Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2072 The biggest joke since the end of the world war
Under normal circumstances, governments of various countries do not announce submarine accidents.

Unlike surface ships, if an accident occurs on a warship, as long as it is not a major incident such as the explosion of the ammunition depot, the sailors still have a chance to escape.

In the event of an accident on the submarine, the sailors would not even have a chance to escape, and usually all died collectively.

Regarding this type of incident, the governments of various countries have kept secrets and strictly blocked the news. It is extremely unusual for the Italian government to make such a high-profile announcement.

In connection with the unfinished war in North Africa, the Italian government seems to be building momentum.

"We must remain vigilant. The Italians may provoke disputes in the Mediterranean." Yang Smother was full of vigilance against the Italians.

"Are you provoking a dispute with us?" Martin was astonished.

The imaginary enemy of the southern African navy is Japan, the United States, and even the Royal Navy.

The Italian Navy, was never considered in Southern Africa.

Not a good relationship.

But not qualified!
All battleships currently in service with the Italian Navy were built before World War I.

When the "Washington Naval Treaty" was signed, the Italian Navy still had 10 battleships, including two "Andrea Doria" class with a standard displacement of 22964 tons, and three "Count Cavour" with a standard displacement of 23088 tons Class, a "Dante Aligue Icheri" with a standard displacement of 19500 tons, and four "Queen Elena" class with a standard displacement of only 12 tons.

The "Dante Allegro Icheri" was built and served in 1912 and was decommissioned in 1928.

The four "Queen Elena" class battleships were designed at the end of the last century, and they were dismantled between 22 and 25 years respectively. Now there are only two battleships in service in the Italian Navy. "Ria" class, and two "Count Cavour" class.

Wait, didn't the "Count Cavour" class return three ships just now——

In 1913, the third ship "Leonardo da Vinci" of the "Count Cavour" class was commissioned.

In 1914 World War broke out.

In 1916, when the battleship "Da Vinci" was loading ammunition for its main gun in the port of Taranto, a 305mm artillery shell accidentally fell and exploded, causing the ammunition depot to explode.

The huge explosion blew a huge gap in the side of the "Da Vinci", and it didn't take long for the "Da Vinci" to overturn in the port.

At that time, the Italians didn't even have the ability to fish out "Da Vinci", so they had to let "Da Vinci" roll over until 1919.

In 1919, the Italians finally fished out the "Da Vinci" and prepared to repair the "Da Vinci".

This repair was carried out until 1923, and the repair work was not completed for four years.

In the end, the Italians completely dismantled the "Da Vinci".

The fate of the other two "Count Cavour" class battleships was not much better.

Two years ago, the Italian Navy upgraded two "Count Cavour" class battleships, and planned to increase the caliber of the main guns of the "Count Cavour" class from 305mm to 320mm.

Something magic happened.

The Italians did not produce new main guns, but removed and reprocessed the main guns of two "Count Cavour" class battleships, so 305 became 320.
Reworking means physically widening the bore of the main gun.

Of these two battleships, one was scuttled by the Italians themselves when Italy surrendered, and was later fished out by the Germans to block the channel.

Another exploded and sank in 1955 for unknown reasons.

Such an Italian navy is really not qualified to be an opponent of the southern African navy.

Even if the Royal Navy is bad in all kinds of ways, overall the foundation is still there, and it is still one of the most powerful navies in the world.

The Italians are rotten to the core of the earth.

"Very likely—" Yang Smozi tried his best to maintain a serious expression, and he was talking about the dispute. It was such a serious matter that he couldn't laugh out loud.

"Hahahaha——" Martin lost control and burst out laughing. To deal with the Italians' grandpa-class battleships, the Indian Ocean Fleet did not need to take action. The Cyprus Squadron cooperated with the Cyprus Air Force to complete the task.

knock knock --

Rock knocked on the table.

Seriously, it's a meeting.

"Sorry, this is the funniest joke I've heard this year—no, since the end of the last world war." Martin wiped his tears, his face full of disgust.

The Italian navy is all bad, and the army is not much better.

Consider the dozen or so battles of the Isonzo River during World War I --

Southern Africa does not need to send a national defense force, send a fax to the umbrella company, and it is estimated that the umbrella company will be able to reach Rome.

"General Martin, at least in the Mediterranean, the Italians have the advantage." Yang Smother said seriously. It's not a good sign that the Minister of Defense is so arrogant.

"Minister Smotz, don't doubt the capabilities of the Southern African Defense Forces. If the Italians dare to provoke any trouble, the 50 Italian army in the Abyssinian Empire will all be waiting to enter the Mediterranean Sea to feed the fish!" Martin said. Domineering, is there a time when such emotions are exposed?

50 troops!
It does sound bluffing.

But for the Southern African Defense Forces, it's just a chicken wag--

Not bad for bullying Abyssinians.

It may not be enough to fight against the Southern African National Defense Forces.

"I have never doubted the capabilities of the National Defense Forces. It is good to have self-confidence, but we cannot underestimate the degree of madness of some people—" Yang Smozi is very rational, and the thinking of some people cannot be understood in a normal way at all.

Under normal circumstances, Germany would not start a world war at all.

And twice.

Under normal circumstances, there would be no Southern Africa as it is today.

Even if there is, it will not be so powerful.

Under normal circumstances, an island country should not exist——

This is not referring to the UK.

Many things in this world cannot be interpreted with normal logic.

"Then let's teach them a lesson that will impress them!" Martin regained his composure. War is not the only way to solve the problem, but it is the best way.

Just when the Italian government announced the investigation of the truth about the disappearance of the submarine, another major submarine accident occurred in the United Kingdom.

The service of the "Dolphin" submarine really stimulated the self-esteem of the British.

The proud British and the arrogant Royal Navy will not allow themselves to be left behind in any aspect of naval construction.

Especially Southern Africans.

After the "Dolphin" submarine entered service, the United Kingdom also increased its research on submarines.

Even if the Royal Navy does not need submarines for combat, it also needs submarines for anti-submarine research.

There is a good reason for this. Congress will allocate funds immediately, and the first allocation is 150 million pounds.

Think about the British Air Force's annual funding of only 15——

It can only be said that the British government is too partial.

The Royal Navy performed very well this time, and quickly designed a new submarine and arranged production as quickly as possible.

I have to say that the British are still very powerful when they go all out.

Think about it, after the end of World War I, Britain towed back the German U-boats, and they couldn’t even dismantle them. Now it is indeed a huge progress.

The new British submarine is called "Victoria".

According to the British's own declaration, the comprehensive level of "Victoria" has surpassed that of "Dolphin" in southern Africa, and it is the most advanced submarine in the world.

How strong is the performance of "Victoria".

Nobody knows it except the British.

In order to prove the strength of "Victoria", the Royal Navy carried out high-profile publicity on the sea trial of "Victoria". Almost all British media sent reporters to participate in the sea trial ceremony.

As a result, the trial voyage had just begun when an accident happened.

As for the sea trial, there are not many items, and the first item must be diving.

At this time, inside the "Victoria" submarine, in addition to 103 sailors, there were representatives of the local fleet, sailor training instructors, and designers who checked the status of the submarine.

According to the prescribed procedures, "Victoria" will first dive to a depth of 50 meters, and then continue to dive after confirming that it is safe.

The support warships sent by the home fleet proved that "Victoria" reached a depth of 150 meters in its first dive.

This is already the design limit of the "Victoria".

Here we can see how false the British propaganda is.

"Victoria" dive limit depth is only 150 meters.

The limit depth of the southern African "dolphin" dive is 350 meters.

So the overall performance of "Victoria" surpasses that of "Dolphin"?
Mostly the British are talking about themselves again.

At this time, "Victoria" began to troubleshoot the fault with all its strength.

However, the fault has not been ruled out, and the "Victoria" continued to sink another 50 meters.

sink--

The depth is hopeless.

Because of the trial sea area, the water depth is only 200 meters.

This also means that the "Victoria" has sunk to the bottom of the sea.

When the news came out, the whole world was shocked.

This is the British Royal Navy, which has been invincible for hundreds of years across the world.

Has it fallen to this level now?

Regarding this situation, the British government and the Royal Navy were very worried, but the British media were ecstatic and increased their coverage of the "Victoria". The Times even dispatched a private yacht with a radio system to go to the incident. Sending sea areas to follow up and report, as long as there is news, it can be sent back at any time.

The printing house is also ready to trigger the "Supplement" at any time.

While the media frenzy, "Victoria" struggles to save herself.

Communications show that when the "Victoria" hit the seabed, the submarine's torpedo launch port was damaged, and a large amount of seawater poured into the "Victoria". Mi's big guy came out of the sea.

This wait is 17 hours.

After 17 hours, the submarine's air pump finally started smoothly, and the "Victoria" began to float.

However, because of the water inside the submarine, the attitude of "Victoria" was not normal when it floated up. It was not the bridge that first emerged from the sea, but the propeller at the tail of the submarine.

The "Victoria" surfaced in such a strange posture. This scene was photographed by a reporter from "The Times" and quickly spread around the world.

However, this is not the end.

Although "Victoria" surfaced, the people in the submarine still couldn't get out.

The escape pod of "Victoria" is located six meters underwater.

While the torpedo launch port was damaged, the escape hatch was completely stuck and could not be opened anyway.

At this time, there were 125 staff members in the submarine, including submarine experts, including the chief designer of the "Victoria" submarine.

(End of this chapter)