69novels Chapter 1031
Chapter 1031
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Manstein first received this task he was still confused about what the real intention of the European side was. However after discussing with Vanelk they also guessed something.
Soon further instructions came from Europe and they were clearly told that this army was prepared to land in Africa and liberate Africa after training!
Africa is a continent with abundant natural resources and a large land area. It is the second largest continent in the world after Asia.
Although such a good place is not convenient for direct rule the empire must strengthen its control over Africa otherwise so many rich resources will be wasted!
Therefore after weighing the pros and cons and confirming the risks between gains and losses the Imperial Headquarters combined with the proposal of the head of Mainz to use blacks to attack Liberia gave a rather bold suggestion: it is recommended to train the blacks in North America into a large-scale army and then use them to land in Africa.
At that time not only will Liberia be liberated but also continue to fight eastward and southward to liberate the colonies in the hands of many European enemy countries such as the British Empire Gaul the Windmill Kingdom and Belgium!
The Empire hid behind to control these blacks and then incorporated Africa into the Empire’s territory but the Empire did not need to spend too much money or take too much risk. After all no matter how large the casualties were they were not the Empire’s own casualties so this result was definitely acceptable!
After figuring this out the two immediately raised the importance of this matter to a higher level and transferred Model from the Western Theater back to let him start recruiting and training these black troops in the southern states!
The blacks in the Eagle Sauce are mainly distributed in the southern states. The main reason for this is that the southern states once had a large number of plantations and the main labor force of these plantations was black slaves. So in order to meet the labor needs of the plantations the European colonists transported millions of black slaves from the Gold Coast of Africa!
After the Civil War the North won and the black slaves in the southern states were liberated so the slaves who originally lived on the plantations began to appear in all aspects of society giving people a feeling that there are blacks everywhere!
Moreover compared with the north the Eagle Sauce people in the south are conservative and stubborn. They are relatively hostile to blacks. In the wave of racial discrimination the discrimination against blacks in the south is basically the most serious. Therefore most of the blacks here live a miserable life and are more willing to return to Africa!
After Model completed the sweep of the western region he had nothing to do so after receiving Manstein’s transfer order he didn’t say anything and directly returned to Texas with part of the army.
Model was the first imperial general to land in North America. When he was in Florida he promoted the training and reform of the Southern Army so Model had a lot of experience in training the army!
Moreover compared with the blacks of later generations the social status of blacks in that era was relatively low and they were generally discriminated against and there was no political correctness to protect them so most of them were hardworking by nature and they were extremely afraid of white people and even more afraid of the Hans who defeated their white masters!
Therefore Model who originally had the mentality of completing a very difficult task immediately had a completely opposite feeling when he first came into contact with these black soldiers! Isn’t this army composed of black soldiers too obedient?
Almost do whatever you want to do without any resistance at all.
Although a little stupid most blacks have a low level of education and some people can’t even tell left from right. It is difficult for such an army to operate weapons that require a high cultural foundation to operate such as artillery tanks armored vehicles self-propelled artillery and aircraft.
These things are difficult for non-industrialized countries to master on a large scale.
Black people are discriminated against in North America so they are unlikely to accept such professional knowledge so technical arms will be more troublesome.
Fortunately they don’t need too many advanced weapons to get to where they are going and maybe with the poor road conditions and climate conditions in Africa these advanced weapons can’t be used after entering. After all a 75mm field gun has the lightest one and weighs more than a ton and a 150mm field gun weighs more than ten tons. There is no railway no road no high-power car towing and it must be impossible to run if it is pulled by people and horses!
Moreover even if the artillery can be pulled what about the shells?
A 150mm howitzer shell weighs forty or fifty kilograms. A gun can shoot dozens of such shells in a few strokes. After a battle the number of shells consumed is astonishingly high. In the absence of railways relying solely on human transportation weapons and ammunition alone can drag down logistics!
So after considering the actual situation in Africa Model focused on training light infantry!
The so-called light infantry is a type of soldier who does not consider heavy weapons such as heavy artillery over 75mm and other tanks and armored vehicles. Soldiers rely on individual weapons or some relatively light accompanying support firepower such as light machine guns mortars with a caliber of less than 60mm and small-caliber short-barreled infantry guns like the Type 92 infantry gun to fight.
If light infantry is placed on the European battlefield it will be cannon fodder. It is afraid that it will not be able to withstand any European power because Europe’s industrialization is the most advanced and developed in the world. All major countries have a complete military industry system that can produce various heavy weapons!
This kind of vitality of light infantry can only die in front of the armies of the great powers equipped with aircraft and artillery.
However on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War before receiving large-scale military assistance from the German army the army of the Celestial Empire was basically such light infantry. Even compared with the light infantry that Model wanted to train the Celestial Empire’s army was even more unbearable. After all although this black army was light infantry their logistics were the responsibility of the German army!
As the world’s largest industrial power the empire’s arms supply is quite guaranteed so this army must have enough weapons and ammunition.
However China’s own industry is very backward and its steel production is extremely low.
Although there are some arsenals the output is very small.
Their weapons and ammunition are extremely scarce not to mention shells even rifles and bullets are seriously insufficient.
It is a miracle that such an army can win the Anti-Japanese War.
It is also thanks to the fact that the opposite side is a poor version of fascism.
If the foot basin is given the industrial strength of the Third Reich or the Eagle Sauce this battle will be even more difficult!
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