory. Southern Africa has done its best. We have to give southern Africa some time." No matter how squeezed Roque in Kitchener, London, In front of outsiders, Kitchener still affirmed the contribution of southern Africa.

Unlike the French North African colonies that have not yet been affected by the war, Southern Africa has entered a state of war with Southwest Africa and Tanganyika. Although the German troops in Southwest Africa have surrendered, the German troops in Tanganyika are still resisting. Even so, Nigeria Saran still maintains a considerable production capacity, which has satisfied Kitchener very much.

At least compared with India, Australia, and Canada, which have not yet made any moves, Kitchener is very satisfied with the response of southern Africa. Except for southern Africa, the other overseas territories of the United Kingdom will not be able to provide military support to the British mainland this year. However, India’s understanding of engineering troops may be biased. They are not troops at all, but a group of coolies. Even the coolies are not qualified. The soldiers have been malnourished and skinny for a long time. If you are skinny, you need to take care of your body before you can undertake the task.

If Kitchener had not served as the commander-in-chief in India, Kitchener must have doubted the purpose of India's sending troops.

"Southern Africa has a well-developed industrial base, farms with amazing output, and a large-scale medical school. They can make greater contributions." Xiafei hopes to get medical resources in southern Africa. The battlefield medical system in southern Africa has already Quite mature, the British and French are only just noticing the problem.

"I will send a telegram to Lord Nyasaland, and believe that Lord Nyasaland will send more doctors to France as quickly as possible." Kitchener sometimes wonders, if there is no comparison in southern Africa, Kitchener Na would think Britain and France were doing pretty well during the arms race, but compared to Southern Africa—

Kitchener did not want to admit that there was a gap between the preparations of Britain and France and southern Africa, but the fact is that Kitchener had paid little attention to southern Africa before. Looking at it now, many decisions in southern Africa are very forward-looking, starting from the Boer War After the end, Southern Africa has hardly made any mistakes, and many decisions that seemed unnecessary at the beginning are extremely important today.

"If possible, Lord Nyasaland should come to France to see the situation on the front line in person, so that Lord Nyasaland will pay enough attention to this world war." Joffre believes that it is because he has no personal experience , That's why Southern Africa's actions are so slow. According to the strength of Southern Africa, Southern Africa should have a faster response.

While Kitchener and Joffre were planning medical resources in southern Africa, a field hospital in the suburbs of Paris, the field hospital equipped by the Southern African Ministry of Defense for the 105th Division, was going all out.

Under normal circumstances, a unit composed of Africans like the 105th Division is not qualified to be equipped with a field hospital. Although the medical resources in southern Africa are relatively strong compared to Europe, the medical strength in southern Africa is still very weak.

Before the 105th Division set off, in order to make the 105th Division play a greater role, Rock personally ordered to equip the 105th Division with an additional field hospital with [-] doctors and [-] nurses.

When the 105th Division arrived in France, the field hospital began to work. After the Battle of the Marne, the load of the field hospital reached its peak. All the doctors and nurses were so busy that they didn’t even have time to eat. The open space outside the operating room was densely packed with stretchers. There are wounded screaming in pain and needing treatment everywhere. These wounded are all within the scope of treatment, and more wounded have no chance to be sent to the field hospital.

"Sir, don't send any more wounded. As you can see, our doctors and nurses are exhausted. Some of them have been working for 24 hours. They are not machines. They need a better rest before they can work." Hospital Nicholas, the head of the administration, found Joseph, the representative of the French Army Command stationed in the field hospital, hoping to give the doctors and nurses some breathing time.

"Nicholas, hold on, I know the doctors and nurses need to rest, but look at the current situation, there are officers and soldiers killed every second on the front line, and even more officers and soldiers are injured. We have to give up rescuing the seriously wounded and let the They are wailing and waiting to die. The wounded here can be rescued. They only need some simple treatment to save a life. Please, they all have families, children, and lovers. Please, Don't give them up—" Joseph pleaded, he knew the doctors and nurses were tired, but he couldn't give such an order, he couldn't do it.

"Please, help me—"

"Oh, God--"

"If you don't care about me, just give me a shot—" Wounded soldiers kept crying for help, no matter how brave they were on the battlefield, they are now on the verge of collapse.

"Joseph, we only have fifteen doctors, but there are thousands of wounded here. Even if everyone does not rest for 24 hours, it will take a week to deal with all these wounded. Even if more wounded are sent over, they will not We can only wait here to die—” Nicholas said the truth, many wounded soldiers have already died of excessive bleeding due to untimely treatment, there is a huge morgue next to the field hospital, and there are thousands of corpses parked there. Because there are not enough coffins, the corpses can only be wrapped in white cloth and stacked together for unified burial.

Just outside the gate of the field hospital, there is no end to the stretchers waiting to send the wounded to the hospital at a glance. On each stretcher is a wounded soldier in urgent need of rescue. If they cannot be treated in the shortest time, then they Most people in the world can't see the sun of tomorrow.

At this moment, several trucks with southern African military badges drove over. After the doors were opened, all the doctors and nurses in uniform came out. It could be seen that they were all shocked by the situation in front of them, but only for a short time. After that, they immediately started working to check the condition of the wounded.

"Gentlemen, it's great that you can come, thank you very much——" Joseph and Nicholas went up to greet him, and Joseph's eyes were obviously filled with tears.

"Hello, I'm Price from the Ministry of National Defense of Southern Africa. Can you tell me about your situation here—" Price glanced at the wounded soldiers on the ground, and beckoned the doctors and nurses who had just got off the bus to start working: "No Introduced, prepare the operating room, gentlemen, act, be quick, and grade all the wounded—"

Level, this can be regarded as a British tradition.

(End of this chapter)