Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1804
The accidental death of Joe Pinghe caused heavy losses to the Japanese Navy.

In all fairness, in terms of the design of the King Kong-class battlecruiser, Hiraga Joe's plan is indeed more reasonable than Fujimoto Kikuo's.

However, Joe Hiraga ignored the requirements of the Navy. What the Navy needs is a treaty-type battleship that is cheap and powerful, and cannot exceed the provisions of the "Washington Naval Treaty". It did not meet the requirements of the Japanese Navy, so no one else can be blamed for the failure of Hiraga Joe's plan.

Of course, Kikuo Fujimoto cannot be blamed. Even if Kikuo Fujimoto’s mentor Kiku Kondo came back to life, he might not be able to meet these demands made by the Japanese Navy.

The "Satsuma" battleship designed by Kondo Motoki was the first battleship independently designed and built by Japan. It was completed in March 1910, with a standard displacement of 3 tons. When the ship was completed, it was the largest battleship in the world at that time. The battleship "Dreadnought" is still a circle larger, and its paper data is at the world's leading level.

The reason for the paper data is that Japan was limited by the technical level at the time. The "Satsuma" was one-sided in its pursuit of tonnage, and there was still a certain gap between the power and weapon system and the major European naval countries, so the tonnage was relatively large.

When Japan built the "Satsuma", the 12-inch (305mm) main gun needed had to be purchased from the UK.

However, Japan was not financially able to afford it at the time, and in the end they could only mix 10-inch (254 mm) main guns, so strictly speaking, the "Satsuma" was not even a "dreadnought" ship.

The two battleships of the "Summer" class never participated in the battle after they were built. After the signing of the "Washington Naval Treaty", the "Summer" was sunk as a target ship.

The death of Hiraga Joe has aroused widespread concern in Japan.

On the day of his death, Joe Hiraga was awarded the title of Baron and Grand Order. The body was dissected by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo, and it was finally confirmed that Joe Hiraga died of drug poisoning.

Then related information is blocked.

No blockade, as the Taishan Beidou of the Japanese shipbuilding industry, Hiraga Joe died of homicide, which exposed the serious lack of protection of Hiraga Joe by the Japanese government.

What's more, on the night of Joe Hiraga's death, Kikuo Fujimoto went to the hospital to visit Joe Hiraga. Although Kikuo Fujimoto didn't even enter the ward, how can this kind of thing be explained clearly? Japan is deeply influenced by Han culture. This is clearly the weasel's New Year greetings to the chicken, uneasy and kind.

So even if the real cause of Hiraga Joe's death is to be investigated, it can only be done in secret, and even if there is a result, it may not be announced to the public.

Therefore, regarding the cause of Hiraga's death, Tokyo Tei University Medical Department and the Japanese government agreed, declaring that Hiraga died of tuberculosis.

For the Japanese Navy, the loss of one of the "Twin Walls of the Empire" was not over. On December 12, the three "Chidori" class mineboats mentioned in the previous chapter formed the 20st mine team for night training. The "Mazuru" broke down before departure, so only the "Chidori" and "Tomozuru" participated.

That night, the wind and waves were strong, and the designs of "Chidori" and "Youhe" which were originally extremely unreasonable were seriously affected.

In order to avoid accidents, the "Chidori" and "Tomotsuru" were notified shortly after the training started, the training was suspended urgently, and the two ships returned to Sasebo Naval Port.

At that time, the southeast wind was blowing at 20 meters per second, the waves were four meters high, and there were occasional showers. The "Tomotsuru" lost contact with the Sasebo Naval Port at 4:12 in the morning.

At this time, it was less than half a month before the completion of "Youhe".

The weather conditions at night were not good, and the Sasebo Naval Port could only send out planes to search after dawn.

At 21:13 on the [-]st, the aircraft found the overturned hull of the "Tomotsuru", and the Sasebo Naval Port dispatched warships to tow the "Tomotsuru" back.

At 22:7 on the morning of the 15nd, "Tomotsuru" was towed back to Sasebo Naval Port. In order to straighten the hull, the mast of "Tomotsuru" was cut off by underwater operations first, and several holes were opened on the belly of the ship to input high-pressure air into the ship. At 9 o'clock, it was brought into the dock at high tide, and the bottom of the ship was cut open, 13 survivors were rescued, 72 bodies were found in the overturned warship, and 28 people were missing.

The newly built warship capsized during training before it entered the war, and the whole country was once again shocked.

The navy began to blame each other. The commander of the Sasebo tutelary government, Mitsumasa Yonei, ordered a thorough investigation of the incident, and immediately established an investigation committee headed by Admiral Kanji Kato. The final conclusion was that the center of gravity was too high.

Therefore, all the responsibilities are entirely borne by the designer of the "Chidori" class minecraft, the director of the fourth department of the Ship Administration Headquarters Kikuo Fujimoto.

Kikuo Fujimoto originally suffered injustice for the death of Joe Hiraga.

Now he was promoted by the Japanese Navy as the back-to-back man. He was also hospitalized due to illness due to anger and anger, and died of cerebral hemorrhage on December 12, the day before the arrival of 31.

The "Shuangbi of the Empire" both passed away within two months, and the blow to the Japanese navy has not been revealed for a while. After all, the combined fleet still looks invincible. When Kikuo Fujimoto passed away, the Japanese Navy Department was still holding a dinner to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. Well, maybe they won't realize until a long time later that the "Double Walls of the Empire" both died to affect the Japanese Navy.

Also on the day before the arrival of the New Year, Roque accepted an exclusive interview with Alexandra, editor-in-chief of The Times, at the Palace of Justice.

"—In the past year, we have done a lot of fruitful work. We have built reservoirs on the Orange River and the Zambezi River, planted trees in Dias State, and extended railways and roads to any corner of southern Africa. ,In the past year, we have grown from 120 airports to 600, doubled the length of our highways, built 100 new libraries, increased the number of post offices by 400, renovated and expanded 600 school buildings, and brought 280 million new immigrants to the country. Go to southern Africa and start their new life—" Rock's voice was broadcast to thousands of households in southern Africa through the radio, and Rock would definitely not let go of this opportunity.

When Roque was being interviewed, Alvin, who had just been transferred to the Palace of Justice and served as Roque's personal secretary, was sitting next to Roque.

Alvin, who was born in 1907, is now 23 years old. His current title has been promoted to Viscount Beihai, and he is quietly engaged to Angie's sister.

Gavin was obsessed with research and didn't want to work with Rock, and Rock didn't force it.

Alvin has shown a strong desire to participate in politics, and has already emerged in international conferences. Rock also wants to train successors, so he simply transferred Alvin to his side to teach by example.

After the interview, Rock got off work and went home for dinner with Alvin.

Tomorrow is the New Year, and the children are at home tonight, and reunion dinner is a tradition in the Rock family.

"How do you feel? Are you still used to it in Pretoria?" Rock and Alvin chatted casually.

"Habit——" Alvin was a little cautious. When he was with Rock, he obviously didn't talk as much as when he was with Phyllis.

This is also normal. Rock has been busy with official duties these years, and he has had fewer opportunities to communicate with the children, so the relationship is naturally a little distant.

But don't worry, although the words are a little less, the relationship is still good. The children may have complaints during the rebellious period, but they understand Rock more and more after they grow up.

This is thanks to the proper education of Phyllis.

"Do you feel that I am a bit boastful? But this is all necessary. We have to let the people feel that they live in an extremely powerful country. They don't have to be afraid of anyone, and they don't have to bow down to anyone. They must have the self-confidence of being a citizen of a big country. "When Rock faced the children, he wouldn't say things like taking care of the overall situation.

Compromising, this is the stage Rock and his generation must go through.

When it comes to Alvin's generation, with the good foundation laid by Rock and his generation, they can flex their muscles.

Anyway, old guys like Rock and the others were responsible for the trouble.

"Then why do we still have to talk to London—" Alvin hesitated, he still respected Rock, and he couldn't say some words.

"When we face London, we have never suffered a disadvantage." When it comes to the relationship with London, Roque is still very proud.

Even now in 1930, London is still the empire where the sun never sets, where the sun never sets, where the camel is bigger than the horse.

After the autonomy of southern Africa, especially after the end of the World War, London finally realized the strength of southern Africa. After that, London began to try to increase its influence in southern Africa.

Both the "Honorary Whites" and the "Navy Conference" were essentially for this purpose, trying to bring Southern Africa back under British rule.

But it is true that, as Rock said, Southern Africa has never suffered a disadvantage when dealing with the United Kingdom.

From taking over the British overseas military bases in batches to capturing the Commonwealth market and gradually replacing the British position in the Commonwealth, Southern Africa has indeed paid some costs, but it has gained more.

Now southern Africa and the United Kingdom are complementary to each other. Southern Africa needs the raw materials and markets of the Commonwealth. Britain needs southern Africa to maintain its international status. Ramsay MacDonald can’t recognize this fact, so Ramsay ·McDonald is in a slump; after Neville came to power, the United Kingdom has begun to change its strategy towards southern Africa, which is progress.

Just two days ago, the British government finally announced the candidate for the next Governor-General of Southern Africa.

Rock did not expect that the new governor was actually Prince Edward.

This arrangement is very deliberate. It is not without precedent for the prince to serve as the governor. However, Prince Edward is the crown prince. Even if he serves as the governor of Southern Africa, it is impossible to take office in southern Africa, so it is as if there is no governor.

George V and Neville have already achieved this point, and Roark has to reciprocate, so while Southern Africa exempted part of the debt of the United Kingdom, it decided to increase its support for London.

How to support?

Give more gold every year. Although the pound has been untied from gold, the UK still needs more gold to maintain the position of the pound.

It's a bad time. The currencies of all countries in the world have been untied from gold, and the British pound is still the strongest.

(End of this chapter)