Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1562
No matter how humiliated Lisa Khan is, the Persian military is still looking forward to owning a real battleship.

Even if the caliber of the main gun is reduced from 305 to 203, the statistics of "Xerxes" are still very impressive, and southern Africa has also installed anti-aircraft weapons on "Xerxes", which makes "Xerxes" more adaptable The current development of the times is also more suitable for the specific situation of Persia.

In order to enable "Xerxes" to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, Persia hired instructors from the United Kingdom to train Persian naval officers and soldiers.

"'Agamemnon', a great warship." Lieutenant Colonel Alex, who has retired from the Royal Navy, can see the blood of "Xerxes" at a glance.

The "great" here is also in quotation marks. Whether it is great or not depends on who it is. Finally, the epoch-making battleship "Dreadnought" started construction in Portsmouth.

In other words, the "Agamemnon" has not yet launched, but it has actually fallen behind.

The arms race is that cruel.

Of course, for the Persian Navy, the "Agamemnon" is still great, at least it is big enough to bluff people, but unfortunately it is not practical.

In the current Persian Gulf, there is no such small country as in another time and space. The south bank is controlled by the Adan Company, and although the north bank is Persian territory, it is also the British sphere of influence.

India and Ceylon, which are farther away, are British colonies. Somalia is divided between Britain and Italy. Within a thousand miles, Persia can only bully Ethiopia. Unfortunately, the "Agamemnon" may not be able to travel that far.

It's not that the voyage is not enough. The designed voyage of the "Agamemnon" is still good. At an economical speed of 9000 knots, the cruising range exceeds [-] nautical miles.

It is a pity that after the transformation in southern Africa, the coal-burning that the "Xerxes" can carry has dropped from 2107 tons to 700 tons, and the fuel oil has dropped from 1090 tons to 300 tons, and its endurance has directly shrunk by two-thirds.

And what's more serious is that the power system of the "Xerxes" is not the original power system. When the Royal Navy sold the "Agamemnon" to the Fawalt Steel Group, it was the power system and weapon system. All of them have been dismantled, and the coal-fired boilers currently used on the "Xerxes" are six boilers installed in southern Africa who do not know where to get them. It is hard to say how long they will last.

Leaving aside the quality of the boilers, the "Agamemnon" installed fifteen boilers, while the "Xerxes" only installed six. Even if the horsepower of a single boiler is higher, it still drops a lot overall.

After such a toss, the cost of transformation is actually not low. The reason why southern Africa did this is to disgust the Persians.

Don't think that this kind of thing can't be done in southern Africa. In this respect, southern Africa and the British Empire are absolutely the same.

After a thorough inspection of "Xerxes", Lieutenant Colonel Alex didn't know what to say.

How can I say this, southern Africa is also a Commonwealth country, to be honest Lieutenant Colonel Alex feels ashamed.

But for the matter of loyalty to the king, if you serve the Persian bowl, you must be worthy of the price given by the Persian.

After thinking about it, Lieutenant Colonel Alex decided to wait.

"The service of the 'Xerxes' is a new beginning for the Persian Navy. Sooner or later we will have more cruisers and battleships, and then we will return all the humiliation imposed on the Persians." and Lieutenant Colonel Alex was on board the "Xerxes" Rear Admiral Ahmad Gafuri was full of confidence. He has been appointed as the captain of the "Xerxes".

Although "Xerxes" is a backward battleship, for Persia, "Xerxes" is already an unexpected surprise.

Lisa Khan's attitude is very clear, to train a group of qualified naval officers through "Xerxes" to lay a good foundation for the future development of the Persian Navy.

This idea is correct. For this reason, the Persian Navy spared no expense to invite instructors from the United Kingdom to train the Persian Navy.

However, while Gafuli was full of confidence, he seemed to have overlooked the fact that the British Empire also had a share in the humiliation imposed on the Persians.

If the Persians want to repay them one by one, doesn't it mean that the first to retaliate is the British Empire.

So after hearing Gafuli say that, Lieutenant Colonel Alex decided to ignore the southern African modifications and just ignore them.

Just kidding, not even the Persians, let alone Lieutenant Colonel Alex.

"The overall condition of the 'Xerxes' is good, but in order to truly display the combat effectiveness of the 'Xerxes', we still need more professionals, such as boiler workers—" Lieutenant Colonel Alex proposed It is pertinent to suggest that a qualified navy does not only need officers and soldiers, but also needs more auxiliary personnel.

"No, no, Lieutenant Colonel Alex, the Boilerman Boss has more, what we need are professional officers and soldiers - let's go to the bridge and have a look, it's really hot here -" Gafuli I don't want to stay in the bottom cabin for a minute, it's stuffy and hot here, it's not a place for a noble rear admiral like him.

Lieutenant Colonel Alex looked at the timid boiler workers very worriedly, but he didn't say anything after all.

Lieutenant Colonel Alex, who should be said, has already said that whether to adopt it or not depends on Gafuli's choice.

Compared with the sweltering and hot bilge, the bridge of the "Xerxes" is resplendently decorated. It doesn't look like a warship command center, but rather a presidential suite in a five-star hotel.

This decoration style is obviously in line with Gafuli's aesthetics. Gafuli sat in the large and comfortable commander's seat in high spirits, and immediately decided to drive "Xerxes" out of the port for a walk.

Take a walk?
This Nima is a former Dreadnought-class battleship weighing 18000 tons, and it's not a yacht. Can it just slip around casually?

"No, no, general, we still don't have the ability to control the 'Xerxes', and the workers need more training—" Lieutenant Colonel Alex collapsed. It is not a trivial matter for a battleship to leave port. Don't you need to report?

"Lieutenant Colonel, you underestimate our ability. Maybe our gunners can't accurately hit the target beyond [-] yards. The boiler will always burn." School respect is dwindling.

Like most Persians, Ghafuli had a mixed feeling of hatred and fear for Britain.

Lieutenant Colonel Alex is different from other British people. Since he accepts Persian employment, he must serve the Persians. For the Persians, this "service" has more meanings.

Persia is still a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country. In such a country, "service" is not only employment, but also slavery.

In other words, accepting the employment of the Persians is equivalent to being a servant of the Persians.

Hate remains hate, and the fear part disappears.

Lieutenant Colonel Alex could feel the change in Gaffli's mood, so he stopped talking and simply watched with a cold eye.

"Ignition and anchor, let's go to George Town first, and then go to Port Elizabeth." Gafuli was full of confidence. Before that, the Indian Ocean Fleet had already transferred the battleship "East India" from the Persian Gulf. According to the current popular naval theory , In the Persian Gulf, the "Xerxes" is an invincible existence.

Even after World War I, many people still insist that only battleships of the same level can sink battleships.

Even if the various data of the "Xerxes" shrink, there is still a tonnage of 18000 tons here. In theory, to sink the "Xerxes", it must have a tonnage of at least 18000 tons.

After the "East India" left the Persian Gulf, the largest warships in Georgetown and Port Elizabeth were light cruisers, with a tonnage generally not exceeding 6000 tons.

What I want to explain here is that the current standards for warships in various countries are not uniform. Although the "Washington Naval Treaty" stipulates that: the main gun caliber is between 6.1 inches (155 mm) and 8 inches (203 mm) is a heavy cruiser, no more than 6.1 inches. Inch is the light cruiser.

In fact, these regulations are useless. The British Hawkins-class heavy cruiser has a full-load displacement of 12000 tons, far exceeding the requirements of the "Washington Naval Treaty." The United States is preparing to start construction of the Pensacola-class heavy cruiser.

As for the Miao advanced heavy cruiser that Japan has begun to secretly build, even the standard displacement has exceeded 10902 tons, reaching [-] tons.

Gafuli is actually right. Persia lacks qualified naval officers, but there are still boiler workers.

Following Gafuli's order, the "Xerxes" ignited and anchored, and slowly left Hahbahar.

At this time, the sun was rising in the east, the weather was clear and cloudless, facing the gentle sea breeze, Gabriel was full of pride and kept ordering the "Xerxes" to speed up.

"General, 'Xerxes' may not be able to withstand too fast a speed." Lieutenant Colonel Alex devoted himself to his duties. The "Xerxes" only had six boilers, and even if it went all out, it could not run at the fastest speed. That's fine.

"Hahahaha, Lieutenant Colonel Alex, 'Xerxes' is stronger than you can imagine, we can do better--" Gabriel laughed, watching the bank is going to "Xerxes" ’ The cheering Persians were excited.

Those Persians who were watching "Xerxes" were actually very excited. Although southern Africa did not compensate Persia with "Xerxes", the Persian government did not publicize it that way.

In the eyes of ordinary Persians, "Xerxes" is the compensation obtained by the Persian government after untold hardships, and it is proof that southern Africa has bowed to Persia.

Regardless of whether other people think so, as long as the Persians are not embarrassed, it is the southern Africans who are embarrassed.

At this moment, a puff of thick white smoke suddenly spewed out from the chimney of the "Xerxes", and then the "Xerxes" stopped slowly in full view.

Probably Gafuli didn't know that boilers could explode.

ps: Whisper it, it’s the end of the month again——

(End of this chapter)