Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 958

As senior officers of the Southern African Expeditionary Force, Richard Brown and Fort Lew were not abused. They lived in a suite with a living room, study and bathroom, and three meals a day were delivered directly to the room by the guards. His mood was not affected much, and he didn't think he was wrong.

Richard Brown was not in a good mood. His second son died in the Battle of Luce. Although Richard Brown had four sons, the sacrifice of the second son still made Richard Brown heartbroken.

The British Expeditionary Force lost 2 lives at the Battle of Luce, including the brother of the future Queen Elizabeth.

The current Queen Elizabeth is still a little girl who is only 14 years old.

"I only received the attack order when I was eating breakfast. There was no detailed attack plan, no advance preparation, only a simple line - the battle started at noon, and we lost 2 people in four hours. The reconnaissance showed that the German reinforcements had arrived, and the strength was close to two armies. We could not break through the German positions at all. Richard and I asked General Haig to stop the attack, but General Haig refused. He thought that as long as our two divisions invested Attack, the German army will be completely collapsed, but since the outbreak of World War II, the German army has never collapsed except in Operation Victory Horn." Ford Lew's words did not contain any dirty words, but his hatred for Haig was obvious.

"Some of our commanders are butchers. They never cherish the lives of soldiers, and drive soldiers to death with whips. They should be sent to court." His emotions are a little out of control.

"Richard, I can understand your feelings, but we have to discuss the matter—" Rock agreed with Richard Brown, but there were some things he couldn't say.

According to Richard Brown's standard, the generals of the British and French allied forces should be taken to court, including Roque.

A fact that cannot be ignored is that although the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force under the command of Rock is progressing smoothly, the casualties of the troops are not serious compared with the British Expeditionary Force, and it is glorious compared with the Ottoman Empire. However, during the entire Battle of the Dardanelles, Civilian casualties in the Garibaldi Peninsula were quite heavy. Although these civilians are now considered to be caused by Ottoman troops, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force also has an unshirkable responsibility.

"My lord, someone from the top management of the Expeditionary Force deliberately targeted us. They were just jealous of our outstanding performance—" Ford Lew was also full of resentment. There were also many factions within the British Expeditionary Force. The Expeditionary Force, the Anzac Corps, and the Indian Army can pass by alone, but if they are put together with the Southern African Expeditionary Force, they are all mobs.

Rock didn't speak, he came to Richard Brown and Fort Lu to reassure Richard Brown and Fort Lu, no matter what, Rock would keep Richard Brown and Fort Lu.

That night, Rock held a dinner at the temporary residence, and Haig was also on the invitation list for the dinner.

Phyllis, as Mrs. Nyasaland, accompanied Rock to the dinner. Gavin and Alvin also changed into custom-made dresses and appeared in front of the guests with Judy in a princess dress.

Rock held the dinner as the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. While thanking all parties for their support for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, it was also to get Richard Brown and Ford Lu from the crime. In any case, Richard Brown and Ford Lu also disobeyed orders, which is a taboo in the army.

"Since the outbreak of World War II, there have been many incidents of troops refusing to carry out orders. The previous few incidents all occurred within the French army. Now similar incidents have occurred in our British Expeditionary Force and must be dealt with strictly." Haig's attitude Resolute, he had just succeeded Frenzi as the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, and this kind of thing happened unexpectedly, which would be a heavy blow to Haig's reputation.

Kitchener and William Robertson did not speak. Haig's authority must be maintained, but Rock's mood must also be considered.

When Frenzi resigned, the issue of the candidate for the new commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force aroused great controversy in the United Kingdom. At that time, many people believed that Roque, who led the Mediterranean expeditionary force to win the Battle of the Dardanelles, was fully qualified to succeed him. French Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force.

Compared with Roque, Haig did not perform very well during his tenure as the commander of the Second Army of the British Expeditionary Force. Instead, he was criticized for the heavy casualties of the British Expeditionary Force, and his performance was not as good as that of Smith Doring, who resigned earlier. Haig is white, so Haig won the competition with Rock.

As the commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Roque is also in a high position now, and considering the value of the Southern African Expeditionary Force to the British Expeditionary Force, Kitchener and William Robertson will not easily express their views on this issue.

"I have already asked Richard Brown and Ford Lu. They did not refuse to attack, but hoped to further improve the plan before organizing the attack. This is completely different." Rock corrected decisively, and there was a huge gap between disobedience to military orders and reasonable suggestions. Rock will never admit to such a crime.

"There is a complete plan for the attack. They are only responsible for part of the plan. I did not introduce the necessity of the whole plan to them." Haig wants to confirm the charges against Richard Brown and Ford Lew. His battle plan only God knows.

"Hehe——" Rock sneered, how Frenzi was "forced to resign", I'm afraid Haig forgot.

In the autumn offensive, Haig did not retain the reserve team due to his own mistakes, and finally missed the opportunity, resulting in the failure of the offensive.

Frenzi did not send reinforcements to Haig in time, and "supplemented" a combat order after the war, which resulted in Frenzi being forced to resign.

Now Haig keeps saying that he has a complete battle plan, as long as Kitchener and William Robertson order an investigation, everything will be revealed.

Rock didn't pursue it to the end because Kitchener and William Robertson would not investigate this matter. The former commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force was forced to resign just because of a forged military order. If Haig was forced to resign because of a forged military order again, Then the British Empire will lose all face.

"This matter is not allowed to be mentioned again in the future—" Kitchener resorted to the last trump card, no matter how bad the influence of this matter is, let's issue a gag order first.

"The Department of War and the General Staff will launch a joint investigation. General Richard Brown's condition is no longer suitable for commanding operations. He will temporarily return to southern Africa to rest for a period of time. General Ford Lew will be transferred to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on standby. Two African divisions were transferred to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force transferred the 23rd Artillery Division to France to fight—” William Robertson’s series of combined punches made Rock and Haig dissatisfied.

William Robertson raised his hand to stop Rock and Haig from talking: "This is the final decision. From now on, no one is allowed to discuss this matter."

One of William Robertson and Kitchener sang bad faces and the other sang red faces. After William Robertson each played [-] big boards, Kitchener came out to hand out candy: "General Haig, in view of your outstanding performance in the British Expeditionary Force, the war The Ministry has decided to promote you to Imperial Field Marshal—"

Haig immediately forgot about Richard Brown and Ford Lew. He was very happy when he stood at attention and saluted. In the year and a half he had been in the expeditionary force, he had never won a single battle, lost hundreds of thousands of troops, and was promoted from lieutenant general to field marshal. It can be called super fast.

"Lord Nyasaland, congratulations on leading the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to win a series of victories against the Ottoman Empire. In order to reward your outstanding performance, on behalf of His Majesty the King, I confer on you the Order of the Garter and congratulate you in advance, Your Excellency Alvin Locke and Ya His Excellency Sir Locke is on next year's knighthood list, His Excellency Alvin Locke's fief is in the North Sea, and His Excellency Arthur Locke's fief is in Cyprus." Kitchener's next words also surprised Locke, and Alvin's award made sense Among them, Rock is only 35 years old this year, and has already been made an earl, and there is almost no reward. Gavin is the first heir to the earl of Nyasaland.

What surprised Rock was Arthur. Arthur's full name was Arthur Capet before, but now Arthur's name has changed to Arthur Locke, which means that the British government has recognized the blood relationship between Arthur and Rock. , which is probably unprecedented in Britain, which values ​​blood.

Moreover, Arthur's fief is still in Cyprus, which solves the problem of the ownership of Cyprus after the war. Although Cyprus is not yet a British colony, after the war, Cyprus, as Alvin's fief, will definitely not be returned to the Ottoman Empire.

Whether there will be an Ottoman Empire by then may not exist.

The trial of Richard Brown and Ford Lew continued as usual the next day.

Half an hour into the trial, Haig and Rock participated in the trial, the military judge read out the charges against Richard Brown and Ford Lew, and Angie, as Richard Brown and Ford Lew's defender, Explained to the interim court why Richard Brown and Ford Lew had not carried out Haig's order.

A routine trial is meaningless, and the outcome of the trial is doomed before the trial begins. After 10 minutes of pretentious discussion between Kitchener and William Robertson, Kitchener announced the outcome of the trial.

Roque returned to Cyprus on the second day after the trial. On the same day, Richard Brown, who was physically and mentally exhausted, returned to southern Africa. Ford Lew did not return to Cyprus with Roque. Neji Legion.

The newly established Nezhi Legion has six divisions, all of which are 5000 reorganized divisions equipped with British standard weapons. After the New Year, the Nezhi Legion will cooperate with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to launch a general attack on the Ottoman Empire. Rock will complete his work In one battle.

(End of this chapter)