Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2027
Once a country pins its national security on the help of other countries, it will be over.

A permanently neutral country like Switzerland still advocates all citizens to arm themselves as a hedgehog. A country like France, which has huge overseas colonies, will wait to be slaughtered once it loses its aggressiveness.

Regarding the matter of building an aircraft carrier, don't have too much hope for France.

The Germans really want to build it, but the French are just shouting, not to mention whether they have money, even if they have money, the French navy is probably looking for the third "Richelieu", not the first French aircraft carrier.

However, the threat from Germany cannot be ignored. The Germans are in contact with the Southern African shipyards. The French also know this situation. The contract stipulated that no prohibited weapons would be sold to the Germans.

The reply from the Federal Government of Southern Africa is good, good, if you don’t say it, I won’t sell it. The "Treaty of Versailles" requires everyone to work together to maintain it. As a responsible country, the Federal Government of Southern Africa should set an example in this regard, etc. Wait a minute, blah blah—

Transport ships are not prohibited.

Although there is a promise from the Federal Government of Southern Africa, France is still very disturbed. The French government has made no achievements in containing Germany. The brain circuit in other fields is quite strange. The new French Prime Minister Edward Daladier——

Yes, the French prime minister has changed again. Boncourt stepped down without waiting for the signing of the "London Naval Treaty", which means that during the entire London Naval Conference, France changed three prime ministers.

Edward Daladier was born in 1884 -

Forget it, no introduction, anyway, this one will work soon.

Édouard Daladier came up with a surprising proposal.

In order to solve the problem of France not having an aircraft carrier, Édouard Daladier hoped to lease an aircraft carrier from southern Africa.

Preferably two!

And preferably the upcoming "island" class aircraft carrier! ! !

This request can't help but make people feel that the brain circuit of the French is indeed incomprehensible to ordinary people.

Although the "city" class aircraft carriers in southern Africa have been in service for a long time, they are not more than 15 years old. After continuous upgrading and transformation, their technology is still quite advanced.

As for the "Island" class aircraft carrier, let alone, as the most powerful aircraft carrier in the world, the French let alone rent it, and it is already very face-saving for the French to board the "Madagascar" for a visit.

So the Federal Government of Southern Africa did not respond to Edward Daladier's request at all.

That's right, it's a request, not even a request!

Edward Daladier's reason was that after the end of the World War, France sold four unbuilt "Normandy" class battleships to southern Africa in order to help southern Africa.

So now that France needs an aircraft carrier, Southern Africa should also lease two unbuilt "island" class aircraft carriers to France.

Look at how kind the French are, four ships become two, purchases become leases——

So now I can understand why the French are unreasonable and strong.

On February 21, "Madagascar" left St. Roch as planned, and the next stop was Portsmouth, England.

As the oldest naval base in the UK, Portsmouth can be said to be the cradle of the Royal Navy.

The southern African navy used to be part of the Royal Navy, so when "Madagascar" came to Europe, he must go back to his "hometown" to see Big Brother, which is also a requirement of the Royal Navy.

As mentioned earlier, from 1922 to 1932, a total of 165 warships were built in southern Africa.

During the same period, Britain built 148 ships, Japan built 164 ships, and the United States built only 40 ships.

Quantitatively, Southern Africa leads the way.

However, in terms of total tonnage, the UK is number one.

The 165 warships in southern Africa have a total displacement of 42.9 tons, with an average of about 2600 tons each.

The 148 ships in the UK have a total tonnage of 45 tons, with an average of 3040 tons per ship.

Compared with these two, Japan is the younger brother. The total tonnage of 164 warships is less than 39.4 tons, with an average of about 2400 tons each.

The Americans also took a first place this time.

Although the Americans built 40 warships, the total tonnage reached 19.3 tons, with an average of nearly 5000 tons each.

The full-load displacement of "Madagascar" reached 32000 tons, which is not as good as the 42541 tons of "Akagi" from this perspective.

However, the "Madagascar" is unrivaled in the world in terms of aircraft capacity, which is exactly twice that of the "Akagi".

The two newly built aircraft carriers in the UK are essentially the former "Elizabeth".

You must know that the two British "Elizabeths" are now nearly 20 years old.

How can the mighty Royal Navy have made no savings for 20 years?

So the Royal Navy made modifications on the basis of "Elizabeth".

This change doesn't matter. The original "Elizabeth" carried 108 aircraft, but after the modification, there were only 96 aircraft left. In short, it is outrageous.

This result certainly did not satisfy the Royal Navy, so after the "Madagascar" arrived in San Roque, the Royal Navy sent an invitation to "Madagascar", hoping to further increase its understanding of the "Island" class aircraft carrier.

In order to welcome the "Madagascar", Portsmouth Naval Port also prepared a grand welcome ceremony.

However, the Royal Navy is more thoughtful than the tough French. When welcoming the "Madagascar", the Royal Navy's six battleships and two "Elizabeths" came out in full force, plus nearly a hundred other small and medium-sized ships. The warship played a split for "Madagascar".

What kind of welcome ceremony is this shit——

It's clearly a slap in the face!
"It's not surprising. Only our southern African navy deserves such treatment now." Yang Smozi, who has not yet left the UK, is worried that the mentality of the officers on the "Madagascar" will be out of balance.

Anyone who sees this scene in front of them probably won't be in a good mood.

"Is this the most powerful Royal Navy in the world? I can clearly smell dilapidated and decayed!" Li Ao said bluntly. The Royal Navy seems to be powerful, but except for the two "Nelsons", the other battleships are all 1920 Compared with the "Madagascar", the model that was launched a few years ago is at the grandpa level.

It is said that the Royal Navy has not had a large combat ship in service for nearly ten years.

Since the World War in southern Africa, four new battleships and six "city" class aircraft carriers have been commissioned, and four "island" class aircraft are about to enter service.

Britain built two BIG7s after World War II, plus the two "Elizabeths" that started construction recently——

Oh, the two newly built "Elizabeths" in the UK are named "Ark Royal" class aircraft carriers. The first ship "Ark Royal" has also been launched and is expected to enter service in two years.

At this time, there were a lot of people on the bridge of the "Madagascar", and Li Ao spoke so bluntly, the officers and engineers who originally had serious expressions burst out laughing, and the atmosphere instantly became active.

"This is a grandpa-class warship that I don't know how many years ago, and it's still used as a facade—" First Officer Andrei Kurtsov is of Russian origin, a distant relative of the British, and his words are even more rude.

"The rotten country lives up to its reputation, and always likes to play these little tricks—" The landing commander Dirk Albright is of German descent and the natural enemy of the British.

"How many torpedo planes do we need to send if we want to sink 'Nelson'?" Combat Commander Tony Van Persie was a Boer and at odds with Britain.

"Calm down, gentlemen, let's discuss this issue during your military exercises—" Yang Smozi was very helpless. With such a group of arrogant soldiers, the future of cooperation between the Atlantic Fleet and the Royal Navy is worrying.

"I heard that after the transformation of the Royal Navy, the 'Elizabeth' has only 96 planes left. How did they do it?" In the corner of the bridge, Robinson Barney and his engineers whispered.

Yang Shi Mozi glared at him.

Robinson Barney looked fearless.

This is also very reasonable. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has no control over the engineers of the Walvis Bay Shipyard, and the status of technicians in southern Africa is still very high.

"It is estimated that they changed a three-bedroom and one-living room for the honorable captain—" the engineer's mouth was too bad.

"'Royal Ark' has a displacement of 45000 tons, and it is estimated that more protective armor has been installed—"

"If the aircraft carrier is approached by the enemy to the distance where it can launch torpedoes, it will be useless to install more protective armor."

"That's not necessarily true, there are naval guns on 'Elizabeth'—"

Engineers were talking about the lack of naval guns on the "City" class aircraft carriers in southern Africa.

I don't know if the naval guns on the "Elizabeth" have played a role.

The United Kingdom has been using aircraft carriers for nearly 20 years, and has accumulated such a long period of experience. In theory, it should not make such a mistake.

It can only be said that the "giant ship cannon" doctrine kills people.

When talking about naval guns, as "Madagascar" sailed into Portsmouth Naval Port, the Royal Navy lined up to welcome them according to etiquette was going to fire a salute.

At the forefront of the list is the Royal Navy's most powerful "Nelson" battleship.

满载排水量43140吨，三座三联装MarkI型16英寸（406毫米）45倍径主炮，六座两联装MarkXXII型6英寸（152毫米）副炮——

The "Nelson", which is extremely powerful on paper, has a speed of only 23 knots, which is slower than the battleship "Queen Elizabeth" that entered service in 1912.

Just after "Nelson" fired the salute, a sudden change occurred.

Salute guns are hollow bullets, without warheads.

However, after the battleship "Nelson" fired a salute, a huge water column suddenly arose directly in front of the channel of the "Madagascar".

Yang Smozi was stunned instantly.

The Royal Navy would not have made such a mistake!

But if this is not a low-level mistake, then the consequences will be more serious.

All the officers in the bridge were also stunned. Is this still the invincible Royal Navy that roams the world!
(End of this chapter)