Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1839
Roque was presiding over a meeting of the Southern African Union when Ada and Sidney Milner partnered to plot the French.

The reason why Rock is so determined to leave the Commonwealth is because there is a huge market of the Southern African Union behind it.

After Madagascar was merged into the Southern African Federation, there were only six countries left in the Southern African Union. Australia, which was once very close to the Southern African Union, has recently been obviously influenced by the United Kingdom and consciously keeps a distance from Southern Africa.

Rock doesn't care whether Australia joins the Southern African Union. Staying in the Commonwealth is Australia's best choice. Rock still needs southern African goods, and continues to occupy the Commonwealth market with the help of Australia's identity.

After Southern Africa broke away from the Commonwealth, its position in the Southern African Union became more and more stable. The benefits that Madagascar received after joining the Southern African Federation are obvious to all. Therefore, not long ago, West Africa officially submitted an application to Pretoria, hoping to be incorporated Federation of Southern Africa.

West Africa was the former Portuguese West Africa. After independence, the area of ​​West Africa has shrunk slightly. Now the total area is about 100 million square kilometers, but the population is 650 million, and most of them are of African descent.

It is precisely because of this that Roque did not immediately agree. After all, to accept West Africans is to accept West Africans. Now it is not 20 years ago, so we cannot go too far.

Of course, accepting West Africa is also very beneficial. It is said that any of these countries in Africa can be called a strategic resource reserve.

West Africa has more than 131 billion barrels of oil reserves and 7 trillion cubic meters of natural gas reserves; the main minerals are diamonds, iron, phosphate, copper, manganese, uranium, lead, tin, zinc, tungsten, gold, quartz, marble and granite; The reserves of diamonds are about 10 billion carats, 17 billion tons of iron ore, 2 million tons of phosphate, and nearly 1 million tons of manganese ore; the forest area is 5300 million hectares, and the forest coverage rate is 35%. It is the second largest forest resource country in Africa, producing ebony, African White sandalwood, red sandalwood, mahogany and other precious woods; at the same time, there are rich water resources, agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery resources.

The data of nearly 160 characters in the above paragraph looks very good, but there are actually problems.

For example, the oil fields in West Africa are almost all on the offshore coast near Cabinda and in the deep sea oil fields in the Lower Congo Basin.

So it looks good. In fact, with the existing technology, deep-sea oil fields cannot be developed at all. Although offshore oil fields are technically fine, but with the premise of Port Elizabeth, the demand for oil in southern Africa is not so urgent.

For the same reason West Africa has diamonds, Southern Africa has kimberleys.

There are iron mines in West Africa, and the Pilbara and Iron Four Corners in Southern Africa.

Even the forest resources in West Africa are not inferior to those of Congo and West Africa, so the value of West Africa is more reflected in the future rather than the present.

"So, the resources in West Africa are dispensable to us—" Stoudemire didn't know what to say, he could only say that Southern Africa's foundation is too strong, and even the resources of West Africa's level are not enough for Southern Africa. Say it's all optional.

"That must not be the case. Even if we don't need it, we can save it as a strategic reserve." The Anglo-Saxon gene in Henry's bones is extremely powerful, so we can take it first if it is useful.

"That is to say, it is easy to annex West Africa, but after that?" Stoudemire does not want to bear the huge responsibility of 650 million West Africans. With the power of southern Africa, after annexing West Africa, this is also a huge financial burden. I don't know how much It can pay back for a long time.

The key point is that whether Southern Africa annexes West Africa will not prevent Southern Africa from developing and utilizing West African resources.

And for Stoudemire, the value of the land is the same thing, even the living space, for 8000 million southern Africans, the current space is enough.

"If it doesn't work, follow the example of the United States—" Henry occasionally turned into a cold-blooded animal, and some words made people shudder.

"That's not impossible—" Stoudemire and Henry sang together. This is the fundamental reason why they disagreed with the annexation of West Africa.

Rock didn't speak, and was weighing the pros and cons in his heart. Annexation of West Africa is certainly not the best time, even if it is not annexed, at least it can't chill the hearts of those in West Africa who yearn for southern Africa.

Southern Africa has annexed the kingdom of Mozambique and then Madagascar, and now it would hurt a little to keep West Africa out.

Compared with the Kingdom of Mozambique and Madagascar, is West Africa so bad that they don’t even want to send it to their door?

It's too contemptuous of people!
Coming to this time and space, Roque’s view of Africans has actually changed a lot. Why did Africans in another time and space wake up in the 21st century, and they would show so much resentment towards whites? Because of the way whites treat Africans in this era It's really cruel, so cruel that Roque, as a nationalist, can't stand it.

So Southern Africa was very different from European colonists in this respect.

Although African labor is also used to build southern Africa, but southern Africa pays Africans salaries, which directly turns the slavery relationship into an employment relationship. Even if the Africans in this time and space want to counterattack in the future, there will be no original reason .

The fear is that someone will deliberately instigate it.

Southern Africa knows how to use various methods to stabilize output, and Americans are not stupid. Since they can easily buy zero yuan if they make a fuss, why bother to work hard from [-] to [-] to get paid for their labor.

A person of noble character, even if he is placed in a harsh environment, can still be alone.

For a person with a bad character, the gentler the surrounding environment, the more obvious the magnification of the inner malice.

Seeing that Rock kept silent, Henry and Stoudemire shut up at the same time.

Even if Henry and Stoudemire have ideas, they will fully respect Rock's opinion, which is an authority that Rock has almost never made mistakes for a long time.

Follow Roque and have meat to eat.

"Although West Africa is not developed enough, I think we can give it a try. If the problem is serious, we still have a chance to correct it—" Rock's thinking is no longer limited to southern Africa, and the biggest impact of leaving the Commonwealth on southern Africa Yes, southern Africa must pay more attention to its allies, although these allies in southern Africa seem a bit weak now.

It is indeed a bit weak, but the key is the lack of human resources. The countries of the Southern African Union, excluding southern Africa, even the most populous East India has just exceeded 1000 million people. Others, such as West Africa and the two Congos, have a population of less than 1000 million.

Naiji is the worst. The current population is still only 200 million, and it is still declining. The Rashid family——

The Rashid family has nothing to say, the Chosen Ones.

"What about the West Africans?" Stoudemire still had doubts.

"Strengthen education and limit the population. The key is in the judicial field. Don't discriminate against Africans, and of course don't give Africans extra-legal privileges—" Rock said nothing in the last sentence. All countries in this era do not discriminate Africans are already good.

"If education is strengthened, Africans can become qualified workers." It is rare for Henry to have a positive comment, and Henry does have a say in this regard.

Rock considered more.

Europe has started an arms race, and southern Africa cannot stay out of it. Even the Italians and the French have begun to build battleships of more than 40000 tons, and the voices of the southern African military are also very high.

In any case, the giant ship cannon doctrine is also very marketable in southern Africa.

Although through previous exercises, it has been proved that battleships are no longer the decisive factor for the victory of future naval battles, but every southern African has a dream about super battleships in their hearts.

Whether it is useful is one thing, and whether it is useful is another.

Among other things, if the Atlantic Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet each had one or two super battleships, then the Atlantic Fleet would not be so aggrieved when facing the Americans, and the Indian Ocean Fleet would not be so aggrieved when facing the Japanese.

Now the situation is to laugh at each other.

The southern African navy looks at the Americans and Japanese as if they were idiots. They are obviously battleships that are on the verge of being eliminated, but they are still offered as treasures by you. Are they stupid?
Americans and Japanese look at southern Africans as if they were fools. They don’t even have a super battleship that can be sold, but they are still so confident. Does the Royal Navy give you the confidence?
Oh sorry, the Royal Navy is no longer the daddy of Navies in Southern Africa.

Regardless of whether the Southern African Navy recognizes this father, at least in the eyes of the Americans and Japanese.

Therefore, Rock is now not only considering building a super battleship, but also integrating the power of the Southern African Union, so that he can take the lead in the world war in the near future.

Yes, although Rock didn't want to see it, but now Rock has smelled the long-lost gunpowder.

A world war is approaching.

This world war is different from the last one, and it is also a battle of national destiny for southern Africa.

If it wins, Southern Africa will be able to completely get rid of the influence of Europe and the United States and soar into the sky.

If it loses, the 30 years of hard work in southern Africa will be a thing of the past.

Although Rock is confident, he doesn't think Southern Africa will lose.

However, there is a difference between a hearty victory and a tragic victory after a bloody battle, although both are victories.

What Roque needs is definitely a hearty victory.

The United States in another time and space has proved that it is not a qualified leader of the global village.

As Roque said, Southern Africa now has at least a chance to try.

On January 1931, 1, West Africa was merged into Southern Africa and completely became part of the Federal Government of Southern Africa.

On the same day, Southern Africa decided to start construction of the "Kitchiner" class battleship.

The "Kitchina" class battleship has paper data no less than the French "Richelieu" class battleship and the Italian "Veneto" class battleship. The standard displacement is 35000 tons, and the full load displacement must be more than 40000 tons. Unlike the "Richelieu" and "Veneto" whose main guns have only 380 and 381 calibers, the main gun used by "Kitchina" is 406 mm.

(End of this chapter)