Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

I have to say that Indians are really naive. They don't understand the meaning of self-reliance and hard work. When they encounter problems, they will only ask for external assistance.

Looking for God or the gods of Hinduism is not solving the problem from one's own perspective.

This kind of thinking is actually very normal, just like those who have hands and feet but never work and would rather beg. The problem is that if ordinary people think this way, if even the elites think this way, then the future of the Indian nation will be in doubt.

Very worrying.

After all, like southern Africa, India is now part of the British Empire.

Rock had no time to care about the Indians. Gandhi's request was immediately forgotten by Rock. It was Winston's job to help the Indians. Rock's mission was to defeat the Germans.

The battle at Vimy Ridge is getting intense in a strange way. Since the outbreak of the World War, the altitude of Vimy Ridge has dropped by about two meters. You can imagine how fierce the battle was.

After a short summer, there was continuous rain in autumn. The hillside was covered with corpses that had not been collected in time. The bottom of the hillside was full of silt. Trucks and tanks were no longer usable. The tools for transporting supplies to Vimy Ridge became mules. Many mules.

Drowned.

The battle began again, because the mud was too soft to trigger the detonation device. Many shells disappeared directly into the mud without exploding. The troops defending on the top of the mountain were in better condition. The attacking German troops were struggling to advance in waist-deep mud, often

After only a few steps, he would be mowed down by a hail of machine gun bullets.

Although it was difficult to clean up the unexploded shells in the mud, the weather finally became a boost to the British Expeditionary Force this time.

Ludendorff's troops have not stopped attacking, but in fact the entire offensive operation has completely failed. Germany has gained nothing in 1916. All Ludendorff's ideas at the beginning of the year have not been achieved. After entering 1916, so far,

The German army lost nearly 800,000 people, and the troops released after the armistice on the Eastern Front were basically all lost. Ludendorff did not take responsibility for the failure, and Prime Minister Org Michaelis, who had just taken office, became the scapegoat.

The person who succeeded Org Michaelis as Prime Minister was Count Georg von Hertling. Unlike the warlike Ludendorff and Hindenburg, Count Georg von Hertling wanted to become the Prime Minister of Germany.

A "Peace Prime Minister".

Like Germany, France is tottering in the storm.

French Prime Minister Briand, who was wavering between the war faction and the peace faction, resigned again as expected. The new prime minister was the 75-year-old Georges Clemenceau.

Georges Clemenceau was a staunch activist and was nicknamed the "Tiger of France." After being appointed Prime Minister by Poengale, Clemenceau said in a speech in the Parliament: "My domestic policy is

It’s: I want to fight! My foreign policy is: I want to fight!—I want to fight at any time and anywhere—and I will continue to fight until the last moment of my life.”

As the time came to October, snowflakes began to fall in the sky, and the German offensive on the Western Front was forced to stop.

In 1916, Germany faced unprecedented difficulties. At the beginning of the year, Germany's domestic arsenals could produce 113,000 rifles per month, but by October they could only produce 9,000 rifles per month.

The production of heavy artillery shells was 400,000 rounds per month at the beginning of the year. By October, the production dropped to one-third of the beginning of the year, which was simply unable to meet the needs of the front line.

Because there was not enough cotton, the bandages issued by the German army in the winter of 1916 were made of paper, and their underwear also became paper. The cotton coats were still old cotton coats produced in 1914. The German army had not replaced them since 1914.

New clothing.

At the same time as the shortage of supplies, food rations were further reduced, falling to a very dangerous level. The front-line troops had not eaten meat for a long time, and potatoes became the main rations for the front-line troops. It seems to be relatively sufficient now, but at that time because of the

Since the potatoes have been harvested, what about next spring?

No one knows what will happen then. If Germany cannot find a way to lift the British blockade of the German coastline, then no matter how firm the Germans are, Germany will completely collapse next spring.

Like Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was on the verge of collapse. Karl I's efforts for peace were in vain. Germany could not accept the peace conditions offered by the Allies, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire would continue to persist.

In the summer of 1916, the Austro-Hungarian Empire began to recruit young people born after 1900.

It is inaccurate to describe this group as young people. Strictly speaking, these people born after 1900 are still children. Before they grow up, they are forced to join the army and go to the front line. Many of them do not even have rifles with bayonets.

high.

For the Allied Powers, these conditions were exciting.

Rock's staff judged that Germany would collapse in the spring of 1917, which was about half a year earlier than in another time and space. It is difficult to say how much role Rock played in this. Reflecting the reality, the British Expeditionary Force under Rock's leadership has already

Gain equal status with the French Army.

In another time and space, no matter how British newspapers and magazines glorified it, it could not change the fact that the Western Front was dominated by French troops.

On October 21, the newly-appointed French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau held a banquet at the Prime Minister's residence. Roque, in his triple capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force and Minister of Defense and Minister of War for Southern Africa, was invited to attend.

This should be the first time for Roque. Roque has also attended banquets held by French leaders before, but he always attended as the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force. Many people have almost forgotten that Roque is also from Southern Africa.

Secretary of Defense and Secretary of War.

This is actually a common practice. Under normal circumstances, the commander-in-chief, the minister of defense, and the minister of war cannot be the same person. When the world war broke out, the prestige in Britain was as high as Kitchener, and in France the prestige was as high as Joffre. They could only choose one position.

, it is impossible to serve as commander-in-chief and also hold important government positions at the same time.

Southern Africa is different. Before the outbreak of the World War, for some British and French officials, if they were given a world map, without marking it, many officials might not know the location of Southern Africa at all.

This is still not only for elites such as officials, but also for ordinary people, many of whom have never even heard of the name Southern Africa.

Don't accuse them of not caring about current affairs. For ordinary people, it's already very difficult to live hard.

Roque still wore his marshal's uniform to attend the banquet, which made Pétain, Foch, and Pershing envious. These few are not marshals yet, and the medals on their chests are not as many as Roque's. The key is Roque's.

Not only are there many medals, they are also of high quality, including two Victoria Crosses, one Order of the Garter, one Legion of Honor issued by the French government, two medals of the highest honor issued by the federal government of Southern Africa, and one awarded by King Albert I of Belgium.

Belgium's highest honor awarded.

Rock didn't even know when he received the Belgian Medal, but it was not important. It was just a make-up. Relatively speaking, the two Medals of Honor issued by the federal government of Southern Africa were more precious.

So far, the Southern African federal government has only awarded two of the highest-level Medals of Honor, both to Roque. One was after the surrender of the Ottoman Empire, and the other was after Roque became the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force.

This laid a foundation for the Medal of Honor. In the future, soldiers in southern Africa should be very sad. If they want to obtain the highest level of the Medal of Honor, they must either conquer a country of the level of the Ottoman Empire or serve as the commander-in-chief of the British Commonwealth Army.

The difficulty seems to be quite high.

When "Tiger" Clemenceau saw Roque, he gave Roque a big hug and thanked Roque for his contribution to France.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, safeguarding justice is the responsibility of all of us and requires joint efforts from all of us." Roque said lightly, sincerely tired of the intrigues of these politicians.

Thank you Roque for your contribution to France!

Does it sound formal?

In fact, the starting point is wrong. Roark, the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, why should he contribute to France? The British Empire is not a vassal of France, and all contributions are not free. They must be rewarded after the war. If you want to use

If you want to morally kidnap the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force with just a few frivolous words, then you are thinking too much.

"Of course, our goal is to completely defeat the Germans, make the Germans surrender unconditionally, and fully bear the losses caused by launching a world war to all participating countries. Someone must pay for the wrong behavior." Clemenceau immediately changed the topic.

, but some things cannot be over-interpreted, otherwise there will really be traps everywhere.

Germany's unconditional surrender means unconditionally accepting all France's demands. What demands will the French make at that time?

There is no need to ask this question. France will definitely dismember Germany completely and completely eliminate Germany's threat to France.

But this is unacceptable to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom wants to suppress Germany, but instead of destroying Germany, the United Kingdom also needs Germany to contain France. So don't look at it now. As soon as the world war is over, the British government will immediately support the German station.

Let’s face it, a Europe dominated by one country is not in Britain’s interests.

Of course, this is not a problem that Rock worries about. Clemenceau has Winston to deal with, and Rock's task is to gain more say for Britain.

Now Roque's right to speak is enough, so when Roque speaks, Clemenceau, Foch, Pétain, and Pershing all have to shut up, regardless of whether they agree with what Roque said or not.

Regardless of whether Rock is a cliché or not, they must first give Rock enough respect.

Roque will definitely stick to the defense for a hundred years: "Germany is on the verge of collapse. We don't need to take the initiative to attack to push Germany into the abyss——"

"Don't be blindly optimistic. Often when we are about to win, we are in the most danger -" But some people just don't understand.

ps: The lack of a name in Chapter 870 really doesn’t mean I’m lazy or something else, but I forgot to fill it in——