Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

In the first two years before the European War broke out, neither Poland nor France caused enough trouble for the Germans, and the Germans never encountered real challenges.

More than two years of invincibility gave Mustache enough confidence, as if the Germans could conquer the world.

Therefore, before the start of "Plan Barbarossa", Mustache was not fully prepared for the difficulties encountered in conquering Russia.

Perhaps Mustache thought that the Russians would be like the French. As long as the German army broke through the French army's line, the French army would be completely defeated. Seeing the arrival of German tanks from a distance, they would take the initiative to throw away all their weapons and surrender.

The German army is indeed powerful.

"Blitzkrieg" is also very powerful.

However, the Russians are not the French. Although the German army can break through the Russian defense line like a scalpel cutting through butter, the Russians will not give up easily. As time goes by, the prospect of the war becomes obscure.

The key is that Russia is too big.

Although France and Poland are not small, they are not as deep or as populous as Russia, and their war potential is not at the same level.

Against Poland or France, as long as the German army breaks through the opponent's defense line, it can march straight in. The Poles and French have no time to organize a second line of defense, and their territory will be penetrated, making victory easy.

Russia has a vast territory. Moscow is 1,600 kilometers away from Berlin and 750 kilometers away from Kiev.

When the German Army Group Center and Army Group South were encircling and annihilating the Russian Southwest Front, Big Beard recruited another 5 million men in Moscow, but Little Beard had already invested all its strategic reserve forces at this time.

In order to conquer Russia, Mustache prepared a total of 23 divisions of strategic reserve forces.

Obviously this was not enough. During the Battle of Minsk, 13 of the 23 divisions were used.

The Battle of Kiev has not yet ended. The Germans have invested all their strategic reserve forces and have to transfer troops from Army Group Center. An armored division originally intended to be sent to North Africa to support Rommel has also been sent to Russia, and at the same time, there are also some who have been transferred.

Included were three armored divisions sent to Greece to support the Italians.

Therefore, the strength of the German-Italian Allied Forces in Greece is now very empty. If the Mediterranean Theater takes advantage of the situation, whether the Germans can defeat Russia in 1941, let alone whether the Germans can defeat Russia in 1941, the Mediterranean Theater will definitely be able to drive the German-Italian Allied Forces out of Greece within 1941 and restore the 1940

years of battle.

Winston is not only dissatisfied with Russia, but also with southern Africa.

Southern Africa issued an ultimatum to the Spanish government without notifying Britain.

The Spanish government talks tough, but in fact it has lost control. Recently, it has frequently contacted London and Washington, hoping to get help from the United Kingdom and the United States.

Franco's attitude was very clear: If you don't help, Spain will become a colony in southern Africa. By then, the influence of the United Kingdom and the United States on Europe will be greatly weakened, and we will all die together.

Not to mention, this kind of recklessness really resonated with the British and Americans to a certain extent, so Winston hoped that Roque could suspend the persecution of Spain and wait for Franco to take the initiative to wake up.

"The Spanish have stated that once the Allied forces land in Europe, Spain will join the Allied forces and fight alongside us." Winston was very optimistic and had high hopes for the Spanish.

"I guess the Spaniards said the same thing to the Germans, otherwise Franco wouldn't have sent troops to participate in the attack on Russia." Roque hates playing both sides. We are fighting a world war now, so wake up, man.

Winston was clearly unconscious.

Or it's intentional and muddled.

"The Spaniards still have strength, and we should try our best to gain all possible support." Winston did not give up. The strength of the Spaniards has been clearly demonstrated in more than four years of the Spanish Civil War.

Without the aid of Germany and Italy, or even his own participation in the war, Franco would have had no chance of winning the civil war.

This is also thanks to the appeasement policy of Britain and France. In order to curb Russia's expansion, Britain and France could only sacrifice the interests of the Spanish.

So the Spanish's strength is a joke.

At least that's true for southern Africa.

"Spain is not included in our plan. It would be best if the Spaniards join the Axis Powers, so that we can get the entire Mediterranean after the war." Roque told Winston.

Now it is obvious that Britain's influence in the Mediterranean has become smaller and smaller. The French are dead but not dead. The Italians may be reborn at any time. Southern Africa is eager to try. It is good that Roque is willing to share the Mediterranean with Winston.

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"I will support British control of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal at any time." Rock promised Winston, but this promise was of little value.

After the World War, it was almost time for Rock and Winston to retire. The future world belonged to young people.

When Roque was Prime Minister of Southern Africa, Southern Africa definitely supported British control of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal.

It's hard to say what will happen after Roque leaves office. Roque and Winston have nothing to do with it.

Perhaps Rock and Winston simply could not see the break between southern Africa and Britain.

"Locke, we discussed this issue during the Saarland meeting. Europe is a Europe for Europeans." Winston tried his best. This was his final bottom line.

During the Saar Conference, Rock and Winston had detailed exchanges about the European War, the most important part of which was about the division of spheres of influence in the post-war world.

Winston hopes that southern Africa will not interfere with Europe after the war.

Rock readily agreed.

But Roque also has requirements, which is a sphere of influence in Asia.

As for the Indian Ocean, considering that Britain will never give up on India, Rock hopes that Britain and southern Africa can respect each other's interests in the Indian Ocean.

Winston also readily agreed.

There is nothing you can do if you disagree.

Once upon a time, the Indian Ocean almost became Britain's inland sea, and there were British military bases everywhere around it.

Now the situation has completely changed. The Persian Gulf has become a lake in southern Africa. Ceylon and Diego Garcia have become enclaves in southern Africa. India is clamoring for independence every day. Australia and southern Africa are flirting with each other and are about to become southern Africa.

backyard.

Even if Winston disagrees, he cannot change the reality that southern Africa has an increasing influence in the Indian Ocean.

As for Asia.

This is where there is the least disagreement.

Even if southern Africa does not take over British influence in Asia, the Americans will.

In the past, Britain supported Japan, hoping to continue to control Asia through Japan.

Now that Britain has discovered that Japan is a white-eyed wolf and wants to monopolize East Asia, it might as well let southern Africa try.

"Europe will always be the Europe of Europeans. Southern Africa has no desire to covet Europe. If Southern Africa is willing, Spain will not be able to become the bridgehead for the invasion of Southern African influence." Roque told the truth. Compared with Spain, Roque

I prefer the sunshine of the Aegean Sea.

Everything about the sphere of influence is fake. Referring to Britain a century ago, no matter how large the sphere of influence is, it will completely collapse if it does not have enough strength to maintain it.

Southern Africa has already taken over the Twelve Islands and Malta. If we try harder to take over Crete, then the eastern Mediterranean, like the Persian Gulf, will become a lake in Southern Africa.

This will not hinder British interests. Even if southern Africa controls the Eastern Mediterranean, British ships can still sail freely.

Of course, this is under the premise of a good relationship.

If relations between southern Africa and Britain deteriorate, look no further than Japan.

Japanese ships have not appeared in the Mediterranean for many years. Ship owners would rather take a large detour through the Panama Canal than be inexplicably inspected, detained, or even disappear without a trace.

Winston was silent for a long time. He fell into boundless despair. He could only sit and watch southern Africa expand its sphere of influence. He wanted to change but had no strength.

While Rock and Winston were discussing how to decide the fate of Spain, the relationship between the Allied forces in Gibraltar and the Spanish army became increasingly tense.

The Strait of Gibraltar is about 90 kilometers long, has an average depth of 375 meters, and is only 11 kilometers at its narrowest point. The British colony of Gibraltar is located on the Gibraltar Peninsula, covering an area of ​​only 6 square kilometers.

The Gibraltar Peninsula has always been Spanish territory. In 1704, the War of Succession broke out in Spain, and Britain became the third winner of the war. The Spanish Bourbons ceded the Gibraltar Peninsula to Britain in exchange for British recognition of its legitimacy.

For more than two hundred years since then, Spain has repeatedly united with France and many European countries to launch military, political, economic, and diplomatic means to regain the Gibraltar Peninsula, but has never been able to do so.

After the outbreak of the European War, Germany used the Mediterranean ocean currents to avoid Allied radar surveillance and freely entered and exited the Mediterranean, causing huge losses to the Allies.

When German submarines entered the Mediterranean, they raised the submarine to a relatively shallow area, turned off the engine, and then entered the Mediterranean along the surface ocean currents.

When they left the Mediterranean, the Germans shut down their engines, descended to a relatively deep area below the sea surface, and followed the ocean currents back to the Atlantic Ocean, thus evading Allied reconnaissance.

German submarines operating in the Mediterranean will definitely need supply points.

This is also the main reason why Roque forced Spain.

There is evidence that Spanish ports and ships once provided supplies to the German submarine force.

On the southern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar is a French colony.

Therefore, when Operation Sickle began, the Second Airborne Division of Southern Africa parachuted to the Gibraltar Peninsula to assist the British defense.

Now the military strength on the peninsula has been strengthened again. In addition to the 2nd Airborne Division, there is also the 33rd Armored Division affiliated with the Third Army. There are more than 100,000 officers and soldiers of the Third Army watching eagerly across the strait, ready to cross the strait at any time.

After the Spanish Civil War, Franco made territorial claims to Britain, hoping that Britain would return the Gibraltar Peninsula to Spain.

The British government ignored Franco's request. During the Anglo-Spanish War in 1727, Spain used 25,000 soldiers to besiege 5,000 British troops on the Gibraltar Peninsula for five months. In 1779, Spain again used 35,000 soldiers to besiege the peninsula.

Gibraltar Peninsula lasts 3 years and 7 months

The British army did not give up even after three years and seven months of siege, let alone an official document from Franco.

Franco, who had just won the Spanish Civil War at that time, felt that he had been humiliated on the Gibraltar Peninsula issue, so he sent troops to besiege the Gibraltar Peninsula again, and it has not been lifted until now.

The so-called siege is just a gimmick.

Britain has strong maritime power, and the Royal Navy can travel freely through the Strait of Gibraltar. As long as this does not change, Spain's siege of the Gibraltar Peninsula will be a joke.

At the border dividing line in the northern part of the peninsula, both the British and Spanish troops have checkpoints. The checkpoints on the British side are now jointly managed by the British and Southern African troops, and the Spanish Second Division is responsible for the checkpoints on the Spanish side.

Like the 33rd Division, the Spanish 2nd Division is also an armored force in name only, but its combat effectiveness is very different.

Spain does not have the ability to independently produce tanks, so the tanks equipped by the Spanish Second Division are still the Panzer 1 tanks that Germany supported for the Falangists during the Spanish Civil War.

The tanks equipped by the 33rd Division are "Tiger" and "Leopard" tanks. It is no exaggeration to say that one tank can fight ten tanks.

The Spaniards don't think so.

Do you still remember Alvin, who came to Spain during the Spanish Civil War hoping to join the war, but ultimately returned without success?

Even the "Third Prince" of southern Africa had to give in when facing Spain, which proves that Spain still has a deterrent effect.

This reason is a bit absurd.

But in Spain, there are many people who firmly believe it.

At least that's what 2nd Division Commander Alvaro Garcia thinks.

"Southern Africa is very powerful, but it also depends on the circumstances. If it is the Southern African army and our army fights in a third country, we may not be able to take advantage. But in Gibraltar, we can do whatever we want if we go alone.

"You can rush the southern Africans into the Mediterranean." Alvaro Garcia is not entirely arrogant. The southern African army is fighting as an away force in Gibraltar, and the Spaniards have the advantage of home field.

Leon Klos, a consultant from Germany, smiled and said nothing. War is not a football game. If Alvaro Garcia's words are true, then Poland and France will not lose.

Don't wonder how such people get into high positions. There are many arrogant people, and many people don't get into high positions because of their ability. This situation is particularly common in Europe.

"Now is an unprecedentedly good time. We should take the opportunity to regain the Gibraltar Peninsula and wash away the shame imposed on us by the British for two hundred years." Jose Moreno, Chief of Staff of the Second Division, geared up. This is what all Spaniards have long wanted.

wish.

Just like a normal British person, he will never forget southern Africa.

"Don't do that. At least we have to wait until we conquer Russia before we can launch a new attack." Leon Cross was calm. He didn't think that the No. 1 tank was fighting against the "Tiger" and "Leopard" types.

, there is a chance of victory.

Leon Cross knew better that Patton, the commander of the Atlantic Theater in Southern Africa, was looking forward to the Spaniards taking the initiative to provoke a war.