Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1769 Thinking too much

The Commonwealth of Nations is fighting back and forth. When facing other countries, the Commonwealth can still be united. Otherwise, the terms proposed by Ramsay McDonald would not perfectly bypass the ghost submarines in southern Africa.

The strength of the Japanese Combined Fleet, one thing to say, is ranked first in the world. It is invincible in East Asia. Even the US Navy has to retreat. There is no need to develop submarines. That's why Tanaka Yoshikazu will treat East India. The submarine force is so sensitive.

Switching to Roque, Roque is also sensitive. A discerning person can tell at a glance that the submarine force in the East India is prepared for the Japanese combined fleet, which makes Tanaka Yoshiichi restless.

It's a pity that it's too late for Tanaka Yoshiichi to talk about the East India Submarine Force now. The meeting is almost over, and I only think of East India. It is unrealistic to call East India over for a meeting, not to mention that it may not be possible to call Come.

"Appropriate restrictions on the proliferation of submarines are necessary—" Hoover agreed with Tanaka on this issue.

The development of submarine forces in East India is also a potential threat to the US Navy stationed in East Asia.

"Heh, the East India is not the only country that develops submarines in the world." Rock was expressionless. No matter how many submarines the East India is equipped with, it is not a threat to the allies. Krupp is still secretly building a submarine dock in the Netherlands. Both the British and the Americans know about it, and they have never seen the UK and the United States talking about Germany.

Compared with East India, Germany's development of submarine forces is a real threat to Britain and the United States. Just because Britain and the United States want to support Germany, they can turn a blind eye to Germany's so-called "secret". Political correctness has already reached this point. Luo Ke also had nothing to say.

"East India submarines do not exceed the limited range in terms of displacement or artillery caliber, so they are not within the scope of our discussion." Macdonald supports southern Africa on this issue, and he will not allow southern Africa to develop submarine forces. Then southern Africa will require more capital ships, which will be even more troublesome.

Yoshiichi Tanaka and Hoover also knew about this problem.

Don’t look at southern Africa building cruisers in piles like dumplings. In fact, there are only a few countries in the world that are qualified to form navies. The navies of most countries are filled with gunboats or destroyers. There are not many ships with a displacement of more than 1500 tons, and you can't afford new ones. You can only look for usable warships from the retired warships of naval powers. The situation is so miserable.

"If this is the case, then these clauses are meaningless. We are still discussing what the tonnage of the capital ship is for. Everyone can build submarines." Still have no say.

"What do you want to build, as long as it is within the limit—" Rock is not afraid of Japanese man-made submarines. For Japan, the big power trap also exists.

As mentioned earlier, all "big countries" are faced with the question of whether to develop an army or a navy. They are stronger than the United States and the United Kingdom. They also have to disarm in peacetime, which is really unaffordable.

The same is true for Japan. Japan has limited national strength and is unable to develop both the army and navy at the same time. Now the navy is the main force.

The navy is also the mainstay, and there is also a problem of development direction. After all, funds are limited. If you use it to build battleships, you will have no money to build aircraft carriers. If aircraft carriers and battleships are built together, cruisers and submarines will definitely not be able to take care of both.

The character of the Japanese is fierce and indifferent, which determines that Japan must focus on the development of surface warships, let alone submarines. Japan has no demand and no strength.

Southern Africa has needs. After all, East India is a country of thousands of islands, and the Strait of Malacca is a major traffic route. The submarines in East India can cooperate with the Indian Ocean Fleet in Southern Africa to block Japan from the Indian Ocean. This is why Macdonald is supporting Southern Africa. s reason.

In another time and space, Japan only began to pay attention to the role of submarines after the outbreak of World War II, and then Japan began to build submarines frantically.

It is a pity that Japan chose the wrong direction and applied the giant ship cannon doctrine to submarines, blindly pursuing displacement and firepower, so they ignored the concealment of submarines. As a result, Japanese submarines went to the battlefield and became living targets for the Americans.

According to the evaluation of the Americans, Japanese submarines are not practical at all.

And the way Japan uses submarines is not right either.

Germany used submarines to attack the transportation lines of Britain and the United States, and to use them for military purposes to attack civilians. The effect is indeed very good.

Japan uses submarines to cooperate with the joint fleet to participate in large-scale naval battles. The anti-submarine technology during World War II has been quite mature. Destroyers, cruisers, and even refitted battleships have anti-submarine capabilities. The performance of Japanese submarines is not good enough, and the result is very tragic.

"Heh, the United Fleet is not interested in a submarine with a displacement of less than [-] tons—" Tanaka Yoshiichi was from the army after all, and he didn't know enough about the navy.

"Then what are you worried about?" Rock laughed loudly, objecting crazily while showing no interest at the same time, his personality was split.

"Then let's discuss the total tonnage of submarines—" Hoover tried to bring the meeting back on track. Since capital ships and cruisers have tonnage limits, so should submarines.

"20000 tons?" Ramsay MacDonald inadvertently leaked the secret again.

It is known that there are a total of three submarines in the UK, each with a total tonnage of 2800 tons, and a total tonnage of 8400——

As a result, McDonnell now said [-], which means that Britain has more submarines.

"No, at least [-] tons—" Rock said surprisingly, and Macdonald, Hoover, and Tanaka were all taken aback.

The displacement of the ghost submarine is only 980 tons, and Rock's opening is 100 tons. Could it be that southern Africa has already equipped [-] ghost submarines?
When the First World War broke out, Germany had only 20 submarines in total. After the war broke out, Germany frantically built submarines. During the war, a total of 344 submarines were in service. At the end of the war, there were still 226 submarines under construction.

During World War II, there were 1150 German submarines.

Don't look at the above numbers, which can be hundreds or thousands at every turn. It was a time of war, but now it is an age of peace, the era of naval holidays, and there are actually 100 submarines in southern Africa!
Not to mention Macdonald, Hoover and Tanaka, Rock himself didn't believe it.

"A compromise, 50000 tons—" Hoover offered a [-]% discount.

"Heh, it's better not to have a ton." Tanaka sneered, discussing the tonnage of submarines is actually meaningless.

Unlike capital ships, which cost tens of thousands of tons, submarines with a displacement of only a few hundred tons are hiding under the water. No one knows how many there are, and there is no way to check.

Moreover, there are a large group of allies in southern Africa. Even if southern Africa cannot equip more submarines, they can still hang submarines in East India, Najd, the two Congos, and West Africa. No one can fault it, perfect!

"Okay, then [-]—" McDonald agreed to cut it in half. [-] tons is a bit scary, but [-] tons is acceptable.

"Okay——" Rock had no bottom line, and agreed happily.

Macdonald, Hoover, and Tanaka were completely confused.

This nima is [-] for a while, and [-] for a while. How many submarines are there in southern Africa? They have become Schrödinger's cats.

At this time, Rock was expressionless and unpredictable. There were only 18 ghost submarines equipped in Southern Africa, and there were not as many submarines equipped in East India. The one hundred and fifty thousand were smoke bombs.

After the submarine is settled, there are auxiliary ships to be discussed next. McDonald is going to solve all the problems of the navy at once.

Southern Africa is also the hardest hit area in this regard.

In Britain, the United States and Japan, auxiliary ships were limited to minelayers, gunboats, destroyer supply ships, training ships, net-laying ships and so on.

Oh, and Britain also has a sloop for training, which is placed in the Indian Ocean Fleet as a supplement.

Southern Africa has a rich variety of auxiliary ships. During the World War, supply ships and medical ships were sent to participate in the war, and the results were very good.

Now that the world war has been over for several years, Rock doesn't know why, it's fine if Britain, the United States and Japan don't build large comprehensive supply ships, and they don't even build medical ships, probably because they don't think it's necessary.

This is also normal. The navy is different from the army. The army troops are scattered, and the soldiers run all over the mountains and plains, and it is difficult to catch them.

The naval warship was sunk, and few escaped smoothly. Even if they did not die on the spot, they would be sucked into the seabed by the vortex caused by the sinking warship if they swam slower. Therefore, the value of the medical ship is really not much. The African hospital ship also mainly serves the ground troops participating in the Battle of the Dardanelles.

Southern Africa now has four medical ships, one each from the three major fleets and the Mediterranean Squadron.

In addition to medical ships, the Southern African Navy is also equipped with supply ships, training ships, transport ships, landing ships, and more.

From the types of ships, we can see the concept of the Southern African Navy’s army building. Mine-laying boats and inland river patrol gunboats are eliminated directly. Once a war breaks out, the task of mine-laying is handed over to the supply ship. Destroyers and cruisers are specially made for mine-sweeping tasks. Minesweeper is a waste.

As for the net-laying ship, this kind of ship, like the heavy cavalry, has been eliminated by the times.

Macdonald's original intention was good, and the ultimate goal of restricting auxiliary ships was also disarmament.

Rock disagrees. The large comprehensive supply ship in southern Africa has a tonnage of 25000 tons. In the name of a comprehensive supply ship, in fact, all aircraft can take off and land directly on the deck, not to mention helicopters, except for large bombers.

Oh, after a while, maybe large integrated bombers can take off and land directly.

But it depends on the progress of Nikola Tesla's research, and Rock doesn't hold out much hope.

According to Macdonald's character, if there are restrictions on auxiliary ships, then most of them can only keep one or two auxiliary ships. In southern Africa, six supply ships were built in one go, with a total tonnage of more than 15 tons. What should I do?
It's impossible to retire directly. These are cutting-edge warships that have just been in service for a few years. They haven't fought a single battle yet. It would be a pity to retire directly.

(End of this chapter)