Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

When Germany began to attack Poland, civilians in St. Roch had already begun to evacuate.

The first people to be evacuated were women and children. Some of them returned directly to southern Africa by boat, while others went to the British mainland and then to southern Africa via the British mainland. Everything went in an orderly manner.

In 1939, Saint-Roch had a fixed population of 150,000, and migrant workers plus tourists who lived in Saint-Roch added up to nearly half a million people.

After Germany invaded Poland, this number doubled to one million.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that war is inevitable. Southern Africa may be the last piece of pure land. People from all over Europe who want to escape the war are flocking to Saint-Roch.

There were so many people hoping to escape Europe that the queue waiting to enter Saint-Roch was ten kilometers long. Saint-Roch mobilized all available ships, but still could not meet the demand. Cruise ships with ocean-going capabilities from Britain and France also arrived one after another.

The price of a ferry ticket has been increased to ten times what it was before, but it is still expensive but not marketable.

On the Avenue de France, the main entrance to Saint-Roch, Henry from Dunkirk holds a tin trumpet to maintain order.

"Don't crowd, go forward one by one, and keep quiet, otherwise you will lose the qualification to enter Saint Roch——"

Henry's mouth was dry. There were too many people hoping to escape Europe through Saint-Roch. Some of them were driving cars with luggage on the roof, some were driving carriages, which were also full of luggage, and more of them were on foot.

When they came, the adults were holding their children and the old men were dragging their luggage, their faces full of panic and their whole bodies desolate.

Hundreds of tables are lined up at the entrance, and all people waiting to enter San Roque are strictly checked.

Weapons are strictly prohibited. Most European countries do not ban guns. People have the habit of carrying weapons with them.

Not now. For safety reasons, Saint Roch strictly prohibits people from bringing weapons into Saint Roch. When no one has weapons, even if someone deliberately creates chaos, it will not have much impact.

"No, it is my right to bear arms. I need arms to protect me and my family." Some people understand, but naturally some people don't.

"I don't have time to explain to you, either throw the gun into the basket or leave." The staff responsible for the inspection had a hoarse voice. Defending one's family and country is also a personal right, and few French people have taken the initiative to join the army.

In the bamboo basket next to the table, there are all kinds of guns, including Brownings produced in Nyasaland, German Ruger, British Webleys, and even ancient matchlock guns. These are all considered antiques, I guess.

It is a collection, not a weapon. Unfortunately, it still cannot escape the fate of being confiscated.

"Please, this is my only property." Someone was begging.

"Then I suggest you leave, because even if you enter Saint-Roch, you have no chance to board the ship." Even if the staff is lenient, the ship owner will not.

Woo——

A shrill and shrill air raid siren suddenly sounded, and the crowd suddenly became commotion.

Could it be that the Germans have already reached St. Roch?

"Quiet, don't worry, it's just a drill, the Germans are still far away -" the staff tried to comfort, but they were yelling in their hearts.

The panicked crowd is in a state of extreme mental stress. If the air raid siren is raised at this time, it may cause riots.

Tossing around.

The comfort of the staff did not have much effect. Some children were so frightened that they cried incessantly, and their tempers were on the verge of collapse. Arguments broke out at multiple checkpoints, and physical conflicts began to break out at some checkpoints.

Boom!

The mercenaries maintaining order fired warning shots. If anyone dared to cause trouble, they would shoot.

Saint Roch's current troops, in addition to the sailors of the Saint Roch Squadron, are mercenaries from the Umbrella Company.

There is a regiment of umbrella mercenaries stationed in San Roque. Although the number is a little small, the weapons and equipment are very advanced, including tanks and armored vehicles. If war breaks out, this regiment will join the Southern African Defense Forces collectively.

To put it bluntly, it is the Southern African Defense Force without uniforms.

The Southern African Defense Force is very patient when dealing with southern Africans.

When it comes to Europeans, the Southern African Defense Forces are seriously impatient.

These people waiting in line to enter St. Roch, even if they enter St. Roch, there is a high chance that they will not go to southern Africa, but will only take temporary refuge in St. Roch. After all, not everyone can afford a five hundred rand ticket.

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"God, these people are crazy, why don't they take up arms to fight the invaders?" Sean from Nyasaland couldn't understand. If Nyasaland faced an invasion, Sean would never leave Nyasaland.

Saran.

This has nothing to do with education. The French government also educates French people to bravely take up arms and fight against invaders. Unfortunately, the French do not have a country worth bleeding and dying for. Even the upper class of France are busy running away. Why should ordinary French people be asked to do so?

France fighting?

If Nyasaland is invaded by a foreign enemy, the first people to take up arms to defend Nyasaland will be members of the Locke family. If any Nyasaland dares to escape at that time, they will be killed by other Nyasalans without the need for the enemy to take action.

The Lan people beat him to death.

"France doesn't love French people, so why should French people love France?" The smile on Henry's face was uglier than crying. His family had already left for southern Africa, and at least Henry didn't need to worry about his family's safety.

Compared with ten years ago, there are no free farms for immigrants in southern Africa, and the work in southern Africa is more intensive than in France.

French factories have begun to fight for a 40-hour work week. Even when Germany invaded Poland, French workers did not give up.

Most factories in southern Africa have a nominal 40-hour working day, but in fact they have to work overtime every day. Of course, overtime work is paid overtime.

Britain and France began to implement new conscription systems, and their armies were expanding wildly.

Sadly, factories in the UK and France do not have the ability to meet the needs of the military.

This is also understandable. Take the UK as an example. During peacetime, the British Army only retains one battalion of honor guards. Even if one person has one set of clothes per day, they cannot even support a factory. Capitalists never engage in money-losing business.

The companies capable of taking orders from the UK and France are all in southern Africa.

Forget about the United States. The United States is also expanding its military. American companies cannot even meet the needs of the US military and have no spare production capacity.

So orders are flying to southern Africa like snowflakes, and overtime has become a normal phenomenon. Not only military industry companies, but all companies are working overtime crazily.

It is absolutely true that when the cannon goes off, there is a thousand taels of gold.

In just one month, the number of British Army soldiers increased from less than 60,000 to 760,000.

The additional 700,000 people resulted in orders as high as 135 million rand, with an average of nearly 200 rand per person.

This is just ordinary equipment.

To form combat effectiveness, it is not as simple as one person, one set of clothes and one rifle. You need machine guns, artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, and Army aviation helicopters. Do you need to consider them?

To transport more than 700,000 troops across the English Channel to France, ships are too slow. Do you want to know about transport planes? It only takes six minutes to fly across the English Channel from England to France.

This is not an exaggeration. The maximum speed of the export-oriented transport aircraft in Southern Africa is 330 kilometers per hour.

The narrowest point of the English Channel is known to be only 21 miles, equivalent to 33 kilometers.

Exactly six minutes.

It's just a matter of stepping on the accelerator.

"This is not something you, a Frenchman, should say." Sean was rude, and his disdain for Henry was not concealed in his words.

"Sean, you are from southern Africa and don't understand the sadness of being French -" Henry did not defend and could not explain.

Henry didn't know why France, once a long-established imperialist country, had fallen to where it is today.

Before Germany even started to attack France, the French were already panicked to the point of fleeing France.

Once Germany starts attacking France, what will happen to France?

In fact, France is not without the power to fight.

From the perspective of industrial strength, France in 1939 was still the sixth largest industrial power in the world.

Although France's industrial share has dropped from 6% of the world's total industry in the early 1930s to 3.5% now, this is mainly due to the insufficient operating rate of French factories. A 40-hour work week is certainly much less than a 50-hour work week.

What's more, the unit efficiency is not good either.

Once French factories go all out, French industry cannot compare with southern Africa or the United States, at least not much worse than the United Kingdom.

The key is that the French factory cannot go all out.

By 1939, France boasted an army of 3 million, with more tanks and artillery than Germany. The French Air Force now had 1,500 military aircraft. After Germany began to invade Poland, France, like the United Kingdom, ordered "Hurricane" fighter jets from southern Africa.

For 2200 aircraft.

This time the French will not tear up the order because the amount has been paid in advance.

Full payment!

At the critical moment, France is still the rich France.

It's a pity that Paris probably won't be able to wait for the "Hurricane" fighter jets. Even if all the aircraft factories in southern Africa start building "Hurricanes", the first batch of "Hurricanes" will not arrive in France until two months later.

"You should learn from the Spanish now and move the capital from Paris to North Africa, so that France will have greater strategic depth." Sean revealed the secret. If French politicians can be as sober as Sean, then France will probably not

Kneel down so quickly.

"Move the capital? No, no, no, France is not Spain. The Germans will never be able to occupy Paris." Henry was very contradictory. On the one hand, he was very confident, but on the other hand, he had no confidence.

Henry believed that Paris would not be occupied by Germany, but he sent his family to southern Africa early. This cannot be explained by common sense.

Perhaps this is France now, conflicted and confused, not knowing which way to go.

ps: I am also very confused now. I will communicate with the editor later to determine where the boundary is——