The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 737

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In North Africa, General Dai Gaole, who escaped from the Gallic Campaign, has been in North Africa for more than half a year!

As a staunch resistance fighter, Dai Gaole has never thought about surrendering.

He knows that he was able to escape from the country because of the help of Marshal Pétain, and the other party gave him such convenience, naturally hoping that he could persist in resistance outside and provide some hope for those in Gaul who hope to defeat Hans by force and help them restore their country.

In this case, his only position is to never compromise and fight the Hans to the end. Once he shows any intention of compromise, what is the difference between him and the surrenderists in Gaul?

Dai Gaole is very young, and his influence in both politics and the military is not as good as those bigwigs in World War I, so if his position is the same as those people, then he will not have any highlights and will quickly become mediocre. At that time, if it is purely a competition of qualifications and prestige, young people like him will get nothing!

So Dai Gaole was very clear about his position. Others could surrender, but he absolutely could not surrender. Even if he insisted on losing his life, he would not hesitate!

So after arriving in North Africa, Dai Gaole began to use Gaul’s influence in North Africa and their colonies in North Africa to reorganize the army, develop industry and train new troops in North Africa.

North Africa is not far from Europe. If it develops here, it can get financial and material assistance from Europe at close range. Many Gauls are still full of goodwill towards the regime of Free Gaul in North Africa, so many Gauls came to him. In the past six months, more than 800,000 people have defected to Dai Gaole.

Gaul has a large area of overseas colonies. They have a total of 12.35 million square kilometers of colonies, most of which are concentrated in Africa.

Moreover, these colonies not only have their own governments, but also their own monetary systems. The currency they issue is the West African franc. Even after the disintegration of Gaul’s colonies, this currency is still circulated in these colonies. This shows the great influence of Gaul on the colonies in Africa.

Of course, this huge influence also brought some disadvantages.

After World War I, there were too many young and middle-aged people in Gaul, which led to an extreme shortage of local labor resources.

The African colonies were very close to the mainland, so Gaul introduced a large number of black laborers from Africa to enrich the labor market in the country.

As a result, it set a precedent for African immigrants to the mainland.

Then this kind of immigration was out of control.

After a hundred years, the number of black births even exceeded that of white people.

Gaul had a trend of complete blackening.

This is probably a typical example of what you have to pay back sooner or later? With such a large colonial area, the population is naturally large.

The number of people ruled by Gaul overseas is about 45 million.

In order to maintain their rule here, they sent about 300,000 troops here.

If the indigenous troops formed in the colonies are counted, the total force of Gaul will further increase to 1 million!

If these one million people are put on the European field, it may not be enough for the Third Reich to fill the gap. The German army only needs to dispatch a few army groups to kill them all on a large scale.

However, this army was not in the European continent, but in Africa. The terrain, especially the terrain of North Africa, determined that the enemy could not deploy too many troops to fight.

In addition to some oases on the seashore, North Africa is all desert inland. If the enemy wants to enter Africa, the biggest enemy is not the one million troops in Dai Gaole’s hands, but the huge Sahara Desert!

Because the Gaul colonies in Africa are very large, and most of them are located in West Africa and Central Africa, if Hans wants to eliminate Dai Gaole, he must fight from north to south, all the way to the southernmost colony, so as to completely drive the Gaul forces out of Africa!

Africa does not have many roads at this time, and the infrastructure and railways are still quite backward. The large tracts of tropical rainforests in West Africa and Central Africa are the nightmare of any army. The German army has fewer troops and may not be able to beat the Gaul army in the colonies.

If more troops are dispatched, the huge logistical pressure can crush them!

So after Dai Gaole arrived in Africa, he felt that his situation had improved greatly!

It is true that with such a small army in the colony, it is impossible for them to counterattack the European continent.

The indigenous army of the colony is too weak to fight, and it is okay to maintain public order. It is a dream to expect them to fight, especially when facing the invincible German army.

Therefore, Dai Gaole himself is also very clear that the core in his hands is the native army brought from the mainland and the native army of Gaul originally stationed in Africa.

And the number of this army is about 350,000. This army is his trump card, and it cannot be easily consumed!

In addition, the native Gauls are also the most important population resource under his rule, and the number of this part of people is about 2 million, of which 800,000 are from the Gaul mainland, and 1.2 million are the families of these garrisons and some workers and managers of local companies and plantations in the colony.

Excluding the 40 million natives, the core human resources under Dai Gaole are the 2 million Gaul civilians and 350,000 Gaul troops.

This population is probably only about the same as the three small countries in Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea. With such a small population, it is impossible to expand too many armies, so they can only rely on allies and natives in the colonies.

After Dai Gaole recognized the reality, he began to make preparations for both situations. On the one hand, he began to actively move between countries, wanting to seek help and support from other countries.

On the other hand, he began to increase the intensity of the development of the industrial system of the colonies, hoping to make it a stable rear base for Gaul in Africa.

If there were no factories, the Gaul army could not even guarantee its own weapons and ammunition, let alone fight against the Hans! A backward agricultural country cannot beat an industrial country, and Dai Gaole knew this very well!

However, while doing these things, he did not forget to strengthen preparations to resist the military invasion of Hans.

The colonies controlled by the Gauls are connected to the colonies controlled by the British Empire. One can protect the safety of the Strait of Gibraltar from the south, and the other controls the Suez Canal. These two targets are the primary targets of Hans, so if you want to resist the invasion of Hans, you must cooperate with the British Empire.

Even though the British Empire has fled to South Asia, their homeland has been lost, and their strength and international influence have declined significantly, they are still the only ally that Gaul can rely on so far. It

‘s funny that the two hegemons in the world have already lost their homeland and fled to their colonies. Fortunately, they are colonial countries, otherwise, they might not even have a place to escape!