Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1766 Yamato
Murphy's Law says that if something has the potential to go bad, no matter how small the chance, it will happen.

After the outbreak of the economic crisis, many countries have embarked on the road of corruption, which once again proves this point.

Rock is also very helpless, even Britain is actively supporting Germany, what else can Rock say.

Before the naval meeting, Ramsey MacDonald met with representatives of the United States and Japan many times, trying to reach a certain degree of consensus before the meeting, so as to avoid the fruitless result of the last naval meeting.

Rock was also very busy. At the same time as the Navy Conference was held, the Empire Conference was held at the same time. Macdonald and Baldwin had a clear division of labor.

Rock is at his wits end. Although intellectually, Rock prefers to attend the Imperial Conference, but Yang Smother is not equal to the others, so Yang Smother represents Southern Africa to participate in the Imperial Conference, and Rock represents Southern Africa takes part in Naval Conference.

Representing the United States at the Naval Conference was Hoover, and representing Japan at the Naval Conference was Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiichi Tanaka.

Yes, it is Yoshiichi Tanaka who proposed "Tanaka Memorial". Although later generations have verified that "Tanaka Memorial" was not proposed by Tanaka Yoshiichi, but the work of another class-A war criminal, Suzuki Sadaichi, but the notorious "21 "Article" was proposed by Yoshiichi Tanaka.

Yoshiichi Tanaka was born in the army, a general of the Japanese army, and a baron. He participated in the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. He was very tough in his attitude towards the West.
The first day of the meeting began with the main topic of discussion being whether Southern Africa was eligible to participate in the Naval Conference as an independent nation.

Ramsey MacDonald definitely agrees. Southern Africa is still a Commonwealth of Nations. If Southern Africa can also build a powerful navy, the United Kingdom will also benefit from it.

Hoover did not object either. Although the strength of the southern African navy would pose a certain threat to the United States, Britain would be more affected.

Now that southern Africa is in the Commonwealth, it has launched a strong challenge to the United Kingdom. If southern Africa has another naval fleet that can compete with the United Kingdom, then in Hoover's view, the ambitions of southern Africa will sooner or later be unstoppable.

Unlike the United States, Japan is firmly opposed to the fact that southern Africa will participate in the Naval Conference as an independent state, which is also expected by Rock.

After the Indian Ocean Fleet took over the Changi Naval Base, Southern Africa's military presence in Southeast Asia has become stronger and stronger, which has already posed a serious threat to Japan.

Considering that within southern Africa, the importance of the Atlantic Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet is different. Once Southern Africa increases its maritime power, the Indian Ocean Fleet will definitely be the top priority, and the situation of the United Fleet will be even more embarrassing.

"Southern Africa is a part of the Commonwealth of Nations. Once Southern Africa expands its naval power, the balance reached by the Washington Naval Treaty will be broken in an instant. Japan will respond accordingly for the sake of national security." Yoshiichi Tanaka has a firm attitude. , put on the posture of tearing up the "Washington Naval Treaty" and resolutely opposed the expansion of maritime power in southern Africa.

"Hehe, aren't you planning to create a Yamato? I'll give you a chance, and you can start working now." Rock sneered, the arms race is the competition, who are you scaring? If Southern Africa can't even do Japan, then the 20 people in Southern Africa Years of accumulation is a joke.

Yamato!

Japan does have the idea of ​​building a "Yamato-class" battleship now, but it is only an idea, and it has not yet been implemented, and there are not even relevant drawings.

For the Japanese Navy, the idea of ​​the Yamato-class battleship was top-secret, and the United Fleet only had this idea, but it was revealed by Rock, and Tanaka Yoshiichi turned pale instantly.

"What is Yamato?" Hoover asked in a timely manner.

Ramsay Macdonald did not speak, but stared at Tanaka Yoshiichi, waiting for Tanaka Yoshiichi to explain.

"Nonsense——" Tanaka Yoshihiro dodged his eyes. He was in a state of confusion at the moment. The Japanese government's top-secret plan was revealed by Rock, which proved that there was a serious problem within the Japanese government or the military.

Someone must have leaked information about "Yamato" to southern Africa. Yoshiichi Tanaka is not in the mood for meetings now, and just wants to go back to Japan to find out what went wrong.

In fact, nothing went wrong. Rock knew that the information about "Yamato" was not leaked in Japan, but from history books.

Of course, if one sentence can cause some troubles for the Japanese government, Rock doesn't mind doing so.

"Is it nonsense? You know it in your heart. Don't think that you can limit the development of the southern African navy. To tell you the truth, East India has just ordered two aircraft carriers from southern Africa. How about it? Are you angry?" Rock said. Don't take Tanaka Yoshiichi seriously, he doesn't deserve it.

If Yoshiichi Tanaka thinks that this can limit the southern African navy, he is wrong.

After the signing of the "Washington Naval Treaty," Southern Africa took advantage of the loopholes in the treaty to own battleships, and it is still repeating the same tricks. East India has money to buy, and Southern Africa is willing to sell. Countries outside the region have no right to interfere.

"Hehe, is this what you call the spirit of the contract?" Tanaka Yoshiichi regrouped, trying not to be affected by Yamato's "leaks".

"Locke, you can't do this, you can't always be like this." Hoover had a big headache. If Rock really did this, the "Washington Naval Treaty" really has no restrictions on southern Africa.

Aircraft carriers are not built by ordinary countries. If carrier-based aircraft are added, the cost of an aircraft carrier is comparable to that of a battleship. An aircraft carrier has more than 1000 people, and the navy of some countries has less than 1000 people. Money is useless .

When the "Washington Naval Treaty" was signed, only the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, France, and Italy had the strength and demand in the world. Therefore, the participating countries in the Washington Naval Conference were only the above five countries, and it was useless for other countries to participate. Up to the tonnage of a battleship, it can't be built, let alone used.

The United States and Japan have made thousands of calculations, and missed southern Africa. East India is not a signatory of the "Washington Naval Treaty", so the "Washington Naval Treaty" is not binding on East India, although everyone knows that there is something tricky in this deal , but the program is correct.

"Herbert, what do you mean it's always like this? Southern Africa didn't seek something that didn't match its strength. With the strength of Southern Africa, isn't it qualified to make a request?" Rock didn't let go easily on this issue. The same is the negotiating strategy.

On the way to London, Rock analyzed with Yang Smozi and Patton that the purpose of the London Naval Conference was to a large extent a continuation of the last London Naval Conference, and the main purpose was to limit cruisers.

Except for southern Africa, the navies of all countries actually have little demand for cruisers, so this London Naval Conference is mainly to limit southern Africa.

Roark will turn the tables when he comes up now. To build an aircraft carrier will definitely arouse strong opposition from Britain, the United States, and Japan.

Then Rock can take the next best thing and ask for more cruisers, so that Britain, the United States, and Japan can better accept it.

"Of course, we have already given you the tonnage of the British Commonwealth's battleships. If southern Africa needs more aircraft carriers, you can discuss it yourself." It's about your Commonwealth.

"In this case, there is no need for us to hold this meeting!" After finishing speaking, Rock got up and walked away.

"Wait for Locke—" Hoover chased Rock out of the venue.

Tanaka Yoshihito left in a hurry without saying a word, he was still busy dealing with the internal "leakage".

Ramsay McDonald was dumbfounded: I, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, haven't said a word yet, and the first day of the meeting is over?

The meeting is indeed over, but the communication is not over.

Rock didn't go too hastily, and left with Hoover in the same car.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Hoover didn't understand why Rock couldn't hold his breath.

Thinking that the Washington Naval Conference had been held for a few months, don't expect this kind of conference to end in a day or two.

"The situation in Japan is on the verge of getting out of control. Instead of waiting for the Japanese to blow themselves up, we should give it a push." ​​Rock has no time to waste in London. Don't forget that it is still in an economic crisis, and Rock is eager to return to southern Africa to preside over the overall situation. , no time to entangle with these old foxes.

"What do you mean?" Hoover's judgment on Japan deviates from Roque's.

"Japan's main interests are in East Asia, and there is no other way but to expand abroad. Even if we cede the entire East Asia to Japan, it will not be able to satisfy Japan's ambitions. What shall we do then?" Rock wanted to pull the United States to deal with it Japan.

Hoover frowned, and he also knew that the Japanese's wolfish ambitions were clearly revealed, but this had nothing to do with Hoover.

To put it bluntly, Hoover may not be able to be president for a few years. After Hoover steps down, even Japan's external expansion has nothing to do with Hoover.

Of course, Hoover would not sit back and watch Japan expand. At the beginning, the United States proposed the "open door" policy to carve up overseas markets. Now that the sphere of influence of Britain and France in Asia has gradually shrunk, the United States will never give up the interests of East Asia.

"What's the Yamato you're talking about?" Hoover wanted more information.

"The next level of battleship that Japan plans to build may have a displacement of more than 460 tons, and the caliber of the main gun may reach [-] mm—" Rock couldn't remember the specific data of Yamato, and it probably looked like this.

"My God, the Japanese are simply crazy—" Hoover couldn't believe it. Now the largest battleship BIG7 is only more than 3 tons, and Yamato's 7 tons is directly doubled. Considering Japan's strength, building Yamato is indeed crazy.

"So, we can't wait until Japan is ready before putting pressure on Japan. It will be too late." Roque doesn't want to give Japan too much time. Roque can wait for Germany, but not Japan.

(End of this chapter)