Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

Compared with the Atlantic Ocean, most future large-scale naval battles will occur in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

The Indian Ocean is the core interest of southern Africa. Rock's purpose is to lock the Strait of Malacca. If the combined fleet goes crazy, the Philippines will definitely not be able to protect it. East India is probably also in danger. The Strait of Malacca is Rock's last bottom line.

Of course, if possible, Rock still hopes to keep the front line outside East India, so Southern Africa is increasing cooperation with East India, building military ports, military airports, and fortresses in Borneo, preparing to turn Borneo into a drag force

Live as a bridgehead for the Japanese attack.

Although the Japanese army in another time and space did not have as brilliant a record as the German army, it was actually pretty good.

Ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan launched the Battle of the Philippines, and it took half a year to defeat the U.S. military stationed in the Philippines.

Later, when they attacked the Dutch East Indies, the Japanese army made rapid progress, and it only took a mere month to force the Allied East Indies to surrender.

Japan in this time and space is definitely not that good. With the support of Southern Africa, East India's current military strength is not bad. Its submarine force can pose a certain threat to the combined fleet. The army and air force are even more powerful with the help of Southern Africa.

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Among other things, many of the light tanks and armored vehicles that were eliminated in Southern Africa after the replacement were sold to East India. East India now has nearly 400 tanks and armored vehicles, enough to form a mechanized force with strong combat effectiveness.

What I want to explain here is that the light tanks in southern Africa are completely different from the light tanks of the Japanese army.

Japan is short of steel. What little steel there is is occupied by the combined fleet and has no time to take care of the army.

Therefore, the actual combat effectiveness of Japan's so-called tanks is not even as good as the armored vehicles in southern Africa. The thinnest part of the armor is only six millimeters. It is not even a steel plate, it can only be regarded as iron sheet.

The first-generation "Alligator" armored vehicles equipped in southern Africa weigh more than a dozen tons. The weapons they are equipped with are 17.78mm machine guns or 40mm grenade launchers. The current third-generation armored vehicles have been replaced with 20mm machine guns.

The gun has more powerful firepower than the first generation and can pose a threat to European light tanks.

Japanese tanks

To put it bluntly, the word "tank" cannot be used to describe Japan's "tanks". At most, they are infantry fighting vehicles, 3 meters long, with a total combat weight of 3.45 tons, and a 7.7 mm caliber heavy machine gun.

The connection method is still riveting, it looks more like a toy.

And more importantly, Japan lacks oil, so Japan does not dare to let go of manufacturing even such a "Dudin" tank.

By the way, this kind of tank, which you probably wouldn’t even look at in southern Africa, was developed by Japan in 1934.

If Southern African tanks and Japanese tanks met on the battlefield, the scene would probably be pretty good. The "Leopard" medium tanks currently equipped in Southern Africa probably wouldn't even need to fire their guns, they could just roll over them and flatten them.

As for Doudin's 7.7mm machine gun, the "Leopard" tank doesn't know how to shoot casually. If you can break the defense, you can count on Amaterasu to appear.

Therefore, in this time and space, Japan would be considered a victory if it could only land in Borneo in one month, let alone bulldoze East India in one month.

"To strengthen the construction of Changi Naval Base, the airport needs to be further expanded to the point where it can accommodate at least ten wings. Then, Changi Naval Base will be supplemented with a brigade of marines and a division of alliance troops.

The Northern Desia Division must also be prepared to be transferred to the East India at any time. "Roque is not prepared to compete with Japan in the navy. No matter how powerful the battleships are, they will not be able to get ashore. The air force and army are the king."

"If the Northern Rhodesian Division is transferred, what will happen to our homeland?" Stoudemire is still very concerned about the Northern Rhodesian Division. After all, this is the army that Stoudemire paid for.

Rock just laughed and didn't answer.

Anton and Henry raised the corners of their mouths, but they did not laugh out loud like Roark.

The other ministers had nothing to do with themselves, and most of them had relaxed expressions.

Only then did Xiao Si react.

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Are you kidding? Who has the ability to launch an attack on southern Africa, whether it is Germany or Japan?

Under the premise that the East India Fleet blockaded Malacca, it would be difficult for the Combined Fleet to enter the Indian Ocean.

As for the German submarines, Rock transferred half of the main force of the Atlantic Fleet. Then he must give some compensation to the Atlantic Fleet. These compensations must be a steady stream of light cruisers and destroyers. They are a bit small, but they are enough to deal with submarines.

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Moreover, even if German submarines are elusive, they still have a combat radius. In the absence of a supply base, they cannot reach southern Africa at all.

Therefore, once World War II broke out, it would be a waste to keep the powerful Northern Rhodesian Division in southern Africa. It would be better to transfer it to the East Indies to teach the Japanese a lesson.

If the Japanese still dare to attack the East Indies by then.

Should dare

No, it must be fought, because within the known range, only East India has the oil that the Japanese urgently need.

Don't look down on the oil in East India and South Africa, but the Japanese only dream of it.

"Intelligence agencies at all levels must strengthen monitoring of Japan, mainly the movements of the combined fleet. Once a war breaks out, Japan is likely to choose Changi Naval Base as the first target." Roque is also worried that he is playing too big, in case the Japanese do not

To attack Pearl Harbor and to attack Changi Naval Base, Roark became very depressed.

But what worries Rock even more now is that Southern Africa is frantically sending more troops to East India and Changi Naval Base. I wonder if Japan still has the courage to initiate a war with Southern Africa or the United States.

This is easy to handle. If the Japanese get scared, Roque still has a backup plan.

"If you give them the courage, they won't dare to attack Changi Naval Base." Anton's understanding of the Japanese is not sufficient.

Rock ignored Anton and took a look at Sidney Milner who was doing nothing. Strategically, it is a good thing to despise the enemy, but tactically, he must pay attention to it.

Sidney Milner nodded slightly.

Now Sidney Milner is still in charge of Bullard's office.

The meeting ended and the huge war machine in southern Africa began to operate.

The basic military industry sector has finally gotten rid of the state of inactivity caused by insufficient orders in recent years. Not to mention full-load production, it has finally returned to normal. Some factories that have been closed for a long time have also begun to enter a preparatory state and can resume production at any time.

The industrial sector was at full power. Entering 1931, the economy recovered faster and faster. Although Southern Africa left the Commonwealth, it did not completely lose the Commonwealth market. What's more, there was still a large market like the Southern African Union, and demand was still very strong.

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Farmers are the happiest. There is a price protection system, and farmers can maintain harvests despite droughts and floods. As long as they do not commit suicide, their livelihood will definitely not be a problem. This is the basis for southern Africa to maintain stability.

The most depressing thing is the Army. The 1st Armored Division is deployed to Port Elizabeth, the Northern Rhodesian Division is deployed to East Indies, there is not even a decent unit in southern Africa, and the 1st Cavalry Division that was originally planned to be rebuilt has no news.

There are really too many places to spend money. No matter how hard Ada squeezes, she can't squeeze out the money to rebuild the 1st Cavalry Division.

Unlike France's army of hundreds of thousands, the First Cavalry Division is mainly based on helicopters, and the cost is too expensive.

And the current helicopters, strictly speaking, do not meet Rock's requirements, so mass production is not cost-effective, and we still have to wait until the technology matures.

For the same reason, the production rate of "Leopard" medium tanks has been maintained at a rate of more than a dozen units a month.

It's not that it can't be accelerated, but it's meaningless. Japan has just withdrawn from the League of Nations, and Germany has just begun to breathe a sigh of relief. It will take at least three to five years before ambitions grow. There will definitely be more advanced technology by then, so there is no rush now.

The factory can't starve to death anyway, so just maintain the status quo.

Luanda, West Africa, Deputy Commander of the Southern African Union Forces Angel is inspecting the 105th Division stationed in Luanda.

The 105th Division is a force rebuilt after the establishment of the Southern African Union. This force has a long history. It made outstanding achievements during the World War and was disbanded after the World War. Many soldiers chose to stay in France and become French citizens instead of returning to Africa.

After the establishment of the Southern African Union, the three-digit units starting with "1" were rebuilt with the same structure as before. Southern Africans served as officers and the soldiers were basically composed of African Americans.

The difference from before is that this time the status of African-American soldiers has been improved, and the sergeants of some companies have also begun to be held by African-Americans.

"Most of the African-American sergeants majors in our army have participated in the last world war. Many of them have been working in the Umbrella Company since the end of the world war. They have served for more than ten years and have a lot of experience."

Middleton, the commander of the 105th Division, has just turned forty this year. He has also participated in the World War. He is young and has rich experience.

"These veterans are still very valuable. If they are willing to continue serving in the army, they can be recalled in batches." An Qi has no prejudice against African-American soldiers. On the contrary, she likes them very much.

It is said that Germans are the most suitable soldiers in the world, but African Americans are not bad either.

As long as Africans are given adequate nutrition, their physical condition will be fine.

At the same time, because of hundreds of years of European colonization of Africa, Africans' obedience to whites has been ingrained into their bones. If the Germans' fighting can be described as brave, then the troops composed of African Americans can be described as brave and fearless of death.

Of course this also varies by region.

They are also colonial servant armies. The servant armies in southern Africa are not afraid of death, but the French servant armies are lagging behind in various ways.

This is understandable. The Southern African servant army does not say how good the treatment is. At least the food is good, the equipment is not backward, and the salary is paid on time. The morale of the army is naturally relatively high.

Colonial troops like France are just cannon fodder. Their salaries are often withheld. Their weapons and equipment are from before the outbreak of the First World War. Moreover, they don’t even have a meal to eat. They don’t even give the soldiers tomatoes if they want. How strong are they?

Combat power?