"Africa! We must get Africa!" Churchill said while looking at the map. "Italy is an ally of Germany. They have a large number of colonies in Africa. Now because we have attacked the French navy, the French colonies in North Africa have also announced their support for Pétain and broke with us.
If we completely lose Africa, the supplies from our colonies will not be able to be transported to our British mainland, and our war will basically be half lost!"
British Chief of Staff John Deere pointed to the map and said, "My sir, I have to tell you, just yesterday, we just got intelligence that Italy is preparing to launch an attack on our Kenya, Sudan and Somalia. Especially in
After the news spread that our navy failed to attack the French navy, the Italian army accelerated its preparations."
Churchill felt heartbroken when he thought of the naval defeat. For this reason, he was constantly bombarded by newspapers and public opinion. You must know that since he took office, the British army has not won even a single victory.
Italy, Churchill thought about this country and the dictatorial head of state who was similar to Hitler. He couldn't help but take a puff of his cigar and said, "The architect is also a madman, but he is a timid madman. This was the case when he attacked France. What he hoped for most
Is it to recreate the Roman Empire of the past, but are the Italians now still the Romans? Haha... I think we can teach these Italians a lesson in Africa. And... I remember our intelligence showed that,
There seems to be a big oil field in the Italian colony."
Although the German and Italian oil fields in Africa have implemented a blockade of information to the greatest extent, some information has been spread one after another after such a long time. Especially in this era, radar has not yet been popularized, and British spies insist on taking planes to conduct high-altitude reconnaissance.
Although the specific location has not yet been found, the ships and convoys transporting oil have been discovered many times, and the general area has been guessed.
"Who is the commander there?" Churchill asked.
"It's General Wavell, the one-eyed general." Dill said. Wavell was a veteran of World War I who lost his left eye in World War I. He was called General One-eyed. He came from a military family, and his grandfather and father were both
He was a general. At this time, he was serving as the commander-in-chief of the British Military Command in the Middle East in Egypt. He had 50,000 British troops in his hands. In fact, Britain only had a weak local defense force at this time. If the global military forces were added up, the military strength would not be small.
"Oh...I remembered that last week I asked him to send six battalions back to the homeland, but he refused." Churchill thought of the things that made him unhappy and said, "Well, since he said he wanted enough
If you don't have enough troops to defend Africa, then tell him that the Italians are coming soon, and he should also carry out his obligations and responsibilities."
--Paris
Two flowers bloomed, one on each side. Hitler was very excited about the German submarine's victory over the British fleet. He immediately asked Dönitz, Pétain, and Darlan to come to Paris to celebrate, and even called in those who provided reliable intelligence.
Jiang Cheng celebrated this rare victory together. "Oh, dear Jiang, thanks to you, we taught the British a lesson!" When Dönitz saw Jiang Cheng, he immediately stepped forward and hugged him.
When Darlan and others saw that Dönitz was so enthusiastic about a yellow-skinned Chinese, Petain saw something from the badge worn by Jiang Cheng. The badge represented a rank even in the German army.
It is rare to see a Chinese in China. This Chinese has a very high status in Germany.
"My head of state, congratulations on winning another great victory." Jiang Cheng nodded to Dönitz and said a few words, then raised his glass to Hitler.
Hitler smiled excitedly and said, "The despicable and shameless British hope to use this method to hurt our French friends. This is absolutely not allowed. Dear Marshal Pétain and Marshal Darlan, you can rest assured that Göring has already informed
I promise that as soon as the weather improves, we will use bombers to avenge the innocent lives of French soldiers!"
Well, the Germans beat the British to avenge the French. This logic made Jiang Cheng feel a little confused.
Darlan is now a 100% Anglophobe. You must know that even if France and Germany sign an armistice agreement, it only means that France has withdrawn from the war. It does not mean that France will declare war with Britain. Why would Britain directly attack France?
What about Charles de Gaulle's Free France - haha, no organization recognized by any country other than the UK can represent France? Darlan immediately said, "Hitler, Head of State, I have ordered French naval aircraft to attack the UK. This is because I
I have not received any news before that Germany will also bomb the UK. Since our enemies are the same, I hope that we can form a joint air force to carry out retaliatory bombing against the UK. I hope the focus is on the docks and shipyards of the UK."
As he said this, Darlan looked at Petain. He had not communicated with Petain before he said this. He looked at Petain, hoping that Petain would support him.
He didn't know that Petain was changing very quickly at this time. In fact, being a traitor... or a traitor was like being sold out. At first, it might be due to various reasons, and there would still be some inner feelings.
He resisted, but slowly let go and thought about it, and finally even roped in others to do it together. Pétain was in the process of slowly letting go, so he immediately expressed his stance, "Our French army still wants to do it."
There are two to three hundred aircraft, and if the Germans are willing to return some to us, we can form an air force of 500 aircraft to participate in the war."
Now that we have joined the German camp, we still hope that Germany will have the last laugh in this war. If the British are allowed to fight back, others will be unlucky. Pétain will definitely be hung up and beaten.
Hitler laughed heartily, but reason told him that he could not let go of the shackles of France so quickly. He said, "The French army has just experienced the war, and the people miss their families very much. Let them go home first. You just need to send
It would be nice to have some representatives with us."
After Hitler, Petain and others finished talking, they came to Dönitz and Jiang Cheng who were chatting and said to Dönitz, "Very good, you did a good job. When I heard the news, I didn't even have any shoes on."
I opened the door to confirm the news. Your submarine force really surprised me."
Dönitz stood upright and said, "My head of state, if I can have three hundred submarines, then I can make half of the British ships unable to come back. If I can have five hundred submarines, I can make Britain become a
It became a dead place."
In fact, from an economic point of view, submarines really have an extremely cost-effective advantage. A battleship is often extremely expensive to build. For example, the battleship Bismarck costs 196.8 million marks, while a submarine costs less than 10 million marks, that is, one
A battleship can be exchanged for nearly 20 submarines. The British army's loss this time alone can be exchanged for nearly a hundred submarines. The real loss of the German army was only a dozen, which is really not worth mentioning.
But Hitler didn't think so. In his eyes, there was no solution to submarines. If possible, he would certainly hope to have a dozen battleships instead of hundreds of submarines. He understood what Dönitz meant when he said this.
Navy funding should continue to be tilted toward submarines in the future. He changed the subject and said, "By the way, I heard Jiang that you hope to buy some warships?"
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, my head of state, you should also know the situation on the Eastern battlefield. The Japanese army was once again defeated by our army, but victory is still far away, but the war will eventually end. We hope that when the war ends,
We can build our navy in the shortest time. Many battleships in the French army were damaged this time. I hope to buy them and repair them, and then use them as our training ships. Of course, the price will definitely let you
satisfied."
Hitler thought for a while and said, "These are French battleships. I have no reason or power to decide their ownership. You can talk to Darlan and Pétain, but I hope this matter will not affect the strength of the French navy and the
The friendship between you and me, well, I don’t think you need a heavy cruiser, right?”
What this means is that small ships such as destroyers, frigates and even light cruisers are fine, but don’t think about heavy cruisers, battlecruisers or battleships. There is a reason why Hitler was willing to give up some ships. After all, Jiang Cheng provided
There is too much technology and intelligence, and they are also willing to pay real money. Although Germany made a lot of profits in this war, it also spent a lot of resources and funds, and it does need some supplements.
Jiang Cheng raised his glass and said, "That's natural. Germany's interests are supreme. Please rest assured, head of state, I will definitely give you a suitable price."
In fact, what Jiang Cheng really wanted was not just those broken ships, but what he wanted even more was the French aircraft carrier.
France does have an aircraft carrier, the Béarn aircraft carrier that has been in service for more than ten years. It was rebuilt on the basis of an unfinished Normandy-class battleship. The ship has the characteristics of a British aircraft carrier, such as a huge chimney.
It is integrated with the superstructure and is located at the middle and front part of the starboard side of the ship. There are three elevators at the front, middle and rear between the flight deck and the hangar. Because it is the foundation of a battleship, it has a strong defense, but at this time the ship
It is not in France, but together with the Joan of Arc and the Belden, it is carrying more than 500 tons of gold to Canada. In Jiang Cheng's heart, winning these three ships is the key. The gold on the bare ships
I made a lot of money.
In fact, it’s not just this one. The French army also planned to build two aircraft carriers in the 1930s. However, Darlan later believed that France did not need aircraft carriers, so they did not build them. Indeed, according to subsequent developments, France’s enemy was Germany.
The real war is a land war, and there is indeed little need for aircraft carriers.
After the banquet, Jiang Cheng and Dönitz took Darlan to their residence and let them taste the green tea brought from China.
Darlan took a sip, and the old French officer nodded and said with a smile, "Jiang, I heard that you are Chinese. I didn't believe it at first, but now I believe it. This kind of tea cannot be grown in India."
Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "As long as you like it, I can give you some. What do you think of my proposal?"
Darlan sighed, "Do I still have the right to refuse?"
Jiang Cheng and Dönitz smiled and said, "Of course, but you should know that since the British attacked the French navy, and many French navy surrendered without a fight, do you think our head of state will still do it?"
Are you reassured? Although I won’t do anything now for the overall stability of France, it will be a matter of time before the strength of the French army is weakened. But I want to ask, will your soldiers do anything besides serving as soldiers?"
Darlan suddenly thought of the news reports he had seen in the past. After World War I, a large number of soldiers retired. As a defeated country, Germany, needless to say, how miserable those soldiers were, and the amount of retirement fees was due to such inflation.
There was not enough money for food for several days, otherwise Hitler would not have responded immediately to his speech. Not only Europe, but even the so-called richest country, the United States, was not as good as that. On May 29, 1932
, about 20,000 veterans, their wives and children arrived in Washington one after another and gathered near the Capitol. They used old wooden boards they picked up to build a simple tent as a shelter, and named it "Hoover" after the then president.
Villages. Veterans are waiting anxiously in villages like this refugee camp, hoping that the U.S. government can give them the retirement pay they should receive. You must know that after the end of World War I, the U.S. government planned to transfer their retirement pay due to cost considerations.
It would not be issued until 20 years later in 1945 - well, they must not have thought that there would still be a group of World War II veterans asking for retirement pensions at that time.
In short, these veterans were very pitiful at the time and had no financial resources. In the end, the proposal to receive retirement benefits in advance was rejected. However, the US government expressed its willingness to provide certain subsidies and tickets for the demonstrators to go home. Although thousands of people evacuated, there were still some
Nearly 20,000 people were stranded and continued to demonstrate. At this time, a conflict happened between the military and the police. More than a dozen people were injured. Hoover asked MacArthur to send troops to cordon off the scene and clean it up.
MacArthur mobilized 6 light tanks to garrison at the street entrance, with machine guns mounted on top of the tanks; 4 companies of infantry mounted bayonets, and 4 companies of cavalry took out their sabers. They headed for Pennsylvania Street, the capital's central avenue, to block the demonstrators and would soon retire.
The soldiers were driven out of federal territory. When the troops reached the Anacostia River, Hoover twice sent orders to prevent the troops from clearing the demonstrators' camp on the other side of the river.
In his own way, MacArthur expressed the principle of running the army without accepting the orders of foreign kings. He said: "I am very busy and have no time to receive guests. Those who pretend to convey the president's orders can't bother me." MacArthur directed the army across the river.
Surrounded the demonstrators' camp, ordered all demonstrators to leave within a time limit, and then set fire to the camp and burned it to ashes. As for the casualties... How can there be huge casualties in such a thing in the great United States? Only two people were accidentally trampled to death, and the others
All the casualties are fake! Fake!! Yes, that’s it, the suppression ended with minimal casualties, at least that’s what MacArthur said later. It’s worth mentioning that at that time, he led the cavalry to charge while waving sabers and battle flags.
