Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1732
The federal government's crazy shipbuilding is not only to stimulate domestic demand, but also to protect the overseas interests of southern Africa.

The influence of Southern Africa has long surpassed the surrounding area of ​​Southern Africa. The two oceans, one on the left and one on the right, have extensive interests, and the Mediterranean Sea is also added. Without a strong navy, the interests of Southern Africa cannot be guaranteed.

Restricted by the "Washington Naval Treaty", southern Africa cannot build battleships and aircraft carriers, and cruisers with low cost and wide range of uses have become the best choice.

The same is true for the United Kingdom. In the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, the United Kingdom also has extensive interests. Therefore, even though the British economy is relatively difficult now, the United Kingdom, like southern Africa, has proposed a shipbuilding plan to increase the number of British cruisers to 1930 by 70. ship.

After the completion of these 20 cruisers in Southern Africa, the number of cruisers will reach 50.

This makes the United States unacceptable.

Regardless of how tense the relationship between Southern Africa and the United Kingdom is, in the eyes of the United States, Southern Africa and the United Kingdom are one family. Once the two cruisers add up to 120, the interests of the United States will be threatened.

The purpose of the meeting proposed by the United States is to include cruisers into the restrictions of the "Washington Naval Treaty". Referring to the restrictions of the "Washington Naval Treaty", the cruisers of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan are also allocated in a ratio of 5:5:3.

Forget about France and Italy, they have no shipbuilding plans at all, and the capital ship standards stipulated in the "Washington Naval Treaty" are not yet fully equipped.

The United Kingdom agreed to include cruisers within the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty, but there was a huge difference with the United States in terms of tonnage standards.

The United Kingdom agreed to include cruisers of more than 5 tons in the "Washington Naval Treaty", which can also be allocated according to the ratio of 5:3:70, but there is no restriction on cruisers with a smaller tonnage. The reason is that the United Kingdom has a long line of communication, [-] A cruiser is Britain's bottom line.

In terms of overseas military bases, the United States still has a huge gap compared with the United Kingdom. Therefore, the United States does not need cruisers with smaller tonnages, but cruisers with larger tonnages to cooperate with the US Navy.

As long as Southern Africa is not involved, Patton can do whatever he wants. Anyway, the full-load displacement of heavy cruisers in Southern Africa is only 9800 tons, which is almost less than [-] tons.

"London should restrict southern Africa. The Commonwealth has always been a whole. Southern Africa is still an overseas dominion of the British Empire. If southern Africa is not restricted by the Washington Naval Treaty, then the Washington Naval Treaty will also be lost. Significance.” US Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg did not spare southern Africa, urging that southern Africa and the United Kingdom be considered as a whole.

"Southern Africa has already broken through the restrictions of the "Washington Naval Treaty." What happened to the four Normandy-class battleships? If so, the retired battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy do not need to be dismantled. Change their status and sell them to the Koreans , as part of the United Fleet, can it work?" Kijuro Koshihara is eccentric, he has been promoted now, and his identity is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

"Yes, southern Africa is an overseas self-government of the United Kingdom. As long as the Japanese government recognizes that Koryo is also an overseas self-government of Japan, then you can do whatever you want--" Patton hit the snake seven inches. In 1910, Japan forced Koryo to sign the "Japan-Korea Merger Treaty", Goryeo officially became a Japanese colony.

Of course, Japan definitely does not understand it this way. In the Japanese understanding, after the signing of the "Japan-Korea Merger Treaty", Koryo has become a part of Japan, and the relationship is the same as India and the United Kingdom now.

"General Patton, pay attention to your words. The Koryo Peninsula will always be an inseparable part of the Great Japanese Empire. It has been, is, and will be in the future!" Kijuro Moshihara immediately exploded. This is the core interest of Japan.

"Come on, it wasn't before 1910." Patton taunted mercilessly, the Japanese are also more determined than paper.

The problem with Japan is that it doesn't recognize itself.

Look at France and Italy. If they don't have the strength, they don't get involved in this matter. They only send observers to attend the meeting, and they don't say a word during the whole process.

Strictly speaking, Japan is the weakest among the top five (Britain, America, Japan, France, and Italy). After the economic crisis broke out, Japan’s economy has worsened. Now even if the Japanese are opened up To build cruisers, the Japanese can't build a few, but they still have a big face to diss southern Africa, and I don't know where the confidence comes from.

"Gentlemen, let's get back to the point—" Frank B. Kellogg patted the table. He could see through that Patton was here to disrupt the situation, and the British really had this virtue.

Kijuro Koihara was furious.

Barton sneered.

British Foreign Secretary Austin bowed his head and wrote quickly on a small note, and then passed the small note to Patton.

Barton took the small note, which read: Please work harder!
Look at their upbringing, they never forget to use honorifics when passing notes.

Frank B. Kellogg frowned, and he also wanted to see what was written on the note.

It's a pity that Barton burned the note directly after reading it.

"Gentlemen, there is now an important issue. When the Washington Naval Conference was held, Southern Africa did not participate as an independent country. Review, Southern Africa should also receive treatment commensurate with its own strength." Patton lived up to expectations, but he was a bit too forceful, which was the rhythm of directly tearing up the "Washington Naval Treaty".

"What do you mean?" Frank B. Kellogg was stunned. If the "Washington Naval Treaty" is torn up, the era of naval holidays will be completely over.

Kijuro Moshihara also has a big head. The frantic construction of cruisers in southern Africa has broken the short-term balance of power after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty. If the arms race is re-launched, Japan really does not have the strength to follow Stud.

Austin is even bigger. With the national strength of southern Africa, it is not too much to obtain the same 52.5-ton battleship as the United Kingdom and the United States. But in that case, who is still the boss in the Commonwealth?

Don't forget that Southern Africa does not have a single capital ship in name. Based on Austin's understanding of Rock, if the restrictions on Southern Africa are really to be lifted, then with the strength of Southern Africa, I am afraid that a dozen ships will be built in a short time. battleships, filling all the tonnage of battleships.

Don't forget that the warships built in southern Africa are all new-type warships, not the old models of more than ten years ago. In this way, the balance of naval power will be completely out of control.

"The Washington Naval Treaty does not now need to be amended—" Frank B. Kellogg disagreed with the amendment of the Washington Naval Treaty.

"Is southern Africa going to start an arms race again?" Kijuro Kishihara jumped up and down, immediately attracting dissatisfied eyes from Frank B. Kellogg and Austin.

The arms race is a taboo topic. Thinking about the arms race in the years before World War I, Austin felt his scalp tingle.

"Southern Africa doesn't want to target anyone. We build cruisers just to protect the interests of southern Africa-but if a country thinks that southern Africa is going to provoke an arms race, then southern Africa will also have to be forced to fight." Barton who Don't be afraid, building warships is a good thing, and it stimulates domestic demand.

"General Patton, can your attitude represent Southern Africa?" Frank B. Kellogg frowned. If Southern Africa wants to launch an arms race, let's not talk about Japan's reaction. The United States must do something of.

"Sitting here is the answer in itself!" Barton has been simmering with anger since the United States began investigating Adan Company.

This button has little to do with Roque's personal feelings.

As a southern African soldier, failing to protect the interests of southern African companies is the greatest shame for southern African soldiers.

Although southern Africa subsequently imposed reciprocal sanctions on the United States, in Patton's view, the United States' initiative to provoke was a humiliation to southern Africa.

So the crux of the problem is that southern Africa is not strong enough.

At least when facing the United States, there is no overwhelming advantage.

In view of the serious differences between Britain, the United States and South Africa, the meeting did not reach any consensus.

In the evening, Austin hosted a banquet for Button, and Neville and Yang Smother, who had not yet left London, accompanied him.

"Is the Lord in good health? I haven't seen him for a long time—" Neville was very enthusiastic about Barton, and everyone knew that Barton was Rock's confidant.

"My lord misses you very much too, so I entrusted me to convey my lord's greetings to you." Barton was gentle and non-aggressive at this time.

"How was the meeting going?" Young Smother, who had been working on maintaining relations between southern Africa and Britain, was not at the meeting.

The relationship between countries is like this. If someone sings a good face, someone must sing a bad face. Of course, interests must be fought for, and the relationship cannot be completely broken.

"It's not very good. It's impossible to reach an agreement." Barton is not optimistic about the prospects of the meeting. If it was a few years ago, there might be some gains, but it will definitely not work now. In order to stimulate domestic demand, countries will definitely increase military investment. The arms race has become unstoppable.

"General Patton, you are too urgent—" Austin said that Patton is not a qualified diplomat.

It wasn't originally, Patton was a soldier, not a diplomat, so it was actually more appropriate for Yang Smother to go to this kind of occasion.

Yang Smozi said that I would not go. It was clearly a meeting where no results could be discussed, and it was useless to go there.

"The situation is a bit complicated now. The Labor Party has initiated the impeachment of the current cabinet. Your Excellency, the Prime Minister, is very sad about this." Neville sighed, and Stanley Baldwin still couldn't hold on after all.

This term of the Conservative Party cabinet can be regarded as unlucky, first the national strike, and now the economic crisis, the opportunity that Ramsay MacDonald dreamed of finally came. Cabinet preparations.

(End of this chapter)