Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

Many southern African soldiers regard honor as more important than their own lives.

I don’t know whether MacArthur was like this, but he definitely valued his own honor more than the lives of American soldiers.

A few months ago, when MacArthur escaped from the Philippines, he swore: I will definitely come back.

Now MacArthur has fulfilled his promise and will lead the US military to fight back, even though these American soldiers have only received a few months of military training and have no combat experience at all.

Tablan, the northernmost tip of Borneo, has been turned into a military city. The Allied forces will depart from here to fight in the Philippines. Tablan is less than a thousand kilometers away from Manila. Even a B25 can reach it from Tablan.

Manila is covered within the combat radius.

In the past month, the Allied forces have built a huge field airport in Tablan, which can accommodate more than 600 aircraft. The airport is still being expanded.

With the airport as its core and surrounded by dense military camps, where approximately 200,000 Allied troops gathered, Tablan quickly prospered from a fishing village to a size comparable to a medium-sized city.

The two American divisions participating in the war were the Army's 1st Division and the 42nd Division.

The First Division of the Army is the famous "Big Red Division". This unit was first formed in 1917 and is one of the earliest divisions formed in the U.S. Army.

In World War I, the Army's 1st Division was the first to engage in firefights with the Germans, the first to suffer casualties, the first to capture prisoners, and the first to invade France, because it occupied many "firsts" in the history of the U.S. Army.

One", so the first division is also called the "Dahong First Division".

The 42nd Division was the "Rainbow Division" led by MacArthur in World War I.

The entire division also has a long history, so named because its members come from all over the United States, like a rainbow spanning the sky.

After the end of the last world war, the United States underwent major disarmament, and the 42nd Division was disbanded on the spot. It was only reorganized after the Pearl Harbor incident. The soldiers in the army were all made up of new recruits, and most of the officers were novices with no combat experience.

The situation of the Army's 1st Division was slightly better. Fortunately, it escaped the major disarmament and was not abolished. For 20 years, it has been severely undermanned. At its worst, there were only 5,700 soldiers left in the division.

and 112 officers.

Both divisions are standard infantry divisions. Each division has only 14,615 members. The troops are not equipped with armored units and are seriously lacking in offensive power.

After coordination between the U.S. government and the Southern African federal government, Angel provided MacArthur with 150 tanks and 100 armored vehicles.

Tanks and armored vehicles can be given, but MacArthur has to deal with the tank crew by himself.

For this reason, Major General William, the commander of the First Division, was heartbroken.

"It's not easy to find tank drivers. As long as you can drive a tractor, you can drive a tank. You don't even have people who can drive tractors." Colonel Kimberly, who is in charge of weapons handover, comes from a famous diamond producing area, at least in southern Africa.

Worried about professionals.

"There are definitely people who can drive tractors, but qualified commanders and gunners need long and rigorous training, and they also need time to become familiar with the equipment. What we lack most now is time." Major General William frowned. The tanks supported by Southern Africa are

The "Clouded Leopard" and the armored vehicle are the "Alligator". Both are war-tested and proven to be excellent weapons suitable for combat in Southeast Asia.

No matter how good a weapon is, it must have the right people to exert its combat effectiveness. Before the Pearl Harbor incident, the tanks used for training in the United States were the "Reno" supported by France during World War I. The "Clouded Leopard" had never been exposed to it.

Now that the landing operation is about to start, in Major General William's opinion, the tanks and armored vehicles sent by the southern Africans at this time are of no use at all. It is better to support some individual weapons, which will make it easier to exert their combat effectiveness.

It was only after Major General William arrived in Tablan that he realized how advanced the weapons and equipment in southern Africa had become.

The current southern African army has begun to equip a large number of night vision devices to improve its night fighting capabilities.

It sounds incredible, right? It was only 1942, and night vision devices had already appeared?

In fact, it is quite normal. As early as the 1930s, southern Africa and Germany began research on night vision devices almost at the same time.

In the early 1930s, commercial companies produced the "cathode radiation tube", which was one of the basic components for converting infrared images into visible images with the naked eye, paving the way for the emergence of night vision devices.

In 1938, the Tesla Research Institute installed a set of military infrared irradiation/receiving equipment on a tank to demonstrate the performance of night vision devices to the military, and subsequently attracted the attention of the military.

The German AEG company also developed a similar night vision system in 1939 and demonstrated it to the German military.

They are both new things, but their destinies are very different and they are treated very differently.

The Southern African military immediately discovered the value of night vision devices, and subsequent funding continued to flow. With the staff of the Tesla Research Institute as the core, it established a research institute specializing in night vision devices, dedicated to improving the performance of night vision devices.

, and the miniaturization of night vision devices.

Like all new things, night vision devices in their new state have many problems. They are huge in size and lack performance because they often fail due to various mechanical and electrical faults. Moreover, the power supply device is also a big problem. If there is no stable power supply system, the night vision device will not work properly.

It won't be able to function.

The German military also attaches great importance to night vision devices and has put forward higher requirements for AEG. It hopes that all night sighting equipment for artillery: "The artillery must achieve the same shooting accuracy as during the day."

This was impossible to do in 1939, and the Tesla Institute could not do it to this extent. Subsequently, AEG's night vision system gradually lost attention.

The night vision device invented by Tesla Research Institute has attracted much attention. After the initial difficult stage, the performance of night vision devices in southern Africa has become more and more perfect. Not only has it been successfully installed on tanks and artillery, but it has also been successfully miniaturized.

It can be installed on rifles and machine guns. From a technical point of view, it has left AEG's night vision devices far behind.

The Southern African troops that are about to land in the Philippines are equipped with the most advanced night vision devices.

The night vision device equipped by the Southern African Army is called the "Owl System" because owls also have the ability to observe at night.

This system looks very weird. The sight used for visual sight is equipped with a blacked-out infrared detector. The infrared detector looks like the spotlight on an old-fashioned camera. The power source of the night vision device is a backpack, which requires

Soldiers carry it with them. The battery weighs about ten kilograms and can provide power for the night vision device for about two hours.

Two hours is enough, and a battle usually lasts no more than two hours.

The Army Division in Southern Africa is equipped with thousands of vehicles, and it only needs a few more batteries. The Tesla Research Institute is working on improving battery performance, which is the strength of the Tesla Research Institute.

After Major General William learned about the performance of night vision devices, he immediately reported to MacArthur, hoping that southern Africa could support the US military with a batch of night vision devices.

The arrogant MacArthur rejected this suggestion, believing that the US military did not need such things and that our soldiers would win this war with fair chivalry.

Damn chivalry!

Major General William couldn't help but curse every time he thought about it.

Even if they don't provide night vision devices, the U.S. military doesn't even have rocket launchers, weapons that it began equipping troops with on a large scale during the last world war.

In fact, even if MacArthur asked for night vision equipment, Angel would not give it to him. Allies must also keep a secret. High-tech equipment such as night vision equipment cannot be leaked casually. Americans are still very capable of imitating it.

Rocket launchers are available.

Before the outbreak of the world war, the rocket launchers equipped by the southern African army were still 60 mm in diameter. Now they have been upgraded to 90 mm. There are still a large number of 60 mm rocket launchers in the warehouse, which can be used to support the US military.

Of course, these supports, including tanks and armored vehicles, have to be paid for.

How can a country as powerful as the United States be embarrassed to accept free donations from other countries——

The United States is not Russia where all the pots and pans at home have been smashed.

After sending off Colonel Kimberly, Major General William called MacArthur, hoping to delay the landing operation and allow the tractor drivers to become real tank drivers.

MacArthur disagreed. Once a combat plan is formulated, it cannot be easily changed. Tractor drivers can grow rapidly in combat. There is no better training method than actual combat.

Major General William cursed after hanging up the phone.

This phone is also provided by Southern Africa, and it is a wireless phone. It is the kind of wireless phone that can accompany the infantry attack in the movie. Once the Southern African army encounters difficulties, the front-line commander will call for artillery support. This is also a very significant thing.

invention.

The reason why the Southern African Army is strong is that its advantages are accumulated through countless details like this.

Compared with the Southern African Army, the First Red Division and the Rainbow Division are both younger brothers. Although Major General William does not want to admit it, the current combat effectiveness of the First Red Division and the Rainbow Division is estimated to be inferior to that of the East India Army.

To Major General William's relief, the East Indian Army was not equipped with night vision devices.

Neither did Australian troops.

Thinking of this, Major General William immediately felt much better.

Now, the biggest threat to the First Red Division and the Rainbow Division does not come from the Japanese, but from the great MacArthur.

MacArthur had to fulfill his promise. If the U.S. troops landed in the Philippines following the Allied forces, MacArthur would not look good on his face.

MacArthur wanted not only to fulfill his promise, but also to fulfill it in a way that could restore his honor.

Therefore, at MacArthur's strong request, the U.S. military had to shoulder the task of attacking Mindoro alone.

Fortunately, MacArthur was not crazy enough to take on the task of attacking Luzon alone.

Mindoro is the fifth largest island in the Philippines, with a length of 160 kilometers from north to south, a width of 84 kilometers from east to west, and an area of ​​9,735 square kilometers, which is similar to Cyprus.

Mindoro is rich in gold mines. Mindoro means "gold mine" in Spanish. There are also copper mines and coal mines on the island. The degree of development is relatively primitive and there are not many residents on the island.

Preliminary investigation showed that the focus of the Japanese defense in the Philippines was Luzon and Mindanao, with the Japanese troops in both places numbering around 200,000.

Among the 500,000 Japanese troops, there were a large number of servant troops, some of which were even composed of Filipinos. This made MacArthur very angry.

Forget about cooperating with the Japanese invasion, now he actually took the initiative to join the servant army. This was a great humiliation for MacArthur, the "Emperor" of the Philippines.

MacArthur had ordered that if Filipino servants were captured on the battlefield, they would all be shot on the spot without approval from the general headquarters.

In the Allied plan, June 1st was the launch date of the campaign. In accordance with Allied practice, the invasion of the Philippines was named "Operation King's Return."

With such a second name, one can tell at a glance that it was proposed by MacArthur. He was indeed the King of the Philippines, at least that's what he thought.

The military city with a population of 200,000 is larger than Saipan.

Saipan has only a few tens of thousands of people but is prone to frequent problems, while Tablana with 200,000 people is a powder keg.

In order to meet the physiological needs of American soldiers, the U.S. government sent a group of special staff from the United States, so clubs specifically serving the U.S. military opened their doors openly in the U.S. military camp. Every day, U.S. troops lined up in long queues.

The scene is quite spectacular.

"Tell our soldiers that if anyone dares to go to the US military camp, I will put him in solitary confinement!" Saroyan Johnson, commander of the 16th Division in Southern Africa, was very angry.

Southern African soldiers also had physiological needs.

Although the Southern African military has strict requirements on Southern African officers and soldiers in this regard, some Southern African soldiers still sneak into the U.S. military camps to have fun.

It is impossible to prohibit this kind of thing. A week ago, four Australian soldiers assaulted a local girl after drinking too much. Although this matter was properly handled, it was enough to sound the alarm for the Allied generals.

Not only for visiting relatives, 200,000 young people with nowhere to vent their energy crowded into Tablan. Fights happened every day, and gatherings for gambling were common. Fortunately, no local residents were robbed. This was not because of the Allies.

No matter how high the quality of the officers and soldiers is, the locals basically have nothing to grab.

Tablan is not an East Indian territory, but part of British Malaya. The people here are not East Indians, but Malays.

"It's not okay to handle it roughly like this. The Americans have gone too far. Our people will definitely follow their example. If we handle it roughly, it might arouse the resentment of the soldiers." Chief of Staff Liu Lin also has a headache. Maintaining military discipline is important.

It's a very serious thing, but it's easy to learn bad things.

"I called the command center and drove the Americans away." Saroyan physically isolated himself, which was the fastest way to solve the problem.

"Come on, Lao Sa, the day after tomorrow is June 1st, and Americans won't be able to live for a few more days." Liu Lin waited to see the Americans' jokes. These American soldiers probably thought they were on vacation and had no idea they were about to face

What is——

This is not necessarily the case.

Perhaps it is because American soldiers have a clear understanding of the cruelty of war that they can enjoy themselves in time.

Anyway, amidst the hustle and bustle, June 1st finally arrived.