Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 1876 Unspoken
Whether the weapon is good or not, after all, it has to pass the war test.

The weapons produced in southern Africa became famous through the Italian-Turkish War, and then they were fully verified during the First World War, which is why they are now famous.

If Rock hadn't found a new way to overtake in curves through various new weapons such as aircraft and tanks, I am afraid that the military industry in southern Africa is still struggling to catch up with the buttocks of European military enterprises. In 30 years, I am afraid that it will not be able to catch up with Europe.

This is also where Rock's confidence lies when facing the United States.

The overall industrial capabilities of the United States are indeed very strong, but in the field of military industry, there is still a gap between the United States and southern Africa, especially in the fields of the air force and army, and the gap cannot be made up in a short period of time.

Now southern Africa has the rocket as a big killer. Unlike the rocket launcher used on the helicopter, the rocket researched by Robert Goddard has a longer range, greater power, and a more stable flight attitude in the air. It has entered the actual combat stage. , so Robert Goddard's request is not too much.

"No, Robert, our advantage in rockets has not yet reached an overwhelming level, we must be patient." Rock still disagrees, the Americans' technology is still very strong, and the current rocket structure is not too complicated, basically Still look at the degree of pregnancy.

Military industry is different from civilian industry. Civilian industrial technology can apply for patents, which can protect the interests of enterprises to the greatest extent.

The military industry cannot apply for patents, especially in hostile countries. Germany has done such stupid things.

During the World War, Vickers of the United Kingdom used the technology of Krupp of Germany to produce weapons. Although Vickers paid Krupp the patent fee according to market conditions after the end of the World War, Krupp was still criticized for this. Even considered a traitor by the Germans.

Switching to southern Africa, if southern Africa takes rocket-related technologies to the United States to apply for patents, then the US government will indeed protect the interests of related companies in southern Africa.

But once a war breaks out, the U.S. government will ignore it. At most, it will be like Vickers, and will pay patent licensing fees after the war, but the damage to southern Africa has already been caused, and it is impossible to make up for it.

So for advanced weapons, all countries hide and hide them without telling anyone. France sold "Miss Seventy-five" to southern Africa before the world war, and asked southern Africa to ensure that Germans would not get in touch with "Miss Seventy-five". , can't even look at it.

"Lord, our rocket is the most advanced rocket in the world, and it is not so easy to be imitated—" Robert Goddard did not give up. It took him 26 years from the beginning of rocket research to the launch of the first rocket, It is not so easy to imitate.

In fact, this account is not calculated in this way. Robert Goddard started his research on rockets from scratch. He has been applying for patents and publishing papers in the past 26 years, so other people can study rockets under Robert Goddard. On the basis of research, the difficulty has been reduced a lot.

Of course, as the No.1 rocket, Robert Goddard still has a great first-mover advantage, especially after Nikola Tesla's participation, Robert Goddard's rocket performance has been greatly improved.

To put it bluntly, it is true that you can get pregnant at a glance, but it takes hard work to reach the height of Robert Goddard. Unless the Americans stole the rocket for reverse research, otherwise even if the US government organizes a scientific research team to concentrate on tackling key problems, I am afraid it will be too late. It will take several years to reach the current level in southern Africa.

"It's not imitation, it's the idea, the idea of ​​​​studying rockets, this is the most important." Rock insisted that in Rock's plan, Robert Goddard's rocket was prepared for the Japanese and Germans, not for the United States. people prepared.

Of course Rock won't let Robert Goddard get nothing, isn't it just funding, it doesn't matter if you give more, as long as Robert Goddard doesn't burn like Nikola Tesla.

In other words, Rock can afford even Nikola Tesla, how can he be afraid of one more Robert Goddard?
More is better!

After sending Robert Goddard away, Roque had to say hello to the Americans. The U.S. government can support the Brazilian military government, but it cannot affect the interests of Iron Four Corners.

To put it bluntly, the Brazilian military government can attack the state capital of Mizhou, but it cannot attack the mining areas controlled by Iron Four Corners.

"Lord, I don't know the relevant situation yet, I need to know the situation before I can give you an answer—"

This is what Stimson replied to Rock when Rock first summoned Stimson.

By this time Fragozzo had left Brazil for the United States.

At the end of last year, Henry Lewis Stimson became the US ambassador to southern Africa. Stimson is also an old friend of the southern Africans and has participated in many negotiations between the US government and southern Africa.

Half a month later, Rock summoned Stimson again.

"My lord, the dispute between the Brazilian military government and the Brazilian state of Mimi is Brazil's internal affairs. The US government has no right to interfere and has no intention of interfering." Stimson continued to evade, and Fragozzo had already arrived in Washington.

A week later, Rock summoned Stimson for the third time.

"The cooperation between American companies and the Brazilian military government is the commercial behavior of American companies. The United States is a democratic and free country. Even the U.S. government has no right to interfere with the commercial behavior of American companies." Stimson still pushed it all out. At this time On behalf of the Brazilian military government, Fragozzo has signed arms contracts with a number of American companies.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I have noticed that Mr. Getulio Vargas, the governor of the Brazilian state of Mi, is visiting Nyasaland. I hope that your Excellency the Prime Minister can restrict the behavior of Nyasaland. According to the agreement signed between you and President Roosevelt, the southern Africa should respect the interests of the United States in the Americas." Stimson is also very afraid of southern Africa. The United States supports the military government, and southern Africa supports the state of Michigan. It is still unclear who will die.

"According to the agreement I signed with President Roosevelt, the United States is also obliged to guarantee the vested interests of southern Africa in the Americas." Rock smiled, calmly.

When Rock and Roosevelt Jr. met, they did promise each other to guarantee each other's interests. Rock represented Southern Africa and promised not to expand in South America, and Roosevelt Jr. promised on behalf of the United States to fully respect the status of Southern Africa in Africa.

Now it is not the expansion of Southern Africa, but Southern Africa wants to protect the iron mines of Southern African companies in Michigan.

Rock received the news that Washington has decided to give the Brazilian military government an interest-free loan of [-] million U.S. dollars, and the Brazilian military government will use all of it to purchase military supplies in the United States, including aircraft and tanks.

Southern Africa responded very quickly. The day after Washington decided to give the Brazilian military government an interest-free loan, the Rand Bank agreed to borrow [-] million rand from the Rand Bank with the state capital of Michigan as collateral.

The purchasing power of [-] million U.S. dollars to [-] million rands is actually the same. The exchange rate of the rand is a little higher than that of the U.S. dollar, but the price of weapons in southern Africa is also a little higher.

Of course, the performance of the weapon is not the same.

As mentioned above, the U.S. military industry is actually not very good now. When the world war broke out, the U.S. military did not even have weapons when they arrived in Europe.

Speaking of it, the Americans are also very shameless. Millions of soldiers went to Europe to join the war empty-handed. Back to America.

These are the weapons that the U.S. government sold to the Brazilian military government.

In fact, it’s not bad. The equipment provided by the British government to the U.S. military is the standard equipment of the British Army. The rifles are all the latest models of Lee Enfield. The Vickers machine gun, and the older Maxim.

Other equipment, such as aircraft, are basically the "Strong Wind" fighter jets produced in southern Africa during the World War II, and the tanks are still "Ranger" light tanks produced in southern Africa. Among all the equipment, there are only four naval ships produced by the United States itself.

These four naval ships are still refurbished by the United States to sell the cruisers and destroyers that have been eliminated and will be demolished to the Brazilian military government, and it is said that the price is more expensive than new ships.

"Your Excellency, there is no need to worry about this. As long as it is a promise made by the United States, the United States will definitely implement it strictly." Stimson also said nonsense with his eyes wide open. The United States almost sold BIG7 to the Brazilian military government. This is called strict implementation. ?
Rock just smiled and said nothing, the Americans would pretend to be stupid, and southern Africa would also make jokes, and everyone would see the truth on the battlefield.

While Fragozzo was on a shopping spree in Washington, Vargas was visiting a National Guard encampment in Nyasaland, accompanied by Angie.

"The National Guard is a powerful supplement to the Southern African National Defense Force. According to the laws of Southern Africa, the Southern African National Defense Force cannot intervene in domestic affairs unless there are special circumstances. At this time, the National Guard is needed to ensure the stability of the states." An Qi introduced as she walked, a Southern African national The requirements of the guard are still very high, equipped with heavy weapons including light tanks and heavy artillery, and Nyasaland is considering equipping the National Guard with helicopters.

On the parking lot next to Angie and Vargas, there are nearly a hundred light tanks and armored vehicles neatly stacked up. These are all prepared by Angie for Vargas. As long as Vargas signs the military purchase contract, they will All these equipment can be brought back to Mizhou.

"These equipment were retired from the National Defense Forces after the World War, and then they were installed in the National Guard. Don't worry about performance. The National Guard will regularly maintain these equipment, so they look like new." Angie. I am still very confident in the performance of weapons in southern Africa.

In other words, southern Africa can't directly intervene, otherwise An Qi would like to send an army to Brazil to see how capable the Americans are.

ps: The new January has begun, and there is an update at this point, so today is at least the third update——

(End of this chapter)