Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 2131 Don't be too little and don't be too much

Chapter 2131 Don't be too little and don't be too much

Before the outbreak of the European War, the Royal Navy had four aircraft carriers, which could not meet the needs of the United Kingdom at all.

Britain also has a long coastline and huge overseas interests that need to be protected.

Southern Africa has ten aircraft carriers, the United States has six, and the United Kingdom has only four, which obviously does not match the status of the Royal Navy.

After Britain declared war on Germany, the Navy launched a new shipbuilding program.

This is already the fourth shipbuilding plan proposed by the UK in the past five years, and the previous three were all abandoned halfway.

This is also helpless, the situation is developing too fast, and the Royal Navy, after realizing it, always finds that it is behind the times when the shipbuilding plan is halfway through, so it revises the shipbuilding plan.

This time the shipbuilding plan was carried out under the auspices of Winston.

The UK plans to build six new aircraft carriers, two BIG7-class super battleships, six fast battlecruisers, and a total of 42 cruisers within three years.

As for small ships such as destroyers and frigates, I will not explain them one by one here.

If all goes well, by 1942, the strength of the Royal Navy will return to the world's first.

The crux of the problem is that the warships that will be in service after three years obviously cannot meet the current needs of the Royal Navy.

Therefore, Winston proposed that the navy should obtain a large number of small fast escort aircraft carriers that can only carry 12 to 25 carrier-based aircraft through modification in the shortest possible time to meet the needs of the Royal Navy.

Before the modification work started, the "Brave" was sunk, which dealt a heavy blow to the Royal Navy, which was already weak, and made the situation worse.

"Brave" is the second ship of the "Elizabeth" class aircraft carrier. Including the improved version of "Elizabeth", there are only four aircraft carriers in the UK.

Now that the war has not really begun, the British Naval Air Force has lost a quarter.

This is not over yet.

Just three days after the "Brave" was sunk, the "Elizabeth", the lead ship of the "Elizabeth" class, was also attacked by a German submarine while performing its mission.

"Elizabeth" was lucky to escape the torpedo.

The attacking German submarine was sunk by the escorting destroyers, and the Royal Navy escaped.

Winston soon called Rock again.

The Royal Navy needs a large number of light cruisers and destroyers that can be used for anti-submarine.

Of all the countries in the world, only Southern Africa can offer the same.

Americans are capable too.

However, since the Brazilian Civil War, the Americans have also started a huge shipbuilding plan, and at the same time carried out another modernization of the existing warships. For the time being, there is no extra berth to meet the needs of the British.

Southern Africa has it.

Southern Africa not only has slipways, but even spot goods.

Not possible this time.

Southern Africa is the most anti-submarine country in the world. Restricted by the "Washington Naval Treaty" and "London Naval Treaty" in the early years, southern Africa could not build battleships, so southern Africa built a large number of 3000-ton light cruisers.

Needless to say, ten years ago, if it was replaced by last year, the Royal Navy would not even look down on the 3000-ton "Durban" light cruiser.

now-

I can only say that it is really fragrant.

"We now have a total of 65 'Durban' ships and 112 destroyers. If it's just anti-submarine, then frigates can also--" Angie showed muscles. There are only four battleships in southern Africa, and they were still of the type during the last world war.

There are really many small warships in southern Africa.

In fact, anti-submarine requirements for warships are not high. As the last world war progressed, Britain converted a large number of trawlers for anti-submarine use.

Same now.

Facing the increasingly rampant German submarines, Winston repeated his old tricks and decided to refit the trawler for anti-submarine use again.

So the problem came again.

Winston was surprised to find that Britain didn't even have enough trawlers.

This made Winston feel unbelievable.

Britain started out as a seafarer, but now it doesn’t even have fishing boats. Fried fish is still a British national dish. How did those fish come from?

Winston found out only after investigating.

The fried fish on the British table are all provided by South African companies and Rhodesian companies.

Nor can British fishermen.

Fishing vessels in southern Africa are more advanced, more efficient, and labor costs are cheaper, making them highly competitive.

British local fishing companies have long been defeated in competition with southern African fishing companies.

The British local fishing industry is now basically controlled by southern African capital, and fishing boats will naturally become southern African nationalities, and the British government has no right to expropriate them.

Even if it is new, it is too late.

And it's not necessary.

If it's a new build, isn't it good to build light cruisers and destroyers directly? Why build fishing trawlers?
"Of all 65 'Durban' ships, only 24 were newly built in recent years. Strictly speaking, they are no longer 'Durban', and their performance is stronger than that of 'Durban'." Angie is very happy, the Royal Navy is the southern Timely rain for the African Navy.

Who doesn't like a new type of warship with more advanced performance!
The UK needs a large number of light cruisers and destroyers, preferably off-the-shelf.

If Southern Africa sells older light cruisers and destroyers to the British, then the Southern African Navy will have a reason to build more new warships.

Rock didn't want to talk.

As An Qi just said, the "Durban" newly built by the Southern African Navy in recent years is different from the previous "Durban".

If Rock guessed correctly, An Qi should still have some reservations.

Strictly speaking, compared with the previous "Durban" newly built in recent years, it is estimated that the performance gap can be widened to the extent of "generation difference".

What is a generation difference?

A flintlock gun directly loaded with gunpowder—

And a modern rifle with fixed cartridges!

This is called generation difference.

Of course, in the Navy, the performance gap has not reached this level.

Even the earliest "Durban" can still be used for air defense and anti-submarine.

Otherwise, it would have been eliminated by the southern African navy that loves the new and dislikes the old.

"Is it necessary for us to keep so many cruisers and destroyers?" Rock doubted.

The dumplings in Rock's concept, as long as new ships are launched every year.

Putting it in the Southern African Navy, it is estimated that new ships will be launched every month or even every ten days, so it can be called dumplings.

"Lord, the displacement of 'Durban' is only 3000 tons, and 30 ships are only [-]." Angelo felt guilty, but it was also true.

As mentioned earlier, in the Royal Navy in 1939, in addition to 64 cruisers and 119 destroyers, there were 15 battleships and battlecruisers, and four aircraft carriers——

Now there are three ships.

In British shipyards, there are nearly a hundred warships under construction or queuing up.

So where is the number of warships in the Southern African Navy, and it is not 65 BIG7s, so there is nothing surprising.

"It's not a question of tonnage—" Rock waved his hands, finally having a clear idea of ​​the size of the navy during World War II.

Rock's rebirth has been too long, and he has a vague impression of many things that happened in another time and space.

What Roque can still remember now, apart from Germany's attack on Russia, is the Normandy landing and the Dunkirk retreat.

Roque really has no impression of the naval battles during World War II.

This is also normal, because during World War II, there were no decent naval battles in Europe at all, and large-scale naval battles were concentrated in the Pacific region.

So for the size of the European navy, Rock is really not very impressed.

So what if there are more battleships in the Royal Navy? The Germans only built submarines, giving full play to their strengths and avoiding weaknesses. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing not to go head-to-head with the Royal Navy?
Now that he had a clear idea, Rock didn't hesitate anymore and called Winston back.

Winston was equally pleased.

With a large number of light cruisers and destroyers, and all of them are warships in service in the Southern African Navy, the standard immediate combat power has greatly increased the Royal Navy's anti-submarine escort capabilities.

The problem is coming again.

The Royal Navy had no money, and Winston hoped that Southern Africa would provide loans, preferably gratuitous aid.

Just like after the end of the Second Boer War, Britain used to provide free aid to southern Africa for a long time.

"Winston, these are two different things. Southern Africa was part of the United Kingdom at that time, and the money given by London was used to maintain the colonial government's colonial rule in Southern Africa, and it was not a free aid." Rock was determined. I can't admit it.

Take Roque's knowledge of Winston.

If Roque admits that the money that Britain gave to southern Africa at that time was aid.

Then Winston will make an inch of it next.

The traditional friendship between Britain and southern Africa, blood is thicker than water, it feeds back——

Winston would have had too much to say then.

"Lock, you have to know how to be grateful!" Winston was very dissatisfied, and his face changed as quickly as Rock.

"Winston, it wouldn't be interesting if you said that." Rock didn't answer, and it wasn't the Englishman's turn to be grateful.

Southern Africa's achievements today have nothing to do with the British Empire.

Can't say it doesn't matter.

If the British Empire hadn't dragged its feet, southern Africa might have developed better than it is now.

"Well, how much loan can the Southern African Federal Government provide?" Winston made the second best choice. He didn't expect Roque to have such a high level of consciousness and would provide free assistance to Britain.

"Winston, the federal government has no money. As you know, the federal government just issued a batch of national bonds a few days ago. Now the total debt of the federal government has reached 5 million rand, and the interest cannot be repaid—" Rock immediately Started to complain.

On the other end of the phone, Winston was devastated.

The total debt of the Federal Government of Southern Africa reached 5 million rand, and Rock began to complain.

Winston has served as the British Chancellor of the Exchequer for a long time, and he is very clear about the financial situation of the United Kingdom. When the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, the total national debt was 19 billion pounds.

Don't be too small, this already accounted for 14.5% of the UK's GDP last year.

Of course, don't be too much.

Winston knew that the British national debt would continue to rise.

What Winston didn't know was that the speed of the increase in the national debt of the United Kingdom caught everyone by surprise.

At that time, I am afraid that the UK will have to sell its overseas assets to repay its debts.

(End of this chapter)

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