Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1129 Technical Transformation

Around Christmas, major companies in southern Africa also began to take stock in the middle of the year. In the past few years, major companies in southern Africa have made rapid progress, making southern Africa the most competitive country in the world, and individual companies have achieved Leap-forward development, such as Nyasaland Air Group, which was relatively small before the outbreak of the World War, expanded six-fold during the World War, and its profits increased by 2300%, becoming the biggest winner of the World War.

After attending the banquet held by Adelaide, Rock took the latest passenger flight launched by Nyasaland Aviation Group and flew directly from Pretoria to Nyasaland.

The passenger plane was refitted with a long-range bomber. According to Rock’s requirements, the passenger plane can carry 15 passengers. It will stop at Salisbury once on the way from Pretoria to Los Angeles. The whole journey takes about eight hours. ,

The straight-line distance from Pretoria to Los Angeles is about 1400 kilometers. Under normal circumstances, it takes about three days and three nights to take a train. Now the time required to take a plane is greatly shortened. Rock is willing to try new things. After the banquet, he invited just Go back to Stoudemire in southern Africa and experience it together.

Rock was going back to Nyasaland, and Stoudemire was going back to Rhodesia, which happened to be on the way.

To Rock's surprise, Stoudemire was far less adventurous than Rock. After learning that the passenger plane had not yet been verified on a large scale, Stoudemire refused to take it because he was worried about the safety of the passenger plane.

Rock couldn't laugh or cry. Although the passenger aircraft just appeared not long ago, the reliability of the bomber was verified during the World War.

During the World War, the Allied Powers dispatched tens of thousands of bombers to bomb the German defense lines and military targets in Germany, and the failure rate was about five per thousand.

Five per thousand sounds high, but considering that the bomber has four engines, if one engine fails, the other three engines can continue to work, so safety is still guaranteed.

What's more, passenger aircraft use new engines with more advanced technology and more stable performance, so there is no need to worry about safety at all.

Stoudemire still trusts Rock, even so, when he walked into the plane, Stoudemire was still uneasy.

But Stoudemire was quickly attracted by the layout of the cabin.

The plane used by Rock is definitely different from the general available planes.

In general passenger aircraft, the seat layout is relatively compact, and one more seat can be installed, so there is not much comfort.

The plane that Rock uses only has two spacious sofas in the center of the cabin, and there is a coffee table in the middle of the sofa. Apart from Rock and Stoudemire, only the closest couple of Rock and Stoudemire can get on the plane. There are four entourages, four crew members, two drivers and two service personnel. After Stoudemire sat on the sofa, he felt that the comfort was good.

"How do you feel?" Rock took his time. The introduction of new things always needs to be verified by the market, but there is no need to worry about the aircraft. As long as the technology is mature, it will spread out soon.

Just after the passenger aircraft was successfully developed, Rock established Nyasaland Airlines for civil aviation in southern Africa. This company currently only has two aircraft, and only flies the route from Pretoria to Los Angeles.

However, the airline has already placed an order for 50 aircraft with the aviation group, not only passenger aircraft, but also 20 cargo aircraft. It will not take long for Nyasaran Airlines to expand rapidly.

"The sofa is not bad, and the waitress is also very beautiful, but I don't know how safe it is. If it falls halfway, it will be a lot of fun—" Xiao Sigou couldn't spit out ivory, and Rock hadn't retorted. , Ada walked in suddenly.

"It's great, I can finally catch up, don't mind taking a ride—" Ada sat next to Rock without hesitation.

"Very well, the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Finance, for the sake of both of you, God will not take us all at once." Stoudemire is not surprised, as long as the plane can fit, the more people the better.

"What is this fat man talking about?" Ada and Xiao Si have not seen each other, they have been friends for so many years, and they speak unscrupulously.

"He said you are beautiful, welcome to take the Nyasaland flight, we are about to fly to Salisbury for a wonderful trip, what do you two want to drink?" Rock chattered casually, and the waiter was closing the cabin door , the captain came over to say hello to Rock, and returned to the cockpit after asking for instructions.

"God bless——" when the plane began to taxi on the runway, Stoudemire muttered, holding the coffee table firmly with one hand, and gesturing a cross on his body with the other.

"Is it really that dangerous?" Ada was made a little nervous by Stoudemire.

"Don't worry, this plane has four engines. Even if one of them fails, it can take us to Salisbury." Rock is really not worried. Both pilots are veterans. There are hundreds of times between Pretoria and Los Angeles, and the possibility of accidents is really low.

"That's good. About how long will it take us?" Ada has unconditional trust in Roque. She is more concerned about the convenience brought by the opening of civil aviation and the possible profits in the future.

"It takes about eight hours to get to Los Angeles, and about four and a half hours to get to Salisbury." Rock is not worried about profits. The basic conditions in southern Africa are actually similar to those in the United States. Incomparable natural advantages, rich people like Stoudemire and Ada will be equipped with private jets as standard in the future.

"It's great, Nyasaran Airlines only flies from Los Angeles to Pretoria—" Ada calculated the financial calculations quickly, and before Stoudemire finished praying, Ada had already discovered the business opportunity.

"It looks like this now." Rock doesn't eat alone, Nyasaland Airlines already has Ada's shares.

Of course Phyllis does too.

"Then continue to expand, from Pretoria to Cape Town, Johannesburg to Walvis Bay, so in the future, can Port Edward also fly directly to Johannesburg?" Ada is very smart. The biggest advantage of the plane is that it is not restricted by the terrain. As long as there is an airport, you can fly directly to Europe.

This is actually not difficult at all. After winning Victoria, the United Kingdom has actually completed the two "C" plans to connect Cape Town and Cairo, so that as long as there are enough airports, it is completely possible to fly directly from Cape Town to London.

Think about it, if you take a ship from Cape Town to London, it takes almost half a month. If you switch to a plane, you should be able to fly there in two days at most——

What a huge improvement!

"Of course, the performance of the current aircraft is not advanced enough. One day in the future, it may be possible to fly directly from Cape Town to London." Rock is confident that although the current technology is not yet possible, this day will not be too big. Far.

"Lock, does Nyasaran Airlines still need to invest?" Stoudemire finally came to his senses, and then found that Rock and Ada seemed to be opening a husband-and-wife shop.

"Hehe, Cecil, if you want to invest in the aviation industry, I suggest that you set up a separate company—in this way, you set up a Rhodesian airline, and then we exchange shares." The purpose of Rock inviting Stoudemire to experience passenger aircraft is Well, after the emergence of passenger aircraft, there will be a blowout in the civil aviation field. One company will definitely not be able to eat all the markets in southern Africa. Several more companies will come together to monopolize civil aviation and formulate harsh industry regulations. If you get involved in civil aviation, you will face joint pressure from the entire industry.

In this regard, we can refer to the current military industry in southern Africa. During the World War II, some people in southern Africa wanted to get involved in the military industry, but they were rejected by the high cost. Now is no longer the era when you can buy a production line and get orders Not to mention other people, even if Stoudemire has ever set foot in the military industry, he must consider whether he can withstand the targeting of the Nyasaland military industry group.

"No problem, squeeze out a part of the order for me, do you have a hundred?" Stoudemire has strong strength, and it will be a hundred. According to the current output of civilian aircraft, it will take about half a year to complete.

The output of civilian aircraft is still a bit low now, but it will increase rapidly in a short time. In the late World War, the Nyasaland Aviation Group was able to produce about 300 long-range bombers per month.

After the end of the World War, orders for bombers decreased sharply. The aviation group is now adjusting the production line and converting the factory originally used to produce bombers to produce civilian aircraft. Continuous improvement with civil aircraft.

Technological leadership is accumulated little by little. Before the outbreak of the World War, European and American airlines could barely compete with the aviation industry in Southern Africa with simple and crude copycats. After the World War, with the rapid progress of the aviation industry in Southern Africa , the aviation companies in Europe and the United States have gradually fallen behind. According to Rock's knowledge, the airline established by the Wright Brothers in the United States had closed down before the end of the World War.

In addition to aviation, other industries are the same. Orders for tanks soared during the World War, and orders fell sharply after the end of the World War.

Rock did not close the tank factory, but ordered engineers to renovate the factory and convert the factory that originally produced tanks to produce tractors. This will not only help alleviate the real problem of labor shortage in southern Africa, but also help ensure the accumulation of tank technology.

You must know that although tank production has been discontinued, technology research and development has not stopped. When the world war ended, medium-sized tanks had actually been successfully developed in southern Africa, but the medium-sized tanks had not had time to participate in the world war, and the world war was over.

In the next world war, medium tanks will definitely enter the stage of history smoothly.

And now in southern Africa, research on heavy tanks has begun.

(End of this chapter)