Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 973

After the outbreak of World War II, the War Department issued a total of about 150 field interview permits for media coverage of the front lines.

The position of the media in this era is not clear enough. Many war reporters who report on the war are of German descent, so some reports in the newspapers are actually very unfavorable to Britain.

Even if all the media are not exaggerated or biased, truthful reporting of the World War is actually not good for the UK. Think about how many people have died since the World War. If the media reported the truth, then would the British dare to join the army? Well, those pacifists in the UK will go to heaven, and Frenzi's sister is a pacifist.

Considering the needs of the World War, the Ministry of War no longer issued new battlefield interview permits, and the certificates already issued were gradually withdrawn. Only a few media with firm stances and reports that fully met the requirements of the Ministry of War still had the right to report on the battlefield.

The two reporters captured by Martin's subordinates have yet to be verified. From the perspective of the diary alone, if the report is published, it will have a great impact on the South-Inland Allied Forces.

Even if it is not reported now, considering the virtues of the British, as long as they have a little writing ability, they are willing to write something like "Memoirs" and realize it. This is also a huge threat to the Southern Allied Forces.

"Where are they?" Martin had a headache, and his subordinates still couldn't handle things.

"We encountered resistance when we captured them. They were armed and died accidentally during the capture—" the adjutant's answer satisfied Martin.

"What nonsense, how could this be!" Martin yelled, the expression on his face was definitely not angry, but almost laughing.

"Uh, no, they were attacked by the rebels. When we arrived, the rebels had already fled and took away their belongings." The adjutant is still very smart, that's right.

"Immediately dispatch the gendarmerie and put all the Ottomans within ten miles of the attack site into concentration camps." Martin closed the diary in his hand and threw it back into the pile of belongings.

The adjutant immediately packed up all the things and took them away, and there was no need to ask Martin for instructions on how to deal with them.

That’s not true. If there is such a thing in the future, it is estimated that it will not be reported to Martin. During the World War, the number of British people who died did not know. .

Roque didn't even know what happened in Damascus. He was in Paris now, attending Joseph Gallieni's funeral.

Joseph Gallieni was probably the best general in the French army. During the Battle of the Marne, Joseph Gallieni played a huge role as the commander of the city defense of Paris. Although most of the honor of winning the Battle of the Marne went to Jaffre, But Joseph Gallieni deserves credit.

After serving as Minister of War, in order to ensure that France continued to fight, Joseph Gallieni dragged his sick body to work day and night, and was finally tired at work. Last winter, Joseph Gallieni underwent his first operation.

The operation was quite successful, and Joseph Gallieni returned to work. At this time, Germany launched the Battle of Verdun. Before the war, Joffre transferred the troops and artillery of Verdun to the Somme River, preparing to launch The Battle of the Somme, which led to the emptiness of Verdun and heavy casualties in the French army. The cabinet believed that Joffre must be responsible for this. Joseph Gallieni once again protected Joffre. Joffre is a hero of France. Joseph Galli Eni advocated that Joffre be transferred back to Paris to serve as the commander-in-chief of the army, but he was only responsible for rear military supply management, similar to that of Kitchener in the UK now.

However, this suggestion was strongly opposed by Joffre. Joffre believed that Joseph Gallieni was targeting him. Regardless of the fact that Joseph Gallieni's body had not yet fully recovered, he often had quarrels with Joseph Gallieni.

Joseph Gallieni's secretary recalled that Joffre often took pictures of the table in Joseph Gallieni's office.

At the end of February, Joseph Gallieni's condition worsened. The doctor told Joseph Gallieni that he needed to rest for six months before the second operation to recuperate his body so that he could face the operation in a better physical condition.

Joseph Gallieni rejected the doctor's advice, Verdun was in full swing, France was on the verge of life and death, and Joseph Gallieni had no time to rest.

The doctor’s advice was correct. Joseph Gallieni died of a serious illness without waiting for the second operation. Roque respected Joseph Gallieni very much and came to Paris from Cyprus on his own initiative to participate in the Joseph Galliere Ni's funeral.

In Paris, Roque also learned more and more about the Battle of the Somme.

In the beginning, Joffre only planned to send 45 divisions to participate in the battle, but as time went on, 45 divisions were no longer enough to fulfill Joffre's vision, so the number of troops participating in the battle was increased to 60 divisions, which made the British and French forces in France insufficient. , requires the cooperation of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.

Rock knew that, like the Battle of Verdun, the Battle of the Somme was another cruel meat grinder. In another time and space, the British and French allied forces suffered more than 62 casualties in the Battle of the Somme. The number of casualties can be called the history of war. Among them, the British Expeditionary Force suffered 42 casualties, the French Army suffered 20 casualties, and the German Army suffered 63 casualties.

During the Battle of the Somme, the main force of the French army was attracted to Verdun, so the British Expeditionary Force was the main force. As a result, the British suffered 42 casualties within five months, and their vitality was severely damaged.

Now that he knew the result of the Battle of the Somme, Roque had enough reasons to oppose the launch of the Battle of the Somme, so Roque's attitude was very firm, refusing to dispatch the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to participate in the battle on the grounds that the fighting on the Asia Minor Peninsula had not completely stopped .

But Joffre launched the Battle of the Somme for equally good reasons. The French army suffered heavy casualties in Verdun and urgently needed to relieve the pressure. The Russian Empire launched an attack on the German army at Lake Narach near Vilnius. , There are also problems in employing personnel. The general in charge of commanding the troops to attack is the 68-year-old veteran general Kuropatkin. He served as the Minister of War during the Russo-Japanese War and commanded the Russian troops to fight the Japanese in the Far East. He was dismissed because of the disastrous defeat of the Russian troops. .

After the outbreak of World War II, Kuropatkin returned to the army and served as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army Group. His preparations were not sufficient. The offensive lasted only a week. The Russian troops made some progress, but the offensive had to be stopped.

In just one week, 1.2 soldiers were frozen to death in the Russian Empire. It is hard to imagine that this happened in the Russian Empire. The cold weather has always been Russia's "fifth column", but now it has become Germany's accomplice.

The offensive of the Russian Empire failed, and Joffre could only solve the problem by itself. When Joseph Gallieni was the Minister of War, the logistics of the frontline troops was very smooth. Joffre needed troops and supplies, and the Allies were turning around at a disadvantage since the outbreak of the war.

When Gallieni was still alive, Xiafei couldn't feel the convenience brought by Gallieni. Now that Gallieni is dead, Xiafei began to realize how important Gallieni's existence is.

It is a pity that it is too late. The French cabinet has discussed many times before whether to replace Joffre. In the past, it was Gallieni’s firm support many times before that Joffre was able to stay in office. Now Joffre has lost his amulet. Through Gallieni, all Everyone knows that Xiafei is a cold person by nature, and next time someone proposes to replace the commander-in-chief of the French army, no one will speak for Xiafei again.

Before and after Gallieni's funeral, Roque had been living in Paris. As a conqueror of the Ottoman Empire, anyone who wanted to visit Roque was like a river, but not everyone had the opportunity. Paul Coker and Louis Botha was a regular visitor to Roque's house, and Louis Botha attended Joseph Gallieni's funeral on behalf of the Federal Government of Southern Africa.

"Sometimes we have to admit that luck is really important to a country. Our dull general escaped, and the officers and soldiers on the front must be very disappointed." Always on the brink, with a wide heart and a naturally fat body.

Louis Botha was referring to Joffre. Just five days ago, the German army launched an offensive on the west bank of the Meuse River and once broke through the French defense line. The French army, under the pressure of machine guns, desperately blocked the gap.

On the second day, Xia Fei issued an order to Petain, demanding that Petain "must launch a brave and powerful counterattack in the shortest possible time."

Pétain hadn't organized a counterattack yet, and the German attack struck again. This time, the German army consumed seven trains of artillery shells before the infantry attack. The attack was forced to stop.

It seems that God is the one who has the least position. In Lake Narach, the weather has just finished helping Germany, and now it is starting to help France. I don’t know which country will be the next lucky one.

"Not necessarily, what kind of general there is, there is what kind of subordinates, the most indispensable thing for a butcher's subordinates is a butcher, they don't care about the sacrifice of soldiers." Rock disagrees, Xia Fei's men have gathered a group of butchers now, Bei When it is alternative.

What emerged in the Battle of Verdun was not a hero, but a butcher. After Robert Nivelle, a new butcher appeared in the French army, Charles Mangin, who commanded the most elite fifth division of the French army. He never cared about the casualties of soldiers, and was directly dubbed "The Butcher" by the soldiers.

Another butcher who used machine guns to force the soldiers to attack is Robert Nivelle. These two butchers are now Joffre's confidants and favorite generals. Petain is not liked by Joffre because of his rotation tactics and is gradually being marginalized.

Another confidant of Joffre will be Foch, who is now on the north bank of the Somme and is preparing to launch the Battle of the Somme.

(sorry for being late--)

(End of this chapter)