Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1483

Without abundant resources, it is difficult to develop modern industry.

If you think about it this way, you can understand why southern Africa is uniquely endowed by nature. Except for oil, southern Africa has almost all the resources needed for the development of modern industry.

And after controlling the oil in the Persian Gulf, the last short board has also been filled. The Japanese will never experience the feeling of having everything that one expects from raw materials.

In the past, southern Africa had extremely strict restrictions on Japan's trade. For oil and special metals, southern Africa almost never sold them to the Japanese.

Now the situation has improved. Through a series of agreements with the United States, southern Africa and the United States have reached a partial tacit understanding, and trade restrictions have been gradually liberalized. However, the price is not cheap, and it is so expensive that the Japanese government is deeply hurt.

Of course, Martinus will not refuse to trade with Kawasaki Co., Ltd., but the price offered is also too high for Ichiro Kawasaki to bear.

Fortunately, unbearable is not unacceptable. In order to obtain various technologies and raw materials needed for development, Japan is also at all costs.

"Sorry, President, there is no change in the price. Of course, if Kawasaki Corporation has something that Southern Africa needs, then it is not impossible to negotiate." Sha Cheng didn't close the door, leaving a gap.

"What does Southern Africa want from Kawasaki Corporation?" Kawasaki Ichiro was surprised. He could hardly think of what Japan had that Southern Africa needed.

But wait, maybe there is.

As far as Kawasaki Ichiro learned, Japanese women are still very popular in southern Africa——

Don't get me wrong, it's not a special industry, but maids, female workers, etc. There are many human resources companies in Japan that specialize in sending immigrants to southern Africa, and among all immigrants, the proportion of women is particularly high.

But to Ichiro Kawasaki's frustration, these human resource companies were not run by southern Africans, but by Japanese.

This made Kawasaki Ichiro feel powerless from the bottom of his heart.

It is said that there are many Japanese rapes in Japan.

"Hehe, Your Excellency President, you know that our Martinus Company has a deep cooperation with Fawalt Company in southern Africa. More than 80.00% of our Martinus Company's products are sold to Fawalt Company. I got a message that Fawalt Company is in great need of technology related to large-caliber artillery, and if it has this technology, then the price can be negotiated." Sha Cheng didn't hide anything, and directly put forward his request.

"Hehe, Southern Africa is a part of the United Kingdom. Will Farwalt Company lack the related technology of large-caliber artillery?" Ichiro Kawasaki sneered. One, Kawasaki Ichiro didn't know much.

Even if he knew it, Kawasaki Ichiro did not dare to agree to Sha Cheng's request. Before Kawasaki Ichiro came to Sha Cheng, he had imagined the scene of meeting Sha Cheng countless times, but Kawasaki Ichiro never expected that Sha Cheng would hit Wu Naval Factory again. idea.

Thinking of this, for a moment, Kawasaki Ichiro wanted to leave in a huff.

"Hehe, the goal of Fawalt Company is not something you Japanese can understand—" Sha Cheng didn't pay much attention to it. It's good to have it, but it doesn't matter if it doesn't: "——you don't think that the artillery technology of the British Empire , is it not as good as your Japanese artillery technology?"

This is also true. Southern Africa is a country of the Commonwealth of Nations. It seems that it is not difficult to obtain the most advanced artillery technology from the United Kingdom.

"Why did Walter do this?" Kawasaki Ichiro didn't know much about the relationship between southern Africa and Britain.

This is normal, don't forget that it is 1923, the age of information is extremely underdeveloped, there are not many people in Japan who can speak English, and the understanding of Britain is still very superficial.

After all, it is not like the 21st century. If you have a problem, turn on your computer or search on your mobile phone, and most of it can be solved.

"You should know that the artillery technology of each country actually has its own strengths. If this sentence is interpreted in reverse, then the artillery technology of each country has flaws. As the most powerful special metal company in the world, Fawalt Company wants to In order to develop a perfect artillery, you need to learn from the artillery technology of various countries. It doesn’t matter if you really feel embarrassed. You must know that it is not just our Martinus company that is working for Fawalt Company. Negotiating with Czech Skoda and French Schneider to introduce related technologies, so the large-caliber artillery technology is just an opportunity for our Martinus company, and it is not indispensable—” Sand Orange really didn’t care, the large-caliber artillery Technology is not unique to Japan.

Objectively speaking, Japan’s large-caliber artillery technology is actually not that advanced. Most of Japan’s previous artillery technology and artillery production equipment were imported from the United Kingdom, and British artillery technology is not the best in the world. Yes, if you really want to say that it is outstanding, it has to be France and Germany.

That’s right, it’s the France that has daily quilts. In terms of artillery, French technology is still very advanced. It’s just that France took a detour before the World War, so it performed poorly in the early stages of the World War. In the middle and late stages of the World War, The performance of French artillery is actually not inferior to that of Germany.

There is only one thing to say here. The self-tightening technology of the artillery barrel, which is still the mainstream in the 21st century, was first developed by the French.

The self-tightening of the barrel here refers to the self-tightening of the barrel of the single-layer barrel. The large-caliber artillery manufactured in Japan now uses the silk-wrapped barrel technology that was used in Britain in the 19s. The steel wire used on the barrel has been straightened up to 20 meters, which is a full 30 kilometers.

Japan's barrel self-tightening technology was introduced from France in the 20s.

Of course, artillery technology is only one aspect, and craftsmanship is another matter. Nagato's main gun caliber is only 410, and it will increase to 460 in Yamato. Japan is even planning to use 510 caliber main guns on sub-Yamato-class battleships. It is not as simple as simply thickening and elongating the barrel.

Regarding the technical level of the Wu Naval Factory, Sha Cheng didn't know much about it, but Ichiro Kawasaki knew a little bit about it.

Regarding the situation Sha Cheng said, Kawasaki Ichiro also felt powerless from the bottom of his heart.

Compared with southern Africa, it is really difficult for Japan to obtain raw materials or related technologies.

Ichiro Kawasaki has also heard about Fawalt Company for a long time. This southern African company, which was founded just 20 years ago, is not as famous as the South African company and the umbrella company, but it has quietly become the world's first-class steel company.

The strength of Fawalt Company is not only in the field of metal smelting. After in-depth cooperation with Krupp of Germany, the weapons manufacturing capacity of Fawalt Company is rapidly improving. The four fast battleships made in southern Africa use half of the artillery All made by Favalt.

The other half comes from Nyasaland Military Industry, another military giant in southern Africa.

After leaving the Martinus company, Kawasaki Ichiro returned to Kawasaki Corporation in a Lord sedan produced by Nyasaran Motors.

At this time, Kawasaki Ichiro realized that the industrial strength of southern Africa is strong.

Not only cars, the telephone and fax machine used by Kawasaki Co., Ltd., the refrigerator used by Ichiro Kawasaki, and even the pens in the pen bag on Ichiro Kawasaki’s chest are all produced in southern Africa. The large-caliber artillery technology tightly sealed by Wu Naval Factory?
In other words, apart from the Kure Naval Factory, is there no other way for Fawalt to obtain large-caliber artillery technology?
Come on, white Europeans can sell themselves to the devil if the price is high enough.

Kawasaki Ichiro was right. Before he had made a decision, Rock was indeed discussing with Leonard Capet about introducing the self-tightening technology of the artillery barrel.

Compared with the production technology of large-caliber artillery, Rock really pays more attention to the barrel self-tightening technology.

There is very little demand for large-caliber artillery, and there is no demand for BIG 7 in southern Africa, so it will not be used in a short time.

The barrel self-tightening technology is different. Not only large-caliber artillery, but also small and medium-caliber artillery also need barrel self-tightening technology, which has a great effect on improving the life of the artillery.

The working environment of the artillery is extremely harsh. When the gun is fired, the barrel must withstand a high temperature of more than 3000 degrees and withstand a pressure of several hundred megapascals. When firing rapidly, the inner surface temperature of the barrel is more than 700 degrees, and the outer surface is more than 100 degrees. The temperature difference is very large. Even a finely crafted gun barrel filled with high technology will not last long in the face of high pressure, high temperature, ablation, and cracks. Normally, the lifespan of modern artillery is usually only a few hundred rounds.

To improve the pressure bearing capacity of the artillery, increasing the thickness is the easiest way, but increasing the thickness will also increase the weight of the barrel. The greatest significance of the barrel self-tightening technology is to increase the strength and reduce the weight at the same time.

Today's large-caliber artillery mostly uses the Japanese double-layer sleeve method, and the outer tube must use a wire-wrapping process to ensure a better lifespan for the barrel.

The self-tightening technology of the barrel absorbs the strengths of the two. Simply put, it uses a single layer of gun barrel to simulate the effect that can only be achieved by multi-layer gun barrel. Not only the compressive strength and fatigue resistance can be greatly improved, but also the body The tube weight can also be effectively reduced, which is of great value in improving the mobility of large-caliber artillery.

"The troops in southern Africa have already begun to be motorized and mechanized. Is there any point in obsessing over the weight of artillery?" Leonard Cape, like Kawasaki Ichiro, also has all kinds of envy and hatred for southern Africa.

"It's two different things. The lighter the artillery, the better, and the more durable the better. Just tell me how much it costs—" Rock is careless. There are no non-sale products in France. The self-tightening technology of the barrel is important, and even the Japanese can transfer it. Not sold to Southern Africa?

Don't be funny, southern Africa is still a creditor of France.

"Hehe, deduction from France's debts—" Roque also made a good plan, saying that the Germans have already started to pay back the money, and France can also pay back the money.

(End of this chapter)