Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2076 The new commander of the local fleet

After the abolition of the Atlantic Fleet, the British Home Fleet is indeed the most powerful fleet in the world.

At least paper data is the strongest.

The United States, which also has a capital ship of 52.5 tons in the "Washington Naval Treaty", has a slightly stronger Atlantic Fleet than the Pacific Fleet, and it is not as powerful as the British home fleet on paper.

In southern Africa, where the last "island" class aircraft carrier is about to enter service, the Indian Ocean fleet is stronger than the Atlantic fleet, but still inferior to the British mainland fleet.

The reorganized British home fleet has 14 battleships, two aircraft carriers, two battlecruisers, and 21 cruisers.

Taking the Battle of Jutland as the dividing line, according to the "Washington Naval Treaty", the United Kingdom can start building new warships starting in 1931, gradually replacing the former Jutland-type battleships that have been in service for more than 20 years.

The United Kingdom has long been prepared for this. Unfortunately, because the United Kingdom has not yet completely shaken off the impact of the economic crisis, the "King" class battleship that has completed the drawing work has not yet laid the keel.

According to the plan of the British government, a total of five "King" class battleships will be built.

Five "King" class ships cost about 1800 million pounds per ship, and the five ships add up to more than 9000 million pounds.

As far as the UK's current annual military budget of 2000 million is really unaffordable.

Since it is impossible to build battleships, it is necessary to improve the combat effectiveness of the Royal Navy from other aspects.

This is the background for the development of the "Victoria" class submarine in the UK.

It's a pity that "Victoria" sailed for the first time, and this incident happened again, which made the Royal Navy even worse.

Roger Keyes served as Commander of the Home Grand Fleet in this context.

No wonder he was out of office for six months.

If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't want to take over this mess.

Since retiring, Roger Keyes, who has shifted his focus from the navy to politics, has a clearer understanding of the strength of southern Africa.

So when he summoned Major General Thomas Conrad, Roger Case made it very clear that it was unwise to put Joe John under house arrest, and Joe John should be released as soon as possible to prevent the situation from getting out of control further.

"But if you release Joe John, the 'Victoria'—" Thomas Conrad was worried about Joe John's failure to keep his promise.

"Can you put Joe John under house arrest, and can you stop everyone in the world?" Roger Case handed Thomas Conrad a newspaper.

American newspaper.

And it was an American newspaper whose name I had never heard of, the Washington Evening Post.

Thomas Conrad knew the Washington Evening Post.

Also know The Washington Post.

When did the Evening Post come out?
Leaving aside this issue, the headline on the front page of the "Evening Post" made Rear Admiral Thomas Conrad completely desperate-the submarine "Victoria", a disgrace to the British government and the Royal Navy!

"So, the news of the blockade is meaningless now. The Federal Government of Southern Africa has officially notified London. If Joe John is not released, the Federal Government of Southern Africa will suspend all cooperation with the British Empire." Roger Case has no doubts than The determination of Pretoria is different now, and Britain needs southern Africa even more.

"If Southern Africa really dares to do this, then the third Boer War is about to break out!" Rear Admiral Thomas Conrad's words represent the aspirations of many senior officers of the Royal Navy.

Don't look at the federal government of Southern Africa and the British government have been working hard to bridge the differences between the two sides.

The contradiction between the Southern African Navy and the Royal Navy is serious.

Since the beginning of the strategic contraction of the United Kingdom, the Royal Navy has gradually given up its overseas military bases. Both Halifax and Changi Naval Bases were acquired by southern Africans against this background.

Halifax and Changi Naval Bases aren't enough for the Royal Navy's heartache.

It was Diego Garcia who really broke the heart of the Royal Navy.

No one expected that Diego Garcia, an island located in the center of the Indian Ocean, has become the winner or loser in controlling the Indian Ocean.

Compared with 30 years ago, navigation technology has taken a huge leap forward.

Diego Garcia has also changed from a deserted island that no one cares about to a must pass through the Indian Ocean.

The Federal Government of Southern Africa sees the Indian Ocean as a core interest of its own.

The same goes for the UK.

Just when the importance of Diego Garcia's geographical location was increasing year by year, the Royal Navy was surprised to find that Britain had lost its dominant position around the Indian Ocean.

Southern Africa has important military bases such as the Changi Naval Base, the Persian Gulf, Diego Garcia, and the Port of Darwin (Australia) around the Indian Ocean.

Britain has nothing but India and Ceylon, and even Australia is close to falling into the arms of southern Africa. After the Royal Navy passed through the Suez Canal, it didn't even have a stable military port.

This situation is unacceptable to the Royal Navy.

Although the main responsibility for this consequence lies with the British government.

The British Navy still places the main blame on the increasingly powerful Southern African Navy.

What's more, behind this lies the dispute over the development route of the modern navy.

Is battleship more important in future naval warfare?
Or is the aircraft carrier more important?
The Royal Navy wanted to prove it for themselves.

"Do you want to start a war with Southern Africa? Be smarter!" Roger Keith was desperate. He must be so stupid that he would want to start a war with Southern Africa.

"The Southern African Navy is definitely not an opponent of our Royal Navy. Once a war starts, the local large fleet can easily destroy the weak Southern African Atlantic Fleet, and the Mediterranean Fleet can also easily destroy the Cyprus Squadron. Then we will concentrate our forces on a decisive battle with the Southern African Navy in the Indian Ocean— —”Thomas Conrad is really not crazy, just like the imaginary enemy of the southern African staff all day long, the Royal Navy has listed the southern African navy as one of the imaginary enemies a long time ago.

"This should not be your wish alone—" Roger Case finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

Thomas Conrad had a serious look on his face, and it wasn't.

"Well, let me tell you now, once a war breaks out between the United Kingdom and Southern Africa, the Commonwealth of Nations will disintegrate in an instant, and most of Canada and Australia will choose to support Southern Africa instead of going all out to support the United Nations like the last world war Kingdom—” Roger Case was very sober, and the relationship with southern Africa has also been discussed by the British government many times.

Needless to say, Australia, the entire country is about to be bought by southern Africans. Even if the Australian government chooses to support the United Kingdom, the Australians will not agree.

Canada has long been completely disappointed with the United Kingdom. If Southern Africa hadn't taken over Halifax, Canada might have been annexed by the United States by now.

There is also India, which is clamoring for self-government all day long.

If a war breaks out between Britain and Southern Africa, India will immediately declare autonomy.

It is even possible to declare secession from the Commonwealth.

By then, will the Royal Navy have the confidence to defeat the Southern African Navy?

Not to mention the complete eradication, when the Royal Navy can hold the home defense line and prevent southern African military planes from entering British airspace and attacking the British mainland, Roger Case will thank God.

"We still have American allies—" Major General Thomas Conrad put aside his military capabilities, and his political sensitivity is too low.

In other words, the arrogance caused by arrogance caused Major General Thomas Conrad to lose his normal judgment.

"The United States wants to replace the British Empire more than southern Africa and become the leader of the world—" Roger Case sneered. Southern Africans are untrustworthy, but Americans can be trusted?

Just look at what the Americans did in the last world war.

Americans are the biggest speculators in the world.

Even more sloppy than Italy.

How can such a country be trusted.

Thomas Conrad finally shut up, and it was nothing like he had imagined.

"Wars are ultimately resolved through ground forces. Even if the Royal Navy can easily defeat the Southern African Navy, can the Army defeat the Southern African Army?" Roger Case raised this question, and Thomas Conrad never thought about it.

British Army -

Is that the guard of honor who only shows his face at royal ceremonies?
If this is more than riding, the Royal Guard of Honor can compete with the Southern African Army.

Let alone the war.

There is no comparison at all.

When it comes to the stage of fighting for ground forces, southern Africa does not need to dispatch the National Defense Forces. The mercenaries of the umbrella company, together with the Southern African Union troops, can push the British Army all the way.

"So throw away those unrealistic fantasies and get down to the fact that the United Kingdom needs Southern Africa more than Southern Africa needs the United Kingdom, and that's the end of the 'Victoria' project, and without submarines we can buy a Southern African 'Ghost'

Submarines, look what you're doing, will the performance of the 'Victoria' be better than that of the 'Ghost'? "Roger Keith is in a lot of trouble now. The inside story of the "Victoria" accident has been published in the press, and the entire British government and the Royal Navy have fallen into a huge passive position.

Don't listen to the Royal Navy's claim that the "Victoria" is superior to the southern African "Dolphin".

Not to mention "Dolphin", even "Ghost" has not had a major accident like "Victoria".

Southern Africa has lifted export restrictions on the "Ghost" after the "Dolphin" entered service.

The export price of "Ghost" is only 35 pounds.

The Royal Navy spent a total of 450 million pounds on the research and development of "Victoria".

Using 450 million pounds to buy the "Ghost" can also improve the anti-submarine capabilities of the Royal Navy. Isn't this better than spending a huge amount of money on research and development, and finally getting a chicken feather all over the place?

Major General Thomas Conrad was utterly bewildered.

Unexpectedly, after spending 450 million pounds, it turned out that it was better to buy than to build, and it was better to rent than to buy.

(End of this chapter)