Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 964 Verdun

The meal was incomparably harmonious, and Rock did not take credit for his pride. After complimenting Winston and the Ministry of War, he praised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Just kidding, without the wise leadership of George V, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force would not have won so quickly.

Haig did not return to London that night, and here we can see the difference in importance. Cyprus is farther away from London than France, but Rock came back earlier, and Haig inadvertently lost points.

The joint meeting began on the second day, focusing on whether it was necessary to cancel the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force after the surrender of the Ottoman Empire.

Haig insisted that after the surrender of the Ottoman Empire, it was unnecessary for the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to maintain a size of 30 people, and insisted that part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force should be transferred to supplement the Western Front.

Rock definitely disagrees. Although the Ottoman Empire has surrendered, the Asia Minor Peninsula needs more troops. The Ottoman Empire has not completely surrendered. In the mountains of the Anatolian Plateau, there are still Ottoman troops fighting. They are now Not knowing the news that the Ottoman Empire had surrendered, Rock estimated that the entire Asia Minor peninsula would need at least 25 defenders.

The 25 is exactly the total number of troops after removing the British and French troops. Rock agreed to transfer the British and French troops to supplement the Western Front, but did not agree to transfer other troops.

"The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force is a unit of the British Empire, not someone's private soldier. Therefore, it is not up to someone to decide whether to deploy troops and which troops to deploy." Haig has lost his mind. He has won the competition with Frenzi. But it was far behind Rock, and jealousy was like a poisonous snake gnawing at Haig's heart.

In addition to Kitchener and Winston, General William Robertson, Chief of Staff of the Royal Army, former Prime Minister Arthur Balfour who succeeded Winston as Secretary of the Navy, Commander of the Home Fleet John Jericho, and George V's special representative, the Duke of Bedford.

"General Haig, the Western Front is of course important, and the Asia Minor Peninsula is equally important. We must consolidate our victory and firmly occupy the Asia Minor Peninsula. As for the Western Front, we should rely more on the French army than our British Expeditionary Force "Winston has long disliked Haig. This person is arrogant, self-willed, self-willed and has no sense of responsibility. Once he loses a battle, he will crazily blame him. He is an out-and-out villain.

Winston's attitude is also very clear. After the outbreak of the World War, the casualties of the British Expeditionary Force were heavy. Up to now, there have been more than 100 million casualties. This is not in line with the national policy of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom has never suffered such a large loss. , The government and the opposition are full of complaints. Haig may not care, but the politicians must not care. If the casualties continue to increase, it will definitely affect the general election next year.

"The French are cowardly, weak and incompetent, and they can't win the victory over Germany." Haig inherited Frenzi's contempt for French generals. This kind of contempt is unreasonable. The price paid by France is definitely greater than that of Britain. If there is no French resistance to the death, the English Channel should already be the front line now.

"You are right, but has the expeditionary force ever won a decent victory under your leadership? Whether it is Mons or the Marne, or Ypres and Russ, the battle reports always show heavy casualties, and the troops are fighting bloody battles." , but the place where the battle took place is getting closer and closer to Paris, you are consuming our vital strength, but you haven't made the progress you should—" Rock directly exposed his scars, and replaced it with the previous Rock, how much will he give? Haig save face, forget it now, Rock conquered the Ottoman Empire, he is qualified to judge anyone.

"You can't blame me for not making progress on the front line. Do you think the Germans are as weak and incompetent as the Ottomans? You just took advantage of it. Now shut up honestly. I am the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force on the western front." Haig He slapped the table and challenged Rock. In the past, Haig would not have said it so bluntly. Now it is different. Rock already has the strength to threaten Haig.

"Bullshit! It's not that I haven't fought the Germans. I commanded Operation Horn of Victory. Have you ever won a victory similar to Operation Horn of Victory? If not, shut up. You're a fucking piece of shit. I will stain your military medal with the blood of soldiers, and I will never hand over any unit to your command, even if you suffer a crushing defeat in France, I am confident that I will keep the Germans out of the mainland!" Rock yelled, The grievances accumulated for a long time gushed out.

Indeed, before the war broke out, Roque was planning to use the war to improve his record and improve the status of southern Africa while reducing the threat of Africans in southern Africa.

But Roque has a principle, even if the threat is reduced in a planned way, it must be done in Roque's way, not like Haig and Xia Fei who carelessly ignore human life.

There is a fact that must be made clear that Rock's views on Africans have also changed since the world war.

In another time and space, the information Roque received from the Western media was all about how ignorant Africans are, how backward Africa is, how the little blacks are so muddy that they can't stick to the wall, and what is the nature of Africans. How inferior.

When he came to this time and space, Rock discovered that Africans are really not as unbearable as the Western media in another time and space. At least the Africans in southern Africa are honest, capable, hardworking, and never mention any conditions. The Belgians in the Congo Free State Africans can endure such tyranny, so Rock's views on Africans are also changing.

Speaking of scum, there are quite a few scum of all races, especially white people. Not to mention all the white people in the colonies are scumbags, at least six out of ten are. Taking southern Africa as an example, the judiciary In the crime cases counted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the proportion of white crimes is significantly higher than that of Africans.

Of course, knowing more about Africans does not mean that Rock will accept Africans, and Rock is unwilling to accept Africans, including Yaya.

There is also a white maid in Yaya's house. If the outside world finds out, it will be another round of verbal criticism.

But thinking about the fact that there are white people working in the red-light district in Cape Town, it is understandable why some white people are willing to hang out with Yaya, or the same sentence, there are hundreds of people, not every white person is clean, for money For the sake of so-called survival, or for the sake of vanity, there are many people who are willing to follow Yaya. Don't think that they are all good girls. There are people who are willing to degenerate everywhere, and it is impossible for Rock to save everyone.

"You're a fucking piece of trash, you're a stinky pig—" Haig was furious, and he obviously didn't notice that Rock had turned him to the floor. He repeated "You're a stinky pig" and "You're a stupid dog", and then Nothing new either.

"Shut up, shut up all the fuck, let's see what you look like, one is the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, and the other is the conqueror of Constantinople, why can't you be gentlemen—" Kitchin Na slapped the table and screamed, Winston glared at Haig, General William Robertson shook his head and smiled wryly, and Marshal John Jericho was dumbfounded.

The Duke of Bedford didn't speak the whole time. He held his chin and listened with great interest, his eyes roving back and forth between Rock and Haig.

When Kitchener was angry, Rock didn't speak, and his contemptuous eyes were still provoking Haig, who couldn't bear it anymore: "Shut up too, he scolded me first, damn it, didn't you hear?"

It didn't seem to be a question of who scolded whom first. Before Rock could react, Winston laughed out loud, clapping his hands and stomping his feet, almost crying.

"Douglas, if you continue to be so presumptuous, I will relieve you of the position of commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force." Kitchener's patience with Haig had reached its limit, and Kitchener was also jointly and severally responsible for the poor performance of the expeditionary force. How many scapegoats did Chinner take for Frenzi and Haig?

Before the outbreak of World War II, Kitchener was like a god of war to the British Army. In the army's recruitment advertisement, Kitchener was almost tied with George V, calling on young people in Britain to join the army and fight for justice and glory.

Now that the world war is not over, Kitchener's reputation is declining sharply. First, the establishment of the Ministry of Military Supplies took away the right to distribute war-related materials from Kitchener.

Immediately after the establishment of the General Staff, Kitchener lost the right to plan the campaign, and had to report to the cabinet every month, explaining the summary of the work of the Ministry of War for the previous month and the work arrangements for the next month.

Now that the Ottoman Empire has surrendered, Kitchener's reputation has finally bottomed out, but at this time Haig is still creating problems. First, he attacked for no reason, causing heavy casualties to the Southern African Expeditionary Force. The general pursued and fought fiercely, which caused Britain to lose face in front of its ally France. Now Haig is provoking Kitchener's authority head-on, and Kitchener has reached the brink of explosion.

Look how well Roque performed. When Kitchener spoke, Roque didn't say a word, and when he listened, he nodded again and again, which clearly spoke to Roque's heart.

"Okay, of course you can do this. Next, you can appoint someone as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force to see if he can lead the expeditionary force to defeat Germany." Haig panted heavily with bloodshot eyes. The pressure was also huge. After the surrender of the Ottoman Empire, the generals on the Western Front were all under pressure, and the pressure on Joffre was even greater.

Kitchener sneered, but before he could speak, Kitchener's secretary suddenly pushed the door in hastily.

"Gentlemen, the Germans have launched an offensive. At least ninety divisions are involved. The whole line is in a hurry!"

The Battle of Verdun finally began, on the first day of 1915.

(Although it's a bit late, I didn't release the pigeons of the brothers!)

(End of this chapter)