Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1327

When Rock returned to southern Africa, four "Normandy" class battleships had been towed back to southern Africa by tugboats, two in Whale Bay and two in Port Edward.

In order to better transform the four "Normandy" class battleships, the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa hired senior designer Brian Johnson from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Brian Johnson participated in the design and construction of all battleships after the Royal Navy's "Dreadnought" ship, and has extensive experience in the design of large warships.

In order to dig Brian Johnson to Southern Africa, the Ministry of Defense of Southern Africa offered an annual salary of 3000 rand, which is ministerial treatment in Southern Africa.

In addition to Brian Johnson, Southern Africa also dug Charles Doria, the chief designer of the "Normandy" class battleship, to Southern Africa to participate in the transformation of the "Normandy" class battleship.

The French government's decision to split up the "Normandie" class battleships for sale greatly hurt Charles Doria's feelings.

After the Washington Naval Conference, France did not have a new shipbuilding plan in a short period of time. Charles Doria left for southern Africa in disappointment, but the French government did not retain it.

"The design of the 'Normandy' class battleship is limited by the size of the existing French docks and the depth of the port. The maximum waterline length of the battleship is only 172 meters, the maximum width is 27.8 meters, and the full load draft is 8.8 meters. The extreme size of the ship, and the layout of the naval guns are almost a continuation of the "Guba" class battleship and the "Brittany" class battleship, and there is no qualitative improvement." Charles Doria also had no choice but to build the "Normandy" class battleship At that time, the French Navy also hoped to obtain a battleship with a larger tonnage, but unfortunately the tonnage was too large for the French military port to accommodate, so the "Normandy" class battleship was only an embarrassing 25000 tons.

"French ports are indeed a problem, but this problem does not exist in southern Africa." Brian Johnson is just 50 years old this year. The combination of physical strength and experience is in perfect condition. He is not only good at designing warships, but also an artillery expert.

The ports in southern Africa are unique. Whether it is the artificially built Port Edward or the naturally formed Walvis Bay, the average water depth is about 8 to 13 meters, and it is easy to dock [-]-ton giant ships.

In addition to Port Edward and Walvis Bay, there are many excellent ports in southern Africa, such as Cape Town, Durban, Bella and Solafa in Rhodesia, and St. George in Victoria. natural harbor.

"Yeah, I heard that even San Roque in southern Africa has been transformed into a deep-water port. I have been to that place. It used to be a barren hill with nothing." Charles Doria is French and knows the situation of Saint Rocco very well. .

It was precisely because of understanding that Charles Doria felt incredible.

The reason why a good deep-water port is precious is because it has relatively high requirements for various conditions. In the past, the control of a good deep-water port could trigger a war.

After the rise of southern Africa, good deep-water ports have gradually become worthless. The hydrological conditions are bad and can be improved, and there are no breakwaters that can be repaired. As for whether it is frozen or not, this problem does not exist in southern Africa.

Port Edward, where Charles Doria and Brian Johnson are located, was dug out alive.

Port Edward is located at the mouth of the Zambezi River. After hundreds of millions of years of erosion, it was originally an endless swamp and deserted beach.

After Rock obtained this land, he used hundreds of thousands of Africans to transform it, and finally built Port Edward from the swamp.

The current Port Edward is the largest port in southern Africa. The industrial products produced in Transvaal, Rhodesia and Nyasaland are transported to Port Edward through the Zambezi River, and then sent to the Indian Ocean.

The new immigrants from the Far East, the industrial raw materials from the East India, and the oil from Port Elizabeth are also transported to Southern Africa through Port Edward. Every day, dozens of ships enter and leave Port Edward. The four piers are brightly lit 24 hours a day, full of people. The entire port area is a city that never sleeps.

In the No. [-] and No. [-] docks of the shipyard, two "Normandy" class battleships have been towed onto the berth, and countless workers are shuttled among them, and the hull is being remodeled.

"Three triple-mounted 340mm artillery can fully guarantee the long-range firepower of the battleship, but what to do at close range, the Navy's requirement is that even the torpedoes must be removed, so that once faced with a larger tonnage battleship, the 'Normandy' class battleship lacks Sufficient threat capability." Charles Doria felt sad, probably the subsequent "Normandy" class battleship has changed beyond recognition, not even a battleship, more like a monster with both long-range attack and air defense.

Regarding the requirements of the Southern African Admiralty, Charles Doria has a vague feeling that Southern Africa seems to have used battleships in a completely different way from other countries, and it is definitely not in the main position.

Now in the navies of various countries, the capital ship is still a battleship, and other warships are in an auxiliary position.

If the southern African navy is based on the aircraft carrier as the capital ship——

Many things have been explained, such as why the secondary guns of the "Normandy" class battleships were cancelled, why so many anti-aircraft firepower were installed, why they pursued faster speeds, and so on.

It's just a guard with a knife in front of the imperial court.

"Don't worry at close range. Battleships will not act alone. There are cruisers and destroyers in close combat." Brian Johnson looked at the dock farther away, where an aircraft carrier was laying the air deck. Built by the Navy.

At this moment, a crowd suddenly gathered in the dock, and some people were fighting faintly. The engineers and supervisors of the construction site rushed over immediately, and the soldiers on duty also rushed over.

Workers of Indian descent and workers of African descent, now two of the largest workforce groups in southern Africa, clashed.

The southern Africans in the shipyard are either skilled workers or engineers and supervisors. Those who really do physical work are Indians or Africans. The salaries of these Indians and Africans are very low, with an average of only three lans a month per person. This is already an absolute high salary among Indians and Africans.

The reason for the conflict is simple. Indian workers are relatively lazy in their work, not to mention having a bad work attitude, and they also like to point fingers and muddle along.

African-American workers have a relatively correct attitude. They don’t complain about suffering or tiredness. They get up early and go to bed late. They cherish this job opportunity very much.

After working in Edward Shipyard for four years, you can obtain the right of residence in Port Edward. Although you cannot become a southern African citizen, it is still the dream of many African-American workers to live in Port Edward.

Forget about Indians. If these Indians are not in southern Africa, they can still go to Australia, Canada, and New Zealand to hang out. There are many choices, and naturally there are more thoughts.

"They themselves are lazy and laugh at us—"

"If this affects the progress of the project, we will be punished together—"

"We just said a few more words, and they're going to beat people—"

African-American workers complained, mostly in Chinese.

The Chinese are actually good at being teachers. Many Chinese engineers like to teach these African workers to speak Chinese when they are free. African-American workers, as a result, many African-American workers use "dog days" to greet those engineers with malicious intentions.

Don't think that people with darker skin have imperfect evolution. There are also many smart people among Africans, and they can also distinguish between good intentions and malice.

"What do you say?" Gao Da, the chief engineer assistant in charge of the on-site construction, did not listen to one side or believe another, and knew the virtues of these Indians well.

"we do not have--"

"We've been working so hard, they're making a lot of trouble—"

"We are also British, you can't treat us the same as Africans!"

Indian workers are also full of complaints. Southern Africa does not treat Indian workers differently because India is the brightest jewel in the crown of the British king.

In actual work, the salaries or treatment of Indian workers are not even as good as those of African workers.

This is really unacceptable to Indian workers.

"Tang Yan, who is in charge of the on-site construction today?" Gao Da didn't deal with the workers, and went directly to the person in charge of the site.

"William and White, Peter, Meng Jian—" Tang Yan is Gundam's assistant and is in charge of the on-site construction. Now that this happened, Tang Yan is also to blame.

"Very well, you collectively deduct a week's salary. If it affects the construction progress, you know the consequences." Gundam directly deducts wages, nothing is more effective than this.

Tang Yan looked like a concubine, and looked at those Indian workers almost cannibalistically.

After Gundam left, Tang Yan and several engineers in charge of on-site construction returned to the office for a brief meeting.

When the engineers came back, the on-site supervisors had an extra thumb-thick rattan in their hands.

Immediately there were ghosts and wolves howling on the construction site. Those Indian workers who were lazy and lazy were unlucky. The supervisors ignored those Africans and just stared at them. It hurts so much on people, and it can't cause serious injury, the overseers don't hold back.

As for those African-American workers, don't worry about them. They have always been diligent. The consequence of these African-American workers being lazy is not to deduct wages, but to be sent home directly.

"After the contract of this group of Indian workers expires, all of them will be sent back to India, and we will no longer recruit Indian workers here." After returning to the office, Gao Da was still angry.

The impact of these Indian workers is very bad. It is a typical example of a rat droppings ruining a pot of soup. They are lazy, and they will also affect the work attitude and emotions of African workers. If it is not true, no one can use them. Edward Dockyard would not have hired these Indians at all.

(End of this chapter)