Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2017 The Second Highest War Reparations Ever
The southern African army is now gradually beginning to become a royal navy, one-sidedly pursuing the stupidity of weapons and equipment.

The latest British and French tanks, according to the standards of southern Africa, can be classified as light tanks.

It's not that heavy tanks are bad. The British and French also know that the thicker the armor of the tank, the more resistant it is to beating, which can provide better protection for tankers.

The key is lack of strength. The steel output in southern Africa is tens of millions of tons a year, so tanks can certainly be built.

The annual steel output of Britain and France is now only about 1000 million, and they are really unable to produce heavy tanks that can easily cost tens of tons.

Environmental requirements are also one of the important reasons. Many bridges in the UK and France have a history of hundreds of years or even hundreds of years. The annual maintenance cost can be used to build a new bridge. The British and French are still reluctant to tear it down. A new term for this conservative behavior is called "environmental protection".

This is very frustrating, as long as your bridge design is reasonable, it can meet the traffic demand.

However, when many bridges were built, they did not consider that the traffic in the future would develop to the level it is today. There are three parallel bridges on the Seine River in Paris, one for trains, one for cars, and the last one for special use. sidewalk.

This makes people even more depressed. Can't we tear down all three bridges and build a wider, stronger and more beautiful bridge?
For this question, the answer of the Parisians is no, because these three bridges carry the memories of many people from childhood to adulthood and can bring them good memories, so they cannot be demolished.

Many bridges in Southern Africa were newly built in the last 30 years. Let alone before the World War. After the World War, the Federal Government of Southern Africa has carried out several infrastructure upgrades. The bridges newly built in recent years, even the heaviest "tiger" "Type tanks can flow unimpeded, which is the confidence of the Southern African Ministry of Defense.

"Our current light tanks are all on the Marine Corps side. They are amphibious and used for landing operations or island defense. The effect is still good." Martin's answer made Rock very pleased, and the engineers in southern Africa finally started Knowing that, without Rock's prompting, he began to actively develop new weapons.

The key is that the Marine Corps has this demand. The 55-ton "Tiger" tank is powerful, but it is a lump of iron when thrown into the water. It cannot float at all, and it is useless to install buoys.

However, the Marine Corps also has this need. When fighting to seize the island, they cannot rely on the flesh and blood of the Marine Corps to launch a desperate charge to the enemy's position with complete fortifications.

Therefore, an amphibious tank is needed to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Marine Corps.

"I have a telegram from the London War Department. The London War Department hopes that we can deploy more fleets to the Atlantic Ocean to cooperate with the Royal Navy to maintain the balance of military power in the Atlantic Ocean." The deployment of troops is obviously inclined to the periphery of the Indian Ocean. Not only has the Atlantic Fleet not been strengthened, but some warships have been transferred to the direction of the Indian Ocean. This has aroused the concerns of the British War Department.

"Our core interests are in the Indian Ocean." Rock ignored the British War Department and cooperated with it—would you rather?

When Southern Africa withdrew from the Commonwealth, Pretoria and London signed a number of cooperation agreements in military, economic and trade fields. The agreement stipulated that when the British government needed it, Southern Africa should provide military cooperation.

It should be, not must.

The scope of this cooperation covers the whole world. In addition to the Arctic Ocean, in the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean, the Southern African Navy and the Royal Navy still maintain a certain degree of cooperation.

After the World War, the weakening of Germany and Russia gave Japan a chance to rise suddenly. In the "Washington Naval Treaty", Japan got a quota of 30 tons of capital ships. The United States also regarded the Pacific Ocean as its core interest, and the United Kingdom unswervingly implemented Strategic contraction, the sphere of influence in the Pacific region is constantly shrinking.

That leaves the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

Now that southern Africa regards the Indian Ocean as its core interest, the Atlantic Ocean will definitely not be able to take care of it.

Of course, it is not to completely abandon the Atlantic Ocean. The first "island" class aircraft carrier has been named "Madagascar". After commissioning, it will be assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. The situation should change by then.

The six "City" class aircraft carriers in service in Southern Africa are "Elizabeth", "Cape Town", "Bloemfontein", "Pretoria", and "Basutoland" , and the Salisbury.

The four "Island" class aircraft carriers are "Madagascar", "Nyasaran", "Rhodsia" and "Transvaal".

At present, the two aircraft carriers of the Atlantic Fleet are "Basutoland" and "Salisbury". After the completion of "Madagascar" and "Transvaal", they will also be assigned to the Atlantic Fleet. At that time, the strength of the Atlantic Fleet will increase. There is a qualitative improvement.

"Japan's expansion in East Asia not only threatens the security of East India, but also has a huge impact on our immigrants. It is also London's obligation to send a telegram to London asking them to strengthen the strength of the Eastern Fleet." Rock also told London. Dissatisfied, from the end of the World War to the present, the strength of the British Eastern Fleet has not only not been strengthened, but has been shrinking. The Eastern Fleet relies on a few old cruisers to support the facade. How can it compete with the huge Japanese combined fleet?

This also has a lot to do with the strategic contraction of the United Kingdom. After the sale of the Changi Naval Base to Southern Africa, the status of East Asia in the British colonial territory has continued to decline.

Now the British Empire is indeed unable to do what it wants, otherwise it will not give up the Pacific Ocean, and it would be good to keep the Atlantic Ocean.

"The Japanese are hoping to obtain heavy bomber technology from Germany, and the Americans are also involved. We should take action so that the Japanese and the Germans cannot reach an agreement." Martin is vicious, what is Brad's office doing, he can't just sit and watch Japan The Germans reached an agreement with the Germans.

Rock nodded and said nothing, he would definitely not let the Japanese get what they wanted.

In London, a naval meeting is underway.

The southern African delegation agreed to Roger Case's proposal, and the pressure was all shifted to France and Italy.

The attitude of the Japanese is ambiguous, and the head of the delegation, like Koya Konobu, did not say a word in the naval meeting. Yamamoto 56 was busy negotiating with the Germans and had no time to attend the naval meeting. Hull was also indifferent, and he cared more It was the Brazilian Civil War.

Half a month ago, the new Brazilian government forces were completely defeated in Santa Rosa, and the military government lost more than 5 people. This is also the last military force of the military government.

St. Louis is now in chaos. The shaky military government cannot withstand the aggressive government forces, and capable people are fleeing one after another. The United States is of course the first choice, but the number of people who can flee to the United States is still limited, and more people choose to flee. Looking at other countries in South America, the United States has completely failed in Brazil.

This result is difficult for the Americans to accept, but they have to accept it. MacArthur put forward a lot of conditions, but he did not leave Washington at all. Now that the United States has been defeated in Brazil, MacArthur does not have to go.

The defeat on the battlefield did not make the Americans realize the reality. Hull still had a tough attitude when he met Yang Smother and Angie.

"The new government of Brazil must compensate the loss of the US government and meet all the requirements of the US government, otherwise the United States will launch an all-out war against Brazil and completely destroy the new government of Brazil." Regardless of this being the home stadium of southern Africa, Hull directly told Yang · Smudge and Angie make threats.

The negotiations were held at the Southern African embassy in London. As usual, there were all kinds of blackmail at the beginning, let alone whether it was useful or not, and the momentum could not be lost.

Young Smudge was cunning and cunning, and remained calm when Hale threatened him.

Angie just laughed like the Russian Defense Minister who was threatened by a chicken, and there is an all-out war, you go!
If possible, Southern Africa would not mind continuing to bleed the United States through Brazil. The Americans do have the ability to launch an all-out war and destroy Rio de Janeiro.

But that's all.

It is estimated that the United States cannot even win Belo Horizonte.

If the Americans dare to go deep into the interior of Brazil, they will most likely repeat the same mistakes.

At that time, if there is an oversight, if another battleship is also sunk, then the United States will be completely in trouble.

"Your Excellency, Secretary of State, if you want compensation, you should go to Rio de Janeiro." Yang Smozi didn't take over, and Southern Africa didn't participate in the war. It has nothing to do with the Brazilian Civil War, and we can't talk about it.

"Come on, Mr. Minister, can't we be more sincere?" Hull was heartbroken. The most insincere country in the world asked the second most insincere country in the world to be more sincere. It was ridiculous.

"How much will you pay?" Yang Shi Mozi still wanted to save face. If An Qi took the lead, then An Qi would be tougher than Hull.

Hull was pleasantly surprised by Yang Smother's attitude, and this was an opportunity delivered to him.

But the surprise didn't last for a few seconds, and Yang Smozi added: "—I can help tell the new Brazilian government."

Hull gasped.

Yang Smozi was not in a hurry.

"The Brazilian Civil War has caused great losses to the United States, our expats have suffered heavy losses, and the wealth accumulated for hundreds of years has been destroyed in the Brazilian Civil War. The US Marine Corps has also suffered heavy losses. Tens of thousands of people died-" Hull made a long speech.

Yang Smotz had to interrupt: "Wait, didn't you keep saying that the combined casualties of the US Marine Corps were less than ten thousand?"

Hull finally blushed.

This is the case in all wars. Basically, when announcing the opponent's casualties, the real number is multiplied by two.

When announcing the casualties of our own side, divide the actual number by two.

Now the Americans want compensation, and the numbers have changed a lot. Death and casualties are not the same thing.

"Just tell me how much you want?" An Qi still couldn't hold back.

"Five billion dollars!" The Hull Lion opened his mouth.

This may be the second highest war reparation ever paid.

(End of this chapter)