Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2031 Southern Africa is not short of money

The British carrier-based aircraft was developed on the basis of the southern African carrier-based aircraft.

When Southern Africa sold the two "Elizabeths" to the United Kingdom, the carrier-based aircraft were fully equipped. After the end of the World War, the United Kingdom improved the carrier-based aircraft, so there is the current "Water Dog".

The "Water Dog" has a fuselage length of 8.75 meters, a wingspan of 11.03 meters, a height of 2.87 meters, and an empty weight of 2511 kilograms. The static data is similar to that of the Southern African Navy's "Strong Wind".

Of course, after installing a more powerful engine and using newer materials, the performance of the "Water Dog" is still good, and the overall level is probably similar to the improved "Strong Wind".

However, it is still a bit worse than the "Goshawk" currently in service in southern Africa.

As the main carrier-based aircraft in active service in the UK, the Royal Sea House has high hopes for the "Water Dog". From the comprehensive information obtained from various aspects, the Royal Navy believes that the performance of the "Water Dog" is similar to that of the "Goshawk".

However, in the Brazilian Civil War, the American "Cerberus" couldn't even beat the improved "Strong Wind" in southern Africa, so the Royal Navy didn't know what to do.

Now there is a bottom.

Leaving aside technology, the psychological quality of the pilots has fallen by a large margin. This is not a problem that can be solved by technical improvement.

The good news is that the British pilot who fell into the water was rescued in time, and no one died in the accident. Yang Smozi and Li Ao took the initiative to visit the pilot who was mainly psychologically traumatized in the hospital afterwards, and expressed condolences to him.

In the hospital, Yang Smozi and Li Ao happened to meet Dudley Pound who also came to visit the pilot.

"I'm sorry that this happened, Minister Smudge." Dudley Pound was in a bad mood. The incident had been provoked by the Royal Navy, and Dudley Pound was responsible for the lack of restraint.

"I am also sorry for General Pound, 'Madagascar' will leave Portsmouth tomorrow, and I will also return to southern Africa as planned. If there is a chance, I hope you can come to southern Africa, and we can have a good chat at that time ” Yang Smother was polite and courteous, and Dudley Pound’s official position was the commander of the Mediterranean Squadron, so he would inevitably have to deal with him.

"I hope there is such an opportunity—" Dudley Pound's attitude was perfunctory, "Madagascar" came to Portsmouth this time and so many things happened, the Royal Navy should be careful if it goes to southern Africa.

After leaving the hospital, Li Ao returned directly to "Madagascar", while Yang Smother was going to London to meet Winston.

The main purpose of Winston's trip to Southern Africa this time was to strengthen the economic cooperation between Southern Africa and the United Kingdom.

Now Winston has another task. He also has to bridge the rift between the Royal Navy and the Southern African Navy. In the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean, and Southeast Asia, the Royal Navy and Southern Africa still have extensive cooperation.

Yes, although there are some small conflicts, it will not affect the cooperative relationship between the Southern African Navy and the Royal Navy.

While the Royal Navy needs the Southern African Navy, the Southern African Navy also needs the Royal Navy.

For example, the heavy cruiser technology that the Royal Navy is proud of.

The "Durban" class light cruisers in southern Africa have excellent performance, and they are not inferior to the light cruisers of the United Kingdom and the United States.

In the field of heavy cruisers, Southern Africa is a little bit worse.

As a large surface combat ship second only to capital ships, heavy cruisers play an important role in the navies of various countries.

Especially for southern Africa, there are only four battleships in southern Africa that are more than 20 years old. Although these four battleships have been modernized many times in the past 20 years, the improvement in combat effectiveness is not high. After all, where is the total tonnage? The 330mm main gun can't beat the 410.
Therefore, heavy cruisers are more important to southern Africa than Britain, the United States, and Japan.

Southern Africa now has a total of 12 heavy cruisers, six of which are of the standard treaty type, that is, with a displacement of no more than 203 tons and a gun caliber of no more than [-] mm.

"All countries attach great importance to the development of heavy cruisers. Heavy cruisers are an important part of the main fleet. We now also have huge overseas interests that need to be maintained. The most suitable fields for light cruisers and destroyers are escort and anti-submarine. The deterrence is seriously insufficient. , so we urgently need a heavy cruiser with powerful performance, which can not only effectively protect our overseas interests, but also be an important part of the aircraft carrier formation." Martin has now completely accepted the fact that Rock will never build a battleship , although heavy cruisers are a bit worse than battleships, they are better than nothing.

Southern Africa will come up with a huge "shipbuilding plan" that looks extremely exciting every once in a while.

It's just a look.

In fact, they are all smoke bombs. It doesn’t matter if you have money or not. The “island” can launch four ships at one time. BIG7 will always be a paper plan, and it will never be implemented.

"We already have ten aircraft carriers, isn't it enough to protect our overseas interests?" Rock really couldn't understand why the southern African navy was so obsessed with battleships.

Since the appearance of "Elizabeth", aircraft carriers have been proven to be the future of the navy. Like battleships, heavy cruisers will be eliminated after World War II.

Of course, if you have to say that a powerful battleship is a symbol of modern naval power, you must be right.

But isn't a thousand carrier-based aircraft a symbol of the power of a modern navy?
This is far scarier than ten BIG7s, okay?

No matter how powerful BIG7 is, if it cannot get close to the aircraft carrier, it can only be kited infinitely. The aircraft carrier can walk outside the range of the battleship and easily cause fatal damage to the battleship.

Even if they can't fight, the lighter and faster aircraft carrier can easily leave the battle. The slow speed of the battleship can't even smell the oil smoke after chasing after the aircraft carrier.

"Of course we know that aircraft carriers are far more powerful than battleships, but others don't know." Martin was also helpless. There are very few records of aircraft carriers participating in battles, and the drills will not be real after all.

The Battle of Jutland was the first time an aircraft carrier ever fought.

Although the "Elizabeth" aircraft carrier performed well in the Battle of Jutland, it was the larger number of battleships that really played a decisive role.

The Brazilian Civil War was the second time an aircraft carrier participated in a real war, and it was the first time that an aircraft carrier participated as a main battleship.

The result was even more detrimental to the aircraft carrier. The "Lexington" was tragically sunk. It seemed that the aircraft carrier was really vulnerable.

Looking at the aircraft carrier at this time, on the surface, it is really not as good as the heavy cruiser in terms of deterrence. At the very least, the heavy cruiser has stronger firepower and thicker protective armor, so it will not be easily sunk.

Of course, this is for ordinary people. In the eyes of real industry insiders, the sinking of "Lexington" just proves that aircraft carriers are the future of the navy.

Don't forget that "Lexington" was also transformed from a battleship, and its armor thickness is no less than that of a battleship. If the ammunition on the "Lexington" hadn't been ignited and killed, the "Lexington" would not have was sunk.

This is why the United Kingdom and the United States began to frantically build aircraft carriers after the "Lexington" was sunk.

Forget about France and Italy. These two have limited strength and can only use limited capital on battleships.

Anyway, France is not far from Italy.

"Like battleships, heavy cruisers will be phased out sooner or later. The money spent on building three heavy cruisers can be used to build an aircraft carrier. You have to think about it—oh, it's useless if you think about it. I have already spent all of my budget, and I have to wait until next year to build a heavy cruiser." Rock disagreed, twelve heavy cruisers in southern Africa were enough, and the combined heavy cruisers of Britain, France, the United States, Japan, and Italy would not be enough. Only 55 ships.

Of course, this is not the case. The number of battleships in Britain, France, the United States, Japan, and Italy is large, and the emphasis on heavy cruisers is obviously insufficient.

Even so, Britain, France, the United States, Japan, and Italy have not stopped building heavy cruisers. In recent years, new types of heavy cruisers have emerged one after another, and southern Africa has indeed fallen behind in this field.

"Before London proposed to hold the naval meeting, it had actually completed the drawing of the new heavy cruiser. Because of the naval meeting, the construction of the new heavy cruiser has now been postponed indefinitely—" Martin smiled embarrassedly, and offered to add to Rock Tea.

"Continue to talk-what does the new British heavy cruiser have to do with us?" Rock was upset, and Martin must have his purpose when he mentioned this matter at this time.

"Britain's new heavy cruiser has further strengthened its armor on the basis of the 'County' class heavy cruiser, so that it has stronger protection against 203mm naval guns and 533 torpedoes, and its overall performance is stronger than the heavy cruisers we are currently serving. The only problem is that the power system of the new British heavy cruiser has been reduced due to the need to reduce weight, but this problem is also easy to solve. The final full-load displacement of the heavy cruisers under treaties in various countries far exceeds [-] tons, so even if there is no weight reduction, It doesn't matter much." Martin's mind was occupied with these doorways.

"Well, then—" Rock seemed to know what Martin wanted to say.

"We don't want to build too many, just four ships—" Martin said cautiously.

"No!" Rock disagreed, and the four heavy cruisers cost a lot of money.

"That's two ships, no less. We need to maintain the renewal of naval warships, and at the same time ensure that the shipyard has enough orders, so as to ensure that we can burst out with sufficient productivity when we need it." Martin has no bottom line , Take the initiative to cut in half.

Four definitely won't work.

Two ships can be considered.

What Martin said is correct, the navy needs to keep replenishing with new warships in order to ensure its combat effectiveness.

Then make it.

(End of this chapter)