Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

The amphibious landing ship looks similar to an aircraft carrier in appearance. The upper deck can park carrier-based aircraft, but the hangar contains not aircraft but waterway amphibious tanks. Other countries are still exploring the best use of tanks bit by bit.

At that time, the navies of southern Africa all had armored units.

There are planes and tanks. In southern Africa, do you call this a navy?

Seeing the black-smoking waterway amphibious tank roaring out of the amphibious landing ship, Roger Case's three views were simply subverted.

It was not just the amphibious landing ships that surprised Roger Keyes. By the standards of the Royal Navy, the auxiliary ships of the Indian Ocean Fleet had reached another level.

In addition to the amphibious landing ship, a hospital ship and a supply ship participated in the exercise.

Needless to say, the hospital ships in Southern Africa benefited from the advanced medical level in Southern Africa. The hospital ships in Southern Africa participated in the world wars and played an important role. They also had a major impact on the hospital ships of the Royal Navy.

The supply ship, which also has a tonnage of more than 10,000 tons, has various cranes on the ship that look like a small dock. The supply ship is also not an invention of Southern Africa, but it was developed in the Southern African navy.

In 1899, the US Navy coal ship USS Magrus used the "Miller" ropeway method to conduct a sea navigation replenishment test for the battleship "Massachusetts".

In 1906, a British naval oil tanker conducted a sea navigation longitudinal refueling test on the battleship "Victorious".

Have you noticed that the supply ships of the United States and the United Kingdom are either coal ships or oil tankers. Their functions are relatively simple and they do not carry much coal or fuel. They are not valued by the British and American navies.

The supply ships in Southern Africa have developed from a single oil tanker, arms ship, and food ship to a comprehensive supply ship. The supply types have expanded from the supply of fuel, lubricants, and fresh water to food, ammunition, and even personnel transportation. The supply methods include the supply of dry goods.

and a horizontal replenishment device for liquid cargo; a longitudinal replenishment device for replenishing liquid cargo, and a helicopter platform that can replenish dry cargo vertically; cranes are arranged on both sides for anchoring replenishment and drifting replenishment.

In addition, supply ships in southern Africa also have a certain scale of medical facilities and repair equipment.

In short, apart from not participating in direct attacks, supply ships can do almost anything and become a logistics base accompanying the fleet.

For the Royal Navy, the procedure for beach landing is simple and crude. First, naval guns are used to bombard the target position for several rounds, and then sailors with rifles swarm up. The beach landing is completed.

This is due to the super sea power of the Royal Navy. There are not many countries in the world that can compete with the Royal Navy. Countries that are capable of confronting the Royal Navy have never had direct combat with each other. During the world war, the Royal Navy suppressed

After joining the German Navy, a plan was made to land on German soil, but in the end it was not implemented due to various reasons.

In the opinion of Jackson Marshall and Garfield, if the Royal Navy landed on German soil in this way, it would be a disaster waiting for the Royal Navy.

The exercise in the morning was like a farce. The performance of the Royal Navy was very different from that of the legendary Armada. There were also big problems with the cooperation between the ships. The sailors had already boarded the beach. The fleet's bombardment had not stopped yet, and the firepower had not stopped.

There was no extension, and a shell exploded directly in the advancing sailors. Although it was not a large-caliber shell, it still killed more than 20 sailors and injured nearly 60 others.

Then the exercise was urgently suspended, and the hospital ship of the Indian Ocean Fleet was finally put to use. The helicopters taking off from the aircraft carrier and amphibious landing ship opened Roger Case's eyes again.

It has to be said that after this exercise, the Royal Navy needs to make up too many lessons.

The afternoon exercise was focused on the Indian Ocean Fleet.

Like the Mediterranean Fleet, the Indian Ocean Fleet also carried out a fire strike when landing on the beach. At this time, the difference between the two armies was already evident. The Indian Ocean Fleet's fire strike involved carrier-based bombers.

Compared with naval guns, carrier-based bombers' attacks are more accurate, and their power is not much different from that of large-caliber naval guns.

The problem is that the aerial bombs used by carrier-based aircraft are different from the shells used by naval guns. The shells are either armor-piercing projectiles or grenades, which are of little use against permanent fortifications. Unless they hit directly, they will not damage permanent fortifications.

Cause a devastating blow.

The most effective way to deal with permanent fortifications is the napalm bombs dropped by carrier-based aircraft.

The main component of napalm is colloidal gasoline, which is as viscous as lard and is resistant to burning. After being contaminated with colloidal gasoline, if you slap it with your hands, the more you slap it, the bigger the fire will be. If you roll it on the ground to extinguish the fire, it will

The whole body will be on fire, and once a lot of fire breaks out on a person, the people next to him should try to stay away, because the crazy struggle of the person on fire can easily throw the burning oil onto others, causing a secondary killing effect.

For humanitarian reasons, it is recommended to end the life of the person on fire with a gun. For victims of napalm, death may be the greatest relief.

Most of the bombs used by the carrier-based aircraft of the Indian Ocean Fleet were napalm bombs. Although the number was small, the effect was very good, and a wall of fire was quickly formed in the landing area.

Under the cover of the fire, the amphibious tanks of the landing force successfully rushed to the beachhead. The Marines used the tanks as fulcrums to establish the beachhead. The engineers then began to build simple trestles, and more supplies were delivered to the beachhead.

There were no human sea tactics, no all kinds of outflanks and roundabouts, and no all kinds of man-made accidents. It was just the open and close push all the way, the generation gap caused by advanced weapons, and the tacit cooperation between the various arms, which made Roger...

Case couldn't say a word.

Impeccable!

After watching the exercise of the Indian Ocean Fleet, the bridge of the battleship "Queen Elizabeth" was completely silent.

When the Royal Navy and the Southern African Navy conducted joint exercises two years ago, the Royal Navy was still the dominant force, and the Southern African Navy was in a subsidiary position.

Now the situation has undergone a fundamental reversal. Compared with the increasingly professional Southern African Navy, the poor Royal Navy is like a bunch of ragtag crew, and is further and further away from the performance that the "Invincible Fleet" should have.

"We should really let the generals from the War Department take a look at the performance of the Southern African Navy. Maybe the Southern Africans are right -" Roger Case felt heavy. The current war is no longer the same war as before. Since the exercise began,

, powerful battleships play almost no role except for fire attacks on the opposite shore. Aircraft carriers are used to attack the fleet, and destroyers and cruisers are used for anti-submarine and escort. The expensive battleships are playing an increasingly important role in addition to displaying their image.

The smaller.

Although he was aware of this problem, it involved the Royal Navy's military building ideas, and Roger Keyes did not have the decision-making power.

This is the crux of the problem. The people who discover the problem have no decision-making power, but those who do are in offices far away from the front line. If this continues, sooner or later the Royal Navy will be like the British Empire——

Can't say, dare not say, can't say.

"What are you referring to?" Cunningham asked casually.

Roger Case smiled bitterly, yes, from this exercise alone, the gap between the Royal Navy and the Southern African Navy is not in one aspect, but lagging behind in all aspects, which is really unacceptable.

In the evening, Cyprus arranged another routine dinner. No matter how the fleet performed during the exercise, a luxurious and luxurious dinner was indispensable.

The generals of the Mediterranean Fleet were not in the mood to participate and were absent collectively. Roger Keyes summoned the generals of the Mediterranean Fleet to review the day's exercises.

"We need to strengthen the tacit understanding between the fleets. The mistakes made this morning are really inappropriate. We also need to strengthen the medical force. Why can the Indian Ocean Fleet transfer the wounded to the medical ship in just half an hour? If it were us

How long will it take to be responsible for the transshipment?" Although Roger Case was unwilling to accept it, he still had to face reality.

"We need helicopters from the Indian Ocean Fleet -" Cunningham's idea is still to make money. Without advanced equipment, there will be no strong combat effectiveness.

"We will discuss this issue later. Even if there are no helicopters, we should do our best under the existing conditions. Have we done this?" Roger Case is not superstitious about equipment. Is it impossible to fight without advanced equipment?

Have you fought?

In fact, the Royal Navy is not without money. Even if the British finances are as tight as this, the annual allocation for the Royal Navy is still tens of millions. If the money is really used wisely, many problems can actually be solved.

The problem is that the Royal Navy has accumulated a lot of trouble now. It is used to using a coffee cup that costs 100 pounds. Now it feels uncomfortable to use a coffee cup that costs 1 rand. Even the coffee does not taste that good.

If small things like coffee cups are insignificant, then in terms of large-scale equipment, the Southern African Navy also has a huge advantage. The Walvis Bay Shipyard has offered a price of 500,000 for a ghost submarine. The purchase by the Southern African Navy is definitely not that expensive.

Who makes it impossible for British shipyards to even imitate U-boats?

Perhaps it is because of this small amount of money that the British shipyards look down upon it. After all, the cost of a "Nelson" class battleship is tens of millions, and the profit can easily be several million. The profit of the ghost submarine is only so much.

Of course, this problem cannot be calculated this way. After all, only two "Nelson" class battleships are built, but the number of submarines can reach hundreds. Even if the profit of a single submarine is too low, the number can make up for it. If you calculate it this way, not only will the short-term

Not only the generals in the War Department and the Navy Department, but also the bosses of local shipyards are equally short-sighted.

If it's a matter of combat effectiveness, Roger Keyes can still work on it.

But how to solve technical problems?

This question is out of scope.