Reborn South Africa as a police officer

1293 Naval Meeting

When Nyasaland was carrying out education and medical reforms, the fleet from southern Africa to the United States to participate in the Washington Naval Conference set off from Walvis Bay to Portsmouth, preparing to join the British delegation before heading to the United States.

The southern African fleet consists of three warships and one supply ship. The flagship is the newly commissioned "Johannesburg" heavy cruiser, supplemented by two destroyers.

Originally, Rock planned to appoint Secretary of the Navy Bridges as the head of the regiment, and Patton as the deputy head of the regiment; but when the candidates for the Commonwealth representing the colonies and overseas territories were announced, Rock found that Bridges might not be competent, so he had to Instead of serving as the head of the group personally, lead the team to the United States.

The British delegation to the Washington Naval Conference was headed by the Imperial Privy Council, Arthur James Balfour, Foreign Secretary, John Jellicoe, Secretary of the Navy, and Oakland Campbell Jetts, British ambassador to the United States.

Yes, that is the Balfour who put forward the "Balfour Declaration".

Viscount Gladstone, Governor General of Australia traveling to the United States on behalf of Australia.

Representing Canada at the Washington Naval Conference was Robert Laird Bowdoin, who served as Prime Minister of Canada during the World Wars.

Representing New Zealand in the United States was New Zealand Supreme Court Justice John William Salmen.

Representing India was Waringman Sankaranayana Srivasa Sastri, Privy Council member of India.

Oh, the name is so long, if he is the protagonist, each chapter can easily save [-] words.

July [-]rd, in the southern part of the Celtic Sea.

Rock sat on the only chair in the bridge of the heavy cruiser "Johannesburg". This chair was originally the captain's seat. Since Rock was on the "Johannesburg", this chair belonged to Rock.

Going to the United States with Rock also included Owen, who had just served as foreign minister, as well as Stoudemire and Sidney Milner.

"When we participate in the Washington Naval Conference, will we negotiate with London or separately?" Owen has not yet figured out the process of the Washington Naval Conference.

"Probably together." Rock is not very clear now, most likely they are still together.

"That would be terrible—" Owen looked sad. If Southern Africa participated in the Washington Naval Conference as part of the United Kingdom, the interests of Southern Africa would definitely be greatly affected.

Given the importance that the UK attaches to the navy, I am afraid that the UK will not give southern Africa much share, let alone capital ships. Anyway, southern Africa does not build capital ships, and the aircraft carrier Rock still attaches great importance to it.

"Don't worry too much, it's man-made." Rock is not in a hurry. With the contribution made by Southern Africa in the World War, Southern Africa is fully qualified to participate in the Washington Naval Conference alone.

Of course, this will have to wait until Rock and Belfort meet.

What Rock is worried about now is not the Navy Conference, but the "Balfort Declaration" of Balfort.

After Rothschild took the initiative to leak the "Balfort Declaration" to the media, Balfort was roasted by Rothschild.

Originally, Belfort hoped to carve out a part of the trust zone in Southern Africa, but was resolutely rejected by Southern Africa.

It is not that Britain has no colonies in the Middle East. Egypt is so big that it is very easy to resettle some refugees. Why must they be resettled in the southern African trusteeship.

"Are we really going to give up the capital ship?" Owen was still a traditional "giant ship cannon" and couldn't keep up with Rock's rhythm.

"Capital ships are about to be eliminated by the world. It is a waste of resources to develop capital ships now." Rock insisted on pragmatism. He didn't even need to think about capital ships, but he could win more aircraft carriers and submarines.

Another space-time Washington Naval Conference did not reach an agreement on the submarine issue. The main dispute occurred between Britain and France. Britain worried that France had too many submarines, which would pose a threat to the British Navy; France insisted on building more submarines to protect itself. Benefits around the world.

The United States, Japan, and Italy do not have high demand for submarines. The United States looks down on them, Italy does not need them, and Japan cannot afford them.

Japan looks aggressive now. In fact, almost all the money earned during the World Wars has been sucked up by the Navy. If the United States does not propose to hold the Washington Naval Conference, then Japan’s current shipbuilding scale will last for at most one or two years. Japan The government's finances will be completely dragged down by the navy.

"It's good to build one or two ships as flagships—" Owen's face was full of regret. People in Britain and the United States are always on the Sovereign class, South Dakota, and the largest warship in southern Africa is a cruiser——

This difference is really a bit big.

British Sovereign-class battleship, 25750 tons.

The United States is building six South Dakota-class battleships, 43200 tons.

Japan's Mutsu 33800 tons.

Even the Italian battleship Durio has 22700 tons, and the largest battleship in southern Africa is 9500 tons——

Alas, it's almost ashamed to see people.

"The USS Transvaal, which is about to start construction by the Navy, has a capacity of 25000 tons, and the Nyasaland will be built next. Is this not enough as a flagship?" Rock also wants to save face. The 9500-ton flagship is indeed not worthy of the southern African coffee.

From the naming of these two aircraft carriers, we can see Nyasaland's status in southern Africa.

Needless to say, in the Transvaal, the two twin stars of Pretoria and Johannesburg are invincible, and it is only natural to name the first ship with "Transvaal".

The twin stars in Nyasaland are Los Angeles and Port Edward, and the Southern African Naval Command is in Port Edward, so it makes sense to name the second "Transvaal" class aircraft carrier after "Nyasaland".

This time it was Cape that was lying on the ground. There are actually two larger cities in Cape Town, one is Cape Town and the other is Kimberley. However, the overall level is too far behind Nyasaland, and finally lost in the competition. Come.

"As a flagship, an aircraft carrier is definitely not as good as a battleship." Owen insisted. In fact, the aircraft carrier looks similar to a ro-ro ship, while the battleship has thick black pipes, which looks more imposing.

Rock smiled and said nothing. A battleship costs several million. After it is completed, it can only be used as an escort warship.

On the afternoon of the [-]th, the fleet arrived in Portsmouth and joined the British fleet preparing to participate in the Washington Naval Conference.

The British fleet consists of six warships, the flagship being the battleship Queen Elizabeth, which served during World War II.

Although there was some unhappiness between Belfort and Rock, in order to welcome Rock's arrival, Belfort still prepared a grand welcome dinner.

During the banquet, Belfort and Rock talked about the "Balfort Declaration".

Compared with before, Rock's attitude has softened a bit. It is okay to plan the territory, but it cannot be for nothing, and the space cannot be too large.

Even if a part of the land is set aside for those refugees, Roque is confident enough to keep them honest, and wants to expand like another time and space while carrying out genocide against the natives, dreaming!

"A total of 5000 refugees, how much space do they need? It is unrealistic to establish a country, and a country with [-] people is really too small. Why don't you let them go to South America, give them an island, and let them do whatever they want." Rock understated it, and gave Rothschild an island to see how he expands.

"Locke, Mr. Rothschild hopes to get the Holy Land—" Belfort was in a dilemma. There are many overseas territories in the UK, but Rothschild has his eyes on the Holy City, and other places don't want it.

"The holy city—the holy city has been demolished by the Nejd Sultanate." Rock confessed that this blame could not be taken by Rock, so he simply gave it to the Nejd Sultanate.

"The Holy City has been demolished?" Belfort was shocked. The Holy City is not only a holy city for other religions, but also a holy city for Christianity. Otherwise, the Crusades fought for hundreds of years.

"Yes, it seems to be an overall renovation of the holy city. The previous buildings, including the city walls, have all been demolished. Now that place seems to be called Rashid—" Rock obviously didn't pay enough attention to the Middle East, and now Rock is getting more and more The more you can understand, the six meetings Winston said a day, and one meeting for two hours may be true.

"——" Belfort was completely speechless, and felt a little relaxed deep in his heart.

If Belfort really gave the Holy City to those refugees, then Belfort might also be under tremendous pressure.

So it's better to dismantle it, it's wonderful!

"How are we going to talk to the Americans?" Rock changed the topic, not entangled in this topic.

Well, easy 404.

"Of course it is in the name of the Commonwealth of Nations. During the World Wars, we made huge sacrifices and finally maintained world peace. We don't want another arms race, but we are not afraid of competition." Belfort, as the Privy Council President, still Courageous, his uncle is the former British Prime Minister Salisbury, the one named after the capital of Rhodesia.

This is also the origin of family studies, no doubt from a political family.

"Then what can we get from southern Africa?" Roque said bluntly. The British government also made a good plan to tie southern Africa and the British Empire together, which will help the UK to strive for greater interests.

"What do you want?" Belfort also said bluntly, it's pointless to go around in circles at this time, open the skylight and speak honestly, don't hide it.

"Aircraft carrier——" Roque didn't mention submarines. Anyway, on this issue, Britain, France, the United States, Japan, and Italy cannot reach a consensus. By then, Southern Africa will build as many as they want.

"No capital ship?" Belfort was surprised by Rock's choice.

"Don't—" Rock was decisive, but the reason he gave was very strange: "——it can't be done!"

Belfort immediately looked at Roque with contempt, what reason is this? ! ! !

If an aircraft carrier is added with carrier-based aircraft, the cost is much higher than that of a capital ship.

Southern Africa is about to start construction of a new aircraft carrier, and the British government also knows that this kind of thing cannot be hidden from the British government. Although Brad is covering the sky in southern Africa, there are always corners that cannot be covered.

(End of this chapter)