Reborn as a police officer in South Africa

In the eyes of the French, Roque not only failed to agree to reduce aid to the Germans, but instead tried to increase the garrison in Saint-Roch, which was pushing the envelope.

Roque was also unhappy. Compared with southern Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States provided greater assistance to Germany. Raymond Poengale did not go to the British and Americans, but instead went to southern Africa. Could it be that compared with southern Africa?

Easy to bully.

Three days later, the naval meeting continued. Ramsay Macdonald did not know how much work he had done. Tanaka Yiichi finally agreed that Southern Africa should participate in the naval meeting with independent qualifications.

Now Rock can finally confirm that Japan is not ready to go to war, otherwise Tanaka Yiichi has returned to Japan and would not be willing to accept the consequences.

Like the intelligence Roark received, Ramsay Macdonald's main purpose was to disarm and restrict cruisers.

Taking into account the impact of the economic crisis, the participating countries unanimously agreed to extend the validity period of the "Washington Naval Treaty" to 1936. During this period, the tonnage of each country's capital ships will still be in accordance with the provisions of the "Washington Naval Treaty" and Chapter III of the "Washington Naval Treaty" will not be exercised.

The second part stipulates the right to build new battleships to replace old ones. However, for battleships that are more than 20 years old, countries can carry out modifications or performance upgrades on their own.

The modifications here are mainly for air defense weapon systems.

At the end of the World War, the doctrine of giant ships and artillery was still the mainstream. Although aircraft carriers came to prominence during the World War, they were not taken seriously by all countries.

With the rapid development of aviation technology in the past two years, naval aviation has become more and more of a threat to warships. When countries build destroyers and cruisers, they have strengthened their air defense systems to deal with the threat from aircraft to warships.

Newly built warships can have improved air defense systems, while previously built warships can only be modified.

Here are the names of Nagato and Mutsu. These two battleships did not have air defense systems at all when they were built, so they urgently need to install air defense weapons. Other countries have similar needs, especially France and Italy. Some of the warships in these two countries are older than

It has been more than 20 years, but we are unable to build new warships and can only rely on renovation and upgrades to support our appearance. It is really pitiful.

Taking into account the situation of France and Italy, France and Italy are not restricted by the London Naval Conference and can still implement the provisions of Chapter 3, Part 2 of the "Washington Naval Treaty" and build new battleships to replace decommissioned battleships.

This clause is dispensable for France and Italy. Even if the restrictions on France and Italy are relaxed, France and Italy will not have the ability to build new battleships in the short term.

So this clause is more like an insult to France and Italy.

I don’t know what the French think, but the Italians are very angry.

For cruisers, the London Naval Conference formally classified cruisers with a displacement of more than 1,850 tons and less than 10,000 tons into two classes. The main difference is the caliber of the main gun. Those with a main gun caliber exceeding 6.1 inches are Class A, and those with a caliber less than 6.1 inches are Class A.

Class B.

6.1 inches, converted to about 155 mm.

Like the Washington Naval Conference, the London Naval Conference also restricted the tonnage of the two classes of cruisers. The United States hopes to get more heavy cruisers to cooperate with the battleships, so the total tonnage of the heavy cruisers in the United States must not exceed 180,000 tons, and the British

It shall not exceed 146,500 tons, and Japan shall not exceed 108,000 tons.

The United Kingdom hopes to have more light cruisers to protect overseas interests, so the United Kingdom gets a quota of 192,000 tons for light cruisers, that is, B-class cruisers. The United States does not exceed 143,000 tons, and Japan does not exceed 100,000 tons.

Southern Africa is special because in the "Washington Naval Treaty", Southern Africa did not receive a capital ship quota, but was restricted by the "Washington Naval Treaty". Therefore, in the "London Naval Treaty", some compensation was given to Southern Africa.

For cruisers of this class, the total tonnage of Southern Africa shall not exceed 400,000 tons.

At the same time, southern Africa can also build aircraft carriers with a total tonnage of no more than 50,000 tons. This can be regarded as a response to East India's order of warships.

In return, Roque promised on behalf of Southern Africa that from now on, Southern African shipyards would not accept orders for warships from Britain, the United States, Japan, France, or other countries other than unexpected ones.

This fundamentally blocks the possibility of southern Africa building capital ships and aircraft carriers through some special methods.

In addition to cruisers, the London Naval Conference also imposed restrictions on destroyers and submarines.

Regarding destroyers, it is only stipulated that destroyers with a tonnage of more than 1,500 tons should not exceed 16% of the total number of destroyers.

The restrictions on submarines are relatively strict. Considering that southern Africa has the most advanced ghost submarines in the world, Rock was originally prepared to play a good role in submarines. Unfortunately, when Ramsay MacDonald announced the restriction plan on submarines,

After that, Rock couldn't find any flaws.

"The specifics are this. No country can build or acquire a submarine with a standard displacement of more than 2,000 tons, or a submarine with a gun caliber exceeding 5.1 inches-" When he said "obtain", Ramsay McDonald stared intently.

With Rock.

Southern Africa has a history in this regard. The four Normandy-class battleships in Southern Africa came from this, and the 50,000-ton aircraft carrier they just acquired came from this. The Elizabeth-class standard displacement currently equipped in Southern Africa is 25,000 tons.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that it was 50,000 tons.

Rock's expression was expressionless. The submarine Ramsay MacDonald mentioned had nothing to do with the ghost submarine. The ghost submarine had a displacement of only 950 tons.

As for naval guns——

There are no naval guns on the ghost submarine, and torpedoes are the only attack weapon of the ghost submarine.

"In view of the situation of the signatory countries, each signatory country can retain three submarines with a displacement of no more than 2,800 tons, and the caliber of the guns carried on these submarines cannot exceed 6.1 inches - France can retain one that has been launched, with a displacement of no more than 2,880 tons.

A large submarine with a gun caliber of 8 inches - "Ramsay McDonald is digging a hole according to the carrot. The situation in the United States and Japan is unclear. The United Kingdom has submarines, and the displacement does not exceed 2800 tons. The caliber of the gun is

6.1 inches.

In this way, it will be clear to everyone that the UK has a total of three submarines of this class.

I don’t know whether I should say Ramsay Macdonald is smart or Ramsay Macdonald is stupid.

As for France——

France didn't matter. It was just a submarine, but it was still a submarine equipped with an 8-inch gun. Rock was worried that if the main gun fired, it would affect the overall structure of the submarine.

The term main gun is not accurate. There is only one gun on French submarines.

"This is the specifics. Gentlemen, if you have any objections to these terms, you can raise them and we will discuss them. I would like to remind you that once you sign the treaty, you must strictly abide by the treaty, otherwise you will face all other signings.

The methods of joint punishment include, but are not limited to, war." Ramsay Macdonald was furious, but there was a problem with his words. War is already the ultimate method, and it is not limited to it. How can it be done by plowing the streets and clearing out the holes?

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"We should limit the total number of submarines. At the same time, we should also limit the number of submarines for some countries that did not participate in the London Naval Conference." Tanaka Giichi had objections.

"You mean Germany?" Ramsay Macdonald suggested it himself. The memory of German submarines that caused huge losses to British ships during the World War was still fresh in Ramsay Macdonald's mind.

"Germany does not need to worry. As long as the Treaty of Versailles is still in effect, Germany cannot build submarines." Hoover had no personal pain with German submarines. When the United States entered the war, the German submarine force had basically been wiped out.

"I'm talking about East India. This country has more than 20 submarines. Isn't it worthy of our attention?" Tanaka Yiichi lost his composure. No matter how powerful the German submarine force is, it will not cause much harm to Japan.

On the contrary, the East India Fleet is a real threat to the Japanese Combined Fleet.

East India——

Ramsay MacDonald and Hoover both looked at Rock, and everyone knew about the relationship between the East Indies and southern Africa.

"The East Indians are not even qualified to participate in the naval conference, so don't worry--" Rock downplayed that the East Indian submarine force is an important supplementary force for the Indian Ocean Fleet.

"Oh, of course you southern Africans won't worry. East India's submarines were bought from southern Africa, and even the soldiers who control those submarines are your southern Africans -" Tanaka Giichi roared. It's quite scary for an army general to be angry.

"Shut up, don't spit on me!" Roque would also roar. What is an army general? Roque is still a field marshal.

This field marshal is a field marshal of the British Empire. In southern Africa, Roque is the only field marshal of the three armed forces, the kind who is officially awarded the title of land, sea and air.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Don't you admit that East India's submarines were purchased from Southern Africa?" Tanaka Yiichi's evidence is conclusive. Only Southern Africa and East India in the world are equipped with ghost submarines, and the United Kingdom has not yet had time to equip them.

The United Kingdom has always wanted to introduce ghost submarines, but Rock did not agree after comprehensive consideration.

The British introduced ghost submarines not to imitate them, so that southern Africa could at least collect some patent fees.

The British introduced ghost submarines purely to study anti-submarine technology, which Rock couldn't accept.

Although the British purpose was to target German submarines, once the British learned the technical details of the ghost submarine, the ghost submarine would have no secrets in front of the Royal Navy.

Of course, Southern Africa's technological blockade against the United Kingdom will not last long. It is estimated that in another year or two, Southern Africa will agree to transfer ghost submarines to the United Kingdom, because by then, Southern Africa's next-generation submarines should have already

Even if the ghost submarine is given to the British, it will not have much impact on the next generation of submarines in southern Africa.

In short, they are all routines.