Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1738 Coalition Government
The joint exercise with the East India Fleet is one of the routine training items of the Indian Ocean Fleet this year.

The strength of the East India Navy is not strong, and it lacks large surface warships. The largest warship is the "Zheng He" light cruiser with a displacement of only [-] tons, and the displacement of the rest of the warships does not exceed [-] tons.

Compared with surface warships, the submarine force of the East India Navy is quite powerful. After ordering six "ghost" submarines the year before last, the East India Navy ordered another 12 "ghost" submarines from southern Africa last year, making the "ghost" The number of submarines has reached 18. In terms of submarine force alone, East India is second to none in Asia.

The Japanese Combined Fleet is indeed powerful, but it is only strong in surface warships, and the emphasis on submarines is far from enough. With the anti-submarine level of the Japanese Combined Fleet, once a war breaks out, the "ghost" submarine will become a nightmare for the Combined Fleet.

This is also normal. Japan built a joint fleet for the hegemony of East Asia. Now that Japan has basically achieved this goal, there is naturally no need to develop a submarine force.

The biggest problem for the United Fleet now is that since the Russo-Japanese War, there has never been a large-scale naval battle. Japan still thinks about the navy as a "giant ship and cannon". Hard to say.

Even in the Russo-Japanese War, rather than saying that the combined fleet defeated the Russian Expeditionary Force, it is better to say that the whole world united to defeat the Russian Expeditionary Force.

In addition to the East India Fleet, two destroyers from the Najd Sultanate and an Australian coal carrier participated in the military exercise.

Australia was not invited to participate in this exercise. The Australian government strongly requested to participate after learning about the incident. However, Australia has no navy, so it could only send a coal carrier to participate in the name of a supply ship, which can be regarded as a wave of presence.

Indian Ocean Fleet Command in Port Edward, Martin and Patton are also seeing off Indian Ocean Fleet Commander Jackson Marshall.

The current Ministry of Defense is very different from when Roque was the defense chief.

When Roque was the Minister of Defense, power was concentrated in Roque's hands, and the prime minister's words were not as useful as those of Roque.

Last year, the Ministry of Defense made adjustments to establish the Ministry of the Navy and the Ministry of the Air Force on the basis of the Ministry of the Army. The power of the Minister of Defense has been greatly weakened.

If someone else was the chief of defense, he might feel uncomfortable.

Martin accepted it frankly. Rock's adjustment was not aimed at Martin, but to make timely adjustments based on the development of the arms. With the development of the navy and air force, it was indeed the time for separate arms. In the past two years, some people have proposed The Marine Corps should also be listed separately, and Rock is considering it.

Like the navy and air force, the marine corps is also of great significance. With the gradual improvement of strength, the number of troops stationed overseas in southern Africa is increasing. All soldiers, including embassies and consulates stationed abroad, should come from the marine corps .

There are now four brigades of the Marine Corps in Southern Africa, with a total strength of 26000. Nyasaland Military Industry is researching amphibious tanks to equip the Marine Corps.

"I still hope to mobilize some marines to participate in the exercise. In the future, our operations will focus on active attack. Fleet and marine exercises should become the main subjects. Anti-submarine is not important. In East Asia, there are no submarines for us to counter-attack." , This should be a key training program for the United Fleet." Jackson Marshall had a clear goal, and the biggest opponent of the Indian Ocean Fleet was the Japanese.

Under the premise that the number of warships in Halifax continues to increase, the United States has to gradually strengthen the strength of the Atlantic Fleet. Now the United States, like southern Africa, has two main navy, one is the Atlantic Fleet, the other is the Pacific Fleet, and the mainland The fleet doesn't exist.

This is also determined by national conditions. Southern Africa, like the United States, does not have much defensive pressure on its homeland. The idea of ​​fleet construction is external attack. In the Pacific, the main opponent of the United States is Japan; in the Atlantic, the main opponents of the United States are southern Africa and the British Empire.

Don't think that the United States and the United Kingdom are allies, and the two sides will not defend each other. During the world wars, there were fewer stabbings in the back. The alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom is also a different dream.

As one goes up and down, the strength of the US Atlantic Fleet far exceeds that of the Pacific Fleet.

Specific to Southeast Asia, the main opponent of the Southern African Indian Ocean Fleet is the Japanese Combined Fleet.

As for the fleets of the United States and France in Southeast Asia——

Hehe, these two are not worthy of being the opponents of the Indian Ocean Fleet.

"No, the use of the Marine Corps must be cautious. We must not overly stimulate other countries. The situation in this region is complicated. The Japanese, Americans, French, and even the Portuguese have fleets. Our purpose is not to provoke an arms race. , but to strengthen the cooperation between the Indian Ocean Fleet and the East India Fleet." Patton had a clear plan for the purpose of the exercise, and the arms race is not the time yet.

The London Conference was over, and because of the great differences between Britain and the United States, the London Conference did not achieve any results, and the differences on the cruiser remained.

This will definitely lead to an intensification of the arms race. It has been seven years since the signing of the "Washington Naval Treaty". In the era of naval holidays, countries have not added large surface combat ships. The former BIG7 is gradually getting old. The navies of all countries are in urgent need of new warships. Replenish.

This is the main reason why the navy burns money. In BIG7, the two Nelson-class battleships of the United Kingdom have not been in service for a long time, but the Royal Navy has already begun planning to build the next level of battleships.

Even if it cannot be built due to the "Washington Naval Treaty", it does not hinder the plan. First draw the blueprint of the next-level battleship.

The Royal Navy can’t do anything about it, not to mention France and Italy. The United States and Japan also have similar plans. The next-level battleship of the United States is the North Carolina-class battleship, with a standard displacement of 35000 tons and a full load displacement of 44800 tons. Equipped with a 3-caliber 45mm main gun.

Japan is more radical. After the expiration of the "Washington Naval Treaty", Japan is ready to start the Yamato.

North Carolina's full-load displacement is only 44800 tons, and Yamato's full-load displacement has reached an unprecedented 72810 tons.

In terms of building warships, Japan has never dared to fall behind. Someone in the Japanese Navy once proposed to build a super battleship with a tonnage of 50 tons. This type of battleship is equipped with 50 twin-mounted 406mm main guns and 100 guns——Yamato In front of it are super small brothers.

"Once the war between us and Japan breaks out, I don't think the East India Fleet can play much role." Jackson Marshall's obvious southern African supremacy did not think highly of the East India Navy.

"Hehe, don't think so. The fleet is only auxiliary. Once a war breaks out, the decisive factor will still be on land. Then it will be the time for the Marine Corps to play its role." Although Patton is a navy, he is never biased.

Not everyone is qualified to play "Leapfrog Tactics". Small islands in the Pacific Ocean can play "Leapfrog Tactics". Only by cooperating with the fleet and ground forces and moving forward bit by bit can the supply line be guaranteed.

This also means that if Southern Africa goes to war with Japan, Japan will not be able to pose a threat to the Changi Naval Base before occupying the entire East India.

"Okay, I'll set off tomorrow. I'll borrow the words of the United Fleet, and I wish southern Africa prosperity!" Jackson Marshall really knew the United Fleet very well.

"I wish you luck!" Patton gulped it down. Tomorrow Patton will return to Pretoria, and then he will go to Walvis Bay to send the Atlantic Fleet and the Royal Navy to conduct a joint exercise.

Regardless of the political intrigue, the relationship between the military is still good, especially for the Royal Navy.

While the army was busy with exercises, the regime change in London had been completed. Stanley Baldwin led the British cabinet to resign en masse, and Ramsay MacDonald came to power again.

After Ramsay MacDonald became prime minister, Britain held a general election. The public's disappointment with the Conservative Party was fully reflected in this general election. The Labor Party won 288 seats and regained the majority of the House of Commons. The Conservative Party was only left with 260 votes. The Liberal Party led by Lloyd George won 59 seats.

The Liberal Party is really miserable, but compared with the last general election, it is still an improvement.

In the last general election, the Liberal Party only had 40 seats in the House of Commons, which is a terrible sight.

Although the Labor Party won a majority, it did not gain an absolute advantage.

This time, Ramsay MacDonald absorbed the lessons of the last time he was prime minister and won over the Liberal Party to form a coalition government. Sen, Chancellor Philip Snowden, James Thomas Lord Seal and Margaret Bundfield Labor Secretary.

It is worth mentioning that Margaret Bundfield is a woman. This is the first time a woman has entered the cabinet in British history.

Staying at No. [-] Downing Street again, Ramsay MacDonald is full of ambition, hoping to save Britain from the economic crisis and lead the British Empire back to its peak.

This statement sounds unreliable, not to mention Ramsay McDonald, even if God is possessed, the British Empire cannot return to the Victorian era, and the United States and Japan are not mentioned, and southern Africa is not allowed.

On June NO.15, Ramsay Macdonald submitted a package of reform plans to the House of Representatives, covering finance, industry, industry, military, social welfare, etc., involving all aspects of the UK.

What Ramsay McDonald didn't expect was that the plan was directly rejected by the House of Commons.

The House of Commons reasoned simply that Ramsay MacDonald's program was, on the whole, a direct copy of the program of the Commonwealth of Southern Africa.

How can this work? The British Empire is the suzerain of southern Africa. When the economic crisis broke out, the suzerain could not guide the dominion, but copied the homework of the dominion. This made the members of the House of Commons really unacceptable.

ps: I heard that there are double monthly tickets—it’s the end of the month again, brothers, if you don’t vote for the monthly pass, it will get moldy——

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