Although Martin is also a marshal, the weight of Martin as a colonial marshal is obviously not comparable to that of Joffre-Frenzi, the marshal of the two most powerful countries in the world. Although Martin did not agree to continue the attack, although Gallieni tried his best to dissuade him, and although Smith
Dorling also expressed opposition, but just after the Battle of the Marne, the British and French forces began a new round of offensive, this time targeting Belgium.
When the results of the Battle of the Marne were reported back to southern Africa, Ade summoned Roque again, hoping that Roque would go to Europe in person to serve as commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force.
"Locke, you are Viscount Nyasaland, the Minister of Defense and War of Southern Africa, and also a marshal appointed by the British Empire. Only if you go to Paris can you better safeguard our interests in southern Africa." Ade was confused.
, he has actually been in battle for a long time and is no stranger to war, but the cruelty of the world war clearly exceeds Ade's understanding of war.
Adé was frightened by the reports of the Battle of the Marne. Last month, the French suffered 260,000 casualties. Adé could not care less because those who died were not British.
Now that September has just passed, the casualties of the British and French coalition forces have exceeded those in August, and the Southern African Expeditionary Force has also suffered heavy casualties. If this continues, Ade is really worried that the few troops in Southern Africa will not survive until the end of the year.
Official data shows that the total number of white, Chinese, and African people in southern Africa is less than 15 million, and even if it is concealed, it does not exceed 20 million at most. France’s total population before the world war exceeded 40 million, and the British mainland had 45 million.
Germany has 67 million, so regardless of how powerful southern Africa's industrial capabilities are, its war potential is really incomparable to those of powerful countries such as Britain, France, and Germany.
A powerful country not only has strong industrial capabilities, but also has a very important population base.
Fortunately, there are still people in southern Africa who can’t figure out how many Africans can be exploited. Just like Winston said, southern Africa will drain the Africans dry during the world war!
"Okay, I'll go to France in a few days." Roque agreed to Adelaide's arrangement. Originally, Roque wanted to digest Southwest Africa and Tanganyika before going to France. Now it seems that Martin is still a little softer.
Unable to withstand the pressure from Joffre and Frenzi.
This is the disadvantage of the guest army. No matter how outstanding Martin is in southern Africa, France is not southern Africa after all.
"Do you want to take the Northern Rhodesian Division or the 1st Cavalry Division with you?" Ade has no reservations about Roque's support. Even if Roque wants to take away both the Northern Rhodesian Division and the 1st Cavalry Division, Ade will
De will agree.
"No, the Northern Rhodesian Division and the First Cavalry Division have to deal with the Tanganyika German Army. Before the Tanganyika German Army surrenders, the Northern Rhodesian Division and the First Cavalry Division cannot leave Tanganyika." In Tanganyika.
Roark would never touch the Northern Rhodesian Division and the 1st Cavalry Division until the war at Gurnicke was over.
"Then deploy a few more infantry divisions. When you go to France, you can't lead a group of African troops." It's not that Ade doesn't trust African soldiers. Martin is in France, and the color of the soldiers under his command doesn't matter. When Roque goes to France, he still has to take care of his face.
At a glance.
The skin color of a soldier does not represent combat effectiveness, but skin color is a symbol of status. Almost all the servants in Yaya's family are white. It is for this reason.
"I transferred the 2nd Cavalry Division from Port Elizabeth." Rock didn't move the conscripts in southern Africa. The 2nd Cavalry Division was a force composed of mercenaries from the Umbrella Company. The other division was the 3rd Cavalry Division, which had the same combat effectiveness as Rhodes.
The 1st Cavalry Division of the Northern Division of West Asia is no less competitive and has more combat experience. There are whites, Chinese and Africans in the troops.
"Cavalry——" Ade still doesn't know that the cavalry today is different from the cavalry during the Boer War.
"The Second Cavalry Division does not ride horses. It is equipped with trucks just like the First Cavalry Division. However, the Second Cavalry Division does not have armored troops, and the production of tanks is still too small." Roque regretted that if there was an armored division now, then the war might really happen.
can be completed within six weeks.
Even if it could end within six weeks, Rock would not use tanks on the battlefield. Although the world war was a catastrophe for mankind, it was an opportunity for the rise of Southern Africa. If the war really ended within six weeks, then Southern Africa would be so vulnerable.
What do many military-industrial enterprises eat?
Rock had been preparing for a world war for several years, not just for a few weeks of good business.
"Don't the 1st Cavalry Division and the Northern Rhodesian Division both have armored regiments?" Ade wanted to enhance the strength of Rock's troops as much as possible.
"Lord, compared with France, Tanganyika is more important." Roque will not deploy armored forces. It will be almost the end of next year. By then, Southern Africa should be able to save one or two thousand tanks. Then Roque will prove to the British and French forces.
Because of the power of tanks, all the tanks were packaged and sold to the British and French forces.
"Take Sidney with you, Sidney. Your only task is to ensure that Locke does not go to the front line, preferably not even to France." Sidney Milner, the adept, watched Locke.
Southern Africa is too important for Ade to take risks.
"Okay uncle, I will definitely keep an eye on Lord Nyasaland." Sidney Milner was serious. He had already put on his military uniform and was actually still a major general.
Roque, the Defense Minister, doesn’t even know.
"Germany is not for Southwest Africa and Tanganyika, Locke, be careful in everything." Ade warned. Although Locke has great military exploits, he has not experienced the test of a large corps battle.
On September 15th, Roque boarded a ship from Port Edward and went to the Sinai Peninsula to join the 2nd Cavalry Division. Then he crossed the Mediterranean and arrived in Marseille on September 31st, and then changed to a train to Paris.
At this time, the British and French forces had already invaded Belgium, and together with the Belgian army, they fought fiercely with the German army in the fields of Flanders, which is known in history as the First Battle of Ypres.
As early as a week ago, the German heavy artillery troops destroyed the fortresses outside Antwerp one by one. The Belgian army was forced to abandon Antwerp and join forces with the British and French forces to fight against the crazy German attack.
Smith Dolin was right. The elite German troops suffered heavy losses in the previous stage of the offensive. The newly reinforced troops were all newly recruited mobilization soldiers. Many of the soldiers were even students who had not graduated, with the youngest being only 16 years old.
After capturing Antwerp, the German army was able to mobilize elite troops from four armies. Some of them reinforced the eastern front and some reinforced the western front. The pressure faced by the British and French coalition forces was not great. However, due to the bad weather, the British and French coalition forces advanced slowly. In order to delay the attack, the Belgian king
The German offensive opened the coastal sluices, and the seawater poured down into the Flanders lowlands. The German attack was delayed, and the British and French allied forces were unable to launch an attack through chest-deep seawater, and the battle situation reached a stalemate.
"We suffered heavy losses in the previous stage of the battle. Now we only have three infantry divisions and two infantry brigades left, with a total strength of 56,000. Commander-in-Chief Xiafei sent us reinforcements from two artillery brigades, but only 75mm infantry
Artillery, Marshal French completely ignored our inferior firepower, and his daily orders were only to attack, attack, I'm sorry, Lord -" Martin looked ashamed, perhaps because in the Battle of the Marne, the southern African army performed too well.
, so in the following battle, the southern African army was used as the main force.
Used a little harshly.
"Not bad, there are more than 50,000, which is better than I imagined -" Rock comforted him gently. Martin will go to Port Elizabeth next, which also has a heavy responsibility: "Next, you go to Port Elizabeth, and wait for the troops to arrive.
Prepare to launch an attack on Basra and Damascus. The Ottoman Empire will join the war in October. You must occupy the Damascus Province of the Ottoman Empire before the British and French forces and gain access to the Mediterranean Sea. In the Sinai Peninsula, you have the highest military rank. You don’t need to care about others.
"I have only one request: to capture the Sinai Peninsula and at least the Persian Gulf coast."
Roque only made demands and did not interfere with Martin's specific command. This time when he went to France, Roque led the 2nd Cavalry Division and the 11th 202nd Division. Both the 2nd Cavalry Division and the 11th Cavalry Division were eighteen thousand men.
The reorganized division, the 202nd Division, had a smaller number of 15,000 men. Together with the existing troops, the southern African expeditionary force in France exceeded 100,000 men for the first time.
As usual, there was a welcome dinner in the evening. Roque went with Chief of Staff Paul Coker's adjutant Sidney Milner. The banquet was held at the famous Palace of Versailles. The banquet was hosted by French President Raymond Poincaré.
What is incredible is that France currently does not have a prime minister.
Gaston Doumergue resigned after less than a month as prime minister, and then Raymond Poincaré appointed Alexandre Ribo as prime minister. As a result, Alexandre Ribo resigned after only three days as prime minister.
Poincaré has not yet found anyone willing to be prime minister. French prime minister is indeed a high-risk profession.
"Marshal Locke, welcome to France, I hope you can enjoy your stay here -" Raymond Poincaré is a successful lawyer, a member of the French Academy, and a best-selling author. Even if it is inappropriate,
President, Poincaré also has more options.
"Your Excellency, it's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. President -" Roque smiled. This was Roque's first trip to France and his second trip to Europe. His last experience in London left an unpleasant impression on Roque.
"Please allow me to introduce to you, this is the great French Army Commander-in-Chief Marshal Joseph Joffre -" Raymond Poincaré gave Rock enough face, and French government officials and military generals gathered together,
Frenchman Haigsmith Dolin of the British Expeditionary Force was also present. Also present at the dinner was Peter the Bearded, King of the Kingdom of Serbia, who performed well during the Austro-Hungarian Empire's invasion of Serbia some time ago.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on the Kingdom of Serbia and immediately launched an attack on the Kingdom of Serbia. One day after Belgrade was occupied, Peter announced with a rifle on his back that he would release the soldiers from their oath to fight for the king and country, and he would fight against the Austro-Hungarian Empire alone.
The army launched a counterattack.
Peter successfully inspired the patriotism of the officers and soldiers, and the veteran general Radom Putnik led the troops to tenaciously drive the invaders out of the Kingdom of Serbia.
Speaking of Radom Putnik, before the outbreak of the world war, he was traveling in Austria and was captured by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although the Chief of General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Joseph Conrad suggested to the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph
Killed Putnik, but Joseph still followed medieval etiquette and sent Putnik back to the Kingdom of Serbia.