Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1629 No matter how advanced a warship is, it will eventually fall behind
With the strength of the United States and Japan, the sphere of influence of the British Empire in Asia is shrinking.

This cannot be blamed on others. The current situation is caused by the British Empire.

During the Russo-Japanese War, in order to contain Russia's expansion, Britain chose to support Japan. While successfully containing Russia, it also greatly stimulated the ambitions of the Japanese.

During the World War, Britain and France fell into Europe and had no time to look east. Japan took the opportunity to take advantage of it. Half of the current United Fleet's battleships were built during the World War.

After the end of the world war, the strength of Britain and France was greatly damaged, and when they wanted to return to Asia, Japan and the United States were already unstoppable.

When the Small Executive Yuan began to operate, Rock was listening to Patton's report at the Palace of Justice.

"—The Indian Ocean Fleet currently has more than [-] officers and soldiers, including two battleships and two aircraft carriers. There are more than [-] combat ships in total. After discussion by the Ministry of the Navy, Port Edward is no longer suitable as the home port of the Indian Ocean Fleet. Reserve There are now two home ports, one is the Changi Naval Base in the Lion City, and the other is Diego Garcia in the Ardan Islands. St. George and Port Elizabeth can also be used as backup options." Patton's current rank is still lieutenant general , together with An Qi, are listed as the most dazzling twin stars in the Southern African Army.

Port Edward is the most important port in southern Africa around the Indian Ocean. In recent years, business has gradually prospered, and its status has become more and more important. Every inch of land is expensive. It is no longer suitable as the home port of the Indian Ocean Fleet. The Admiralty is looking for a new port for Edward Port. Homeport.

Prior to this, the Atlantic Fleet had changed its home port from Walvis Bay to Halifax. Although this decision was strongly opposed by the United States, it was warmly welcomed by Canada.

For the Indian Ocean Fleet, whether it is the Changi Naval Base or Diego Garcia, it is in line with the positioning of the Indian Ocean Fleet.

The positioning of the Indian Ocean Fleet is to safeguard the interests of southern Africa and the British Empire around the Indian Ocean, mainly in the direction of Japan. At the moment when the strategy of the British Empire is shrinking, the positioning of the Indian Ocean Fleet is extremely aggressive.

"In addition to the home port, we also need to strengthen support for the Indian Ocean Fleet. The Indian Ocean Fleet only has two battleships and two aircraft carriers. Once a war breaks out, it will be unable to deal with the threat of potential enemies. It is limited by the "Washington Naval Treaty". If we cannot build large surface warships, we can only start with submarines and other aspects. We plan to equip at least ten submarines to the Indian Ocean Fleet every year in the next ten years, and at the same time increase the number of integrated supply ships. Eventually, the Indian Ocean Fleet will The number of warships needs to reach about 200, so that we can barely guarantee our interests around the Indian Ocean.” Patton’s plan is a bit big, which can be regarded as asking for a price and paying back the money on the spot.

The three major fleets in southern Africa, the Atlantic Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet are the main forces. The local fleet only has a sign and has no sense of existence. The two major fleets have become the largest gold-swallowing monsters in southern Africa, and the annual consumption of funds is more than ten million rand. .

According to Patton's plan, the number of warships in the Indian Ocean Fleet will reach more than 200.

So should the number of warships in the Atlantic Fleet increase?

The local fleet can't always be empty-handed, can it?Not to mention aircraft carriers and battleships, heavy cruisers and light cruisers have to be given ten or eight ships, and how many comprehensive supply ships called "quasi-aircraft carriers" have to be given?
After this combination of punches, even if Roque agrees, Congress will not agree, and it is even more impossible for Ada.

"Impossible, not to mention ten ships a year, not one." Rock firmly disagreed. Although the performance of the ghost submarine is good, there will be better ones in ten years' time.

In other words, those so-called "advanced" warships will become backward models in ten years' time, so why spend that wasted money, it is better to use it to build roads if you have money.

If you want to get rich, build roads first. This slogan must be persisted for 100 years.

"My lord, warships can be built slowly, but the navy's talent pool can't be cut short. We need enough warships to train qualified officers and soldiers—" Barton tried his best to fight for it. This is another story of a young dragon slayer who eventually becomes a dragon.

When Adelaide and Philip were prime ministers, Roque also spent every day in the Palace of Justice for military expenses, just to fight for more military expenses.

Now that time has passed, Rock can finally understand the feelings of Ade and Philip.

As the founder of the southern African army, Roque also knows the importance of warships to the navy. The so-called ten-year army and one-hundred-year navy are not all slogans for deceiving military expenditures, and they are correct to a certain extent.

However, if he is not in his position, he will not seek his own government, and if he is not in charge of the family, he will not know how expensive he is. Only when he became Prime Minister Roque realized that military construction is important, but economic development is equally important. If you do not consider the economic foundation and try your best to build warships, you will end up like Japan. The whole world The national economy will be kidnapped by the army, and eventually embark on the road of no return to corruption.

As far as southern Africa is concerned, military construction should be placed after industry and trade, after education and health, and even after infrastructure construction. Rock must first ensure the healthy development of the national economy, and then have spare power to develop the military. You can't go wrong with a secondary relationship.

"Don't talk about conditions. 20 years ago, Southern Africa didn't even have a warship. We still built a powerful navy from scratch. Compared with the original conditions, the current conditions are very different. You should focus on, How to build a stronger navy under the current conditions——" Rock desperately poured chicken soup, and the concept of hardship and simplicity cannot be lost.

In fact, Barton can't be blamed.

Roque and Patton have completely different concepts of the army. Roque uses PLA as the standard, so looking at the European and American armies, even the German army has problems everywhere, and it is far from the standard of a strong army.

Patton takes the Royal Navy as the standard. In the current world, the Royal Navy is already the most powerful army, but there is still a huge gap from the PLA, and the gap between them is irreparable.

Comparing the two, the standards of Rock and Button are completely different, and the conclusions drawn are naturally different.

"My lord, you can't use Southern Africa in 1907 to apply Southern Africa in 1925—" Barton had an opinion, he couldn't understand Rock's standard at all.

"The same Patton, now is the era of naval holidays, we can't give other countries too much stimulation, regarding the Changi Naval Base, with the cooperation of the Army and the Air Force, at least the safety of the Changi Naval Base can be guaranteed. If Japan wants to attack Changi Naval Base Yi Naval Base, at least we must first attack the Philippines, we have enough time.” Rock is not worried, Japan’s main opponent in East Asia is not southern Africa but the United States, this cannot be mistaken.

There is a fundamental gap in strength between southern Africa and Japan. Although the strength of the combined fleet is far superior to that of the Indian Ocean Fleet, in reality, the Indian Ocean Fleet is invincible, and the combined fleet has no chance at all.

The war is based on comprehensive national power. The gap in strength between Japan and Southern Africa is like Belgium and France, separated by several Spains. In a real fight, even if Southern Africa is exhausted, Japan can still be exhausted.

Moreover, Southern Africa and Japan are thousands of miles apart, with the Philippines in between. If Japan wants to fight Southern Africa, it has to pass the United States first. It is difficult for the flames of war to reach Southern Africa itself.

"The cost of submarines is not high, the performance is advanced, and they can avoid the restrictions of the "Washington Naval Treaty." Barton is not discouraged. Even if you want less than ten ships, it is good to ask for three or two.

Compared with battleships and aircraft carriers, unobtrusive submarines are the best choice.

During the World War, Germany's submarine force had proved the value of submarines. When the High Seas Fleet was far inferior to the Royal Fleet, the submarine force played an unexpected value, which was impressive.

At the Washington Naval Conference, France, considering its own interests, forced the United Kingdom and the United States to abandon restrictions on submarines, which gave southern Africa the opportunity to develop submarine forces.

Regardless of how the Japanese economy is, the strength of the Japanese combined fleet is indeed very strong. Even Britain and the United States dare not take it lightly, and southern Africa has no qualifications to dislike the combined fleet.

Under such circumstances, the development of the submarine force has become the best weapon against the combined fleet.

The point is, because of the lack of threats in Asia, Japan does not pay much attention to anti-submarine warfare. This is the biggest weakness of the United Fleet. If it is targeted, the United Fleet is actually not that terrible.

"Well, Patton, I will seriously consider it, but I can't make any promises to you." Rock will not write empty promises. There are too many places to spend money. Next, Rock will not only not increase military spending, but will also cut it appropriately.

(End of this chapter)