Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1337 Atlantic Fleet

The man in Springfield is named William, an officer of the Royal Navy. He started serving in Halifax in 04, and the British army withdrew in 05. William was ordered to stay at the army base and prepare to hand over the base to the Canadian Army. Unexpectedly, this class was 15. year.

"Actually, it has not been 15 years. If you calculate it carefully, it should be about 10 years. The last batch of British troops withdrew 10 years ago, and the base was handed over to the Canadian military. However, the Canadian military has never sent anyone to receive it. I was completely forgotten here. "It took a long time for William to calm down, and he sat by the fireplace in the living room and talked.

Arthur is an excellent listener, he doesn't interrupt and doesn't get distracted, and he always has an encouraging smile on his face, which makes William very eager to talk.

Gavin was a little distracted, he was looking at William's living room.

It can be seen that there should be very few guests here in William, so there are not many chairs in the living room.

On the wall are photos of William serving in the army when he was young. In the photos, many people are laughing, and William is in it, smiling very brightly.

Looking at William in high spirits in the photo, it is difficult to connect with the sad and lonely man in front of him.

"Halifax may be the best military port in the world. It will not freeze even in winter. The outer port is 9.6 kilometers long and 1.6 kilometers wide. The inner port is 6.4 kilometers long and 4 kilometers wide. The entrance is 26 meters deep. The shallowest part of the road is 15 meters, and the average depth is about 8.5 meters. When the naval port was built in 1840, the Royal Navy spent millions of pounds, which was millions in 1840—” William was heartbroken when talking about Halifax Since the United Kingdom began to implement the global contraction strategy, there are many military ports abandoned by the Royal Navy like Halifax.

However, 1840 obviously has a special meaning for the Chinese, and Arthur and Gavin also know that period of history.

"Ten years ago, Halifax had less than 10 people. At that time, it was the most important military port in Canada. In its heyday, the Royal Navy had hundreds of warships stationed in Halifax. Our fleet could go south to attack New York at any time. , the Americans are trembling under our naval guns, but the Royal Navy actually gave up here, this is definitely a mistake, absolutely a mistake!" William was emotional, and Gavin still couldn't understand William's feelings for Halifax. Ser understood.

"A fleet will arrive in Halifax soon, and we will gradually restore the grandeur of Halifax." Arthur also knows the importance of Halifax, and stationing a fleet here will It is equivalent to a sharp knife approaching the heart of the United States.

Halifax is less than 1000 kilometers from New York and 1250 kilometers from the District of Columbia. The latest bomber in southern Africa can fly directly to the District of Columbia from Halifax.

"Is the Southern African Navy still considered the Royal Navy?" William looked puzzled. The British Empire was really in decline, and it had to rely on overseas dominions to maintain its dignity.

"Of course, the Southern African Navy will always be a part of the Royal Navy—" Arthur smiled, never forever depends on interests, as long as the fundamental interests of Nyasaland and London do not conflict, then the Southern African Navy will always be a part of the Royal Navy Part of the Royal Navy.

The latest news is that the Royal Navy has agreed to hand over part of the aircraft carrier tonnage to Southern Africa, on the condition that when Southern Africa builds an aircraft carrier, it also builds one for the Royal Navy.

This aircraft carrier must be free, and the Royal Navy requires the same aircraft carrier as the Southern African Navy, not the export version sold to the United States and France.

In fact, the performance and parameters of the aircraft carriers sold to the United States and France in Southern Africa are similar to those sold to the Royal Navy.

Southern Africa's self-equipped aircraft carrier has better performance and data, faster speed, more aircraft capacity, and lighter tonnage.

This "lighter tonnage" is of course achieved at the expense of lowering the protection standards.

The Southern African Ministry of Defense agreed to the Royal Navy's terms.

The cost of an aircraft carrier produced in southern Africa, including carrier-based aircraft, is only about 120 million rand, which is really not expensive.

Three days later, the Walvis Bay Fleet arrived in Halifax, still led by Patton.

Now Patton's position has been promoted to the commander of the Walvis Bay Fleet, and the flagship is the heavy cruiser "Kimberley".

The heavy cruiser "Kimberley" is the second heavy cruiser of the "Johannesburg" class. The specific parameters are exactly the same as the heavy cruiser "Johannesburg". After installing the aircraft carrier, the original design was slightly backward. The Southern African Navy finally decided to stop the construction of the "Johannesburg" class heavy cruiser, and all subsequent six ships were cancelled, and the upgraded version was the "Los Angeles" class heavy cruiser.

"Los Angeles" class heavy cruiser, the Southern African Navy plans to build 12 ships.

Two light cruisers and four destroyers arrived in Halifax with the "Kimberley" heavy cruiser. These warships have left the Walvis Bay Fleet to form a new Atlantic Fleet. The fleet headquarters is located in Halifax .

In the future, the Southern African Navy will also form the Indian Ocean Fleet, and the fleet headquarters is likely to be placed in Diego Garcia.

When he saw Arthur and Gavin, Barton was overjoyed. The establishment of the Atlantic Fleet was also due to Arthur and Gavin.

"Do you want to join the navy and become an official naval officer?" Barton was very interested. If Arthur and Gavin joined the navy, it should be easier for the navy to ask for money from the Treasury Department.

"Great, I've wanted to join the navy for a long time—" Gavin couldn't wait.

"Forget it, Aunt Phyllis won't agree." Arthur poured cold water on it. Not only Phyllis disagreed, but Ida also wouldn't agree to Arthur joining the navy.

Well, if you are not a baron, what kind of navy should you be?

Gavin was even worse. After traveling around the world, it is estimated that Gavin will honestly return to southern Africa, waiting to inherit the title of Marquis of Nyasaland.

It's a pity that with Rock's health status, Gavin may have to wait for many years.

Think of some seventy-year-old crown prince—

Oh, it's so miserable, the crown prince probably dreams of pricking villains every day.

"There is a chance—" Barton laughed loudly. Southern Africa implements a compulsory military service system, and nobles should also perform military service in principle.

In principle, military service is required, but in fact it is fine even if one refuses to accept it. After all, there are special circumstances that require special treatment.

In principle, it is not possible, but in fact it is possible.

Chinese is old and profound.

Of course, this "military service" has different standards for different groups of people.

Civilians serve in the military, and most of them directly join the engineering army. After two years of free labor, they receive a generous retirement pay when they retire.

For Arthur and Gavin, serving in the military is more about gold plating. Joining the navy is mostly going directly to the headquarters, not serving at the grassroots level.

"Brother Barton, your next task is very heavy—" Arthur didn't dwell on this topic, thinking about the death rate of the nobles who participated in the war during the World War, Arthur shuddered.

The Canadian government is not interested in military bases, but is very active in taking over the land owned by military bases.

Originally, the inner and outer ports of Halifax belonged to the naval base. Now the inner port still belongs to the naval base, but the outer port is used by the Canadian government for civilian development. A large number of commercial areas and factories have been built on both sides of the strait, and many docks are privately owned. All, it seems very difficult to recover.

"It doesn't matter, the land that has been sold by the Canadian government is fine, but since those lands are owned by military bases, they have to pay taxes to the military bases. The Atlantic Fleet happens to be short of money. It only depends on the appropriations of Congress, and even its daily operations are not enough. Not enough." Barton is not worried, private property is sacrosanct?

nonexistent!

Regardless of the loud slogans of the United Kingdom and the United States, this is not the case at all when it is actually implemented. The government and capitalists have plenty of ways to get money out of the pockets of ordinary people.

Arthur smiled, since Barton knew, there was no need for Arthur to remind him.

It was time for Arthur and Gavin to go on the road——

Bah, bah, bah, it's time to leave Canada and go on a round-the-world trip.

Next, Arthur and Gavin are going to Japan.

During the World War, Japan developed rapidly, and after the war, it was able to engage in an arms race with the United States. Courage is indeed remarkable.

Arthur and Gavin need to learn more about Japan, after all Southern Africa also has a lot of interests in Southeast Asia.

Since the independence of East India, many southern Africans went to East India to buy plantations, develop land, and settle directly in East India.

These people will definitely not give up their southern African nationality. Now there are at least [-] southern Africans living in East India. India obtained oil, and now the Anglo-Japanese alliance has been replaced by the "Four Nations Treaty". If Japan wants to obtain oil from the East India, it depends on how much the Japanese can give.

"There is nothing to see in Japan. This country is now militaristic and has entered a dead end. Sooner or later, it will become the source of troubles in Asia." Patton is very familiar with the situation in Japan. In this world, most countries have more than enough ambition but not enough strength. , Japan is one of the best.

"However, with Japan's strength, it is worthy of our attention to provoke an arms race on its own initiative." Arthur has his own ideas, and he knows that this matter must be done in practice.

"Heh, if we in southern Africa are like Japan, if we squeeze internally and expand externally, let alone ten battleships, we can build a hundred." Patton still has complaints in his heart, battleships, battleships——

The four "Normandy" class battleships have been confirmed to be renamed "Congo" class battleships. The names of the four ships are "Congo", "West Africa", "Mozambique", and "East India".

The first three are understandable, what the hell is the last "East India"?

If this is the case, the "Bearn", which is not well completed, should be bought back and changed to the "Naizhi", so that the family will be neat and tidy.

ps: Guys, you misunderstood me, what I mean is, I'm ugly, so I can't understand how you handsome guys fall in love——

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