Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2028 A small trick that can't be put on the table

The salute ceremony originated in the 16th century, and it still originated from the Royal Navy. At that time, the Royal Navy had just defeated the Spanish Armada, and its performance was dreadful.

In order to show the harmlessness of the Royal Navy, when the warships of the Royal Navy sail into the waters of other countries or encounter ships of other countries, they will discharge the shells in the barrels to show their friendship. Later, it gradually evolved into an international etiquette of respect.

Usually, a "foreign" warship like "Madagascar" will only fire a 21-gun national salute once when it arrives at the first port of the host country or a port agreed by both parties.

The British Royal Navy also has a special regulation, that is, from 10:30 to 13:[-] on Sunday, warships in or entering the port do not fire salutes. If they need to be fired, the time will be postponed.

Salutes are usually divided into national salutes, personal salutes, celebration salutes and funeral salutes, etc. Each country has clear regulations on the number of times salutes are fired.

No matter which country it is, there is no salute that only fires one round.

The Royal Navy set a record this time. "Nelson" fired live ammunition in the first salute. Everyone was stunned by this incident, so that the next salute was not fired. , the only warship to receive the "one-shot salute" treatment.

There are at least seven rounds to be fired for a personal salute.

"Madagascar" is a new ship, and it is still in the sea trial period, and the sailors don't have much experience. At the same time that "Nelson" fired the salute, it is unknown which sailor suddenly sounded the battle alarm.

The alarm is also divided into levels, and the combat alarm level is the highest. After it is sounded, the whole ship must be ready for battle.

The moment the alarm sounded, the officers and soldiers who were lining up on the flight deck of the "Madagascar" suddenly became a mess. The officers and soldiers in uniforms did not know why the "Madagascar" would sound the battle alarm when it arrived in Portsmouth. But since the alarm sounded, it was necessary to follow the usual drills and prepare for battle as quickly as possible.

At this time, the flight deck was extremely chaotic. The officers and soldiers on the slope had to reach the combat position as quickly as possible. Some people lost their hats and shoes, but they had no time to pick them up. The radars are starting to circle around and search for enemy planes—

Li Ao's face was darker than the bottom of the pot.

Yang Shi Mozi's expression was also not good-looking.

The battle alarm was turned off in less than ten seconds, but the chaos caused was irreversible.

It’s not nice to talk about it. The “Nelson” salute turning into a live ammunition is of course a low-level mistake, and the “Madagascar” was frightened by a salute and immediately sounded the battle alarm. If it gets out, not only the Royal Navy will lose.

So when the "Madagascar" was docked at the berth, when Yang Smozi and Li Ao stepped off the gangway, the high-ranking officials of the Royal Navy who were greeted on the pier, as well as the southern African navy who disembarked from the "Madagascar" Officer, the expression on his face was a bit embarrassed.

"General Li Ao, welcome to Portsmouth—" Sir Charles Forbes, Commander of the Home Fleet and Portsmouth Naval Station, forced himself to be calm. He saw everything that happened just now.

"Thank you—" Li Ao's expression was awkward, and he hadn't gotten out of the embarrassment yet.

Yang Smother's expression was normal, and Yang Smother would not be surprised what happened to the Royal Navy.

Otherwise, where do you think the term "rotten country" came from?

"'Madagascar' is really a powerful warship, may I have the honor to visit it?" Sir Forbes was polite, but Li Ao was very embarrassed by this request.

Charles Forbes is an aristocrat, otherwise he would not be qualified to be the commander of the local large fleet. Li Ao really couldn't refuse his request.

But now "Madagascar" has not made any preparations, and some things that cannot be seen have not been put away. It is more or less hidden danger for Charles Forbes to look at it casually.

Especially the air search radar that started to rotate after the air defense alarm sounded just now, this is the top secret of the southern African navy, a technology that the Royal Navy has not yet mastered.

"Sorry my lord, there is some confusion on the ship right now, let the sailors tidy up before visiting—" Yang Smother was not polite, there was nothing to be entangled with, so he just refused.

The key is to be tender-faced and not learn to reject people face to face.

In this regard, you have to learn from the British. Regardless of how handsome the British are now, when they settled accounts with Germany after the First World War, they were quite a big guy, and they wanted to beat Germany to the bone.

Li Ao is still very smart, otherwise he would not have been selected as the captain candidate.

As soon as Yang Shimozi's words fell, Li Ao gained confidence in an instant.

Is this the way to deal with the British?
Then the next thing will be a matter of course. After the welcome ceremony, there will be a dinner. If you want to visit, we will talk about it tomorrow.

There were still accidents at the dinner, probably because they didn’t have much experience of being rejected. The generals of the Royal Navy had a bad attitude when they attended the dinner, and they were full of gunpowder.

"I heard that the 'Madagascar' can carry 130 carrier-based aircraft, and they are all the most advanced. Why don't we find an opportunity to conduct a joint exercise tomorrow to increase the tacit understanding of fighting side by side." Tom, the captain of the USS Elizabeth aircraft carrier Lieutenant General Phillips, nicknamed Thumb, was appointed as the commander of the Eastern Fleet after the outbreak of World War II. He was attacked by Japanese planes in the Malay naval battle on December 1941, 12. The ship sank and died. Admiral rank.

"Sorry, the joint exercise is not in our plan." Li Ao directly refused. The navy that can turn a salute into a live ammunition should not fight side by side. Even if they belong to the same camp, it is best to fight separately.

"Since the last world war, our navy has never accumulated experience. Those experienced old sailors have retired. If these new recruits do not go through drills that are closer to actual combat, then I am afraid it will be difficult They will do their job in the future." Second Lord of the Admiralty Dudley Pound, a close friend of Tom Phillips, is about to head to the Mediterranean as commander of the Mediterranean Fleet.

This is also the reality, the century-old navy, the navy is a branch that needs to continuously accumulate experience.

The accumulated experience here does not only refer to naval officers and soldiers, but generally refers to all aspects.

Take an aircraft carrier as an example. If there is no certain guidance, then the flight deck of the current aircraft carrier should all be a straight-through rectangular deck. Not so many, maybe the aircraft carrier in southern Africa will also install artillery on it.

With a certain point of view, the Southern African aircraft carrier was on the right path from the beginning. The angled deck of another time and space only appeared in 1952, and the inventor was Captain Carmel of the British Navy.

This shows the importance of experience.

For the time being, even if the Southern African Navy has the blessing of the force, in terms of experience, the Royal Navy is still stronger than the Southern African Navy.

Of course, more experience is not a good thing. For example, the behavior of the officers and soldiers of the southern African navy on the ship is very in line with the professional temperament of the navy.

For the Royal Navy, if you search the cabins where the sailors live, you may find a lot of contraband that is strictly forbidden to be carried on board.

Not to mention the scandal of the Royal Navy, there are some things that I dare not write here, and even if I write them, I can't publish them.

"If you want a joint exercise, you must at least contact the Atlantic Fleet. You can't make a hasty decision like this, and 'Madagascar' has not yet entered service, so it is not suitable for participating in the joint exercise." Yang Smozi's refusal was more technical, The exercise does not require the participation of an aircraft carrier. At most, a few cruisers and destroyers will be deployed to conduct escort and anti-submarine exercises. The aircraft carrier is dispatched to conduct a joint strike against the fleet.

While the naval officers were at war here, there Robinson Barney was wrestling with a loaf of bread.

British bread is also the kind of weapon-grade bread that can kill people.

As I said before, this kind of bread is not bad when it is just baked. It is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and has a fresh wheat fragrance. At least it is a passing standard.

Portsmouth used a long table to entertain the "Madagascar" officers. The people from the Royal Navy sat on one side, and the people from "Madagascar" sat on the other side. Because there were fewer people on the "Madagascar" side, Robinson Barney got a seat too.

I don't know if it was intentional or another mistake. The bread that the Royal Navy gave to "Madagascar" was the kind of bread that had been placed for ten hours and had hardened and could not be eaten directly.

Robinson Barney tried all kinds of methods, but he didn't break it directly, and he couldn't cut it with a knife. In the end, Robinson Barney just gave up and soaked the whole bread in the soup, ready to eat it after soaking it soft.

At this time, as if on purpose, Thumb picked up the bread in front of him and tore it gently, and looked at Robinson Barney with a proud smile.

Robinson Barney was surprised, although you are not tall, you are quite strong.

Tom Phillips was nicknamed "Thumb" for his short stature.

Then Robinson Barney raged.

It's not a matter of hand strength at all, the Royal Navy did it on purpose.

Thumb's bread is freshly baked, so it's easy to tear open.

Robinson Barney's bread was left cold on purpose, and it could be used as a weapon to kill someone, so it would definitely not be broken.

At this time Li Ao and Yang Shi Mozi also discovered this problem, Yang Shi Mozi could barely hold his breath, Li Ao was furious.

It is estimated that the starting point of such a small method is to see the embarrassment in southern Africa, so as to gain some inexplicable sense of superiority.

But the result may be counterproductive. I don’t know if the Royal Navy has a sense of superiority. Anyway, they have successfully aroused the anger of the southern Africans.

(End of this chapter)