The United States is a short-sighted country. The saying "If you don't plan for the future, you can't plan for a moment; if you don't plan for the overall situation, you can't plan for a region." This is probably what describes the United States.
The rise of the United States is due to the sudden changes in the world situation. Without the catalysis of the two world wars, the prosperity of the United States would not have been possible. The so-called "its rise and fall are also sudden", in the long history of mankind, the United States'
Prosperity is bound to be short-lived and cannot last forever.
Southern Africa does not need to lay out shady stories. All it takes is to tell the story of what the United States has done, and it will arouse the hatred of the United States in the whole world - at least in old Europe.
Without the duplicitous attack on Europe after World War II and the plundering of the Bolton Woods system, how could the United States become the international policeman of the future world?
Just kidding!
With Rock in southern Africa, the United States is doomed to be busy in vain and cannot become the light of the world in the future.
Pretoria is full of life in the early morning. At the end of April and the beginning of May, the purple flower has not yet entered the flowering period, but the garden city is already blooming with flowers, including emperor flowers, desert roses, jasmine, iris, etc., since Delan twenty years ago
Swahili decided to position Pretoria as a tourist city. In recent years, Pretoria has become the most livable city in the world.
This "most livable city" is really not a gimmick. It was jointly evaluated by twenty of the world's most influential media.
What is particularly gratifying is that in this list, Southern African cities occupy 11 of the top 20 places and 8 of the top 10 cities, leading the list with an absolute advantage.
"Good morning, gentlemen -" Taylor, who had just joined the Southern Africa Division of The Times, greeted everyone warmly when he came to the office.
Taylor is a high-quality talent in the traditional sense. He graduated from the Technical University of Berlin, completed a master's degree at the University of Nyasaland, and then joined the Southern Africa branch of The Times. In just six months, Taylor stood out and was among twenty interns.
She was the first to get a formal position in her life and is currently responsible for copy editing.
"At nine o'clock, you have to attend the plenary meeting of the editorial department, and there is a press conference for the expeditionary force at 10:30. You must attend. This is the request of the editor-in-chief——" Assistant Editor Bruce took the initiative to greet me and reported the work arrangements for the morning.
During the World War, the work of the "Times" branch was extremely busy. On the battlefields of East Asia and Europe, "The Times" had a total of 170 military writers and photographers, and there were also hundreds of editors responsible for follow-up work.
"Is the war going to end?" Taylor handed the briefcase to Bruce, picked up a paper cup and went to get the water first.
The benefits of The Times are very good. The editorial department provides a variety of drinks including coffee, green tea, black tea, milk tea, cola, and even beer. It even provides ice cream and desserts. From this perspective, The Times does not even
Less than the Palace of Justice.
Bruce likes to drink green tea, a habit he only developed after coming to southern Africa. When he was at the Technical University of Berlin, Bruce's favorite drink was coffee.
By the way, Bruce is von Braun's apprentice.
"Not yet, but it will be just around the corner. The latest news is that sixteen Russian divisions have invaded Berlin. The troops under Marshal Zhukov can already see the German Presidential Palace. There are two breaking news today, one is the killing of Mustache
, one was captured alive, the specific situation is being verified." Bruce's expression was hard to explain, such news comes every day.
Regarding Mustache, all kinds of news are emerging one after another. A few days ago, there was even news that Mustache was captured alive in the town of Remagen.
The Times is still very cautious. Unconfirmed news will never be published in the newspaper. The Times rarely publishes war reports issued by the Russian military.
"Is there any news about East Asia?" Taylor focused on himself.
A few days ago, there was news that the Allied forces in East Asia were making big moves.
Although everyone is keeping this news secret, Taylor still keenly feels that as time goes by, this possibility is increasing day by day.
The media has been hyping up the super bomb in southern Africa for several months. The only question is whether it will be used in East Asia first, or whether it will be dropped on Berlin.
The super bomb in Southern Africa is no longer a secret. The only question is how powerful the super bomb is. Whether it is really like what the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa said, a super bomb can easily destroy a city.
At this point in the war, the purpose of applying super bombs to the battlefield was not only to attack the Axis powers, but also to warn certain potential opponents.
If there is a third purpose, it is to determine the power of the super bomb.
Of course, the third point is definitely incidental. People's focus is more on the super bomb itself.
"Of course there is, but it may not be what you want. Just now, the Expeditionary Force and the U.S. Army jointly captured Japan's important industrial city -" Bruce answered the question. When the Russian army besieged Berlin, the Southern African Expeditionary Force and the U.S. Army
Not idle either.
After conquering Shimonoseki, the Allied forces continued to advance north, capturing Hiroshima, Okayama, and Kobe one after another.
The Japanese government tried its best to organize resistance, but the overall strength gap was too large to achieve even the basic hysteresis effect. The Allies marched forward with great success and were invincible.
Contrary to what the Allies imagined, the "100 million pieces of jade" claimed by the Japanese government was simply a bluff. Except for a small number of Japanese troops who showed a slightly tenacious will to fight, the vast majority of the Japanese troops did not have a tenacious will to resist. The intensity of the fighting was
It's a far cry from Berlin.
One thing still needs to be emphasized. Among all the Japanese troops who resisted to the end, the troops from colonial servants, such as small islands and peninsulas, had a particularly tenacious will to resist, even more tenacious than troops composed purely of Japanese.
This situation caught the Allies by surprise. According to Angel and MacArthur's predictions, the troops composed purely of Japanese should be more tenacious, while the colonial servant troops should be weak and willing.
In reality, a force composed purely of Japanese troops would often collapse when casualties reached 20%.
The colonial servant army can often continue to fight even when casualties reach 80%.
What is gratifying is that Angel was not in the mood to study the psychological conditions of the colonial servants. He ordered all enemy soldiers who resisted to the end to be executed on the spot without leaving any legacy, thereby reducing the greatest burden on the post-war International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
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"How many times did Osaka suffer from Allied air raids during the previous bombings?" Taylor also tried to find news points.
Bruce was a little stunned, looking through the documents in his hand for a while, and then looked strange.
"102 times!"
this--
The Allied bombing of Japan was no less intense than the Hamburg bombing, with hundreds of bombers dispatched each time and thousands of tons of high-explosive incendiary bombs dropped.
The current Osaka city area is far less large than that of later generations, but the population density is not small. Six major bombings from January 1945 to April 1945 alone killed 50,000 people and injured 70,000 people in Osaka.
Interestingly, in the bombing of Osaka, the number of casualties was not even as high as the number of deaths, which is worth studying.
Under normal circumstances, the number of deaths is definitely less than the number of injuries.
Now the number of injured is actually more than the number of dead. Either the Japanese statistics are wrong, or the effect of Allied bombing is beyond common sense.
It’s a matter of opinion, anyway, no matter what the situation is, it’s interesting to see.
"Is this number correct?" Taylor was surprised. With 102 bombings, Osaka's sweet potatoes might have turned into roasted sweet potatoes.
"It should be correct -" Bruce nodded repeatedly to confirm that the data from the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa can still be trusted.
"Not only Osaka, but Kaishi, the second largest city in Osaka Prefecture - the word is pronounced 'kai' - was hit by a total of 65 air raids, and the rest of Kishiwada and Umeho were also hit by dozens of air raids.
So much so that the Far East Command asked the Air Force to pay attention to saving ammunition-" Bruce followed Taylor into Taylor's office and placed Taylor's briefcase on the file shelf behind Taylor.
If de Gaulle were present, then de Gaulle would be surprised that Taylor, a copy editor of The Times, had an office as large as that of de Gaulle, the French president.
If we simply compare the decoration of offices, Taylor's office is even higher than de Gaulle's office.
It's just decoration.
If you calculate the cost of an office, then de Gaulle's office is definitely worth much more than Taylor's office.
The most valuable thing about De Gaulle's office were the world-famous paintings by famous artists on the walls.
Taylor's office is focused on relaxation, and you can believe it even has a golf course in the office.
Of course, the fairways here are fine for practicing putting and so on, but they are completely different from a serious golf course.
"Do you want to go to the Far East?" Taylor was unwilling to be alone. If he wanted to get first-hand information, he still had to go to the front line in person.
"Me-" Bruce was stunned.
"Yes, if you want, I will bring you with me when I apply." Taylor already has a complete plan.
"Of course, I'm willing!" Bruce was very happy, and he also wanted to go to the front line in person.
The key to this is still due to the propaganda of the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa.
The world war did not break out in southern Africa itself. If thousands of southern African youths were to go across the ocean to fight in East Asia and Europe, propaganda work was indispensable.
Fortunately, East Asia is easy to say. Southern Africa, which is dominated by Chinese, does not need mobilization to fight Japan. It only needs to tell the story of what Japan did in the East Asian battlefield. All southern Africans share the same hatred and have the money and strength to contribute.
The enthusiasm for signing up to join the army is overwhelming.
The Chinese in southern Africa have little interest in the European battlefield.
Fortunately, Southern Africa is a country of immigrants. Along with the large number of Chinese, there are also many European immigrants. These European immigrants are also eager to go to Europe to participate in the war. Even many Germans, in order to express their break with the Third Reich, did not hesitate to write blood letters and demand
Go to Europe to join the war.
Here you can see the difference between southern Africa and the United States and the United Kingdom.
After the outbreak of the World War, the United States and the United Kingdom unanimously set up concentration camps and put all Germans into them, denying Germans the chance to participate in the war.
At the same time, all personal properties of these Germans were confiscated without any exceptions, so that the southern African German community had to appeal for the Germans in the United States and the United Kingdom, hoping that the U.S. and British governments would treat these innocent people well.
people.
this is the truth.
Many immigrants who were "gifted out" from Southern Africa later went to the United States. These people hate Southern Africa the most. Whenever negative news about Southern Africa appears, these people are always at the forefront.
What they didn't expect was that once southern Africa and the United States were in a state of war, they would be the first group to be retaliated by the United States. Regardless of whether they were really loyal to the United States, they would be regarded as victims of the war and the first group to be sacrificed to heaven.
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So these people had better keep hoping that Southern Africa will become stronger, otherwise they will lose all value and become lambs to be slaughtered.
"Very well, get ready, we are about to go to East Asia." Taylor was also impatient. East Asia is obviously more newsy than Germany.
Berlin, Germany, was under siege, and the focus of subsequent reports was nothing more than the number of casualties on both sides and the speed of the front's advance.
Some things cannot be reported, such as the retaliatory actions of Russian troops in Germany, the Southern African Expeditionary Force, and the inaction of American and British troops in Hamburg.
So overall, East Asia is the most cost-effective. If we can get the news of the Allied forces using super bombs to attack Japan as soon as possible, then Taylor will have great hope that Wending will win the "Times Photography Award" this year.
Speaking of the Times Photo Photography Awards, this is part of a series of journalism awards organized by The Times.
How to embody the so-called "authority" is not just something you say. You have to continuously establish authority in the industry, lead the trend, make everyone aspire to it, and attract everyone to worship you.
Therefore, "The Times" not only has photography awards, but also text awards, short film awards, documentary awards, hot spot awards, etc., to meet the needs of different groups of people.
Don’t get me wrong, the “different groups of people” here do not refer to readers, but to practitioners.
Readers are not unimportant.
But it can be guided.
Therefore, "The Times" focuses on practitioners. As long as it can be recognized by practitioners, readers' thinking will not be rounded or flattened.
These awards of "The Times" are selected once a year and are divided into three levels: "first, second and third". The winners' bonuses range from R10,000 to R30,000.
If nothing else, just in terms of hype, the editors of The Times got it right.
"Can I go to Japan?" Bruce also has ideals. He wants to go to Japan to see for himself whether the Japanese are really as cruel and violent as the legends say!
"Of course, the purpose of our trip to East Asia is Japan!" Taylor's purpose is more complicated than Bruce, who is a member of Brad's office.
