Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2114 Blast back to the original state

Roque did not stay in London for too long. After George V's funeral, Roque returned to Pretoria from London.

Roque's trip to London was fruitful. The French finally surrendered to southern Africa. President Albert Le Brun signed a new trade agreement with Roque on behalf of France.

Probably knowing that the prime minister is unreliable, it was the French president who finally came forward this time.

The reason is simple, the French Prime Minister has changed again.

In the past year, France has had three prime ministers.

Compared with previous years, the number of three is relatively small.

The current prime minister, Leon Bloom, took office just three days ago. He is the first Hebrew prime minister in France. If there is no accident, his prime ministerial career is only 18 days.

18 days!
It is estimated that it is too late to find out how many toilets there are in the Prime Minister's Office.

To be honest, France is so rotten that it is hard for people to look forward to it.

This can't be blamed on the British for implementing the appeasement policy, because the teammates are too pigs.

Back in southern Africa, Rock completely forgot about the messy things in Europe and prepared for the war with all his might.

The Southern African Army already has 25 divisions, but it is not enough, far from enough. At the end of World War II in another time and space, the total strength of the US military was 1200 million, and Southern Africa is still early.

Now that the world war has not yet broken out, Rock is not in a hurry. Let’s fill up the 25 divisions first. The southern African army has a relatively large establishment. A full division reaches 18000 people, and 25 divisions have 45 people. It is enough to protect southern Africa. up.

As for fighting in Europe.

After the outbreak of the world war, it will not be too late for southern Africa to mobilize. Anyway, people are ready-made, and southern Africa can produce weapons and equipment by itself, as much as it wants.

This time, the southern African troops going to Europe to participate in the war, the army is still dominated by African soldiers, and the main force of the air force and navy must be southern Africans. Rock is not at ease to hand over those high-tech weapons to Africans for use.

Of course, the army's equipment is not bad.

Southern Africa has now completely eliminated the Lee Enfield rifle, and the Lee Enfield in the combat readiness warehouse has been completely emptied. Since 1930, all the Lee Enfields in the combat readiness warehouse have been stored are new semi-automatic rifles.

The official name of the new semi-automatic rifle is the Nyasaran Rifle. Inheriting the tradition of Lee Enfield, the Nyasaran Rifle has a capacity of ten rounds, a caliber of 5.56mm, and an effective range of 450 meters. Its comprehensive performance is world-class.

Inspired by southern Africa, the United States is now also equipped with semi-automatic rifles, but there is a big gap in production capacity compared with Nyasaran rifles.

The number of Nyasaran rifles has exceeded 100 million. The United States has just equipped MI Garand this year, and it will not be until the middle of World War II.

In addition to rifles, the tank factories that were sealed up after the end of World War I were gradually put into use. Due to the complicated process of the "Tiger" tank, the monthly output of the "Tiger" tank is now less than 50, but the output of the "Leopard" has soared to 270. According to An armored division has about 350 tanks, and it takes about one and a half months to equip an armored division.

In terms of the navy, after completing the four "Island" class aircraft carriers, Walvis Bay Shipyard and Edward Shipyard put the main work on the transformation of the "Table Mountain" class supply ship.

After the transformation of the "Table Mountain" class supply ship, the aircraft carrying capacity is similar to that of Japan's "Xianghe" class aircraft carrier.

Japan has only built two "Xianghe" class aircraft carriers, and there are 24 "Table Mountain" supply ships in southern Africa.

Angie's main task during this period was to form a local fleet.

The defense pressure of the southern African mainland is not great, so the local fleet has been an empty shell since it was listed, and the number of warships it has is not as many as the patrol boats of the Coast Guard.

The main direction of future operations of the two fleets is overseas, and the strength of the local fleet must also be appropriately improved.

According to An Qi's plan, the local fleet must have at least four heavy cruisers, 12 light cruisers, and 28 destroyers, so as to fully guarantee the safety of the mainland.

It is easy to say that the "Durban" class is being upgraded in batches, and its performance is sufficient to meet the needs of local defense.

Destroyers are also easy to handle. Treaty-type destroyers have a full-load displacement of 1500 tons, which is drizzle compared with capital ships that easily cost tens of thousands of tons. The two major shipyards can build four ships a week.

The key is heavy patrol.

The new heavy cruiser in southern Africa is the "LoCity" class heavy cruiser.

According to the provisions of the "London Naval Treaty", the standard displacement of the "Los Angeles" class heavy cruiser is 9800 tons. The armament system is three triple-mounted 203mm artillery. .

Don't be surprised, Navy holiday era, this is routine.

Southern Africa is preparing to build a total of 12 "Los Angeles" class heavy cruisers.

After completion, the previous heavy cruisers will be gradually decommissioned.

In this way, the problem arises, the Indian Ocean Fleet plus the Atlantic Fleet, and now the Home Fleet, and the four major squadrons, there are only 12 "Los Angeles" class heavy cruisers in total, how to divide them?
Four "Los Angeles" class heavy cruisers have been built, which are assigned to the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet respectively.

"The 'Johannesburg'-class heavy cruiser can continue to serve. In fact, the performance of 'Johannesburg' is not lagging behind." Martin said insincerely. The "Johannesburg"-class heavy cruiser was built after the end of the World War. Otherwise, they would not retire in batches.

Even if it is behind, "Johannesburg" is still in demand.

After the four new "Los Angeles" ships entered service, the four decommissioned "Johannesburg" ships were bought by Brazil and the East India respectively.

The warships that have been in service for nearly 20 years are still so popular. Sometimes Rock can't help but sigh, no wonder so many countries in another time and space praise the stinky feet of Americans.

What Martin meant was obvious. He didn't like "Johannesburg" too much, but asked for the establishment first, and said later.

"Johannesburg" will all be retired sooner or later.

If the Navy can keep all eight "Johannesburgs", then after the eight "Johannesburgs" are decommissioned in the future, they will have to replenish eight more "Los Angeles".

Rock knew that Angie would have to show some face, and Martin, an old man, was completely shameless now. If Rock agreed, Walvis Bay Shipyard and Edward Shipyard would just wait to continue building warships that didn't make much money.

Walvis Bay Shipyard and Edward Shipyard have very low profits in undertaking orders from the Federal Government of Southern Africa. After removing the cost, they do not make money at all, and sometimes lose money.

Otherwise, the southern African navy has not been able to build so many new warships in recent years.

"How many heavy cruisers does the navy need?" Roque said directly. If the navy is not excessive, Roque will simply and completely meet the navy's requirements.

"Of course, the more the better!" Martin lived up to expectations, and opened his mouth decisively.

Rock didn't want to talk.

The status of heavy cruisers in the southern African navy is just like that of battleships.

The tasks undertaken by heavy cruisers can also be undertaken by light cruisers, and even destroyers can undertake them.

Compared with heavy cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers are absolutely superior in quality and cheap in price. Not only is the cost lower, but also the cost of subsequent use is lower. A heavy cruiser has about 700 people, while a light cruiser only needs 350 people, and a destroyer only needs 220 people. Because there are a large number of anti-aircraft weapons that need to be operated manually, otherwise fewer people will be needed.

"The Indian Ocean Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet are responsible for too many areas. Each fleet needs at least six to eight heavy cruisers to meet the mission requirements—" An Qi is relatively reliable, and 12 heavy cruisers is indeed a bit small.

"The tasks undertaken by the Changi Squadron are no less than those of the two major fleets; the pressure on the Cyprus Squadron is enormous. Once war breaks out, we must be prepared to evacuate from Cyprus; the Persian Gulf is our core interest. If we lose the Persian Gulf The oil——” Angie’s expression is serious, this is not about Saint Roque, that’s the real pack of wolves.

"Each squadron must have at least two to four heavy cruisers to meet the mission requirements. Changi Squadron is in a special situation. As Marshal Martin said, the more the better." Angie's appetite compared with Martin's It's not small at all, but it's strange that Rock is not angry at all.

That's right, both Angie and Button were raised by Rock, almost like his own sons.

"The navy has to distinguish between priorities, such as the Atlantic Fleet. Their mission is not to seize hegemony in the Atlantic region, but to safeguard the interests of southern Africa in the Atlantic region. From this perspective, the roles of heavy cruisers and light cruisers are similar." Rock. Sober, the main role of cruisers in southern Africa is to escort anti-submarines, and the role of heavy cruisers and light cruisers is similar.

"As for the Changi Squadron, the defense of the Changi Naval Base relies on the strength of the Air Force and the Marine Corps. No matter how many heavy patrols are allocated to the Changi Squadron, can the Changi Squadron compete with the Japanese Combined Fleet?" Rock Up to the critical point, An Qi also made a big and comprehensive mistake, and her positioning was not clear.

"If war breaks out, the main opponent of the German High Seas Fleet is the Royal Navy, and our main opponent is the United Fleet. At that time, the Changi Squadron will also be placed under the command of the Indian Ocean Fleet, so there will be more heavy cruisers. For the Changi Squadron It doesn't make any sense." Rock disagreed, if he had the money to build heavy cruisers, it would be better to build a few more strategic long-range bombers.

Rock is still waiting for the outbreak of World War II to send a strategic long-range bomber unit to carry out strategic bombing of the Japanese mainland.

So for Southern Africa, the more strategic long-range bombers the better, what Roque wants is not just the bombing of Tokyo, if possible, Roque would like to bomb Japan back to its original state.

These words must not be told to Martin and Angie, otherwise Martin and Angie will go crazy.

Now I don’t know how many naval officers and soldiers in the southern African navy are looking forward to going to war with Japan.

Of course, reasonable requests cannot be refused. Heavy cruisers can also be built in southern Africa, so a total of 20 ships will be built, six ships each for the Indian Ocean Fleet and Atlantic Fleet, two ships each for the four major squadrons, and the retreated "Johannesburg" will be distributed. For the home fleet and other small fleets, they should be satisfied now.

The navy is indeed satisfied, and those who are not satisfied are replaced by the air force.

ps: The fish head from the third watch is back, are you satisfied this time——

(End of this chapter)