Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1315

When it comes to the arms race, the UK has experience, the US and Japan are novices, and the UK has practiced with Germany.

Therefore, when the United States and Japan provoked an arms race, Britain's response was a little slow, and now it is only a project without actual investment.

If we really want to participate in the arms race, the United Kingdom has technology, southern Africa has resources, India has manpower, Australia and Canada can provide sufficient strategic depth, not to mention Japan, the advantages of the United States are not enough compared with the United Kingdom.

Therefore, another world war is needed to completely break Britain's advantages.

"The naval meeting has been held for a month, and basically no consensus has been reached. Is it difficult to control the total tonnage of the naval battleship? Is it difficult to limit the caliber of the main gun to less than 16 inches?" When Rock said this, he looked at Yusaburo Kato lightly. glance.

Kato Yusaburo suddenly felt vigilant.

MMP, what does it mean to look at me at this time.

Is the real data of "Mutsu" and "Nagato" leaked?

My main gun is really 406, not 410——

"—Is it difficult to limit the tonnage of the battleship to less than 35000 tons?" Rock glanced at Albert Sarao, and then at Carlo Shanzer.

Albert Sarao and Carlo Sanzer looked serious.

No matter how serious you are, it’s you, don’t act like a normal person, even without this, you two can’t build a battleship weighing more than 35000 tons.

"If you don't care, then our British Empire doesn't matter either. Isn't it just a battleship, with a few million ships? If London agrees, Southern Africa can build a dozen ships for fun. Australia can build two ships, right? Canada also Can we build two ships? India donated 2000 million during World War II, so it should be no problem to donate another [-] million now—" Rock uttered nonsense, a dozen or so ships are just a joke, everyone just listen to it, don't serious.

"Australia can build three ships." Viscount Gladstone gave his strength. Recently, the Australian government has made a fortune by selling land.

"Canada is fine." Bowden immediately stated that Australia may not need to equip battleships, but Canada does have them, and the Americans are still eyeing them.

Sastri did not speak. During the World War, India was fooled into donating [-] million by the British. As a result, India got nothing after the World War. Therefore, India can only support the British Empire spiritually. The donation is really worthless.

Bainbridge Kirby, Albert Sarao, and Carlo Shanzer looked at each other.

The last time the Commonwealth was so united was probably during the World War.

After Belfort fell ill, although Rock had a high title, because he was Chinese, he would not be able to convince the public. In fact, the delegations of all countries were waiting to see the jokes of the British delegation.

Unexpectedly, after Roque took over as the British delegation, not only did the British delegation not fall into chaos, but instead showed a sense of united efforts——

This is terrible. A united Commonwealth deserves the vigilance of all countries.

However, it is also understandable. After all, Roque was the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force during the World War. The Canadian Legion, the Australian Legion, and the Indian Legion were all Rock's subordinates at the time. Southern Africa is now the most powerful dominion in the Commonwealth. There is a vague meaning of being on an equal footing with the UK, and Rock's influence——

Far bigger than other countries think.

"This resolution should be limited to a period of validity, such as 15 or 20 years. If you want to start an arms race, wait until 15 or 20 years later. The world war has just ended, and the economic crisis has enveloped the world. Now we should focus more on recovery. The national economy and the people's livelihood, rather than creating new conflicts." What Rock was talking about was the United States and Japan, Britain, France and Italy, and now he is too busy to take care of himself.

"If Britain and the United States can promise not to build or expand military bases in the Western Pacific, then the Empire of Japan can accept this result." Kato Yusaburo seemed reluctant, but in fact he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Regardless of Japan's aggressiveness on the surface, in fact, among the five countries participating in the naval meeting, Japan's strength is the weakest.

From the perspective of strength on paper alone, France and Italy are indeed inferior to Japan. In fact, when it comes to life and death, the strength of France and Italy is not necessarily weaker than Japan.

To put it bluntly, after all, it is old-fashioned imperialism plus old-style colonialism, which is much stronger than Japan, a country that has just risen for a decade or so.

The rise of Japan should be calculated after the Russo-Japanese War.

"If Italy is willing to accept this result, then France can also accept it." Albert Sarao took the initiative to make concessions and really gave France 30 tons, which France really could not use up.

"If France is willing to accept this result, then Italy can also accept it." Carlo Shanze confronted each other. Why did we accept it first in Italy, and then you accept it in France? Never, Italy will never give in.

Nima is not guilty of saying this!

"Very well, then let's do this. Don't think that you have all made great sacrifices and made great contributions to world peace. According to this ratio, the British Empire is the country that has made the biggest concession." Rock did not give Albert Sarao Opportunities to quarrel with Carlo Shanzer, don't look so great, the British Empire is really great.

Of course, this "greatness" is not voluntary by the UK, but the UK has to be "great".

Before the World War, Britain had undisputed maritime supremacy on a global scale.

Now, this hegemony is shared by the United States and Japan.

Japan is better off. The United States has obtained the same tonnage of capital ships as the United Kingdom through the Washington Naval Conference, which also means that the United Kingdom has given up at least half of its maritime hegemony.

"Britain's contribution deserves to be remembered by all of us—" Bainbridge Colby was satisfied. If the "Washington Naval Treaty" could be brought about, then Bainbridge Colby would also have the qualifications to leave his name in history.

On the premise that the United Kingdom made huge concessions, the delegations of various countries quickly reached an agreement on the tonnage of capital ships. In the end, the United States can retain capital ships with a total tonnage of no more than 525 tons; the British Empire is 000 tons like the United States; France and Italy Both were 525 tons; Japan got 000 tons.

After the delegations of various countries reached an agreement on the total tonnage of the capital ship, good news finally came from Pretoria.

After intense discussions, the Southern African Congress agreed to purchase the hulls of four French Normandy-class battleships without violating the Naval Treaty.

The "Bearn", which is the slowest, is not included.

The keel of the "Bearn" was laid in 1914. It has been six years since the hull was completed. Only 25% of the hull, 17% of the main engine, 20% of the boiler, and 8% of the turret rotation were completed. It took six years. With such a little work, Rock doesn't even know what La Seine's Mediterranean shipyard is doing.

The four Normandy-class battleships were purchased by West Africa and the Kingdom of Mozambique respectively, and commissioned by Edward Shipyard and Walvis Bay Shipyard to complete the construction. According to the needs of the Kingdom of Mozambique and West Africa, the Nyasaland Naval Academy will modify the Normandy-class battleships, including: Replace the more powerful power system, which is partly provided by the British Royal Dockyard; at the same time reduce the number of secondary guns and increase air defense, which is partly the responsibility of the Nyasaland military industry; also install the latest radio and sonar, which Part of this was undertaken by Transvaal Electric; in the end there was room for future upgrades.

This part of the future must be radar.

In short, after the transformation, the tonnage of the Normandy-class battleship will be reduced to about 32 tons, and the speed will be increased to 7 knots. At the same time, it will have certain sea attack capabilities and strong air defense capabilities. It may be useful to deal with "BIG [-]". Not caught, it is still possible to deal with conventional cruisers and pre-dreadnought battleships.

After all, even if the protection is weakened, the Normandy-class battleship is still a standard dreadnought.

For southern Africa, the protection of battleships is not a big problem. In the future, battleships will definitely be dispatched with aircraft carriers. The enemy's battleships basically have little chance of approaching within the range of the battleship's main guns.

In other words, after the completion of the transformation, the Normandy-class battleships may not have the opportunity to participate in the war at all, and they are simply four training ships.

It is also for this reason that the quadruple 340mm main guns are too much. The original design of the Normandy-class battleship was ten dual 340mm main guns, and 12 were later modified. Now the number of main guns has been further reduced. , Roque means to reduce it to 6 doors, which can not only reduce weight, but also avoid waste.

This plan was strongly opposed by the Naval Academy. The admirals were looking forward to the battleship. Now that they have a battleship, they have reduced it to only 6 main guns. Compared with other countries, there are more than a dozen 406 main guns. The 340 caliber is too small, and now the number is reduced to 6. It is estimated that no one wants to be a captain.

Even if Rock is authoritative, he must also consider the opinions of the admirals. Even Buck sent a telegram to Rock, asking Rock to save some face for the navy.

Most of this telegram was sent for Patton.

However, Buck underestimated Patton too much. If the southern African navy is equipped with battleships and aircraft carriers at the same time, then Patton is at least qualified to serve as a fleet commander. I really have no ambition to be a captain.

After comprehensive consideration, Rock decided to replace the three quadruple 340mm main guns with three triple 340mm main guns, so that there are a total of nine guns, which can not only ensure the battleship's stupid, thick and black attributes, but also meet the needs of the southern warships. The vanity of African naval generals and the carrier-based seaplane designed by the French have also been cancelled. In the future, battleships will be dispatched with aircraft carriers, so there is no need to carry seaplanes.

As Rock envisioned, the purchase of Normandy-class battleships by the Kingdom of Mozambique and West Africa did not arouse strong opposition from the United States. Wan Lante.

Southern Africa doesn't need to pay money, just repay the debt!

(End of this chapter)