Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1624 Red Deer
Yang Smotz No matter what the Japanese think, when the Anglo-Japanese alliance existed, southern Africa still had some ally obligations. Now that the Anglo-Japanese alliance has disintegrated, southern Africa no longer has the slightest scruples.

What's more, Hashimoto Co., Ltd. returned the stolen goods and obtained them, so Yang Shi Mozi was even more confident.

Regarding Yang Shi Mozi's request, Hirota Hongyi expressly refused, especially the last two points, Hirota Hongyi firmly disagreed.

Yang Smozi was not polite, and asked the Japanese government to give Southern Africa a clear answer within three days. If the Japanese government did not agree to the request of Southern Africa, then the Southern African Indian Ocean Fleet would not allow Japanese ships to pass through the Strait of Malacca.

The Changi Naval Base, bought for so much money, is finally starting to work.

Nowadays, Japan's economic dependence on Europe is actually not high. Japan mainly obtains various resources needed for development through the United States. If the oil purchased by Japan from Port Elizabeth is added, the trade volume between Japan and Europe is actually still low. Not as high as trade with Southern Africa.

Even so, the blockade of the Strait of Malacca by the Indian Ocean Fleet will bring heavy damage to the already struggling Japanese economy.

Regardless of the fact that Japan, as a victorious country in the World War, has entered the ranks of great powers in name, Japan’s economy is actually very dangerous, and its dependence on foreign trade is very high. Military expenditures account for more than 30.00% of government expenditures all year round. This is the consequence of militarism.

With Japan's national strength, it is impossible to compete with the old imperialist countries. Although the British Empire is at sunset, it still has a strong presence with the support of southern Africa. Although France and Italy can't afford to build a BIG 7, they have vast colonies in North Africa. Inject fresh blood into the development of France and Italy.

Relatively speaking, Japan is much worse. The "Nagato" and "Mutsu" are only possible thanks to the tightening of the belts of the people. If southern Africa blocks the Strait of Malacca, it will make the already overwhelmed Japanese economy even worse. , At that time, it is estimated that Japan will be forced to embark on the path of communism early.

The Japanese government was not reconciled to Southern Africa's pressing step by step. On the second day after the Indian Ocean Fleet seized the "Fuki Maru", the Japanese government hoped that MacArthur could mediate, and on the other hand decided to dispatch the battleship "Hyuga" and The battleship "Ise" visited the Lion City.

The visit is fake, but Hongguoguo's demonstration is real. On the one hand, Japan wants to test the strength of the East India Fleet, and on the other hand, it also wants to test the bottom line of southern Africa.

It is a pity that southern Africa did not give the Japanese the opportunity to demonstrate, and directly rejected the "exchange" request of "Hyuga" and "Ise", and allowed the warships of the Japanese combined fleet to station at Changi Naval Base.

The reason is of course very good, the Changi Naval Base has not yet been built.

"Hyuga" and "Ise" are "Ise" class battleships built by Japan during World War II. There are two sister ships of the same class. These two battleships were originally the third and fourth ships of the "Fuso" class battleships However, during the construction of the "Fuso" class battleship, the Japanese military found that the "Fuso" class battleship had fallen behind, so it upgraded and modified the third and fourth ships that had not yet started construction, so there was the "Ise" class battleship.

The firepower of the "Ise" class battleship is equivalent to that of the "Fuso" class battleship. It is equipped with 12 45-fold 14-inch (355 mm) double-mounted artillery, 45000 horsepower, and the fastest speed is 23 knots. It sails at an economical speed of 14 knots. 9680 nautical miles, the paper data is quite strong.

However, like the British and American navies, the biggest problem with the "Ise" class battleships is that they are only equipped with four 4cm high-angle guns when they leave the factory. The biggest weakness of the "Ise" class battleship.

Therefore, even if the Indian Ocean Fleet agrees to the "Hyuga" and "Ise" entering the Changi Naval Base, I am afraid that the combined fleet will not be able to achieve the purpose of the demonstration. Instead, it will expose the weaknesses of the "Ise"-class battleships.

It doesn't matter. Surface warships are not like submarines. They stay under the water all day and no one can see them. Brad's office has already obtained various information about the Japanese combined fleet through different channels, let alone the weakness of the "Ise" class battleships. , Even the caliber of the main guns of "Nagato" and "Mutsu", Brad's office has already inquired clearly.

This really has nothing to do with Rock, "Nagato" and "Mutsu" are so big that they can't be hidden. As long as there is a photo, the experts in Brad's office can easily calculate the size of "Nagato" and "Mutsu". The main gun caliber of the "Mutsu".

"The Japanese are too rampant, and they should be taught a lesson." MacArthur did come to the Changi Naval Base, but not to mediate, but to add fuel to the fire.

In the entire Pacific region, Japan is now the biggest opponent of the United States.

Therefore, MacArthur is also happy to see the blockade of the Strait of Malacca by the Indian Ocean Fleet. Maybe MacArthur hopes that southern Africa and Japan can fight, which is in the best interest of the United States.

"You should also take action. If Japan can't buy steel from the United States, can Japan afford to build a joint fleet?" Tang Li didn't like MacArthur's hypocrisy. Americans are like this, making money while applying eye drops, without delaying both ends.

"No, no, no, we in the United States advocate free trade. Selling old ships is the personal behavior of enterprises. Dismantling old ships is not worth the loss, and the cost of recycling the steel is higher." At this time, the United States has free trade, adding tariffs to Where did free trade go at 50.00% of the time?

Anyway, it is how it is beneficial to the United States.

"Hehe, every ton of steel you sell to Japan now will be turned into shells by the Japanese. If a war breaks out between the United States and Japan, have you considered the consequences?" Tang Li didn't care, don't think that only the United States is the one In this way, the same is true for southern Africa, which is also a story about a boy who slays a dragon and eventually becomes a dragon.

"Whether war will break out is a matter for Congress. As a soldier, I only do what I should do—" MacArthur also has self-consistent logic. Objectively speaking, the United States is now strong enough to ignore Japan.

This is really not bragging. Japan's economy is heavily dependent on the United States. It can be said that without the United States, there would be no Japan today.

During World War II, Japan received a large number of orders from the United States, especially silk fabrics and ships. With orders from the United States, Japan's economy once prospered.

It is a pity that the good times did not last long. With the gradual recovery of the economies of various countries after the economic crisis, a large number of products from Europe and the United States poured into Japan again, and the Japanese industry retreated steadily. From 1920 to 1921, Japan’s total industrial output fell by 19.9%, of which the shipbuilding industry 88.2% %, mining industry 55.9%, machinery manufacturing 55.9%, pig iron 16.7%.The prices of major industrial products dropped by 55%-82%.Exports fell by 40.3%, and the balance of payments deficit reached 3.5 million yen.

Under such circumstances, the Great Kanto Earthquake occurred in Japan in 1923. Most of the buildings in Tokyo and Yokohama were destroyed, and property losses amounted to 100 billion yen. This made the Japanese economy, which was already in deep depression, even worse. However, the Japanese government had to borrow from the United States to survive. In the past two years, the total amount of foreign borrowing reached 9.1 million US dollars, and the economy has only slightly improved this year.

Now I understand why Japan wants to expand abroad. It can be said that if there is no war, plunder, or external blood transfusion, the Japanese government will collapse in minutes.

After all, the loan has to be repaid, and huge interest is added. The tycoons on Wall Street are never soft.

So regardless of the Japanese people's willingness or not, Japan must embark on the road of external expansion, and it is useless for God to come down to earth.

This is also a deadlock. Japan has relied on the dividends of foreign wars to get to this level step by step.

Now that the entire country of Japan has been kidnapped by the navy's red deer, it is impossible to return to the road of peaceful development, and it can only slip into the abyss of war step by step.

MacArthur and Tang Li are both soldiers, and the topic must be inseparable from the true strength of the combined fleet.

On this issue, Tang Li and MacArthur finally had a common language.

"The strength of the Japanese Combined Fleet can only bully and bully the Russians, and the combined fleet's victory in the Russo-Japanese War is also due to the hostility of the whole world towards Russia at that time, otherwise the Combined Fleet is scum." MacArthur dismissed the Combined Fleet Gu, this is also understandable, strategically despise the enemy, but tactically value the enemy.

"The United Fleet is nothing but empty air. If Southern Africa and Japan are really going to go to war, the battleships of the United Fleet will be sunk by the Indian Ocean Fleet in minutes—" Tang Li is also full of confidence.

"Why?" MacArthur was curious.

MacArthur is confident that it is based on the fact that the strength of the U.S. Navy far exceeds that of the Japanese combined fleet. After all, Japan has two BIG 7s and the United States has three. In terms of the total tonnage of capital ships, the United States can also form a crushing trend against the combined fleet. , Japan's capital ship is only 30 tons, and the United States and the United Kingdom are both 50 tons.

Looking at it this way, Tang Li's confidence is not without confidence, after all, the Southern African Navy is also part of the Royal Navy.

Of course, even without the help of the Royal Navy, the Southern African Navy has confidence in the face of the combined fleet.

But as for why, Tang Li kept his mouth shut, and let MacArthur ask what he wanted, but Tang Li didn't say anything.

It cannot be said that although the combined fleet is the imaginary enemy of the southern African navy, the United States is not much better. When the friction between southern Africa and the colonial government of the Philippines continued, the Indian Ocean Fleet also used the US Navy as an imaginary enemy.

To be honest, the strength of the U.S. Navy is indeed stronger than the United Fleet, but its strength is limited. Unless the U.S. warships also undergo large-scale modernization, they will not have much resistance to torpedo planes and bombers in southern Africa.

That is, to hold for a longer or shorter time.

Of course, for the Japanese government, it is not impossible to fight back against southern Africa. On August 8, the Japanese government submitted the seizure of "Fugui Pill" in southern Africa to the League of Nations for arbitration, hoping that the League of Nations can enforce the law impartially.

This is another delusion. If you think about the countries that control the League of Nations, you will know who the League of Nations will speak for.

(End of this chapter)