Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 898 Booty

Compared with southern Africa, which can produce aircraft, cannons and aircraft carriers, it is the normal state of armaments of most countries at this time that they cannot even produce a single shot. Only ordering rifles can meet the needs of the British military expansion. The Ottoman Empire began to order weapons from Southern Africa during the Italian-Turkish War. It was once the largest overseas customer in Southern Africa, so Southern Africa is very clear about the situation of the Ottoman Empire troops.

Not to mention the pervasive intelligence department of Umbrella Corporation.

In order to adapt to the situation in the Ottoman Empire, the Umbrella Company hired many Persian intelligence personnel. Basra, Damascus, and even Constantinople had Umbrella Company intelligence agencies.

It was only after he started to form the intelligence department that Roque discovered that intelligence work not only does not cost money, but can actually make money. Almost all intelligence agencies in the Ottoman Empire appear in the form of companies, with various business scopes, ranging from food to military industry. The company does not need to invest in these companies at all, and can still obtain high profits from business operations. This is also the fundamental reason for the rapid development of the intelligence department of the umbrella company.

After the outbreak of the World War, prices in the Ottoman Empire began to soar just like those in Europe. Before the war, a kilogram of bread in Constantinople cost only 2 pence, but now it costs 4 pence. Before the outbreak of the World War, the cheapest meat was 3.5 pence per pound. It costs 9 pence now, and the world war has just begun, and the price will definitely rise further next year, and no one knows how far it will rise by then.

Unlike the soaring prices in Europe, the prices of farm products in southern Africa not only did not rise after the outbreak of the World War, but fell to a certain extent.

This has a lot to do with the fact that southern Africa is confiscating German farms in Southwest Africa and Tanganyika. The prices in southern Africa are much lower than in Europe. Taking eggs as an example, one pound can buy about 530 eggs in France. Nearly 3000 can be bought in Southern Africa.

Nearly 3500 can be bought now.

In France, only 270 will be available.

The price gap is so huge, so buying all kinds of materials from southern Africa and selling them all over the world has become the best choice for the intelligence department of the umbrella company. There are many people in this industry. In addition to the umbrella company, the South African company is the largest in southern Africa For import and export trading companies, if the agricultural product industry is listed separately, the business volume of South African companies is larger than that of umbrella companies.

Like Constantinople, prices in Basra and Damascus are also skyrocketing, generally doubled compared to two months ago. What is amazing is that many suppliers of the Ottoman Empire troops are supplied by umbrella companies. Even the weapons used by the Ottoman troops were produced in southern Africa.

After the outbreak of the World War, southern Africa has stopped exporting materials to countries other than the Allies, not only not selling to the Allies, but also not selling to countries that have no firm position, including the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Italy.

援军抵达伊丽莎白港之后，骑兵第三师和12、13共三个师驻扎在伊丽莎白油田，17师驻扎伊丽莎白港，19师和206师驻扎在阿瓦士，可以用于进攻的部队只有305师和东印度调过来的501师和第502师。

In the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa, the number beginning with "4" refers to the forces of the Sultanate of Najd.

The strength of the three divisions obviously cannot meet the needs of the attack. Fortunately, the Najd Sultanate can still squeeze it out. After Martin came to Port Elizabeth, the Najd Sultanate added four divisions to the original four divisions to counter the attack. Attack of the Ottoman Empire.

Martin wants to drain the Najd Sultanate. The poor Najd Sultanate only has a population of 100 million. 6 people have been mobilized to join the army. one.

This one-tenth, after the end of the world war, there will be no one in ten.

After the outbreak of World War II, the Najd Sultanate reformed the army, reorganizing the original cavalry division with only 1 people into an infantry division with about 5000 people. stronger than strength.

Years of wars have caused the population of Najd Sultanate to drop sharply. In contrast to Najd Sultanate, the populations of Port Elizabeth and Georgetown are increasing rapidly. Many mercenaries from umbrella companies have moved their families to Port Elizabeth and Georgetown. The combined population of the two regions now exceeds 10, and the total population exceeds 50. The extra 40 are workers hired from other countries. Port Elizabeth and George Town are not independent countries yet, and the immigration policy has more Great autonomy.

What restricts the development of Port Elizabeth and George Town is the serious shortage of land. Both Port Elizabeth and George Town are located on the coast of the Persian Gulf, and there is very little arable land around the city. That's why Rock covets the rich and rich Mesopotamia instead of occupying the Mesopotamia. , Southern Africa will not be able to gain a real foothold in the Near East.

The Ottoman Empire's participation in the war has a lot to do with Winston.

Before the outbreak of World War II, the Ottoman Empire ordered two Dreadnought-class battleships from the United Kingdom at a cost of up to 1100 million pounds.

On July 28, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on the Kingdom of Serbia, and the First World War broke out.

At that time, the naval officers and soldiers of the Ottoman Empire who accepted the first dreadnought ship had arrived in England. On the same day, Winston decided to requisition the two dreadnought ships built by the United Kingdom for Turkey to supplement the strength of the British Navy.

There is nothing wrong with doing this, but it prompted the Ottoman Empire to fall to the Allies.

The straw that broke the camel's back was the German Navy.

In order to promote the break between the Ottoman Empire and Britain and France, Germany sent two high-speed cruisers into the Mediterranean, bombarded the coastal cities of French North Africa on August [-], and then fled into the Dardanelles.

The Minister of War of the Ottoman Empire, the leader of the Al-Shabaab, Enver Pasha, who was only 34 years old, decided to let the German warships enter the Dardanelles, stop the British and French warships chasing the German warships outside the Dardanelles, and at the same time close the Dardanelles.

The consequences of closing the Dardanelles are serious, and Britain and France don't care about it. The Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Empire lost its passage to the Mediterranean, and 35 tons of goods to be exported were stranded in the Black Sea.

Germany decided at this time to send two warships to the Ottoman Empire. Although the flag of the Ottoman Empire was raised on the two warships, there were still German naval officers and soldiers on board the warships. , Odessa, and Sevastopol successively launched attacks, and the Ottoman Empire explained to the Russian Empire that the actions of the two warships were not ordered by the Ottoman Empire.

The Russian Empire demanded that the Ottoman Empire expel the German warship to show its innocence.

On October 25, the Ottoman Empire did not expel the German warships before the ultimatum time of the Russian Empire arrived, and the Russian Empire declared war on the Ottoman Empire.

At this time, Britain had not yet declared war on the Ottoman Empire, so Port Elizabeth and Basra had not yet entered a state of war, but small-scale battles broke out frequently. If the patrols of both sides encountered each other in the wild, they would launch merciless attacks on each other. Fuwan, an Ottoman patrol trying to attack a patrol of the [-]rd Cavalry Division equipped with armored vehicles, was wiped out by armored vehicles. The troops faced each other head-on, and the battle was inconclusive.

After the Russian Empire declared war on the Ottoman Empire, Colonel McMahon sent three telegrams to Martin in one day, hoping that Martin could transfer more troops to Egypt to ensure the safety of the Suez Canal.

Martin did not have extra troops to reinforce Egypt, and promised to launch attacks on Basra and Damascus at the same time after the war broke out, so as to reduce the pressure on Egypt as much as possible.

On the 26th, Britain finally declared war on the Ottoman Empire. Martin immediately ordered the 501st and 502nd divisions of the East India and the four divisions of the Najd Sultanate to attack Basra at the same time.

Compared with Martin who couldn't wait, the Ottoman army was also eager to prove itself in the war. Martin's order had just been issued, and the troops had not been fully mobilized. The garrison in Basra launched an attack on the Elizabeth oil field first.

The alligator armored vehicle showed great power in the battle. In the defense, the alligator became the defensive node of the defensive position. The defense of the third cavalry division, the 12th division and the 13th division all revolved around the alligator armored vehicle.

The offensive of the Ottoman Empire was mainly cavalry, and the cavalry has not disappeared. It was not until the Second World War that the cavalry completely bid farewell to the battlefield.

In front of an alligator equipped with a 12.7mm heavy machine gun and a 40mm grenade launcher, a cavalry equipped with only a rifle is helpless. The armor of an alligator armored vehicle is not thick, but it can defend against frontal attacks from rifles. The shooter on the top is protected by a semi-circular armor shield. The shooter sweeps down groups of cavalry through the shooting holes. The cavalry who are lucky to escape the large-caliber machine gun cannot escape the accurate shooting of the precision shooter. The 40mm grenade launcher is even more powerful. The nemesis of the cavalry, equipped with company-level mortars, the attacking Ottoman cavalry suffered heavy losses.

The horror of the alligator armored vehicle lies in its counterattack anytime and anywhere. The biggest advantage of cavalry over infantry is speed, but in front of the alligator armored vehicle, all speeds become clouds. Whenever the cavalry with heavy losses has to retreat , the alligator armored vehicle will leave the position to pursue. In the vast desert and hilly area, the cavalry has nowhere to escape. The two alligator armored vehicles of the third division captured 650 cavalrymen and their war horses.

Many of the war horses used by the cavalry of the Ottoman Empire are world-famous Arabian horses. This oldest horse breed in the world is known for its beautiful body and hard work. Arabian horses are fast and durable, and are the most suitable horses for riding , has always been very popular in southern Africa, and the price of a good Arabian horse in southern Africa can reach tens of thousands of pounds.

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