Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1325 African Union

1931年，“胡德”号战列巡洋舰在朴茨茅次军港进行了第一次现代化改装，主要是加装了双联装炮塔8座，共16门40.5毫米（2磅炮弹）/40倍径Mk VIII高射炮。

This kind of artillery is not familiar to the Royal Navy, but the British Army should be very familiar. During the Second Boer War, this artillery became the nightmare of the British Expeditionary Force.

That's right, it is the legendary "boom" gun, an enlarged version of the Maxim machine gun.

The "Johannesburg" class heavy cruiser equipped in southern Africa is equipped with two twin 8-inch main guns, followed by 20mm caliber anti-aircraft machine guns and 40mm caliber anti-aircraft guns, with a total of 36 seats.

This design scheme once caused ridicule by the Royal Navy. Compared with battleships, heavy cruisers have insufficient firepower. The heavy cruisers in southern Africa only have two twin-mounted 8-inch main guns, completely abandoning secondary guns, and instead equipped with a large number of air defense Weapons, this is very different from the Royal Navy's philosophy.

What the Royal Navy did not expect was that the "Johannesburg"-class heavy cruisers were not considered insane. The four "Normandy"-class battleships purchased by the Kingdom of Tanzania and West Africa were only equipped with three triple-mounted 340mm main guns. It also completely abandoned the secondary artillery, and there are as many as 48 anti-aircraft weapons, including 12 quadruple 20mm anti-aircraft machine guns and 16 dual 40mm anti-aircraft guns.

Even the aircraft carriers produced in southern Africa completely abandoned the main guns and secondary guns, but installed a large number of various anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, which made the designers of the Royal Navy simply unable to understand.

Moreover, the "boom" guns equipped in southern Africa are not the same as the "boom" guns equipped by the Royal Navy. It uses solid shells.

The power of these two types of shells is very different. Even if the "bang bang" guns equipped by the southern African navy did not directly hit the enemy plane, but exploded near the enemy plane, it would still cause certain damage to the enemy plane.

The "bang bang" guns equipped by the Royal Navy have no effect unless they directly hit the enemy plane.

One can imagine the difficulty of aiming at a high-speed aircraft on a bumpy warship, even for a well-trained machine gun shooter.

The joint cabinet meeting failed to produce any results due to huge differences.

In the evening, Rock held a dinner in his manor, inviting Neville and Stanley Baldwin, as well as Winston who had returned to the UK, and familiar British MPs to gather together.

While Rock was still attending the Navy meeting, the autobiographical film "Winston" shot by Winston had already been produced and screened smoothly.

The result was not as good as Winston had imagined. The total box office of "Winston" was only 10 pounds, which was enough to recover the cost. This made Winston disheartened. It is America.

"If I were John, I would not agree to your request. The Royal Navy only has two aircraft carriers, but the Southern African Navy has built four. How embarrassing are you for the Royal Navy—" Winston could understand John Jericho , he was also a former secretary of the navy.

"If you stick to the old ways, then the Royal Navy will be eliminated by the world sooner or later." Rock sneered, it's reasonable to occupy the latrine and give the Royal Navy 16 tons, and the Royal Navy can't use it up.

The two "Nelson"-class battleships built by the Royal Navy were saved by the British government from the teeth, and the aircraft carrier was ignored. The British government has no plan to build a new aircraft carrier within five years.

"You can't say that. The current Royal Navy is enough to protect the safety of the British Empire. There is no need to build more capital ships." Stanley Baldwin knew the financial situation of the British government. Sorry.

The main opponent of the Royal Navy, Germany, was limited by the "Versailles Treaty" and could not develop armaments. The army was limited to 10 people, and all naval warships were dismantled, and only some offshore patrol boats remained.

Although the U.S. Navy and the Japanese Navy have already posed a substantial threat to the Royal Navy, in fact the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan have no fundamental conflict of interest, and the possibility of war is unlikely.

With the current strength of the Royal Navy, it is indeed capable of protecting the interests of the British Empire.

So don't say that John Jericho is too harsh on southern Africa. In essence, the Royal Navy does not need the help of the southern African navy.

At least not now.

This is actually crossing the river and demolishing bridges. Thinking about the British government's request for southern Africa during the World Wars, it was simply responsive.

"The key is that the Prime Minister is too busy to take care of himself and cannot make a correct judgment." Neville made it clear. If Andrew Bonar Law said something, John Jericho would also give in.

"How is the Prime Minister's health?" Winston was concerned about the health of Andrew Bonar Law, who returned to London at this time—

hmm——

The timing is subtle.

"It's terrible. Lord Hodder has checked the prime minister's body. The situation is not optimistic. At most one month, the prime minister will end his term of office." Neville felt a little regretful. If it was a few years later, Neville would actually be qualified Participate in the competition.

"Stanley, come on!" Winston seemed to have no desires, but in fact he was not as calm as he seemed.

"Winston, if I am elected Prime Minister, I would like to invite you to be the Minister of Finance." Stanley Baldwin hoped to get Winston's support.

During the World War, Winston was ordered to lead the UK to defeat Germany and win the victory. His reputation in the UK is actually very good.

The failure of the Russian intervention, and the significant loss of unrecoverable loans, were not actually all Winston's fault.

After Andrew Bonar Law's health deteriorated, some people in the UK hoped that Winston would come out again. Just like during the World Wars, it should be a luxury to lead the UK out of the vortex of the economic crisis. Winston is not in the economic field. good at.

"Thank you, but I'm about to start a round-the-world trip, which I promised Clementina and the children." Winston was in a dilemma, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

"Neville, I need your help too." Stanley Baldwin continued to seek support.

"Of course, Stanley, we are friends—" Neville was equally hypocritical, and "friendship" is a luxury for politicians.

Rock watched with cold eyes. If he guessed correctly, then Stanley Baldwin would seek Rock's support next.

Sure enough, Stanley Baldwin approached Roque next: "Roke, if you support me, then if I am elected prime minister, I guarantee that southern Africa can get [-] tons of aircraft carrier gross tonnage."

Don't look at Roque as a southern African, in fact Roque also has a huge influence in London.

Roque's influence, mainly through the Times News Corporation.

Don't underestimate the influence of public opinion. A lie repeated a thousand times will become the truth, not to mention that Stanley Baldwin is indeed capable of serving as prime minister.

That's it, Roque will not stay in London as a "human haze removal machine". With Stanley Baldwin's promise, Roque will return to southern Africa the next day.

At this time, Southern Africa was actually in the midst of huge controversy.

After Philip took office, he took frequent actions. First, he took back the rights of Cape Town and Orange, and then passed consecutive legislation through Congress. Some of these measures succeeded and some failed. Recently, Philip has a new idea. He wants to use Southern Africa led the formation of the African Union.

In fact, it should be the Southern African Union.

In Philip's vision, Southern Africa will join the Kingdom of Mozambique, the Kingdom of Congo, the Republic of Congo, West Africa, and Madagascar to form a Southern African Union to seek better development.

The above-mentioned countries and regions, except for Madagascar, are all internationally recognized independent countries. The French rule in Madagascar has actually collapsed, and the prerequisites for the establishment of the African Union have been met.

According to Philip's vision, after the establishment of the African Union, except for Southern Africa, other countries and regions will no longer retain troops, and Southern Africa will be responsible for the security of other countries and regions. In this way, members of the African Union except Southern Africa, More energy can be transferred to economic construction, and the financial crisis situation will be greatly alleviated.

In addition to the military, the African Union will also carry out closer cooperation to achieve a wider circulation of goods, resources, technology, and personnel. In the future, the African Union may cancel tariffs within the African Union, which will be more conducive to exchanges within the African Union.

These measures, on the surface, are very beneficial to all African Union member states. In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is undoubtedly the southern Africa that will benefit the most.

"What do the two governors mean?" Rock didn't know what Ade and Kitchener thought. In fact, the establishment of the African Union was indeed a huge benefit for southern Africa.

But what worries Rock is whether Southern Africa can effectively control the influx of Africans once the African Union is established.

If the formation of the African Union leads to the return of Africans to southern Africa, Roque will never allow this to happen.

"Lord Halewood's physical condition is not very good. He has not been feeling well since September. He is currently receiving treatment at Bigwig Hospital." Christian and Rock returned to Southern Africa by plane, and Rock had to fly to Egypt, then back to Southern Africa via Sudan.

"What's going on?" Rock frowned. Ade's health has been bad since a few years ago, and it has become more and more serious in recent years.

Unfortunately for Rock, he didn't know when Ade in another time and space died, nor did he know the cause of death, so even if he wanted to prevent it, he couldn't do anything.

(End of this chapter)