Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 840

All the ingredients for lunch are sent thousands of miles from southern Africa, including table wine and tableware are all produced in southern Africa.

"A chicken raised locally in London costs about twelve shillings in a restaurant in London, while a chicken raised in southern Africa costs only ten shillings plus shipping. This is the cost advantage of southern Africa. There are more than 900 shillings in Canada. With a territory of [-] square kilometers, India has a labor force of hundreds of millions, but until now it still needs local support, and we in southern Africa have the ability to feed back the local, so we have to do what we are best at.” Rock has reason, and Canada Compared with India, Southern Africa is indeed very competitive.

"My lord, when was the last time you were in London? Now a chicken costs at least one pound, and only rich people can afford it—" Clark Bell lamented that living in London was not easy in the era of soaring prices.

"Sorry, the last time I went to London was six years ago, maybe seven years." Rock really couldn't remember clearly. The last time he went to London was to go to Sandhurst Royal Military Academy for gold plating, and it was the only time. It's not good, Rock is a little fuzzy now.

"It doesn't matter, even if you go to London in another ten years, London will not change." Clark Bell also didn't like the city shrouded in thick fog all the year round, but many literary and artistic youths obviously didn't think so, they didn't Knowing the dangers of smog, I think it is a symbol of romance.

"Locke, if war breaks out, how much supplies can southern Africa provide to the mainland?" George White finally got to the point.

Rock knows that Congress is formulating many response plans for various possible situations, of which material supply is a very important part.

The reality of the British Isles determines that the United Kingdom must rely on its colonies to meet its local needs. The "British Isles" here does not refer to three "islands". The British Isles are composed of the two main islands of Great Britain and Ireland. It is composed of many small islands on the island. The origin of this term is probably the homonym of "Three Ways of England", which is used to refer to England, Scotland and Wales.

There is no Ireland yet, and Ireland did not become a dominion until after World War I, and then became an independent country after that.

The total area of ​​the British Isles is only 25 square kilometers, which is much smaller than that of France and Germany. Relying on locally produced materials cannot meet the needs of the people at all. Therefore, the United Kingdom mainly relies on the import of colonies to maintain its prosperity.

If war breaks out, Britain will inevitably start a general mobilization. At that time, because of the reduction of the agricultural population and industrial population, it will have a major impact on production. Therefore, Britain will inevitably become more dependent on overseas dominions and colonies.

In the previous plan of Congress, if there is a shortage of materials in the UK, it will increase imports from the United States to alleviate the shortage of materials in the country.

Now it looks like there are better options.

"All!" Rock was decisive, but the meaning of "all" was different from George White's understanding: "When the time comes, southern Africa will do everything it can to provide the mainland with all the materials it needs. We have developed very rapidly in recent years. Quickly, from having nothing at the beginning, we have already seen initial results. London should also know the situation in southern Africa. We can produce almost all kinds of materials needed locally, such as rifles, ammunition, artillery, beef, fruits, and various textiles. We can provide both."

Rock didn't dare to do everything. Although Southern Africa is developing rapidly, its foundation is too poor. After all, it has only developed for a few years, and its strength is still incomparable to that of the United States.

The United States now has a population of 1000 million, and Southern Africa has only over [-] million even if Africans are included. The gap in human resources is really too big.

"Locke, production capacity is the most important issue." George White has no right to decide on this issue, and the shortcomings of southern Africa are indeed obvious.

"Yes, I understand that we have been working hard to increase the population, but this is not a problem that can be solved in a short period of time." Rock is also very helpless, the current southern Africa has not yet fully competed with the United States, but in a certain In these areas, Southern Africa has successfully established its advantages.

For example, the military field.

If there is no emergence of southern Africa, the United Kingdom has now begun to order various materials from the United States to meet domestic needs.

Now the situation has changed a lot. Although the UK is still ordering supplies from the US as in another time and space, the structure has changed a lot. The UK orders more living supplies from the US, and more military supplies from southern Africa. Ordering, especially weapons and ammunition, the .0.303 that Rock has been insisting on is finally starting to work.

0.303 refers to the caliber of the Lee Enfield rifle. Southern Africa, like the United Kingdom, insists on using the rather strange caliber of 0.303 inches, which is converted to 7.7mm.

The rifles currently equipped by the U.S. military are Springfield rifles imitating Mauser. Like Mauser, they have a 0.3-inch caliber, which is converted to 7.62.

Don't underestimate the difference of 0.003. Although it is almost indistinguishable to the naked eye, it cannot be used universally on a rifle. The rifle bullet used by Lee Enfield is a 0.303-inch in rifle bullet, and the specification is 7.7×56 mm. The Springfield rifle is The M1906 rifle ammunition is used, the specification is 7.62×63 mm, and the length of the two bullets is completely different, so they cannot be used universally. If the United States wants to produce ammunition for the United Kingdom, it must build another production line. I will not spend this money.

What if a new production line is built, but the UK does not buy it?

At this time, it shows the benefits of Rock's insistence on uniform specifications. If you don't consider the rate of fire, but only consider the power, the 0.303-inch in rifle ammo is indeed not as good as the M1906 rifle ammo. After all, the amount of charge is there. The United States is also because of the Spanish-American War. During the period, the Mauser rifles equipped by the Spanish army performed well in the war, so they decided to obtain the authorization of Mauser to develop the Springfield rifle. When Nyasaland expanded the arsenal, some engineers also suggested developing more powerful rifle ammunition, but Being directly vetoed by Rock, Rock was preparing for this moment.

In fact, it’s not much worse. The effective range of the Springfield rifle is 550 meters, which is not as far as Lee Enfield’s 1000 meters. , Whether it can hit the target depends entirely on God's will.

Under the joint effect of so many factors, southern Africa has now become the best choice for the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom not only orders the weapons and ammunition it needs from southern Africa, but also orders a large number of living supplies. Only the parts that cannot be provided by southern Africa will be ordered from the United States. Since the beginning of this year, the value of various materials ordered by the United Kingdom from southern Africa has exceeded 5000 million pounds, which has effectively alleviated the financial crisis of the federal government of southern Africa.

The materials ordered by the UK are mainly concentrated in military products. Although most of the profits belong to the Nyasaland Military Industry Group, the federal government has also collected more than 500 million in taxes. Otherwise, Adelaide would not have given Rock such a big Strong support.

"It is necessary to make full use of India's human resources." George White actively helped to find a way.

As long as it involves human resources, India is a panacea, and all British people know this.

"We are also hiring a large number of Indian workers now, but their efficiency is very problematic." Rock is also a headache. Now not only Henry's mine, Nyasaland is also hiring a large number of Indian workers.

This is also no way, if there is a choice, Rock is really unwilling to hire Indian workers.

Although the salaries of Indian workers are very low, the salaries of Africans are even lower. Compared with African workers, Indians are not efficient, and there are many kinds of bad problems. In southern Africa, Indians also consider themselves British. , If you show a little good face, you will put your nose on your face, and some people try to take advantage of the opportunity to work in southern Africa to immigrate with their families. This is strictly restricted. Southern Africa only needs adult males, and no one else.

Since the beginning of this year, southern Africa has hired at least [-] workers from India, and they have effectively alleviated the labor shortage in southern Africa.

After lunch, the work of the military observation team will be over for today. Don't expect them to work more than ten hours a day, that is simply impossible.

After sending the military observation team back to the hotel, Rock went to find McMahon again, and the military observation team asked to go to the border town of Sailum tomorrow.

"What do you think? Can you confirm the safety of Cylum?" McMahon threw the question back to Rock.

"It's definitely not safe. We only have four companies in Sailum, and Sailum is less than ten kilometers away from the border. The guerrillas will leave and return at any time. If something goes wrong, we may not be able to explain it." Luo Mu Ke didn't want to make trouble. According to the meaning of the military observation group, they would not stop after they arrived in Sailum. He must see the performance of the southern African army on the battlefield with his own eyes.

"Then don't go, you can go to other places." McMahon didn't take any risks, wouldn't it be good to just stay in the hotel?This is not London.

"where to?"

"You might as well lead them to Port Elizabeth. Anyway, they were going to inspect Port Elizabeth." McMahon wanted to send the military observation team away.

The reason why the military observation team inspected Port Elizabeth is because of the oil in Port Elizabeth. The current British warships have begun to use internal combustion engines. The status of oil is becoming more and more important. The United Kingdom now wants to determine the reserves of the Elizabeth Oilfield. If the Elizabeth Oilfield can replace the Romanian Oilfield role, then the UK will have a greater initiative.

"Port Elizabeth is not safe recently. There was some conflict between the Umbrella Company and the Ottoman army yesterday." Rock didn't want the military observation team to go to Port Elizabeth. This group of people is now hated by ghosts.

(End of this chapter)