When Moscow entered its darkest hour, Pretoria was as warm as spring in October.
Not only did the war not bring harm to Southern Africa, but it stimulated a new round of economic prosperity. Orders from Europe flew to Southern Africa like a snowflake. New factories opened every day. Railways and ports were busy all day long. There were queues waiting outside Walvis Bay Port.
The ocean-going cargo ships entering the port are ten kilometers long. Pretoria is the transportation hub of the Southern African Railway, with an average of one train entering the station every three minutes.
As the scale of the war became larger and larger, countless European immigrants poured into southern Africa, bringing new vitality to southern Africa.
The city's population is increasing and its scale is getting bigger. While the economy is booming, house prices in Pretoria have also skyrocketed. Two years ago, no one was interested in houses in remote suburbs. Now the price has more than five times increased.
, only wealthy people are eligible to buy houses and land in Pretoria.
Due to the war, the Olympic Games originally scheduled to be held in Tokyo in 1940 were suspended.
Southern Africa has not been affected by the war. As the economy becomes more and more developed, people's demand for material culture is also getting higher and higher. The Friendship Games 4 years ago were a great success. This year's Friendship Games finally came to Pretoria.
For this reason, the Transvaal State Government and the Pretoria City Government began to promote it two months ago, making it clear that they would use this opportunity to surpass the influence of the Olympic Games in one fell swoop.
After returning to Pretoria, Roque fell into endless work.
Russia needed more support, and Big Beard would send telegrams to Roark every day, two or three times a day, depending on the intensity of the battle.
The plan to counterattack the European continent in the Atlantic Theater has reached its fourth version. From the initial direct landing in Germany to the current Vichy France, Patton claimed that he had become moldy in the heavy fog in London.
The Pacific Theater is waiting for the Japanese attack. Although the Japanese Navy has decided to target the U.S. Pacific Fleet, no one is sure whether the Japanese will change their plan until the last moment. Angel can only wait.
In addition to aid to Russia, Southern Africa has increased its aid to the Far East. India's Assam has built what may be Asia's largest field airport. Southern Africa's transportation opportunities fly over the Himalayas to deliver aid supplies to ongoing
The ancient eastern empire that struggled to sustain itself.
This is a dangerous flight. The transport plane has to fly over the Himalayas. Due to the terrain and aircraft performance limitations, it can only fly close to the mountain peaks. Because the flight path rises and falls like a hump, it is named "Hump Route".
In the first week after the "Hump Route" was launched, four transport aircraft were lost in southern Africa and all crew members died.
After research, the command found that the unprofessionalism of the ground crew and the nearly "full" load were the main reasons for the crash of the transport plane.
So the Pacific Theater sent more ground crews to Assam, replaced all airport staff with southern Africans, and strictly limited the load of transport aircraft. The losses of transport aircraft were finally reduced to an acceptable level.
After the Battle of Greece, the Mediterranean returned to calm, and no fighting broke out in the past six months.
The war situation in North Africa was still tense, and Rommel launched a new offensive in August, which was once less than 200 kilometers away from Cairo.
Parcival led the Eighth Army to resist desperately, and with the cooperation of the British Mediterranean Fleet and the Cyprus Squadron, it was able to withstand Rommel's offensive.
Britain was determined to win North Africa, and even when the war was at its most dangerous, Percival did not request assistance from ground troops in southern Africa.
Arthur had no time to pay attention to the war situation in North Africa. After the Battle of Odessa, the Axis Powers occupied Ukraine, and the Garibaldi Peninsula became an isolated island for the Allied forces in Europe, always facing threats from the Axis Powers.
"The Garibaldi Peninsula is still nominally under the jurisdiction of the League of Nations and is garrisoned by League of Nations troops. Our troops stationed in the Twelve Islands and Cyprus can provide assistance at any time. There is no problem in terms of security." Martin expressed optimism about the situation on the Garibaldi Peninsula.
,Bulgarians are still very sensible.
During the Battle of Greece, the Bulgarian army launched an attack on the Garibaldi Peninsula and immediately stopped the attack after occupying two villages near the border.
Up to now, the League of Nations troops and the Bulgarian army are still in a state of confrontation near the border. Neither side has launched a new attack. The Bulgarians do not want to expand the results of the war, and the League of Nations troops do not want to regain lost ground. This situation has been maintained for more than half a year.
The latest news is that Mustache is very dissatisfied with the performance of the Bulgarians. In order to cut off southern Africa's assistance to Russia, Mustache ordered the Bulgarians to launch a new attack on the Garibaldi Peninsula as soon as possible, and at least occupy part of the Black Sea outlet.
"Even if we lose the Garibaldi Peninsula, we can still provide assistance to Russia through the Asia Minor Peninsula and the Persian Empire. Russia is too large and the Germans cannot defeat Russia." Yang Smuts did not like the Russians.
However, on the premise of defeating the Axis Powers, Yang Smuts did not resist cooperation with Russia.
"Then let's do this, incorporate the Garibaldi Peninsula into the Mediterranean Theater of War." Roark no longer cares about the League of Nations. If they lose the Black Sea outlet, the Allies will face greater trouble.
The Black Sea outlet is controlled by the Allies, and Allied cargo ships can be transported directly to the Russian hinterland through the Black Sea.
If it passes through the Asia Minor Peninsula and the Persian Empire, it must be transferred by railway. Not to mention the long journey, Roque expressed doubts about the efficiency of the Ottomans and Persians.
After seeing off Yang Smuts and Martin, there were still many people queuing at the door, and Rock was busy until one o'clock in the afternoon before he had time to have lunch.
The content of lunch is very simple. Rock's medical team began to restrict Rock's living habits a few years ago. Tobacco and alcohol are no longer a thought. Unhealthy foods have also disappeared from Rock's menu. Now Rock
Three meals a day are mainly light, which is healthier.
When Rock started eating lunch, Ivanov and Sergei were engaged in a bitter fight.
After experiencing initial setbacks, the Germans began to become cautious and moved forward steadily.
The Russian soldiers refused to give up any ground, and the German army had to pay a huge price for every step forward.
The team led by Ivanov now only has Ivanov and Sergey left, and Ivanov was also injured. Fortunately, the injury was not serious, and he could still fight after simple treatment.
Sergey advised Ivanov to evacuate to a rear hospital for treatment.
Ivanov refused outright.
"It's not necessary. We will all die in this war. As long as we can defeat the Germans, then our deaths will be worth it." Ivanov is now good enough. He has now killed four Germans.
Sergey was a little ashamed. He had not killed any Germans so far, and he had not even been wounded.
Now Ivanov and Sergey are resting with more than a dozen remaining soldiers. They come from different units and have various numbers.
Even though the Germans suffered heavy losses, they continued to advance.
In comparison, the losses on the Russian side were even worse. At the height of the battle yesterday, a full infantry division was completely lost within an hour of joining the battle. No one survived, and surrender would probably be useless.
When the war first broke out, the Germans were still very interested in prisoners. After all, as long as the prisoners were not injured, they were excellent labor forces.
With the emergence of hundreds of thousands of prisoners at every turn, the Germans began to become numb and unwilling to waste energy on taking in prisoners. Many times, even if they raised their hands to surrender, they would be shot by the Germans.
Or stabbed to death with a bayonet.
"The Germans used the help of tanks to advance, but where are our tanks?" Sergey was very sad. Although there were many comrades around him, Sergey had no sense of security at all and felt abandoned and helpless.
"Even if there are no tanks, we will fight the Germans to the end!" Ivanov was full of fighting spirit, and tanks were not invincible.
In order to prevent the attack of German tanks, Russia took the initiative to blow up a building on the roadside an hour ago. After the building collapsed, the street was completely blocked. The tanks had to take a detour if they wanted to attack.
There is no point in taking a detour, because the same goes for other streets, and now most of Moscow is in ruins.
Just as Sergey was about to speak, the roar of the DP light machine gun broke the brief fighting interval.
DP is the famous "rotary machine gun". This machine gun appeared in 1928. It has a caliber of 7.62 mm and uses a magazine with an ammunition capacity of 47 rounds. It has a range of up to 3,000 meters.
What Rock said was not entirely shirk. When the Southern African weapons were designed, they did not consider too much use in the cold zone. The performance of the general-purpose machine gun on the Russian battlefield was not satisfactory. Now engineers in Southern Africa are working on
Find ways to improve.
The rotary machine gun has a simple structure and stable performance, especially in low temperature environments. Its performance is very reliable and is deeply loved by Russian soldiers.
Light machine guns are the best way to deal with light infantry. The DP machine gun moves immediately after shooting a shell.
This is correct. The Germans counterattacked very quickly. Less than 30 seconds after the DP machine gun was moved, the position of the machine gun position was covered by German firepower.
"Ready to fight"
The officers' roars rang out from the battlefield, and everyone stood ready.
The helmet of a German soldier appears above the ruins ahead.
No one shot into the helmet. The Russian soldiers who have survived to this day are all smart, and those who are not smart enough have died in the battle.
The battle started in the ruins nearby. The Germans were not stupid and would not attack directly. Instead, they went around to the nearby house, used explosives to blow through the wall, and advanced in this way.
The battle was extremely fierce.
Before the smoke and dust in the room dispersed, two grenades were thrown directly through the holes. If there were Russian soldiers in an ambush in the room at this time, even if they were not killed by the grenades, they would lose their combat effectiveness in a short time.
Russian soldiers are not stupid either.
As soon as the two German soldiers emerged from the hole, an egg grenade produced in southern Africa was thrown from the next room. After a violent explosion, the two German soldiers were covered in blood and their bodies were blown into a hornet's nest.
Each egg grenade produced in southern Africa contains 1,500 steel balls and has an effective killing radius of 15 meters.
In a narrow room environment, a rifle that is too long is useless, and grenades are the way to go.
Then the explosions of grenades continued one after another until everyone on one side was killed.
From the distance of the explosion, it was clear that the German army was constantly advancing.
Finally a German soldier appeared at the window of the ruins.
Before Sergei could raise his gun, Ivanov shot down the careless German soldier.
"The fifth one!" Ivanov spat fiercely and continued to look for the next target. There were already four marks carved with a dagger on the handle of his gun, each mark representing a German soldier.
Sergey looked at Ivanov enviously, and imitated Ivanov's example, holding up his gun so that he could shoot immediately.
Unfortunately, Sergey hadn't found the target yet, and the whistling sound of shells passing through the air suddenly came from the sky.
Sergei was very accustomed to shelling Sergey. Ivanov didn't need to remind him. Sergey curled up in a ball on the ground, held his head in his hands and pressed his helmet tightly.
This cannot completely resist the damage caused by shelling, but it can effectively reduce it. Let alone large-caliber shells, one shot will leave no one alive within a radius of 100 meters. If it is a mortar, you can still take a gamble.
Sergei was lucky not to be directly hit by the mortar.
Several Russian soldiers nearby were very unlucky. They were directly hit by mortars and died silently. Then sporadic blood rains and gravel and bricks fell from the sky.
Brick fragments hit Sergei's helmet with a clanking sound. Blood dripped from the edge of the helmet and flowed onto Sergei's face. The world in front of Sergei's eyes turned blood red.
"Boy, are you hurt?" Ivanov shouted.
"No, I'm fine" Sergey responded, his mouth filled with dust.
"Then retreat quickly, we can't withstand the next wave of German attacks." Ivanov stood up with his gun in his hand. His wound was on his leg, and now there was blood oozing out.
Sergey crouched down and picked up the gun, not forgetting to support Ivanov.
The Germans' infantry and artillery coordination was very skilled, and Sergei and Ivanov had to retreat to the next line of defense in the shortest possible time.
It's not a line of defense. It's more appropriate to describe it as a ruin. Such ruins are everywhere in Moscow.
What made Sergey sad was that there were only six of his companions who retreated to the next position. Just before the battle broke out, there were at least 18 people in the position where Ivanov and Sergey were.
When leaving the position, Sergey heard his companions calling for help.
Sergei did not stop. It was unlucky to die in battle, and he could only resign himself to fate when he was injured. Let alone the Germans, even if the wounded soldiers returned to the rear, it would be difficult to get complete treatment, and everyone was in short supply of medicines.
So there is no difference between wailing and waiting for death on the front line and wailing and waiting for death in the rear hospital.
Sergei himself was prepared to die for his country. He had an egg grenade hanging around his neck. If Sergei was injured and unable to retreat, Sergei would fire it when the Germans rushed over.
