The German "Frankfurter Zeitung" once conducted a series of reports on southern Africa in the 1920s, which caused huge repercussions in Germany.
Compared with Germany, Southern Africa, which is also a rising star, has created an astonishing economic miracle and has become one of the world's powerful countries in just two decades. This is the envy of all Germans.
At that time, Germany was in the Weimar Republic period, with a sluggish economy, soaring prices, and was still subject to the blockade and sanctions of the League of Nations. Southern Africa became a country that all Germans yearned for.
The reason why so many Germans immigrated to southern Africa has a lot to do with the report of the "Frankfurter Zeitung".
After Mustache came to power, he rectified the German media industry. At least 80% of approximately 3,500 German newspapers disappeared, including the Frankfurter Zeitung.
Tim Schulz himself is from Frankfurt, and as a Junker nobleman, he has richer sources of information than ordinary Germans, and his understanding of southern Africa exceeds that of most ordinary Germans.
Tim Schultz did not argue with Li Min on this issue. He now believes that the Southern Africans will fulfill their promise. The wounded soldiers of the 5th Mountain Division will probably not get this level of training even if they return to Germany.
Regarding treatment and care, there is still a gap between Germany's medical level and that of southern Africa.
The gap in material abundance is even greater.
On the third day after the Fifth Mountain Division gave up resistance, the southern African army from Pombia arrived in Heraklion. The Crete defenders were cut off. The ensuing battle was overwhelming. In just two weeks, nearly
All 50,000 Cretan defenders surrendered, and the Allies won a complete victory.
While southern Africa was retaking Crete, the fighting in the Philippines was still ongoing.
Compared with the Italians, the Japanese army has a stronger will to fight. In many cases, even when facing the overwhelming superiority of the Allies, the Japanese army will choose to fight to the last man and never surrender.
This has a lot to do with the Allied attitude towards the Japanese army.
Needless to say, the U.S. military, after MacArthur learned about the treatment of the prisoners of the U.S.-Philippine coalition, issued a kill order to the Japanese troops in the Philippines. Even if the Japanese troops surrendered, the U.S. soldiers could shoot them on the spot without trial.
The Southern African military has a more resolute attitude towards the Japanese army. Many of the Japanese troops fighting in Southeast Asia were transferred from other war zones. They themselves were rich in blood debts and unforgivable. Since the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Southern African army has annihilated more than 100,000 soldiers.
It is simply a miracle that among the 300,000 Japanese troops, not a single Japanese prisoner was taken prisoner.
Affected by the attitudes of the US military and the southern African military, the Australian military and the East Indian military had equally clear attitudes towards the Japanese army.
The Australian army under the command of the Southern African military and fighting in Southeast Asia has reached ten divisions, with a total strength of more than 160,000 people, second only to the East Indian Army and the Southern African Army in size.
The number of U.S. troops is increasing rapidly. When they counterattacked the Philippines, there were only two U.S. divisions in Southeast Asia.
Now one month has passed, and the U.S. military's strength in Southeast Asia has increased to 6 divisions, with a total strength of more than 100,000. The First Red Division and the Rainbow Division are finally able to advance deep into Mindoro Island, and the casualties have also increased.
Unlike the southern African army, which is capable of fighting well, the U.S. Army was hastily established after the outbreak of the Pacific War. Before arriving in East Asia, the U.S. Army generally only received four to six months of military training, and many of them used the U.S. Army's military training equipment.
The 1903 Springfield rifle used during the last World War had high morale but low combat effectiveness.
In 1936, the United States developed the M1 Garand with reference to the Nyasaland semi-automatic rifle.
Compared with the Nyasaland rifle, the M1 Garand has a complex structure and is expensive to build. It has undergone several major improvements after trial production, and it was not until two years ago that mass production began to equip the troops.
Although the United States has strong industrial capabilities, there is still a gap compared with southern Africa in terms of military industry. The production of M1 Garand is seriously insufficient, and the U.S. Army is expanding too fast, so it can only take out the stored Springfield rifles from the warehouse.
Re-equip the troops.
The Springfield rifle is the American version of the Mauser, and its performance is significantly different from the Nyasaland rifle.
However, in addition to rifles, the US military's equipment is rapidly improving, especially in terms of carrying capacity, and the gap with the southern African army is rapidly narrowing.
The Army Division in Southern Africa is equipped with approximately 1,500 vehicles of various types.
The U.S. Army divisions that have just arrived in East Asia are equipped with more than 1,000 vehicles.
MacArthur was now confident. He finally no longer had to come to Angel every day for equipment and air support. The Southern African army had occupied Manila, but the US military had not yet captured Mindoro. MacArthur was holding his breath and wanted to prove that the US military's combat effectiveness was absolutely no less than
Southern Africa.
"Let's not talk about whether the Americans have strong industrial capabilities or not. The ability to imitate is indeed very strong. The US troops that have just arrived have been generally equipped with rocket launchers, and the communication system has also covered the platoon level. The Americans are configuring armored units for field troops. It is estimated that
In at least half a year, the U.S. Marine Corps will be equipped with armored regiments like ours." Angel's chief of staff, Pierce, is very concerned about the situation of the U.S. military. The British and French forces are withdrawing from East Asia. In East Asia in the future, the United States will
Becoming the main rival in southern Africa.
The ambitions of Americans are now well known to everyone. Without Americans fanning the flames, perhaps World War II would not have broken out.
In another time and space, Britain and France had no choice but to embrace the Americans. In this time and space, southern Africa replaced the United States, and the situation was more complicated than in the other time and space.
The British nature is to stir things up. Even if their influence in East Asia gradually declines, they will not give up on East Asia easily. At present, it seems that uniting the United States to fight against the expansion of influence in southern Africa is the best way.
The French are now at both ends of the spectrum, cooperating with the Japanese under the banner of neutrality, and will definitely be liquidated after the war.
From this point of view, southern Africa can help the French to counter the possible alliance between Britain and the United States.
"Don't worry about the Americans. Once the Americans defeat the Japanese in Mindoro, the battle in Luzon will be over long ago." Angel is not worried. The United States has good potential, but its focus is on Europe. East Asia is important to the United States.
Far inferior to southern Africa.
The United States is now fighting on two fronts. While dispatching more troops to East Asia, it is also sending more U.S. troops to North Africa.
The Americans are also increasing their aid to Russia and the United Kingdom in an attempt to gain the favor of Russia and the United Kingdom.
This is destined to be in vain. Both the Russians and the British hate the United States. Without the support of the Americans, the Germans would not be so arrogant, and Russia and the United Kingdom would not suffer such heavy losses.
The French look down upon Americans even more. Before the outbreak of the World War, the country in Europe that disliked Americans the most was France.
If you look at the attitude of Filipinos towards Americans, you will know that the United States’ decades of colonization in the Philippines have completely failed. It has neither obtained the desired product dumping ground nor the loyalty of Filipinos. After the war, the Philippines and the United States have
The relationship has to wait and see.
Southern Africa has a better foundation in East Asia. East India has been the most loyal younger brother of Southern Africa since the first day of its founding. French Indochina will also be included in Southern Africa's sphere of influence after the war.
As for Japan, southern Africa will definitely station troops in Japan after the war. It is hard to say whether the Americans will be qualified to station troops.
Therefore, Southern Africa does not need to worry about the United States now. As long as it maintains its current momentum and does not make mistakes, the United States will never replace Southern Africa's influence in East Asia.
"Do you want to cause some trouble for the Americans?" Pierce also has no bottom line. The current relationship between the allies is one of cooperation and confrontation, and no one really trusts the other.
An Qi still had a bottom line, and slowly shook her head and disapproved of this. The most important thing now was to defeat the Japanese and squeeze the American power out of East Asia. That would happen after the war.
In fact, there is no need for Southern Africa to take action. MacArthur has enough troubles now.
The U.S. military increased its troops to 100,000, but it did not form an overwhelming advantage over the Japanese troops in Mindoro.
The terrain of Mindoro Island is very complex, which is not conducive to large-scale mechanized force operations. No matter how many tanks and armored vehicles the Americans equip, it will be difficult to fully exert their combat effectiveness in the jungle of Mindoro Island.
After MacArthur issued a kill order, the retreat route of the Japanese troops on Mindoro Island was cut off, leaving them dead in the hands of the Americans. Resisting to the end became the only option for the Japanese troops on Mindoro Island.
The Japanese, who were forced into a desperate situation, fought tenaciously. They used rivers and valleys to fight the American troops, and they fought repeatedly for every tree or stone.
The U.S. military relies on its powerful firepower advantage to gain an advantage in daytime operations.
The Japanese army launched a crazy counterattack at night, regardless of casualties, and the Philippine servants were also fearless of death. The US military was unable to move forward on Mindoro Island.
"I've had enough. Can't we send out bombers to completely level this damn island?" Major General Douglas was in a bad mood. The Japanese army sneaked into the Rainbow Division position last night and wiped out a company of defenders.
This kind of thing has happened several times. American soldiers are not familiar with jungle warfare. In addition to dealing with the ubiquitous Japanese army, they also have to deal with the harsh natural environment. When the Rainbow Division participated in the war, the proportion of non-combat losses was much higher than the losses in combat.
A small case of dysentery can kill someone.
This has a lot to do with the living habits of the U.S. military. Americans are accustomed to drinking cold water, and they may get infected if they are not careful. The Allied Command repeatedly reminded the U.S. military to boil the water before drinking it, but many U.S. military commanders did not take it seriously.
Americans also have a very arrogant character, and their living habits are difficult to change. American soldiers would rather fill their kettles with alcohol than drink boiled water, and MacArthur had no choice.
"Mindoro is our territory, and we cannot throw bombs on our territory unscrupulously." Major General William's expression was numb. The Dahong Division has also suffered heavy losses in the past month.
After fully realizing the gap in firepower, the Japanese changed the way they fought with the U.S. military. They did not engage in head-on positional warfare with the U.S. military, but engaged in jungle guerrilla warfare with the U.S. military.
For the U.S. military, guerrilla warfare itself is a headache enough, but jungle guerrilla warfare is even worse. It is obvious that the location of the gunfire is only ten meters away, but nothing can be seen.
You can't use grenades either. If you throw them out, they will bounce back from branches and blow you up.
For the same reason, the use of mortars has also been greatly restricted. Fortunately, the US military has been equipped with rocket launchers, and this weapon has become the most popular partner of the US military.
In the understanding of southern Africans, the Philippines is a colony of the United States.
Americans don't think so. Don't look at another time and space. The Philippines wants to join the United States, but the United States doesn't want it. The United States' attitude towards the Philippines is still very firm now.
To put it bluntly, Americans still have expectations for the Philippines. They hope that the Philippines can become the best raw material market and commodity dumping ground in southern Africa like East India.
"Do you still think so now? The Filipinos have betrayed our trust and they must be punished. We should chop off all their heads just like we did the Indians -" Douglas said the Filipinos' hatred could not be increased, and the United States
The Filipinos in the Philippine Allied Forces were not as tough as the Filipino servants led by the Japanese army.
In fact, the performance of the Filipinos in the US-Philippine coalition was not bad. During the Battle of the Philippines, the Filipinos in the US-Philippine coalition also fought bloody battles with the Japanese. In the end, they were abandoned by MacArthur and became prisoners of the Japanese. This has become a permanent feeling in the hearts of Filipinos.
Scars that cannot be healed.
The Japanese were very cunning. They shouted slogans to rescue the Filipinos and won the favor of most Filipinos. Only then did the Philippine servant army fight bravely.
This can only show that the United States did not treat Filipinos well enough during its colonization of the Philippines.
Otherwise the Japanese would have no chance at all.
"No, no, no, Filipinos and Indians are two completely different groups. We need to get the land of the Indians, and at the same time, we need Filipinos to work for us." William shook his head like a rattle. A Philippines without people would not be good for the United States.
Said it has no value at all.
"Then what should we do? Are we just going to hide and seek with the Japanese?" Douglas' head was as big as a bucket. I really don't know how those little dwarfs persisted.
After the Allied forces launched the Philippine Operation, the supplies to the Japanese army in Mindoro were cut off. It has been a full month now.
Before the war, the Allies estimated that the supplies of the Japanese army on Mindoro Island would only be enough to last for two weeks at most, so William stood still at that time, with the original intention of wearing down the Japanese alive.
Now a month has passed. Not only have the Japanese not been exhausted, but their will to fight has become more tenacious. They use bayonets when they have no bullets. They eat hair and drink blood when they have no food. The wounded soldiers are left to die without medical treatment or medicine. The dead are exposed in the wilderness.
The U.S. military conducted an autopsy on the corpses of Japanese soldiers and found human tissue in the stomachs of Japanese soldiers. This situation shocked everyone.
The key is lack of knowledge.
The United States was only founded two hundred years ago. When the country was founded, it was already after the Industrial Revolution with explosive growth in productivity, and it had never experienced a truly cruel war.
Therefore, Americans simply cannot understand why the Japanese did not surrender even after fighting to such an extent.
Are you kidding me, are you waiting to be lined up and shot after surrendering?
