Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2042 Without you, it is very important to me

When the "Washington Naval Treaty" was signed, it was the peak period of honeymoon relations between Japan and European and American countries.

Through the "Washington Naval Treaty", Japan got what it wanted. Although the 30-ton capital ship is still not as good as the United Kingdom and the United States, it has surpassed France and Italy to become the third largest navy in the world.

This is certainly a good thing for Japan.

However, the crazy improvement of the Japanese navy's strength has also attracted the attention of the United Kingdom.

During the Washington Naval Conference, the Anglo-Japanese alliance was forced to disintegrate.

Since then, the relationship between Japan and the United Kingdom has gone from bad to worse. Until Japan withdrew from the League of Nations and tore up the "Washington Naval Treaty" and "London Naval Treaty", the relationship between Japan and the United Kingdom was on the verge of breaking down.

Back to Sarawak.

The Japanese sent to Sarawak were their heavy cruisers "Myoko", light cruisers "Kitakami" and light cruisers "Oi".

The "Myoko" heavy cruiser is the first ship of the "Myoko" class of heavy cruisers.

"Kitakami" and "Oi" are both Kuma-class light cruisers.

In fact, cruisers do not have such classifications as heavy cruisers and light cruisers. This concept was first proposed in southern Africa, and it was not confirmed until the "London Naval Treaty".

The "Myoko" class cruisers are standard treaty cruisers.

According to the provisions of the "London Naval Treaty", the "Myoko" class originally could not exceed [-] tons of displacement.

The "Myoko" class followed the design of the "Furutaka" class scout cruiser, using a 7200-ton hull, but because the Japanese frantically installed too many 203mm artillery on the "Myoko" class, this led to the full load of the "Myoko" class With a displacement of more than 13550 tons, it was far beyond the provisions of the London Naval Treaty.

This is also a routine operation for the Japanese combined fleet.

Without the use of "Miao Gao", the 5100-ton "Northward" can easily wipe out the so-called navy of Sarawak.

The main guns of the "Kuma" class light cruisers are seven 7mm naval guns. In the class of light cruisers, the firepower of the "Kuma" class is top-notch, which is stronger than that of the "Durban" class light cruisers in southern Africa.

But this is just paper data. The positioning of the "Durban" class light cruiser in southern Africa is different from that of the "Kuma", so naturally there is no need to equip so many artillery. The warships built by Japan in recent years have been trying to use firepower to make up for the number However, this problem does not exist in southern Africa.

The arrival of the three "Miaoko" ships has brought enormous pressure to the Kingdom of Sarawak.

King Charles Brook of Sarawak went to the Governor's Mansion of the Straits Colony in the Lion City three times a day, complaining about the unfair treatment of the Kingdom of Sarawak, and hoped that the United Kingdom could give the Kingdom of Sarawak the necessary help to drive the Japanese cruiser from Kuching Hong Kong drove away.

Yes, after the three ships of the "Miaoko" arrived in Sarawak, they directly stationed in Kuching despite the opposition of the Kingdom of Sarawak. This behavior is equivalent to an invasion, which not only disregards the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Sarawak, but also contempt for the United Kingdom.

Sir Ford Walkley, Governor of the Straits Settlements, was extremely indignant at the domineering behavior of the Japanese combined fleet, and promised to give the Kingdom of Sarawak due help.

But turning around, Ford Walkley was helpless.

The Japanese United Fleet now clearly does not take the United Kingdom seriously, and the strength of the Eastern Fleet is not enough to compete with the United Fleet, so Ford Walkley is also powerless.

At this time the telegram from London was finally sent to Japan.

Japan did not respond, neither withdrew the three "Myoko" ships nor amended the oil exploration agreement with Sarawak.

David Stephen, who was participating in the joint exercise, received an order, and London hoped that the Eastern Fleet could put pressure on the combined fleet.

Now it was David Stephen's turn to have a headache.

The Japanese don't even buy London's account, will they compromise with the Eastern Fleet, which has few ships at all?
Moreover, London not only hopes that the Eastern Fleet can put pressure on the United Fleet, but also requires the Eastern Fleet to pay attention to the method, which will neither lead to a complete breakdown of the relationship between Japan and the United Kingdom, but also fully maintain the dignity of the United Kingdom, and not damage the interests of the United Kingdom's dependent countries. .

This standard is too high.

David Stephen really wanted to send a telegram to London. Seeing that the boss in London felt that he could do it, he would let the boss handle it by himself, and the Eastern Fleet could cooperate unconditionally.

It's a pity that such a telegram cannot be sent. If it is sent, it is estimated that London will dismiss David Stephen from his post tomorrow.

After much deliberation, David Stephen decided to make trouble.

London only said that it would give the United Fleet some color, but did not say how to give it.

Now the Changi Squadron is conducting joint exercises with the East India Fleet. The US Pacific Fleet and the French Far East Fleet also have warships participating.

Therefore, David Stephen can use all naval power to jointly exert pressure on the United Fleet.

In this way, the purpose of putting pressure on the combined fleet can be achieved without causing a complete breakdown of the relationship between Britain and Japan.

Japan may have dared to persecute the Kingdom of Sarawak.

But they absolutely dare not turn against Britain, South Africa, the United States, and France at the same time.

So at the regular meeting that night, David Stephen proposed to temporarily add cruise items to the content of tomorrow's exercise.

The cruise area is the waters near Sarawak.

There was no need for Tang Li to speak to Tom Bartlett, and Louis Garribuel directly objected.

"We have already practiced the joint cruise two days ago, there is no need to do it again, and there is no need to cruise off the coast of Sarawak—" Louis Garribuel sneered, and the three "Miaoko" ships swaggered into Kuching , the French naturally know it too.

Tang Li and Tom Bartlett did not speak, neither of them wanted to be used by London.

The British deserve it too.

When Britain was strong, there were British colonies everywhere.

Although the United Kingdom has begun to shrink its strategy 30 years ago, the shrinkage is obviously not enough. Before the construction of a naval base in Kalimanda in southern Africa, it tried to include Sarawak in its coverage, but it was strongly opposed by London.

Now that the Eastern Fleet is not strong enough, London hopes to use the strength of the Changi Squadron to check and balance the Japanese, which is a good idea!
Americans are more ambiguous.

Guess why the Americans sing against the British and secretly sell things to Japan?
Making money is secondary, the main purpose is to drive away the power of Britain, France, and even southern Africa from East Asia, so that the United States can carve up East Asia with Japan.

It's just that the ambitions of the Japanese obviously exceeded the expectations of the Americans, and now even the interests of the United States are affected, so the United States began to restrict trade with Japan.

Now that Britain actually wants to use the Pacific Fleet to put pressure on Japan, the Americans will not do it.

To put it bluntly, the root cause is the policy of appeasement.

Britain is not only implementing a policy of appeasement in Europe, but also in East Asia.

Otherwise, when Japan started its military expansion, Britain would have already started to attack the Japanese.

Now seeing that the appeasement policy can no longer be implemented, I want to drag other people into the water——

Think beautiful!
"Gentlemen, I want to remind you of the fact that if the Japanese ambitions continue to expand, the interests of all of us will suffer." David Stephen simply tore his face apart. Britain, France, the United States, and southern Africa are all in East Asia. One prospers all, one loses all.

"Heh—" Louis Garribuel sneered again and again.

France also had colonies in East Asia.

But France's problem is no longer with the colonies, but with France itself.

If the threat posed by Germany cannot be eliminated, then the French colonies cannot be kept, and how will they be attached?

"David, what you said is reasonable, but the United Kingdom can't just talk, you have to show more sincerity." Tom Bartlett said directly, it is okay to want the United States to help, but what benefits can the United Kingdom give the United States?
If the benefits are enough, the Atlantic Fleet can go to war directly with the Japanese.

If the benefits are not enough——

There is a fact that Tom Bartlett can't tell. Now the United States and even the Philippines want to give up.

The Philippines is a colony of the United States.

Taken from the Spanish during the Spanish-American War.

Americans originally thought that this was the beginning of opening the door to the Asian market, but they did not expect that the Philippines would become a huge quagmire from which the United States could not get out.

Unlike Americans imagined, the Philippines not only did not become a dumping place for American industrial products, nor did it become a source of raw materials for the United States. The Spanish-American War happened at the end of the last century, and it has been more than 30 years now. Instead of bringing benefits to the United States, the United States spends a lot of money every year to maintain the operation of the Philippine colonial government——

Now Americans can understand why Britain gave up southern Africa in the first place.

But the United States is also worried that after abandoning the Philippines, the Philippines will soar into the sky like southern Africa.

In short, it is tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to discard it.

Under such circumstances, the importance the United States attaches to East Asia is actually gradually declining.

Otherwise, the strength of the US Atlantic Fleet would not far exceed that of the Pacific Fleet.

"Sincerity? The United Kingdom has contained Germany's rise in Europe and withstood Russia's expansion. What the United Kingdom has done is for the peace of our planet. Isn't that enough?" David Stephen was confident.

Even Tang Li couldn't stand it now.

Is the Continental Equilibrium Policy to curb the rise of Germany?
After the World War, the country that provided the most assistance to Germany was the United Kingdom. British capitalists were not even willing to invest in the United Kingdom, but they lent their precious funds to the Germans for profit.

Perhaps even the British capitalists did not expect that what the British capitalists are greedy for is interest.

What the Germans seek is the principal of the British.

As for Russia—

The British Labor Party has come into power, and you have the nerve to say that the UK has withstood Russia's expansion?
"Hehe, some people probably think they are God—" Louis Garribuel laughed outright.

Neither your people nor your money matter to me.

without you--

is very important to me.

(End of this chapter)