Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

In the entire Africa, there are only four countries with independent status.

Except for southern Africa and Egypt, which had just gained independent status after the end of the world war, the only countries in Africa with independent status were Abyssinia and Liberia, established by the United States.

Let’s not talk about Liberia. It is equivalent to an American colony. The system is copied from the United States. Unfortunately, it is completely different.

Although Egypt is independent, the Suez Canal is still controlled by the British, and the home port of the British Mediterranean Fleet is still Alexandria. Egypt's independence is neither fish nor fowl.

Only southern Africa and Abyssinia are truly independent.

Not to mention southern Africa, if the Italians were given the courage, the Italians would not dare to invade southern Africa, so Abyssinia became the only option.

Italy's strength has improved rapidly in recent years. Thanks to Italy's talent for taking sides, Italy became the victorious country after the World War and successfully entered the "Washington Naval Treaty" and became one of the "Big Five".

In the "Washington Naval Treaty", Italy received a displacement quota of 175,000 tons of battleships and 60,000 tons of aircraft carriers. However, due to limited strength, Italy did not build a new large warship for a long time.

It was not until the construction of the "Vittorio Veneto" class battleship started that Italy ended its embarrassing history of not building a large warship for fifteen years.

In addition to the navy, Italy is also lackluster in the army.

The World War introduced the world to an embarrassing Italy. During the 12 consecutive battles of the Isonzo River over a period of four years, the Italians miraculously failed to achieve the campaign objectives in any of them. Instead, they were pushed forward by the German-Austrian Allied Forces.

In Italy, it was not until the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force led by Roque sent troops to Italy to support the Italian war that it could withstand the offensive of the German-Austrian coalition.

After the World War, like Britain, France, and the United States, Italy underwent large-scale disarmament. Fat Bald came to power through a coup and established a poisonous rule in Italy. With Germany's march into the Rhineland, Fat Bald's ambitions finally could not be contained, and he once again launched an attack on Abiy.

Invasion of Xenia.

The only bright spot of the Italian army is the air force.

I still remember that during the Italian-Turkish War, the Italians established their own air force by purchasing fighter jets from southern Africa and hiring southern African pilots.

Among European countries, Italy established its air force relatively early, and it gradually had the ability to independently develop and manufacture aircraft before the World War.

During the World War, Italy had two bombers with very good performance. Nyasaland Airlines even managed to get two of them, took them apart for research, and spoke highly of them.

After the World War, Italy, as the victorious country, did not face any restrictions on its aviation industry.

Like Nyasaland Airlines, the Italian aviation industry began to turn to the civilian market and launched several civilian aircraft with good performance, which were also well received by the market.

Abyssinia is located in North Africa and is surrounded by colonies from Britain, France, and Italy. None of the three countries wanted Abyssinia to become a colony of any one country, so Abyssinia was able to maintain its independence.

It was not until Italy sent troops to Abyssinia that Roque knew that Italy and France had reached an agreement and had recently signed the "Italo-France Treaty" in Geneva, Switzerland.

"The evil consequences of the appeasement policy have now begun to appear. If Germany had not invaded the Rhineland, there would have been no Treaty between Italy and France." Ade was old but not confused, and he could see through the background of the Treaty between Italy and France at a glance.

Germany marched into the Rhineland, and France was very disappointed with Britain's appeasement policy.

In fact, this cannot be blamed on the British. After all, although the French expressed strong opposition verbally, they did not take actual actions. In essence, it was an appeasement policy.

France hoped that Britain would take the initiative to stop the German expansion.

The attitude of the British is even clearer. The first threat from German expansion is France.

You French people just yell but don't do anything.

Why should the British bleed for the French?

Anyway, it’s just chicken feathers all over the place.

After being disappointed with the British, France was eager to win over more allies against Germany.

It was against this background that the King of Yugoslavia was assassinated in Paris some time ago.

In order to contain the Germans, the French also tried their best.

After failing to win over the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the French turned to the Italians.

Although Italy did not perform well in the World War, it was still one of the top five after all. In addition, the fat bald man looked quite strong. Italy has performed well in recent years. It has even begun building battleships approaching the G7 level. Italy then

Become a life-saving straw for the French.

Of course, if you want to gain the support of Italians, you have to pay a price.

Abyssinia is the price.

"If France opposes Italy's invasion of Abyssinia, then Britain will also oppose it now." Philip shook his head speechlessly, equally disappointed with Britain.

North Africa was originally a dead end.

Although Abyssinia claims to have an army of 350,000, the actual modern army is only over 10,000.

The "modern" here refers to troops equipped with modern weapons and receiving a certain degree of training.

The remaining more than 300,000 people are just a make-up and basically have no fighting capacity.

The reason why Abyssinia is so weak and still exists today is because of the mutual checks and balances between Britain, France, and Italy.

Now that France and Italy have signed the "Italo-France Treaty", the price France paid was its acquiescence in Italy's invasion of Abyssinia.

If Britain takes a clear-cut stance against Italy's invasion of Abyssinia at this time, the relationship between Britain and Italy will take a turn for the worse.

In this case, Britain would have to face a joint attack from France and Italy in the Mediterranean.

"The French should not pin their national security on the Italian-French Treaty. The Italians are unreliable and capricious. The Italian-French Treaty will instead become a shackles for the French." Kitchener still has feelings for Britain, and Britain

The attitude between the French and the French is that they dislike each other.

But we have to cooperate.

"Italian expansion in North Africa may affect our interests in North Africa." Roque felt heavy. Italy's invasion of Abyssinia meant that World War II was imminent.

In fact, if Britain and France repented now, it would still be possible to stop World War II.

Mustaches and bald heads, as well as Japanese ambitions, were gradually promoted in the context of appeasement.

Japan established a puppet state.

Britain and France endured it.

Germany advances into the Rhineland.

Britain and France endured it again.

Now that Italy is invading Abyssinia, if Britain and France continue to tolerate it, then the deterrent power of Britain and France will no longer exist.

"Are you worried about the Suez Canal?" Ader served as Egyptian commissioner and is very familiar with the situation around the Mediterranean.

'It's not just Suez' Roque is worried about Cyprus.

The Italian invasion of Abyssinia is not terrible.

What's scary is the subsequent chain reaction.

France and Italy both regard the Mediterranean as their core interests and own the Elizabeth oil field in southern Africa, so they can view the competition between France and Italy from a detached position.

Anyway, no matter who wins the arms race, it will be inseparable from the oil in southern Africa.

Now that France and Italy have reached the "Italo-France Treaty", the security of Cyprus and even the Elizabeth oil field is threatened.

The British were relieved. France and Italy united, and southern Africa had to get closer to the British. Now the British Mediterranean Fleet finally had the strongest ally in the Mediterranean.

Of course this can also be said the other way around.

After Jan Smuts' trip to London, the Southern African Navy and the Royal Navy have resumed cooperative relations, and the Cyprus Squadron will resume joint exercises with the British Mediterranean Fleet next year, which will definitely cause tensions in France and Italy.

The signing of the Italian-French Treaty is not unrelated to this.

"Then help Abyssinia and prevent the Italian invasion." Kitchina was decisive in killing, and southern Africa was the best at this kind of thing.

"No, no, no, if that happens, Italy will become our enemy." Ade suddenly looked weird in the middle of his sentence.

It turns out that southern Africa, like Britain and France, is a staunch supporter of the appeasement policy.

There is nothing we can do about it. If Southern Africa takes action to stop Italy, Britain and France will become the biggest beneficiaries.

So why?

Why should southern African soldiers be allowed to bleed and die for irrelevant British and French people thousands of miles away from home?

"Then let's discuss how to maximize our interests under the current situation." Philip is the most realistic. Since he can't stop it, let's see if there is any possibility of profiting from it.

However, what caught the three elders in southern Africa off guard was that Italy today is obviously more capable than Italy thirty years ago.

In August, Italian troops invaded Abyssinia in three routes. The Italian troops on the northern route, led by General De Bono, the Italian Governor of East Africa, attacked Tigray Province from Eritrea and occupied Adua on September 5. Ten days later,

Break through the Afghan defense line and occupy Makare, the capital of Tigray Province.

Although the progress of the Italian army on the east route was slow.

The Italian army on the southern route, led by Graziani, was unstoppable and successfully captured Gorahe on October 8.

On this day, the League of Nations determined that Italy's invasion of Abyssinia was an act of aggression and decided to impose sanctions on Italy.

Tell a joke, League of Nations sanctions

It's really a joke. It's hard to imagine that even oil is not included in the embargoed goods under the sanctions imposed by the League of Nations.

Moreover, the Suez Canal is still open to Italy, allowing Italian warships and merchant ships to pass unimpeded.

Roque was not surprised at all by the fighting prowess of the Italian army during the invasion of Abyssinia.

In other words, with the current strength of the Italian army, it would be unreasonable if the war lasted for a long time.

However, for the British and French, compared with the Italian army during the World War, the current Italian army performed amazingly.