Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

When the Anti-Japanese War first broke out, Japan’s 17 standing divisions had really high-quality officers and soldiers. Each division had two brigades, and each brigade had two infantry regiments, plus engineering and cavalry regiments.

, artillery, and baggage regiments each, with a total strength of 28,000.

As time went by, the Japanese army continued to expand. It first laid off the cavalry regiment and formed the B Division. At this time, the total strength was still 24,000.

After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army established two brigades and regiments without artillery. At this time, there were only 12,000 people in each division.

In order to make up for the shortage of local soldiers, the scope of the Japanese army's recruitment has also been expanded from the mainland to overseas colonies. The morale of the troops has been greatly affected. Coupled with the lack of resources and lack of training, the quality of Japanese soldiers has dropped sharply.

This is what war is like, one ebbs and flows, the other ebbs and flows, and if everyone is united, they can naturally move forward and continue.

But if someone is too afraid to move forward, the resulting morale collapse will also be of an avalanche nature.

It is a rumor that the Russian war patrol used machine guns to shoot deserters.

The Japanese army would really do this.

However, for the current Japanese army, bullets are also very precious, so deserters are probably executed with bayonets.

Although the Japanese attack was repelled, Norman felt even heavier. After this battle, the troops had very little ammunition left. Some soldiers only had one or two magazines left. The next attack might be about to break out.

Hand-to-hand combat.

"Four more soldiers have been killed, and we only have 16 people left who can fight now." Sergeant Major Fox was checking the pistol. The M1911 was still very powerful at close range.

"Do you think that if the Japanese army breaks into the position, they will let our wounded go?" Norman's arm was injured in the battle just now. It was at the height of the battle. Norman didn't realize it at all. Only now did he feel the heat.

The pain.

"We should break out. Staying here will only lead to death." Fox wanted to give it a try, but breaking out was actually not a good idea.

The Marine Corps is not good at jungle warfare and has not received much training in this area.

When Norman chose the temporary camp, he considered defensive factors, so he chose this mountain col surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on one side. Now it seems that this area has become the biggest obstacle to breaking out.

The key is not the terrain. In addition to the dozen or so people who can still fight, there are also more than a dozen wounded soldiers in the camp. If we break through, we can only leave the injured soldiers to attract firepower, otherwise no one can escape.

"It's not time to break out of the encirclement yet. Even if we break out, we have to wait until after dark -" Norman is still reasonable. If he breaks out now, he will just wait to be hunted down one by one by the Japanese army in the jungle.

"Our ammunition is simply not enough to last until dark--" Fox lowered his voice. In fact, it was not necessary. Everyone was looking at Norman and Fox.

By now, we are almost at the end of the battle. We have to either run away or die. There is no third option. We are all soldiers. We are used to seeing life and death. There is nothing we can't figure out. Those who kill will always be killed.

"Wait a minute -" Norman had not yet made up his mind.

The Japanese were not prepared to give Norman and the others much rest time. Less than half an hour after the last attack ended, they came back again.

This time the Japanese were more prepared. The first people to appear on the other side of the river were women and children.

Different from the previous attacks, the women and children who appeared this time were very calm. They did not charge wildly as soon as they came up, nor did they cry or struggle. They were like puppets, numbly walking towards the US position step by step.

After the women and children, came the Japanese soldiers carrying Type 38 rifles. They hid behind the women and children very obscenely. It was obvious that they were using the women and children to consume the remaining ammunition of the US military.

Since joining the army, he has fought more than ten bloody battles. Norman, who thought he was as strong as iron, finally hesitated.

At such a close distance, Norman only had to fire a gun, causing countless casualties in an instant on the other side of the river.

But Norman's hand was still unable to pull the trigger. His biggest regret and helplessness at this time was that these Japanese soldiers were hiding behind women and children without bending down, and their heads were not exposed.

Fox did not hesitate. The key was that his shooting skills were very good. After all, the sergeant major, a Japanese soldier was slightly careless and exposed a little more of his body area, and was shot down by Fox.

The sound of gunshots was a signal, and Norman still did not fire, but other American troops who could no longer hold back opened fire one after another, and the other side of the river suddenly turned into a hell on earth.

Maybe there was still humanity before the shooting.

After the shooting, everything was lost.

The Japanese were not stupid and would not stay where they were and wait to die. The U.S. troops quickly retreated after firing, and there were more than a hundred corpses on the other side of the river.

"Cease fire, cease fire, save bullets -" Norman reminded again, but the gunfire did not stop.

"Reinforcements, our reinforcements are here!" Norman was overjoyed. The desire to survive overcame all emotions, and guilt only lasted a moment.

This war is not about making a movie, so reflection should be left to philosophers.

The search and rescue commando team came to support them. Norman and the others were not very lucky. The sound of gunshots could hardly travel far in the forest, and the location of the temporary camp was too remote, so the commando team arrived belatedly.

Just when the commandos found the 2nd Platoon, the 227th Bomb Squadron had already started bombing Amami Island as planned.

December is winter, and the weather is dry. It is not easy to set fire in the forest. There are more northwest winds in winter, so the 227th Bomb Squadron started setting fire from the northwest corner of Amami Island. The wind helped the fire and it quickly spread.

, the American soldiers who were ordered to withdraw from the forest early were very happy.

"This should have been done a long time ago. There are no Americans on this island. Burn them all in one fire!"

At the supply base in the northern part of Amami Island, American soldiers who were drinking and celebrating cheered, and the camp was filled with the joy of surviving the disaster.

There is no need to hide and seek with the Japanese army in the forest, no need to worry about cold shots and various traps originally designed to deal with wild animals, and no need to camp in the forest. No matter how you look at it, it is gratifying.

As for what kind of misfortune will befall the Japanese in the forest, that has nothing to do with the American soldiers.

During the Bataan Death March, the Japanese treated the surrendering U.S. troops much more cruelly than this.

So American soldiers really don’t have any psychological barriers.

The officers and soldiers of the Southern African expeditionary force who were preparing to land on Kyushu Island had no psychological barriers.

The news department in Southern Africa is still very resourceful. I don't know what channels they used to obtain some pictures and footage shot by Japanese military reporters, and then made a documentary for internal broadcast.

This film cannot be shown in theaters, otherwise it will cause mass discomfort among the audience.

Playing it in the army, especially before launching a landing battle, has an excellent effect on boosting morale.

"I hope to seize a Japanese military knife to see if it is really as sharp as the photo -" Li Xun from Nyasaland tossed and turned on the bunk, unable to sleep.

The documentary played in the afternoon shocked Li Xun quite a bit. Li Xun had never imagined that humans are more cruel than beasts.

Let’s not talk about massacres and so on. Li Xun would not accept human experiments on civilians under any circumstances.

There are also human experiments in southern Africa, but the subjects of the experiments are all death row prisoners, and it is communicated in advance that a sum of money will be given to the family of the deceased, and the experiments are carried out only with the consent of the death row prisoners.

Don't doubt whether the death row inmates will agree. When death is unavoidable, there are still people who are willing to make amends to their relatives in this way.

Of course, if you don't agree, it doesn't matter. Then the death penalty can be carried out normally. If you agree, you can postpone it for a period of time. The benefits must be sufficient.

"Japanese military knives are not good. They are too long and narrow. They are useless at first glance. When it comes to cutting things, we have to use our dog-leg knives -" Singh, who is also from Nyasaland and is a Gurkha, always carries it with him.

Carry a Gurkha scimitar.

Except for the machete, there are almost no features related to Gurkhas on Singh. If he did not take the initiative to introduce him, on the surface, it would not be possible to tell that Singh was a Gurkha.

This is normal. Southern Africa’s ability to assimilate is so strong, not to mention that they are all East Asians, so the difference in external characteristics is really very small.

At least most Europeans can't tell the difference.

"Gather your supplies, especially gas masks and masks. Be sure to carry them with you. Is there anyone who has not been vaccinated?" An officer kept reminding in the passage that both Li Xun and Singer had been vaccinated.

Medical care in southern Africa is so advanced that targeted prevention measures have been carried out in response to Japan's poisoning operations.

To be precise, the plague vaccine was not developed in southern Africa, but was developed by Russian Valdemar Havkin in 1897. Nyasaland University improved Valdemar Havkin's vaccine, and Olympic Action

The reason why it has been delayed until now has a lot to do with the speed of vaccine production.

In fact, most infectious diseases can be effectively prevented by ensuring good personal hygiene.

Since Southern Africa became independent, there has never been a large-scale plague outbreak, and the federal government has not fully implemented plague vaccines. The vaccines provided to the Allied Forces in East Asia were all produced on an emergency basis.

"Is it too late for an injection now?" Singer said with a mean tongue.

"Didn't you get the injection?" the officer said sternly. This thing is contagious.

"It's been injected -" Singer was not afraid. It was better to be a southern African officer. If it were a British officer, Singer would probably be whipped.

"Then shut your mouth -" The officer was impatient and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. He was responsible for every soldier.

The Ryukyu base is about 300 kilometers away from Kyushu. The ships transporting the troops are moving at a speed of ten knots under the protection of the warships. There is no hurry, and the air force has time to open the channel.

With the experience of Europe, the East Asian Allies were relatively calm in formulating the Olympic plan.

Relatively speaking, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is indeed incomparable with that of the German army. When the European Allies launched Operation Normandy, Rommel still had six armored divisions under his command. Intelligence from Kyushu showed that the Japanese army only had 19 divisions, and

They are not Class A divisions, they are all cannon fodder units formed after the outbreak of the Pacific War.

They are indeed cannon fodder. The current Japanese divisions don't even have artillery. They may have tanks, but unlike the German No. 4 and No. 5 that weigh dozens of tons at every turn, the heaviest Japanese tanks do not exceed 20 tons.

Fighting ability——

It's probably similar to the armored vehicles equipped by the southern African army.

The key is that under the air force's indiscriminate bombing for many days, almost all towns of any size on Kyushu Island have been destroyed by the Allied air force. Military camps are always the focus of bombing and were destroyed early, so there are still Japanese troops left.

How much combat effectiveness it has is highly questionable.

Of course, don't take it lightly.

What the Japanese are best at is not the sudden attack, but digging holes. This was something the East Asian Allies had already experienced during the Philippine Campaign.

Therefore, there are no targets worth attacking on the ground, which does not mean that the Japanese army has no ability to resist. Maybe the Japanese army is hiding in caves, waiting for the Allied forces to come to their door.

About 20 hours later, a huge fleet consisting of 11 battleships, 23 aircraft carriers, 46 cruisers, and 117 destroyers finally arrived off the coast of Kyushu.

What makes the Southern African Expeditionary Force envious is that all of these 11 battleships are American, and all of them were newly built in the past three years. The Americans are really fast in detonating troops, rivaling those in Southern Africa.

Southern Africa wins by quality. Although only six of the 23 aircraft carriers are from Southern Africa, the number of aircraft carried by these six aircraft carriers is about the same as the number of fighter jets carried by US aircraft carriers.

If you include fighter jets taking off from roadbeds, the number of fighter jets participating in Operation Olympic in southern Africa is about double that of the US military.

After the fleet arrived, they were not in a hurry to land. The fire strikes continued. All kinds of fighter bombers were overwhelming. The Japanese suicide planes that had never appeared finally made an appearance. Unfortunately, they were not many in number, their performance was not good, and the pilot's skills were even less good.

Before they could break through the aircraft carrier's defense circle, they were all shot down by fighter jets cruising outside.

At nine o'clock in the morning, officers and soldiers of the First Marine Division from Nyasaland began to board the landing craft, and Operation Olympic officially began.

The 1st Marine Division was formerly the famous Northern Rhodesian Division. This is the ace force in southern Africa. It has been deployed in Port Edward since the outbreak of the World War. Rock originally did not want to send the 1st Marine Division to the East Asian battlefield. After Martin and

Only after An Qi fought hard did Rock agree.

The reason why a trump card is a trump card must be supported by actual achievements.

No matter how well equipped the weapons and equipment are, if they are not used on the battlefield, they will only play the same role as an honor guard.

Rock also wanted to see what the combat effectiveness of the 1st Marine Division was like.

That is, the mule is pulled out by the horse for a ride.

As the trump card, the 1st Marine Division is equipped with a lot of heavy weapons. All tanks are the latest "Lion" tanks. Even the latest landing craft can only be equipped with one of these tanks at a time.

The first wave of landing troops was still light infantry. Li Xun and Singer were the first to board the landing craft. At the command of the commander, the landing craft cut through the waves and galloped towards the land in the distance.

At this time, hundreds of heavy bombers lined up in a neat and dense formation, passing over the landing craft.

Li Xun and Singer subconsciously covered their ears. The sound of the aircraft engine was too loud, and they felt that the surrounding waves were much louder.