With a total strength of only five million Germans, managing a considerable number of prisoners would definitely involve some German energy.
It's just that the price is too expensive.
And the Germans are not stupid, otherwise they would not be so cruel to Russian prisoners.
The Russian government doesn’t value Russian lives, so why should the Germans?
Moreover, it is not a good idea to arm the newly recruited troops with advanced weapons aided by southern Africa.
After all, no matter how advanced the weapon is, it requires skilled operation to exert its normal combat effectiveness.
The Germans will certainly not give Russian recruits much time to become familiar with weapons.
After hanging up the phone, Rock pondered in front of the map for a long time.
After decades of hard work, now we have finally reached the most critical moment.
By overcoming this hurdle, Southern Africa will be able to take one step further and replace the British Empire as the future leader of the world.
However, the worst result is that southern Africa will retreat to southern Africa and let the mustache annex Europe.
Of course, Japan must have been defeated before that. Rock can accept Mustache ruling Europe, but cannot accept Japan dominating East Asia. This is Rock's bottom line.
The next two months will be extremely critical for the future shape of the world.
After confirming this, Rock returned to the office and called Owen.
"Try to meet the requirements of the Russians and increase aid to Russia." Roque said at all costs.
"Even the most advanced fighter jet?" Owen's tone still firmly disagreed.
"Of course not. Even if the Russians are given the most advanced fighter jets, they will not be able to exert their full strength." Rock also has a bottom line. Winston will give up, and so will Rock.
Despite all the stubbornness of the bearded man, his determination to fight against the Germans was still very firm.
It is actually a good thing to have such an ally. At least it is much better than the weak French, the British who are always willing to betray their teammates, and the Americans who are so arrogant that they are blind.
The Russians are really greedy.
Southern Africa has the strength to meet Russian demands.
that's enough.
"Are you sure the Russians can hold on?" Owen doubted the Russians' fighting ability.
Irving also read the battle reports every day and was shocked by the tragic losses of the Russians. The combat effectiveness displayed by the Germans could not be described as strong, it was simply brutal.
Of course, it is still a bit worse than the southern African army fighting in Spain.
Just yesterday, the 33rd Armored Division entered Madrid.
Note that it is entry, not capture.
This meant that the 33rd Division faced no resistance in its capture of Madrid.
The bloody Madrid people may have been lost in the defense of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War.
Of course, it is more likely that southern Africa’s propaganda strategy has played a role in minimizing the will of Madrid people to resist.
"The will of the Russians is stronger than we imagined." Roque means a lot. Although Roque doesn't like beards, he has nothing to say about the will of the Russians.
It is said that in a while, Rock will go to Russia to participate in the Three-Nation Meeting.
The three countries are Russia, the United Kingdom, and Southern Africa.
In name, there are three countries. In fact, there will be many countries participating in the meeting, such as the Free France led by de Gaulle, Poland and Greece, which have lost their domestic power and established a government-in-exile in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Norway, and the Netherlands, as well as those that have not yet participated in the war.
The United States participated as a non-voting participant.
This meeting can be seen as a signal that the United States is about to enter the war.
By then Roark will have a close appreciation of the Russians' determination.
The Russo-German War has entered the most critical two months. In the far East, the Japanese are ready to launch a new attack.
As early as 1937, before the outbreak of the European War, Japan launched a full-scale war of aggression against China.
At the beginning of the war, the Japanese shouted the slogan "The war will end in three months", which was as arrogant as the Poles before the outbreak of the Polish War.
Reality dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese. An ancient country with a glorious civilization history of five thousand years is not easy to conquer. A country with a total area of only 378,000 square kilometers cannot understand the concept of 9.6 million square kilometers.
The troops organized by Japan for the war soon faced the embarrassing situation of serious shortage of troops.
9.6 million square kilometers is really too big. The victory at the beginning of the war was not enough to conquer this country. As more and more land was occupied, the Japanese troops were seriously dispersed. Only then did the Japanese paranoia emerge.
Due to the influence of the war, the combined fleet that invested heavily in building lost its usefulness. When Japan needed the army to expand the fruits of victory, it was no longer able to continue.
The greed of the Japanese is the main reason for today's situation.
Before the war broke out, European and American countries, represented by the United Kingdom, the United States, and Southern Africa, had extensive common interests in East Asia.
This is the last huge market in the world that has not been annexed. With a population of 450 million, it is the largest market in the world.
In Japan's occupied areas, the interests of other countries were gradually being invaded by Japan. Even the Americans who most supported Japan's expansion were dissatisfied. After entering 1941, the United States was gradually reducing its trade volume with Japan.
This time there was no request from southern Africans, but Americans took the initiative to do so.
Because the Americans discovered that Japan had a tendency to monopolize East Asia.
This is absolutely unacceptable to Americans.
After the Russo-German War broke out, Mustache sent a note to Japan, asking Japan to cooperate with the German army in launching an attack on Russia from East Asia.
This requirement is too high for Japan, and the Japanese simply do not dare to do that.
Many people don't know that as early as 1939, a war broke out between Japan and Russia, which ended in a disastrous defeat for the Japanese.
At that time, the Japanese Sixth Army had 75,000 men, 500 artillery pieces, 182 tanks and more than 300 aircraft.
On the Russian side, the First Army Group commanded by Zhukov only had 57,000 people, but it was equipped with 498 tanks, 385 armored vehicles, 542 artillery and mortars, and 515 aircraft.
Judging from paper data, the gap in strength between the two sides is not large. The Japanese army has a numerical advantage and the Russian army has more advanced equipment, but Russia's supply lines are obviously further away.
The two sides seemed to be evenly matched, but the outcome of the battle was surprising.
The losses announced by Japan are: 15,975 people participated in the war and 12,220 people were lost, including 4,786 killed, 5,455 injured, 639 missing, and 1,340 sick, with a loss rate of 80%.
Data released by Russia show that the Japanese army has invested 76,000 people in the battle, and at least 18,300 people were killed in the battle alone, and 464 people were captured.
The data released by the Russians do not include the Japanese injured in the war. Third-party data shows that the Japanese army suffered a total of 61,000 casualties, casualties and prisoners in this conflict.
The losses on the Russian side were around 18,500.
This conflict was named the Battle of Nomonkan.
With the painful lessons learned in the Battle of Nomonkan, even if Russia was retreating steadily under the crazy attacks of the German army, the Japanese did not dare to launch a new attack on Russia in accordance with the German requirements.
This is the virtue of the Japanese. If you want the Japanese to be honest, you must give them a solid lesson.
Of course, not all Japanese are self-aware. At the imperial meeting held in August, some people clamored crazily to launch an attack on Russia and cooperate with the German army to completely defeat Russia.
"The people in the Army Ministry are crazy. After winning some victories, they don't know how much they are worth. With Japan's strength, it is absolutely impossible to launch a war on two large and populous countries on the northern and southern fronts at the same time." Empire
After the meeting, Fujihara, the deputy naval officer of the General Staff Headquarters, returned to his office and lamented to his assistant Yamaguchi Ichiro.
Fujihara has just turned 30 this year. He is truly a young man. He traveled to Europe while studying in the United States and has a very good understanding of the strength of Western countries.
As the Vice Admiral of the Navy at the General Staff Headquarters, Fujihara has a better understanding of Japan's strength.
Yamaguchi Ichiro is 28 years old. He graduated from University College London. He once worked in the Japanese Embassy in Southern Africa and has a better understanding of Southern Africa.
"After many deployments, the Kwantung Army is now not as strong as before. Our troops in the south are stretched thin. If we start a war against Russia again, the outcome will be uncertain." Yamaguchi Ichiro frowned. The current predicament of the Japanese army has nothing to do with southern Africa.
It has a lot to do with it.
Considering the large number of Chinese in southern Africa, both the United Kingdom and the United States were extremely concerned about the position of southern Africa in the Far East War.
Southern Africa did not sit idly by and ignore Japan's expansion. Aid from southern Africa continued to arrive in the Far East through British colonies in Asia. The British and Americans also did the same. No one wanted to see Japan monopolizing East Asia.
Of course, the same aid has different intensity. Southern Africa accounts for the vast majority of aid supplies from various countries.
"Now it's not just Russia, there are also people clamoring to declare war on Southern Africa and the United States, sending fleets to attack the nearest naval and air bases of Americans and Southern Africans, as if this can defeat Southern Africa and the United States." Fujihara smiled bitterly,
The huge victory of the Germans seriously stimulated the ambitions of some Japanese, as if the Japanese were also capable of replicating the German victory in Russia.
This is normal. Even Franco believed that the Germans could achieve final victory because of the Germans' results. Japan, itself a member of the Axis Powers, believed even more.
Remember the Four-Power Conference after France stopped resisting?
During the Four-Nation Conference, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Russia had already divided their spheres of influence, almost carving up the Eurasian continent, and Russia almost joined the Axis powers at that time.
Now that victory is imminent, it is time to divide the fruits of victory. Russia has now lost the qualification to participate in the partition. If the Japanese want to obtain more benefits, they must make more contributions.
Therefore, Pearl Harbor under the control of the United States and Changi Naval Base under the control of southern Africa have become targets in the eyes of some Japanese.
Of course, these two places are not easy for Japanese people to eat.
"Americans? Do you want to drag the United States into the war?" Yamaguchi Ichiro looked horrified. Southern Africa has already entered the war, and the United States is still watching on the sidelines. If the United States also joins the Allies,
This is by no means good news for Japan.
"The reason for those bastards is that although the Americans have not joined the war yet, they will join sooner or later." Fujiwara was helpless. Since the February 26th Mutiny, Japan has become abnormal from top to bottom, and everyone is going crazy.
Same thing.
"However, the United States may also join our side. We have pushed Russia to the opposite side and cannot make a second mistake." Yamaguchi Ichiro's expression was broken. Some people in Japan probably stayed in Japan for too long and did not want to do anything.
We know how terrifying the strength of countries like Southern Africa and the United States is.
As early as ten years ago during the Great Recession, southern Africa's steel production had reached 55 million tons, while Japan's steel production at that time was only 5.5 million tons.
Modern war is fought based on economic strength.
Among all important military-related resources, steel raw materials are relatively easy for Japan to obtain. After all, there are used American ships that can be dismantled.
In other aspects such as oil, rare metals, natural rubber, etc., the gap between Japan and southern Africa, as well as European and American countries is even greater.
Especially oil.
In East Asia today, the only oil-producing area is East India.
Therefore, even if Japan wants to choose an opponent between Southern Africa and the United States, it should be Southern Africa, not the United States.
"Compared with Southern Africa's strength in East Asia, the United States is weaker, so those people's reason is that the Americans are easier to annihilate. After annihilating the Americans, we can concentrate our forces on a decisive battle with Southern Africa."
I don't understand this logic.
"I'm afraid that even with all our national strength, we can't annihilate the Americans. The most we can do is drive the Americans out of the Pacific Ocean, and the Americans may come back at any time." Yamaguchi Ichiro lamented that southern Africa and the United States are both behemoths for Japan.
"The current situation is like this. If we attack the southern Africans, we may die immediately. If we attack the Americans, then we still have a chance." Although Fujihara is the vice-officer of the Navy, he is very close to Yamamoto Isoroku and Nagumo Chuichi.
Compared with them, they are still insignificant.
Isoroku Yamamoto firmly supported the attack on Pearl Harbor. At the just-concluded Imperial Conference, Isoroku Yamamoto even threatened to resign.
This is incomprehensible.
Yamamoto Isoroku was assassinated in the UK and almost died. Although the assassin has not been caught so far, the facts are very clear. It was probably the Bullard Office, which is notorious to the Japanese.
If this is the case, then Yamamoto Isoroku should hate southern Africans to the core. Americans should not be chosen in any case, and should support the attack on Changi Naval Base.
Of course, this also proves from another aspect that if you want the Japanese to be honest, you must give the Japanese an impressive lesson.
"I hope this plan will succeed." Fujiwara didn't notice that the joy in Yamaguchi Ichiro's eyes flashed.
Fujihara did not know that when Ichiro Yamaguchi was working at the Japanese Embassy in Southern Africa, he had secretly joined Bullard's office and became a member of Bullard's office.
This is also thanks to Japan’s long-standing policy of “leaving Asia and joining Europe”.
Even the national guidance is like this. It is easy to imagine how attractive European and American countries are to ordinary Japanese.
Southern Africa is now the most developed country, and leaving Asia and joining Europe is obviously not as attractive to ordinary Japanese as Southern Africa.
