Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1321 To Southern Africa

While Rock and Stanley Baldwin were fighting each other, several Royal Navy officers were getting drunk in a tavern next to the Portsmouth Naval Base.

Portsmouth Naval Base is one of the three major naval bases in the UK and the home port of the Home Fleet.

After the signing of the "Washington Naval Treaty", the Royal Navy will dismantle 20 battleships and only keep 22. As many as tens of thousands of naval soldiers are about to retire. These naval officers are all from the soon-to-be-dismantled "Royal Princess" battleship cruiser.

The "Royal Princess" battlecruiser is the second ship of the "Lion" class of battlecruisers, which includes the "Royal Princess", "Lion", and the improved "Queen Mary".

The standard displacement of the "Lion" class battlecruiser is 26250 tons, and the full load displacement is 29680 tons. It is equipped with 8 double-mounted 13.5-inch/45-caliber main guns, 16 single-mounted 4-inch-caliber secondary guns, and the output power of the main engine is 70000 horsepower. The speed is 27 Festival.

Battlecruisers of this level had many fates. Both the lead ships "Lion" and "Royal Princess" participated in the Battle of Jutland. The ammunition depot was flooded to save it from sinking.

The "Royal Princess" was hit by 9 large-caliber shells from the main gun of the German ship during the battle and was seriously damaged.

The "Queen Mary" was hit by 5 large-caliber shells from the main gun of the German ship during the battle, and sank due to the explosion of the ammunition depot of the main turret. Only 1266 of the 20 officers and soldiers on the ship were rescued.

After the signing of the "Washington Naval Treaty", in order to reduce the tonnage of the capital ship to less than 52.5 tons, both the "Lion" and "Royal Princess" are about to be demolished.

"The "Washington Naval Treaty" is too harsh on our Royal Navy. The 'Royal Princess' has been in service for 12 years, and it will be forced to be demolished in less than ten years. Why can't the 'Royal Princess' be like the 'Victory' It's not fair to the 'Royal Princess' to keep it forever like that!" Major Garfield slapped the table and yelled, he was the deputy gunner of the "Royal Princess", and he was also on the decommissioning list this time.

Major Garfield graduated from the Dartmouth Royal Naval Academy. When the "Royal Princess" was delivered, Major Garfield served on the "Royal Princess" and had a deep relationship with the "Royal Princess".

The "Victory" is a sailing battleship belonging to the British Royal Navy. It was once the pride of the British Royal Navy. Nelson's flagship.

Horatio Nelson is the Nelson of the "Nelson" class battleship.

The "Victory" was decommissioned in 1812, and was then parked in Portsmouth Naval Port by one, and was not demolished.

"Yes, even if the 'Royal Princess' cannot be preserved permanently like the 'Victory', it should not be directly demolished. Several hulls in France can be sold for a good price. Find another one for the 'Royal Princess' Good master, the 'Royal Princess' is still very strong." The third officer Morris is not on the retirement list, he will still stay in the Royal Navy, and he may continue his naval career on the "Nelson" class battleship that is about to start construction.

It's true that different people have different fates. In terms of ability alone, Major Garfield is actually better than Morris.

It's a pity that Major Garfield came from a civilian family, while Morris came from an aristocratic family, so now that the Royal Navy has laid off staff, Morris can continue to stay in the Royal Navy, and Major Garfield will be forced to retire.

However, this will not affect the friendship between Major Garfield and Morris.

"Good job Maurice, you'll still be in the Royal Navy, maybe have a chance to serve on the 'Nelson' or the 'Rodney', we poor old fellows are going home, God, I don't know What else can I do besides fighting, I entered the Royal Navy at the age of 21, and now it has been 20 years, 20 years--" Nelson, the 40-year-old chief engineer, was confused. He devoted his youth to the Royal Navy, and now he is old But he was kicked away, and only he knew how it felt in his heart.

"Nelson, you are not old yet, do you still remember your ideal? You want to become the second Horatio Nelson of the Royal Navy and make the Royal Navy proud of you." Morris tried his best to comfort him, and he didn't want to watch this A group of old friends left, but there was nothing Morris could do about it.

"Hahahaha, I've been kicked out of the Royal Navy. Do I still have a chance to become the second Horatio Nelson?" Nelson's eyes were red. His father gave Nelson the gift because he admired Horatio Nelson. the name.

"Nelson, you can, you know, the Kingdom of Mozambique and West Africa bought the French battleships that have not yet been built, but the Kingdom of Mozambique and West Africa lack experienced naval officers and soldiers, you can consider going to the Kingdom of Mozambique or West Africa, the treatment is still Very good." Morris was actively thinking of a way, and Morris, who was born as an aristocrat, was always better informed than Nelson and Garfield, who were born as civilians.

"The Kingdom of Mozambique? West Africa? Where is West Africa?" Nelson didn't know whether he was drunk or really didn't know where West Africa was.

"In name, only in name—" Morris winked.

"What do you mean?" Nelson and Garfield were curious.

"The French battleships were purchased by the Kingdom of Mozambique and West Africa in name, but they were actually built at Walvis Bay Shipyard and Edward Dockyard—" Morris lowered his voice.

Southern Africa received four "Normandy" class battleships, which is also a useful addition to the Royal Navy.

"So what?" Nelson drank a little too much, and his mind couldn't turn around for a while, and he didn't want to understand the twists and turns.

"You don't even want to be the second Nelson in your life—" Morris looked disgusted.

"I knew it a long time ago, I knew it in the third year of service on the 'Royal Princess', even if you can become the second Nelson, Garfield and I don't want to be the second Nelson, who let us all be born As for civilian families, no matter how good we perform, we will never get a real chance." Nelson waved his arms and yelled, he didn't dare to say these words before, but now it doesn't matter.

People who are about to leave the Royal Navy have some things to say. The interior of the Royal Navy is really not as glamorous as it looks on the surface.

"Nelson, you drank too much——" Morris looked helpless, and Morris knew some things very well, but as a member of the Royal Navy, Morris had some things he couldn't say.

"I didn't drink too much. During the sea battle on Dogal Sandbank, the center gun on the port side of the 'Royal Princess' caught fire. The fire once approached the ammunition depot. If Garfield hadn't been the first to rush into the fire, the 'Royal Princess' might have sunk Well, in the end, someone was promoted later, and Garfield only got one commendation; during the Battle of Jutland, the midship turret was hit and nearly exploded, if I hadn't filled the ammunition compartment with water in time, the Royal Princess might have ended up Same with the 'Queen Mary', what happened? What did I get? What the hell I got a discharge notice, the Royal Navy doesn't want me anymore—hahahaha—" Nelson finally shed tears, this one in the Royal Navy Professional soldiers who have served in the Navy for 20 years have ended up as miserable as the "Royal Princess".

"Nelson, don't—" Morris hugged Nelson's shoulders.

Nelson covered his face with his hands, tears flowed from his fingers, and his back was infinitely bleak.

The other protagonist in the story, Garfield, did not shed tears. He drank the whiskey in the glass in one gulp, and then handed the glass to the bartender: "One more glass!"

"Nelson, Garfield, go to Southern Africa, the Royal Navy doesn't need you, at least the Southern African Navy needs you—" Morris finally pointed out that outstanding soldiers like Nelson and Garfield should not leave the Navy just like that.

"Southern Africa—what's there in southern Africa? They don't even have a battleship, and I've already forgotten how to command an eight-inch gun." Garfield smiled wryly.

In fact, outstanding naval officers like Garfield and Nelson may not only go to southern Africa even if they leave the Royal Navy.

Everyone knows that the Royal Navy is alone in the world.

Although the financial resources of the British government have been poor in recent years, the Royal Navy has lost its advantage. In fact, the combat effectiveness of the navy is not determined by the displacement of the warship and the caliber of the main gun. No matter how powerful a warship is, it also needs excellent professional soldiers to fully exert its power fighting power.

The U.S. Navy, which has been in the limelight for the past two years, has not actually participated in any real large-scale naval battle. The combat effectiveness of the U.S. Navy has not been tested by war. Still a problem.

The U.S. Department of the Navy also knows this situation, so over the years, the U.S. Department of the Navy has been trying to recruit outstanding talents from the Royal Navy to go to the United States and join the U.S. Navy.

But this is not easy. Although the national power of the United States is booming, but in terms of the reputation and impression of Americans in Europe, few people who are truly outstanding talents are willing to go to the United States.

Even if the U.S. Department of the Navy recruits high salaries, few real elites are willing to leave the Royal Navy.

Now those depressed elites have to leave the Royal Navy.

"The 'Normandy'-class battleship purchased by the Kingdom of Mozambique and West Africa was actually purchased by the Southern African Navy. After completion, it will also join the battle order of the Southern African Navy. If you go to Southern Africa, then we may be able to fight side by side in the future ——Oh, Southern Africa has undergone major changes to the 'Normandy' class battleship, and a relative of mine participated in the design work, and the 'Normandy' after the major changes will definitely surprise you." Morris praised the Southern African Navy as one Duohua, in the past few days, such scenes have been frequently staged around the naval base.

(End of this chapter)