Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

The attack on Mogadishu was so effortlessly incredible.

When the Indian Ocean Fleet arrived in Mogadishu, there were two infantry divisions stationed in Mogadishu, and the total force of the navy was about 30,000. It was not without its own efforts.

What is unbelievable is that Mogadishu, including the Prince of Savoy, the governor of the Italian East African colony, showed no fighting spirit from top to bottom. After receiving the ultimatum from the Indian Ocean Fleet, the Prince of Savoy fled in a hurry

, all the destroyers and submarines docked in the military port were captured without any help, and the defenders were all taken prisoner without firing a shot, which is simply amazing.

After the outbreak of the World War, the Royal Navy pursued German civilian ships all over the world. The captains of those civilian ships even knew how to scuttle the ship when they could not escape, and did not leave it to the British.

The performance of the Italian Navy is not as good as that of the captains of German civilian ships.

As the daily humiliated protagonist of this book, the French Navy also chose to sink itself tragically when receiving the ultimatum.

With the surrender of the garrison, the large amount of supplies that Italy had hoarded in Mogadishu before the war were all captured by the Indian Ocean Fleet, including nearly 400,000 tons of heavy oil that the Italian Navy desperately needed alone.

After Italy declared war on Britain and France, Britain blocked the Suez Canal, and most merchant ships that were unable to return to Italy chose to dock in Mogadishu.

These merchant ships, as well as the supplies carried on the merchant ships, were all captured by the Indian Ocean Fleet, including 22 merchant ships of more than 10,000 tons.

The surrender of Mogadishu had a greater effect on the morale of the Allied forces.

Since the outbreak of the European War, the Germans have been winning steadily, and the Allied forces have been defeated, first Poland, then Norway, then the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

For a while, the British radio broadcasted news of the Allied victory every day, but the location of victory was constantly approaching Paris. Smart people knew what this meant.

Mogadishu was the first large city to surrender to the Allies after the outbreak of the European War.

Not to mention the great news of the surrender of the Prince of Savoy.

After Winston learned the news, he immediately went to Congress to report to the members of Congress the progress of Southern Africa in East Africa.

Although East Africa is thousands of miles away from London, the news still makes the British feel excited.

So the pressure was all on Weiweier's side.

Same as Africa

Also faced with the Italian colonial servant army

The Indian Ocean Fleet captured Mogadishu as soon as it took action, but the Nile Army Group led by Wavell could only defend passively. London's dissatisfaction with Wavell gradually accumulated.

Wei Weier was even more depressed.

The Indian Ocean Fleet is strong. Jackson Marshall formed a luxurious fleet to attack Mogadishu. He dispatched four aircraft carriers, two battleships, and the cooperation of the Marine Corps. What did Wavell have?

The Nile Army sounds like it can bluff people, but in fact it can only bluff people.

The group army of less than 50,000 men was severely lacking in heavy weapons and ammunition.

Although Britain also had a fleet in the Mediterranean, Wavell did not have the right to command the Mediterranean fleet. Cunningham took the main force of the Mediterranean fleet to look for the main force of the Royal Navy of the Kingdom of Italy for a decisive battle every day. Unfortunately, the Italian Navy did not give Cunningham a chance.

Two "Veneto" class battleships of the Italian Navy have entered service.

After the tension between Britain, France, Germany and Italy in 2037, Italy added two more "Veneto" class battleships, "Roma" and "Imperial", both of which are still under construction.

The current strength of the Italian Navy is actually no less than that of the British Mediterranean Fleet.

The key problem is the lack of fuel for the Italian Navy.

Before the outbreak of the European War, Italy only stored one million tons of heavy oil, which was only enough for the Italian Navy to use for one year, so the Italian Navy had to use oil sparingly.

Italian North Africa and East Africa, although both were Italian colonies, had different situations.

Italian North Africa was captured by Italy long before the outbreak of the last world war. Its rule was relatively stable, and the Italians could focus more on attacking Egypt.

There are still widespread rebels in Abyssinia in Italian East Africa. The main force of Italian East Africa is not in Mogadishu, but is still suppressing the rebels in Abyssinia, so the Indian Ocean Fleet

Only then can you succeed with one blow.

Wavell was now unable to protect himself. If he wanted to achieve a glorious victory similar to that of the Indian Ocean Fleet, he urgently needed the support of the British mainland.

The British mainland is also too busy taking care of itself, and now it can't even take care of Wavell.

Since the big bombing on the night of August 2, German bombing of London has become normal. The German army will bomb London indiscriminately every night, putting unprecedented pressure on the British Air Force.

The use of radar can provide early warning to the British Air Force to a certain extent.

However, due to the limited performance of radar, the British Air Force still had to send people to use naked eyes to find German aircraft.

In order to better prevent the German army, the British government mobilized about 50,000 people to monitor the English Channel.

It's easy to say during the day, the German aircraft can be clearly observed with the naked eye.

This method is completely useless at night, and current aircraft do not have the ability to fight at night. Even if the Southern African Air Force joins, it will not help.

Of course it's not without any effect.

After Southern Africa entered the war, the First Army, which had completed its assembly in Walvis Bay, left for the British mainland to assist in the defense. The Southern African Air Force also sent reinforcements to the British mainland. Now, at least during the day, the number of German air force dispatches is getting less and less.

The most formidable thing about the Southern African Air Force is its strategic bomber force, which numbers as many as 2,500 aircraft.

With so many bombers, certainly not all of them can be sent to the British mainland. Only about 700 strategic bombers are sent to the British mainland.

More strategic bombers are deployed at Port Elizabeth and Changi Naval Base, which are the top priorities of the strategic air force in southern Africa.

Uxbridge, in the western suburbs of London, is the command center for British Air Force operations.

The command center is located 15 meters underground, like a small theater. The command center is about 20 meters deep and has two floors. In the center is a sand table map of the terrain around London. On one side of the wall is a large blackboard covered with small light bulbs.

, each light bulb represents an aviation squadron.

The light bulbs are divided into six rows, each row representing a fighter combat group. When the bottom row of light bulbs lights up, it means that these squadrons are ready for takeoff operations and can take off immediately within two minutes.

When the penultimate row of light bulbs lights up, it means that these aviation squadrons can take off for combat within five minutes.

By analogy, the top row takes 20 minutes.

The light bulbs on the other wall indicate the combat status of all aviation squadrons.

Yellow indicates an enemy aircraft has been spotted.

Red means fighting is underway.

Green means returning home.

There are about 200 staff members in the entire command center. Under their command, the British Air Force guards the skies of London.

When Don Juan walked into the command center, the entire command center was brightly lit.

After southern Africa declared war on Germany, the First Army headed for the British mainland in batches under the escort of the Atlantic Fleet. As the commander-in-chief of the First Army, Don Juan arrived in London on August 12 with the first batch of Armored First Army to board the ship.

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After arriving in the British mainland, the First Armored Corps took over the defensive positions originally belonging to the British 3rd Division and deployed defenses around Cape Dover, always preparing to deal with the German landing.

"Good evening, Don." British Air Force Secretary Archibald Sinclair warmly welcomed Don Juan's arrival. Next to him was Major General Parker of the Air Force.

As Air Secretary, Archibald Sinclair himself was not responsible for commanding the battle. The person who actually commanded the battle between the British Air Force and the Luftwaffe was Major General Parker.

As the commander of the First Army, Tang Juan himself was not responsible for commanding the air force operations. The person commanding the air force operations was Major General Xu Xiu, commander of the 2nd Bomber Wing.

Yes, that's the Xu Xiu who once flew the "Strong Wind" across the English Channel.

The three pilots who flew the "Strong Wind" across the English Channel, Xu Chengzhi now serves as the director of the First Operations Room of the Air Force Ministry, and Ethan serves as the commander of the carrier-based aircraft force on the "Nyaasaland". The three of them are all major generals.

"Good evening, Secretary Sinclair, hello, Major General Parker." Don Juan greeted Archibald Sinclair and Major General Parker respectively. The main purpose of his and Xu Xiu's visit this time was to coordinate operations and discuss revenge.

German possibilities.

As mentioned above, starting from August 2nd, the German bombing of London has become normal. For 12 days until the 14th, the Luftwaffe will send at least a hundred bombers to bomb London indiscriminately every night.

Previously, the British Air Force lacked strength and could only respond passively.

Now with the addition of the Southern African Air Force, Archibald Sinclair and Major General Parker planned a retaliatory operation against the Germans.

The Germans could bomb London.

Naturally, the British could also bomb Berlin.

The only problem was that the German bombers took off from an airport in France, very close to London.

If the British Air Force wants to bomb London, it can only take off from airports in the UK. The nearest airport is about 800 kilometers away from Berlin.

If the British Air Force wanted to bomb Berlin, it would definitely need to send fighter jets to escort it.

However, the range of the British Air Force fighter jets was seriously insufficient and could not escort the bombers throughout the entire journey, so this plan could not be implemented before.

Now with the addition of the Southern African Air Force, the situation has greatly improved.

The "Flying Fortress" and "Super Flying Fortress" of the Southern African Air Force have sufficient capabilities to bomb Berlin.

The "Cheetah" fighter jets installed by the Southern African Air Force are fully capable of escorting bombers throughout the entire journey, let alone 800 kilometers, and another 800 kilometers is not a problem.

"This is the situation. We cannot just be passively beaten. We must let the Germans experience the pain of launching a war. We must bomb Berlin to the ground, return it to its original state, and send all Germans to hell!" Archibald

·Sinclair's expression was ferocious, he had really had enough during this time.